Yuanta Financial : announces change of director of Yuanta Securities (UK) and that more than one third of its directors have changed

January 13, 2017

Yuanta Financial Holdings announces change of director of Yuanta Securities (UK) and that more than one third of its directors have changed

1. Date of occurrence of the change: 2017/01/13

2. Appointment of or changed personnel (juristic-person director,

   juristic-person supervisor, independent director, natural-person director or natural-person supervisor): Natural-person director

3. Title, name and resume of the replaced personnel: Mr. Juan Tseng/Assistant Vice President of Yuanta Securities

4. Title, name and resume of the new personnel: NA

5. Type of the change (please enter: "resignation", "discharge", "tenure expired", "death" or "new appointment" ): Resignation

6. Reason for the change: Resignation

7. Number of shares held by the new personnel at the time of appointment: NA

8. Original term (from to _): NA

9. Effective date of the new appointment: NA

10. Rate of turnover of directors of the same term: 2/6

11. Rate of turnover of supervisor of the same term: NA

12. Rate of turnover of independent director of the same term: NA

13. Change in one-third or more of directors ("Yes" or "No"): Yes

14. Any other matters that need to be specified: None