Explain media reporting

Subject: Explain media reporting

Date of events: 2017/06/09

Contents:

1. Date of occurrence of the event: 2017/06/09

2. Company name: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd

3. Name of the reporting media: United Evening News

4. Content of the report:

Foxconn is submitting a joint bid with Western Digital for Toshiba's chip unit.

5. Countermeasures:

Foxconn wishes to clarify that there is no truth to the United Daily News article, dated June 9, 2017, which erroneously cited Japan's Mainichi Shimbun as reporting that Foxconn is submitting a joint bid with Western Digital for Toshiba's chip unit.