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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-351196
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171124
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171124

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001122411
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16125
		FILM NUMBER:		171221095

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26 CHIN THIRD ROAD
		STREET 2:		NANTZE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
		CITY:			KAOHSIUNG TAIWAN
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			00000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26 CHIN THIRD ROAD
		STREET 2:		NANTZE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
		CITY:			KAOHSIUNG TAIWAN
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			00000
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Report of Foreign Private Issuer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>November&nbsp;24, 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-16125</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>26 Chin Third Road</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nantze Export Processing Zone</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kaoshiung, Taiwan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Republic of China</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:pmingliu"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9746;</FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:pmingliu"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;</FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by
check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Note</B>: Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Note: Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated,
domiciled or legally organized (the registrant&#146;s &#147;home country&#148;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&#146;s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is
not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant&#146;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> submission or other Commission filing
on EDGAR. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12g3-2(b)</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12g3-2(b):</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ENGINEERING, INC.</B></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Below is the English version of our MOPS filings on November&nbsp;24, 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 4 Paragraph 49 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange&#146;s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information
by Listed Companies </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SEQ_NO: 1 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date of announcement:
2017/11/24 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Time of announcement: 20:01:02 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject: ASE and
SPIL Received All Anti-Trust Approvals for their Combination and the Establishment of ASE Industrial Holding Co., Ltd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date of events: 2017/11/24 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To which item it meets: paragraph 49</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. Date of occurrence of the event:2017/11/24 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. Company
name:Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. Relationship to the Company (please enter &#148;head office&#148; or &#148;subsidiaries&#148;):head
office </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. Cause of
occurrence:ASE and SPIL Received All Antitrust Approvals for their Combination and the Establishment of ASE Industrial Holding Co., Ltd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6,
Countermeasures:N/A </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. Any other matters that need to be specified: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (TWSE Code: 2311, NYSE Code: ASX)
(&#148;ASE&#148;) and Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (&#148;SPIL&#148;)(Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2325, NASDAQ: SPIL) jointly announced on June&nbsp;30, 2016 that both companies plan to establish ASE Industrial Holding Co., Ltd.
(&#148;HoldCo&#148;). Following the announcement, ASE and SPIL filed applications to antitrust authorities in different jurisdictions in connection with the proposed transaction. ASE and SPIL received clearances from the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on November&nbsp;16, 2016 and May&nbsp;15, 2017, respectively. On November&nbsp;24, 2017, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (&#148;MOFCOM&#148;) announced that it has
conditionally approved the proposed transaction. The conditions are set forth below (for more details, please visit MOFCOM&#146;s webstie: http://fldj.mofcom.gov.cn/article/ztxx/201711/20171102675701.shtml): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. To maintain the ASE&#146;s and SPIL&#146;s separate legal entity for both parties to continue to act as independent competitors. During the restriction
period (24 months), both parties will operate independently and compete in the market according to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-merger</FONT> business management model and market practices, including, but not limited to, hold-separate of
management, hold-separate of financial affairs, hold-separate of personnel, hold-separate of pricing, hold-separate of sales, hold-separate of capacities, hold-separate of purchases. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. During the restriction period, HoldCo will only exercise limited shareholder rights. The limitation includes: Apart from the right to access dividends and
financial information from both parties, HoldCo will temporarily cease to exercise other shareholder rights; HoldCo&#146;s Resource Integration&nbsp;&amp; Steering Committee can coordinate research related projects and consolidate research capacity
for both parties; HoldCo&#148;s Resource Integration&nbsp;&amp; Steering Committee can also coordinate business matters that do not involve SATS/OSAT related business. HoldCo and ASE or SPIL can loan company funds or provide financing collateral
between each party in accordance to each party&#146;s need or request. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. Both parties undertake to provide services to the customers on a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-discriminatory</FONT> basis, and reasonably determine service prices and other transaction terms, during the restriction period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. Both parties undertakes not to limit the customers&#146; choice of alternative suppliers, and cooperate with the customers switch to other suppliers in a
smooth manner at the request of such customers, during the restriction period. Since ASE and SPIL have now received all necessary antitrust clearances for the transaction, ASE will immediately proceed with the establishment of HoldCo. It is expected
that an extraordinary general meeting will be convened in February 2018 and the establishment of HoldCo will be completed by the end of May 2018. This timeline, however, is subject to the review progress of competent authorities. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the combination of ASE and SPIL carries positive significance for Taiwan and benefits the development of
the semiconductor packaging and testing technology in the PRC and across the globe, ASE and SPIL are aware of the fact that certain industry players and authorities in the PRC may have concerns over the potential restrictive effects of the Share
Exchange. In order to mitigate such concerns, ASE and SPIL filed a remedial proposal to MOFCOM which included the companies&#146; commitments to maintain independent operations for a confined period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Safe Harbor Notice: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This statement
contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including
statements regarding ASE&#146;s or HoldCo&#146;s future results of operations and business prospects. Although these forward-looking statements, which may include statements regarding the expected completion of the proposed combination between ASE
and Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (&#147;SPIL&#148;) and any benefits or synergies of the proposed combination, as well as ASE&#146;s or HoldCo&#146;s (if established) future results of operations, financial condition or business
prospects, are based on certain assumptions made by ASE or HoldCo (if established) based on management&#146;s experience, perception of historical trends and technical analyses, current conditions, anticipated future developments and other factors
believed to be appropriate and reasonable by management as well as information from other sources ASE&#146;s management believes to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date
of this statement. The words &#147;will,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;could,&#148;
&#147;project,&#148; or their negatives, and other similar expressions or statements, as they relate to ASE or HoldCo (if established), are intended to identify these forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain
such identifying words. These statements discuss future expectations, identify strategies, contain projections of results of operations of ASE&#146;s or HoldCo&#146;s (if established) financial condition, or state other forward-looking information.
Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. These include risks and uncertainties that may affect the proposed combination with
SPIL, the satisfactory completion of due diligence by the parties, the ability of the parties to negotiate and enter into a definitive agreement and, if such an agreement is entered into, the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the
definitive agreement, any delay or inability to obtain necessary approvals or consents from third parties and the ability of the parties to realize the anticipated benefits from the proposed business transaction. ASE cannot guarantee that its
expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. ASE&#146;s or HoldCo&#146;s (if established) actual results could be materially different from and worse than those expectations. For a discussion of important
risks and factors that could cause ASE&#146;s or HoldCo&#146;s (if established) actual results to be materially different from its expectations, please see the documents we file from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(&#147;U.S. SEC&#148;), including ASE&#146;s 2016 Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;21, 2017. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and ASE
undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>This statement is not an offering of securities for sale in any jurisdiction: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom. ASE has filed a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4</FONT> with the U.S. SEC in connection with the
proposed joint share exchange between ASE and SPIL (the &#147;Joint Share Exchange&#148;). The Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4</FONT> will contain a prospectus and other documents. The Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4</FONT> and
prospectus, as they may be amended from time to time, will contain important information about ASE, SPIL, the Joint Share Exchange and related matters. U.S. shareholders of ASE are urged to read the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4,</FONT>
the prospectus and the other documents, as they may be amended from time to time, that may be filed with the U.S. SEC in connection with the Joint Share Exchange carefully before they make any decision at any shareholders&#146; meeting of ASE with
respect to the Joint Share Exchange. The Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4,</FONT> the prospectus and all other documents filed with the U.S. SEC in connection with the Joint Share Exchange will be available when filed, free of charge, on
the U.S. SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4,</FONT> the prospectus and all other documents filed with the U.S. SEC in connection with the Joint Share Exchange will be made available, free of
charge, to U.S. shareholders of ASE who make a written request to ir@aseglobal.com. </P>
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