Regulations Governing Securities Investment of Credit Cooperatives Article 5

A credit cooperative that meets the criteria provided in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article,has capital adequacy ratio of 10%or higher,andat the time of investment,has bad debt reserve coverage ratioabove 100% at the end of the previous month may invest in domesticTWSE/TPExlisted stocks, provided the aggregate amount of the original acquisition costs for such investment does not exceed 40% of the cooperative’scalculation basis.A credit cooperative's total investment in the shares of a domesticTWSE/TPExlisted company shall not exceed 5% of the company's total shares issued and outstanding.Where non-compliancewith anyone of the criteria specified in Paragraph 1 hereof occurs after a credit cooperative has made the aforementioned investment, the credit cooperative shall promptly stop such investment, and may resume investment only after it becomes compliantwith those criteria again.