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Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC or the Company) and its subsidiaries planned to adjust its China investments.
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SEQ_NO  1 Date of announcement  2022/10/14 Time of announcement  19:51:22
Subject
 Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC or the Company)
and its subsidiaries planned to adjust its China
investments.
Date of events   2022/10/14 To which item it meets paragraph 20
Statement
1.Date of occurrence of the event:2022/10/14 
2.Method of the current increase (decrease) in investment: 
  The Company’s investments in China will be changed due to consolidation plan of its subsidiaries.
  FENC’s investment in China is via its overseas holding companies of Far Eastern Polychem Industries
  Limited, Pet Far Eastern (Holding) Limited and Far Eastern New Century (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
  (which is invested by Far Eastern Polytex (Holding) Limited) 
3.Amount, unit price, and total monetary amount of the transaction: 
  Transaction volume: N/A 
  Price per unit: N/A 
  Total purchase price: No capital injection is required and the Company will adjust its corresponding
  holding percentage of its subsidiaries in China due to the consolidation plan. 
  (1) Far Eastern Industries (Shanghai) Ltd.(FEIS): USD 86,168,166 increased 
  (2) Oriental Petrochemical (Shanghai) Corp.(OPSC): USD 86,168,166 decreased 
4.Company name of the mainland Chinese investee: (1) FEIS (surviving company) (2) OPSC (dissolved company) 
5.Paid-in capital of aforementioned mainland Chinese investee: (1) RMB 1,880,399,350.04 (2) RMB 1,793,589,517.00 
6.Amount of capital increase currently planned for the aforementioned mainland Chinese investee:
 (1) USD 143,255,472 (2) N/A 
7.Main businesses of the aforementioned mainland Chinese investee: 
  (1) Production and sales of polyester products (2) Production and sales of PTA 
8.Type of CPA opinion in the latest annual financial statements of the aforementioned 
  mainland Chinese investee: (1) Unqualified Opinion (2) Unqualified Opinion 
9.Total equity of the aforementioned mainland Chinese investee in the latest annual financial statements:
  (1) RMB 1,927,855,675.46 (2) RMB 753,433,027.99 
10.Amount of profit/loss of the aforementioned mainland Chinese investee in the latest annual financial statements:
  (1) RMB 7,418,272.60 (2) RMB (278,807,845.52) 
11.Amount of actual investment in the aforementioned mainland Chinese investee, up to the present moment: 
  (1) USD 155,490,000 (2) USD 142,554,569 
12.Trading counterparty and its relationship with the Company: Trading counterpart : 
  (1) FEIS (2) OPSC Relationship with the company : (1) Subsidiary (2) Subsidiary 
13.Where the trading counterparty is a related party, announcement shall also be made of 
   the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterparty and the identity of 
   the previous owner, its relationship with the Company and the trading counterparty, 
   and the previous date and monetary amount of transfer: 
   (1) The investments in China will be consolidated in order to achieve agile management,
       reduce costs and increase synergy. 
  (2) NIL 
14.Where an owner of the underlying assets within the past five years has been a related
   party of the Company, the announcement shall also include the date and price of acquisition
   and disposal by the related party, and its relationship with the Company at the time 
   of the transaction:NIL 
15.Profit (or loss) upon disposal:N/A 
16.Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and monetary amount), restrictive 
   covenants in the contract, and other important terms and conditions: 
  (1) NIL (2) The record date for consolidation is planned on Dec. 31, 2022. (3) NIL 
17.The manner in which the current transaction was decided, the reference basis for 
   the decision on price, and the decision-making unit: 
  (1) The merger 
  (2) The “reasonableness opinion” for the share exchange ratio of the consolidation issued by the CPA 
  (3) BOD 
18.Broker:N/A 
19.Concrete purpose of the acquisition or disposal: The investments in China will be consolidated
   in order to achieve agile management, reduce costs and increase synergy. 
20.Any dissenting opinions of directors to the present transaction:NIL 
21.Whether the counterparty of the current transaction is a related party:Yes 
22.Date of the board of directors resolution:2022/10/14 
23.Date of ratification by supervisors or approval by the Audit Committee:2022/10/14 
24.Total amount of investment in mainland China (including the current investment) approved by
   the Investment Commission, up to the present moment: USD 798,926,093 
25.Ratio of the total amount of investment in mainland China (including the current investment) 
   approved by the Investment Commission, up to the present moment, to the paid-in capital on the
   latest financial statements: 47.53% 
26.Ratio of the total amount of investment in mainland China (including the current investment) 
   approved by the Investment Commission, up to the present moment, to the total assets
   on the latest financial statements: 7.63% 
27.Ratio of the total amount of investment in mainland China (including the current investment) 
   approved by the Investment Commission, up to the present moment, to equity attributable to 
   owners of the parent on the latest financial statements: 12.35% 
28.Total amount of actual investment in mainland China, up to the present moment: USD 791,549,413 
29.Ratio of the total amount of actual investment in mainland China, up to the present moment,
   to the paid-in capital on the latest financial statements: 47.09% 
30.Ratio of the total amount of actual investment in mainland China, up to the present moment,
   to the total assets on the latest financial statements: 7.56% 
31.Ratio of the total amount of actual investment in mainland China, up to the present moment,
   to equity attributable to owners of the parent on the latest financial statements: 12.23% 
32.Amount of recognized profit (loss) on investment in mainland China for the last three years: 
   2019: NTD 1,137,393,000 
   2020: NTD (1,061,788,000) 
   2021: NTD 228,946,000 
33.Amount of profit remitted back to Taiwan for the last three years: 
  2019: NTD 0 
   2020: NTD 0 
   2021: NTD 0 
34.Whether the CPA issued an unreasonable opinion regarding the current transaction:No 
35.Name of the CPA firm: Shanghai Xin-wo Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd. 
36.Name of the CPA: Ni Wei 
37.Practice certificate number of the CPA:14000000201801300243 
38.Any other matters that need to be specified:
  (1) FENC will increase its investment in FEIS of USD 86,168,166 indirectly, which will be
      via FENC’s holding companies, FEPI of USD 57,344,818, PETH of USD 15,685,601 and FECI 
     (Far Eastern Polytex (Holding) Limited’s subsidiary) of USD 13,137,747. 
  (2) No capital injection is needed regarding the consolidation between OPSC and FEIS. 
  (3) The record date for consolidation is planned on Dec. 31, 2022.

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