0001309014-17-000020.txt : 20170110 0001309014-17-000020.hdr.sgml : 20170110 20170110062700 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001309014-17-000020 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 16 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170110 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001132924 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31731 FILM NUMBER: 17519153 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21 3 HSINYI RD SECTION 1 STREET 2: TAIPEI TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINAA CITY: TAIPEI TAIWAN STATE: XX ZIP: 10048 BUSINESS PHONE: 886223445488 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21 3 HSINYI RD SECTION 1 STREET 2: TAIPEI TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA CITY: TAIPEI TAIWAN STATE: XX ZIP: 10048 6-K 1 htm_10725.htm LIVE FILING Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. - Form 6-K
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

January 10, 2017

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
Room 110, Finance Department of Headquarters, 21-3 Hsinyi Road, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan
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(Address of principal executive office)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:  [x] Form 20-F    [ ] Form 40-F
 
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SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
    Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
     
Date: January 10, 2017 By: /s/Bo Yung Chen

  Name:  Bo Yung Chen
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.01   Announcement on 2016/12/15: Discharge of representative of Juristic-Person Director
99.02   Announcement on 2016/12/15: New appointment of Chairman
99.03   Announcement on 2016/12/15 : New appointment of CEO
99.04   Announcement on 2016/12/26 : Explanation of the related media reports
99.05   Announcement on 2016/12/27: Chunghwa Telecom to hold conference call for the fourth quarter 2016 results
99.06   Announcement on 2016/12/29: New appointment of the President
99.07   Announcement on 2016/12/29: New appointment of important personnel
99.08   Announcement on 2016/12/29: Board resolution approving donation to related Parties
99.09   Announcement on 2016/12/29: Announce the impairment of financial assets by applying IAS No.39
99.10   Announcement on 2017/01/03: To announce an asset impairment charge pursuant to IAS No.36
99.11   Announcement on 2017/01/04: Explanation of the media report "Chunghwa Telecom may increase capital expenditures to NT$29 billion”
99.12   Announcement on 2017/01/04: New Appointment of Representative of Juristic Person Director
99.13   Announcement on 2017/01/10 : Chunghwa Telecom announces its operating results for December 2016
99.14   Announcement on 2017/01/10: Chunghwa Telecom won the bid for the service "Leaping Project of e-Invoice" from Fiscal Information Agency, Ministry of Finance
99.15   Announcement on 2017/01/10: December 2016 sales
     

EX-99.01 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99.01 Exhibit  EX-99.01

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.01  

Discharge of representative of Juristic-Person Director

Date of events: 2016/12/15  

Contents:

      1.Date of occurrence of the change:2016/12/15

      2.Name of juristic-person director/ supervisor:Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

      3.Name and resume of the replaced person:Lih-Shyng Tsai, Chairman of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

      4.Name and resume of the replacement:None

      5.Reason for the change:discharge

      6.Original term (from        to       ):from 2016/06/24 to 2019/06/23

      7.Effective date of the new appointment:N/A

      8.Any other matters that need to be specified:

  (1)   In accordance with the letter of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC)

  (2)   The MOTC will appoint a new representative to fill up the vacancy later.

EX-99.02 3 exhibit2.htm EX-99.02 Exhibit  EX-99.02

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.02

New appointment of Chairman

Date of events: 2016/12/15  

Contents:  

      1.Date of the board of directors resolution or date of occurrence of the change:2016/12/15

      2.Type of personnel (chairman or general manager):Chairman

      3.Name and resume of the replaced personnel:Lih-Shyng Tsai, served as the Chairman and CEO of TSMC Solar and TSMC Solid State Lighting; Ph. D. degree in Material Science and Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

      4.Name and resume of the new personnel:Yu Cheng, Director for Chunghwa Telecom; served as CEO of Contemporary Taiwan Development Foundation, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Commercial Times, the President and Director of Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd., the Chairman of Radio Taiwan International, Commissioner and Vice Chairman of Fair Trade Commission of Executive Yuan.; M.B.A., National Chengchi University.

      5.Type of the change (please enter: “resignation”, “conge”, “tenure expired” ,“position adjustment”, “dismissal”, “retirement”, “death” or “new appointment” ):Dismissal

      6.Reason for the change:Leave

      7.Effective date of the new appointment:2016/12/15

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

EX-99.03 4 exhibit3.htm EX-99.03 Exhibit  EX-99.03

 

 EXHIBIT 99.03

New appointment of CEO

Date of events: 2016/12/15  

Contents:  

      1.Type of personnel changed (please enter: spokesperson, acting spokesperson, important personnel(CEO, COO, CMO, CSO, etc.),financial officer, accounting officer, research and development officer, or internal audit officer):CEO

      2.Date of occurrence of the change:2016/12/15

      3.Name, title, and resume of the replaced person:Lih-Shyng Tsai, served as the Chairman and CEO of TSMC Solar and TSMC Solid State Lighting; Ph. D. degree in Material Science and Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

      4.Name, title, and resume of the replacement:Yu Cheng, Director for Chunghwa Telecom; served as CEO of Contemporary Taiwan Development Foundation, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Commercial Times, the President and Director of Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd., the Chairman of Radio Taiwan International, Commissioner and Vice Chairman of Fair Trade Commission of Executive Yuan.; M.B.A., National Chengchi University.

      5.Type of the change (please enter: “resignation”, “position adjustment”, “dismissal”, “retirement”, “death” or “new replacement” ):Dismissal

      6.Reason for the change:Leave

      7.Effective date:2016/12/15

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

EX-99.04 5 exhibit4.htm EX-99.04 Exhibit  EX-99.04

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.04

Explanation of the related media reports

Date of events: 2016/12/26  

Contents:

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2016/12/26

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom

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

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Name of the reporting media:Economic Daily News

      6.Content of the report:Chunghwa Telecom’s President, Mu-Piao Shih, is to step down and to be replaced by Chi-Mau Sheih.

      7.Cause of occurrence:None

      8.Countermeasures:The Company has no comments on the related news reports.

      9.Any other matters that need to be specified:The replacement of President of the Company shall be determined in accordance with the relevant procedures.

EX-99.05 6 exhibit5.htm EX-99.05 Exhibit  EX-99.05

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.05

Chunghwa Telecom to hold conference call for the fourth quarter 2016 results

Date of events: 2016/12/27  

Contents:

      1.Date of the investor conference:2017/01/25

      2.Time of the investor conference:15:00

      3.Location of the investor conference: Teleconference

      4.Brief information disclosed in the investor conference:Please refer to http://www.cht.com.tw/chtir at 14:30 on January 25, 2017 Taipei time

      5.The presentation of the investor conference release: Please refer to http://mops.twse.com.tw/

      6.Will the presentation be released in the Company’s website:Presentation will be released on http://www.cht.com.tw/chtir

      7.Any other matters that need to be specified:The teleconference will be held during 15:00-16:00 Taipei time

EX-99.06 7 exhibit6.htm EX-99.06 Exhibit  EX-99.06

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.06

New appointment of the President

Date of events: 2016/12/29  

Contents:

      1.Date of the board of directors resolution or date of occurrence of the change:2016/12/29

      2.Type of personnel (chairman or general manager):President

      3.Name and resume of the replaced personnel: Mu-Piao Shih, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, served as senior executive vice president of the Company.

      4.Name and resume of the new personnel: Chi-Mau Sheih, senior executive vice president of the Company, Master’s degree in Business Administration from National Taiwan University, served as the president of Southern Taiwan Business Group.

      5.Type of the change (please enter: “resignation”, “conge”, “tenure expired” ,“position adjustment”, “dismissal”, “retirement”, “death” or “new appointment” ):Dismissal

      6.Reason for the change:Retirement

      7.Effective date of the new appointment:2017/01/04

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

EX-99.07 8 exhibit7.htm EX-99.07 Exhibit  EX-99.07

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.07

New appointment of important personnel

Date of events: 2016/12/29  

Contents:

      1.Type of personnel changed (please enter: spokesperson, acting spokesperson, important personnel(CEO, COO, CMO, CSO, etc.),financial officer, accounting officer, research and development officer, or internal audit officer):President

      2.Date of occurrence of the change:2016/12/29

      3.Name, title, and resume of the replaced person:Mu-Piao Shih, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, served as senior executive vice president of the Company.

      4.Name, title, and resume of the replacement:Chi-Mau Sheih, senior executive vice president, Master’s degree in Business Administration from National Taiwan University, served as the president of Southern Taiwan Business Group.

      5.Type of the change (please enter: “resignation”, “position adjustment”, “dismissal”, “retirement”, “death” or “new replacement” ):Dismissal

      6.Reason for the change:Retirement

      7.Effective date:2017/01/04

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

EX-99.08 9 exhibit8.htm EX-99.08 Exhibit  EX-99.08

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.08

Board resolution approving donation to related Parties

Date of events: 2016/12/29  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2016/12/29

      2.The reason for the donation:To promote philanthropy events

      3.The total amount of the donation:Donating Chunghwa Telecom Foundation NT$51.70 million and the government agencies NT$11.70 million, totally NT$63.40 million.

      4.Counterparty to the donation:Chunghwa Telecom Foundation, government agencies (Tourism Bureau of Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and National Taiwan University.)

      5.Relationship to the Company:

      (1)Chunghwa Telecom Foundation:Being established and funded by Chunghwa Telecom’s endowment

      (2)The Government agencies: Philanthropy events promoting partners

      6.Name and resume of the independent director that expressed objection or reservation:None

      7.Contents of the objection or reservation:None

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

EX-99.09 10 exhibit9.htm EX-99.09 Exhibit  EX-99.09

 

  

EXHIBIT 99.09

Announce the impairment of financial assets by applying IAS No.39

Date of events: 2016/12/29  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2016/12/29

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

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

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Cause of occurrence:The Company followed the impairment test pursuant to IAS No. 39 - Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, and has decided to reclassify the unrealized loss under other comprehensive income of available-for-sale non-current financial assets –common stocks-China Airlines Ltd. to the line item ”other gains and losses” amounting to NT$577 million.

      6.Countermeasures:N/A

      7.Any other matters that need to be specified:There is no impact on the net worth of the Company, and no significant effect upon the cash flow and operation.

EX-99.10 11 exhibit10.htm EX-99.10 Exhibit  EX-99.10

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.10

To announce an asset impairment charge pursuant to IAS No.36

Date of events: 2017/01/03  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2017/01/03

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

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

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Cause of occurrence:The Company’s 2G mobile license will be expired on June 30, 2017 and the Company will end its 2G mobile service business at that time. The Company believes it means in the extents to which, or manner in which the 2G related telecom equipment is used or is expected to be used has changed during the period and considers it’s the indication that the asset may be impaired. Thus, the Company

      recorded an asset impairment of approximately NT$ 595 million, after performing the impairment assessment of its 2G telecom equipment pursuant to IAS No.36 ”Impairment of Assets”.

      6.Countermeasures:None

      7.Any other matters that need to be specified:

      (1)The impairment charge amount is an unaudited number.

      (2)This impairment is non-cash charge, and has no impact on the Company’s working capital or cash flow.

      (3)The aforementioned impairment charge is recognized in the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

EX-99.11 12 exhibit11.htm EX-99.11 Exhibit  EX-99.11

 

 EXHIBIT 99.11

Explanation of the media report “Chunghwa Telecom may increase capital expenditures to NT$29 billion”

Date of events: 2017/01/04  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2017/01/04

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom

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

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Name of the reporting media:Commercial Times

      6.Content of the report:Chunghwa Telecom may increase capital expenditures to NT$29 billion

      7.Cause of occurrence:None

      8.Countermeasures:None

      9.Any other matters that need to be specified:The Company always follows the information disclosure procedure as required by related regulations, and does not have any comments on the media report.

EX-99.12 13 exhibit12.htm EX-99.12 Exhibit  EX-99.12

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.12

New Appointment of Representative of Juristic Person Director

Date of events: 2017/01/04  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the change:2017/01/04

      2.Name of juristic-person director/ supervisor:Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

      3.Name and resume of the replaced person:Mu-Piao Shih, President of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

      4.Name and resume of the replacement: Chi-Mau Sheih, President of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

      5.Reason for the change:discharge

      6.Original term (from        to       ): from 2016/06/24 to 2019/06/23

      7.Effective date of the new appointment:2017/01/04

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

EX-99.13 14 exhibit13.htm EX-99.13 Exhibit  EX-99.13

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.13

Chunghwa Telecom announces its operating results for December 2016

Date of events: 2017/01/10  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2017/01/10

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

      3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or

      ”subsidiaries”):head office

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Cause of occurrence:Chunghwa Telecom announced its total revenue for 2016

      was NT$230.01 billion, a 0.8% decrease year-over-year. Operating income

      and pretax income were NT$48.06 billion, decreasing by 4.6%

      year-over-year, and NT$49.33 billion, decreasing by 5.1% year-over-year,

  respectively.   Net income attributable to stockholders of the parent

      company was NT$40.03 billion, a 6.5% decrease year-over-year. Accumulated

      EPS was NT$5.16, higher than the guidance. The impairment loss of NT$1.17

      billion for 2G asset and for our investment in China Airlines under Taiwan

      IFRSs approximately resulted in a decrease of EPS NT$0.14 in 2016.

      The consolidated revenue for December 2016 was NT$20.71 billion, a 1.9%

      decrease year-over-year. Operating costs and expense were NT$17.32

      billion, a 1.5% decrease year-over-year. Operating income was NT$2.93

      billion, a 16.9% decrease year-over-year, and pretax income was NT$2.64

      billion, a 29.8% decrease year-over-year. Additionally, net income

      attributable to stockholders of the parent company was NT$1.97 billion,

      a 34.1% decrease year-over-year, and EPS was NT$0.25.

      Mobile communications business revenue in December decreased

      year-over-year mainly due to the decrease of device sales revenue and

      mobile voice revenue. Value-added service revenue increased driven by

      the growth of mobile internet subscriber base.

      In December, internet revenue and ICT project revenue increased

      year-over-year, but broadband access revenue slightly decreased. Local

      revenue decreased as well because of mobile and VoIP substitution.

      Operating costs and expenses in December decreased mainly due to the

      decrease of interconnection expense and marketing expense.

      6.Countermeasures:None

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

EX-99.14 15 exhibit14.htm EX-99.14 Exhibit  EX-99.14

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.14

Chunghwa Telecom won the bid for the service “Leaping Project of e-Invoice” from Fiscal Information Agency, Ministry of Finance

Date of events: 2017/01/10  

Contents:  

      1.Date of occurrence of the event:2017/01/10

      2.Company name:Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

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

      4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A

      5.Cause of occurrence:Chunghwa Telecom won the bid for the service ”Leaping Project of e-Invoice” from Fiscal Information Agency, Ministry of Finance, at the amount of NT$621 million (tax inclusive) for the period of year 2017 to 2020.

      6.Countermeasures:None

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

EX-99.15 16 exhibit15.htm EX-99.15 Exhibit  EX-99.15

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.15

Chunghwa Telecom

 

January 10, 2017

 

This is to report the changes or status of 1) Sales volume 2) Funds lent to other parties 3) Endorsements and guarantees 4) Financial derivative transactions for the period of Dec. 2016.

  1)                 Sales volume (NT$ Thousand)
 

                                                 
Period     Items       2016       2015       Changes    %    
Dec.
      Net sales         20,706,191           21,105,490         (-)399,299    (-)1.89 %  
 
                                                
Jan- Dec.
      Net sales         230,008,668           231,795,104         (-)1,786,436    (-)0.77%  

      b                  Trading purpose : None