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Stan Hung

Chairman

SC Chien

Director

Jason Wang

Director

Lih J. Chen

Independent director

Wenyi Chu

Independent director

Jyuo-Min Shyu

Independent director

Kuang Si Shiu

Independent director

Wen-Hsin Hsu

Independent director

Ting-Yu Lin

Director

Diversified Policy for the Composition of Board Members

The UMC Board of Directors comprises of 9 members, including 5 seats for independent directors and 1 for a non-executive director; 3 serve as administrative directors. More than half of the director seats are filled by members of outside companies. There are 2 seats currently reserved for a female director. Based on our policy of gender equality, UMC will increase the female director seats progressively.

The tenures of independent directors are also diversified; there is 1 director that has served for 6 years, 2 directors for 3 years and 2 newly elected directors.

The board of UMC is composed of members with diversified backgrounds of industry, government and academy. The experiences of board members include the president of national university, academician of Academia Sinica, the Minister of Science and Technology, the president of ITRI, financial experts in finance, accounting and strategy management fields, and professionals from the semiconductor industry, ICT business administration and financial institutions. The directors satisfy basic criteria and professionalism requirements, and through activities of the sub-committees, can also contribute their experiences to supervise and govern issues related to corporate governance, environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, legal compliance and human rights protection.

All independent directors meet the restriction of the Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies for other mandates, each independent director concurrently does not serve as an independent director for more than 3 listed companies.
Skill Matrix of Board Members
The Results of the Performance Assessment of the Board of Directors

The Company conducts annual self-evaluation of the BOD, its functional committees and individual board member’s performance based on the “Rules for Performance Evaluation of the Board of Directors" approved by the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee conducted the self-evaluation for 2022 of the Board of Directors, functional committees (include Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Capital Budget Committee and Nominating Committee) and individual board members and reported the result to the Nominating Committee and Board of Directors on February 22, 2023. The performance result was "Excellent". The Chief Corporate Governance Officer will persist in improving communication with directors to enhance the quality of the Board of Directors' meetings.

To improve the operating efficiency of the Board of Directors and enhance corporate governance, “The Rules for Performance Evaluation of the Board of Directors" was revised by UMC and approved by the Board of Directors in October of 2017, which requires the Company's board performance evaluation to be conducted by an external independent professional institution or a panel of external experts and scholars at least once every three years.

The Company engaged with an external independent institution, Taiwan Corporate Governance Association, to conduct an assessment of board performance for the second time, and completed the evaluation on November 25, 2020. The assessment comprised of 8 scopes including Composition, Direction, Authorization, Monitoring, Communication, Internal control, Risk management and Discipline of the Board, and was executed through online self-assessment and interview. The assessment report was released on December 3, 2020 and reported to the Nominating Committee and the Board on February 24, 2021.

The report concluded that the discretion of the company's business strategy was incorporated into the composition of the Board, which can facilitate the Board to fulfill its duties. The open discussion improved the performances of instruction and supervision from the board meeting, and formulated an applicable long-term strategy and annual plan for the Company’s sustainable operation. The Board paid significant attention to the control of corporate risk management. The Chief Officer of Corporate Governance provided all required assistances to help the board members acquire sufficient information and resources to perform their duties. The report addressed a recommendation for the Company on revising the Nominating Committee Charter to clarify the duties of the sub-committees, and to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Board.

Election of Directors

Policy for Nomination and Election of Directors
To ensure a fair, just, and open election of directors, the nomination and election procedures of the Company’s directors shall be complied with the Company Act and all related laws and regulations. The organizational culture, business model and long-term development of the Company shall be taken into consideration to the composition of the Board members. The criteria established to ensure the diversity of the Board members shall include but not limited to the following three dimensions:
1. Basic criteria: shared visions, gender, race, nationality, independence and culture etc.
2. Professionalism: educational background, professional skills and industry experience etc.
3. Corporate sustainability and communal participation: corporate governance, environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, legal compliance and human rights protection etc.
Each board member shall possess the indispensable knowledge, skill, and experience to perform their duties; the capabilities with which the Board as a whole shall equip include the followings: business acumen, knowledge of accounting and financial analysis, business management, crisis management, industry knowledge, global perspective, leadership and decision-making.

At least one among the independent directors of the Company shall be an accounting or finance professional.

No independent director of the Company may concurrently serve as an independent director of more than three other public companies.

Each director must be held by a person having neither a spousal relationship nor a relationship within the second degree of kinship with any other directors.

The performance assessment of the Board shall be reviewed annually according to the assessment guideline and procedure of the Company, and will be conducted by an external independent professional institution or a panel of external experts at least once every three years; the results will be referenced for nomination and election of the directors.

15th term of Election of Directors

Nomination and Election

The Company shall have nine (9) to eleven (11) directors who serve a term of three years, elected at the shareholders’ meeting from persons of legal capacity through a nominating system adopted from 2006. A director may be re-elected.

At least three (3) directors or one-fifth of all directors, whichever is higher, shall be independent directors. Their qualifications, shareholding limitations, whether or not they concurrently serve in other positions, methods of nomination and election, and other related matters shall be subject to applicable laws.

According to Article 192-1 of the R.O.C. Company Act, UMC announced on March 19, 2021, the period for accepting the nomination of director candidates (including independent directors), the number of directors to be elected, the place designated for accepting the roster of director nominees and other necessary matters. Any shareholder holding 1% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company may nominate candidate(s) for directors in writing. Any shareholder qualified to nominate may submit nominee(s) to the director, and shall send, during the nomination period from April 1 to April 12, 2021, the name, educational background, past work experience of the nominee(s), and other relevant documents to UMC via registered mail sent to the Finance Division of the Company. There were no nominations from stockholders except those from the Board during the nomination period.

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Major Board Meeting Resolutions

Meeting Date	Major Resolutions
2023.02.22	Approved the 2022 Business Report and Financial Statements Approved the 2022 distributable compensation for employees and directors Approved the 2022 Earnings Distribution Chart Approved to change Certified Public Accountant due to the internal reorganization of the CPA firm Approved the date of convening the 2023 Annual General Meeting, meeting agenda and submission period for shareholder proposals Approved capital budget execution Approved UMC's donation to UMC Science and Culture Foundation Approved the change of Chief internal auditor
2023.04.26	Approved the Q1, 2023 Consolidated Financial Statements Approved capital budget execution Approved the Cancellation of Restricted Shares to Employees Stock Awards

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Major Resolutions

2023.02.22

Approved the 2022 Business Report and Financial Statements

Approved the 2022 distributable compensation for employees and directors

Approved the 2022 Earnings Distribution Chart

Approved to change Certified Public Accountant due to the internal reorganization of the CPA firm

Approved the date of convening the 2023 Annual General Meeting, meeting agenda and submission period for shareholder proposals

Approved capital budget execution

Approved UMC's donation to UMC Science and Culture Foundation

Approved the change of Chief internal auditor

2023.04.26

Approved the Q1, 2023 Consolidated Financial Statements

Approved capital budget execution

Approved the Cancellation of Restricted Shares to Employees Stock Awards

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