Powerchip Semiconductor Clarifies Media Reports

1. Date of Fact: 115/07/15 2. Company Name: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation 3. Relationship with the Company (Please enter the parent company or subsidiary): Parent Company 4. Cross-Holding Ratio: Not Applicable 5. Media Name: Commercial Times 6. Report Content: On July 15, the Commercial Times reported: '... Since this year, the prices of mature process wafer foundry services have continued to rise due to high demand. Not only Powerchip Semiconductor, but also other mature process wafer foundries in Taiwan are expected to achieve a gross margin of over 40% next year.' 7. Reason for Occurrence: Regarding the media report that 'next year, not only Powerchip Semiconductor, but also mature process wafer foundries in Taiwan are expected to achieve a gross margin of over 40%', Powerchip Semiconductor clarifies as follows: The company's earnings call only provides trend observations regarding its own business outlook and does not predict specific gross margin figures for next year. As for the media's general estimate of the gross margin situation for Taiwan's mature process wafer foundry industry next year, the company does not comment. 8. Response Measures: Issued a major information clarification regarding the media report content. 9. Other Matters to be Clarified: None Keyword: Major Information