Reporter yesterday from the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing companies - China Taiwan ASE certified, ASE has received Carlyle Group 39 New Taiwan dollars per share (equivalent to approximately USD per unit of American Depositary Receipts 5.94 yuan) acquire all the issued shares of the company's potential offer. ASE Board of Directors will be held this week to discuss the acquisition. This is the Carlyle Group last week announced 20 million U.S. dollars capital injection time-sharing is another important investment in the media after the move.
According to information announced by ASE, the company chairman Zhang Qian-sheng has agreed to form under certain conditions Jiarukailei investment team and its own and international companies through the Hong Kong business holds the ASE Microelectronics shares transferred to Carlyle. Zhang Qian-sheng Carlyle Group has signed an exclusive contract to agree to a certain period and the Carlyle Group is not outside the company to discuss the sale or assignment. ASE at the same time stressed that the negotiations between the current and Carlyle has not been completed and therefore could not confirm whether the final completion of the transaction, could not confirm whether the final purchase price for the offer price.
Analysts believe that the ASE For resale Carlyle should not "spur of the moment." For many years, semiconductor companies in Taiwan has been strict control on investment in the mainland, opened this year in April although the low-end IC packaging and testing industry, but has not really released a business, how much will it cost, and service development aspects of ASE cause some obstacles, changing hands Carlyle is a good way.
It is understood that the funds involved in the transaction is expected to as high as 55 billion U.S. dollars, but the industry that the price is too low. ASE share premium of only 23.5%, and in 2007 the global semiconductor packaging and testing industry is expected to cycle into the economy, as the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing company, ASE revenues last year reached 21 billion yuan, is expected to exceed 25 billion this year element.