Bowing deeply, Taishin Financial Holding Co (
"I hope such a family squabble between siblings will never happen again," Wu told reporters yesterday morning after a reshuffle of Taishin's seven-member board.
After securing support from six board members, Wu was re-elected as company chairman, in accordance with an agreement between him and his younger brother Eric Wu (
According to the agreement, inked late last month, Thomas Wu will relinquish his chairmanship at Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp (
Expressing his thanks to shareholders for their support at a shareholder meeting yesterday, Thomas Wu announced that Taishin has reported its highest third-quarter earnings per share of NT$4.76 this year.
He vowed to continue the positive earnings trend in future.
Meanwhile, the younger Wu is expected to take up the chairmanship at Shinkong Synthetic Fibers in the upcoming board reshuffle, which is slated for Dec. 20.
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