Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. and ASE Industrial Holding Co., Ltd. Share Exchange

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ASE Industrial holding co., ltd. (NYSE: ASX, TAIEX: 3711, "ASEH" or the "Company"), announces

On April 30, 2018, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. ("ASE") completed a share exchange (the "Share Exchange") pursuant to which ASE Industrial Holding Co., Ltd. ("ASEH") was established and acquired all issued and outstanding shares of ASE. Pursuant to the Share Exchange, (i) ASE shareholders received 0.5 ASEH common shares for each ASE common share issued immediately prior to the effective time of the Share Exchange, and (ii) ASE shareholders received 1.25 ASEH American depositary shares, each representing two ASEH common shares, for each ASE American depositary share, representing five ASE common shares, upon the surrender for cancellation of ASE American depositary shares after the effective time of the Share Exchange. Following the Share Exchange, ASE has become a wholly owned subsidiary of ASEH. 

The common shares and American depositary shares of ASE were delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on April 30, 2018, respectively. Since the same date, ASEH common shares have been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol "3711", and ASEH American depositary shares have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ASX," the same symbol under which the American depositary shares of ASE were traded prior to the completion of the Share Exchange.

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SOURCE Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

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