ChipMOS Chairman to Transfer Certain Shares to Subsidiary as Part of Personal Asset Planning Purposes; Ownership Level to Remain Unchanged After Planned Transfer

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:15:00 +0800

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), announced that Mr. S.J. Cheng, Chairman and President of ChipMOS, today filed a report with the competent authority in Taiwan regarding a planned transfer of certain shares in ChipMOS held by him to Haohsiang Investment Co., Ltd. ("Haohsiang"), a limited company incorporated under the laws of Taiwan, whose share capital is wholly owned by Mr. Cheng.

This is not a share sale to an unrelated third party or reduction in Mr. Cheng's beneficial ownership.  Upon completion of the planned transfer, Mr. Cheng's direct and indirect shareholding (through Haohsiang) in ChipMOS will remain identical to what it was prior to the planned transfer.  Under Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Act, the planned transfer needs to be reported to the competent authority, which was made today; the planned share transfer to Haohsiang can then occur three days after such report.

Mr. Cheng currently holds an aggregate of 12,150,161 Common Shares, representing 1.67% of the total issued share capital in ChipMOS (727,240,126 shares). Upon completion of this transfer, Mr. Cheng will transfer 6,000,000 Common Shares in ChipMOS held by him, representing 0.83% of the total issued share capital in ChipMOS, to the transferee, which is expected to be Haohsiang.  Haohsiung currently holds 244,777 Common Shares in ChipMOS, which has been reported to the competent authority in Taiwan regularly as the holding vehicle of Mr. Cheng.

S.J. Cheng, Chairman and President of ChipMOS, said, "Under the planned share transfer my beneficial ownership level will remain unchanged.  The transfer is solely for my personal asset planning purposes based on the advice of my financial and tax advisors.  My confidence in the long-term business prospects for ChipMOS remains very high given the company's strong fundamentals, expanded revenue and profit reported in 2019, and outlook."

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (https://www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS provide assembly and test services to a broad range of customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries.

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