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To: Xenogenetic who wrote (1)	2/21/2000 3:42:00 PM
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GigaMedia Announces Initial Public Offering New York, NY February 17, 2000 -- Taiwan-based GigaMedia announced the initial public offering of 8,830,000 of its common shares, priced at $27 a share. The shares will be listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "GIGM". Goldman Sachs is the lead underwriter of the offering and Deutsche Bank is the co-manager. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,324,000 common shares from the Company for the purposes of covering, over-allotments, if any. GigaMedia is a leading provider of broadband Internet access services and content through its cable-based television network infrastructure in Taiwan. The company has access to more than 3.4 million households and 465,000 small- and medium-sized businesses. In addition to broadband access services, the Company also offers interactive multimedia content through its Web destination www.giga.net.tw. The site offers six interactive channels of Chinese- language content: music, entertainment, news, games, finance, freeware and TV programming sites. Proceeds from the sale will be used to continue to fund the company's content business development, capital expenses, and general corporate purposes. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. For More Information: Julie Huang (U.S.) / Blanche Cheng (Taiwan) Edelman Public Relations Worldwide 212 704-8114 / 886 2-2747-7560 x213