Apex was selected as ‘TWSE Corporate Governance 100 Index’ Component

Unit：Apex International Co., Ltd. (Contact Jacky Wang Tel: +886-2-2717-0032)
Date：20th July 2016

Taipei, 19th July 2016, Apex International CO., Ltd. (“Apex”), an outstanding performance of PCB (Printed Circuit Board) enterprise, was selected as ‘TWSE Corporate Governance 100 Index’ components. This achievement represents not only dose Apex comply with laws and regulations, behave self-discipline, but also Apex implements and improves corporate governance practices in a proactive manner.

Corporate governance has become an important global topic, so Apex continuously improves non-regulatory corporate governance and adheres to strengthen corporate competitiveness, as well as enhance Apex’s international standing in corporate governance. The good behaves of corporate governance include that practices enhancing the independence of the Board, incentives for incremental establishment of functional committees in corporate boards, issues of corporate governance best practices, improvements on the decision-making process and disclosure of related party transactions, introduction of investors protection measures, and more transparent corporate information.

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About Apex

Apex(TWSE 4927.TT) is professional manufacturer of PCB(Printed Circuit Board) in Thailand that provides advanced double and multilayer production for applications spanning consumer, communication, and automotive industries. Apex’s robust material solutions enable end-customers to obtain one stop shopping, which include FR-4, CEM-3, Halonge Free FR-4, Lead Free FR-4, and so on. Apex’s 2 factories of PCB are located in Thailand and are able to produce over 350,000 square meters per month. The company employs over 5,000 Thai people, with offices in Thailand, Taiwan, and mainland China. Apex can be found on the web at http://www.apex-intl.com.tw/index.html

About TWSE Corporate Governance 100 Index

The TWSE based the index on the top 20% of companies from the Corporate Governance Evaluation released on 20th April and on the companies’ liquidity and 3 other financial indicators (book value per share not lower than par value, net profit after tax ranking and growth rate ranking). The selected 100 companies are then weighted by market value for the index calculation. The Index Base Date is 15th June, 2015 with 5,000 index points. A review is to be conducted in July every year and the number of constituents remains at 100.