Wistron will establish two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Wistron Medical Tech Holding and Wistron Digital Technology Holding, each with initial paid-in capital of NT$600 million (US$18.2 million), according to the company.

Wistron Medical Tech Holding will facilitate operational management for Maya International, a medical information service provider of which Wistron is a shareholder, and Wistron Digital Technology will facilitate Wistron Information Technology & Services and Changing Information Technology, two IT software service providers of which Wistron is a shareholder, Wistron said.

In addition, Wistron will issue up to 300 million new shares for private placement to introduce strategic shareholders. The company will distribute a dividend per share of NT$1.50, NT$1.20 in cash and NT$0.30 in stock, for 2015.

Wistron expects its 2016 operations for PCs to remain unchanged on year while servers, LCD TVs and smartphones will grow, company chairman and CEO Simon Lin said at a March 25 investors conference. Total shipments in 2016 will increase 5% on year, Lin noted.