Corporate Governance
Xintec shall abide by the operational philosophies of honesty, transparency and responsibility, base policies on the principle of good faith and establish good corporate governance and risk control and management mechanism so as to create an operational environment for sustainable development. The Board delegates various responsibilities and authority to two Committees, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Each Committee has a written charter approved by the Board. Each Committee's chairman regularly reports to the Board on the activities and actions of the relevant committee. The Audit Committee and Compensation Committee consist solely of independent directors.The Board of Xintec established the ESG Guiding Committee on November 7, 2023, which consists of three directors (including two independent directors). The chairman is Mr. CH Chen, the chairman of the Board. The committee's responsibilities include (1) formulating the company's ESG policies and (2) overseeing the performance of the ESG implementation committee. For related activities of the ESG Guiding Committee, please refer to ESG Implementation Committee.
For corporate governance needs,Xintec also set up rules and regulations such as“Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles”,“Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles”and“Procedures for Ethical Management and Guidelines for Conduct”etc. for employees to follow. Xintec established“Integrity Operation Code”and required all employees to understand and abide by the business code of ethics and individual integrity clearly, and to insist on honesty, seriousness and dedicatedly to carry out one's job. Xintec conduct Ethical training courses for employees on a regular or irregular basis. Xintec offered suggestion box and complain system as Employee Relations Hotline for employees to express their opinions regarding their work and the other issues. The employee relations team ensured all cases are handled with care under the supervision of the top-line managers. Xintec also set up reporting system of ethical behavior violation on Xintec's website for customers, vendors or other third parties interested. Xintec promised to keep information confidential and identity for whistleblower unless otherwise required by law.
Xintec established“The Procedures for Handling Material Inside Information”to prevent improper information disclosures and to ensure the consistency and accuracy of information released to shareholders. The insiders are prohibited to using unpublished information to buy or sell securities or options of Xintec.
1. Employees with access and knowledge of company's latest financial information must refrain from buying and selling securities or options of Xintec during quiet periods.
2. Xintec's Directors, managerial officer and all employees who actually knowing of any information that will have a material impact on Xintec's stock price shall not buy or sell securities or options of Xintec in the person's own name or in the name of another within 18 hours after its public disclosure.
3. To formulate and publicize stock trading control measures for company insiders from the date they become aware of the contents of the company's financial reports or relevant results. Measures include, without limitation, those prohibiting a director from trading its shares during the closed period of 30 days prior to the publication of the annual financial reports and 15 days prior to the publication of the quarterly financial reports.
Xintec requested all authorized spokesperson(s), as well as all employee(s) and directors of Xintec, to note and observe the quiet period policy quarterly. Xintec notified all directors and insiders of the 6 times meeting dates of the board of directors in 2025, as well as the closed period of the announcement of the financial report of each quarter, and the silence period of the two Investor Conferences, reminded directors and insiders to obey the rules of prohibiting stock trading.
In 2025, Xintec has conducted a 6 hours training program for current directors on August 7 and November 7. " Prevention of trade secrets and insider trading (including gender equality)”, the course includes the importance of trade secret protection management system, intellectual property protection and legal compliance, sharing of trade secret protection cases, analysis of insider trading case studies, and promotion of sexual harassment prevention regulations. The Other course, “Global Economic Outlook and Financial Situation”, the introduction of Global economic risks under geopolitics, Taiwan's economic and industrial development, global economic outlook and exchange rate trends.
We implemented prohibition of Insider trading training in 2025, the total trained participants, including managerial officer and all employees, were 1,648 attendees with the total 164.8 training hours.
In terms of environmental protection, Xintec complies with laws and regulations related to sustainable development such as environmental protection, safety and green products, and pays attention to international environmental development trends continuously to strengthen green environmental responsibility. To fulfill the duties of a member of the global community, Xintec plan and implement various carbon footprint reduction programs to cut electric energy consumption and reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The performance please refers to Xintec's CSR/ESG report.
Xintec's results of Corporate Governance Assessment from year 2016 to 2021 and 2023 which conducted by OTC were listed on the top 5%. Year 2022 and 2024 were 6~20%.
Corporate Governance Awards
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| 2023 | Taiwan Stock Exchange & Taipei Exchange |
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| 2022 | Taiwan Stock Exchange & Taipei Exchange |
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| 2021 | Taiwan Stock Exchange & Taipei Exchange |
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