Siliconware Precision Industries Reports a 1.8% Quarter-over-Quarter Growth in Revenues Resulting in Earnings per Share of NT$ 0.55 or Earnings per ADS of US$ 0.09 for Third Quarter 2012

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siliconware 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 2012 were NT$ 16,846 million, which represented a 1.8% growth in revenues compared to the second quarter of 2012 and a 3.2% growth in revenues compared to the third quarter of 2011. SPIL reported a net income of NT$ 1,699 million for the third quarter of 2012, compared with a net income of NT$ 1,470 million and a net income of NT$ 1,471 million for the second quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2011, respectively.

Diluted earnings per ordinary share for this quarter was NT$ 0.55, and diluted earnings per ADS was US$ 0.09.

All figures were prepared in accordance with R.O.C. GAAP on a consolidated basis.

Operating results review:

• For the third quarter of 2012, net revenues from IC packaging were NT$ 15,263 million and represented 90% of total net revenues. Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 1,583 million and represented 10% of total net revenues.
• Cost of goods sold was NT$ 13,531 million, representing an increase of 1.3% compared to the second quarter of 2012 and a decrease of 2.3% compared to the third quarter of 2011.
  • Raw materials costs were NT$ 6,650 million for the third quarter of 2012 and represented 39.5% of total net revenues, whereas raw materials costs were NT$ 6,866 million and represented 41.5% of total net revenues for the second quarter of 2012.
  • The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees accounted for under cost of goods sold totaled NT$ 130 million.   
• Gross profit was NT$ 3,315 million for the third quarter of 2012, representing a gross margin of 19.7%, which increased from a gross margin of 19.3% for the second quarter of 2012 and was up from 15.2% for the third quarter of 2011.   
• Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2012 were NT$ 1,412 million, which included selling expenses of NT$ 218 million, administrative expenses of NT$ 522 million and R&D expenses of NT$ 672 million. Total operating expenses represented 8.4% of total net revenues for the third quarter of 2012.
  • The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees, directors and supervisors accounted for under operating expenses totaled NT$ 58 million. 
• Operating income was NT$ 1,903 million for the third quarter of 2012, representing an operating margin of 11.3%, which decreased from 11.5% for the second quarter of 2012 and increased from 8.2% for the third quarter of 2011. 
• Non-operating items:
  • Our non-operating income was NT$ 229 million, including cash dividends of NT$ 115 million from Unimicron.
• Net income before tax was NT$ 1,997 million for the third quarter of 2012, which increased from a net income before tax of NT$ 1,786 million for the second quarter of 2012 and increased from a net income before tax of NT$ 1,629 million for the third quarter of 2011.
• Income tax expense was NT$ 298 million for the third quarter of 2012, compared with income tax expense of NT$ 316 million for the second quarter of 2012 and income tax expense of NT$ 157 million for the third quarter of 2011.
• Net income was NT$ 1,699 million for the third quarter of 2012, which increased from a net income of NT$ 1,470 million for the second quarter of 2012 and increased from a net income of NT$ 1,471 million for the third quarter of 2011.
• Total number of shares outstanding was 3,092 million shares as of Sept 30,2012. Diluted earnings per ordinary share for this quarter was NT$ 0.55, or US$ 0.09 per ADS.  

Capital expenditure and balance sheet highlight:

• Our cash balances totaled NT$ 16,859 million as of Sept 30, 2012 from NT$ 18,262 million as of June 30, 2012, and NT$ 14,230 million as of Sept 30, 2011. 
• Capital expenditures for the third quarter of 2012 totaled NT$ 5,586 million, which included NT$ 3,922 million for packaging equipment and NT$ 1,664 million for testing equipment.
• Total depreciation expenses for the third quarter of 2012 totaled NT$ 2,356 million, which included NT$ 1,802 million was from packaging operations and NT$ 554 million from testing operations.

IC packaging service:

• Net revenues from IC packaging operations were NT$ 15,263 million for the third  quarter of 2012, which represented an increase of NT$ 358 million or 2.4% compared to the second quarter of 2012.
• Substrate-based packaging, leadframe-based packaging and wafer bumping & Flip Chip accounted for 42%, 24% and 24%, respectively, of total net revenues for the third quarter of 2012.
• Capital expenditures for IC packaging operations totaled NT$ 3,922 million for the third quarter of 2012, which included NT$ 2,957 million for packaging and building construction and NT$ 965 million for wafer bumping operations.
• As of Sept 30, 2012 we had 7,679 wirebonders installed, of which 924 were added   and 215 were disposed in the third quarter of 2012.

IC testing service:                     

• Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 1,583 million for the third quarter of 2012, which represented a decrease of NT$ 57 million or 3.5% compared to the second quarter of 2012.
• Capital expenditures for testing operations totaled NT$ 1,664 million for the third quarter of 2012.
• As of Sept 30, 2012 we had 398 testers installed, of which 31 were added in the third quarter of 2012.

Revenue Analysis

• Breakdown by end applications:

• Breakdown by packaging type:

About SPIL

Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. ("SPIL")(NASDAQ:SPIL, Taiwan Stock Exchange:2325) is a leading provider of comprehensive semiconductor assembly and test services. SPIL is dedicated to meeting all of its customers' integrated circuit packaging and testing requirements, with turnkey solutions that range from design consultations, modeling and simulations, wafer bumping, wafer probe and sort, package assembly, final test, burn-in, to shipment. Products include advanced leadframe, substrate packages, wafer bumping and FCBGA, which are widely used in personal computers, communications, Internet appliances, cellular phones, digital cameras, cable modems, personal digital assistants and LCD monitors. SPIL supplies services and support to fabless design houses, integrated device manufacturers and wafer foundries globally. For further information, visit SPIL's web site at www.spil.com.tw.

Safe Harbor Statement

The information herein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectation and projections about future events. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions about us and other factors that may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of SPIL to be materially different from what may be implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially from those statements as a result of a number of factors, including, among other things:

• the intensely competitive personal computer, communications, consumer ICs and non-commodity memory semiconductor industries and markets;
• cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry;
• risks associated with global business activities;
• non-operating losses due to poor financial performance of some of our investments;
• our dependence on key personnel;
• general economic and political conditions;
• possible disruptions in commercial activities caused by natural and human induced disaster, including terrorist activities and armed conflicts and contagious disease, such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome;
• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and
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All financial figures discussed herein are prepared pursuant to ROC GAAP on a consolidated basis. The investment gains or losses of our company for the three months ended Sept 30, 2012 reflect our gains or losses attributable to the third quarter of 2012 unaudited financial results of several of our investees which are evaluated under the equity method. Neither the consolidated financial data for our company for the three months ended Sept 30, 2012, nor the consolidated financial data for our company for the nine months ended Sept 30, 2012 is necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period thereafter.

Contact:

Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.                                                                                             
No.45, Jieh Show Rd. 
Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu
Taiwan, 30056
www.spil.com.tw

Janet Chen, IR Director  
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+886-3-5795678#3675

Byron Chiang, Spokesperson
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