Explain media reporting

Subject: Explain media reporting

Contents:

1.Date of occurrence of the event: 2017/10/19

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

3.Name of the reporting media: Economic Daily

4.Content of the report:

Hon Hai invests NT$46.4 billion to establish an electric vehicle fund.

5.Countermeasures:

we do not comment on such investments unless they are material and if they are, we only comment after the transaction has closed.