Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd

Sep. 23, 2008

Announced by Yuanta Financial Holdings on behalf of Yuanta Securities Finance, its Board of Directors' approval to buy 11,904,243 shares of Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation's common stock

Name and nature of the subject matter (if preferred shares, the terms and conditions of issuance shall also be indicated, e.g. dividend yield): Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation's common stock
Date of occurrence of the event: 2008/09/23~2008/09/23
Volume, unit price, and total monetary amount of the transaction: Volume: 11,904,243 shares; unit price: NTD 33.25 per share; total amount: NTD 395,816,080
Counterpart to the trade and its relationship to the Company (if the trading counterpart is a natural person and furthermore is not an actual related party of the Company, the name of the trading counterpart is not required to be disclosed):
Counterpart: Yuanta Securities; the relationship to the Company: Yuanta Securities Finance and the counterpart are both YFHs'100% owned subsidiaries.
Where the counterpart to the trade is an actual related party, a public announcement shall also be made of the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterpart and the identity of the previous owner (including its relationship with the company and the trading counterpart), price of transfer, and date of acquisition:
To centralize the management of investments made by the Group to its subsidiaries; Identity of the previous owner: N/A; price of transfer: N/A; Date of acquisition: N/A
Where a person who owned the property within the past five years has been an actual related person of the company, a public announcement shall also include the dates and prices of acquisition and disposal by the related person and the person’s relationship to the company at those times: N/A
Matters related to the creditor's rights currently being disposed of (including types of collateral of the disposed creditor's rights; if the creditor's rights are creditor's rights toward a related person, the name of the related person and the book amount of the creditor's rights toward such related person currently being disposed of must also be announced): N/A
Anticipated profit or loss from the disposal (not applicable in cases of acquisition of securities) (where originally deferred, the status or recognition shall be stated and explained): N/A
Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and monetary amount), restrictive covenants in the contract, and other important stipulations: Full payment will be made by remittance on the transaction day.
The manner in which the current transaction was decided, the reference basis for the decision on price, and the decision-making department: The price was reviewed by Energy Union CPAs Firm, and a report was issued, indicating the price was reasonable.
The Board of Directors approved the present transaction during a board meeting on September 23, 2008.
Current cumulative volume, amount, and shareholding percentage of holdings of the security being traded (including the current trade) and status of any restriction of rights (e.g. pledges):
After the disposal, Yuanta Securities Finance holds 53,540,218 shares; shareholding percentage：17.96%.
Current ratio of long or short term securities investment (including the current trade) to the total assets and shareholder's equity as shown in the most recent financial statement and the operating capital as shown in the most recent financial statement: 8.49% to the total asset, 27.87% to the shareholder's equity and the operation capital is NTD 33,470,384,262
Broker and broker's fee: N/A
Concrete purpose or use of the acquisition or disposition: For centralized management of investments made by the Group to its subsidiaries.
Net worth per share of company underlying securities acquired or disposed of: NTD 35.88
Do the directors have any objection to the present transaction? : NO
Has the CPA issued an opinion on the unreasonableness of the price of the current transaction? : NO
Any other matters that need to be specified: None