15th Jun 2007 07:00
Sunplus Technology Co Limited15 June 2007 Sunplus Shareholders' Meeting Approved NT$4 Cash Dividend and 5% Stock Dividend Issued on: 2007.06.15 Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C. June 15th, 2007 - Sunplus Technology Co.,Ltd. (SUNPLUS or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD), today held the annualshareholders' meeting, at which the shareholders approve the distribution ofNT$4 cash dividend per common share and 5% stock dividend. According to thisresolution, GDR holders will get NT$8 cash dividend per GDR share for each GDRshare representing 2 common Sunplus shares, and 5% stock dividend. The majorresolutions at this shareholders' meeting are as follows: 1. Shareholders accepted the financial results for 2006. Net sales for 2006 wereNT$17.08 billion, and net income for 2006 were NT$2,973 million, with an earningper share NT$2.94. 2. Shareholders approved the distribution of 2006 profits. The Company willdistribute NT$4 cash dividend per common share from profits and 5% stockdividend as 30 shares per 1,000 shares from profits plus 20 shares per 1,000shares from capital surplus, and issue 13,500,000 shares as employees stockbonus plus employees cash bonus NT$15 million. 3. Shareholders approved the capitalization of dividends, bonus to employeesfrom 2006 profits, and capital surplus. Total capital will increase byNT$391,037,150 and issuance of new shares is totaled 39,103,715 common shares. 4. Shareholders approved the amendment of "Articles of Incorporation". 5. Shareholders approved the amendment of "Policies and Procedures for FinancialDerivatives Transactions". 6. Shareholders approved the amendment of "Procedures for Acquisition orDisposal of Assets". About Sunplus Group Sunplus Group, headed by Sunplus Technology Company Limited established in 1990,is devoted in IC design for electrical consumer applications. Sunplus offers notonly IC design but also system solutions to maximize customer's benefits bydifferentiating each design. Sunplus' reusable IPs such as audio/video,microprocessor and digital signal processor technologies are applied to numerousIC solutions for multimedia home applications and ASICs that contributed to ourquality life. Due to the expansion of business scope, Sunplus split its BUs intoseveral fabless IC design companies in 2006. The LCD IC business was spun-offinto Orise Technology Co., Ltd.; the Controller &Peripheral BU was transferredinto Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.; the Personal Entertainment BU andAdvanced BU were spun-off into Sunplus mMobile Inc. The parent company - SunplusTechnology, keeps working on Home Entertainment IC solutions such as VCD/DVD,DVR DVB and LCD TV. For more information, please visit the Sunplus website:www.sunplus.com. Press Contact Sunplus Spokesman Mr. Wayne Shen Tel: 886-3-5786005 ext:2350 Fax: 886-3-5786006 E-mail: [email protected] Sunplus Public Relations/Investor Relations Miss Ann Lai Tel: 886-3-5786005 ext:2202 Fax: 886-3-5786006 E-mail: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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