Company: GGR
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001886190-25-000017
Chunk: 124

Company: Gogoro Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 124
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 at the annual meeting of the shareholders. The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of shareholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of shareholders). Our shareholders that wish to nominate a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, character, and the ability to exercise sound judgement, and relevant skills and experience, including financial literacy, and experience in the context of the needs of the board of directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Our board of directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines in accordance with the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq that serve as a flexible framework within which our board of directors and its committees operate. These guidelines cover a number of areas including board membership criteria and director qualifications, director independence, director responsibilities, roles of the Chair of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer, meetings of independent directors, committee responsibilities and assignments, board member access to management and independent advisors, director communications with third parties, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, evaluation of senior management and management succession planning. A copy of our corporate governance guidelines is posted on our website.

D. Employees

We employ engineers engaged in research and development, professionals dedicated to consumer sales, support, marketing and services, technicians dedicated in production and manufacturing, and personnel served in general and administrative. Our human capital resources objectives include identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing, and integrating our existing and new employees, advisors and consultants. We believed that Gogoro management establishes a good working partnership with employees, and we have not experienced any significant labor disputes. The following table provides our average number of employees by function in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

                                                       December 31,                                 
                                                               2024                 2023      2022  
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  Consumer sales, support, marketing and services               305                  320       457  
  General and administrative                                    179                  201       179  
  Production and manufacturing                                           1,179       938       967  
  Research and development                                      435                  433       445  
  Total