CHIPPAC INC
S-1/A, EX-1.1, 2000-08-07
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                                                                     Exhibit 1.1

                               10,000,000 Shares

                                 ChipPAC, Inc.

                             Class A Common Stock


                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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                                                                  August  , 2000


Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC,
  As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
  c/o Credit Suisse
  First Boston Corporation
    Eleven Madison Avenue
      New York, N.Y. 10010-3629


Dear Sirs:

     1.   Introductory. ChipPAC, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
proposes to issue and sell 10,000,000 shares ("Firm Securities") of its Class A
common stock ("Securities") and also proposes to issue and sell to the
Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than
1,500,000 additional shares ("Optional Securities") of its Securities as set
forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein
collectively called the "Offered Securities". As part of the offering
contemplated by this Agreement, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC")
(the "Designated Underwriter") has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities
purchased by it under this Agreement, up to 500,000 shares, for sale to the
Company's directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the
Company (collectively, "Participants"), as set forth in the Prospectus (as
defined herein) under the heading "Underwriting" (the "Directed Share Program").
The Firm Securities to be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to the
Directed Share Program (the "Directed Shares") will be sold by the Designated
Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any
Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this
Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set
forth in the Prospectus. The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto ("Underwriters") as follows:

     2.   Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

            (a)   A registration statement (No. 333-39428) relating to the
     Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (i) has been
     declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act") and is not
     proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or
     post-effective amendment. If such registration statement ("initial
     registration statement") has been declared effective, either (i) an
     additional registration statement ("additional registration statement")
     relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so filed, has
     become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the Offered
     Securities all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the
     initial registration statement and, if applicable, the
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     additional registration statement or (ii) such an additional registration
     statement is proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
     462(b) and will become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon
     such filing the Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under
     the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional
     registration statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the
     initial registration statement or if an additional registration statement
     has been filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and if any
     post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has been
     filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this
     Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
     statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
     effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act
     or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For
     purposes of this Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial
     registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of
     this Agreement, the additional registration statement means (i) if the
     Company has advised the Representatives that it does not propose to amend
     such registration statement, the date and time as of which such
     registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto
     (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was
     declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
     pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii) if the Company has advised the
     Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or post-effective
     amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as of which
     such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or post-effective
     amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If
     an additional registration statement has not been filed prior to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the
     Representatives that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time" with respect
     to such additional registration statement means the date and time as of
     which such registration statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant
     to Rule 462(b). "Effective Date" with respect to the initial registration
     statement or the additional registration statement (if any) means the date
     of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration statement, as
     amended at its Effective Time, including all information contained in the
     additional registration statement (if any) and deemed to be a part of the
     initial registration statement as of the Effective Time of the additional
     registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on
     which it is filed and including all information (if any) deemed to be a
     part of the initial registration statement as of its Effective Time
     pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter
     referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement". The additional
     registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including the
     contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference
     therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the
     additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule
     430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration
     Statement". The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional
     Registration Statement are herein referred to collectively as the
     "Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration Statement".
     The form of prospectus relating to the Offered Securities, as first filed
     with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) ("Rule
     424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is required) as included in a
     Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". No
     document has been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule
     434 under the Act.

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            (b)   If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
     prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) on the Effective
     Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration
     Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
     and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations")
     and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
     state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
     the statements therein not misleading, (ii) on the Effective Date of the
     Additional Registration Statement (if any), each Registration Statement
     conformed, or will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
     the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or will not
     include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will
     not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
     necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) on the
     date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the
     Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration
     Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective
     Date of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is
     included, each Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in
     all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
     Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial
     Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
     Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the
     Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all
     material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
     Regulations, neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of
     a material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to be
     stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
     and no Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
     preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
     Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information
     furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
     specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
     such information is that described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

            (c)   The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
     corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
     power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct
     its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
     qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all
     other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
     conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
     failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be
     expected to individually or in the aggregate (x) result in a material
     adverse effect on the properties, business, results of operations,
     financial condition or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
     as a whole, (y) interfere with or adversely affect the issuance or
     marketability of the Offered Securities or (z) in any manner draw into
     question the validity of this Agreement, the Registration Statements or the
     Prospectus (any of the events set forth in clauses (x), (y) or (z), a
     "Material Adverse Effect").

            (d)   Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
     and is an existing corporation in good standing (to the extent such

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     a concept exists in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction
     of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own
     its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
     each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a
     foreign corporation in good standing (to the extent such a concept exists
     in such jurisdiction) in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or
     lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
     qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good
     standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
     aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and
     outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
     authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and
     except for pledges in favor of CSFBC, as collateral agent, under the Credit
     Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1999, as amended, by and among ChipPAC
     International Company Limited, the Company, the lenders listed therein and
     CSFBC, the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly
     or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and
     defects.

            (e)   The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
     capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding
     shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered
     Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this
     Agreement on each Closing Date (as defined below), such Offered Securities
     will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will
     conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in
     the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive
     rights with respect to the Securities, other than pursuant to the Amended
     and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1999, by and
     among ChipPAC, Inc., the Hyundai Stockholders (as defined therein), the
     Bain Stockholders (as defined therein), the SXI Stockholders (as defined
     therein), Intel Corporation, ChipPAC Equity Investors LLC, and Sankaty
     High Yield Asset Partners, L.P., and the Shareholders Agreement, dated as
     of June 30, 2000, by and among ChipPAC, Inc., the Bain Group (as defined
     therein), the SXI Group (as defined therein) and Sapphire Worldwide
     Investments, Inc., which by their terms expire upon the consummation of
     this offering.

            (f)   Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
     agreements or understandings between the Company or its subsidiaries and
     any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or its
     subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
     other like payment in connection with this offering.

            (g)   There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
     the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
     Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
     securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require
     the Company to include such securities in the securities registered
     pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered
     pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the
     Act, other than the Amended and Restated Registration Agreement, dated as
     of August 5, 1999, as amended, among the Company, affiliates of Bain
     Capital, Inc. and SXI Group LLC (collectively, the "Equity Investors") and
     their designees, Hyundai Electronics America and Intel.

            (h)   The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on The
     NASDAQ Stock Market's National Market subject to notice of issuance.

            (i)   No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or
     filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required
     for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by

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     this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered
     Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained and made under
     the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the
     rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
     Inc. (the "NASD"), the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market's
     National Market and such as may be required under state securities laws.

            (j)   The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and
     the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach
     or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
     under, (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental
     agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
     the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or
     (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such
     subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is
     bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such
     subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or
     any such subsidiary, except (A) in each case, that any rights to indemnity
     and contribution may be limited by federal and state securities laws and
     public policy considerations and (B) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)
     for such breaches, violations or defaults as would not reasonably be
     expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
     Effect; and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue
     and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

            (k)   This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
     delivered by the Company.

            (l)   Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
     subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all
     other properties and assets owned by them that are material to the Company
     and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free from liens,
     encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or
     materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and
     except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries
     hold any leased real or personal property that is material to the Company
     and its subsidiaries taken as a whole under valid and enforceable leases
     with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to
     be made thereof by them.

            (m)   The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate
     certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental
     agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them
     and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
     or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
     determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
     reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
     Material Adverse Effect.

            (n)   No labor strike, slowdown, stoppage or dispute with the
     employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the
     knowledge of the Company, is imminent, that would reasonably be expected,
     individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. None
     of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has violated (A) any federal,
     state or local law or foreign law relating to discrimination in hiring,
     promotion or pay of employees, (B) any applicable wage or hour laws of, or
     (C) any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
     as amended ("ERISA"), or the rules and regulations thereunder, except those
     violations that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
     aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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            (o)   The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, have the right
     to use or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names
     and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential
     information and other intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual
     Property Rights") necessary to conduct the business now operated by them,
     or presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of
     infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
     any Intellectual Property Rights that, if determined adversely to the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
     have a Material Adverse Effect.

            (p)   Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor
     any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule,
     regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any
     court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of
     hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration
     of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
     (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), owns or operates any real property
     contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws,
     is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any
     Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any
     Environmental Laws, in each case, which violation, contamination, liability
     or claim would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
     have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending
     investigation which might lead to such a claim.

            (q)   Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending
     actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its
     subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined
     adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be
     expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
     Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company
     or any of its subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under
     this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale
     of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are
     threatened or, to the Company's knowledge, contemplated.

            (r)   The financial statements included in each Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the
     Company and its consolidated or combined subsidiaries as of the dates shown
     and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and
     such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
     generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
     consistent basis and the schedules included in each Registration Statement
     present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the financial
     statements included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectus
     present fairly on the basis stated in the Prospectus the financial position
     of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. as of the dates shown and their results of
     operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial
     statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
     accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis
     and the schedules included in each Registration Statement present fairly
     the information required to be stated therein; and the assumptions used in
     preparing the pro forma financial statements included in each Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the
     significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events
     described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate
     effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns

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     therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the
     corresponding historical financial statement amounts.

            (s)   Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
     latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has
     been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
     prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
     business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated
     by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
     declared, paid or made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on any
     class of capital stock owned by any of them.

            (t)   The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
     and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
     thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company"
     as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

            (u)   Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to the
     Underwriters that (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
     preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements
     thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign
     jurisdictions in which the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as
     amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with
     the Directed Share Program, and that (ii) no authorization, approval,
     consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with any
     government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have
     been obtained, is necessary under the securities law and regulations of
     foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are offered outside the
     United States.

            (v)   The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to
     offer, any offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share
     Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or
     supplier of the Company to alter the customer's or supplier's level or type
     of business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to
     write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.

            (w)   None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the best
     knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, any director, officer,
     agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the
     Company or its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any
     unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense
     relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
     payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
     corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the
     Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate,
     payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

     3.   Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of $____ per share, the respective
numbers of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.

     The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for the
accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price in Federal
(same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire

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transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of the
Company at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, at 10:00 A.M., New York time,
on August __, 2000, or at such other time not later than seven full business
days thereafter as CSFBC and the Company determine, such time being herein
referred to as the "First Closing Date". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the First Closing Date (if later than the
otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment
of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold
pursuant to the offering. The certificates for the Firm Securities so to be
delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for checking and
packaging at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore at least 24 hours
prior to the First Closing Date.

     In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company from time
to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the
purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities
specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly,
to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be
purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by
CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the
Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be
exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be
surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the Company.

     Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date", which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of
the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check
or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to
the order of the Company, at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The
certificates for the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional
Closing Date and will be made available for checking and packaging at the above
office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore at a reasonable time in advance of such
Optional Closing Date.

     4.   Offering by Underwriters.  It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.

     5.   Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:

            (a)   If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
     prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
     file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
     subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if

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     consented to by CSFBC, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the
     earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery
     of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective
     Date of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise CSFBC
     promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time
     of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
     delivery of this Agreement and an additional registration statement is
     necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but
     the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of such execution and
     delivery, the Company will file the additional registration statement or,
     if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission
     pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M.,
     New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to
     the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or
     will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by
     CSFBC.

            (b)   The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to
     amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration statement as
     filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration Statement, the
     Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will not
     effect such amendment or supplementation without CSFBC's consent; and the
     Company will also advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each
     Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any amendment or
     supplementation of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the
     institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a
     Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the
     issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its
     lifting, if issued.

            (c)   If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
     Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with
     sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which
     the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
     to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
     which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to
     amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly
     notify CSFBC of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the
     Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will
     correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such
     compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of,
     any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the
     conditions set forth in Section 6.

            (d)   As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
     Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its
     securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12
     months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
     Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
     Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
     For the purpose of the preceding sentence, "Availability Date" means the
     45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal
     quarter that includes such Effective Date, except that, if such fourth
     fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company's fiscal year,
     "Availability Date" means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal
     quarter.

            (e)   The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of
     each Registration Statement (6 of which will be signed and will

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     include all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so long as
     a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered
     under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the
     Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
     case in such quantities as CSFBC requests. The Prospectus shall be so
     furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day
     following the later of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
     Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other documents
     shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the
     expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such
     documents.

            (f)   The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
     Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC
     designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
     required for the distribution, provided that the Company will not be
     required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent
     to service of process in any jurisdiction.

            (g)   During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
     furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
     Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a
     copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company
     will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of
     each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with
     the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to
     stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning
     the Company as CSFBC may reasonably request.

            (h)   The Company will pay (i) all expenses incident to the
     performance of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) for any filing
     fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel)
     incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for
     sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and the
     printing of memoranda relating thereto, (iii) for the filing fee incident
     to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
     Underwriters in connection with, the review by the NASD of the Offered
     Securities, (iv) for any travel expenses of the Company's officers and
     employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with
     attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered
     Securities and (v) for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary
     prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements
     thereto) to the Underwriters.

            (i)   For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial public
     offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell,
     contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly,
     or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating
     to, any additional shares of its Securities or securities convertible into
     or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its Securities, or
     publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge,
     disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of CSFBC.

            (j)   In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company
     will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent
     required by the NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment,
     pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of
     the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter
     will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so
     restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop
     transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.

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          (k)  The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel
     incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Shares Program
     and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred
     by the underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.

          Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the
     Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable
     laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the
     Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.

     6.   Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements
of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:

          (a)  The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date
     of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
     Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
     Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
     Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of
     the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
     be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of PricewaterhouseCoopers
     LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within the
     meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
     thereunder and stating to the effect that:

               (i)   in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
          examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply as
          to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
          requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
          Regulations;

               (ii)  they have performed the procedures specified by the
          American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
          interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing
          Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited
          financial statements included in the Registration Statements;

               (iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii)
          above, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements
          of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company who have
          responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other
          specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them
          to believe that:

                     (A)  the unaudited financial statements included in the
               Registration Statements do not comply as to form in all material
               respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
               and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material
               modifications should be made to such unaudited financial
               statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted
               accounting principles;

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                     (B)  the unaudited consolidated net sales, net income and
               net income per share amounts for the six-month period ended June
               30, 2000 included in the Prospectus do not agree with the amounts
               set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements for
               those same periods or were not determined on a basis
               substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts
               in the audited statements of income;

                     (C)  at the date of the latest available balance sheet read
               by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more
               than three business days prior to the date of this Agreement,
               there was any change in the capital stock or any increase in
               short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of the Company and its
               consolidated subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available
               balance sheet read by such accountants, there was any decrease in
               consolidated net current assets, as compared with amounts shown
               on the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus; or

                     (D)  for the period from the closing date of the latest
               income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date
               of the latest available income statement read by such accountants
               there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding
               period of the previous year, in consolidated revenue, operating
               income or in the total or per share amounts of consolidated net
               income,

          except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for
          changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
          occurred or which are described in such letter;

               (iv)  in their opinion, with respect to the unaudited pro forma
          combined condensed statements of income for the year ended December
          31, 1999 and the three months ended March 31, 2000 and March 31, 1999
          included in the Prospectus, (A) the assumptions of the Company's
          management provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
          effects directly attributable to the transactions described in the
          introductory information to these unaudited pro forma combined
          condensed financial statements, (B) the related pro forma adjustments
          give appropriate effect to those assumptions and (C) the pro forma
          column reflects the proper application of those adjustments to the
          historical financial statement amounts in these pro forma condensed
          consolidated financial statements;

               (v)   on the basis of a reading of the pro forma combined
          condensed financial statements referred to in 6(a)(iv) above and
          inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for
          financial and accounting matters about whether these unaudited pro
          forma combined condensed financial statements comply as to form in all
          material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of rule
          11-02 of Regulation S-X, nothing came to their attention that caused
          them to believe that these unaudited pro forma combined condensed
          financial statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to
          form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
          requirements of rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X; and

               (vi)  they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages
          derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information
          contained in the Registration Statements

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          (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and
          other financial information are derived from the general accounting
          records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal
          controls of the Company's accounting system or are derived directly
          from such records by analysis or computation) with the results
          obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records
          and other procedures specified in such letter and have found such
          dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in
          agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such
          letter.

          (b)  The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date
     of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
     Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
     Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
     Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of
     the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
     be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of Ernst & Young LLP
     confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning
     of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder
     and stating to the effect that:

               (i)   in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
          examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply as
          to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
          requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
          Regulations;

               (ii)  they have performed the procedures specified by the
          American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
          interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing
          Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited
          financial statements of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. included in the
          Registration Statements;

               (iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii)
          above, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements
          of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd., inquiries of officials of Intersil
          Technology Sdn. Bhd. and the Company who have responsibility for
          financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures,
          nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

                     (A)  the unaudited financial statements of Intersil
               Technology Sdn. Bhd. (1) included in the Registration Statements
               do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
               applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
               published Rules and Regulations or any material modifications
               should be made to such unaudited financial statements(1) for them
               to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting
               principles;

                     (B)  at the date of the latest available balance sheet of
               Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. read by such accountants, or at a
               subsequent specified date not more than three business days prior
               to the date of this Agreement, there was any change in the
               capital stock or any increase in short-term indebtedness or long-
               term debt of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. or, at the date of the
               latest available balance sheet of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd.
               read by such accountants, there was

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               any decrease in consolidated net assets, as compared with amounts
               shown on the latest balance sheet of Intersil Technology Sdn.
               Bhd. included in the Prospectus; or

                     (C)  for the period from the closing date of the latest
               income statement of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. included in the
               Prospectus to the closing date of the latest available income
               statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as
               compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in
               consolidated net sales, net operating income or in the total
               amounts of consolidated net income,

          except in all cases set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above for
          changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
          occurred or which are described in such letter; and

               (iv)  they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages
          derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information of
          Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. contained in the Registration Statements
          (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and
          other financial information are derived from the general accounting
          records of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. subject to the internal
          controls of Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd.'s accounting system or are
          derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with
          the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general
          accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and
          have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
          information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise
          specified in such letter.

     For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
     Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
     Agreement, "Registration Statements" shall mean the initial registration
     statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective
     amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the
     Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
     execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Effective Time of the
     Additional Registration is subsequent to such execution and delivery,
     "Registration Statements" shall mean the Initial Registration Statement and
     the additional registration statement as proposed to be filed or as
     proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed shortly
     prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) "Prospectus" shall mean the
     prospectus included in the Registration Statements.

          (c)  If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
     not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective
     Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the
     date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to
     by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement
     (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such
     Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York
     time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus
     is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at
     such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective
     Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
     delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the
     Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of
     this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the

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     effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
     proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
     knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by
     the Commission.

          (d)  Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there
     shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
     involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other),
     business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the reasonable judgment of a
     majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, is
     material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
     with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the
     Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt
     securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
     organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or
     any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance
     or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an
     announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
     implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any material
     suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the
     New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market's National Market, or
     any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any
     suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or
     in the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by
     U.S. Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of
     major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration
     of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international
     calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
     Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect of any such
     outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
     impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
     offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.

          (e)  The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
     Closing Date, of Kirkland & Ellis, counsel for the Company, to the effect
     that:

               (i)   The Company has been duly incorporated and is a
          corporation existing and in good standing under the General
          Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Company is qualified
          to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction listed
          on Schedule B hereto.

               (ii)  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority
          to own and lease its properties and to conduct its business as it is
          currently being conducted and as described in the Prospectus.

               (iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
          delivered by the Company.

               (iv)  The issuance of the Offered Securities to be sold on the
          date hereof pursuant to this Agreement has been duly authorized, and
          when appropriate certificates representing those Offered Securities
          are duly countersigned by the Company's transfer agent/registrar and
          delivered against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in
          accordance with this Agreement, those Offered Securities will be
          validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance of those
          Offered Securities is not subject to any preemptive rights under the
          terms of the statute under which the Company is

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          incorporated, under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or
          under any contractual provision of which we have knowledge.

               (v)    All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
          Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
          paid and nonassessable.

               (vi)   The Company's authorized capital stock conforms to the
          description of the terms thereof contained under the heading
          "Description of Capital Stock" in the Prospectus.

               (vii)  The Company's execution and delivery of this Agreement,
          the Company's performance of its obligations in this Agreement and the
          Company's issuance and sale of the Offered Securities to you in
          accordance with this Agreement will not (i) require any consent,
          approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental
          agency or body or any court of the United States or the State of New
          York, except such as have been obtained and as may be required under
          the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or as may
          be required under state securities (or "blue sky") laws or
          regulations, (ii) violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws,
          (iii) constitute a violation by the Company of any applicable
          provision of any law, statute or regulation (except that we express no
          opinion in this paragraph as to compliance with any disclosure
          requirement or any prohibition against fraud or misrepresentation or
          as to whether performance of the indemnification or contribution
          provisions in this Agreement would be permitted) or (iv) constitute a
          breach of or conflict with, or result in a default under, any existing
          obligation of the Company under any of the agreements filed as any of
          the exhibits to the Registration Statement (provided that such counsel
          expresses no opinion as to compliance with any financial test or
          cross-default provision in any such agreement).

               (viii) Such counsel has no knowledge about any legal or
          governmental proceeding that is pending or threatened against the
          Company that has caused such counsel to conclude that such proceeding
          is required by Item 103 of Regulation S-K to be described in the
          Prospectus but is not so described. Such counsel has no knowledge of
          any contract or other document to which the Company is a party or to
          which any of its property is subject that has caused such counsel to
          conclude that such contract is required to be described in the
          Registration Statement or the Prospectus but is not so described or is
          required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement but
          has not been so filed.

               (ix)   A member of the Commission's staff advised such counsel by
          telephone that the Commission's Division of Corporation Finance,
          pursuant to authority delegated to it by the Commission, has entered
          an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Act
          on the Effective Date, and such counsel has no knowledge that any stop
          order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any
          proceedings for that purpose have been instituted, are pending before,
          or overtly threatened by, the Commission.

               (x)    To such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts,
          agreements or understandings between the Company and any third party
          granting such third party the right to require the Company to file a
          registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of
          the Company owned or to be owned by such third party or to require the
          Company to include such securities in the securities registered
          pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being
          registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the

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          Company under the Act, other than the Amended and Restated
          Registration Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1999, as amended, among
          the Company, affiliates of Bain Capital, Inc. and SXI Group LLC
          (collectively, the "Equity Investors") and their designees, Hyundai
          Electronics America and Intel.

               (xi)   The information in the Registration Statement and the
          Prospectus under the headings "The Reclassification," "Business--
          Intellectual Property," "Management--Employment Agreements," "--Option
          Grants," "--Employee Stock Purchase Plan," "Significant Relationships
          and Related Transactions--Malaysian Business," "--The
          Reclassification," "--The Recapitalization," "--Advisory Agreements,"
          "--Stockholders Agreements," "--Registration Agreement," "--Transition
          Services Agreement," "--Patent and Technology License Agreement," "--
          Services Agreement," "--Intel Materials Agreement," "--Intel Stock
          Purchase Agreement," "Description of Financing Arrangements," "Shares
          Eligible for Future Sale --Registration Agreement" and "Material
          United States Tax Considerations for Non-United States Holders" to the
          extent that it summarizes laws, governmental rules or regulations or
          documents is correct in all material respects.

               (xii)  Such counsel shall also state that the purpose of such
          counsel's professional engagement was not to establish factual
          matters, and preparation of the Registration Statement involved many
          determinations of a wholly or partially nonlegal character. Such
          counsel need make no representation that it has independently verified
          the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Prospectus or
          Registration Statement or that the actions taken in connection with
          the preparation of the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including
          the actions described below) were sufficient to cause the Prospectus
          or Registration Statement to be accurate, complete or fair. Such
          counsel need not pass upon and need not assume any responsibility for
          the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Prospectus or the
          Registration Statement except to the extent otherwise explicitly
          indicated in numbered paragraphs (vi) and (xi) above. Such counsel
          shall however confirm that it has participated in conferences with
          representatives of the Company, representatives of the Underwriters,
          counsel for the Underwriters and representatives of the independent
          accountants for the Company during which disclosures in the
          Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were
          discussed. In addition, such counsel has reviewed certain corporate
          records furnished to it by the Company. Based upon such counsel's
          participation in the conferences and such counsel's document review
          identified above, such counsel's understanding of the applicable law
          and the experience such counsel has gained in such counsel's practice
          thereunder and relying to a large extent upon the opinions and
          statements of officers of the Company, such counsel can, however,
          advise the Representatives that nothing has come to such counsel's
          attention that has caused such counsel to conclude that the
          Registration Statement at its Effective Date contained an untrue
          statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
          required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
          therein not misleading or (ii) the Prospectus at the date it bears or
          as of such Closing Date contained an untrue statement of a material
          fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
          the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading or (iii) as of the Effective Date or as of
          such Closing Date, the Registration Statement complied
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          as to form in all material respects to the requirements of Form S-1 or
          (iv) as of the Effective Date or the Closing Date, the Prospectus
          complied as to form in all material respects to the requirements of
          Form S-1.

          (f)  The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
     Closing Date, of Azim, Tunku Sarik & Wong, counsel for Intersil Technology
     Sdn. Bhd., to the effect that:

               (i)   Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. has been duly incorporated
          and is an existing corporation under the laws of Malaysia, with
          corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
          business as described in the Prospectus; and

               (ii)  Intersil Technology Sdn. Bhd. does not require the consent,
          approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental
          agency or body or any court in Malaysia for the consummation of the
          transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the
          issuance or sale of the Offered Securities by the Company.

          (g)  The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine &
     Moore, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such
     Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the
     validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the
     Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
     Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
     counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to
     pass upon such matters.

          (h)  The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such
     Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
     financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to
     the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
     that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
     are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and
     satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder
     at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the
     effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no
     proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by
     the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying
     the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed
     pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in
     accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under the Act, prior to the time the
     Prospectus was printed and distributed to any Underwriter; and, subsequent
     to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus,
     there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
     involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
     (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the
     Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or
     contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

          (i)  The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
     Closing Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which meets the requirements of
     subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to
     in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to such
     Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

          (j)  The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
     Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP which meets the requirements of
     subsection (b) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to
     in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to such
     Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

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          (k)  On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives
     shall have received lockup letters from each of the executive officers and
     directors of the Company and stockholders listed on Schedule C hereto.

          (l)  On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives
     shall have received waivers from each of the parties to the Amended and
     Restated Registration Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1999, waiving any
     rights arising under such agreement in respect of the Registration
     Statements.

     The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of
such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives
reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the
Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.

     7.   Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in subsection (b) below; and provided, further,
that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to be delivered by
such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the fact that
there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a copy of
the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter.

     The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act (the "Designated Entities"), from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared
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the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed
Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for
and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase;
or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share
Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating
thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad
faith or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.

     (b)  Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of (i) the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each
Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fourth
paragraph under the caption "Underwriting"; (ii) the following information in
the Prospectus furnished on behalf of CSFBC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated: the senior credit facilities disclosure appearing in the fifteenth
paragraph under the caption "Underwriting" and (iii) the following information
in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC: the
disclosure appearing in the nineteenth paragraph under the caption
"Underwriting".

     (c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section or
Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under subsection (a) or (b) above or Section 9, notify the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above or Section 9. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section or Section 9, as the
case may be, for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 7
(a) hereof in

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respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for
the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses,
claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and
all persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i)
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.

     (d)  If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.

     (e)  The obligations of the Company under this Section or Section 9 shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter or the QIU (as hereinafter defined) within the meaning of the
Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the

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respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company
who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Act.

     8.   Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First
or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may
make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such
arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities
with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBC and the
Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not
made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except
as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to
Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes
any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein
will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

     9.   Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company hereby confirms that at
its request Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. has without compensation acted as
"qualified independent underwriter" (in such capacity, the "QIU") within the
meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless
the QIU against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which the QIU may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon the QIU's acting (or alleged failing to act) as such
"qualified independent underwriter" and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses
are incurred.

     10.  Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives,
officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 and the
obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect, and if
any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder the representations and
warranties in Section 2 and all

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obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the
Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other
than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8
or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section
6(d), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in
connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

     11.  Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent
to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
the Representatives c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking Department--
Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at ChipPAC, Inc., 3151 Coronado
Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054, Attention: Robert Krakauer; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.

     12.  Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

     13.  Representation of Underwriters.  The Representatives will act for the
several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by CSFBC will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.

     14.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

     15.  Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws.

     The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal
and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives' understanding
of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts
hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the
several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        ChipPac, Inc.

                                        By______________________________________
                                          Name: Dennis P. McKenna
                                          Title: President and Chief
                                                 Executive Officer


The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
 is hereby confirmed and accepted as
 of the date first above written.

   Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
     & Smith Incorporated
   Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
   Fleetboston Robertson Stephens Inc.
   Thomas Weisel Partners Llc


   Acting on behalf of themselves and
    as the Representatives of the
    several Underwriters.


By Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation


   By________________________________________
      Name:
      Title:

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                                  SCHEDULE A


                                                       Number of
               Underwriter                          Firm Securities
               -----------                          ---------------

     Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation......
     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
          Incorporated...........................
     Deutsche Bank Securities Inc................
     FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc..........
     Thomas Weisel Partners LLC..................

                                                    ---------------
       Total.....................................        10,000,000
                                                    ===============

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                                  SCHEDULE B

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                                  SCHEDULE C

Dennis P. McKenna

Robert Krakauer

Gregory S. Bronzovic

Bruce Stromstad

Marcos Karnezos

Robert Bowden

Phang Guk Bing

Soo Nam Lee

Chin Bin The

Tony Lin

Edward Conard

Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P.

BCIP Associates II

BCIP Associates II-B

BCIP Associates II-C

BCIP Trust Associates II

BCIP Trust Associates II-B

PEP Investments PTY Ltd.

Sankaty High Yield Asset Partners, L.P.

Michael A. Delaney

David Dominik

Marshall Haines

Joseph Martin

Joseph R. Martin

Jennifer H. Martin

Patrick F. Martin

Kathleen Martin

Mariah E. Martin

Chong Sup Park

BG Partners LLP

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Citicorp Venture Capital LTD.

CCT Partners VI, LP

Irwin H. Billig

Hyundai Electronics of America

Intel Corporation

Intersil Holding Corporation

Qualcomm Incorporated

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