ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. — Earnings Release 2003

May 7, 2003

6-K 1 may0703-6ksemi.htm asetest-earnings

FORM 6-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May, 2003 Commission File Number 001-16125

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 26 Chin Third Road Nantze Export Processing Zone Kaoshiung, Taiwan Republic of China (Address of principal executive offices)

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

| ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. — By: | /s/ Joseph Tung | | --- | --- | | Name: | Joseph Tung | | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |

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| Advanced

Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
ASE,
Inc. Joseph Tung, CFO / Vice President Freddie Liu, Assistant Vice President Tel: + 886-2-8780-5489 Fax: + 886-2-2757-6121 ir@aseglobal.com http://www.aseglobal.com

ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.

ANNOUNCES APRIL 2003 NET REVENUES

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, R.O.C., MAY 7, 2003 – ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. (NYSE: ASX, TAIEX: 2311), announces its unaudited consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its packaging operations in Kaohsiung for the month of April 2003.

**CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY NET REVENUES (UNAUDITED) ***

	Apr	Mar	Apr	Sequential	YoY
(NT$ Million)	2003	2003	2002	Change	Change
Net Revenues	4,256	3,992	3,667	+6.6 %	+16.1 %

**MONTHLY NET REVENUES FOR PACKAGING OPERATIONS IN KAOHSIUNG (UNAUDITED) ***

	Apr	Mar	Apr	Sequential	YoY
(NT$
Million)	2003	2003	2002	Change	Change
Net
Revenues	2,363	2,256	2,200	+4.7 %	+7.4 %

***** Such consolidated net revenues include, in addition to net revenues of ASE Inc.'s packaging operations in Kaohsiung, net revenues of majority owned subsidiaries such as ASE Test Limited, ASE (Chung Li) Inc., ASE (Korea) Inc., ASE Holding Electronics (Philippines) Inc. and ASE Material Inc.