Acter Group Co., Ltd. (will be abbreviated “Acter” in the after, stock code :5536) holds the annual shareholders meeting at 9 am, on March 26, 2022, at SWEETEN PLAZA (No. 201, Sec. 2, Wenxin Rd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City).The Chairman of the Board Mr. Liang attends the meeting online due to the business trip and authorizes the company founder Director Yang to be the acting host, and the shareholders attendance rate reached 73.59%. Acter takes the lead in taking the hybrid shareholders meeting for the protection of shareholders’ right. The meeting ratifies the operation report of 2021, deliberations of the financial statements and other matters, the proposal of the earning distribution of 2021, and approved the amendment of the article of incorporation, which includes the frequency of the earning distribution allows to be distributed by semi-annual. It’s helpful for feedback the operate result to the shareholders in time and manifests Group’s health finance structure and well ability of cash flow control. Moreover, Acter amends the original stocks par value from NT 10 to NT 5, the amount of company capital remains at NT 0.573 billion. There is no effect to the original shareholders’ right, increase the outstanding shares, brisk up the market trades, and resolve the effective date of par value amendment after the authority approved.

Key Highlights

• On a consolidated basis, revenue of 2021 is NTD 20.2 billion, net profit after tax attributable to parent company amounted to NTD 1.2 billion, and Earnings Per Share (EPS) reached $21.08 (NTD), which have yearly growth 45%, 24%, and 18%, respectively. Acter benefits from the trend of global supply chain restructure, create a well new factory expansion business opportunity, and create a excellent performance of 2021 that both revenue and profit achieved history new records.
• Acter’s multi-region business develop strategies of Taiwan, China, and Southeast regions, under the trend of global supply chain restructure remains the same, created more favorable competitive advantage and the revenue proportion of Taiwan and Southeast regions increased to 45 and 11%, respectively. Besides, under the challenges of cost of material and human resource increase, through the bulk purchase and well project management ability enhance the cost control to ease the effects to the operation. The overall gross profit rate and operating profit rate of 2021 come to 16% and 11%, respectively.
• Acter distributes NT 15 cash dividends and the dividend payout rate is 71%. The cash dividend payout rate has been over 65% for eleven consecutive years and the ROE and ROA of 2021 increased to 23% and 9% which were higher than the previous year. Acter’s operation group enhances corporate governance and devotes all efforts to create the largest value of the corporation, the employees, and all shareholders. Based on the closing price NT 199 on May 25, the cash yield rate reached 7.5%, and Acter expects to share the operation result to all the shareholders.
• Acter’s subsidiary, the Acter Technology Integration Group Co., Ltd., applied for the initial public offering(IPO) in China last year. The current status is examining the corporate’s feedback by authority and the IPO application project is under steady forward progress.
• Acter continues the multi-industries, multi-regions, and multi-type of engineering work develop strategies, vertical work division, horizontal integration, and the arrangement of multi types of talents cultivation. Acter insists the target of using the core skill to carve out the diverse core business, sets the international development as the long term strategy, devotes to ESG, heads to the corporate sustainable operation, and marches toward the intergrowth and co-prosperity.
• Looking forward to the 2022, although the international high tension situation from the Russian-Ukrainian War and the intensify pandemic of the cross-strait affect the overall material price and logistic stability, and further affect the construction progress to slow down and defer, under Group’s long term operation strategies such multi-industries, multi-regions, and multi-type of engineering work strategies and lean management, the order backlogs still steady at the new history high level, and it’s helpful to create Group’s continue grow performance in the future.

News Contact:

ACTER GROUP CORPORATION LIMITED:

Assistant Vice President Miss Tsao (04)2261-5288 ir@acter.com.tw