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News Release Contact: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

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Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Taiwan, 30056 www.spil.com.tw


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Mike Ma, Spokesperson mikema@spil.com.tw

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Siliconware Precision Industries Reports a 5.7% Quarter-over-Quarter decline in Revenues Resulting in Earnings per Share of NT$ 0.86 or earnings per ADS is US$ 0.13


Taichung, Taiwan, Oct 27, 2015Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. ('SPIL' or the 'Company') (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2325, NASDAQ: SPIL) today announced that its consolidated sales revenues for the third quarter of 2015 were NT$ 20,030 million, which represented a 5.7% decline in revenues compared to the second quarter of 2015 and a 7.5% decline in revenues compared to the third quarter of 2014. SPIL reported a net income of NT$ 2,682 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared with a net income of NT$ 3,677 million and a net income of NT$ 3,260 million for the second quarter of 2015 and the third quarter of 2014, respectively.


Diluted earnings per ordinary share was NT$ 0.86, and diluted earnings per ADS was US$ 0.13 for this quarter.


All figures were prepared in accordance with T-IFRS on a consolidated basis.


Operating results review:
  • For the third quarter of 2015, net revenues from IC packaging were NT$ 17,744 million and represented 89% of total net revenues. Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 2,286 million and represented 11% of total net revenues.

  • Cost of goods sold was NT$ 15,090 million, representing a decrease of 2.4% compared to the second quarter of 2015 and a decrease of 6.3% compared to the third quarter of 2014.

    Raw materials costs were NT$ 6,150 million for the third quarter of 2015 and represented 30.7% of total net revenues, whereas raw materials costs were

    NT$ 6,704 million and represented 31.6% of total net revenues for the second quarter of 2015.


    The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees accounted for under cost of goods sold totaled NT$ 360 million.

  • Gross profit was NT$ 4,940 million for the third quarter of 2015, representing a gross margin of 24.7%, which decreased from a gross margin of 27.2% for the second quarter of 2015 and was down from 25.6% for the third quarter of 2014.

  • Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2015 were NT$ 2,011 million, which included selling expenses of NT$ 244 million, administrative expenses of NT$ 801 million and R&D expenses of NT$ 966 million. Total operating expenses represented 10.1% of total net revenues for the third quarter of 2015.

    The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees, directors accounted for under operating expenses totaled NT$ 205 million.

  • Operating income was NT$ 2,929 million for the third quarter of 2015, representing an operating margin of 14.6%, which decreased from 16.9% for the second quarter of 2015 and decreased from 16.7% for the third quarter of 2014.

  • Non-operating items:

    Our non-operating income was NT$ 547 million, including net income of NT$ 478 million on fair value change of financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

  • Net income before tax was NT$ 3,051 million for the third quarter of 2015, which decreased from a net income before tax of NT$ 4,332 million for the second quarter of 2015 and decreased from a net income before tax of NT$ 3,968 million for the third quarter of 2014.

  • Income tax expense was NT$ 369 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared with income tax expense of NT$ 655 million for the second quarter of 2015 and income tax expense of NT$ 708 million for the third quarter of 2014.

  • Net income was NT$ 2,682 million for the third quarter of 2015, which decreased from a net income of NT$ 3,677 million for the second quarter of 2015 and decreased from a net income of NT$ 3,260 million for the third quarter of 2014.

  • Total number of shares outstanding was 3,129 million shares as of Sept 30, 2015. Diluted earnings per ordinary share was NT$ 0.86, and diluted earnings per ADS was US$ 0.13.


    Capital expenditure and balance sheet highlight:
  • Our cash balances totaled NT$ 22,437 million as of Sept 30, 2015 from NT$ 28,103 million as of Jun 30, 2015, and NT$ 20,139 million as of Sept 30, 2014.

  • Capital expenditures for the third quarter of 2015 totaled NT$ 4,425 million, which included NT$ 4,022 million for packaging equipment and NT$ 403 million for testing equipment.

  • Total depreciation expenses for the third quarter of 2015 totaled NT$ 3,228 million, which included NT$ 2,397 million was from packaging operations and NT$ 831 million from testing operations.

IC packaging service:
  • Net revenues from IC packaging operations were NT$ 17,744 million for the third quarter of 2015, which represented a decrease of NT$ 982 million or 5.2% compared to the second quarter of 2015.

  • Substrate-based packaging, leadframe-based packaging and wafer bumping & Flip Chip accounted for 27%, 18% and 44%, respectively, of total net revenues for the third quarter of 2015.

  • Capital expenditures for IC packaging operations totaled NT$ 4,022 million for the third quarter of 2015, which included NT$ 2,141 million for packaging and building construction and NT$ 1,881 million for wafer bumping operations.

  • As of Sept 30, 2015 we had 7,348 wirebonders installed, of which 27 were disposed in the third quarter of 2015.


    IC testing service:
  • Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 2,286 million for the third quarter of 2015, which represented a decrease of NT$ 228 million or 9.1% compared to the second quarter of 2015.

  • Capital expenditures for testing operations totaled NT$ 403 million for the third quarter of 2015.

  • As of Sept 30, 2015 we had 543 testers installed, of which 4 were added the third quarter of 2015.

Revenue Analysis



Breakdown by end applications:


By application

3Q15

2Q15

Communication

64%

66%

Computing

10%

10%

Consumer

22%

21%

Memory

4%

3%


Breakdown by packaging type:



By packaging type

3Q15

2Q15

Bumping & Flip Chip

44%

45%

Substrate Based

27%

25%

Leadframe Based

18%

18%

Testing

11%

12%

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