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Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for Securities Firms  CH

Amended Date: 2023.02.08 (Articles 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 10-1, 18, 24, 27, 28-4, 37, 37-2, 37-3, 40, 51, 62, 63 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2021.05.04 
Categories: Corporate Governance
   Chapter IV      Empowering the Supervisors
      Section 1    Duties of Supervisors
Article 41    A securities firm shall stipulate a fair, impartial, and open procedure for the election of supervisors and shall adopt the cumulative voting mechanism to fully reflect the opinions of the shareholders in accordance with the regulations of the Company Act.
    The aggregate shareholding percentage of all of the supervisors of a securities firm shall comply with the laws and regulations. Restrictions on the share transfer of each supervisor and the creation, release, or other changes of any pledges over the shares held by each supervisor shall comply with the relevant laws and regulations, and the relevant information shall be fully disclosed.
Article 42    A securities firm is advised to state in its articles of incorporation in accordance with the Company Act that the candidate nomination system shall be adopted for election of its supervisors, to assess carefully the qualifications of the nominees, and to ascertain whether any of the circumstances set forth in Article 30 of the Company Act and Article 53 of the Securities and Exchange Act applies with respect to the nominees, so that qualified supervisors will be elected. Said firm shall also abide by Article 192-1 of the Company Act.
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Article 43    Unless otherwise approved by the competent authority, at least one supervisor of a securities firm shall not be a person who is the spouse or a relative within two degrees of consanguinity to another supervisor or a director.
    A securities firm is advised to follow the requirements of independence in the Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies to appoint appropriate supervisors to strengthen the company's risk management and control over finance and operation.
    A supervisor is advised to have a domestic residence to be ready to exercise his or her supervision when needed.
    The minimum number of supervisors of a securities firm shall be governed by the Company Act or the regulations of the TWSE or the Taipei Exchange.