Considering the trend of services going beyond the distinction between securities and bond/bill business in Taiwanese financial market, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC)permitted the merger of TSCD( Taiwan Securities Central Depository , current TDCC) & DIDC (Debt Instruments Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. Taiwan) and the company name was modified as Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) accordingly on 27th March, 2016. TDCC provides the services including book-entry of securities transactions related services, auditing of shareholders affairs for issuing companies entrusted by Securities and Futures Bureau(FSC), and promoting dematerialization and a central clearing-settlement system for short-term bills, aiming to achieve the synergy of investment costs reduction, operational performance improvement, service scope expansion and market development by providing the integrated settlement, clearing and central depository platforms.

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1989/5/1

Held the promoters' meeting and drafted the Articles of incorporation.

1989/9/11

Held the third promoters' meeting to elect board members and auditors along with the first board of directors meeting and supervisors meeting.

1989/10/17

The Ministry of Economic Affairs gave their approval to the establishment of Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. (TSCD,current TDCC) on October 17, 1989.

1989/12/29

Securities & Exchange Commission, Ministry of Finance, issued the Rules Governing Book-entry Operation of Securities in Centralized Custody and approved the Rules of Business Operation of TSCD (current TDCC) on the next day.

1990/1/4

Taiwan Securities Central Depository (TSCD, current TDCC) formally began its operations on January 4, 1990.

1990/8/30

TSCD (current TDCC) had successfully established the linkage among all the securities firms all over Taiwan.

2001/12/20

TSCD (current TDCC) started to provide registration of dematerialized securities.

2002/1/2

TSCD (current TDCC) has been providing book-entry operation of emerging stocks on clearing and delivery for cash and securities.

2005/9/12

TDCC establishing the Offshore Fund Observation Post System to provide information reporting and declaration as well as information transmission services for offshore funds.

2005/10/19

On 29th July, 2005, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) made the resolution on the merger of TSCD(Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd.)& DIDC (Debt Instruments Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. Taiwan). TSCD and DIDC accordingly signed the merger agreement on 19th October.

2006/3/27

In 2006, title of Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. was modified as Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) after the merger officially takes effect.

2006/11/1

Along with the listing of first foreign currency denominated international bonds, TDCC provided the payment transfer operation, settlement and payment services and cross-border remittances services.

2009/2/2

In coordination with the introduction of T+2 settlement, TDCC made efforts on revising the rules and procedures, files format and system program.

2009/3/30

TDCC established a shareholders electronic voting platform, the "STOCKVOTE".

2011/7/29

Taiwan Stock Exchange, the GreTai Securities Market, and the Emerging Stock Market achieved full securities dematerialization.

2012/12/24

Grand Opening of the "Taiwan Stock Museum".

2014/3/24

Merged with Taiwan Integrated Shareholder Service Company.

2015/12/15

Investing and establishing Fund Rich Securities Co., Ltd.

2016/12/28

TDCC implemented the Straight-Through Processing (STP) mechanism of Book-Entry to allow atuomated information exchange between the systems of the participants and TDCC.