晶元光電 2017/09/20

Clarification on media reporting

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1.Date of occurrence of the event:2017/09/20

2.Company name:Epistar Corporation

3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or

  ”subsidiaries”):head office

4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:NA

5.Name of the reporting media:

 EE Times or the other internet media who reproduced from the EET column

6.Content of the report:

 Philips Lumileds Counterattack; EPISTAR three Infringement products hit

 iceberg in USA

7.Cause of occurrence:2017/09/20 media reporting.

8.Countermeasures:

 The content reported by the media had been reached a settlement in

 September 2009, the report has the suspect to confuse investor and investor

 should carefully pay attention to it.

 September 24, 2009, Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) and Epistar(TSE:2448)

 had announced, now we are announcing again, that they have reached an

 agreement to amicably settle the current intellectual property disputes

 between the companies. Philips has granted Epistar a license under its

 AlInGaP LED technologies. With the license agreement, all claims and

 counterclaims are dismissed.

9.Any other matters that need to be specified:None.