Acer's News Release

Subject: Acer's News Release

Date of events: 2014/03/18

1. Date of occurrence of the event: 2014/03/18

2. Company name: Acer Inc.

3. Relationship to the Company (please enter "head office" or "subsidiaries"):

Head office

4. Reciprocal shareholding ratios: None

5. Name of the reporting media: None

6. Content of the report: None

7. Cause of occurrence: None

8. Countermeasures: None

9. Any other matters that need to be specified:

Acer's press release:

Acer to Clarify As Soon As Possible on Alleged Insider Trading by Two Employees

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (March 18, 2014) Acer has today provided related information to authorities in cooperation with the investigation process on alleged insider stock trading by two employees' individual actions.

Acer has always operated honestly as a law-abiding company, and requires its employees to follow laws and regulations.

Today, authorities took from the Acer headquarters in Xizhi, Taiwan, the related documents and information. Acer is fully cooperative with the investigation procedures and hopes to clarify the matter as soon as possible.