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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) named Yuanta Financial Holdings in the Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets Industry of the DJSI World Index and the Emerging Market Index. In addition to being the only Taiwan company included, Yuanta was also ranked top ten in the industry, recognizing Yuanta as a global corporate sustainability leader. DJSI collaborating with RobecoSAM evaluates companies' sustainability practices and performance every year and only companies ranked within the top 10% of each industry will be included in the DJSI World Index, serving as important investment benchmark for global institutional investors. Apart from global recognition of our progress in the area of sustainability, Yuanta generated strong net income of NTD 16 billion with EPS of NTD 1.37 for the first eight months of 2019, ranking sixth among Taiwan peers in terms of profitability. Its share price has recovered after going ex-dividend and hit the record high in last eight years. Launched in 1999, DJSI was the first global index to track leading sustainability-driven companies and is globally recognized for its quality and accountability. The index evaluates companies using its Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) methodology for the determination of DJSI inclusion. In 2019, Yuanta FHC was named among the top ten best performers in the Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets Industry, earning recognition in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. In particular, Yuanta was acknowledged with high scores in the areas of customer relationship management and privacy protection, implementation of the structures and measures based on Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), commitment to Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative for carbon reduction, human rights and financial inclusion. Yuanta FHC has continuously raised its standards and performance to be in line with the global trend. It established a board-level “Sustainability Committee” to further strengthen its ESG strategy and practices. Yuanta FHC has already earned various recognitions from local and international organizations, including being named as a constituent in FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index, ranked in top 5% of listed companies in the 5th annual “TWSE Corporate Governance Evaluation Award”, included in the FTSE4Good Emerging Index for three consecutive years and awarded the “Platinum Award for Excellence in Governance, CSR, Investor Relations Benchmarking” among Asian enterprises by the internationally renowned financial magazine, The Asset. Being listed as DJSI index component is a recognition of the various sustainability practices that Yuanta has put great efforts in over the years. In the area of GHG reduction, Yuanta and its subsidiaries passed the assessment of ISO 14064-1 that fully covered all branches nation-wide. It formulated energy conservation targets and action plans to improve energy efficiency and earned the ISO 50001 certification from British Standards Institution (BSI). In terms of advancing green procurement, Yuanta won recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency of the Executive Yuan for seven consecutive years. In the area of employee care, Yuanta FHC was awarded the “Healthy Workplace Certification” from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. For society engagement, Yuanta engaged in 692 charity activities, benefiting nearly 200,000 people island-wide.

Yuanta Financial Holdings is committed to being a socially responsible and sustainable business, sparing no effort to advance a green corporate culture. Starting from its procurement policy, Yuanta encourages and practices green consumption with total green procurement amount of NT$66.82 million in 2018. In the 2019 Award Ceremony for Excellence in Green Procurement and Green Consumption held by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of the Executive Yuan today (Oct. 1), EPA Deputy Minister Hung-Teh Tsai personally presented Yuanta with the award, acknowledging Yuanta FHC for its performance in green procurement and green consumption. In 2018 Yuanta FHC's green procurement spending has more than doubled as compared with 2017, of which green marked environment-friendly consumables and energy conservation products certified with energy label accounted for 61.19%. To ensure implementation of green procurement, when making purchases, Yuanta gives priority to green products which are officially certified with the green mark, energy saving label, water conservation label, resulting in the increase in green procurement over the years. Its performance has been recognized by the Taipei City Government as a Benchmark Business for Green Procurement for eight consecutive years. For office renovation projects, construction are primarily conducted using green building materials. In terms of staff training, Yuanta continues to promote the concept of green procurement to all colleagues and purchasing departments of Yuanta subsidiaries and implement training programs for purchase-related staff, providing relevant information for them to make the appropriate decision for green procurement which is beneficial to our products and services. This year Yuanta Financial Holdings was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), DJSI World and DJSI Emerging Market. In addition to being the only Taiwan company included in Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets industry, Yuanta was also ranked top ten, recognizing Yuanta as a global corporate sustainability leader. Yuanta FHC continues to make progress in numerous sustainability related areas, including the implementation of green practices such as initiatives to go paperless, energy conservation plan, the introduction of ISO international standards of environmental management system, energy management system and greenhouse gas inventory assessment, participation in the carbon disclosure project (CDP), and “Short-to-Midterm Action Plan of Carbon Management”, in response to the low-carbon economic development after the Paris agreement. Additionally, we continue to communicate with our suppliers to use environmentally-friendly materials, promote environmental sustainability and green consumption, and encourage partners to comply with these concepts, expanding the green consumption market. Going forward, as a responsible corporate citizen, Yuanta will keep on reinforcing environment friendliness to all colleagues to contribute to the protection of our planet.