Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
Below is the English version of our MOPS filing on December 15, 2014
Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 2-49 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
SEQ_NO: 1
Date of announcement: 2014/12/15
Time of announcement: 20:09:28
Subject: The KEPB approved the application of ASE to resume the operation of wafer-level process where nickel is used at K7 plant
Date of events: 2014/12/15
To which item it meets: article 2 paragraph 49
Statement:
1. Date of occurrence of the event: 2014/12/15
2. Company name: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc.
3. Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”subsidiaries”): Head office
4. Reciprocal shareholding ratios: N.A.
5. Name of the reporting media: N.A.
6. Content of the report: N.A.
7. Cause of occurrence: The wafer-level process operations where nickel is used at the Company's K7 plant was suspended by The Kaohsiung City Environment Protection Bureau (KEPB) as a result of its previous discharge of waste water in violation of the Water Pollution Control Act on October 1, 2013. The Company applied for resuming operations as it has made improvement in complying with applicable laws.
8. Countermeasures: The wafer-level process operations where nickel is used at the Company's K7 plant has been resumed on December 15, 2014 pursuant to the Approval Letter from KEPB (No. 10343171000) that the Company received on the same day.
9. Any other matters that need to be specified: None