Acter Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Acter*”, Ticker: 5536 TT) announced January 2023 revenue. On a consolidated basis, our January 2023 revenue reached NTD1.43 billion, down 10% YoY. The slight decrease in revenue momentum was mainly due to fewer working days resulting from the Lunar New Year holiday in January.

In 2023, we remain cautious and optimistic toward our earnings, given our Group’s diversification strategies across multi-industries and multi-regions, which allow us to mitigate risks on a single industry. Although the overall operation is still affected by related cost factors such as raw materials and labor, Acter* has gradually brought into the benefits of large-scale procurement through economies of scale, strict control of various expenses, and appropriate rolling adjustments to project duration and quotations, which will help the Group maintain profitability.

Despite increased uncertainties on semiconductor investment, Acter*’s experienced and talented professionals and project management capabilities across different sectors can effectively mitigate the risk of single market/sector fluctuation. In addition, we believe that our vertical and horizontal integration can support us with high order visibility in mid-to-longer term operations.

Outlook for First Quarter 2023:

Despite the record high base from 2022, Acter*’s order backlog in first quarter 2023 remains stable with good visibility with solid operation momentum. Amid the economy downturn concerns, Acter* continues to seek for new opportunities to penetrate into new clients in multi-industries and new projects from existing clients.

Acter* has established a niche with a strategy that focuses on multi-industry, multi-region, and diverse business layout, and leveraged the Group’s resources to enhance business performance, mitigate concentration risks, and increase operational scale. In addition, Acter* will continue to cultivate its talents with international experience, boost efficiency of internal management, searching for potential business partners to expand the Group’s global footprint and improve profitability. Moreover, we believe that our latest green technology development should lead to more environmentally friendly and energy-saving projects in response to the global green environment protection trend. Together with our technology collaboration level with the clients customized requests also raise the Group’s market competitiveness.

*The number is unaudited.

Acter* Monthly Sales (January 2023)：                         

Unit: NTD thousand；%

2022 Dividend Semi-Annual Payout Schedule (par value NT$5/share)

NOTE: The total number of shares that can participate in the distribution was affected due to the conversion of the company's convertible bond. Therefore, Acter* adjusted the cash dividend payout ratio.

IR Contact:

Acter Assistant Vice President  Miss Tsao  (04)2261-5288  IR@acter.com.tw

IPR Advisors   Tim Chen   (02)2758-0339  ir@ipradvisors.com