ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. ("ASEH") is committed to maintaining high standards of ethics, corporate governance and effective accountability mechanisms in every aspect of its business. Since its establishment, ASEH pursued a consistent policy to improve its corporate governance in line with Taiwan, US and international best practices. In its goal to achieve transparency to shareholder and enhancements in shareholder value, ASEH strengthened the accountability of its executive management and its independent directors, adopted fair disclosure practice in its investor relations policy and adopted a governance structure that foster effective decision-making while appropriate monitoring of both compliance and performance. ASEH is required to comply with, inter alia, the applicable ROC corporate governance rules, the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act, other US securities laws and related regulations (including applicable stock exchange rules).
ASEH's board of directors (the "Board") sets up two functional committees, the audit committee and the compensation committee, to facilitate the operation of the Board. Meanwhile, ASEH has an internal audit department which is responsible for periodically presenting compliance audit results. Such audit results will be finally reviewed by the audit committee and the Board. A description of the communications between the independent directors, the internal auditors, and the independent auditors can be accessed here.