2001 Holtek Agent Convention Report

October 12th to the 13th at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Yangmei, Taiwan, was this year's venue for the 2001 International Agent's convention. This year's convention, when including agents from Hong Kong and Taiwan, had a total of 100 agents in attendance from 15 different countries.

Registration having taken place, Gordon Gau, Holtek's president, began the proceedings with a welcoming address. Mr. Gau then explained how, even in the present economic downturn, Holtek has managed to maintain stability in its business operations as well as expressing the importance Holtek places on its agents. This was followed by a report on business results and market development plans for 2002, with Holtek firmly expressing its commitment to the development of future MCU and MCU peripheral devices, such as memory as well as power monitor devices. An appeal was made to all our agents for their full support of these plans and for their cooperation in the expansion of our customer service base.

Finally 9 recognition awards were presented in 4 categories to both overseas and domestic agents in recognition for their outstanding efforts in the past year. These were as follows:

In recognition for the 2001 maximum sales record:
Hoover Technologies Limited
Ultima Electronics Corp

The award for the 2001 highest business growth rate:
RDL Electronic Co, Ltd.
T-Bear Technology Co, Ltd.

The 2001 award for outstanding contribution:
Link-Tech Microelectronics Limited.
All Winners Ltd.

The 2001 award in recognition for distinguished services and outstanding contributions towards the success of our company:
Steatite Group Limited
Komatsu Semiconductors Corporation
ARCHANA COMPONENTS n SYSTEM

In the present economic downturn, Holtek not only needs products of increased excellence but also the backing support of healthy and complete economic structures. In this regard, the head of our financial department gave a presentation to agents on the financial setup at Holtek. After the financial reports, this year a detailed report from one of Holtek's directors, Saul Wu, followed on the subject of Holtek's QRA policies. Details were given on the implementation status of these plans giving our agents a clear understanding of the efforts being made by Holtek in this important area. At the same time it was explained that our existing agent sales network will be used by Holtek to provide regular quality assurance reports to our agents who can then inform our customers. This method demonstrates Holtek's commitment to achieving international standards for its devices, and shows clearly to our agents Holtek's dedication to quality assurance.

The second day of the convention started at 9:30 am and began with a presentation from Richard Yang, Holtek's senior director, presiding over a presentation on the previous years sales figures followed by an interchange of ideas between agents. This was followed by an introduction to Holtek's new products with an emphasis on new developments among the full range of 8-bit microcontrollers, while at the same time explaining how Holtek successfully released a series of new high quality MCU devices during the present year, a range of devices suitable for use in the wide ranging 3C area. In addition, new device releases in the memory product line were also introduced. A full understanding of the characteristics of Holtek devices and their range of applications by our agents is of great benefit to agents in their customer promotional activities.

The afternoon saw a question and answer session, after which we received the added benefit of many constructive comments from our agents, before the closing ceremony of what could only be described as a very successful event. For their attendance at the convention Holtek wishes to formally extend its thanks to its agents and looks forward to being together and seeing everyone again at the 2002 event.