1.Date of occurrence of the event:2014/11/13
2.Company name:Epistar Corporation
3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or
”subsidiaries”):head office
4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A
5.Name of the reporting media:N/A
6.Content of the report:N/A
7.Cause of occurrence:
Background:
Revenue of Epistar Group was NTD 7.63 billion in the third quarter of 2014,
an increase of 32.7% from NTD 5.75 billion for the third quarter of 2013
and an decrease of 6.2% from NTD8.13 billion for the second quarter of 2014.
Gross margin for the Group was 22.5% for the third quarter of 2014, an
increase of 6.4% from 16.1% for the third quarter of 2013 and an increase
of 1.1% from 21.4% for the second quarter of 2014. Even if the revenue for
the third quarter of 2014 is less than for the second quarter of 2014 gross
margin rate showed an increasing trend. The operating profit was 2.22 billion
for the nine-month periods ended of September 30 ,2014.
Due to the subsequently measurement of convertible corporate bonds made in
accordance with IFRS in the third of 2014, the gains of NTD 1.22 billion
was reported in the third quarter of 2014. As a result, a net income before
tax of NTD 2.18 billion was recognized for the third quarter of 2014.
Conversion options, call options and put options embedded in convertible
corporate bonds were stated at fair value at the balance sheet date.
The gains were primarily due to lower liquidity risk、Taiwan dollar
appreciation and company stock price down compare to the end of third
Quarter. The valuation gains didn’t result in any cash inflow.
If the above impact was excluded, the Group’s net income before tax for the
third quarter of 2014 would be NTD 0.96 billion.
8.Countermeasures:None
9.Any other matters that need to be specified:None