Siliconware Precision Industries Reports a 9.4% Quarter-over-Quarter Growth in Revenues Resulting in Earnings per Share of NT$ 0.48 or Earnings per ADS of US$ 0.08 for Second Quarter 2012

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. ("SPIL" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2325, NASDAQ: SPIL) today announced that its consolidated sales revenues for the second quarter of 2012 were NT$ 16,545 million, which represented a 9.4% growth in revenues compared to the first quarter of 2012 and a 12.3% growth in revenues compared to the second quarter of 2011. SPIL reported a net income of NT$ 1,470 million for the second quarter of 2012, compared with a net income of NT$ 891 million and a net income of NT$ 1,125 million for the first quarter of 2012 and the second quarter of 2011, respectively.

Diluted earnings per ordinary share for this quarter was NT$ 0.48, and diluted earnings per ADS was US$ 0.08.

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

Operating results review:

• For the second quarter of 2012, net revenues from IC packaging were NT$ 14,905 million and represented 90% of total net revenues. Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 1,640 million and represented 10% of total net revenues.
• Cost of goods sold was NT$ 13,356 million, representing an increase of 3.6% compared to the first quarter of 2012 and an increase of 7.4% compared to the second quarter of 2011.
  • Raw materials costs were NT$ 6,866 million for the second quarter of 2012 and represented 41.5% of total net revenues, whereas raw materials costs were NT$ 6,823 million and represented 45.1% of total net revenues for the first quarter of 2012.
  • The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees accounted for under cost of goods sold totaled NT$ 118 million.   
• Gross profit was NT$ 3,189 million for the second quarter of 2012, representing a gross margin of 19.3%, which increased from a gross margin of 14.7% for the first quarter of 2012 and was up from 15.6% for the second quarter of 2011.   
• Total operating expenses for the second quarter of 2012 were NT$ 1,295 million, which included selling expenses of NT$ 206 million, administrative expenses of NT$ 472 million and R&D expenses of NT$ 617 million. Total operating expenses represented 7.8% of total net revenues for the second quarter of 2012.
  • The accrued expenses of bonuses to employees, directors and supervisors accounted for under operating expenses totaled NT$ 52 million. 
• Operating income was NT$ 1,894 million for the second quarter of 2012, representing an operating margin of 11.5%, which increased from 6.9% for the first quarter of 2012 and increased from 8.3% for the second quarter of 2011.
• Non-operating items:
  • Our non-operating expense was NT$ 246 million, including an impairment loss of NT$ 94 million from Vertical Circuits, Inc.
• Net income before tax was NT$ 1,786 million for the second quarter of 2012, which increased from a net income before tax of NT$ 1,082 million for the first quarter of 2012 and increased from a net income before tax of NT$ 1,268 million for the second quarter of 2011.
• Income tax expense was NT$ 316 million for the second quarter of 2012, compared with income tax expense of NT$ 191 million for the first quarter of 2012 and income tax expense of NT$ 143 million for the second quarter of 2011.
• Net income was NT$ 1,470 million for the second quarter of 2012, which increased from a net income of NT$ 891 million for the first quarter of 2012 and increased from a net income of NT$ 1,125 million for the second quarter of 2011.
• Total number of shares outstanding was 3,087 million shares as of June 30,2012. Diluted earnings per ordinary share for this quarter was NT$ 0.48, or US$ 0.08 per ADS.  

Capital expenditure and balance sheet highlight:

• Our cash balances totaled NT$ 18,262 million as of June 30, 2012 from NT$ 17,204 million as of Mar 31, 2012, and NT$ 14,267 million as of June 30, 2011. 
• Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2012 totaled NT$ 2,265 million, which included NT$ 1,633 million for packaging equipment and NT$ 632 million for testing equipment.
• Total depreciation expenses for the second quarter of 2012 totaled NT$ 2,306 million, which included NT$ 1,782 million was from packaging operations and NT$ 524 million from testing operations.

IC packaging service:

• Net revenues from IC packaging operations were NT$ 14,905 million for the second  quarter of 2012, which represented an increase of NT$ 1,183 million or 8.6% compared to the first quarter of 2012.
• Substrate-based packaging, leadframe-based packaging and wafer bumping & Flip Chip accounted for 38%, 27% and 25%, respectively, of total net revenues for the second quarter of 2012.
• Capital expenditures for IC packaging operations totaled NT$ 1,633 million for the second quarter of 2012, which included NT$ 1,485 million for packaging and building construction and NT$ 148 million for wafer bumping operations.
• As of June 30, 2012 we had 6,970 wirebonders installed, of which 590 were added   and 81 were disposed in the second quarter of 2012.

IC testing service:                     

• Net revenues from testing operations were NT$ 1,640 million for the second quarter of 2012, which represented a increase of NT$ 244 million or 17.5% compared to the first quarter of 2012.
• Capital expenditures for testing operations totaled NT$ 632 million for the second quarter of 2012.
• As of June 30, 2012 we had 367 testers installed, of which 32 were added and 2 were disposed in the second quarter of 2012.
  

Revenue Analysis

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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 June 30, 2012 reflect our gains or losses attributable to the second 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 June 30, 2012, nor the consolidated financial data for our company for the six months ended June 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
[email protected]
+886-3-5795678#3675

Byron Chiang, Spokesperson
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+886-3-5795678#3671

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