ELAN

ElanMicroelectronicsCorporation(ELAN)wasestablishedinMay1994inHsinchuScience-

BasedIndustrialPark-theSiliconValleyofTaiwanwithinitialcapitalofNT$1

billionandaccumulatedcapitalofNT$3.617billion.ThecompanywaslistedinTaiwans

StockExchangeinApril4,2000.CorporatesharesaretransferedoutfromOTCand

listedinthemainboardonSeptember17,2001.ELANsmajorbusinesscoversresearch,

developmentandmarketingofintegratedcircuits(IC).