Subsidiary ASE Semiconductor Manufacturing to Acquire Operating Equipment from Kulicke and Soffa
Original: 代子公司日月光半導體製造(股)公司公告 向KULICKE AND SOFFA PTE. LTD.取得供營業用之機器設備
Summary
ASE Technology Holding filed this disclosure on behalf of its subsidiary ASE Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., announcing the procurement of machinery and equipment for business operations from KULICKE AND SOFFA PTE. LTD., the Singapore-registered entity of leading semiconductor equipment maker Kulicke & Soffa Industries. The purchase signals continued investment in assembly and packaging capacity and was large enough to trigger Taiwan's material-information disclosure threshold. Full body available on MOPS.
Full Translation
Filed by ASE Technology Holding on behalf of subsidiary ASE Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.: Announcement of the acquisition of machinery and equipment for business operations from KULICKE AND SOFFA PTE. LTD. Kulicke & Soffa is a major global supplier of wire-bonding, advanced packaging, and related semiconductor assembly equipment; its Singapore entity (Pte. Ltd.) is the typical contracting vehicle for Asia-Pacific sales. Under Taiwan Stock Exchange rules, equipment purchases exceeding prescribed thresholds (generally NT$300 million or 20% of paid-in capital) must be disclosed as material information, indicating this transaction is of meaningful scale. [Body not available — subject line only. See MOPS for full announcement.]