Form 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of March, 2005

 

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

 

 

No. 1, R&D Road 1

Hsinchu Science Park

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Republic of China

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

 

Form 20-F      ü            Form 40-F              

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

 

Yes                      No      ü    

 

(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-              . )

 

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.

 

   

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.

   

                            (Registrant)

Date: March 23, 2005

  

By

   

/S/ S.J. Cheng

   

Name:

   

S. J. Cheng

   

Title:

   

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number
1.1   Press Release

Exhibit 1.1

 

Contact:

 

In Taiwan R.O.C.

Dr. S.K. Chen

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD

886-6-507-7712

s.k._chen@chipmos.com.tw

  

In the U.S.

The Ruth Group

David Pasquale

+646-536-7006

dpasquale@theruthgroup.com

 

ChipMOS RECEIVED APPROVAL TO EXTEND ITS SHANGHAI INVESTMENT

OBLIGATIONS TO THE END OF 2007

 

Hsinchu, Taiwan, March 23 , 2005 –ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. (“ChipMOS” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq:IMOS) announced today that its consolidated subsidiary, Modern Mind Technology Limited, has received a written approval from Shanghai government to extend the deadline for investing the remaining US$158 million in the facility in Shanghai, Mainland China to the end of 2007.

 

S.J. Cheng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChipMOS, said, “this is a positive development for us because it will allow us to pace our investments with the expected increases in customer orders.”

 

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.:

 

ChipMOS (www.chipmos.com.tw) is a leading independent provider of semiconductor testing and assembly services to customers in Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu and Southern Taiwan Science Parks in Taiwan and Shanghai, ChipMOS and its subsidiaries provide testing and assembly services to a broad range of customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements contained in this announcement may be viewed as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC.