Regulations Governing Information to be Published in Annual Reports of Public Companies Article 20
The company shall review and analyze its financial position and financial performance, and shall assess its risks. In this regard, the annual report shall cover the following points:1. financial position: The annual report shall list the main reasons for any material change in the company's assets, liabilities, or equity during the past 2 fiscal years, and describe the effect thereof. Where the effect is of material significance, the annual report shall describe the measures to be taken in response.2. financial performance: The annual report shall list the main reasons for any material change in operating revenues, operating income, or income before tax during the past 2 fiscal years, provide a sales volume forecast and the basis therefor, and describe the effect upon the company's financial operations as well as measures to be taken in response.3. cash flow: The annual report shall describe and analyze any cash flow changes during the most recent fiscal year, describe corrective measures to be taken in response to illiquidity, and provide a liquidity analysis for the coming year.4. The annual report shall describe the effect upon financial operations of any major capital expenditures during the most recent fiscal year.5. The annual report shall describe the company's reinvestment policy for the most recent fiscal year, the main reasons for the profits/losses generated thereby, the plan for improving re-investment profitability, and investment plans for the coming year.6. The section on risks shall analyze and assess the following matters during the most recent fiscal year and as they stood on the date of publication of the annual report:A. The effect upon the company's profits (losses) of interest and exchange rate fluctuations and changes in the inflation rate, and response measures to be taken in the future.B. The company's policy regarding high-risk investments, highly leveraged investments, loans to other parties, endorsements, guarantees, and derivatives transactions; the main reasons for the profits/losses generated thereby; and response measures to be taken in the future.C. Research and development work to be carried out in the future, and further expenditures expected for research and development work.D. Effect on the company's financial operations of important policies adopted and changes in the legal environment at home and abroad, and measures to be taken in response.E. Effect on the company's financial operations of developments in science and technology (including cyber security risks) as well as industrial change, and measures to be taken in response.F. Effect on the company's crisis management of changes in the company's corporate image, and measures to be taken in response.G. Expected benefits and possible risks associated with any merger and acquisitions, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.H. Expected benefits and possible risks associated with any plant expansion, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.I. Risks associated with any consolidation of sales or purchasing operations, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.J. Effect upon and risk to the company in the event a major quantity of shares belonging to a director, supervisor, or shareholder holding greater than a 10 percent stake in the company has been transferred or has otherwise changed hands, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.K. Effect upon and risk to company associated with any change in governance personnel or top management, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.L. Litigious and non-litigious matters. List major litigious, non-litigious or administrative disputes that: (1) involve the company and/or any company director, any company supervisor, the general manager, any person with actual responsibility for the firm, any major shareholder holding a stake of greater than 10 percent, and/or any company or companies controlled by the company; and (2) have been concluded by means of a final and unappealable judgment, or are still under litigation. Where such a dispute could materially affect shareholders' equity or the prices of the company's securities, the annual report shall disclose the facts of the dispute, amount of money at stake in the dispute, the date of litigation commencement, the main parties to the dispute, and the status of the dispute as of the date of publication of the annual report.M. Other important risks, and mitigation measures being or to be taken.7. Other important matters.
中文原文 公開發行公司年報應行記載事項準則第20條
公司應就財務狀況及財務績效加以檢討分析，並評估風險事項，其應記載事項如下：
一、財務狀況：最近二年度資產、負債及權益發生重大變動之主要原因及其影響，若影響重大者應說明未來因應計畫。
二、財務績效：最近二年度營業收入、營業純益及稅前純益重大變動之主要原因及預期銷售數量與其依據，對公司未來財務業務之可能影響及因應計畫。
三、現金流量：最近年度現金流量變動之分析說明、流動性不足之改善計畫及未來一年現金流動性分析。
四、最近年度重大資本支出對財務業務之影響。
五、最近年度轉投資政策、其獲利或虧損之主要原因、改善計畫及未來一年投資計畫。
六、風險事項應分析評估最近年度及截至年報刊印日止之下列事項：
（一）利率、匯率變動、通貨膨脹情形對公司損益之影響及未來因應措施。
（二）從事高風險、高槓桿投資、資金貸與他人、背書保證及衍生性商品交易之政策、獲利或虧損之主要原因及未來因應措施。
（三）未來研發計畫及預計投入之研發費用。
（四）國內外重要政策及法律變動對公司財務業務之影響及因應措施。
（五）科技改變（包括資通安全風險）及產業變化對公司財務業務之影響及因應措施。
（六）企業形象改變對企業危機管理之影響及因應措施。
（七）進行併購之預期效益、可能風險及因應措施。
（八）擴充廠房之預期效益、可能風險及因應措施。
（九）進貨或銷貨集中所面臨之風險及因應措施。
（十）董事、監察人或持股超過百分之十之大股東，股權之大量移轉或更換對公司之影響、風險及因應措施。
（十一）經營權之改變對公司之影響、風險及因應措施。
（十二）訴訟或非訟事件，應列明公司及公司董事、監察人、總經理、實質負責人、持股比例超過百分之十之大股東及從屬公司已判決確定或尚在繫屬中之重大訴訟、非訟或行政爭訟事件，其結果可能對股東權益或證券價格有重大影響者，應揭露其系爭事實、標的金額、訴訟開始日期、主要涉訟當事人及截至年報刊印日止之處理情形。
（十三）其他重要風險及因應措施。
七、其他重要事項。
一、財務狀況：最近二年度資產、負債及權益發生重大變動之主要原因及其影響，若影響重大者應說明未來因應計畫。
二、財務績效：最近二年度營業收入、營業純益及稅前純益重大變動之主要原因及預期銷售數量與其依據，對公司未來財務業務之可能影響及因應計畫。
三、現金流量：最近年度現金流量變動之分析說明、流動性不足之改善計畫及未來一年現金流動性分析。
四、最近年度重大資本支出對財務業務之影響。
五、最近年度轉投資政策、其獲利或虧損之主要原因、改善計畫及未來一年投資計畫。
六、風險事項應分析評估最近年度及截至年報刊印日止之下列事項：
（一）利率、匯率變動、通貨膨脹情形對公司損益之影響及未來因應措施。
（二）從事高風險、高槓桿投資、資金貸與他人、背書保證及衍生性商品交易之政策、獲利或虧損之主要原因及未來因應措施。
（三）未來研發計畫及預計投入之研發費用。
（四）國內外重要政策及法律變動對公司財務業務之影響及因應措施。
（五）科技改變（包括資通安全風險）及產業變化對公司財務業務之影響及因應措施。
（六）企業形象改變對企業危機管理之影響及因應措施。
（七）進行併購之預期效益、可能風險及因應措施。
（八）擴充廠房之預期效益、可能風險及因應措施。
（九）進貨或銷貨集中所面臨之風險及因應措施。
（十）董事、監察人或持股超過百分之十之大股東，股權之大量移轉或更換對公司之影響、風險及因應措施。
（十一）經營權之改變對公司之影響、風險及因應措施。
（十二）訴訟或非訟事件，應列明公司及公司董事、監察人、總經理、實質負責人、持股比例超過百分之十之大股東及從屬公司已判決確定或尚在繫屬中之重大訴訟、非訟或行政爭訟事件，其結果可能對股東權益或證券價格有重大影響者，應揭露其系爭事實、標的金額、訴訟開始日期、主要涉訟當事人及截至年報刊印日止之處理情形。
（十三）其他重要風險及因應措施。
七、其他重要事項。