ASE to Commence China, U.S. Tender Offers for Siliconware Precision Industries Common Shares @$NT55, ADSs @$275

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. ASX announced today that it plans to commence on December 29, 2015 concurrent tender offers in the Republic of China (the "ROC Offer") and in the United States (the "U.S. Offer," and together with the ROC Offer, the "Tender Offer") for common shares, including those represented by American depositary shares ("ADSs"), of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. SPIL at a price of NT$55 per common share and NT$275 per ADS, respectively. ASE plans to acquire an estimated maximum number of 770,000,000 common shares of SPIL (including common shares represented by ADSs), equivalent to approximately 24.71% of the issued and outstanding common shares of SPIL.  The ROC Offer will commence at 9:00 a.m., Taiwan time, on December 29, 2015 and expire at 3:30 p.m., Taiwan time, on February 16, 2016. The U.S. Offer will commence at 12:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 29, 2015 and expire at 1:30 a.m., New York City time, on February 16, 2016. On October 1, 2015, ASE acquired 24.99% equity interest in SPIL through tender offers for a consideration of NT$35.2 billion to establish the basis and See full press release