Kuo Bao Securities Announces Cash Capital Increase for Subsidiary Kuo Piao Futures Co., Ltd.

1. Date of Board Resolution: 115/08/14 2. Source of Capital Increase: Cash issuance of ordinary shares. 3. Whether the issuance of new shares is under a blanket application (if yes, specify the planned issuance period; if no): No 4. Total Issuance Amount and Number of Shares (excluding employee allocation for surplus or reserve capitalization): Total issuance amount is NT$300,150,000, with 22.5 million shares issued. 5. Issuance amount and number of shares for blanket application cases in this issuance: Not applicable 6. Remaining amount and share balance after this issuance under blanket application: Not applicable 7. Par value per share: NT$10 8. Issuance price: NT$13.34 per share 9. Number of shares subscribed by employees or allocated amount: 2.25 million shares 10. Number of publicly offered shares: None 11. Subscription or free allocation ratio for existing shareholders: 90% of the total new shares, totaling 20.25 million shares, to be subscribed by existing shareholders according to their shareholding ratio recorded in the shareholder register on the subscription benchmark date. 12. Handling of fractional shares and unclaimed shares after the deadline: Authorized the Chairman to arrange for specific persons to subscribe at par value. 13. Rights and obligations of the newly issued shares in this issuance: Same as the previously issued shares. 14. Purpose of the capital increase funds: To strengthen operational capital and meet business development needs. 15. Rationality and necessity of fundraising after cash reduction (applicable if cash reduction was conducted in the current or previous year): Not applicable 16. Other matters to be stated: None