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

 

April 3, 2007   Commission File Number: 000-51380

 


Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


No. 20-1, Taiyuan St.

Jhubei City, Hsinchu County 302

Taiwan

(Address of principal executive office)

 


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Exhibits     
Exhibit 99.1    Press Release issued by the Company on April 3, 2007.

SIGNATURE

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.

 

  SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Date: April 3, 2007   By:  

/s/ Wallace Kou

    Wallace Kou
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

LOGO   

Silicon Motion Appoints Riyadh Lai as Chief Financial Officer

TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 3, 2007) – Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: SIMO; the “Company”), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets universally compatible, high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market, announced today that Riyadh Lai, former Head of Technology Group at ING Corporate Finance, Asia, will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Riyadh will report directly to Wallace C. Kou, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 2, 2007.

“Riyadh has significant experience leading the origination and execution of a number of successful corporate finance transactions across Asia,” said Mr. Kou. “He has a very strong understanding of the technology industry and his proven ability to provide strategic advice will be extremely beneficial as we continue to expand. Riyadh is a tremendous addition to our very strong finance team, and we believe we have necessary internal control procedures over financial reporting in place. Riyadh brings an added level of management depth that will be a key part of helping set our strategic direction going forward.”

Prior to joining ING in 2002, Riyadh was with Morgan Stanley, ABN AMRO, and PepsiCo in Hong Kong and New York. He has over 11 years of M&A transaction experience and holds a BA degree in Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from New York University.

About Silicon Motion:

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets universally compatible, high- performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market. The Company’s semiconductor solutions include controllers used in mobile storage media, such as flash memory cards and USB flash drives, and multimedia systems on a chip, or SoCs, used in digital media devices such as MP3 players, PC cameras, PC notebooks and broadband multimedia phones.


Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding trends in the multimedia consumer electronics market and our future results of operations, financial condition and business prospects. Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends or our actual results of operations, financial condition or business prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, unpredictable volume and timing of customer orders, which are not fixed by contract but vary on a purchase order basis; the loss of one or more key customers or the significant reduction, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation of orders from these customers; general economic conditions or conditions in the semiconductor or multimedia consumer electronics markets; decreases in the overall average selling prices of our products; changes in the relative sales mix of our products; changes in our cost of finished goods; the availability, pricing, and timeliness of delivery of other components and raw materials used in our customers’ products; our customers’ sales outlook, purchasing patterns, and inventory adjustments based on consumer demands and general economic conditions; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product announcements or introductions by us or by our competitors. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on June 30, 2006. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.

 

Investor Contact:   Media Contact:
Selina Hsieh   Sara Hsu
Investor Relations   Project Manager
Tel: +886 3 552 6888 x2311   Tel: +886 2 2219 6688 x3509
Fax: +886 3 552 6988   Fax: +886 2 2219 6868
E-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com   E-mail: sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com.tw

Tip Fleming

Vice President

Christensen

Tel: 917 412 3333

Email: tfleming@ChristensenIR.com