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Since Nanya has business operations based in Taiwan and overseas, the nationalities of the Company's employees are quite diverse. In addition to Taiwanese staff, employees of the following 15 nationalities were also hired in 2023. Our employees form an internationally diversified workplace. In descending order, the top five nationalities of foreign managers were American, Japanese, German, Chinese, and Indonesian.Nanya also supports the government's policies of hiring people with disabilities as part of its workplace friendly diversity initiative. As of December 2023, Nanya hired a total of 40 employees with disabilities into Taiwan operations, which represented 1.13% of total employees. We continue to work towards hiring more people with disabilities and provide appropriate job positions. Through increasing job opportunities for people with disabilities, we intend to build a diversity-friendly workplace.

The semiconductor industry is both capital and technology intensive. It not only involves multi-billion-dollar plants and manufacturing equipment, but also requires a substantial number of outstanding engineering talents to join the production team of Nanya.. As of 2023, the Company has a total of 3,647 permanent employees in Taiwan and in overseas subsidiaries. Formal male employees totaled 2,634 (accounting for 72.2%), whereas formal female employees totaled 1,013 (accounting for 27.8%). Overall, the Company has a competitive, healthy and growing talent base to support development of innovative production procedures, technologies and products. In 2023, Nanya had 31 female mid-level and senior managers, accounting for 12.02%. The number is increasing year by year and is expected to reach 13% by 2025. The average age of the Company's employees was 38.33 years old. The majority of employees was in the 30-50 year old age group. Most employees had a bachelor's or master's degree. All formal and informal employees are directly hired by the Company. The Company did not hire any part-time staff in 2023 and 100% of its employees worked on a full-time basis.

A total of 286 people were hired in Taiwan in 2023, and approximately NT$490,000 was invested in recruitment; the recruitment cost per employee is NT$1,725. We currently have diverse recruitment channels and continue to post online recruitment advertisements, make internal recommendations, and place talent recruitment information on the Company's (official) social media platform to increase the company's exposure. We strengthened cooperation with the industry and schools, targeting current students, strengthening professional skills and practical capabilities, and recruiting outstanding students in advance to overcome the recruitment dilemma. Talent recruitment activities in colleges and universities are based on the theme "You be the Leader of the Future." We went into campuses to interact, communicate, and hold discussions with young students, encouraging young students who are interested in the technology industry to dare to dream and pursue their dreams, and work together to contribute to the development of Taiwan's semiconductor industry.

The Company works with a medical team at Chang Gung Hospital to provide more frequent employee health examinations than required by law. A health center is set up in fabs with nurses compliant with regulations, and doctors are also stationed in fabs.

To provide employees with a friendly and convenient work environment, the Company planned meals, accommodations, shuttle buses, and parking lots. The Company also has an Employee Welfare Committee available to arrange diverse benefits and activities for employees. In 2023, a total of 5,176 people participated in various activities organized by the Employee Welfare Committee.

To help new recruits adapt to the new workplace as quickly as possible, a counselor is made available to offer regular assistance, counseling, and guidance services to new employees who have joined the Company for less than two years, those who have taken the initiative to ask for help, referrals from supervisors, and employees who have taken long sick leaves. The goal is to reduce employees' feeling of insecurity caused by being in a new environment and help them integrate into the Company as quickly as possible. Furthermore, we brought in the professional counseling institution "Teacher Chang Foundation." in 2019 to accompany employees in using scientific methods to determine the underlying cause when they find themselves in a dilemma, stabilizing employees' work quality as well as physical and mental wellbeing.

The multi-purpose sports and recreation center includes air track, basketball court, badminton court, KTV, pool table, table tennis, aerobics room, massage chair, and fitness equipment. Nanya organizes a variety of events to promote sports for the mental-physical balance of employees. We organized a series of "Sports Festival" activities in 2019. Departments and clubs submitted creative proposals to utilize sports venues and facilities for sports promotion, creative thinking, and creating a more lively atmosphere in the Company.