To announce the Company's information

Acer Incorporated

13 March 2025

 

No:1

Subject: Acer's Board has approved 2024 consolidated results

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of submission to the board of directors or approval by the board of directors: 2025/03/13

2.Date of approval by the audit committee:2025/03/13

3.Start and end dates of financial reports or annual self-assessed financial information of the reporting period (XXXX/XX/XX~XXXX/XX/XX): 2024/01/01~2024/12/31

4.Operating revenue accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):264,682,407

5.Gross profit (loss) from operations accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):28,002,704

6.Net operating income (loss) accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):4,875,822

7.Profit (loss) before tax accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):8,974,344

8.Profit (loss) accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):6,218,756

9.Profit (loss) during the period attributable to owners of parent accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (thousand NTD):5,539,329

10.Basic earnings (loss) per share accumulated from 1/1 to end of the period (NTD):1.84

11.Total assets end of the period (thousand NTD):219,475,529

12.Total liabilities end of the period (thousand NTD):135,905,807

13.Equity attributable to owners of parent end of the period (thousand NTD):76,828,131

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

No:2

Subject: Acer BOD proposed dividend distribution

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of the board of directors resolution : 2025/03/13

2.Year or quarter which dividends belong to: FY 2024

3.Period which dividends belong to: 2024/01/01~2024/12/31

4.Appropriations of earnings in cash dividends to shareholders (NT$ per share): NT$1.7 per share

5.Cash distributed from legal reserve and capital surplus to shareholders (NT$ per share): 0

6.Total amount of cash distributed to shareholders (NT$): NT$5,181,351,507

7.Appropriations of earnings in stock dividends to shareholders (NT$ per share): 0

8.Stock distributed from legal reserve and capital surplus to shareholders (NT$ per share): 0

9.Total amount of stock distributed to shareholders (shares): 0

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

11.Par value of common stock: NT$10

No:3

Subject: Acer Board approved the convening of the 2025 General Shareholders' Meeting (Adjustment of the Meeting Agenda)

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of the board of directors' resolution:2025/03/13

2.Shareholders meeting date:2025/05/29

3.Shareholders meeting location: Aspire Resort (No. 428, Kewang Rd., Longtan District, Taoyuan City)

4.Shareholders' meeting will be held by means of (physical shareholders'  meeting/ hybrid shareholders' meeting / virtual-only shareholders' meeting): Physical shareholders' meeting

5.Cause for convening the meeting (1)Reported matters:

 (1)Business Report for the Year 2024

 (2)Audit Committee Report

 (3)Report on the Distribution of Cash Dividend for the Year 2024, Execution of Employees' Profit Sharing Bonus and Board Directors' Compensation for the Year 2024

 (4)Report on the Status of Shareholders Diversification of Acer Subsidiaries' Shares Planned to be Listed on TWSE or TPEX

 (5) Report on the issue of Unsecured Corporate Bonds of Acer Inc.

6.Cause for convening the meeting (2)Acknowledged matters:

 (1)Ratification Proposal of the Financial Statements, Business Report and Profit Distribution Statement for the Year 2024

7.Cause for convening the meeting (3)Matters for Discussion:

 (1)Proposal of the Amendments to Articles of Incorporation

 (2)Proposal of the Amendments to Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets

8.Cause for convening the meeting (4)Election matters: None

9.Cause for convening the meeting (5)Other Proposals: None

10.Cause for convening the meeting (6)Extemporary Motions: None

11.Book closure starting date:2025/03/31

12.Book closure ending date:2025/05/29

13.Any other matters that need to be specified:

 (1)Pursuant to Article 26-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the shareholders' meeting notice, which is given 30 days prior to whom owns less than 1,000 shares of the Company, may be effected by means of public announcement. In addition, in accordance with Section 3 of Article 183 of the Company Act, the distribution of the meeting minutes to all   shareholders within 20 days after the meeting is closed could be effected by means of public announcement as well.

 (2)Under the provisions of the Company Act, the Company will accept applications for proposals for the upcoming General Shareholders' Meeting submitted in writing by shareholders from 9:00 a.m. on March 18, 2025, until 4:00 p.m. on March 28, 2025. The designated receiving location is the Shareholders' Service Office (7F-5, No. 369, Fuxing N. Rd., Taipei City). Any other relevant matters will be handled in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and announced separately.

No:4

Subject: To announce the ex-dividend record date

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of the resolution by the board of directors or shareholders meeting or decision by the Company: 2025/03/13

2.Type of ex-rights or ex-dividend (please enter: "Ex-rights", "Ex-dividend", or "Ex-rights and dividend"): Ex-dividend

3.Type and monetary amount of common stock dividend distribution: Appropriations of earnings in cash dividends: NT$5,181,351,507 /NT$ 1.7 per share

4.Ex-rights (ex-dividend) trading date:2025/06/19

5.Last date before book closure:2025/06/21

6.Book closure starting date:2025/06/22

7.Book closure ending date:2025/06/26

8.Ex-rights (ex-dividend) record date:2025/06/26

9.Deadline for applying the conversion of the bond:N/A

10.The closure period for the conversion of the bond will start from the date:N/A

11.The closure period for the conversion of the bond will end on the date:N/A

12.Payment date of common stock cash dividend distribution:2025/07/24

13.Any other matters that need to be specified:

The last date before book closure is Jun. 21, 2025, which is a holiday; so the on-site operation will be advanced to Jun. 20, before 4 p.m.

No:5

Subject: Explanation of the Company's Shareholders Participating in the Cash Capital Increase of Its Subsidiary, Altos Computing Inc.

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2025/03/13

2.Company name:Acer Inc.

3.Relationship to the Company (please enter "head office" or "subsidiaries"):Head office

4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:Not applicable

5.Cause of occurrence:

To facilitate the listing process of the Company's Subsidiary, Altos Computing Inc. (a non-public company, "ALT"), on the Taiwan Stock Exchange or Taipei Exchange, the Company's Board of Directors has resolved to waive and release its subscription rights to 1,500,000 ALT shares in the cash capital increase for the Company's shareholders participating in the subscription.

6.Countermeasures:None.

7.Any other matters that need to be specified (the information disclosure also meets the requirements of Article 7, subparagraph 9 of the Securities and Exchange Act Enforcement Rules, which brings forth a significant impact on shareholders rights or the price of the securities on public companies.):

Below please find the explanation of the Company's shareholders participating in the cash capital increase of ALT:

(1)The Company's subsidiary, ALT, plans to conduct its first cash capital increase in 2025 for issuance of 11,627,000 new shares at a price of NT$18.2 per share. The total amount of raised funds is NT$211,611,400, which will be used to strengthen operating capital. In accordance with Article 267 of the Company Act, 15% of the newly issued shares, 1,744,050 shares, will be reserved for subscription by employees. The remaining 85%, 9,882,950 shares, will be first allocated to ALT's shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings. The Company, through Acer BeingWare Holding Inc., indirectly holds 78.59% shares in ALT and is entitled to   subscribe for 7,767,010 shares.

(2)The Company plans to waive its subscription rights to 1,500,000 shares. In accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors, shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of the book closure date for this year's dividend distribution (2025/6/21) will be eligible to subscribe for ALT's common shares. The number of ALT shares that each shareholder may subscribe to will be calculated based on their holdings of the Company's common shares. Each common share of the Company entitles its holder to subscribe for 0.00049215 ALT common shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share, with any fractional shares disregarded).

(3)The shareholders may apply to the Company's stock affairs office for combination of their shares before the end of the payment date for the transaction. Shareholders not applying for combination within the period or whose combined shares are less than one ALT's common shares will be deemed to waive whose rights of subscription.

(4)The shareholders who purchase the Company's shares after the book closure date may apply for subscription registration by submitting proof of stock ownership to the Company's stock affairs office before the payment deadline. The Company will calculate the number of shares eligible for subscription based on the submitted shareholding proportion and process    the subscription in accordance with the specific subscription method outlined in the latter part of Article 267, Paragraph 3 of the Company Act.

(5)In accordance with conditions herein, any shareholders who have rights to purchase more than 1,000 API's common shares, will be provided with the notice of the payment by an ordinary mail.

(6)As to the shareholder whose rights of purchase are less than 1,000 API's common shares, the Company will not provide any notice individually besides this announcement, such shareholders shall contact to the Company's stock affairs office directly for payment related    information.

(7)Planned agenda for the transaction is as follows:

   a.Start date for shareholder inquiries regarding payment information: 2025/7/6

   b.Payment period for shareholders: 2025/07/15 - 2025/08/15

   c.Deadline for application for the combination of shares: 2025/08/14

   d.Deadline for subscription applications from shareholders who acquired the Company's shares after the record date: August 14, 2025.

(8)After the completion of the registration for this capital increase, ALT will separately notify the shareholders who participated in the subscription.

(9)For any inquiries regarding the payment process for ALT's cash capital increase, please contact the Acer Group stock affairs office at [phone].

No:6

Subject:To announce that Board of Directors approved to terminate the issuance of all GDRs and delist the listed GDRs on the London Stock Exchange.

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2025/03/13

2.Company name:Acer Incorporated

3.Relationship to the Company (please enter "head office" or "subsidiaries"):Head office

4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:Not applicable

5.Cause of occurrence:

 As of 2025/2/28, the Company has issued 5,469,971 Global Depositary Receipt ("GDR") units, representing 27,349,950 common shares. 481,445 GDR units are listed on the London Stock Exchange. To simplify the operation process and reduce related costs, the Company intends to terminate the issuance of all GDRs and delist the listed GDRs on the London Stock Exchange.

6.Countermeasures:None.

7.Any other matters that need to be specified (the information disclosure also meets the requirements of Article 7, subparagraph 9 of the Securities and Exchange Act Enforcement Rules, which brings forth a significant impact on shareholders rights or the price of the securities on public companies.):

(1)The GDRs are expected to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 2025/07/16.

(2)The depositary and custodian, Citibank, N.A., will complete the sale of the underlying shares represented by the GDRs, the cancellation of the GDRs, and the distribution of proceeds to GDR holders within six months after the effective date of termination.

No:7

Subject:ACER Board of Directors approved the issuance of unsecured corporate bond

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Date of the board of directors resolution:2025/03/13

2.Name [issue no.__ of (secured, unsecured) corporate bonds of ___________ (company)]:

Acer Inc. unsecured corporate bonds.

3.Whether to adopt shelf registration (Yes/No):No

4.Total amount issued: No more than NT$10,000,000,000 and issued at one time or separately

5.Face value per bond:NT$1,000,000    

6.Issue price:At face value

7.Issuance period: To be decided based on market condition, but no longer than 10 years.

8.Coupon rate: Fixed coupon rate, to be determined on market condition

9.Types, names, monetary values and stipulations of collaterals: Not applicable

10.Use of the funds raised by the offering and utilization plan: Repay Debts and/or Working capital replenishment

11.Underwriting method: Public offering through underwriting

12.Trustees of the corporate bonds: Authorizing the Chairman or his appointed substitute with full power to decide

13.Underwriter or agent: Authorizing the Chairman or his appointed substitute with full power to decide

14.Guarantor(s) for the issuance:Not applicable

15.Agent for payment of the principal and interest: Authorizing the Chairman or his appointed substitute with full power to decide

16.Certifying institution:Not applicable

17.Where convertible into shares, the rules for conversion: Not applicable

18.Sell-back conditions:Not applicable

19.Buyback conditions:Not applicable

20.Reference date for any additional share exchange, stock swap, or subscription:Not applicable

21.Possible dilution of equity in case of any additional share exchange, stock swap, or subscription:Not applicable

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

No:8

Subject:To announce the acquisition of right-of-use assets in real estate from related party.

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Name and nature of the underlying asset (e.g., land located at Sublot XX, Lot XX, North District, Taichung City):

Data center space for servers (No. 69, Lane 368, Xinhe Road, Longtan Dist., Taoyuan City)

2.Date of occurrence of the event:2025/03/13

3.Transaction unit amount (e.g.XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping), unit price, and total transaction price:

Transaction volume: 43.5 p'ing;

Monthly rent price: NT$478 thousands;

Total amount of right-of-use assets: NT$5,640 thousands;

4.Trading counterparty and its relationship with the Company (if the trading counterparty is a natural person and furthermore is not a related party of the Company, the name of the trading counterparty is not required to be disclosed):

Counterpart: Acer e-Enabling Data Center Incorporated ("Acer eDC") is the Company's subsidiary.

5.Where the trading counterparty is a related party, announcement shall also be made of the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterparty and the identity of the previous owner, its relationship with the Company and the trading counterparty, and the previous date and monetary amount of transfer:

Reason for choosing the related party: Acer eDC is professional data center and cloud service provider; and efficient group resource utilization.

The identity of the previous owner: NA

6.Where an owner of the underlying assets within the past five years has been a related party of the Company, the announcement shall also include the date and price of acquisition and disposal by the related party, and its relationship with the Company at the time of the transaction: NA

7.Projected gain (or loss) through disposal (not applicable for acquisition of assets; those with deferral should provide a table explaining recognition): NA

8.Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and monetary amount), restrictive covenants in the contract, and other important terms and conditions:

Leasing period: 2025/04/01~2026/03/31

Restrictive covenants in the contract, and other important stipulations:

Without the prior consent of the lessor, the lessee shall not refit the real estate.

9.The manner of deciding on this transaction (such as invitation to tender, price comparison, or price negotiation), the reference basis for the decision on price, and the decision-making unit:

The transaction amount is referred to the market price of data center at the same service level, and is decided by responsible authorities in accordance with the Company's "Procedures Governing the Acquiring or Disposing of Assets" and relevant rules.

10.Name of the professional appraisal firm or company and its appraisal price: NA

11.Name of the professional appraiser: NA

12.Practice certificate number of the professional appraiser: NA

13.The appraisal report has a limited price, specific price, or special price: NA

14.An appraisal report has not yet been obtained: NA

15.Reason for an appraisal report not being obtained: NA

16.Reason for any significant discrepancy with the appraisal reports and opinion of the CPA: NA

17.Name of the CPA firm: NA

18.Name of the CPA: NA

19.Practice certificate number of the CPA: NA

20.Broker and broker's fee: NA

21.Concrete purpose or use of the acquisition or disposal: For the Company's data center.

22.Any dissenting opinions of directors to the present transaction: NA

23.Whether the counterparty of the current transaction is a related party: No

24.Date of the board of directors resolution:

According to the relevant rules, Chairman of Acer Inc. is authorized to decide it within specific transaction amount.

25.Date of ratification by supervisors or approval by the audit committee: NA

26.The transaction is to acquire a real property or right-of-use asset from a related party: Yes

27.The price assessed in accordance with the Article 16 of the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies: NA

28.Where the above assessed price is lower than the transaction price, the price assessed in accordance with the Article 17 of the same regulations: NA

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

No:9

Subject:Announcement on behalf of subsidiary, Acer Mobile Power System Inc., acquiring the right-of-use asset in real estate from related party

Date of events:2025/03/13

Contents:

1.Name and nature of the underlying asset (e.g., land located at Sublot XX, Lot XX, North District, Taichung City):

Acer Office located in Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City

2.Date of occurrence of the event:2025/03/13

3.Transaction unit amount (e.g.XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping), unit price, and total transaction price:

Transaction volume: 85.7 ping

Monthly rent price: NT$64 thousands

Total amount of right-of-use assets: NT$766 thousands

4.Trading counterparty and its relationship with the Company (if the trading counterparty is a natural person and furthermore is not a related party of the Company, the name of the trading counterparty is not required to be disclosed):

Counterpart: the Company, the parent company of Acer Mobile Power System Inc.

5.Where the trading counterparty is a related party, announcement shall also be made of the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterparty and the identity of the previous owner, its relationship with the Company and the trading counterparty, and the previous date and monetary amount of transfer:

Reason for choosing the related party:

efficient group resources utilization

The identity of the previous owner: NA

6.Where an owner of the underlying assets within the past five years has been a related party of the Company, the announcement shall also include the date and price of acquisition and disposal by the related party, and its relationship with the Company at the time of the transaction: NA

7.Projected gain (or loss) through disposal (not applicable for acquisition of assets; those with deferral should provide a table explaining recognition): NA

8.Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and monetary amount), restrictive covenants in the contract, and other important terms and conditions:

Leasing period: 2025/4/1~2026/3/31

Restrictive covenants in the contract, and other important

stipulations: None

9.The manner of deciding on this transaction (such as invitation to tender, price comparison, or price negotiation), the reference basis for the decision on price, and the decision-making unit:

The transaction amount is referred to the rental price in the same area.

This transaction is decided by responsible authorities in accordance with the approval authority of Acer Mobile Power System Inc. and the Company's "Procedures Governing the Acquiring or Disposing of Assets" and relevant rules.

10.Name of the professional appraisal firm or company and its appraisal price: NA

11.Name of the professional appraiser: NA

12.Practice certificate number of the professional appraiser: NA

13.The appraisal report has a limited price, specific price, or special price: NA

14.An appraisal report has not yet been obtained: NA

15.Reason for an appraisal report not being obtained: NA

16.Reason for any significant discrepancy with the appraisal reports and opinion of the CPA: NA

17.Name of the CPA firm: NA

18.Name of the CPA:NA

19.Practice certificate number of the CPA:NA

20.Broker and broker's fee: NA

21.Concrete purpose or use of the acquisition or disposal: Office

22.Any dissenting opinions of directors to the present transaction: None

23.Whether the counterparty of the current transaction is a related party: No

24.Date of the board of directors resolution:2025/03/13

25.Date of ratification by supervisors or approval by the audit committee: NA

26.The transaction is to acquire a real property or right-of-use asset from a related party: Yes

27.The price assessed in accordance with the Article 16 of the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies: NA

28.Where the above assessed price is lower than the transaction price, the price assessed in accordance with the Article 17 of the same regulations: NA

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

No:10

Subject:ACER is invited to participate in the BofA Securities 2025 Asia Tech Conference held by Merrill Lynch

Date of events:2025/03/19

Contents:

1.Date of institutional investor conference:2025/03/19~2025/03/20

2.Time of institutional investor conference:14:00

3.Location of institutional investor conference: Grand Hyatt Taipei

4.Outline of institutional investor conference:

Acer Inc. Performance Briefing for the fourth Quarter of 2024.

The presentation material for investor conference is available at MOPS.

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

No:11

ACER INCORPORATED

ACER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Financial Statements of FY2024

The above documents have been uploaded on MOPS, the regulatory system of Taiwan Stock Exchange, and can be viewed at or downloaded from Acer Inc. website at https://www.acer-group.com/ag/en/TW/content/quarterly-reports

 

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