Introduction to eNotice for Stock Affairs

        For many people, 'stock investment' can be considered the most convenient way to obtain wealth, but they still have to worry about when the dividend notice will be sent? Will it be taken away by others? How much will the cash dividend be distributed this time? Which financial institution is the remittance to? How much is the dividend tax amount... etc. There shouldn't be so much confusion in investing. In this issue of 'Finance Column', we will introduce a new 'eNotice' platform for stock affairs to alleviate your anxiety about dividend distribution operations.

        In order to achieve environmental sustainability, protect individual assets, and respond to the goal of global zero net emissions of 2050, Taiwan Central Depository and Clearing House (hereinafter referred to as "Central Depository and Clearing House") has gradually expanded the digital services of stock affairs. Following the launch of Electronic voting and Video conference in 2009 and 2021, it will follow up the success and release the "eNotice" service in 2023, Promoting the diversified digital development of shareholder affairs in issuing companies also provides a convenient choice for investors in the online generation.

        Prioritize the promotion of electronic dividend distribution notices

        This service will be implemented in stages, prioritizing the promotion of cash and stock dividend distribution notices that do not involve the exercise of shareholder rights, have a simple regulatory structure, and are sent more frequently. It is scheduled to be launched in June 2023. In the future, it will gradually incorporate other notification matters such as public acquisition deadline notices and meeting notices based on the effectiveness of the promotion and in accordance with relevant laws and practices.

        Electronic notification platform architecture and operation steps

                1、 The issuing company signs an eNotice service contract with Central Insurance.

        2、 Investors agree to go to the platform

        1. General investors (natural persons, legal persons):

        (1) Jibao e-Palm App, Securities Ordering App, Taiwan FidO Taiwan Action Identity Recognition (TW FidO).

        (2) PC: Log in to the eNotice platform with CA credentials for consent.

        2. Professional institutional legal persons (such as insurance banks, investment trusts, banks, insurance, and the four major funds): Use CA credentials to log in to the eNotice platform for consent.

        3、 Send notification method

        1. General investors: All adopt email notifications and synchronously push notifications to users of the "Jibao e-Palm App".

        2. Professional institutional legal representative: Notify via email and guide to the platform to download electronic notification files.

        The advantages of electronic notification

        1、 Integrating with ESG trends: According to data from the Environmental Quality Foundation, approximately 0.6 trees need to be cut down to produce a box of A4 paper, indirectly leading to an increase in carbon dioxide and exacerbating climate change. The issuing company adopts the eNotice platform, which can fulfill the company's responsibility for environmental protection and implement ESG.

        2、 Cost reduction: By using the eNotice platform for notifications, the cost of printing, managing, plate making, and shipping paper notifications can be reduced.

        3、 Convenient and more secure: Electronic notifications are convenient for investors to receive and read, and under electronic encryption technology, investor privacy is more protected.

        4、 Promoting shareholder Activism: Centralized Insurance combines e-hand to master the App and eNotice platform, and provides integrated services for shareholders' information query and exercise of rights.

        Electronic notification of carbon reduction benefits

        In 2021, there were approximately 58.24 million dividend distribution notices for Taiwan's listed (OTC) and emerging companies, each with approximately 12.5g of carbon emissions. If 80% of the companies sign up to use the eNotice platform and obtain 15% shareholder use, it will reduce carbon emissions by 80000 tons. The Paperless office eNotice platform can slow down the global warming and contribute to the land.

        Keep track of dividend information at all times

        Are you still worried about not receiving dividend distribution notices or worrying about personal capital leakage? Hurry up and apply for eNotice, as long as you agree once, it will be permanently valid. In the future, your drawers will no longer have piles of notifications, nor will you need to spend time searching one by one. You can easily see them through the screens of digital vehicles. Let us grasp the happiness of life, save energy and reduce carbon, and love the earth.

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