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ABILITY Annual Report 2019

Jul 2, 2019

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Stock code: 2374

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

2018 Annual Report

Search the annual on the website: http://mops.tse.com.tw ABILITY website: http://abilitycorp.com.tw Date of publication: May 2nd, 2019

PLEASE READ FOLLOWING NOTICE BEFORE USING THIS REPORT

Readers are advised that the original version of the report is in Chinese. If there is any conflict between these financial statements and the Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language report shall prevail.

In addition, certain of our financial information have been published in accordance with requirements of the Republic of China Securities and Futures Commission and are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the Republic of China. Readers should be cautioned that these accounting principles differ in many material respects from accounting principles generally accepted in other countries.

Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

The materials and information provided on this report have been issued by Ability and are posted solely for informational purposes and is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities issued by us or otherwise.

SPOKESPERSON

Name: Tseng, Ming-Jen Title: Chairman & President Tel: +886-2-85229788 E-mail: [email protected]

DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON

Name: CHENG, KO-JEN Title: Investor Relations Manager Tel: +886-2-85229788 E-mail: [email protected]

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Address: No.200, Sec. 3, Zhonghuan Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24242, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-85229788

Fax: +886-2-85229789

COMMON SHARES TRANSFER AGENT

Company: China Trust Commercial Bank Corporate Trust Operation and service Department Address: 5F, 83, Sec. 1, Chung-Ching S. Rd. Taipei 100, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-6636-5566 http://www.chinatrust.com.tw

AUDITORS

CPA Firm: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan Name of CPA: JuanLu, Man-Yu and Audrey Tseng Address: 27F, No. 333, Sec. 1, Keelung Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei 11012, Taiwan Tel: +886-2- 27296666

https://www.pwc.tw

ABILITY WEBSITE

http://abilitycorp.com.tw

C o n t e n t s

  1. Letter to Shareholders .................................................................................................................... 1 2. Company Profile .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Date of Incorporation............................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Company History ................................................................................................................... 3 3. Corporate Governance Report ........................................................................................................ 4 3.1 Organization Structure .......................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Board of Directors and Management Team ......................................................................... 5 3.3 Implementation of Corporate Governance ........................................................................ 17 3.4 Audit Fee ............................................................................................................................. 48 3.5 Information on Change of CPA. .......................................................................................... 48 3.6 Audit Independence ............................................................................................................ 48 3.7 Status of Net Change in Shareholding and Shares Pledged ................................................ 49 3.8 Relationship among the Top Ten Shareholders........................................................... ...... 50 3.9 Ownership of Shares in Affiliated Enterprises .................................................................... 51 4. Capital Overview ........................................................................................................................... 52 4.1 Capital and Shares ............................................................................................................... 52 4.2 Bonds ................................................................................................................................... 56 4.3 Preferred Stock ................................................................................................................... 56 4.4 Global Depository Receipts ................................................................................................. 56 4.5 Employee Stock Options ..................................................................................................... 56 4.6 Employee Restricted Stocks ................................................................................................ 57 4.7 Status of New Shares Issuance in Connection with Mergers and Acquisitions .................. 59 4.8 Plans and Implentation of Funds Utilization ....................................................................... 59 5. Business Overview ........................................................................................................................ 60 5.1 Business Activities ............................................................................................................... 60 5.2 Market and Sales Overview ................................................................................................ 68 5.3 Status of Employees ............................................................................................................ 73 5.4 Expenditure on Environmental Protection ......................................................................... 74 5.5 Employee Relations ............................................................................................................. 74 5.6 Important Contracts ............................................................................................................ 79 6. Financial Information .................................................................................................................... 80 6.1 Five-Year Financial Summary .............................................................................................. 80 6.2 Five-Year Financial Analysis ................................................................................................ 84 6.3 Audit Committee’s Review Report .................................................................................... 87 6.4 Consolidated Financial Statements ..................................................................................... 88 6.5 Non-Consolidated Financial Statements ............................................................................. 88 6.6 Financial Difficulties ............................................................................................................ 88 7. Review of Financial Position, Management Performance and Risk Management ....................... 89 7.1 Analysis of Financial Status ................................................................................................. 89 7.2 Analysis of Operating Results .............................................................................................. 90 7.3 Analysis of Cash Flow .......................................................................................................... 91 7.4 Major Capital Expenditure Items and Impact on Finance and Business ............................ 91

7.5 Investment Policy ................................................................................................................ 91 7.6 Analysis of Risk Management ............................................................................................. 92 7.7 Other Major Risks. ............................................................................................................... 95 8. Other Special Notes ...................................................................................................................... 96 8.1 Summary of Affiliated Companies ...................................................................................... 96 8.2 Private Placement of Securities in the Most Recent Years ............................................... 103 8.3 The Shares of the Company Held or Disposed of by the Subsidiaries .............................. 103 8.4 Other Mentionable Items ................................................................................................. 103 9. Any Events in the Most Recent Years and as of the Date of this Annual Report that had Significant Impacts on Shareholders’ Right or Security Prices as Stated in Item 2 Paragraph 2 of Article 36 of Securities and Exchange Law of Taiwan: ................................. 103

1.Letter to Shareholders

Dear ladies and gentlemen:

Ability's core business of digital imaging products, both 360-degree camera and surveillance camera series, have launched new products this year. With those new products, Ability has not only acquired new clients, but also has expanded the fields of cooperation with current clients. However, the demand for digital camera continuously declines and it results in the deferred delivery for major brand. Therefore our operation revenue and profitability are relatively reduced. The consolidated operating revenue of 2018 was NT$7,635,028,000, which was approximately 30% less in comparison with the revenue of 2017. The operating loss was NT$739,861,000, and the net loss after tax attributed to the parent company was NT$463,048,000 which was equillent to NT$1.63 per share.

Look into the future, the global economy is uncertain. The consuming electronic products will face severe challenge. Only with competitive and creative capability, one enterprise can run the business in sustainable development. Ability keep devoting ourselves in adjusting business development, optizing management and improving the capital structure and cash flow. Meanwhile, the grand cost structure of products is aggressively reviewed and re-organized. We shall do our best to raise the shareholder equity and share our management performance with shoreholders, clients and employers.

1.1 Research and Development:

To against the fast developed and innovative mobile devices, the position of high resolution image quality, high ratio optical zoom, upgrade of video image quality, image processing speed, electric vibration reduction technology, and 8K high resolution image are the main theme of product development and tech. research.To satisfy various demand from different social group, we expand the feature of 360 degree surrounding camera in connecting with applications of VR, AR, AIOT, and …etc.. Ability has invested lots of resources in developing the improvement of image algorithm and hardware structure scheme. And, by return, our achievement on image taking module, software, APP and ToF is solid.

Ability will keep on building up the advantage of vertical intergrantion in cooperating our optical lens development with the supply chain with the AI technology. The video-image-taking module will be developed to be more thinner and high rank. As to the application of video-image-taking module, it shall be driven to the usage in the total solution system with the demand of optical video-imagetaking module for which Ability will invest more technology resources to develop.

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1.2 2019 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Recently, information security is emphasized by most of people. The application of Edging computing avoid the invasion privacy. 5G & AI drive AIOT booming up fast. We can expand the development of image technique application due to our research and manufacture in image industry for years. Based on our opto-mechatronics integration and image processing technique, new components and new business models will be continuously created. We shall strengthen our core value and build up the competitive key component supply chain and the development on the wide range of optical image products will be the main theme of our business.

1.3 GREEN PRODUCT, ENVIROMENT PROTECTION, INFORMATION PROTECTION

The system of production, environment protection, information protection and security which meet the regulation of EU RoHS/WEEE/ErP has been properly merged into Ability management. This assists us to win the auditing certificate of green product from our customers. Ability execute the green product design, carbon footprint inventory, information protection, communication with our suppliers on the same global green environment protection. Wish our effort will help us to have a evergreen and long lasting world.

Deeply appreciate the strong and sincere support from all the shareholders. Wish you healthy and every thing developed as you expect.

Chairman & CEO : Tseng, Ming-Jen

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2. Company Profile

  • 2.1 Date of Incorporation: May 21, 1965

2.2 Company History

In 1965,Mr. C. H. Tong, CEO of ABICO GROUP, got the agent right of Canon electronic calculator in the territory of Taiwan; since then, Ability’s Channel. Business started. Ability not only successfully grow into a business group but also assisted many cooperated companies in their relative business fields.

Ability created a tremendous sales performance of copy machine in 1977 and was the leading company in comparison with the other brands copy machine agent. During the next decade, Ability introduced many office business equipment, such as electronic typewriter, microfilm, printer, digital telephone system, color copier,…etc.. Ability was an outstanding company in the field of office business machines.

In 1991, Ability restructured the management to be Business Unit to face the trend of business; Canon Inc. became the shareholder of Ability in 1993. And, Ability went to public on Jan. 16, 1995. From now on, Ability steps onto another milestone of company management.

Viewquest Technologies Inc. (Viewquest), who was the largest webcam manufacturer and has started to develop digital camera, was merged into Ability on Jan. 1, 2003. From this turning point, Ability marches into the era of manufacture. Accordingly, the company management has been diversified to be Channel Business Unit, Optic Business Unit and Investment Business Unit. The specialized management team ran the manufacture business and the original owner family ran the distributor channel business. All three business units well cooperated and devoted to create profit for the company.

Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), one of the largest computer manufactures, swap shares with ABICO Group in Sep. of 2007. This strategic alliance would like to utilize the mutual resources to expand the market scheme of other optical products and makes more development chance for Ability in the field of digital image product and other upstream components.

In Aug., 2007, the company ceded the rental and distribution business unit to its affiliated company-Ability International Co., Ltd. and in Nov., 2007, the company split Ability International Co., Ltd out and sold it to ABICO INVESTMENT GROUP.

To look back each important event- to merge Viewquest in 1993 and to sell the Copy machine channel business to the original family owner-ABICO GROUP, you will find Ability has transformed from family enterprise to be big ODM/OEM manufacturer run by the specialized management team in the ways of business model, product strategy, management policy, and shareholders structure. To execute the company philosophy of concentrating on core tech and business, Ability has been specializing in DMS manufacturer of digital image product and takes an role of DSC design in the world.

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3. Corporate Governance Report

3.1 Organization Structure

3.1.1 Organization Chart

3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
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3.1 Organization Structure
3.1.1 Organization Chart
3.1 Organization Structure
3.1.1 Organization Chart

Audit Committee
Compensation
Committee
Chairman
Audit Office
President
Shareholders’
Meeting
Board of Directors
Optical Design Center Operation Center Imaging Systems Unit Consumer Imaging
Business unit
Research & Development
Center
Imaging Module Business
Unit
Manufacturing Center Quality Center Finance & Accounting Div Information Technology.
Div.
3.1.2 Major business of each Div.
Div. Name Major Business
Optical Design
Center
Strategy plan and execution of Optic Lens and technique
Operation Center Consolidation of manufacture, sale and management. Material
procurement,cost control, personnel,administration arrangement.
Imaging System
Business Unit
Marketing & Sales of Digital Imaging Product
Consumer Imaging
Business Unit
Marketing and Sales of DSC and other relative products
Research and
Development Center
Research and development on the brand new technique & advanced
product and to support all business units onproduct development.
Imaging Module
Business Unit
RD, Product planning and marketing of optic module and component
Manufacturing
Center
Manage the manufacturing process, planning and its relative matters
Quality Center Quality assurance & maintenance on product development, manufacture
and customers after sales.
Finance &
AccountingDiv
Planning and execution on company finance and accounting
Information Tech Div Information development & strategy, computer system development &
setup & the relative management; promotion & maintenance on data
security.

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3.2.Board of Directors and Management Team

3.2.1 Introduction of Board of Directors

As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019 As of 04/16/2019
Title
Name
Nationality Gender Date
Elected
Term
(Years)
Date First
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Experience (Education)
Selected Current Positions
Shares % Shares % Shares % Shares %
Chairman
Tseng, Ming-Jen
R.O.C. Male 06/29/2016
3
10/03/2007
1,029,129

0.36

1,209,093

0.43

249,524

0.09

0

0.00

CEO:
VIEWQUEST TECH.
INC.
CHARIMAN & CEO
ABILITY ENT. CO., LTD.
.MBA -TamKang
University
.EE Dept.,National
Taiwan University.
.ChairmanABILITY INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT CO., LTD.ABILITY
ENTERPRISE (BVI) CO.,LTD.VIEWQUEST
TECH. (BVI) INC.Ability Tech. (Dongguan)
Co., LtdJIUJIANG VIEWQUEST
ELECTRONICS INC.VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSRY CO.,LTD.
ANDROVIDEO INC.
.DirectorVIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INCABILITY I VENTURE
CAPITAL CORPORATION
.Independent Director
Howteh Technology Co., Ltd.
.Remuneration Committee
Flytech TechnologyCo.,Ltd
Director
VIEWQUEST
Investment
Co., Ltd.
Rep. : Tsay,
Wen-Bin
R.O.C. 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
225,000

0.08

1,650,000

0.58

0

0.00

0

0.00
None None
Male 06/29/2016
3
10/03/2007
0

0.00

150,523

0.05

0

0.00

0

0.00

.VICE PRESIDENT
ABILITY ENTERPRISE
CO., LTD.IMAGING
SYSTEM BUSINESS
UNIT,CONSUMER
IMAGING BUSINESS
UNIT
.Master
EE, State University of
New York
.Bachelor
EE, National Taiwan
University

.Director
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INCJIUJIANG
VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC.
VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES(DONGGUAN)CO., LTD
.Consultant
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

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Title
Name
Nationality Gender Date
Elected
Term
(Years)
Date First
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Experience (Education)
Selected Current Positions
Shares % Shares % Shares % Shares %
Director
VIEWQUEST
Investment
Co., Ltd.
Rep. : Chou,
Cheng-Wei
R.O.C. 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
225,000

0.08

1,650,000

0.58

0

0.00

0

0.00
None None
Male 06/29/2016 3 06/29/2016
0

0.00

291,159

0.10

0

0.00

0

0.00

.Vice President/R&D
Center
Ability Ent. Co., Ltd
.Master /Information
Engineering Dept.,
National Taiwan
University
None
Director
AVY Precision
Tech. Inc
Rep.:Tong,
Chun-Jen
R.O.C. 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
288,544

0.10

4,138,544

1.47

0

0.00

0

0.00
None None
Male 06/29/2016
3
05/29/1998
0

0.00

548

0.00

88,548

0.03

0

0.00

.Chairman
Avy Precision Tech. Inc.
.Master
New Jersey Institute of
Technology.
Information Dept.

.Chairman
Avy Precision Tech. Inc.Avy Co., Ltd.
Abico Plus Entertainment Ltd.1
Production Film.Co. ARES Office Co., Ltd.
. Vice Chairman
Abico NetCom Co., Ltd.
.Director
Ability International Tenancy Co., Ltd
Taishiba International Co., Ltd.Taiwan
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.JaBon
International Co., Ltd.Seinoh Optical
Co., Ltd.Ability Venture Capital Corp.
HONLYNN CO., LTD.
.SupervisorSojean Intl.Co.
.Remuneration Committee
Taisun Ent.,Ltd.
Director
AVY Precision
Tech. Inc
Rep.: Huang, Li-
An
R.O.C. 06/29/2016 3 06/29/2016
288,544

0.10

4,138,544

1.47

0

0.00

0

0.00
None None
Male 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
0

0.00

9,996

0.00

529

0.00

0

0.00
.MBA,
IESE Business School
.DirectoriCatch Technology, Inc.ABICO
NetCom Co, Ltd.Avy Precision Tech. Inc.

6

Title
Name
Nationality Gender Date
Elected
Term
(Years)
Date First
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Experience (Education)
Selected Current Positions
Shares % Shares % Shares % Shares %
Director
Lin Shih
Investment Co.,
Ltd.
Rep.:
Chan,Wen-
Hsiung
R.O.C. 06/29/2016 3 06/17/2010
3,163,799

1.12

5,433,757

1.92

0

0.00

0

0.00
None .Director
iCatch Technology, Inc.
.SupervisorSunplus mMobile Inc.
Male 06/29/2016 3 06/17/2010
0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

.MBA - National
Taiwan University,
.Department of
Aeronautics and
Astronautics , National
Cheng Kung University
.Chairman
iCatch Technology, Inc.(eChem
Solutions Corp.
.Director :SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY
CO.,LTD.UNEXT TECHNOLOGY
CO.,LTD.ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
.Independent DirectorKo Ja (Cayman)
Co., Ltd.BIOSTAR MICROTECH
INTERNATIONAL CORP.
.SupervisorMILDEX OPTICAL INC.E-
Pin Optical Industry Co. Ltd.
Independent
Director
Lam,Tai-Seng
R.O.C. Male 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

.EMBA Guanghua
School of
Management,Peking
University
.EMBA of National
Chengchi University
.Department of
electronic engineering,
National Taiwan
University
.Assistant manager of
Hai Tong computer
Co.,Ltd

Chairman of Flytech Technology Co.,Ltd
Independent
Director
Chen, Kuo-Hong
R.O.C. Male 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

.Vice Chairman & CSO
- Stark Technology Inc.
.Chairman - Chaintel
Technology Co., Ltd.
.Chairman - Howteh
Technology Co., Ltd.
.Director -Tailyn
Techonlogies, Inc.
.Department of
Electrical Engineering,
National Taiwan
University
.Director- Stark Technology Inc.
.Chairman- Chaintel Technology Co., Ltd.
.Chairman- Howteh Technology Co., Ltd.
.Director-Tailyn Techonlogies, Inc.
.Independent Director-Flytech
Technology Co., Ltd

7

Title
Name
Nationality Gender Date
Elected
Term
(Years)
Date First
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Shareholding when
Elected
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Current
Shareholding of
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Experience (Education)
Selected Current Positions
Shares % Shares % Shares % Shares %
Independent
Director
Lu,Chien-Min
R.O.C. Male 06/29/2016
3
06/29/2016
0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

.CFO, Sintronic
Technology Co.,
Ltd.CFO, Sintronic
Technology Co., Ltd.
Financial Manager,
United
Microelectronics Co.
Financial Manager,
Chiao Tung Bank Co.,
Singapore Branch
.Supervisor: Hi-Light
Tek Co., Ltd.
Giantplus Technology
Co., Ltd.
.MBA, California State
University
.Department of
Finance, National
Chengchi University
.Chairman:
Service & Quality Technology Co., Ltd.

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  • a. Major shareholders of the institutional shareholders (top 10 shareholders and its shareholding percentages)
Name of Institutional
Shareholders
Major Shareholders of the Institutional
Shareholders
(%)
Tseng,Ming-Jen 20.00
VIEWQUEST Investment Co.
TSENG,FANG-HSUAN 60.00
Ltd.
LIN,HUI-FEN 20.00
AVY Precision Technology
Inc.
AbilityInvestment co.,Ltd. 22.23
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO.,LTD. 12.88
TAISHIBA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD. 1.13
KUO,CHING-SUNG 1.04
Citibank Taiwan in custody for DFA
Investments Group’s Emerging Market Core
Securities Portfolio Funds
0.80
Citibank (Taiwan) Commercial Bank entrusted
custody of the emerging market assessment
fund investment account


0.77
AVY COMPANY LIMITED 0.73
CHE AN integrated marketingCo.,Ltd. 0.73
YEH,YUNG-HSIUNG 0.70
HSBC Trusted Morgan Stanley International
Co.,Ltd.
0.68
Lin Shih Investment Co.,Ltd. SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. 100.00
  • b. Major shareholders of major corporate shareholders listed above
Name of Institutional
Shareholders
Major Shareholders of the Institutional
Shareholders
(%)
Ability Investment co., Ltd. HENG NENG INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 19.92
CHIA NAI INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 19.27
CHIA MEI INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 7.18
TUNG,I-NAI 7.14
TUNG,TENG-CHI-TZU 5.52
CHIEH SHIH EN INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 5.37
KAI JUN INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 5.22
TUNG,I-CHIA 4.80
SKY CENTURY CORP. 4.15
YaChengInternational Investment Co.,Ltd. 3.17
AVY COMPANY LIMITED AVY Precision TechnologyInc. 100.00

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Name of Institutional
Shareholders
Major Shareholders of the Institutional
Shareholders
(%)
Huang,Chou-Chye 15.67
LIU,TE-CHUNG 2.20
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY
CO.,LTD.
Citibank (Taiwan) Commercial Bank is
entrusted to custody of the Norwegian
central bank
1.93
Global View Co.,Ltd. 1.70
KUNG,CHIH-HAO 1.39
Citibank (Taiwan) Commercial Bank is
entrusted to custody of the Emerging
Markets Fund
1.31
LI,WEN-CHIN 1.18
Citibank (Taiwan) Commercial Bank entrusted
custody of the emerging market assessment
fund investment account

1.11
Citibank Taiwan in custody for DFA
Investments Group’s Emerging Market Core
Securities Portfolio Funds
1.03
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Taipei Branch in
Custody for Vanguard Total International
Stock Index Fund, a series of Vanguard Star
Funds



0.89

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c. Professional Qualifications and Independence Analysis of the Board Directors

As of 04/30/2019

Criteria
Name
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements, Together with at Least Five Years
Work Experience
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements, Together with at Least Five Years
Work Experience
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements, Together with at Least Five Years
Work Experience
Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Number of
Other Public
Companies in
Which the
Individual is
Concurrently
Serving as an
Independent
Director
An Instructor or Higher Position in a
Department of Commerce, Law,
Finance, Accounting, or Other
Academic Department Related to
the Business Needs of the Company
in a Public or Private Junior College,
College or University


A Judge, Public Prosecutor, Attorney,
Certified Public Accountant, or Other
Professional or Technical Specialist
Who Has Passed a National
Examination and Been Awarded a
Certificate in a Profession Necessary
for the Business of the Company
Have Work Experience in
the Areas of Commerce,
Law, Finance, or
Accounting, or Otherwise
Necessary for the
Business of the Company

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tseng, Ming-Jen N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 1
Tsay,Wen-Bin N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0
Chou, Cheng-Wei N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0
Tong, Chun-Jen N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0
Huang,Li-An N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0
Chan,Wen-Hsiung N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 2
Lam,Tai-Seng N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0
Chen, Kuo-Hong N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 1
Lu,Chien-Min N N Y ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ 0

Note: Please tick the corresponding boxes that apply to the directors or supervisors during the two years prior to being elected or during the term of office.

  1. Not an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates.

  2. Not a director or supervisor of the Company or any of its affiliates. Not applicable in cases where the person is an independent director of the Company, its parent company, or any subsidiary in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting shares.

  3. Not a natural-person shareholder who holds shares, together with those held by the person’s spouse, minor children, or held by the person under others’ names, in an aggregate amount of 1% or more of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company or ranking in the top 10 in holdings.

  4. Not a spouse, relative within the second degree of kinship, or lineal relative within the third degree of kinship, of any of the persons in the preceding three subparagraphs.

  5. Not a director, supervisor, or employee of a corporate shareholder who directly holds 5% or more of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company or who holds shares ranking in the top five holdings.

  6. Not a director, supervisor, officer, or shareholder holding 5% or more of the shares, of a specified company or institution which has a financial or business relationship with the Company.

  7. Not a professional individual who is an owner, partner, director, supervisor, or officer of a sole proprietorship, partnership, company, or institution that provides commercial, legal, financial, accounting services or consultation to the Company or to any affiliate of the Company, or a spouse thereof. These restrictions do not apply to any member of the Remuneration Committee who exercises powers pursuant to Article 7 of the “Regulations Governing the Establishment and Exercise of Powers of Remuneration Committees of Companies whose Stock is Listed on the TWSE or Traded on the TPEx”.

  8. Not having a marital relationship, or a relative within the second degree of kinship to any other director of the Company.

  9. Not been a person of any conditions defined in Article 30 of the Company Act.

  10. Not a governmental, juridical person or its representative as defined in Article 27 of the Company Act.

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3.2.2 Introduction of the Management Team

As of 04/13/2018

As of 04/13/201
Title
Name
Nationality Gender Date First
Elected
Current
Shareholding
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding by
Nominee
Arrangement
Experience (Education) Selected Current Positions
Shares % Shares % Shares %
Chairman and
CEO
Tseng, Ming-Jen
R.O.C. Male 92.01 1,209,093
0.43

249,524

0.09

0

0.00

Refer to Introduction of Board of Directors
Vice President
Chou, Cheng-Wei
R.O.C. Male 101.01 291,159
0.10

0
0.00
0

0.00

Refer to Introduction of Board of Directors
Assistant Vice
President
Tommy Lee
R.O.C. Male 92.08 0
0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

. Assistant Vice President/R&D
Center
Ability Ent. Co., Ltd.
.Dept. of EC,Taiwan Tech
None
Assistant Vice
President
Adams Chen
R.O.C. Male 104.06 74,354
0.03

0

0.00

0

0.00

.Assistant Vice President/MFG
Center
Ability Ent. Co., Ltd
.Dept. of EC,TPCU
Ability Tech. (Dongguan) Co., Ltd
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(DONGGUAN) CO.JIUJIANG
VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC.
Assistant Vice
President
Vincent Lu
R.O.C. Male 108.04 27,303
0.01

0

0.00

0

0.00

Assistant Vice President/IP Div.
Ability Ent. Co., Ltd
Dept. of PME, National Tsinghua University
None
Chief Financial
Officer
Lin, Hung-Tien
R.O.C. Male 97.10 59,987
0.02

0

0.00

0

0.00

.CFO, Ability Ent. Co., Ltd
.Assistant manager of Deloitte Audit
Servcies
Dept. of Accounting,CYUT
SupervisorABILITY INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT CO., LTD.Ability Tech.
(Dongguan) Co., LtdANDROVIDEO
INC.

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3.2.3 Remuneration and Compensation Paid to Directors, the President, and Vice President

3.2.3.1 Remuneration Paid to Directors

As of 12/31/2018; Unit: NT$ thousands

Title
Name
Total
remuneration
(A+B+C+D) as a
% of net income
Total
remuneration
(A+B+C+D) as a
% of net income
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Compensation Earned by a Director Who is an Employee of Pegatron
or its Consolidated Entities
Total remuneration
(A+B+C+D+E+F+G) as a
% of net loss
Total remuneration
(A+B+C+D+E+F+G) as a
% of net loss
Compensation
paid to
directors from
non-
consolidated
affiliates
Base
Compensation
(A)
Severance Pay
(B)
Bonus to Directors
(C) (Note 1,3)

Allowances (D)
Base
Compensation,
Bonuses, and
Allowances(E)
Severance Pay
and Pensions (F)
(Note 2)

Employee Compensation (G)
(Note3)
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
From all
consolidated
entities
From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
Cash Stock Cash Stock
Chairman
Tseng, Ming-Jen
- - - - ~~-~~ ~~-~~ 480 501 0.10% 0.11% 13,226 13,226 219 219 ~~-~~ ~~-~~ ~~-~~ - 3.01% 3.01% None
Director
VIEWQUEST Investment
Co. Ltd.
Rep. : Tsay,Wen-Bin
Director VIEWQUEST
Investment Co. Ltd.
Rep. :Chou,Cheng-Wei
Director
AVY Precision Technology
Inc.
Rep. : Tong,Chun-Jen
Director
AVY Precision Technology
Inc.
Rep. : Huang, Li-An
Director
Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
Rep. : Chan,Wen-Hsiung
Independent Director
Lam,Tai-Seng
Independent Director
Chen,Kuo-Hong
Independent Director
Lu,Chien-Min

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Range of Remuneration

Range of Remuneration
Bracket Name of Directors
Total of(A+B+C+D) Total of(A+B+C+D+E+F+G)
The Company Companies in the financial
report
The Company Companies in the financial
report
Below NT$ 2,000,000 Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
VIEWQUEST Investment Co.
Ltd.
AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Tsay, Wen-Bin
Chou, Cheng-Wei
Tong, Chun-Jen
Huang, Li-An
Chan,Wen-Hsiung
Lam,Tai-Seng
Chen, Kuo-Hong
Lu,Chien-Min
Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
VIEWQUEST Investment Co.
Ltd.
AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Tsay, Wen-Bin
Chou, Cheng-Wei
Tong, Chun-Jen
Huang, Li-An
Chan,Wen-Hsiung
Lam,Tai-Seng
Chen, Kuo-Hong
Lu,Chien-Min
Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
VIEWQUEST Investment Co.
Ltd.
AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Tong, Chun-Jen
Huang, Li-An
Chan,Wen-Hsiung
Lam,Tai-Seng
Chen, Kuo-Hong
Lu,Chien-Min
Tsay, Wen-Bin
Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
VIEWQUEST Investment Co.
Ltd.
AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Tong, Chun-Jen
Huang, Li-An
Chan,Wen-Hsiung
Lam,Tai-Seng
Chen, Kuo-Hong
Lu,Chien-Min
Tsay, Wen-Bin
NT$2,000,000(Included) ~ NT$5,000,000(Excluded)
NT$5,000,000 (Included)~ NT$10,000,000(Excluded) Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou,Cheng-Wei
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou,Cheng-Wei
NT$10,000,000(Included)~ NT$15,000,000(Excluded)
NT$15,000,000(Included)~ NT$30,000,000(Excluded)
NT$30,000,000(Included)~ NT$50,000,000(Excluded)
NT$50,000,000(Included)~ NT$100,000,000(Excluded)
Over NT$100,000,000
Total 12 12 12 12

Note 1. Remunerations paid on earnings distribution of directors are appropriated to unincorporated representatives of corporate juridical person. Note 2. Actual payments of pensions for the most recent years: Nil; appropriated amounts of pensions expense for the most recent years: NT$219 thousand. Note 3. The company's annual profit after-tax is loss, so no remunerations for directors and remunerations for employees .

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3.2.3.2 Compensation Paid to President and Vice President

As of 12/31/2017; Unit: NT$ thousands

Title Name Salary(A) Salary(A) Severance Pay and
Pensions (B) (Note 1)
Severance Pay and
Pensions (B) (Note 1)
Bonuses and
Allowances (C)
Bonuses and
Allowances (C)
Employee Compensation (D)
(Note 2)
Employee Compensation (D)
(Note 2)
Employee Compensation (D)
(Note 2)
Employee Compensation (D)
(Note 2)
Total remuneration
(A+B+C+D) as a % of net
loss
Total remuneration
(A+B+C+D) as a % of net
loss
Compensation
paid to
directors from
nonconsolidat
ed affiliates
The
Company
From all
consolidated
entities
The
Company
From all
consolidated
entities
The
Company
From all
consolidated
entities
The Company From all
consolidated
entities
The
Company
From all
consolidated
entities
Cash Stock Cash Stock
President Tseng, Ming-Jen 5,562 5,562 219 219 7,664
7,664

2,100
0
2,100

0
7.48%
7.48%
None
Vice
President
Chou, Cheng-Wei

Range of Remuneration

Range of Remuneration
Bracket Name of President and Vice President
The company Companies in the financial report
Below NT$ 2,000,000
NT$2,000,000(Included)~ NT$5,000,000(Excluded)
NT$5,000,000 (Included)~ NT$10,000,000(Excluded) Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou,Cheng-Wei
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou,Cheng-Wei
NT$10,000,000(Included)~ NT$15,000,000(Excluded)
NT$15,000,000(Included)~ NT$30,000,000(Excluded)
NT$30,000,000(Included)~ NT$50,000,000(Excluded)
NT$50,000,000(Included)~ NT$100,000,000(Excluded)
Over NT$100,000,000
Total 2 2

Note 1: Actual payments of pensions for the most recent years: Nil; appropriated amounts of pensions expense for the most recent years: NT$219 thousand. Note 2. The company's annual profit after-tax is loss, so no remunerations for directors and remunerations for employees .

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3.2.3.3 Employee Profit Sharing Granted to Management Team

Unit: NT$ thousands

Unit: NT$ thousands
Title Name Stock (Fair Market
Value) (Note 1)

Cash
(Note 1)
Total Ratio of Total Amount
to Net loss(%)
President Tseng,Ming-Jen 0 3,100 3,100 1.42%
Vice President Chou, Cheng-Wei
Assistant Vice
President
Tommy Lee
Assistant Vice
President
Adams Chen
Chief Financial
Officer
Lin, Hung-Tien

Note 1: The company's annual profit after-tax is loss, so no profit sharing for employees .

  • 3.2.4 Compare and state the ratio of total remuneration paid to the Company’s Directors, President and Vice Presidents by the company and the companies in the consolidated financial statements to net income in the past two years. Please also describe the policy, criteria, packages and rules relating to the remuneration, as well as its relation to business performance and future risks.

  • a.The ratio of total remuneration paid by the Company and by all companies included in the consolidated financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years to directors, presidents and vice presidents of the Company, to the net income

Unit: NT$ thousands
2018
2017
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
loss (%)
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
income (%)
-
-
3,659
1.68
13,445
2.90
16,282
7.48
Unit: NT$ thousands
2018
2017
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
loss (%)
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
income (%)
-
-
3,659
1.68
13,445
2.90
16,282
7.48
Unit: NT$ thousands
2018
2017
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
loss (%)
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
income (%)
-
-
3,659
1.68
13,445
2.90
16,282
7.48
Unit: NT$ thousands
2018
2017
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
loss (%)
Amount
Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
income (%)
-
-
3,659
1.68
13,445
2.90
16,282
7.48
Item
position
2018 2017
Amount Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
loss (%)
Amount Ratio of Total
Amount to Net
income (%)
directors - - 3,659 1.68
presidents and vice
presidents
13,445 2.90 16,282 7.48
  • b. Descriptions of remuneration policies, criteria, packages, rules relating to the remuneration, as well as its relation to business performance and future risks.

Remuneration of directors and supervisors, as well as salaries and remuneration of presidents and vice presidents are considered by the remuneration committee and presented to the Board of Directors for approval in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The determination of remuneration of directors and supervisors is stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation of the company; the salaries and remuneration of presidents and vice presidents is paid based on the normal level in the industry.

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3.3 Implementation of Corporate Governance

3.3.1 Board of Directors

A total of 8 (A) meetings of the Board of Directors were held in 2018. The directors’ attendance status is as follows:

Title Name Attendance in
person (B)
By Proxy Attendance
rate (%)
【B/A】
Remarks
Chairman Tseng, Ming-Jen 8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Director VIEWQUEST Investment Co. Ltd.
Rep.:Tsay,Wen-Bin
8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Director VIEWQUEST Investment Co. Ltd.
Rep.:Chou,Cheng-Wei
8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Director AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Rep.:Tong,Chun-Jen
8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Director AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Rep.:Huang,Li-An
4 2 50% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Director Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
Rep.: Chan,Wen-Hsiung
8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Re-elected
Independent
Director
Lam,Tai-Seng 8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newly elected
Independent
Director
Chen, Kuo-Hong 7 1 87.5% 06/29/2016
Newly elected
Independent
Director
Lu,Chien-Min 8 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newly elected

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Other remarks:
1. In the event of either of the following situations, dates, sessions, contents of resolutions of
the Board meetings, opinions from all independent directors, and how the company has
responded to such opinion shall be noted:
(1) Conditions described in Article 14-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act.
Other remarks:
1. In the event of either of the following situations, dates, sessions, contents of resolutions of
the Board meetings, opinions from all independent directors, and how the company has
responded to such opinion shall be noted:
(1) Conditions described in Article 14-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act.
Other remarks:
1. In the event of either of the following situations, dates, sessions, contents of resolutions of
the Board meetings, opinions from all independent directors, and how the company has
responded to such opinion shall be noted:
(1) Conditions described in Article 14-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act.
Period and Date
Contents of resolutions
Opinions from all
independent directors
and how the company has
responded to such
opinions
2018.8.9
3rd in 2018
1. The Company’s appointment of the CPA.
2. The Company’s 2018 1H financial statements.
3. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary of the
Company, regarding the procurement payment to the supplier
Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.
4. The Company’s investment in ANDROVIDEO INC.

Passed unanimously by all
independent directors in
attendance.
2018.11.7
4th in 2018
1. The Company’s appointment of the chief audit executive.
2. The Company's “2019 internal audit plan”.
3. The Company’s 2018 3Q financial statements.
4. Bonus distribution plan for managers and employees of the
company in 2018.
5. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
6. The company plans to fund the loan and ANDROVIDEO INC., a
subsidiary of the Company.
7.Employee restricted new share cancellation and reduction
and determination of the record date of the reduction in
the thirdquarter of 2018
Passed unanimously by all
independent directors in
attendance.
2019.2.21
1st in 2019
1. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary of the
Company, regarding the procurement payment to the supplier
Panasonic Hong Kong Co. Ltd.
2. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary of the
Company, regarding the procurement payment to the supplier
Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd.
3. VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. plans to fund
the loan and Ability Tech. (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., both a subsidiary
of the Company,


Passed unanimously by all
independent directors in
attendance.
2019.3.25
2nd in 2019
1. The Company’s 2018 financial statements.
2. The Company’s Business Reports and Financial Statements of 2018,
submitted for Recognition.
3. The Company’s Earning Distribution of 2018, submitted for
Recognition.
4. Evaluation of the CPA’s independence of the Company.
5. Re-election on all the Company's Directors (including independent
directors)
6. Amendment of the Company's "Articles of Incorporation",
submitted for Discussion.
7. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for the Acquisition and
Disposal of Assets", submitted for Discussion.
8. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for Endorsement and
Guarantee", submitted for Discussion
9. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for Loaning Funds to
Others", submitted for Discussion
10. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
11. “2018 Management's Reports on Internal Control System”.
Except for the proposal 3,
the remaining proposals
were attended by
independent directors
without objection.
proposal 3:
DirectorChan,Wen-Hsiung
proposed: It is proposed
to increase the
distribution of dividends.
Independent director
Chen, Kuo-Hong 's
proposed: It is
recommended that the
business operation be
prudent for long-term.
Resolution: The proposal
was put on hold for the
next time board of
directors discussed it.

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2019.4.16
3rd in 2019
1. Nomination and review of the list of candidates for directors and
independent directors.
2. Release the prohibition on the Company's newly-elected Directors
from participation in competitive business.
3. New manager salary structure and remuneration.
4.The company's manager promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment.
5. The company's "standard operating procedures for handling
directors' requirements”, submitted for Discussion.
6. Disposal of the Company’s factoryat NanGang.
1. Nomination and review of the list of candidates for directors and
independent directors.
2. Release the prohibition on the Company's newly-elected Directors
from participation in competitive business.
3. New manager salary structure and remuneration.
4.The company's manager promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment.
5. The company's "standard operating procedures for handling
directors' requirements”, submitted for Discussion.
6. Disposal of the Company’s factoryat NanGang.
1. Nomination and review of the list of candidates for directors and
independent directors.
2. Release the prohibition on the Company's newly-elected Directors
from participation in competitive business.
3. New manager salary structure and remuneration.
4.The company's manager promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment.
5. The company's "standard operating procedures for handling
directors' requirements”, submitted for Discussion.
6. Disposal of the Company’s factoryat NanGang.
Passed unanimously by all
independent directors in
attendance.
2019.5.2
4th in 2019
1. The Company’s appointment of the CPA and its fee for the year.
2. The company plans to increase the amount of funds to borrow and
ANDROVIDEO INC., a subsidiary of the Company.
3. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
4. The Company’s Earning Distribution of 2018, submitted for
Recognition.
5. Renew the list of candidates for directors and independent
directors.
6. The Company’s 2019 operationplans.
Passed unanimously by all
independent directors in
attendance.
(2) Other issues opposed by independent directors or about which said directors have
qualified opinions shall be recorded in writing in the meeting minutes of the Board: None
2. Should a director recuse himself or herself from a resolution about which he or she has a
conflict of interest, the name of the director, contents of the resolution, reasons for
recusal, and the results of the vote shall be noted:
Date Resolution Recused person Implementation
2018.11.7 Bonus distribution plan
for managers and
employees of the
company in 2018.
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou, Cheng-Wei
Lin, Hung-Tien
Other than the chairman Tseng,
Ming-Jen, the director Chou,
Cheng-Wei and financial manager
Lin, Hung-Tien who recused
themselves from the resolution
due to conflicting interest, remaining
directors (including independent directors)
in attendance passed the resolution
unanimously.
2019.4.16 1. The new manager’s
salary structure and
remuneration.
2. The company's
manager promotion,
remuneration and
salary adjustment.
Tseng, Ming-Jen
Chou, Cheng-Wei
Lin, Hung-Tien
Other than the chairman Tseng,
Ming-Jen, the director Chou,
Cheng-Wei and financial manager
Lin, Hung-Tien who recused
themselves from the resolution
due to conflicting interest, remaining
directors (including independent directors)
in attendance passed the resolution
unanimously.
3. Enhancements to the functions of the Board of Directors in the current and the most recent
year (e.g., establishment of an audit committee, improvement of information transparency
etc.), and the progress of such enhancements:
(1)An audit committee was established on June 29, 2016 to perform its duty as a
supervisor as required by relevant laws and regulations.
(2)The companyassigned a dedicatedperson to be responsible for monthlyrevenue and

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material information disclosure, and input information into the Market Observation Post System in accordance with relevant rules.

  • (3)The company assigned a spokesperson and a deputy spokesperson to serve as communication channels for stakeholders.

  • (4)The company formulated “Rules and Procedures of the Board Meeting” to enhance the functions of the Board of Directors and facilitate healthy development of the Board’s participation in decision-making.

  • (5)To strengthen professional expertise, directors of the company continue to pursue advanced studies every year, the total hours of which meet relevant requirements imposed by competent authorities. Members of the Board are also encouraged to attend respective professional courses to keep acquiring up-to-date knowledge with an aim to maintain its professional advantages and capabilities.

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3.3.2 Audit Committee

A total of 6 (A) meetings of the audit committee were held in 2018. The independent directors’ attendance status is as follows:

Title Name Attendance
in person (B)
By
Proxy
Attendance
rate (%)
【B/A】
Remarks
Independent
Director
Lam,Tai-Seng 6 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Independent
Director
Chen, Kuo-
Hong
6 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Independent
Director
Lu,Chien-Min 6 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Other remarks:
1. In the event of either of the following situations, dates, sessions, contents of resolutions of
the Board meetings, opinions from audit committee's resolutions, and how the company
has responded to audit committee's opinions shall be noted:
(1)Conditions described in Article 14-5 of the Securities and Exchange Act:
Period and Date
Contents of resolutions
Opinions from audit
committee's resolutions and
how the company has
responded to audit committee's
opinions
2018.8.09
12th of the 1st.
1. The Company’s appointment of the CPA.
2. The Company’s 2018 1H financial statements.
3. The Company’s investment in ANDROVIDEO INC.
Passed unanimously by
members in attendance.
2018.11.07
13th of the 1st.
1. The Company’s appointment of the chief audit
executive.
2. The Company's “2019 internal audit plan”.
3. The Company’s 2018 3Qfinancial statements.
Passed unanimously by
members in attendance.
2019.3.25
14th of the 1st.
1.The Company’s 2018 financial statements.
2. The Company’s Business Reports and Financial
Statements of 2018, submitted for Recognition.
3. The Company’s Earning Distribution of 2018,
submitted for Recognition
4. Evaluation of the CPA’s independence of the
Company.
5. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for the
Acquisition and Disposal of Assets", submitted for
Discussion
6. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for
Endorsement and Guarantee", submitted for
Discussion
9. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for
Loaning Funds to Others", submitted for Discussion
8. “2018 Management's Reports on Internal Control
System”.
Passed unanimously by
members in attendance.
2019.5.02
15th of the 1st.
1. The Company’s 2019 1Q financial statements.
2. The Company’s appointment of the CPA and its fee
for theyear.
Passed unanimously by
members in attendance.
(2) Other than those described above, any resolutions unapproved by the audit committee
but passed by more than two-thirds of directors: None.

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2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
Date Forms Issues Results
2018.11.7 Meeting Discussions on the 2019 audit plan. No material issues that
required rectification.
2019.3.25 Meeting “2018 Management's Reports on Internal
Control system” resolution.
No material issues that
required rectification.
(2) Communication between independent directors and accountants:
Independent directors of the Company are responsible for overseeing financial reporting
process in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, maintaining good mutual
communication with the CPA of the company and communicating with the CPA matters
in respect of the auditplan of 2018 financial statements as follows:
Date Forms Issues Results
2018.12.20 Documents in
writing
Annual audit plan
-The role and responsibility of the chief
accountant
-Audit plan
-Preliminary opinions on key audit matters
-The independence of the CPA
1. Noted without other
opinions and has replied
to the accounting firm.
2. If there are any
suggestions and material
findings, the chief
accountant and the
manager shall be
promptly notified to
arrange further meeting.
2019.3.25 Documents in
writing and
meetings
Conclusion of the annual audit
- Draft of the financial statements
- Major findings of the auditing
- Draft of the auditing reports (including key
audit matters)
- The independence of the CPA

1. Noted without other
opinions and has replied
to the accounting firm.
2. On March 16, 2018, the
CPA and the manager had
discussions and
explanations on major
issues prior to the audit
committee’s meeting and
the Board’s meeting.
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
2. Avoidance of involvements in interest-conflicting resolutions by independent directors: None.
3. Communication between independent directors, the chief audit executive and accountants:
(1) Summary on communication between independent directors, supervisors and the chief
audit executive:
Date Forms Issues Results
2018.11.7 Meeting Discussions on the 2019 audit plan. No material issues that
required rectification.
2019.3.25 Meeting “2018 Management's Reports on Internal
Control system” resolution.
No material issues that
required rectification.
(2) Communication between independent directors and accountants:
Independent directors of the Company are responsible for overseeing financial reporting
process in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, maintaining good mutual
communication with the CPA of the company and communicating with the CPA matters
in respect of the auditplan of 2018 financial statements as follows:
Date Forms Issues Results
2018.12.20 Documents in
writing
Annual audit plan
-The role and responsibility of the chief
accountant
-Audit plan
-Preliminary opinions on key audit matters
-The independence of the CPA
1. Noted without other
opinions and has replied
to the accounting firm.
2. If there are any
suggestions and material
findings, the chief
accountant and the
manager shall be
promptly notified to
arrange further meeting.
2019.3.25 Documents in
writing and
meetings
Conclusion of the annual audit
- Draft of the financial statements
- Major findings of the auditing
- Draft of the auditing reports (including key
audit matters)
- The independence of the CPA

1. Noted without other
opinions and has replied
to the accounting firm.
2. On March 16, 2018, the
CPA and the manager had
discussions and
explanations on major
issues prior to the audit
committee’s meeting and
the Board’s meeting.

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3.3.3 Corporate Governance Implementation Status and Deviations from “the Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies”

TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies”
Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
1. If the Company established and disclosed
Corporate Governance Principles in
accordance with Corporate Governance
Best-Practice Principles for TWSE/GTSM
Listed Companies?
V The Company formulated the “Corporate Governance
Principles” as disclosed on the Market Observation
Post System and the company’s website.
No major deviation
2. Shareholding Structure & Shareholders’
Rights
No major deviation
(1) If the Company established internal
procedures to handle shareholder
suggestions, proposals, complaints and
litigation and execute accordingly?
V (1) The Company assigned spokesperson, investor
relations contact, dedicated personnel for registrar
and legal-related matters to address issues in
relation to shareholders’ suggestions and disputes.
(2) If the Company maintained of a list of
major shareholders and a list of ultimate
owners of these major shareholders?
V (2) The Company assigned dedicated personnel for
registrar to keep abreast with the actual
shareholdings of directors, managers and major
shareholders holding 10% of the shares in the
company.
(3) If risk management mechanism and
“firewall” between the Company and its
affiliates are in place?
V (3) The Company formulated “Administrative
Measures on the Operation of a Subsidiary”,
“Procedures for Loans to Others”, "Endorsement
and Guarantee Procedures", “Procedures for the
Acquisition and Disposal of Assets” and other
internal management measures to establish proper
risk control mechanism and firewall.
(4) If the Company established internal
policies that forbid insiders from trading
based on non-disclosed information?
V (4) The Company formulated control measures of
“Insider Trading Prevention management
operations” to regulate behavior and commence risk
control.

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
3. Structure of Board of Directors and its
responsibility
(1) If the Board consisted of members from
diverse background?
V (1) Appoint three independent directors in accordance
with the company’s “Corporate Governance
Principles” to enhance the Board’s functions. The
composition of the Board of Directors shall be
determined by taking diversity into consideration.
The criteria for directors’ elections of the company
is based on the company's business operations,
operating dynamics and development needs,
including but not limited to the following two major
aspects:
1. Basic conditions and value: gender, age, nationality
and cultural background, etc.
2. Professional expertise and skills: professional
background (including laws, accounting, industry,
finance, marketing or technology), skills, and
industry experience. Directors of this session of the
company are elected in accordance with the two
major aspects listed above. Elected directors are
equipped with professional expertise and
experience covering finance, technology, industry
and marketing.
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(2) If the Company established any other
functional committee in addition to
Compensation Committee, Audit
Committee as required by law?
(3) If the Company established methods and
procedures to assess the performance
of the Board and conduct assessment
on annual basis?



V
V (2) The Company established the remuneration
committee and assembled the audit committee at
its discretion, while other functional committees are
not yet established. There are no other functional
committees set up for business operations.
(3) The auditing office commenced auditing in
accordance with the Company’s “Rules of Procedure
for Board Meetings” of the company and prevailing
regulations of the “Regulations Governing
Procedure for Board of Directors Meetings of Public
Companies”. It is known that currently the Company
does not formulate relevant measures on
performance evaluation of the Board of Directors.
The Company shall
carry out prudent
evaluation based on
its internal
development needs in
the future.
The Company shall
carry out prudent
evaluation based on
its internal
development needs in
the future.
(4) If the Company assess the independence
of CPA periodically?

V
(4) According to the Article 29 of the Company’s
“Corporate Governance Principles”, it is required to
assess CPA’s independence and capacity regularly (at
least once per year). After internal self-assessment
on the independence and capacity of the CPA, there
was no matters that might have a possible impact on
the independence of PwC Taiwan's CPA, JuanLu,
Man-Yu and Audrey Tseng. It is also required that the
CPA shall issue a declaration of independence; the
resolution was considered and passed by the audit
committee and the Board of Directors of the
companyon March 25,2019.(Note)

No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
4. If the Company established a unit or
assigned a personnel to handle corporate
governance related issues (including but
not limited to providing assistance to
board members and handling all tasks ass

V
The Company’s dedicated person for registrar is
responsible for relevant matters concerning
corporate governance, discussion and formulation of
the Board’s meeting agenda and provision of
sufficient information to enable directors to have a
better understanding of relevant contents to be
proposed at the meeting. The dedicated person shall
convene shareholders’ meetings every year during
the specific period required by laws and regulations,
upload the notice of the meeting, the meeting
agenda and the shareholders’ meeting’s minutes to
the Market Observation Post System prior to the
period as specified in the announcement and
conduct registration and changes upon amendments
to the Articles of Incorporation and re-election of
directors.
No major deviation
5. If the Company established
communication channel with
stakeholders (including but not limited to
shareholders, employee, customers,
suppliers, etc.) and disclosed key
corporate social responsibility issues
frequently enquired by stakeholders on
the designated area of the corporate
website?
V The Company established the public relation, registrar
and legal departments depending on different
situations to address issues and communicate with
stakeholder. The Company also created company
information, corporate governance, corporate social
responsibility and stakeholders’ sections on the
company’s website and provided contact information
of the spokesperson so that stakeholders may be
informed of latest issues on a timely basis.

No major deviation
6. If the Company engaged professional
transfer agent to host annual general
shareholders’ meeting?
V The Company engaged the registrar agency department
of CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. to handle shareholder meeting
affairs


No major deviation
7 Information Disclosure No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(1) If the Company set up a corporate
website to disclose information regarding
the Company’s finance, business and
corporate governance?
(2) If the Company adopted any other
information disclosure channels (e.g.,
maintaining an English-language website,
appointing designated personnel to
handle information collection and
disclosure, appointing spokespersons,
webcasting investors conference, etc)?

V
V
(1) The Company promptly discloses relevant
information on its corporate website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw).
(2) The collection and disclosure of investor relations,
registrar and legal departments-related information.
The Company builds website in both Chinese and
English languages to regularly disclose information
relating to the company’s finance, shares, product
information and social engagement. The Company
assigns a spokesman in accordance with regulations.
Live broadcast of the Company’s investor seminars
is available on its website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw).

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
8. If the Company had other important
information to facilitate better
understanding of the Company’s
corporate governance practices
(including but not limited to employee
rights, employee wellness, investor
relations, supplier relations, rights of
stakeholders, directors’ and supervisors’
training records, the implementation of
risk management policies and risk
evaluation measures, the
implementation of customer relations
policies, and purchasing insurance for
directors and supervisors)?
V (1) Employee rights: The Company convenes labor-
management disputes meeting on an irregular
basis and establishes mailbox for employee
complaints.
(2) Employee care: The company establishes employee
welfare committee to handle matters including
employee welfare and group insurance.
(3) Investor relations: The Company provides investors
with transparent information as disclosed on the
Company’s website with material issues
published on the Market Observation Post
System.
(4) Supplier relations: The Company formulates
measures governing supplier relations and the
code of conduct for personnel who contact with
outside firms to maintain fair trading with
suppliers.
(5) Rights of stakeholders: Both the Company and
stakeholders perform respective rights and
obligations in compliance with contracts or
relevant operating procedures.
(6) Directors’ training records.
(7) Risk management policies and risk evaluation
measures: The company commences internal
control assessment for each department on
regular basis to carry out preventive control. The
audit unit assists members from the audit
committee in supervising the Company’s business
and the implementation of the internal control
systems. Where possible malpractice is found,
the Company shall promptly activate proper
measures with an aim to lower operational risks.
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Implementation Status Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
9. Any improvement made in accordance
with the result of the most recent
corporate governance evaluation
conducted by TWSE? Any measures to be
taken on the outstanding items?
V (8) Implementation of customer relations policies:
(9) Purchasing insurance for directors: the Company has
purchased liability insurance for directors.
The Company conducts self-assessment in accordance
with corporate governance evaluation items and
considers viability for evaluated items that does not
meet the criteria based on actual operation of the
Company.

No major deviation

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Note: The Company evaluates the independence of CPA based on items stated in Article 46 & 47 of Certified Public Accountant Act. The Evaluation Criteria are as below:

Evaluation Criteria are as below:
Items Evaluated Evaluation Finding Independence
1. Does the CPA have direct or material indirect financial interest in the Company? No Yes
2. Does the CPA have loans or guarantees with the Company or directors of the Company? No Yes
3. Does the CPA have a close business relationship or a potential employment relationship with
the Company?
No Yes
4.Have the CPA and a member of the audit team been a director, a manager of the Company or
been employed by the Company within the last two years in a position to exert significant
influence over the subject matter of the engagement?
No Yes
5. Does the CPA provide any non-audit services which if performed for the Company would
affect directlya material item of the audit engagement?
No Yes
6. Does the CPA promote or broker shares for the Company or other securities issued by the
company.
No Yes
7. Does the CPA serve as an advocate or representative for the company with third parties in
the event of conflict.
No Yes
8. Does the CPA have family ties with anyone who is a director, manager, or officer of with the
company or any personnel who is in a position to exert significant influence over the subject
matter of the engagement.
No Yes
9. Is the CPA capable of performing its duties with its educational background and relevant
experience.
Yes Yes

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3.3.4 Status of Compensation Committee:

3.3.4.1 Professional Qualifications and Independence Analysis of Remuneration Committee Members

Title Criteria
Name
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements,
Together with at Least Five Years’ Work Experience
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements,
Together with at Least Five Years’ Work Experience
Meet One of the Following Professional Qualification Requirements,
Together with at Least Five Years’ Work Experience
Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Independence Criteria (Note 1) Number of Other
Public Companies
in Which the
Individual is
Concurrently
Serving as a
Remuneration
Committee
Member
Remark
An Instructor or Higher
Position in a Department
of Commerce, Law,
Finance,Accounting, or
Other Academic
Department Related to the
Business Needs of the
Company in a Public or
Private Junior College,
College or University

A Judge, Public
Prosecutor, Attorney,
Certified Public
Accountant, or Other
Professional or Technical
Specialist Who Has
Passed a National
Examination and Been
Awarded a Certificate in
a Profession Necessary
for the Business of the
Company
Have Work
Experience in the
Areas of
Commerce, Law,
Finance, or
Accounting, or
Otherwise
Necessary for the
Business of the
Company
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent
Director

Lam,Tai-Seng
- - V V V V V V V V V 0 None
Independent
Director

Chen, Kuo-Hong

-
- V V V V V V V V V 0 None
Independent
Director

Lu,Chien-Min
- - V V V V V V V V V 0 None

Note 1: Please tick the corresponding boxes that apply to a member during the two years prior to being elected or during the term(s) of office.

  • (1) Not an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates.

  • (2) Not a director or supervisor of affiliated companies. Not applicable in cases where the person is an independent director of the parent company, or any subsidiary set up in accordance with the act or local laws.

  • (3) Not a natural-person shareholder who holds shares, together with those held by the person’s spouse, minor children, or held by the person under others’ names, in an aggregate amount of 1% or more of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company, or ranking in the top 10 in holdings.

  • (4) Not a spouse, relative within the second degree of kinship, or lineal relative within the third degree of kinship, of any of the persons in the preceding three subparagraphs.

  • (5) Not a director, supervisor, or employee of a corporate shareholder who directly holds 5% or more of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company, or who 27 holds shares ranking in the top five holdings.

  • (6) Not a director, supervisor, officer, or shareholder holding 5% or more of the shares of a specified company or institution which has a financial or business relationship with the Company.

  • (7) Not a professional individual, who is an owner, partner, director, supervisor, or officer of a sole proprietorship, partnership, company, or institution that provides commercial, legal, financial, accounting services or consultation to the Company or to any affiliate of the Company, or a spouse thereof.

  • (8) Not a person of any conditions defined in Article 30 of the Company Act.

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  • 3.3.4.2 Attendance of Members at Remuneration Committee Meetings

  • (1) There are 3 members in the Remuneration Committee.

  • (2) Tenure of the third session of Compensation committee is from 29st June, 2016 to 28th

    • June, 2019. A total of 3 (A) meetings of the Compensation Committee were held in
  • The status of attendance is as follows:

Title Name Name Attendance in
person (B)
By
Proxy
Attendance
rate (%) B/A
Attendance
rate (%) B/A
Remarks
Chairman Lam,Tai-Seng 3 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Member Chen, Kuo-Hong 3 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Member Lu,Chien-Min 3 0 100% 06/29/2016
Newlyelected
Other Information to be disclosed:
1.If Board of Directors did not adopt or revise the proposal made by the Compensation
Committee, please specify the date, session, agendas and resolutions of the Board of
Directors meeting and how the Company handled the proposal made by the
Compensation Committee (If amount of the compensation approved by the Board of
Directors is higher than that proposed by the Compensation Committee, please specify
the reasons and differences in proposals.): None.
2.If any members of the Compensation Committee were against or reserved their opinions
towards the resolutions, please specify the date, session, agendas, opinions of all
members and how the opinions were handled: None.
Period and
Date
Contents of resolutions
Resolution result
Company's opinion on
the Remuneration
committee
2017.5.8
4th of the
third
1.Bonus distribution plan for
managers and employees of the
company in 2017
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.
2017.11.7
5th of the
third
1.Bonus distribution plan for
managers and employees of the
company in 2018.
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.
2018.4.16
6th of the
third
1. New manager salary structure and
remuneration
2.The company's manager
promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.
Period and
Date
Contents of resolutions Resolution result Company's opinion on
the Remuneration
committee
2017.5.8
4th of the
third
1.Bonus distribution plan for
managers and employees of the
company in 2017
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.
2017.11.7
5th of the
third
1.Bonus distribution plan for
managers and employees of the
company in 2018.
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.
2018.4.16
6th of the
third
1. New manager salary structure and
remuneration
2.The company's manager
promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment
Passed
unanimously by
members in
attendance
Passed unanimously by
directors (including
independent directors)
in attendance.

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3.3.5 Social Responsibility Implementation Status as Required by the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission

.5 Social ResponsibilityImplementation Status as Required bythe Taiwan Financial SupervisoryCommission Required bythe Taiwan Financial SupervisoryCommission Required bythe Taiwan Financial SupervisoryCommission
Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
1. Implementation of Corporate Governance
(1) Does the Company have a corporate social
responsibility policy and evaluate its
implementation?
V (1) The Company established a corporate social responsibility
policy and the code of conduct, information of which is
disclosed on the company’s website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw).
No major deviation
(2) Does the Company hold regular CSR training? V (2) The Company organized trainings for new employees,
education training on CSR responsibilities and education on
relevant matters.
No major deviation
(3) Does the Company have a dedicated (or ad-hoc)
CSR organization with Board of Directors
authorization for senior management, which
reports to the Board of Directors?
V (3) The Company assembled the CSR organization, and disclosed
the organization chart on the company’s website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw); the management
representative is responsible for the organization and
effectiveness of the environmental protection, safety and
health management system, green product management
system, greenhouse gas management system, and
supervise the implementation and planning of each
department.
Handle issues on a
timely manner
according to the
Company’s actual
needs.
(4) Does the Company set a reasonable
compensation policy, integrate employee
appraisal with CSR policy, and set clear and
effective incentive and disciplinary policies?
V (4) Other than the disclosure of the CSR code of conducts on the
Company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw), the
Company also requires its employees to observe laws and
regulation and the human resources management system.
Mutual communication is carried out through performance
appraisal. Fair and reasonable performance evaluation
procedures becomes the basis for promotion, remuneration
and training development for employees.
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
2. Environmentally Sustainable Development
(1) Is the Company committed to improving resource
efficiency and to the use of renewable materials
with low environmental impact?
(2) Has the Company set an Environmental
management system designed from its industry
characteristics?

V
V
(1) The Company is committed to promoting clean production
and energy conservation, aiming to reduce expenses and
lower operating costs, create profits as well as enhance
overall competitiveness and operating results of the
enterprise. Energy conservation is implemented based on
aspects covering the management and technology,
primarily including three major items of air-conditioners
conservation, energy conservation and water conservation.
The Company’s products are designed according to the
concepts concerning high recoverability, high added values,
low pollution and energy conservation, aiming to control
resources utilization rate from the source of production.
(2) The Company established ISO14001 environmental
management system and IECQ QC080000
hazardous substance free product management system and
obtained verification certificate from the thirdparty.
No major deviation
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Implementation Status Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(3) Does the Company track the impact of climate
change on operations, carry out greenhouse gas
inventories, and set energy conservation and
greenhouse gas reduction strategy
V (3) Climate change has an increasingly substantial impact on the
global environment. As a citizen of the global community,
Ability strives to accomplish following matters in an attempt
to fulfill its corporate social responsibility:
a. The Company is committed to the greenhouse gas
checking to ensure overall emissions of the greenhouse
gas from all factories.
b. The Company continues to promote energy conservation
and carbon reduction measures together with
sustainable development so as to fulfill its corporate
social responsibility.
c. The Company complies with laws and regulations
relating to environmental protection and satisfy its
customer requirements.
d. The Company initiate relevant plans regarding voluntary
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions based on current
economic condition and technology according to the
checking results.
The Company classifies the climate change as a corporate-
level risk and exert efforts to control relevant risks. The
policies include:
a.Pay close attention to the trend of greenhouse gas-related
issues around the world.
b. Take care of green manufacturing, green products and
green supply chain management.
c. Carry out greenhouse gas measurement and carbon
footprint measurement.
The Company’s objectives and measures concerning energy
conservation and environmental protection are disclosed on the
Company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw).



No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
3. Promotion of Social Welfare
(1) Does the Company set policies and procedures in
compliance with regulations and internationally
recognized human rights principles?
(2)Has the Company established appropriately
managed employee appeal procedures?
V
V
(1) With an aim to comply with relevant labor laws and
regulations and safeguard employees’ legal rights, the
Company formulated the “Administrative Measures
Governing Leave Application”, “Administrative Measures
Governing Holiday Application”, “Administrative Measures
Governing Worker’s Compensation and Indemnity”,
“Administrative Measures Governing Benefit Plan” and
“Administrative Measures Governing Retirement”.
(2) The Company established various complaint channels.
Employees may raise complaints at any time when their
rights are infringed or improperly handled. The Company
formulated “Measures Governing Employee Complaints”,
promoted sexual harassment prevention and provided
employees with clear complaint channels to ensure
employees’ rights are safeguarded. The Company
irregularly convenes employees meeting and relevant
forums to create a channel for employees to communicate
directlyand express their opinions.
No major deviation

No major deviation
(3) Does the Company provide employees with a safe
and healthy working environment, with regular
safety and health training?

V
(3) According to the labor safety law, it is required to inspect
operating environment and ensure employee health
checkups; special health checkups shall be arranged for
employees working under special environment conditions.
Please refer to 5. Labor Relations under the Operational
Highlights as set out in the Annual Report for details
regardingthe labor safety.
No major deviation
(4) Has the Company established a mechanism for
regular communication with employees and use
reasonable measures to notify employees of
operational changes which may cause significant
impact to employees?
V (4) The Company irregularly convened employees meeting and
carry out survey concerning employees’ satisfaction to
enable all employees to have a better understanding of
the company’s operation and future plans.
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(5) Has the Company established effective career
development training plans?
V (5) The Company established an effective career development
training plan for its employees with an aim to enhance
their career development capabilities. A comprehensive
training system targeting employee cultivation is in place.
Through e-training and management, the system provided
training step-by-step, including pre-employment training
for new employees andprofessional training.
No major deviation
(6) Has the Company set polices and consumer
appeal procedures in its R&D, purchasing,
production, operations, and service processes?
V (6) The Company does not sell products directly to consumers;
in terms of client-side, the company handles complaints in
accordance with its existing internal procedures.
No major deviation
(7) Does the Company follow regulations and
international standards in the marketing and
labelling of its products and services?
V (7) The Company complies with relevant laws and regulations as
well as international guidelines.
No major deviation
(8) Does the company evaluate environmental and
social track records before engaging with
potential suppliers?
(9) Does the Company’s contracts with major
suppliers include termination clauses if they
violate CSR policy and cause significant
environmental and social impact?
V
V
(8) The Company promotes its green product policy, green
procurement requirements and the CSR through supplier
meetings, green electronic information platform website
and other measures. Suppliers are also required to accept
Ability’s green supplier verification with an aim to make
concerted efforts to facilitate the fulfillment of the
corporate social responsibility.
(9) According to procurement contracts entered into between
the company and its suppliers, there is no specific
provision governing the public welfare. The company
requires suppliers to complete a questionnaire regarding
the CSR and new suppliers are required to return a
questionnaire. The questionnaire does not have any
binding effect.
No major deviation
No major deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Implementation Status Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
4. Enhanced Information Disclosure
(1) Does the Company disclose relevant and reliable
CSR information on its website and the Taiwan
Stock Exchange website?
V (1) Relevant information in respect of the CSR is disclosed on the
Company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw) and the
Market Observation Post System (http://mops.twse.com.tw).

No major deviation
5. If the company has established its corporate social responsibility code of practice according to “Listed Companies Corporate Social Responsibility Code
of Practice,” please describe the operational status and differences.
The Company formulated its “Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Practice” in accordance with the “Listed Companies Corporate Social
Responsibility Code of Practice” and disclosed relevant information on the Company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw). The Company’s
internal operation and products are in compliance with requirements set out in the Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Practice.

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6. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the company’s implementation of corporate social responsibility: 6. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the company’s implementation of corporate social responsibility: 6. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the company’s implementation of corporate social responsibility:
The Company attaches great importance to environmental protection, social welfare and safety and health with a view to fulfil its social responsibility.
Please refer to the Company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw) for relevant information.
In recentyears,the specificpromotionplans and implementation effects of corporate social responsibilityare as follows:
Year Project and implementation effectiveness
1. The Mustard Seed Mission - Adoption of Taiwan Children's Project 44 people / month.
2. 4 schools/63 sets of camera digital learning programs for local/weak groups.
2017 3. The average income of the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation is 300 pieces per year.
4. Genesis Social Welfare Foundation Invoice Donation.
5. New Taipei City Government's "warm Christmas, hand in hand" music donation activities 64 people / time。
1.The Mustard Seed Mission - Adoption of Taiwan Children's 41 people / month.
2. 1 school/610 sets digital learning programs for the local/weak group.
3. The average income of the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation is:
a. The average product is 28 pieces / month
2018 b. Bread average 280 pieces / month
4.Genesis Social Welfare Foundation Invoice Donation.
5.Hualien earthquake donated 155 people/time.
6.New Taipei City Government's Weak School Children's Scholarship received a total of 97 families and 115 students received
funding.
7. Other information regarding “Corporate Responsibility Report ” which is verified by certifying bodies: The Company has obtained the following
certification:
The Company formulated the “Corporate Social Responsibility Report”, which had not been verified by third party external verification institution. The
Company passed the “ISO14001 environmental management system” and the “OHSAS18001 occupational safety and health management system”.

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3.3.6 Implementation of Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice Principles:

Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
1. Establishment of Corporate Conduct and
Ethics Policyand Implementation Measures
No specific deviation
(1) Does the company have bylaws and publicly
available documents addressing its
corporate conduct and ethics policy and
measures, and the commitment regarding
implementation of such policy from the
Board of Directors and the management
team?

V
(1) The Company formulated the “Ethical Corporate
Management Best Practice Principles” and disclosed
relevant information on the Company’s website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw); the members of the
Board of the company and the management exercise due
care of prudent administrators when performing duties
and exercise its functions and powers with prudent
attitude.
(2) Does the company establish relevant
policies which are duly enforced to prevent
unethical conduct and provide
implementation procedures, guidelines,
consequence of violation and complaint
procedures in such policies?
V (2) The Company’s “Employee Handbook”, “Working Rules”,
“Management and Control Procedures Regarding Insider
Trading Prevention” and respective internal management
system stipulate guidelines and regulations concerning
related behavior of an employee. All violations, rewards,
penalties and complaints will be implemented in
accordance with respectiveprocedures.
(3) Does the company establish appropriate
compliance measures for the business
activities prescribed in paragraph 2, article 7
of the Ethical Corporate Management Best
Practice Principles for TWSE/GTSM Listed
Companies and any other such activities
associated with high risk of unethical
conduct?
V (3) The Company formulated procedures for legal department
review contract and control contract to prevent any
violation of laws. For employees who may engage in
business activities that exhibit high integrity risks within
the scope of business, the rules stipulate that the
employees shall not receive and require any illegal benefit
from suppliers, connected party or designated person or
sign a contract with them.

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
2. Ethic Management Practice
(1) Does the company assess the ethics records
of whom it has business relationship with
and include business conduct and ethics
related clauses in the business contracts?
(2) Does the company set up a unit which is
dedicated to or tasked with promoting the
company’s ethical standards and reports
directly to the Board of Directors with
periodical updates on relevant matters?

V

V
(1) The Company shall consider the legality and evaluate the
ethical record of its business partner prior to any business
relationship with them and avoid any trading with a
partner with dishonest history.
(2) The Company has not set up a unit, whether part-time or
full-time, to promote the company’s ethical standards in
business operation. The unit may be established in the
future based on the governance.
No specific deviation
(3) Does the company establish policies to
prevent conflict of interests, provide
appropriate communication and complaint
channels and implement such policies
properly?
(4) To implement relevant policies on ethical
conducts, does the company establish
effective accounting and internal control
systems that are audited by internal
auditors or CPA periodically?
V
V

(3) The Company’s “Rules and Procedures of the Board
Meeting” stipulates the principle of conflicting interests.
Directors may express opinions and answer queries but are
not allowed to participate in the discussion and voting and
shall recuse from any discussions and voting on any
resolution that presents a conflict against their own
interests or interests of the corporate entities they
represent to the extent that is likely to compromise the
Company's interests, and shall not exercise their voting
rights on behalf of other directors.
(4) To ensure the implementation of ethical conducts, the
company established effective accounting system and
internal control system. The internal audit personnel also
verify compliance of each procedure on both regular and
irregular basis.

No specific deviation

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(5) Does the company provide internal and
external ethical conduct training programs
on a regular basis?
V (5) The Company organized training for new employees,
external education training regarding the compliance with
relevant laws and regulations as well as courses covering
control and ethical conducts.
3. Implementation of Complaint Procedures No specific deviation
(1) Does the company establish specific
complaint and reward procedures, set up
conveniently accessible complaint channels,
and designate responsible individuals to
handle the complaint received?
(2)Does the company establish standard
operation procedures for investigating the
complaints received and ensuring such
complaints are handled in a confidential
manner?
V
V
(1) The Company has established the "Reporting and
Confidentiality Measures for Reporting Events", attaches
significant importance to ethical mindset and encourages
employees to report to the chief audit executive or other
relevant personnel when suspected violations or violations
of regulations or the rules of the company are found.
(2) The Company has clearly stated in the “Reporting and
Confidentiality Measures for Reporting Events” that it has a
a complaints mailbox and carry out relevant procedures in
relation to respective complaints. Information
confidentiality is implemented in accordance with personal
information confidentiality and information security
policies.

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Implementation Status Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
(3)Does the company adopt proper measures
to prevent a complainant from retaliation
for his/her filing a complaint?
V (3) The complaint window shall be in strict compliance with the
confidentiality principle. Any disclosure of complaint issues
without the consent of the person who lodges the
complaint shall undergo disciplinary action in accordance
with the company’s rules.
4. Information Disclosure No specific deviation
(1) Does the company disclose its guidelines on
business ethics as well as information about
implementation of such guidelines on its
website and Market Observation Post
System (“MOPS”)?

V
(1) The “Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice
Principles” formulated by the company are disclosed on
the Company’s website(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw);
relevant information of which is disclosed on complete,
appropriate, timely and accurate basis.
5. If the company has established corporate governance policies based on TSE Corporate Conduct and Ethics Best Practice Principles, please
describe any discrepancy between the policies and their implementation:
The Company established its “Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice Principles” in accordance with the “Ethical Corporate
Management Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies", information of which is disclosed on the company’s website
(http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw). The Company’s internal operation and products are in compliance with requirements set out in the
ethical corporate management requirements of the CSR.
  1. If the company has established corporate governance policies based on TSE Corporate Conduct and Ethics Best Practice Principles, please describe any discrepancy between the policies and their implementation:

The Company established its “Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice Principles” in accordance with the “Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies", information of which is disclosed on the company’s website (http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw). The Company’s internal operation and products are in compliance with requirements set out in the ethical corporate management requirements of the CSR.

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Assessment Item Implementation Status Implementation Status Implementation Status Non-implementation
and its reason(s)
Y N Explanation
6. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the company’s corporate conduct and ethics compliance practices:
The Company has upheld the principle of ethical business operation and pay attention to stakeholders’ needs, which are widely
recognized by suppliers and consumers, thus, ensuring sustainable business operation.
  1. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the company’s corporate conduct and ethics compliance practices: The Company has upheld the principle of ethical business operation and pay attention to stakeholders’ needs, which are widely recognized by suppliers and consumers, thus, ensuring sustainable business operation.

3.3.7 Corporate Governance Guideline and Regulations:

Please refer to the Company’s website http://www.abilitycorp.com.tw for further details.

  • 3.3.8 Other Important Information Regarding Corporate Governance:

Please refer to the “Item 8 under 3.3 Corporate Governance Implementation Status and Deviations from the Corporate Governance BestPractice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies and its explanation” as set out in the annual report

  • 3.3.9 Internal Control Systems

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

Statement of Internal Control System

Date: March 25, 2019

Based on the findings of self-assessment, ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. (ABILITY) states the following with regard to its internal control system in 2018:

  1. ABILITY is fully aware that establishing, operating and maintaining an internal control system are the responsibilities of its Board of Directors and management. The aim of the internal control system is to provide reasonable assurance to effectiveness and efficiency of operations (including profitability, performance and safeguarding of assets), reliability, timeliness, transparency and regulatory compliance of financial reporting and compliance with of applicable laws, regulations and bylaws.

  2. An internal control system has inherent limitations. No matter how perfectly designed, an effective internal control system can only provide reasonable assurance of accomplishing the aforementioned three objectives. Moreover, the effectiveness of an internal control system may be subject to changes of environmental or circumstances. Nevertheless, the internal control system of ABILITY contains self-monitoring mechanism and ABILITY takes corrective actions whenever a deficiency is identified.

  3. Ability evaluates the design and operating effectiveness of its internal control system based on the criteria provided in the Regulations Governing the Establishment of Internal Control System by Public Companies (herein below, the “Regulations”). The criteria adopted by the Regulations identify five constituent elements of internal control based on the process of management control: (1) control environment, (2) risk assessment, (3) control activities, (4) information and communications, and (5) monitoring activities. Each component further contains several items. Please refer to the Regulations for details.

  4. ABILITY has evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of its internal control system according to the aforesaid criteria.

  5. Based on the findings of the self-assessment mentioned in the preceding paragraph, ABILITY believes that, as of December 31, 2018, its internal control system (including its supervision and management of subsidiaries), as well as understanding the degree of achievement of its objectives concerning operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliability, timeliness, transparency and regulatory compliance of financial reporting, and compliance with the applicable laws, regulations and bylaws, were effective in design and operation, and reasonably assured the achievement of the above-stated objectives.

  6. This Statement will be integral part of ABILITY’s Annual Report for the year 2018 and Prospectus, and will be made public. Any falsehood, concealment, or other illegality in the content made public will entail legal liability under Articles 20, 32, 171 and 174 of the Securities and Exchange Law.

  7. This Statement has been passed by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on March 25, 2019 with none of the nine attending directors expressing dissenting opinions, and the remainder all affirming the content of this Statement.

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

Tseng, Ming-Jen Chairman

Tseng, Ming-Jen President and Chief Executive Officer

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  • 3.3.9.1 If the Company is requested by the SEC to retain CPA’s service for examining internal control system, the Independent Auditor’s Report must be disclosed: None

  • 3.3.10 The penalties delivered to the Company and the staffs of the Company, or the penalties delivered by the Company to the staffs for violations of internal control system, the major nonconformity, and the corrective action in the most recent years and up to the date of the annual report: None

3.3.11 Major Resolutions of Shareholders’ Meeting and Board Meetings

Date/
Decision Maker
Major resolutions (extracts) Implementation
2018.6.11
Shareholders’
meetings
1.Approved the Company’s 2017 business report and financial
statements.
2.Approved The Company’s 2017 earnings distribution.
To determine that the ex-
dividend day shall be on
August 25, 2018 and the
cash dividend release day
shall be on September
14, 2018. (cash dividend
of NT$0.8per share.)
2018.8.9
Board meetings
1. The Company’s appointment of the CPA.
2. The Company’s 2018 1H financial statements.
3. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary
of the Company, regarding the procurement payment to the
supplier Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.
4. The Company’s investment in ANDROVIDEO INC.
2018.11.7
Board meetings
1. The Company’s appointment of the chief audit executive.
2. The Company's “2019 internal audit plan”.
3. The Company’s 2018 3Q financial statements.
4. Bonus distribution plan for managers and employees of the
company in 2018.
5. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
6. The company plans to fund the loan and ANDROVIDEO INC.,
a subsidiary of the Company.
7. Employee restricted new share cancellation and reduction
and determination of the record date of the reduction in the
third quarter of 2018.
Resolution 4. Other than
the chairman Tseng,
Ming-Jen, the director
and financial manager
Lin, Hung-Tien who
recused themselves from
the resolution due to
conflicting interest,
remaining directors
(including independent
directors) in attendance
passed the resolution
unanimously.
2019.2.21
Board meetings
1. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary
of the Company, regarding the procurement payment to
the supplier Panasonic Hong Kong Co. Ltd.
2. Endorsements/guarantees for VIEWQUEST (BVI), a subsidiary
of the Company, regarding the procurement payment to
the supplier Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd.
3. VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. plans to
fund the loan and Ability Tech. (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., both a
subsidiaryof the Company,

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Date/
Decision Maker
Major resolutions (extracts) Implementation
2019.3.25
Board meetings
1.The Company’s 2018 financial statements.
2. The Company’s Business Reports and Financial Statements of
2018, submitted for Recognition.
3. The Company’s Earning Distribution of 2018, submitted for
Recognition.
4. Evaluation of the CPA’s independence of the Company.
5. Re-election on all the Company's Directors (including
independent directors)
6. Amendment of the Company's "Articles of Incorporation",
submitted for Discussion.
7. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for the
Acquisition and Disposal of Assets", submitted for
Discussion.
8. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for Endorsement
and Guarantee", submitted for Discussion
9. Amendment of the Company's "Procedures for Loaning
Funds to Others", submitted for Discussion
10. Hold the date, time and place of the 2019 annual
shareholders' meeting.
11. Formulate the 2019 Annual General Meeting to accept the
nomination of directors (including independent directors)
and the place of acceptance of the shareholders' proposal
and the acceptance period.
12. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
13. “2018 Management's Reports on Internal Control System”.
Except for the proposal
3, the remaining
proposals were attended
by independent directors
without objection.
proposal 3:
Director Chan,Wen-
Hsiung proposed: It is
proposed to increase the
distribution of dividends.
Independent director
Chen, Kuo-Hong 's
proposed: It is
recommended that the
business operation be
prudent for long-term.
Resolution: The proposal
was put on hold for the
next time board of
directors discussed it.
2019.4.16
Board meetings
1. Nomination and review of the list of candidates for directors
and independent directors.
2. Release the prohibition on the Company's newly-elected
Directors from participation in competitive business.
3. New manager salary structure and remuneration.
4.The company's manager promotion, remuneration and salary
adjustment.
5. The company's "standard operating procedures for handling
directors' requirements”, submitted for Discussion.
6. Disposal of the Company’s factory at NanGang.
Resolution 3~4. Other
than the chairman Tseng,
Ming-Jen, the director
and financial manager
Lin, Hung-Tien who
recused themselves from
the resolution due to
conflicting interest,
remaining directors
(including independent
directors) in attendance
passed the resolution
unanimously.
2019.5.2
Board meetings
1. The Company’s appointment of the CPA and its fee for the
year.
2. The company plans to increase the amount of funds to
borrow and ANDROVIDEO INC., a subsidiary of the Company.
3. The company and the bank credit renewal related matters.
4. The Company’s Earning Distribution of 2018, submitted for
Recognition.
5. Renew the list of candidates for directors and independent
directors.
6. The Company’s 2019 operationplans.
The earnings distribution
shall be implemented
after passed at the
annual shareholders’
meeting held on June 14,
2019.

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  • 3.3.12 Major Issues of Record or Written Statement Made by Any Director Dissenting to Important Resolutions Passed by the Board of Directors in 2017 and to the date of the annual report: None.

  • 3.3.13 Resignation or Dismissal of Personnel Involved in the Company :

Position Name Date of
Appointment
Date of
Termination
Reasons for Resignation
chief audit
executive
Dora Hsueh 2017.08.10 2018.09.07 Personal career planning

3.4 CPA Fees

CPA Firm CPA Firm CPA CPA CPA CPA CPA Auditing Period Auditing Period Auditing Period Auditing Period Note Note
PWC JuanLu, Man-Yu Audrey Tseng Jan 1, 2018 ~ Dec 31, 2018
Unit:
CPA
Firm
CPA Auditing
Fees
Non-AuditingFees Auditing
Period
System
Design
Company
Registration
Human
Resources
Others
(Note)
Subtotal
PWC JuanLu, Man-Yu 3,320 0 35 0 1,145 1,180 1/1/2018 ~
12/31/2018
Audrey Tseng

Note : Transfer pricing report.

  • 3.4.1 Change of accounting firm and the audit fee paid is less than previous year before the change of accounting firm: None

  • 3.4.2 Audit fee is 15% or more less than the previous year: None

  • 3.5 Information on Change of CPA: In 2018, the company changed the CAP due to the internal rotation of the CPA firm in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

  • 3.6 If the chairman, president, and financial or accounting manager of the Company who had worked for the independent auditor or the related party in the most recent year, the name, title, and the term with the independent auditor or the related party must be disclosed: None.

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  • 3.7 Information on Net Change in Shareholding and Net Change in Shares Pledged by Directors, Department Heads and Shareholders of 10% Shareholding or More:

3.7.1 Information on Net Change in Shareholding

Unit: Share

Title Name 2018 2018 1/1/2019 ~ 4/16/2019 1/1/2019 ~ 4/16/2019
Holding
Increase
(Decrease)
Pledged
Holding
Increase
(Decrease)
Holding
Increase
(Decrease)
Pledged
Holding
Increase
(Decrease)
Chairman and
President
Tseng, Ming-Jen - - - -
Director VIEWQUEST Investment Co. Ltd.
Rep.:Tsay,Wen-Bin
- - - -
Director VIEWQUEST Investment Co. Ltd.
Rep.: Chou,Cheng-Wei
- - - -
Director AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Rep.:Tong,Chun-Jen
- - - -
Director AVY Precision Technology Inc.
Rep.:Huang,Li-An
- - - -
Director Lin Shih Investment Co., Ltd.
Rep.: Chan,Wen-Hsiung
- - - -
Independent
Director
Lam,Tai-Seng - - - -
Independent
Director
Chen, Kuo-Hong - - - -
Independent
Director
Lu,Chien-Min - - - -
Vice President Chou, Cheng-Wei - - - -
Assistant Vice
President
Tommy Lee - - - -
Assistant Vice
President
Adams Chen -
(23,000)
- - -
Assistant Vice
President
Vincent Lu
(Promotion date2019.04.16)
- - - -
Chief Financial
Officer
Lin, Hung-Tien - - - -
major stockholder Pegatron Corporation - - - -

3.7.2 Information of Shares Transferred: None

3.7.3 Information of Equity Pledged: None

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3.8 The Relations of the Top Ten Shareholders as Defined in the Finance Standard Article 6:

As of 04/16/2019

Name Current
Shareholding
Current
Shareholding
Spouse or Minor
Children
Spouse or Minor
Children
Shareholding
by Nominee
Arrangement
Shareholding
by Nominee
Arrangement
Name and Relationship
between the Company’s
Top Ten Shareholders, or
Spouses or Relatives within
Two Degrees
Name and Relationship
between the Company’s
Top Ten Shareholders, or
Spouses or Relatives within
Two Degrees
Remark
Shares % Shares % Shares % Name Relationship
Pegatron Corporation
Rep.: T.H. Tung
33,135,300 11.73
CHIA NAI INVESTMENT
CO., LTD. Rep.: TUNG,I-
CHIA
8,831,767 3.13
529 0.00 9,996 0.00
Lin Shih Investment Co.,
Ltd.
Rep.: Huang ,Chou-Chye
5,433,757 1.92
Lian-Cheng Investment
Development Co. Ltd.
Rep.Lin Gao-Huang
4,924,000 1.74%
AVY Precision Technology
Inc.
Rep.: Tong,Chun-Jen
4,138,544 1.47
548 0.00 88,548 0.03
JPMorgan Chase Bank
N.A.Taipei Branch in
custody for Vanguard
Total International Stock
Index Funda series of
Vanguard Star Funds
3,587,491 1.27%
Citibank Taiwan in
custody for DFA
Investments Group’s
Emerging Market Core
Securities Portfolio Funds
3,175,974 1.12%
Citibank Taipei Branch in
custody for Emerging
Market Evaluation Fund
2,782,330 0.99%
JPMorgan Chase Bank
N.A. Taipei Branch in
Custody for Vanguard
Total International Stock
Index Fund, a series of
Vanguard Star Funds
2,715,249 0.96%
Cyuan-Neng Investment
Co. Ltd.
Rep.Lin Huei-Fen
2,303,000 0.82% 1,209,093 0.43%
249,524 0.09%
  • Note 1: All top 10 shareholders have been listed. For corporate shareholders, the name of the corporate entity and the name of the representative are shown separately.

  • Note 2: The percentages of shares held under own name, spouse's name, underage children's names, or in the names of others are calculated separately.

  • Note 3: Relations among the abovementioned shareholders (including corporate and natural-person shareholders) have been disclosed in accordance with the relationships defined in Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

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3.9 Long-Term Investment Ownership

Unit: shares; %; As of 12/31/2018

Unit: shares;%;As Unit: shares;%;As of 12/31/2018 of 12/31/2018
Long-Term Investment Ownership by the
Company
(1)
Direct or Indirect Ownership by
Directors, Supervisors, Managers
(2)
Total Ownership
(1)+(2)
Shares % Shares % Shares %
ABILITY ENTERPRISE (BVI) CO., LTD. -
100

-

-

-

100
ACTION PIONEER INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
- 100
-
- - 100
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INC.
- 100
-
- - 100
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (BVI)
INC.
- 100
-
- - 100
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT CO.,LTD
1,300,000
100

-

-
1,300,000
100
ANDROVIDEO INC. 7,000,000
100%

-

-
7,000,000
100%
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. 12,888,334
54.61%

-

-
12,888,334 54.61%
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO., LTD. -
-

600,000

100%

600,000

100%
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS
INC.
-
-

-

100

-

100
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY
(DONGGUAN)CO.,LTD.
- - - 100
-
100
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(DONGGUAN)CO.,LTD
- - - 100
-

100
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD. -
-

15,236,910

100
15,236,910
100
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. -
-

150,000

100

150,000

100
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN.
BHD.
- - 5,000,000
100
5,000,000
100
ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.
-
- 72,243,894
100
72,243,894
100
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
-
-

58,494

100

58,494

100
E-SKY HOLDING LTD. -
-

10,472,879

73.04
10,472,879 73.04
NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS
TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- - -
55.45

-
55.45
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE
INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
- - - 100
-
100
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD. - - - 72.22
-
72.22

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4. Capital and Shares

4.1 Capital and Shares

4.1.1 Source of Capital

Unit: Share; NT$

Unit: Share;NT$ Unit: Share;NT$ Unit: Share;NT$ Unit: Share;NT$
Month/
Year
Par
Value
Authorized Capital Paid-in Capital Remark

Shares
Amount Shares Amount Source of Capital Capital Increased
by Assets Other
than Cash
Other
12/2018 10 540,000,000 5,400,000,000 282,362,812 2,823,628,120
Cancellation of
Issued RSA
NT$21,600
None
Type of Share Authorized Capital Remark
Issued Shares Un-issued Shares Total Shares
Common shares 282,362,812 257,637,188 540,000,000 Listed stock

4.1.2 Status of Shareholders

As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
As of 04/16/2019; Units: share

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks
Total

5
174
121
50,581
-
50,881

236,930 71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
- 282,362,812

0.08%
25.43%
8.85%
65.64% 0.00%
100.00%
Item
Shares
Government
Agencies

Financial
Institutions
Other
Juridical
Persons
Foreign
nstitutions
& Natural
Persons
Domestic
Natural
Persons
Treasury
stocks

Total
Number of
Shareholders
-
5

174

121

50,581

-

50,881
Shareholding
(shares)
-
236,930
71,805,415 24,995,810 185,324,657
-
282,362,812
Percentage 0.00%
0.08%

25.43%

8.85%

65.64%
0.00%
100.00%

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4.1.3 Shareholding Distribution Status Common Share

(The par value for each share is NT$10) As of 04/16/2019

Class of Shareholding
(Unit : Share)
Number of
Shareholders
Shareholding
(Shares)
Percentage
1-999 26,461
5,490,286

1.94%
1,000-5,000 17,610
38,433,423

13.61%
5,001-10,000 3,740
27,891,002

9.88%
10,001-15,000 1054
13,181,590

4.67%
15,001-20,000 621
11,404,657

4.04%
20,001-30,000 517
13,223,025

4.68%
30,001-40,000 255
9,100,957

3.22%
40,001-50,000 174
8,048,254

2.85%
50,001-100,000 238
16,889,378

5.98%
100,001-200,000 107
15,061,188

5.33%
200,001-400,000 54
15,383,755

5.45%
400,001-600,000 14
6,853,233

2.43%
600,001-800,000 7
4,655,212

1.65%
800,001-1,000,000 4
3,359,006

1.19%
Over 1,000,001 25
93,387,846

33.08%
Total 50,881
282,362,812

100.00%

4.1.4 List of Major Shareholder (The equity ratio is over 5%)

.1.4 List of Major Shareholder (The equity ratio is over 5%)
As of 04/16/2019
Shareholder's Name Shareholding
(Shares)
%
Pegatron Corporation 33,135,300
11.74%

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4.1.5 Market Price, Net Worth, Earnings and Dividends Per Common Share

Unit: NT$, except for weighted average shares and return on investment ratios

As of 04/16/2019; Units: 1,000 share

Item Year Year Year
2017
(Note 5)
2018
(Note 5)
01/01/2019~
05/02/2019
Market
Price per
Share
Highest 26.50 22.80 16.15
Lowest 16.35 11.70 13.60
Average 19.81 16.43 13.80
Net Worth
per Share
Before Distribution 30.16 25.72 26.08 Note 1
After Distribution - - -
Earnings per
Share
Weighted Average Shares
(thousand shares)
281,061 282,347 282,359 Note 1

EPS
Before adjustment
(Note 6)
0.77 (1.64) (0.34) Note 1
After adjustment
(Note 6)
0.77 (1.64) (0.34) Note 1
Dividends
per Share
Cash Dividends 0.80 0.5(Note6) -
Stock
Dividend
Dividends from
Retained Earnings
- - -
Dividends from
Capital Surplus
- - -
Accumulated Undistributed
Dividends
- - -
Return on
Investment
Price/Earnings Ratio 25.73 (10.02) (40.59) Note 2
Price/Dividend Ratio 24.76 32.86(Note6) - Note 3
Cash Dividend Yield Rate 4.04% 3.04(Note6) - Note 4

Note 1: For net worth per share and earnings per share, data audited (approved) by CPA from the last quarter up to the printing date of the annual report should be listed. For other columns, data from the current year up to the printing date of the annual report should be listed.

Note 1: Listed the highest and the lowest market price per share in every year and the average market price were calculated based on the trading amount and volume.

Note 2: Price / Earnings Ratio = Average Market Price / Earnings per Share Note 3: Price / Dividend Ratio = Average Market Price / Cash Dividends per Share Note 4: Cash Dividend Yield Rate = Cash Dividends per Share / Average Market Price Note 5: The year stated above is the year when dividends are yielded. Note 6:Until the printing date of the annual report, the proposal of 2018 earnings distribution has not yet been resolved in Shareholders’ Meeting.

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4.1.6 Dividend Policy and Implementation

  • 4.1.6.1 The dividend policy stipulated by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation is as follows:

The amendment to the dividend policy in the Articles of Incorporation passed by the Company’s Shareholders’ Meeting as of June 29, 2016 is as follows:

Article 29

If the Company's general annual report has surpluses, in addition to paying taxes in accordance with the law, shall make up for past losses and allocate 10% of statutory surplus reserves based on the balance. However, if statutory surplus reserves have reached the total capital, this limit does not apply. If necessary, after the allocation or turnaround special surplus reserve according to the regulations, the rest incorporates initial undistributed earnings as shareholders' cumulative distributed earnings.The Board of Directors may propose earnings allocation motion and report it to shareholders' meeting for resolution.

Article 29-1

The implementation of the Company's dividend policy requires consideration of the Company's future capital budget planning, meeting the needs of shareholders for cash inflow, and ensuring market competitiveness, etc., in which the cash dividends should be no less than 10% of the total of shareholders' dividends. Its method of distribution is handled according to Article 29.

  • 4.1.6.2 Based on the dividend distribution policy implemented in the past 10 years except for the year when cash was distributed through capital reduction, at least 50% has been allocated annually for shareholders’ dividends. In the future, if the Company makes profit, the dividend distribution policy implemented in the past will be continued to allocate at least 50% for shareholders’ dividends, in which cash dividends will be no less than 50% of the total dividends.

4.1.6.3 The dividend distribution proposed at the Shareholder’s Meeting:

  - The 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting proposed to distribute cash dividends of NT$0.50 per share.
  • 4.1.7 Influence from free allocation of shares on the Company's business performance and earnings per share: Not applicable due to the fact that the Company does not issue bonus shares this year.

  • 4.1.8 Employees’ and Directors’ Remuneration Distribution

  • 4.1.8.1 Percentage or range of employees’ and directors’ remuneration stipulated by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation

Articles regarding the percentage of employees’ and directors’ remuneration in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation is as follows:

Article 28-1

If the Company's final accounting of revenue and expenditure is profitable, the remunerations of employees, directors shall be allocated as follows. However, if the Company still has accumulated losses, it shall reserve the profits in advance and make up for the losses, and then allocate:

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  • (1)The employees' compensation is not less than 8% and not more than 15%. The objects offered employees' compensation in cash or shares have to meet certain requirements of subsidiaries. The relevant measures are authorized to the Board of Directors to regulate.

(2)The directors' remuneration is not more than 1.5%.

The aforementioned profits refer to the profits before that pre-tax profit deducts the remuneration distributed to employees and directors.

  • 4.1.8.2 Calculation basis for estimated employees’ and directors’ remuneration and for numbers of shares distributed as employees’ remuneration as well as accounting measures against the discrepancy between actual distribution and estimates:

    • The estimated employees’ and directors’ remuneration is based on the pretax income up to the current period. Within the percentage regulated by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, 8% and 1.5% are respectively listed as estimated operating expense. When discrepancy between actual distribution and estimates occurs later, it will be regarded as a change in accounting estimates and counted as profit and loss of the year of actual distribution.
  • 4.1.8.3 The employees’ and directors’ remuneration distribution passed by the Board of Directors for the year of 2018: None.

  • 4.1.8.4 The actual remuneration distribution for employees and directors for 2017 and the discrepancy between which and the recognized amount as well as exact amount of difference, causes and responses:

    • (1) The 2017 employees’ and directors’ remuneration distribution:

      • a. Employees’ remuneration: NT$19,517,626.

      • b. Directors’ remuneration: NT$3,659,555.

    • (2) Discrepancy between the abovementioned amount and the recognized amount as well as exact amount of difference, causes and responses:

      • a. The employees’ remuneration amount recognized in the financial statements of 2017 was NT$19,517,626, which was the same as the numbers resolved by the Board of Directors.

      • b. The directors’ remuneration amount recognized in the financial statements of 2017 was NT$3,659,555, which was the same as the numbers resolved by the Board of Directors.

  • 4.2 Issuance of Corporate Bond: None.

  • 4.3 Preferred Stock: None.

  • 4.4 Global Depository Receipts: None.

  • 4.5 Employee Stock Options: None.

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As of 05/02/2019

4.6 Employee Restricted Stocks

4.6.1 Issuance of Employee Restricted Stocks

As of 05/02/2019
Type of Restricted Shares Grant of 2013
Approval Date bythe Authority 2013/07/01
Grant Date 2014/06/03
Number of Employee Restricted
Stock Granted
22,000,000
Price of Issuance NT$10
Percentage of Employee Restricted
Stocks to Outstanding Common
Shares
4.65%
Conditions for Exercise of
Employee Restricted Stocks
If employees remain employed for particular years from
the issuance date, the following percentage of stocks
will be granted accordingly:
1. One year: 40%.
2. Two years: 30%.
3. Threeyears: 30%.
Custody of Employee Restricted
Stocks
A total of 22,000,000 shares delivered to the Trust
Procedures for Non-Compliance of
the Conditions
The Company can buy back and cancel all restricted
stocks from any employee whom received restricted
stocks but fail to complywith the conditions.
Number of Employee Restricted
Stocks Bought Back
2,675,437
Number of Employee Restricted
Stocks Free from Custody
14,704,214
Number of Employee Restricted
Stocks under Custody
3,960
Number of Employee Restricted
Stocks under Custody to
OutstandingCommon Shares(%)
0.001%
Impact on Shareholders’Equity 1.Possible expensing amount for three years is
estimated to be NT$300,000 thousand.
2.Average possible impact on EPS per year is NT$0.22
Yet, it is overall estimated that dilution to EPS for
future years will be limited, thus causing no
significant impact on the equity of current
shareholders.

Note 1: Announced numbers of buyback shares from employees.

Note 2: The number of restricted new restricted employee shares is the number of shares after cash capital reduction.

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4.6.2 Information on Name of Managers and Top 10 Employees obtaining Employee Restricted Stocks

As of 05/02/2019 As of 05/02/2019 As of 05/02/2019
Title Name Number of New
Restricted Shares
New Restricted
Shares as a
Percentage of
Shares Issued
Released Unreleased
Number of
Shares
Issed
Price
(NT$)
Amount
(NT$ Thousands)
Released
Restricted
Shares as a
Percentage of
Shares Issued
Number of
Shares
Issed
Price
(NT$)
Amount
(NT$ Thousands)
Released
Restricted
Shares as a
Percentage of
Shares Issued
Manager CEO Tseng, Ming-Jen 940,000
(Note 5)
0.33% 940,000
(Note 5)
10 9,400,000 0.33% - 10 - 0.00%
Vice President Tsay, Wen-Bin(Note 4)
Vice President Chou, Cheng-Wei
Vice President F.J. Chiang (Note 1)
Assistant Vice President Tommy Lee
Assistant Vice President Y.C. Chou(Note 2) 845,820
(Note 6)
0.30% 845,820
(Note 6)
10 8,458,200 0.30%
Assistant Vice President Adams Chen
Chief Financial Officer PC Chen (Note 3)
Chief Financial Officer Lin, Hung-Tien
Employee Senior Director Jason Yeh 969,240
(Note 5)
0.34% 969,240
(Note 5)
10 9,692,400 0.34% - 10 - 0.00%
Senior Director Roger Chiang
Director Terence Chang
Director JE Chang
Director Jonny Wu
Director Mike Leu
872,128
(Note 6)
0.31% 872,128
(Note 6)
10 8,721,280 0.31%
Director KK Lin
Vice Director Sean Chao
Special Assistant C. K. Wang
Special Assistant Nicole Lee

Note 1: Vice President F.J. Chiang retired on May 30, 2016. Note 2: Assistant Vice President Y.C. Chou retired on April 28, 2016.

Note 3: CFO PC Chen resigned on September 30, 2016. Note 4: Vice President Tsay, Wen-Bin retired on June 30, 2017.

Note 5: The number of restricted new restricted employee shares obtained and the number of unrestricted shares are the number of shares after cash capital reduction. Note 6: The number of restricted new restricted employee shares obtained and the number of unrestricted shares are the number of shares after cash capital reduction.

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  • 4.7 Status of New Share Issuance in Connection with Mergers and Acquisitions

  • 4.7.1 New share issuance in connection with mergers and acquisitions that has been complete during the current year up to the printing date of this annual report: None.

  • 4.7.2 New share issuance in connection with mergers and acquisitions that has been adopted as a resolution during the current year up to the printing date of this annual report: None.

  • 4.8 Plans and Implentation of Funds Utilization None.

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5. Business Overview

5.1. Business Activities

  • 5.1.1 Business Scope

  • Main content of the business

    • (1) Design, production and sale of digital cameras and video cameras.

    • (2) Design, production and sale of other digital image capture devices.

    • (3) Undertake the professional design and OEM manufacturing business commissioned by international digital camera manufacturers.

  • 5.1.1.2 Breakdown of Sales by Major Products

Breakdown of Sales by Major Products Breakdown of Sales by Major Products Breakdown of Sales by Major Products
Unit: NT$thousands
2018
Major Products amount %
Opticproducts 7,635,028 100%
  1. Current Company Products (Services)

The manufacturing and sale of DSC(Digital Still Camera), DV(Digital Video Camcorder), digital surveillance cameras and camera modules.

  1. Planned Development of New Products (Services)

  2. (1) High-resolution, small-scale, professional digital cameras equipped with larger photosensitive elements and large aperture lenses.

  3. (2) Multi-lens 360-degree panoramic camera.

  4. (3) Wearable camera combined with mobile application platform, 4k2k animation product with live broadcasting function.

  5. (4) Professional surveillance security cameras and NAS (Network Attached Storage).

  6. (5) Miniaturized lens image module.

  7. (6) Home video cameras combined with smart home applications.

  8. (7) Unmanned aerial camera equipped with an image module and a camera.

  9. (8) Camera equipped with a 4G module.

  10. (9) High-power zoom Bridge Cameras.

  11. (10) >10m waterproof, shockproof and weatherproof camera.

  12. (11) Auto-assisted driving system camera module.

  13. (12) Image software with added value.

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5.1.2 Industry Overview

5.1.2.1 Current Status and Development of the Industry

In 2018, the camera of the smart phone continued to improve in the function of the camera. The mobile phone companies introduced new cameras to promote the camera function. The mobile phone camera is almost synonymous with the camera. One of the most compelling products was Apple's iPhone X with 3D facial recognition technology, which aroused tremendous market attention. In addition, mobile phones of various brands eagerly tried to appeal to the high demand of camera and video functions on mobile phones, as well as providing simpler and more convenient sharing functions for consumers. These demands have a great impact on the traditional non-exchange lens digital camera.

The sales of traditional digital cameras continued to decline in 2018 and are expected to keep declining in 2019. The camera functions of smart phones continue to improve. For example, lens quality and 3D imaging technology may further reduce the traditional camera market. As in the past few years, traditional digital cameras will continue to shrink in number if goods in progress cannot have breakthrough technologies. Main sales will continue to be dominated by the product segmentation with better optical functions that can be differentiated from smart phones, such as high magnification ratios, large photosensitive elements and submersible cameras. These types of functional product can still have a stable sales volume, so it is estimated that the market can still maintain a bottom line demand quantity in the next few years.

The digital camera industry has clearly entered recession since several years ago, and the overall market has clearly seen the huge decline in industry participation and some industry players have even dropped out. There are only a few suppliers and brands struggling to survive in the market. Even some brands or suppliers whose scale is not large enough will gradually exit the center of the market, and turn to a small number of highly differentiated innovative products, or shift the industry focus to other product areas that continue to grow.

Looking at the sluggish performance of the handheld digital imaging product market, new technologies and applications are still unclear, and the sports video cameras that were booming in the past few years have also begun to experience a significant decline in sales performance with market saturation. Diversified wearable cameras have not grown as expected due to unclear positioning, but their application market is gradually being penetrated by the consumer personal market into the professional application market of producers. The 360-degree panoramic camera with internet live broadcasting function has a great market potential, but based on its growth in the past year, this type of products are still relatively unknown to the clients and the application and understanding of such products needs to be further strengthened.

In short, the digital imaging product market is currently in a period that lacks mainstream technologies and applications. Only new technologies and applications will enable the market to rise again. The hope is that with the development of Internet of Things (IoT), big data or human-machine interface, the demand for artificial intelligence and machine vision will increase year by year. The industry will also develop in these directions. Cameras with AI function will slowly appear, and these smart cameras will be the future growth momentum of the industry.

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5.1.2.2 The correlation among industry upstream, midstream and downstream sectors

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5.1.2.3 Various product development trends

Under the current state of industrial development described as above, product development trends can be described in several directions.

In terms of traditional non-exchangeable lens digital cameras, almost all plants are not investing in new models, and most of them are updating their local functions, or continuing the sales of existing product lines. They expect to use the lowest manufacturing costs to maintain the visibility of their brands in the market. Therefore, it is foreseeable that more and more brands will withdraw from this market and the mutual merger effect will continue.

In terms of the technology development of goods in progress, instant sharing has become an indispensable requirement for current consumers. Therefore, wireless networks and even cameras equipped with 4G communication capabilities have been mentioned more and more. Last year, social media such as Facebook and Twitter even launched the 360-degree panoramic live broadcasting feature, and therefore the adoption of a camera that supports live broadcasting has gradually become a mainstream development technology.

Smartphones are constantly improving but inherent limitations such as lightness and small size are also required. Most smartphones carry ultra-thin cameras with fixedfocus lenses. However, such cameras have inherent limitations that make it impossible to clearly photograph distant objects or people. Therefore, thin and light high-power zoom digital cameras or commonly known as Bridge Cameras will likely

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become the second priority for consumers other than mobile phone cameras. The zoom for such cameras is more than 20 times, at the same time, they are lightweight and easy to carry. They have strong optical performance for long-distance shooting and optical image stabilization performance. Its appearance is closer to the light and small entry product DSLR single lens reflex camera. The waterproof and shockproof digital camera will use 4 to 5 times zoom, and waterproof >10 meters. These two types of camera products form special categories, and can be differentiated from smart phones in terms of functional segmentation. Their special types and functions cannot be replaced by smart phones, so their demand will continue to exist in the market.

The 360 product was a hot topic in the market, but the consumer market faced a slight stagnation due to consumer unfamiliarity in terms of its application. However, the professional 3D 360 product still has a steady growth in the market. These types of cameras has high unit price and high quality, and it is mainly used in professional live broadcasting or commercial applications. Although the number of such cameras is not as high as the consumer type, they have stable customer demands. Furthermore, it also requires special image mosaic software, so there is more potential to make profit for both the brands and the manufacturers.

The drone camera market has experienced great ups and downs in the past two years. Many drone companies have ended their operations successively last year. Currently, it is almost certain that the Chinese brand DJI dominates the market. Although there are still a few companies with their own special technologies or specific commercial applications trying to find a place in the market, general consumer drones will be further squeezed out. In current drone camera market, most drone manufacturers develop their own shockproof camera modules carried by the aircraft, so it is difficult for traditional digital camera manufacturers to enter this market, and they only play the role of the lens module suppliers.

In addition, with the rise of dual-lens mobile phone cameras, 3D cameras are also a possible development direction for the market. Using components equipped with ranging functions will make images no longer just 2D. Such products are also expected to be in demand in the mobile phone market.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that many large manufacturers are now trying to import AI into cameras, mainly for security monitoring or smart home imaging applications. Creating artificial intelligence imaging products through the analysis of big data, such as the impressive PIXEL from Google. In addition, the smart home system created by the combination of AI and big data analysis in home monitoring or entertainment imaging demands has also been a highly competitive market sector in the past two years. Such products will no longer be dominated by hardware, but will require a series of algorithms including cloud computing and big data analysis. This

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will be an opportunity for future development.

5.1.2.4 Competition

Under the above mentioned industry situation and product trends, the competition faced by each factory can be divided into the following aspects.

As for brand factory, it is difficult to support many existing brands in the current market due to the rapid decline in market size, so it is foreseeable that brand factories cannot rely on the existing digital camera market alone to maintain business operations. Therefore, the consolidation within the company and the search for new products and technology opportunities become a top priority. The former brand factory with a high market share was able to obtain more market share due to the withdrawal of other brands to maintain basic operations and actively seek the development opportunities for new technologies. Brands with smaller market share tends to turn to special product positioning to avoid direct price competition, or shift their business focus to non-digital camera fields. Japanese brand factories will also face further pressure from new overseas products, challenging its ability to introduce new products.

The ODM plant, together with the supply chain of various plants, is currently facing the problem of insufficient economic scale and rising costs. Therefore, it also face the situation that plants with higher-ranking scale are more likely to maintain its business. In order to survive, all manufacturers must continue to invest and innovate in addition to the original product market. Therefore, they need to deal with the decision to invest, and test the firm's confidence in the industry. In addition, the appreciation of New Taiwan dollar, raw material costs, continuous rising labor costs in mainland China, and other unfavorable conditions for ODM is not easy to lift at the moment. ODM is paying a relatively high price, facing the competition of the brand factory, ODM factories will face greater pressure.

In terms of traditional small and thin digital cameras, high-power zoom digital cameras and waterproof and shock resistant digital cameras, the niche is less obvious, and its success relies highly on the scale of production. Most Japanese brand-based client will give up on their own design and development, which will increase ODM opportunities and will still be competed and pursued by ODM factories. ODM factories with larger scale of camera-related operations is more likely to succeed.

With respect to high specification compact digital cameras, ODM factories face competition from internal resources of Japanese brand clients. Unless ODM offered price are attractive and ODM factories have solid technical capabilities, otherwise fighting for ODM opportunities will be very difficult.

360 cameras are still emerging markets, and competition is still uncertain. In the future, such products should be combined with 4G or WiFi to provide live broadcasting functions to meet the needs of the young consumer group's real-time sharing habits. Live broadcasting platform combined with Internet companies should

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have a certain market potential.

SMART CAMERA, which has front-end AI (Edge AI) computing in the past year, has been widely discussed and attracted attention in the market. Although it still needs mainstream application introduction to be used in large quantities, many companies have started in the market. Importing front-end intelligence and matching with cloud computing, We believe that cameras with AI intelligence will become an important mainstream in the market in the near future.

5.1.3 Research and Development

5.1.3.1 Research and Development Expense in Recent Year

h and Development
arch and Development Expense in Recent Year
h and Development
arch and Development Expense in Recent Year
h and Development
arch and Development Expense in Recent Year
Unit: NT$thousands
Year
Item

2018
1/1/2019 ~ 3/31/2019
(Note 1)
R&D Expense (A) 727,055 153,759
Net Revenue(B) 7,635,028 1,944,773
(A)/(B) 9.52% 7.91%

Note 1 : Consolidated financial reports reviewed by CPA.

  • 5.1.3.2 Successfully developed technologies or products in the most recent fiscal year up to the publication date of this annual report

The company R&D area extends from the early CCD VGA type of computer camera to CMOS and CCD digital camera products, continuing the knowledge and accumulated experience acquired from the cooperation with renowned international manufacturers, along with excellent production management and cost advantages, sparing no effort in the strengthening of technology.

The research and development direction is based on the integration of optical, mechanical and electrical technologies in the optical lens and electronic ASICs. Effectively integrate vertically and control specifications, and develop in cooperation with upstream major component manufacturers, and reduce design costs and increase elastic competitiveness through design-in. Canon has the ability to synchronize with the global digital camera development technology, providing solution for 3A image quality and the optical zoom function and control ability that is difficult to breakthrough, and received accreditation from international manufacturers. Offering miniature models, ultra-thin models, MPEG4 and H. 264 models with video recording functions. The connection between wireless communications and smart phones has become increasingly important. Bluetooth and NFC have significantly improved the speed and convenience of operation and connection. In view of the market demand for sporty and wearable cameras and the use of self-made lenses for integrated opto-mechanics in the use of related imaging products.

The company is committed to the application of research and development product patent, and promote the effective application of intellectual property to products, increase financial intelligence to strengthen the professional capabilities of research and development, and R&D of the imaging industry.

With regard to the product development of vehicle camera modules, the follow-up has been actively investing more resources in the development of a wider range of

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automotive camera modules. Its applicable areas include ADAS, surveillance camera, driver fatigue monitoring, electronic rear view mirror and so on. Focusing on the future, we hope to create higher added value and gross profit, and expand the product line with longer lifespan.

5.1.3.3 Future Research and Development Plans and Estimated Expenses

In addition to the input and development of existing products, future investment in R&D projects and resources will be gradually adjusted according to the industrial development trend.

The Specific Research and Development Future Plans and Progress are as follows:

Unit: NT$ thousands

Research and
Development Project
Current
%
The R&D funding
that should be
further invested
Time expected to
complete mass-
production
Main factors
affecting the success
of R&D in the future
New Lens Module 70% 5,000~10,000 First half of 2019 Comply with the
diversified product
development
demands of clients
Virtual Reality (VR)
-360 degree automobile
driving recorder
-360 degree panoramic
camera
-Android/iPhone
dedicated 360 degree
panoramic camera
90% 30,000~40,000 First half of 2019 Customer product
specification
alteration,
authentication time
and cost structure
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
-visual image
-camera self-learning
-smart learning
85% 30,000~35,000 First half of 2019 Satisfy the needs of
customers in terms
of camera diversity
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
-visual image
-camera self-learning
-smart learning
10% 5,000~15,000 Second half of
2019
Product revision and
adjustment for
market conditions
Automobile camera
module
-Advanced Driver
Assistance System (ADAS)
- Surveillance Camera
- Driver Fatigue
Monitoring
50% 85,000~95,000 Second half of
2022
Customer needs,
changes in customer
specifications, long
authentication time
Internet of Things (IoT) at
home
-HOME CAM
-IP CAM
-IoT CAM
53% 50,000~65,000 First half of 2019 Customer product
specification
alteration,
authentication time
and cost structure
Pocket Printer 87% 9,000~12,000 First half of 2019 Customer Demand
Pocket Printer 23% 3,000 Second half of
2019
Product revision and
adjustment for
market conditions
Quicksnap camera 95% 8,000~10,000 First half of 2019 Customer Demand

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Research and
Development Project
Current
%
The R&D funding
that should be
further invested
Time expected to
complete mass-
production
Main factors
affecting the success
of R&D in the future
4K Quicksnap camera 5% 1,000 Second half of
2019
Market Demand
4K60P with SIS action
CAM
8K30P 360 CAM
8K30P SIS with 1 axis
Gimbal action CAM
30% 5,000~8,000 First half of 2019 In response to Action
Cam diversity
4K60P with SIS action
CAM
8K30P 360 CAM
8K30P SIS with 1 axis
Gimbal action CAM
70% 5,000~8,000 Second half of
2019
In response to Action
Cam diversity

5.1.4 Long-term and Short-term Business Development Plans

5.1.4.1 Short-term business development plans:

In view of the aforementioned industry overview, the decline in industrial scale and industrial centralization is an irreversible trend. The short-term business development will focus on the maintenance of the original consumer camera scale, adhere to customer relationships, implement the customer project one by one, in order to achieve effective merger and solidify the supplier partners, and pursue higher market share to stabilize the foundation.

Based on this foundation, we aim to further diversify the image application products in different industries, providing customized services, and establishing a small variety of high gross margin and high adhesion customer base, in order to create new sources of stable profitability and disperse the risk of adhering to the original market. Specifically, breakthroughs will be sought in the following product areas:

  • (1)High specification, small scale, professional digital cameras equipped with larger photosensitive elements and large aperture lenses.

  • (2)Multi-lens 360-degree panoramic camera.

  • (3)Wearable camera combined with mobile application platform, 4k2k animation product with live broadcasting function.

  • (4)Professional surveillance security cameras and NAS(Network Attached Storage).

  • (5)Miniaturized lens image module.

  • (6)Home video cameras combined with smart home applications.

  • (7)Unmanned aerial camera equipped with an image module and a camera.

  • (8) SMART CAMERA with AI operation.

At the same time, enhancing the technical strength in the following sectors to maintain competitive advantage:

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  • (1)Integrate low energy consumption machine photoelectric technology and new material mechanism design to achieve a compact and lightweight design.

  • (2)Invest in the optical design industry and provide customized optical technology services.

  • (3)Combine 4G LTE with wireless communication hardware and software design.

  • (4)Video streaming technology provides customers with instant sharing function.

  • (5)Continue to invest in open platforms such as embedded Linux to facilitate streaming with the outside world.

  • (6)Instant cloud image system design and services.

  • (7)Automotive image system design and services.

  • (8)Design cost control and automated production.

In terms of marketing, in addition to the cooperation with traditional camera brand factories, actively develop the opportunity of cooperation with leading enterprises of different industrial imaging products, in order to develop non-consumer electronic customer base. In addition, it will also actively cooperate with the mobile phone and internet companies in mainland China in order to improve the current customer structure based on Japanese customers, and create a long-term stable operation of the company through a diversified and stable customer base.

5.1.4.2 Long-term business development plans

Continuously deepen the investment and mastery of key technologies, focusing mainly on optics, image processing, software development, wireless communication, live broadcasting, and production automation, to provide customers with professional and customized services with technical value. In conjunction with external partners, we actively join the ecological chain of the industry, jointly expand the market and participate in the early technical discussions and formulation, in order to stand at the commanding heights of technology and industry.

5.2 Market and Sales Overview

5.2.1 Market Analysis

5.2.1.1 Sale of major commodities (services) in provided areas.

The company's customers are mainly famous digital camera and surveillance security product selling brands in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Asia, with professional ODMs and OEMs as our core business.

1.2.1.2 Market Overview

According to data provided by market analysis company, the shipment of global digital cameras (including interchangeable lenses and non interchangeable lenses) have

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fallen below 20 million units in 2018, and the shipment number in 2019 is expected to fall continuously.

The non-handheld sports camera gradually replacing the digital video recorder has seen the slow down of its shipment growth. This market is still dominated by GoPro but recently there are other Japanese and Chinese brands joining the market fray. Price competition intensifies. It is still expected to grow but at a slower pace and gross margin will be affected due to falling prices. Since the beginning of 2015, the 360 panoramic camera that has emerged with VR have sprung up like mushrooms. Customer demand for live broadcasting function is brewing. The professional 3D 360 cameras used in various industries are also invested by many companies, but whether they can drive a large market demand is yet to be observed.

5.2.1.3 Future supply and demand of the market and its growth

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the demand for traditional forms of non interchangeable lens digital cameras has been reduced, but the market still has a basic needs that is estimated to maintain a bottom line demand for the next three years. In terms of market supply, there are only a few remaining OEMs still working on digital cameras, and Canon is one of the largest professional foundries. It is expected that there will still be manufacturers in several remaining foundries who will stopped their investment due to lack of profit, or shifting their business focus to products other than digital cameras. The reduction of the supply side result in the balance between supply and demand, under this circumstances, the company operation will no longer be quantity oriented. Instead, the focus will be shifted to mid-to-high end compact digital cameras, and image solutions commercial applications. Through providing customer with customized services to achieve market differentiation and qualitative growth.

The market growth of sports camera that tie-in with Japanese customers clearly slowed down and price competition intensifies. Creating technology and market differentiation is the only way to survive in the market. The emerging 360 degree panoramic camera is an imaging product worthy of attention in the future. Focusing on this aspect, the company has also invested resources in this production project. We have also started cooperation with mobile phone plants other than non traditional Japanese camera companies and European and American consumer products brands, including consumer and professional panoramic cameras. It is expected that the company will have the opportunity to occupy a place in this market.

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5.2.1.4 Competitive Niche

Our current competitive niche mainly lies in:

  • (1) The established mutual interdependence structure with our current clients as well as the relative procurement scale. Most of the competitors in the industry is no longer focused on the digital camera industry. Therefore, Canon has the most competitive advantage in this industry.

  • (2) Our long term focus on the accumulation of experience in integrated photoelectric software and firmware technologies allows us to cope with the market demand in diversified imaging products technology and mass production. Our long term cooperation with a number of brands enables us to be familiar with the needs of major manufacturers, and therefore is more competitive in terms of technology.

  • (3) Long-term and stable supplier partnerships.

  • (4) Long-term investment in imaging and optics related technologies The establishment of specialized image tuning techniques for optical modules has been incompatible with other competitors and can be widely applied to the needs of various imaging and optical products.

Favorable and Unfavorable Factors of Development Prospect and Strategies

  • (1)Favorable Factors

  • a.Digital imaging plays an important role in the networking and smart home environment. With the development of an open internet environment, the demand for digital imaging will continue to grow.

  • b.After several digital cameras such as decentralized and customized products produced by a small number of diversified applications have entered the plateau period, most brand manufacturers or start-up companies cannot afford to invest in developing resources. ODM manufacturers with mature technologies have become important partners for customers.

  • c.Limitations of mobile camera fail to meet consumer market demand for image quality, performance, and applications. The increasing demand for differentiated products is an opportunity for ODMs.

  • d. Social media sharing, webcasting, and online economics will drive the demand for new types of cameras.

(2)Unfavorable Factors

  • a.The traditional non interchangeable lens digital camera industry has entered recession.

  • b.Continued currency depreciation in various countries.

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c.Rapidly rising labor costs and slower economic growth in mainland China.

d.The new type digital camera products alternate rapidly.

  • (3)Response measures

  • a.On the basis of the current digital cameras business scale, we will actively explore new markets for personal cameras, industrial cameras, security, automotive, and panoramic products, strengthen innovative product capabilities, and actively create new imaging product needs.

  • b.Actively join in various types of imaging product ecological chain such as smart homes, automatic application of machine vision industry, and other related imaging products, as well as early participation in product and specification development.

  • c.To develop diversified customer groups and deepen cooperation with Japanese brand factories, and actively expand the development of the Chinese market and emerging market customers around the world.

  • d.Adjust and simplify the manufacturing system and supply chain, and accelerate the automation of production lines.

  • e.Simplify the development process of new products based on the existing technology, and shorten the product development cycle to respond to rapidly changing industrial needs.

5.2.2 Major Uses and Production Process of Major Products

  • 5.2.2.1 Important use: The digital camera sold by our company is a consumer electronics product for shooting and storing images.

  • 5.2.2.2 Production process: The company product manufacture is carried out by subsidiaries.

5.2.3 Supply of Major Raw Materials

With the continuous decline in the scale of digital camera shipments, the supply chain management department actively developed different types of raw material supply chains in line with the company's product transformation and diversification to enhance competitiveness.

In 2018, under the market risk crisis of rising raw material supply prices, shortage of passive components, and active IC production capacity, all the colleagues in the supply chain management department cooperated with the relevant units of the company to fully support the various materials supply difficulties. Risk damage is minimized, and the delivery status of the overall supply chain is in line with the demand for factory production and shipment. However, due to the relatively large fluctuations in the raw material market price, there is relatively large fluctuation pressure on cost control. Looking forward to the price of raw materials in 2019. Under the condition of slowing down and benefiting from the preferential conditions of tax reduction in Mainland China, it is expected that the cost pressure can be simultaneously controlled, and at the same

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time, with the company's strategic direction to increase the proportion of shipments of high-end products and actively develop new applications in the field of optics in response to the development trend of AIOT. Products, and continue to develop quality and competitive suppliers.

  • 5.2.4 Major Customers with over 10% Net Sales and Suppliers with over 10% Net Purchases of the Last Two Fiscal Years

5.2.4.1 Major Suppliers of the Last Two Fiscal Years

NT$ thousands

NT$thousands NT$thousands NT$thousands NT$thousands
Item 2017 2018 As of 2019 Q1
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
1 Supplier A 894,992 9.15% None Supplier B 340,477 4.87% None Supplier B 45,881 2.65% None
2 Others 8,890,436 90.85% - Others 6,648,260 95.13%, - Others 1,688,505 97.35% -
Net Total
Purchases
9,785,428 100.00% - Net Total
Purchases
6,988,737 100.00% - Net Total
Purchases
1,734,386 100.00% -

Note 1: Consolidated base with IFRS

Note 2: List of suppliers who account for more than ten percent of the total purchases of goods and the amount and proportion of its purchased goods in the recent two fiscal years. However, the contract stipulates that the client's name shall not be disclosed. If the transaction object is an individual and non-affiliate, code-name can be applied.

5.2.4.2 Major Customers of the Last Two Fiscal Years

NT$ thousands

NT$thousands NT$thousands NT$thousands NT$thousands
Item 2017 2018 As of 2019Q1
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
Company
Name
(note 3)
Amount % Relation
with
Issuer
1 R 3,112,257 27.78% None R 1,646,386 21.56% None R 646,989 33.42% None
2 EE 2,305,586 20.58% None AA 1,133,150 14.84% None HH 588,635 30.27% None
3 A 1,678,065 14.98% None AA 1,123,446 14.71% None II 199,477 10.26% None
4 AA 1,374,102 12.27% None Others 3,732,046 48.89% None Others 509,672 26.05% None
Others 2,731,590 24.39%
Net Total
Sales
11,201,600 100.00% Net Total
Sales
7,635,028 100.00% Net Total
Sales
1,944,773 100.00%

Note 1: Consolidated base with IFRS

Note 2: Reasons for the increase and decrease: Individual customers' adjustment of inventory and sales strategy resulted in the increase of decrease of sales.

Note 3: The confidentiality agreement between the company and the customer.

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5.2.5 Production/Sales Quantities and Value over the Past Two Years

Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands

Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands
Year
output
Major Products
2018 2017
Quantity Amount Quantity Amount
Optic products 5,572
6,281,527

8,604

9,174,950
Optic parts 86,817
707,210

102,583

610,478

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Note: Consolidated base with IFRS.

5.2.6 Sales Quantities and Value of the Last Two Years

Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands

Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands Unit: thousands; NT$ thousands
Year
Shipments &
sales
Major Products
2018 2017
Domestic Export Domestic Export
Quantity Amount Quantity Amount Quantity Amount Quantity Amount
Optic products 250
11,335

5,452
6,638,580
1

2,740

8,546
10,386,544
Optic parts 4,644
7,329
102,453
977,784

216

18,676

98,498

793,640

Note: Consolidated base with IFRS.

5.3 Status of Employees

Status of employees over the past two years and up to the date of the report

Year 2017 2018 As of
2019.5.2
Number of
Employees
Others 252
240

233
R&D 349
318

302
Operator 42
45

42
Total 643
603

577
Average Age 39.86
41.55

40.6
Average Years of Service 8.68
15.26

9.6
Education Ph.D. 0.31%
0.33%

0.35%
Masters 33.59%
31.18%

31.20%
Bachelor’s Degree 62.21%
63.85%

63.60%
Senior High School 3.42%
4.15%

4.33%
Below Senior High School 0.47%
0.50%

0.52%

Note: Based on ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. only.

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5.4 Expenditure on Environmental Protection

In the most recent year and as of the date of publication of the annual report, the company did not suffer any loss (including indemnity) or punishment due to environmental pollution.

5.5 Employee Relations

5.5.1 Employee’s Welfare and Benefit

  • 5.5.1 Various employee benefits measures, further education, training, retire system and the status of implementation, as well as agreements between the employer and employees and measures for protecting employee entity and interests:

5.5.1.1 Employee Benefits Programs:

  • (1)Insurance: In addition to statutory labor and health insurance, the company also insured group insurance (life insurance, accident insurance, inpatient medical insurance).

(2)Health and Safety: The company provides the following benefits

  • a. Annual Professional Charge Health Checkup and health tracking management

  • b. Psychological Counseling

  • c. Blind Massage

  • d. Health Seminars

  • e. Health Promotion Activities

  • f. AED and oxygen cylinder installed

  • g. Fire Prevention/Disaster Prevention Team

  • h. Nursery Room

  • i. Once every two months doctor visit service

  • j. Set up sports and leisure facilities

  • k. Smoke prevention and prevention

  • l. Workplace maternal health protection

  • m. All colleagues participate in emergency escape drills

  • n. Regular occupational safety meeting

  • o. During the health check-up, cooperate with the HPA for free health screening, such as smear and mouth sieve

  • p. Unscheduledly send relevant press releases from the UNDCP to remind colleagues to know and protect themselves

  • (3)In terms of tourism: the staff welfare committee of the company provides each employee with travel allowance every year.

  • (4)In terms of company association: the company encourages colleagues to organize various types of social and physical health associations, and provides grant-in-aid for each employee's participation in up to two different associations. Each year, the company allocates budgets for associations to organize various types of sports activities to enhance interaction among colleagues and achieve physical and mental relaxation, as well as to foster teamwork spirit and build consensus.

  • (5)In terms of leave: the company provides annual leave in accordance with the requirements of the Labor Standards Act to assist colleagues in achieving a balance between work and life.

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  • (6)Employee assistance: In addition to the cooperation with professional psychological consultancy companies, the company also provides scholarships to low-income households with children who are still in school; and according to individual conditions, the company provides emergency relief funds and emergency concessional loans.

  • (7)Birthdays, weddings, funerals and festive celebrations: the company holds company-wide birthday celebrations every season and gives out birthday coupons. In case of weddings and funerals, or if major injuries should occur, the company provides grants in various amount.

  • (8)Advanced Language Learning: The company provides every colleague with English or Japanese advance learning subsidization in order to allow colleagues to improve their language skills.

  • (9)Others: In addition to the employee benefits mentioned above, the company also provides occasional film appreciation meetings and replenishment day activities, so that colleagues can participate in a variety of activities in addition to work, and promote employee relations. In order to allow colleagues to develop a habit of continuous learning, the company has a special library, with a collection of professional books and various types of books that are purchased on irregular bases, so that colleagues can use their free time to achieve self-learning and selfgrowth.

  • (10)The total company related benefits in fiscal year 2018 amounted to NT$22,964 thousand. Other benefits includes company travel, community activities, subsidization, birthdays and other employee benefits of the company, with a total amount of NT$18,658 thousand.

Unit: NT$ thousands

on, birthdays and other employee
NT$18,658 thousand.
benefits of the compan
Unit: NT$thousand
Item Amount
Health CheckupFee 2,002
GroupInsurance 2,144
Lifeline ConsultingFee 123
NetworkingFee 37
Other Benefits 18,658
Total Amount 22,964

5.5.1.2. Employee Advanced Study and Training:

The company promise to value employee growth and satisfaction as the core concept of sustainable management. Employees are the core assets of the company. The company's growth is closely related to the development of its employees.

Canon Enterprises upholds the concept that talents are the foundation of our enterprise, providing employees with diverse and flexible learning channels and information, and assists employee development and enhance employee competitiveness through on-job, off-job, e-Learning education and training systems, library reading rooms, and e-book/magazine resources. Under the concept of “continuous learning” and “pursuit of excellence”, integrate internal and external resources to provide employees with the best quality and most effective learning and growth opportunities, with a view to enabling mutual growth of the employees and the companies.

Canon Enterprises systematically provides employees with comprehensive learning and development methods according to different positions, including on-the-job

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training, classroom training, online learning, work guidance and senior employee mentoring system. The company not only invites external experts as training tutors, but also actively cultivates internal lecturers in order to deepen Canon’s Values and abilities, as well as the long-term accumulation of professional and technical skills.

(1)Education and Training System:

  • a.Orientation Training: The company organizes progressive curriculum to assist new employees in understanding the company history, management systems, products, technology and human resources development issues, supplemented by the “New Employee Stability Program," where senior employees in various departments provide assistance to new employees in order for them to adapt to the company culture and work content as soon as possible.

  • b.Managerial Training: Planning of practical management courses based on the managerial functions required by supervisors at all levels. Divided into junior/first-time supervisor training, middle-level manager training and senior manager training.

  • c.Professional Training: The lineup of lecturers made up of senior executives, external experts, and professional suppliers, in conjunction with the department initiated seminars or through the training courses of industrial management companies, so that the professional learning of various departments will continue to move forward to prevent stagnation. Including new technologies, new materials, case studies, new processes, information, regulations, quality, etc. In addition to internal training, colleagues may apply for professionally related courses organized by external training institutions according to their job requirements. The company will also provide appropriate subsidization.

  • d.Labor Health and Safety Training: It is important to provide employees with a safe and secure workplace. We regularly conduct fire drills, first-aid skill courses, etc.

The environmental protection measures for employees' personal safety and office work and their implementation are as follows:

Access security

  • 1.The company has a “Physical Environmental Safety Management Measures”, which clearly stipulates that personnel entering the site need to register and change certificates to maintain workplace and personnel safety.

  • 2.The company has a 24-hour control and access control for all external access control and internal important entry barriers.

  • 3.The company has security personnel to assist in maintaining the safety of the site and patrolling regularly.

Maintenance of various equipment

  • 1.According to the public safety inspection and reporting procedures of the building, professional companies are commissioned to conduct public safety inspections every two years.

  • 2.According to the provisions of the Fire Protection Law, fire inspections are carried out outside the year, and various fire-fighting appliances are also regularly maintained and inspected.

  • 3.According to the provisions of the building lifting equipment installation and inspection management regulations, the elevators and machinery parking spaces are regularly maintained monthly, and the inspection agencies are entrusted to apply for safety inspections every year.

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Disaster prevention measures and strains

  • 1.The company has "Occupational Safety and Health Work Code", "Emergency Response Procedures", "Accident and Abnormal Situation Investigation and Handling Measures", etc., and clearly stipulates that each person should be responsible for major events such as fires, floods, etc. And tasks, and handle related security protection drills.

  • 2.Regularly conduct self-defense firefighting team drills every six months to maintain workplace safety.

  • 3.Prevent fire, earthquake, and electricity safety from time to time to avoid disasters.

Physiological health

  • 1.Health check: New recruits are required to undergo a physical examination before they arrive. For the incumbent, the health check is regularly scheduled every year to exceed the regulatory frequency. Relevant health management operations are carried out for all the test results.

  • 2.Working environment: The company regularly carries out environmental disinfection in the factory area, and the company's environmental cleaning is also carried out by special personnel.

  • 3.Non-scheduled health, health education lectures and corporate club activities to provide peer involvement and enhance relevant knowledge and health.

  • 4.Implement the smoke prevention and control regulations and completely ban smoking in the workplace.

  • 5.Implement human-related hazard prevention, labor overload prevention and maternal health protection management operations.

Mental health

  • 1.Education and training: Provide employee stress training course lectures, employee communication technology lectures, etc., to assist employees in psychological adjustment.

  • 2.Employee assistance: Cooperate with the corporate legal person Hsinchu Lifeline Association to provide consulting services such as employee psychology, law, financial management, mental health care, and management.

3. Violence and sexual harassment prevention: Establish a complaint channel to protect personal privacy.

Contractor operation management

  • 1.The “Contractor Management Operation Procedures” is established to prevent occupational disasters, to ensure the safety and health of contractor staff and employees of the Company, and to determine the rights and obligations of the contractor regarding safety and health as the basis for contractor management.

Insurance and medical condolences

  - 2.The group insurance includes term life insurance, accidental injury insurance, accident medical insurance and hospitalization, cancer medical insurance and concessions, and selfpay insurance; and childbirth, injury and hospitalization condolences.
  • e.Language Training: In order to enhance and strengthen the international language ability of all employees, the company provides partial subsidization and bonus, allowing employees to further enhance their language skills through self-studying.

  • f.Self-growth: All kinds of lectures are held to provide colleagues with off-the-job learning to achieve physical and spiritual elevation. Including health lectures, interpersonal communication lectures, sports lectures and travel lectures.

  • (2)The total training hour in 2018 reached 4,275 hours. The total training attendance reached 909 persons. The total training cost was NT$283 thousand.

Unit: NT$ thousands

Projects in 2017 Person-Time Traininghours Trainingcost
Professional Skills Training 118
506.5
283

Managerial Training 1
6.0
General Skills Training 432
584.5

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Projects in 2017 Person-Time Traininghours Trainingcost
Labor Health and SafetyTraining 60
392.0




Quality Management Training 53
96.5
Language Training 63
2158.6
Orientation Training 182
530.9
Total Amount 909
4275.0

5.5.1.3. Employee Retirement Plan

The employee retirement system of the company sets the labor retirement management measures according to relevant laws and regulations.

In order to enable our employees to work with peace of mind, contribute to the enterprise, and maintain their post-retirement life, we have established a labor retirement management method:

(1) Scope of application:

All employees who have implemented the "Labor Pensions Regulations" before July 1, 1994 and employees who choose to continue to apply the "Labor Standards Act" after the implementation of the "Labor Pensions Regulations " are subject to the Labour Retirement Management Scheme.

a. Self-retirement

Employees who have one of the following circumstances may apply for voluntary retirement:

  • (a) The company has worked for more than 15 years and has reached the age of 55.

  • (b) The company has worked for more than 25 years.

  • (c) The company has worked for more than ten years and has reached the age of 60.

b. Forced retirement

An employee may order his or her retirement in one of the following circumstances:

  • (a) A lost or physically disabled person is not competent.

(b) Workers with mental disorders or physical disabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be based on the disability of the first to sixth levels of labor insurance.

c. Statutory retirement

Based on the purpose of the Labor Law to protect labor, employees who have reached the age of 65 and have reached the statutory retirement age as stated in the Law on Labour should retire in accordance with this Law.

  • d. To encourage senior employees to plan their retirement career in advance, revised and approved on January 25, 2017, serving

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If the seniority and age are more than 70 years (inclusive), one of the following circumstances may be applied for by the employee and submitted to the chairman for approval.

  - (a) A good performer who has performed well during the company's service.

  - (b) There is no violation of law or negligence during the term of office or the occurrence of a major loss to the company.

  - (c) Other cases reported to the Board of Directors for approval.
  • (2) The nationality applying the "Labor Standards Act" under the " Labor Pension Regulations" from July 1, 2005. For Employees who choose to apply the section on the labour pension system as defined in the Labour Pensions Regulations, they will be required to pay a monthly pension of 6% to the personal account of the Labour Insurance Bureau and retired under the Labour Pensions Regulations. These procedures are not applicable to the relevant regulations.

  • (3) Employees who apply the “Labor Standards Act” before July 1, 2005 The Company will provide labor retired reserves to the full amount at the rate of 2% of the approved provision rate, which will be deposited with the Bank of Taiwan account. The balance of the retirement reserve account and the net defined benefit liabilities as of December 31, 2018 were NT$33,844 and NT$54,726, respectively.

  • 5.5.2 Any current or potential loss resulting from labor disputes and prevention actions for the past two years and as of the date of this annual report: None

5.6 Important Contracts

The major contracts of the company that remain valid as of the date of printing of the annual report and the expiration date of the most recent year are as follows:

Agreement Counterparty Period Major Contents Restrictions
Loan Agreement Bank Sinopac 2018.08.01~
2019.07.31
Short-term credit None
Loan Agreement Taishin bank 2018.07.01~
2019.06.30
Short-term credit None
Loan Agreement CTBC bank 2018.05.01~
2019.04.30
Short-term credit None
Loan Agreement Mega bank 2018.12.06~
2019.12.05
Short-term credit None
Loan Agreement E.SUN bank 2018.12.13~
2019.12.13
Short-term credit None
Loan Agreement DBS bank 2018.07.20~
2019.07.20
Short-term credit None

The other company key accounts, the letter of intent signed among the company and our vendors, and the bailment manufacturing contract or purchase contract are subject to confidentiality terms. Due to considerations such as business confidentiality and industrial characteristics, the company will make no disclosure.

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6. Financial Information

6.1 Five-Year Financial Summary

6.1.1 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet – Based on IFRS

Unit: NT$ thousands

Year
Item
Year
Item
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019.3.31
Note 2
Current assets 10,987,220
8,795,084

7,529,693

6,859,863

5,790,775

5,787,788
Property, plant and
equipment
3,785,922
3,512,182

3,934,683

3,989,763

3,539,946

3,521,508
Intangible assets 12,589
13,678

2,927

5,606

159,027

153,400
Other assets 2,080,014
1,696,459

1,555,376

1,951,179

1,558,340

1,665,240
Total assets 16,865,745
14,017,403

13,022,679

12,806,411
11,048,088 11,127,936
Current
liabilities
Before
Distribution
6,752,002
5,180,123

4,435,902

4,017,477

3,442,444

3,411,174
After
Distribution
6,752,002
5,604,019

4,690,073

4,243,369

(Note 3)

(Note 3)
Non-current liabilities 253,420
102,557

91,976

82,991

82,865

87,776
Total
liabilities
Before
Distribution
7,005,422
5,282,680

4,527,878

4,100,468

3,525,309
3,498,950
After
Distribution
7,005,422
5,706,576

4,782,049

4,326,360

(Note 3)

(Note 3)
Equity Attributable to
owners of the Parent
9,859,389
8,566,141

8,292,078

8,517,342

7,261,906

7,364,539
Share capital 4,731,168
2,828,310

2,825,279

2,823,650

2,823,628

2,823,628
Capital surplus 1,559,995
1,558,449

1,560,123

1,563,069

1,563,455

1,563,455
Retained
earnings
Before
Distribution
3,335,072
4,041,792

4,011,904

3,978,672

3,301,001

3,204,225
After
Distribution
3,335,072
3,617,896

3,757,733

3,752,780

(Note 3)

(Note 3)
Other equity interest 236,037
139,123

(104,533)
151,951
(426,178)
(226,769)
Treasury stock (2,883) (1,533) (695) 0
0

0
Non-controlling interests 934
168,582

202,723

188,601

260,873

264,447
Total Equity Before
Distribution
9,860,323
8,734,723

8,494,801

8,705,943

7,522,779

7,628,986
After
Distribution
9,860,323
8,310,827

8,240,630

8,480,051

(Note 3)

(Note 3)

Note 1: Financial report of each year has been audited by CPA firm. Note 2: Financial report of Q1 has been reviewed by CPA firm

Note 3:Until the printing date of this annual report, the earnings distribution proposal has not yet approved by the shareholders in the Shareholders’ Meeting.

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6.1.2 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income – Based on IFRS

Unit: NT$ thousands

Year
Item
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019.3.31
Note 2
Sales revenues 24,180,166 19,254,208 11,005,824 11,201,600
7,635,028

1,944,773
Net operatingmargin 2,128,709
2,303,653

1,569,151

1,416,172

646,291

210,387
Net Operating Income
(Loss)
105,510
609,392

85,146

64,853

(739,861)

(99,116)
Non-operating Income
and Expense
109,113
419,132

409,980

163,428

225,289

6,911
Income(Loss)before Tax 214,623
1,028,524

495,126

228,281

(514,572)
(92,205)
Income (Loss) for
Continued Operations
170,989
867,444

435,921

206,398

(425,525)

(97,024)
Income (Loss) from
Discontinued Operations
Net Income(Loss) 170,989
867,444

435,921

206,398

(425,525)
(97,024)
Other Comprehensive
Income(Loss)
625,124
(150,734)

(270,422)

254,173

(562,105)

203,231
Total Comprehensive
Income(Loss)
796,113
716,710

165,499

460,571

(987,630)

106,207
Net Income Attributable
to Owners of the Parent
154,814
697,314

386,250

217,663

(463,048)

(96,776)
Net Income (Loss)
Attributable to Non-
controllingInterests
16,175
170,130

49,671

(11,265)

37,523

(248)
Comprehensive Income
(Loss) Attributable to
Owners of the Parent
773,381
549,062

131,358

474,693
(1,021,497)
102,633
Comprehensive Income
(Loss) Attributable to
Non-controllingInterests
22,732
167,648

34,141

(14,122)

33,867

3,574
Earnings (Loss) per
ShareNote 3
0.33
1.71

1.39

0.77

(1.64)

(0.34)

Note 1: Financial report of each year has been audited by CPA firm. Note 2: Financial report of Q1 has been reviewed by CPA firm Note 3: Unit: NT$.

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6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP

6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP 6.1.3 Condensed Individual Balance Sheet – Based on GAAP
Unit: NT$thousands
Year
Item
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Current assets 6,402,814
4,858,409

3,439,474

2,369,138

1,665,818
Property, plant and
equipment
1,562,081
1,774,303

2,495,798

2,756,242

2,524,903
Intangible assets 11,751
12,935

2,416

4,682

9,346
Other assets 6,741,706
6,671,332

6,535,432

6,929,791

6,348,823
Total assets 14,718,352
13,316,979

12,473,120

12,059,853

10,548,890
Current
liabilities
Before
Distribution
4,775,795
4,676,395

4,114,293

3,481,082

3,226,880
After
Distribution
4,775,795
5,100,291

4,368,464

3,706,974

(Note 2)
Non-current liabilities 83,168
74,443

66,749

61,429

60,104
Total
liabilities
Before
Distribution
4,858,963
4,750,838

4,181,042

3,542,511

3,286,984
After
Distribution
4,858,963 5,174,734
4,435,213
3,768,403 (Note 2)
Share Capital 4,731,168
2,828,310

2,825,279

2,823,650

2,823,628
Capital surplus 1,559,995
1,558,449

1,560,123

1,563,069

1,563,455
Retained
earnings
Before
Distribution
3,335,072 4,041,792
4,011,904
3,978,672 3,301,001
After
Distribution
3,335,072 3,617,896
3,757,733
3,752,780 (Note 2)
Other equityinterest 236,037
139,123

(104,533)
151,951
(426,178)
Treasurystock (2,883) (1,533) (695)
Total Equity Before
Distribution
9,859,389
8,566,141

8,292,078

8,517,342

7,261,906
After
Distribution
9,859,389 8,142,245
8,037,907
8,291,450 (Note 2)

Note 1: Financial report of each year has been audited by CPA firm. Note 2:Until the printing date of this annual report, the earnings distribution proposal has not yet approved by the shareholders in the Shareholders’ Meeting.

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6.1.4 Condensed IndividualStatement of Comprehensive Income – Based on GAAP

Unit: NT$ thousands

Year
Item
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sales revenues 23,112,752
18,407,042

9,998,630

9,959,455

5,622,942
Net operatingmargin 1,627,120
1,837,703

1,053,867

1,059,880

248,066
Net Operating Income
(Loss)
72,181
528,261

(77,533)

13,907

(792,267)
Non-operating Income
and Expense
113,682
304,867

509,955

206,886

210,725
Income(Loss)before Tax 185,863
833,128

432,422

220,793

(581,542)
Income (Loss) for
Continued Operations
154,814
697,314

386,250

217,663

(463,048)
Income (Loss) from
Discontinued Operations
Net Income(Loss) 154,814
697,314

386,250

217,663

(463,048)
Other Comprehensive
Income(Loss)
618,567
(148,252)

(254,892)

257,030

(558,449)
Total Comprehensive
Income(Loss)
773,381
549,062

131,358

474,693

(1,021,497)
Earnings per Share
Note 2
0.33
1.71

1.39

0.77

(1.64)

Note 1: Financial report of each year has been audited by CPA firm.

Note 2: Unit: NT$.

6.1.5 Five-Year Auditing Opinion by CPA

Year CPA Firm CPA's Name AuditingOpinion
2014 PWC Hsu, Sheng-Chung
Wu,Han-chi
Modified Unqualified
2015 PWC Hsu, Sheng-Chung
Wu,Han-chi
Modified Unqualified
2016 PWC Hsu, Sheng-Chung
AudreyTseng
Unqualified
2017 PWC Hsu, Sheng-Chung
AudreyTseng
Unqualified
2018 PWC JuanLu, Man-Yu
AudreyTseng
Unqualified

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6.2 Five-Year Financial Analysis

6.2.1 Consolidated Financial Analysis – Based on IFRS


ItemNote
Year
4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019.3.31
Note 2
Remake
Capital
structure (%)
Debt ratio 41.54 37.69 34.77 32.02 31.91
31.44

Ratio of long-term capital to
property, plant and equipment
264.67 248.70 215.90 218.21 212.51
216.64
Solvency Current ratio(%) 162.73 169.79 169.74 170.75 168.22
169.67
Quick ratio(%) 128.77 139.22 133.67 131.39 124.85
135.96
Times interest earned(Times) 13.77 122.30 87.64 42.07 (76.27) (52.48) (1)
Operating
ability
Accounts receivable turnover
(Times)
7.53 6.79 4.88 5.78 4.82
5.33
Average collectionperiod 48.47 53.75 74.79 63.14 75.72
68.48
Inventoryturnover(Times) 9.90 8.15 5.66 5.84 4.03
4.32

(1)
Accounts payable turnover
(Times)
5.21 4.44 3.28 3.93 3.34
3.81
Average days in sales 36.86 44.78 64.49 62.50 90.57
84.57

(1)
Property, plant, and equipment
turnover(Times)
6.20 5.28 2.96 2.83 2.03
2.20

(1)
Total assets turnover(Times) 1.45 1.25 0.81 0.87 0.64
0.70

(1)
Profitability Return on total assets(%) 1.11 5.66 3.26 1.63 (3.52) (0.86) (1)
Return on stockholders' equity
(%)
1.74 9.33 5.06 2.40 (5.24)
(1.28)

(1)
Pretaxprofit topaid-in capital(%) 4.54 36.37 17.52 8.08 (18.22) (3.27) (1)
Netprofit margin(%) 0.71 4.51 3.96 1.84 (5.57) (4.99) (1)
Basic earnings per share ($)
(Note 3)
0.33 1.71 1.39 0.77 (1.64)
(0.34)

(1)
Cash flow Cash flow ratio (%) 31.00 24.89 10.38 7.59 (8.21)
(0.10)

(1)
Cash flow adequacyratio(%) 91.92 130.58 119.32 126.45 81.17
61.30

(1)
Cash reinvestment ratio(%) 6.98 9.01 0.26 0.35 (4.20) (0.03) (1)
Leverage Operatingleverage 24.78 4.23 21.06 26.04 (1.06) (2.27) (1)
Financial leverage 1.19 1.01 1.07 1.09 0.99
0.98
Analysis of financial ratio change in the last two years
(1)The main reason is that the demand for digital cameras continues to decline. The attitude of major
brand customers to launch new machines is conservative, and the impact of high-end product
shipments is deferred, which reduces the scale of operations and slows the destocking of inventory,
resultingin operatinglosses in the currentperiod.

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6.2.2 Individual Financial Analysis – Based on IFRS

Year
ItemNote 4
Year
ItemNote 4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Remake
Capital
structure (%)
Debt ratio 33.01
35.68

33.52

29.37

31.16

Ratio of long-term capital to
property, plant and equipment
631.17
482.79

332.24

309.02

287.61
Solvency Current ratio (%) 134.07
103.89

83.60

68.06

51.62

(1)
Quick ratio (%) 133.81
103.65

83.44

67.96

51.59

(1)
Times interest earned (Times) 569.39
11,109.37

4,325.22

3,562.18

(979.68)

(1)
Operating
ability
Accounts receivable turnover
(Times)
7.48
7.09

5.02

6.36

5.47
Average collectionperiod 48.80
51.48

72.71

57.39

66.73
Inventoryturnover(Times) 9,919.50
4,157.41

2,055.32

2,584.08

3,134.95

(1)
Accounts payable turnover
(Times)
6.23
4.36

2.60

3.07

2.18

(1)
Average days in sales 0.04
0.09

0.18

0.14

0.12
Property, plant, and equipment
turnover(Times)
15.29
11.03

4.68

3.79

2.13

(1)
Total assets turnover(Times) 1.61
1.31

0.78

0.81

0.50

(1)
Profitability Return on total assets(%) 1.08
4.97

3.00

1.77

(4.09)
(1)
Return on stockholders' equity
(%)
1.57
7.57

4.58

2.59

(5.87)

(1)
Pretaxprofit topaid-in capital(%) 3.93
29.46

15.31

7.82

(20.60)
(1)
Netprofit margin(%) 0.67
3.79

3.86

2.19

(8.23)
(1)
Basic earnings per share ($)
(Note 3)
0.33
1.71

1.39

0.77

(1.64)

(1)
Cash flow Cash flow ratio (%) 47.43
25.73

2.54

0.00

0.00
Cash flow adequacy ratio (%) 108.37
155.06

135.74

128.88

86.98

(1)
Cash reinvestment ratio (%) 7.22
7.37

0.00

0.00

0.00
Leverage Operating leverage 24.94
3.48

(13.69)

75.72

(0.31)

(1)
Financial leverage 1.00
1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00
Analysis of financial ratio change in the last two years
(1)The main reason is that the demand for digital cameras continues to decline. The attitude of major brand
customers to launch new machines is conservative, and the impact of high-end product shipments is
deferred, which reduces the scale of operations and slows the destocking of inventory, resulting in
operatinglosses in the currentperiod.

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Note 1: Financial report of each year has been audited by CPA firm.

Note 2: Financial report of Q1 has been reviewed by CPA firm.

Note 3: Based on weighted average shares outstanding in each year.

Note 4: Equations:

  1. Capital Structure

  2. (1) Debt ratio = Total liability / Total assets

  3. (2) Ratio of long-term capital to property, plant and equipment = (Net shareholders’ equity + Long-term liability) / Net property, plant and equipment

  4. Solvency

  5. (1) Current ratio: Current assets / current liability

  6. (2) Quick ratio = (Current assets – Inventory – Prepaid expense) / current liability

  7. (3) Times interest earned = Net income before tax and interest expense / Interest expense of the year

  8. Operating ability

  9. (1) Account receivable turnover (including accounts receivable and notes receivable derived from business operations) = Net sales / Average accounts receivable (including accounts receivable and notes receivable derived from business operation)

  10. (2) Days sales in accounts receivable = 365 / Account receivable turnover

  11. (3) Inventory turnover = Cost of goods sold / Average inventory amount

  12. (4)Account payable turnover (including accounts payable and notes payable derived from business operation) = Cost of goods sold / Average accounts payable (including accounts payable and notes payable derived from business operation)

  13. (5) Average days in sales = 365 / Inventory turnover

  14. (6) Fixed assets turnover = Net sales / Net fixed assets

  15. (7) Total assets turnover = Net sales / Total assets

  16. Profitability

  17. (1) Return on assets = (Net income (loss) + interest expense x (1-tax rate)) / Average total assets

  18. (2) Return on shareholders’ equity = Net income (loss) / Net average shareholders’ equity

  19. (3) Return to issued capital stock = Net income before tax / Issued capital stock

  20. (4) Profit ratio = Net income (loss) / Net sales

  21. (5) Basic earnings per share = (Net income – preferred stock dividend) / Weighted average stock shares issued

  22. Cash flow

  23. (1) Cash flow ratio = Bet cash flow from operating activity / Current liability

  24. (2) Cash flow adequacy ratio = Net cash flow from operating activity in the past 5 years / (Capital expenditure + Inventory interest + Cash dividend) in the past 5 years

  25. (3) Cash + reinvestment ratio = (Net cash flow from operating activity – Cash dividend) / (Fixed assets + Long term investment + Other assets + Working capital)

  26. Leverage

  27. (1) Degree of operating leverage = (Net operating income – Variable operating cost and expense) / Operating income

  28. (2) Degree of financial leverage = Operating income / (Operating income – interest expense)

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6.3 Audit Committee’s Report in the Most Recent Year

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Audit Committee’s Review Report

The Board of Directors has prepared ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.’s “(the Company)” 2018 Business Report, Financial Statements, and proposal for allocation of earnings. The CPA firm of PWC was retained to audit the Company’s Financial Statements and has issued an audit report relating to the Financial Statements. The Business Report, Financial Statements, and earnings allocation proposal have been reviewed and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee members of ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. According to Article 14-4 of Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Law, we hereby submit this report.

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

Chairman of the Audit Committee: Lam, Tai-Seng March 25, 2019

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6.4 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Parent Company and Subsidiary in the Most Recent Year:

Please refer Attachment I.

  • 6.5 Non-Consolidated Financial Statements of the Most Recent Year:

Please refer Attachment II.

  • 6.6 Financial Difficulties Encountered By the Company and the Related Party in the Most Recent Year and Up to the Date of the Annual Report: None.

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  1. Review of Financial Position, Management Performance and Risk Management

  2. 7.1 Analysis of Financial Status – Consolidated

Unit: NT$ thousands;

Unit: NT$thousands; Unit: NT$thousands;
Year
Item
2018 2017 Difference
Amount %
Current Asset 5,790,775
6,859,863
(1,069,088) (15.58)
Property, plant and equipment 3,539,946
3,989,763

(449,817)
(11.27)
Intangible Assets 159,027
5,606

153,421

2,736.73
Other Assets 1,558,340
1,951,179

(392,839)
(20.13)
Total Assets 11,048,088
12,806,411
(1,758,323) (13.73)
Current Liabilities 3,442,444
4,017,477

(575,033)
(14.31)
Non-current liabilities 82,865
82,991

(126)
(0.15)
Total Liabilities 3,525,309
4,100,468

(575,159)
(14.03)
Equity Attributable to owners
of the Parent
7,261,906
8,517,342
(1,255,436)
(14.74)
Share capital 2,823,628
2,823,650

(22)
(0.00)
Capital surplus 1,563,455
1,563,069

386

0.02
Retained earnings 3,301,001
3,978,672

(677,671)
(17.03)
Other equity interest (426,178) 151,951
(578,129)
(380.47)
Non-controlling interests 260,873
188,601

72,272

38.32
Total Equity 7,522,779
8,705,943
(1,183,164) (13.59)
Analysis of changes in financial ratios:
(1) The increase in intangible assets is due to the goodwill arising from the acquisition of
subsidiaries.
(2) The decrease in other equity was due to the increase in unrealized losses of financial
assets.

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7.2 Analysis of Operating Results - Consolidated

7.2.1 Analysis of Operating Results

nalysis of Operating Results nalysis of Operating Results nalysis of Operating Results nalysis of Operating Results nalysis of Operating Results
Unit: NT$thousands
Year
Item

2018
2017 Difference
amount
Difference %
Net Sales 7,635,028
11,201,600

(3,566,572)
(31.84)
Cost of Sales 6,988,737
9,785,428

(2,796,691)
(28.58)
Gross Profit 646,291
1,416,172

(769,881)
(54.36)
Operating Expense 1,386,152
1,351,319

34,833

2.58
Net Operating Income
(Loss)
(739,861)
64,853

(804,714)

(1,240.83)
Non-operating Income
and Expenses
225,289
163,428

61,861

37.85
Profit Before Tax (514,572) 228,281
(742,853)
(325.41)
Income Tax Expense (89,047) 21,883
(110,930)
(506.92)
Profit After Tax (425,525) 206,398
(631,923)
(306.17)
Analysis of changes in financial ratios over 20%:
(1) Operating profit and loss is due to the continuous decline in demand for digital camera
market, the conservative attitude of major brand customers to launch new machines,
and the deferred impact of high-end products, which has reduced the scale of
operations and reduced operating income, cost and gross profit.
(2) The increase in non-operating income and expenses was due to the sale of idle factory
buildings.
  • 7.2.2 Analysis of changes in the operating profit margin: the demand for digital cameras continues to decline. The attitude of major brand customers to launch new machines is conservative, and the impact of high-end product shipments is deferred, which reduces the scale of operations and slows the destocking of inventory, resulting in operating losses in the current period.

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7.3 Analysis of Cash Flow

7.3.1 Cash Flow Analysis for the Current Year – Consolidated

Unit: NT$ thousand

Unit: NT$thousand Unit: NT$thousand
Cash Balance
12/31/2017
Net Cash Provided
by Operating
Activities in 2018
Net Cash Used in
Investing and
Financing
Activities in 2018
Cash Balance
12/31/2018
Supplement measures
for insufficient cash
Investment
planning
Financial
planning
2,245,124 (282,718) (174,351) 1,788,055 None None
  • Cash flows used in operating activities 282,718: mainly from net loss.

  • Cash flows used in investing activities 123,788 primarily for acquisition of equipment and investment in ANDROVIDEO INC.

  • Cash flows used in financing activities 50,563 仟元: primarily for cash dividend payment.

7.3.2 Remedy for Cash Deficit and Liquidity Analysis:

In light of positive cash flows, remedial actions are not required.

7.3.3 Cash Flow Analysis for the Coming Year: Not applicable.

7.4 Major Capital Expenditure Items: None.

  • 7.5 Investment Policy in Last year, Main Causes for Profits or Losses, Improvement Plans and the investment Plans for the Coming Year

The bussinesses that the company has invested strategically are long-term investment. Profits from investment shown in the equity-method based consoidated financial report in 2018 are NT$8,273 thousand, NT$954 thousand compared to the previous year, partly because the busineses that the company has invested in has enjoyed revenue growth, controlled the expesenses adequately and therefore made profits. However, as the company's general principle, the company will still make long-term strategic investment in the future, take financial risks and ROI into consideration, and evaluate the investment cautiously to bring the maximum values to the company.

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7.6 Analysis of Risk Management

  • 7.6.1 Effects of Changes in Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange Rates and Inflation of Corporate Finance, and Future Response Measures

1. Interest Rate

The Group’s interest rate risk arises from long-term borrowings. Borrowings issued at variable rates expose the Group to cash flow interest rate risk which is partially offset by cash and cash equivalents held at variable rates. Borrowings issued at fixed rates expose the Group to fair value interest rate risk. In order to reduce the risks of interest rates, especially relating to bank loans, the Company contacts banks on the regular basis, studies the trend of interest rate and negotiates for the best interest rate for the Company.

2. Foreign Exchange Rate:

The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with respect to the USD, RMB and MYR. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, recognised assets and liabilities and net investments in foreign operations. Management has set up a policy to require group companies to manage their foreign exchange risk against their functional currency. The group companies are required to hedge their entire foreign exchange risk exposure with the Group treasury. To manage their foreign exchange risk arising from future commercial transactions and recognised assets and liabilities, entities in the Group use forward foreign exchange contracts, transacted with Group treasury. Foreign exchange risk arises when future commercial transactions or recognised assets or liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not the entity’s functional currency.

3. Inflation:

According to the statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, the consumer price index and wholesale price index increased by 1.35% and 3.64% respectively in 2018, which represented a minor inflation and did not have material impact on the Company’s financial conditions in 2018.

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  • 7.6.2 Policies, Main Causes of Gain or Loss and Future Response Measures with Respect to High-Risk, High-Leverage Investment, Loaning or Endorsement Guarantees and Derivatives Transactions

  • Loans provided by the Company to other entities: The Company's fund loans and others are handled in accordance with the policies and response measures set by the Company's “Procedures for Endorsement and Guarantee”. Relevant operations have been carefully implemented in consideration of the risk status and related regulations.

  • Endorsement and guarantees provided by the Company to other entities: The Company's endorsement and guarantees for others is based on the policies and response measures set out in the “Procedures for Loaning Funds to Others” of the Company, and all related operations have been carefully implemented in consideration of the risk status and relevant regulations.

  • In recent years, the Company has not been involved in any activities that are highly risky or of high leverage. The Company's policy of and profit and loss from tradings of derivatives are as follow:

The derivatives that the Company has been involved in are hedge products. Profits and loss caused by volatility in the exhcange rates would be written off by the profits and loss of the hedged items. In addition, the USD currency assets generated from the company's business operations could cope with the cash flow of this type of tradings. As a result, the risk of market prices is not significant.

7.6.3 Future Research & Development Projects and Corresponding Budget

  1. Future Research & Development Plan

We will focus our R&D resources on maintaining film speed, sensitivity, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), color staturation, etc., and will strive for enhancing the quality of product images. In terms of product development, our focus will be optical zoom, automiatic zoom, development of lens sets with optical zoom features, and to enhance three-axis stabilization. Moreover, we are devoted to improve and develop areas such as electronic screen stabilizers, adding EIS functionalities, face recogniztion, 4K animation cameras, wearable cameras, applications of high-speed image sensors, technologies of large-scale image sensors, HDR video recorders, low-light technologies, wireless communication, and Full HD 4K high-res image decoding, etc.

We take proactive appraches when it comes to development. We endeavor to make distintive progress in product specifications in order to take part in contests of product specificatoins. In addition, with the key components, we make the development of images integrated with technologies of optics, mechanics, and electronics compreshensive. We also invest resources in the development of applications in order to have unique products and move toward the arenas of webcams and medical devices. In contrast with Ability Enterprise's focus on digital cameras in the past, its vision is to move towards new products in new business areas in order to make up the shortage in the business of digital cameras due to market competitiveness.

In view of the market demand for sports and wearable cameras, in-house lenses and integrated opto-mechanical applications are used in related imaging products. In the

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smart home Home cam and IP cam products, the technology development related to AIOT and edge computing is further invested. The Spherical 360 Camera continues to develop into high-quality (8K30P), and the SIS (Spherical Image Stabilization) function can be completed in the camera without the need for post-processing.

In terms of R&D in automotive camera modules, in response to the trend where major car manufacturers worldwide have gradually inceased the use of automotive camera modules and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) widely and have even developed semi automatic or fully automatic cars, we have invested resources and personnel in working with Tier 1 suppliers of automobile manufacturers, and will develop camera modules that meet these suppliers' specific product requirements in the next three to four years.

2. Estimated R&D Expenditure

The R&D expenditure in 2018 that the company has invested in is NT$727,055 thousand, accounting for 9.52% of the revenue. In 2019, an additional amount of NT$535,000 thousand is esimated to be invested in R&D in 2019.

  • 7.6.4 Effects of and Response to Changes in Policies and Regulations Relating to Corporate Finance and Sales: None

  • 7.6.5 Effects of and Response to Changes in Technology and in Industry Relating to Corporate Finance and Sales: None.

  • 7.6.6 The Impact of Changes in Corporate Image on Corporate Risk Management, and the Company’s Response Measures: None.

  • 7.6.7 Expected Benefits and Risks Relating to and Response to Merger and Acquisition Plans: None.

7.6.8 Expected Benefits and Risks Relating to and Response to Factory Expansion Plans

The Company has set up two production plants in China, achieving the goals of expanding the production capacity, and reducing the risk of labour shortage in the South China region and the production costs.

  • 7.6.9 Risks Relating to and Response to Excessive Concentration of Purchasing Sources and Excessive Customer Concentration

  • Risks faced due to centralized control of inventory replenishment:

Risk in shortage of raw material: Caused by cases such as insufficient production capacity, accidents at the manufacturing plant, force majeure, etc.

Risk Management: The company has maintained amicable business relationships with suppliers of major raw materials. In addition to suppliers with amicable relationships in the long term, the company has also been developing new suppliers, to avoid and lower risks in the shortage of raw material supply.

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  1. Risks faced in central salese management:

We have built long-long stable partnerships with multiple world-class clients. The joint competitive advantages of both these clients and us will ensure our stable growth in the long run; we have taken the apporach of diverting the sources of clients and incorporating diverse product roadmaps, in order to diverse and reduce the risks of significant impacts from single or few clients on us.

  • 7.6.10 Effects of Risks Relating to and Response to Large Share Transfer or Changes in Shareholdings by Directors, Supervisors, or Shareholders with Shareholding of over 10%: None.

  • 7.6.11 Effects of Risks Relating to and Response to Changes in Control over the Company:None.

  • 7.6.12 Litigation or Non-litigation Matters

In 2018 and as of the date of this annual report, the Company did not engage in litigation or non-litigation matters that had significant impacts on shareholders’ right or security prices.

  • 7.6.13.Other significant risk and mitigation measures being or to be taken: No other significant risks.

  • 7.7 Other Major Risks: None.

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8. Other Special Notes

8.1 Summary of Affiliated Companies

8.1.1 Affiliated Companies Chart

100%


100%
VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES
(BVI) INC.
100%


100%
VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES
(BVI) INC.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE CO.,
LTD.
100%

VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES
(BVI) INC.
ABILITY
ENTERPRISE
(BVI) CO.,LTD.
ABILITY
INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT
CO., LTD.

I
VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES
NTERNATIONAL
INC.
ANDROVIDEO
INC.
E-PIN OPTICAL
INDUSTRY
CO.,LTD.
100% 100%
VIEWQUEST
TECHNOLOGIES
(DONGGUAN)CO.
, LTD
ABILITY
TECHNOLOGY
(DONGGUAN)CO.
, LTD.
JIUJIANG
VIEWQUEST
ELECTRONICS
INC.
E-PIN OPTICAL
INDUSTRY(M.)
SDN. BHD.
ALL VISION
HOLDING LTD.
E-PIN OPTICAL
INDUSTRY CO.,
LTD.
ALL VISION
TECHNOLOGY
SDN. BHD.

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8.1.2 Affiliated Companies

As of 12/31/2018; Unit: NT$ thousands, except foreign currency

Company Date of
Incorporation
Place of Registration Capital Stock Business Activities
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. 1997.08.15 New Taipei City,Taiwan(R.O.C.) NTD13,000 Investments
ABILITY ENTERPRISE(BVI)CO.,LTD. 2000.02.23 British Virgin Islands USD25,635,000 Holdingcompany
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INC.
1999.01.23 U.S.A. USD1,500,000 Sales of computer accessories,
photography equipment and
electronic components
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(BVI) INC.
1999.10.22 British Virgin Islands USD38,759,290 Manufacturing and trading of
computer accessories, photography
equipment and electronic
ANDROVIDEO INC. 2015.10.26 New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.) NTD70,000 Smart IP cam system development
and sales
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. 1979.04.18 Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.) NTD236,000 Sales of optical products and
electronic components
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO., LTD. 2017.03.22 Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.) NTD6,000 Investments
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY(DONGGUAN)CO.,LTD. 2003.12.29 Dongguan,China RMB274,857,854 Sales of digital still cameras
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC. 2010.05.12 Jiujiang ,China RMB64,867,330 Sales of digital still cameras
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES(DONGGUAN)CO., LTD 2011.02.28 Dongguan , China RMB141,055,552 Sales of digital still cameras
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD. 1991.01.19 Independent State of Samoa USD15,236,910 Holding company
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1991.04.22 Republic of Mauritius USD150,000 Trading service
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN. BHD. 1987.09.25 Malaysia MYR5,000,000 Manufacturing of precision lens
ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD. 1992.06.28 Malaysia MYR72,243,893 Manufacturing of precision lens
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1987.01.19 Panama USD5,849,393 Holding company
E-SKY HOLDING LTD. 1990.04.05 Republic of Mauritius USD14,338,918 Holding company
NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.
LTD.
1981.12.14 Nanjing, China RMB76,784,121 Development and manufacturing of
various types of precision lens
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE INDUSTRY CO. LTD. 1984.08.11 Zhongshan, China RMB75,542,969
Development and manufacturing of
various types of precision lens
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD. 1994.05.24 Nanjing, China RMB53,163,552
Development and manufacturing of
various types ofprecision lens

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8.1.3 The Same Shareholders of Companies Controlled by or Subordinate to the Company: None.

8.1.4 Industrial Classification in Inventec Corporation Subsidiaries

8.1.4 Industrial Classification in Inventec Corporation S ubsidiaries
Company Industrial Classification Relationships to Related Party
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO.,LTD. Informationproductsdigital still cameras None
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. Investments None
ABILITY ENTERPRISE(BVI)CO.,LTD. Holdingcompany Investment activities in China
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. Sales of computer accessories, photography equipment and
electronic components
None
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (BVI) INC. Manufacturing and trading of computer accessories, photography
equipment and electronic
After manufacture,sell the
product to Ability. For OEM
business
ANDROVIDEO INC. Smart IP cam system development and Sales None
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. Sales of opticalproducts and electronic components None
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. Investments None
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC. Sales of digital still cameras None
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY(DONGGUAN)CO.,LTD. Sales of digital still cameras None
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES(DONGGUAN)CO.,LTD Sales of digital still cameras None
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD. Holding company None
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Trading service
None
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN. BHD.
Manufacturing of precision lens
None

ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.

Manufacturing of precision lens
None
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Holding company
Investment activities in China
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.
Holding company
Investment activities in China
NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
Development and manufacturingof various types ofprecision lens
None
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE INDUSTRY CO. LTD. Development and manufacturingof various types ofprecision lens None
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD. Development and manufacturing of various types of precision lens None

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8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies

8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies 8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies 8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies 8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies 8.1.5 Directors, Supervisors and Presidents of Affiliated Companies
Unit: NT$,except shareholding
Company Title Name or Representative Shareholding
Number of
Shares
Shareholding
Ratio
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Roger Chiang
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Jonny Wu
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Lin, Hung-Tien
1,300,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
ABILITY ENTERPRISE (BVI) CO., LTD. Chairman ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen 100.00
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INC.
Director
Director
Director
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Wen, Sheng-Tai
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen ABILITY
ENTERPRISE-Tsay, Wen-Bin


100.00
100.00
100.00
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (BVI)
INC.
Chairman ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen 100.00
ANDROVIDEO INC. Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen
ABILITY ENTERPRISE- Jonny Wu
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Jeming Wu
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Lin,Hung-Tien
7,000,000 100.00
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. Chairman
Director
Director
Director
Director
Supervisor
Supervisor
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Tseng, Ming-Jen
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Ju, Ming-Jang
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Wen, Sheng-Tai
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Lu, Chien-Hsun
ABILITY ENTERPRISE-Hsu, Cheng-Chiang
JUI-HSIN INVESTMENT LIMITED- Chan, Wen-
Hsiung
Huang, Ching-Chuan
12,888,334
12,888,334
12,888,334
12,888,334
12,888,334
481,603
239,879
54.61
54.61
54.61
54.61
54.61
2.04
1.02
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO., LTD. Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
E-PIN OPTICAL-Ju, Ming-Jang
E-PIN OPTICAL-Lu, Chien-Hsun
E-PIN OPTICAL-Pan, Ching-Hsiang
E-PIN OPTICAL- Chen, Ting-Shen
600,000
600,000
600,000
600,000
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY
(DONGGUAN)CO., LTD.
Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
ABILITY (BVI) - Tseng, Ming-Jen
ABILITY (BVI) –Adams Chen
ABILITY (BVI) - Alson Hsu
ABILITY(BVI)- Lin,Hung-Tien



100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS
INC.
Chairman
Director
Director
Director
Director
Supervisor
ABILITY (BVI) - Tseng, Ming-Jen
ABILITY (BVI) - Tong, Ching-Hsi
ABILITY (BVI) - Tsay, Wen-Bin
ABILITY (BVI) - Adams Chen
ABILITY (BVI) - Ted Lin
ABILITY (BVI) - Susie Wang





100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(DONGGUAN)CO., LTD
Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
VIEWQUEST (BVI) -Tseng, Ming-Jen
VIEWQUEST (BVI) - Adams Chen
VIEWQUEST (BVI) -Alson Hsu
VIEWQUEST (BVI) -Susie Wang



100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD. Director Ju, Ming-Jang
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Director E-PIN OPTICAL-Ju, Ming-Jang 150,000 100
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN.
BHD.
Director
Director
Ju, Ming-Jang
Pan, Ching-Hsiang


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Company Title Name or Representative Shareholding Shareholding
Number of
Shares
Shareholding
Ratio
ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD. Director
Director
Ju, Ming-Jang
Pan, Ching-Hsiang


EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
Director
Director
Director
Ju, Ming-Jang
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD-
Pan, Ching-Hsiang
Shin, Yu-Hsiang
58,494 100
E-SKY HOLDING LTD. Director
Director
Director
Director
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD-
Pan, Ching-Hsiang
Ju, Ming-Jang
Shin, Yu-Hsiang
Hsu, San-Wei
10,472,879


73.04


NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS
TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
Chairman
Director
Director
Director
Vice
Chairman
Director
Director
Supervisor
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
-Pan, Ching-Hsiang
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
-Ju, Ming-Jang
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
-Wang, Shang-Li
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
- Lin, Yong-Shan
NANJING NEW INDUSTRY INVESTMENT GROUP
CO.,LTD
-Shin, Chien-Hua
NANJING NEW INDUSTRY INVESTMENT GROUP
CO.,LTD
-Wang, Hsin-Yu
Nanjing Zijin Asset Management Co. Ltd.
-Wang, Jui
NANJING NEW INDUSTRY INVESTMENT GROUP
CO.,LTD
-Huang, Wei-Min







55.45
55.45
55.45
55.45
38.74
38.74
5.81
38.74
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE
INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
Chairman
Director
Director
Director
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.-Pan,Ching-Hsiang
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.-Ju, Ming-Jang
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.-Tseng,Tsung-Yueh
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.- Chen, Ting-Shen



100
100
100
100
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD. Director
Supervisor
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.-Chou, Hsiang-Ho
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.-Pan, Ching-Hsiang

72.22
72.22

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8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies

8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies 8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies 8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies 8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies 8.1.6 Operation of Affiliated Companies
As of 12/31/2018Unit: NT$ thousands
Company
Capital
Stock
Assets
Liabilities Net Worth
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
2,823,628
10,548,890
3,286,984
7,261,906
ABILITY ENTERPRISE (BVI) CO., LTD.
787,379
2,727,758
0
2,727,758
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (BVI) INC.
1,190,492
2,961,250
1,108,763
1,852,487
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
46,073
167
0
167
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
13,000
48,046
1,641
46,405
ANDROVIDEO INC.
70,000
45,993
75,104
(29,111)
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
236,000
710,499
450,851
259,648
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
6,000
5,696
38
5,658
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY (DONGGUAN)CO., LTD.
1,121,098
2,139,593
847,573
1,292,020
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC.
291,793
499,023
132,744
366,279
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (DONGGUAN)CO., LTD
675,730
541,440
94,013
447,427
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD.
516,528
12,004
0
12,004
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
5,167
44,251
94,293
(50,042)
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN. BHD.
45,700
11,069
9,543
1,526
ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.
659,334
21,566
16,618
4,948
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
174,078
203,418
0
203,418
E-SKY HOLDING LTD.
311,681
(191,422)
0
(191,422)
NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.
LTD.
349,713
446,795
80,384
366,411
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE INDUSTRY CO.
LTD.
350,729
140,625
280,128
(139,503)
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD.
242,142
2,685
54,610
(51,925)
Company Capital
Stock
Assets Liabilities Net Worth
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 2,823,628
10,548,890

3,286,984

7,261,906
ABILITY ENTERPRISE (BVI) CO., LTD. 787,379
2,727,758

0

2,727,758
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (BVI) INC. 1,190,492
2,961,250

1,108,763

1,852,487
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. 46,073
167

0

167
ABILITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CO., LTD. 13,000
48,046

1,641

46,405
ANDROVIDEO INC. 70,000
45,993

75,104

(29,111)
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. 236,000
710,499

450,851

259,648
CHIA PING INVESTMENT CO., LTD. 6,000
5,696

38

5,658
ABILITY TECHNOLOGY (DONGGUAN)CO., LTD. 1,121,098
2,139,593

847,573

1,292,020
JIUJIANG VIEWQUEST ELECTRONICS INC. 291,793
499,023

132,744

366,279
VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (DONGGUAN)CO., LTD 675,730
541,440

94,013

447,427
ALL VISION HOLDING LTD. 516,528
12,004

0

12,004
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5,167
44,251

94,293

(50,042)
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY(M.) SDN. BHD. 45,700
11,069

9,543

1,526
ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD. 659,334
21,566

16,618

4,948
EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 174,078
203,418

0

203,418
E-SKY HOLDING LTD. 311,681
(191,422)

0

(191,422)
NANJING EVERLIGHT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.
LTD.
349,713
446,795

80,384

366,411
ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN ACCURATE INDUSTRY CO.
LTD.
350,729
140,625

280,128

(139,503)
NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,LTD. 242,142
2,685

54,610

(51,925)

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8.1.7 Affiliation Report

The Company is not the affiliated company of other companies as stipulated in “Chapter VI-I Affiliated Enterprises” of the Company Act, so no affiliation report is compiled.

REPRESENTATION LETTER

The entities that are required to be included in the combined financial statements of ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, under the Criteria Governing the Preparation of Affiliation Reports, Consolidated Business Reports and Consolidated Financial Statements of Affiliated Enterprises are the same as those included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in conformity with the International Financial Reporting Standard 10, “Consolidated Financial Statements.” In addition, the information required to be disclosed in the combined financial statements is included in the consolidated financial statements. Consequently, ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. and Subsidiaries do not prepare a separate set of combined financial statements. Very truly yours,

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

By

CEO : Tseng, Ming-Jen March 25, 2019

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  • 8.2 Private Placement of Securities in the Most Recent Years: None.

  • 8.3 Shares in the Company Held or Disposed of by Subsidiaries in the Most Recent Years: None.

  • 8.4 Other Mentionable Items: None.

  • Any Events in the Most Recent year and as of the Date of this Annual Report that had Significant Impacts on Shareholders’ Right or Security Prices as Stated in Item 2 Paragraph 2 of Article 36 of Securities and Exchange Law of Taiwan: None.

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Attachment I

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017


For the convenience of readers and for information purpose only, the auditors’ report and the accompanying financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. In the event of any discrepancy between the English version and the original Chinese version or any differences in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and financial statements shall prevail.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

PWCR18000452

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Group”) as at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers” and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the “Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants” and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China (ROC GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Code of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants in the Republic of China (the “Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

~1~

Assessment of allowance for inventory valuation loss

Description

Refer to Note 4(13) for accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 5(2) for the uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions applied on inventory valuation, and Note 6(6) for details of inventory. As of December 31, 2018, the balances of the Group’s inventory and allowance for inventory valuation loss were NT$1,722,124 thousand and NT$386,022 thousand, respectively.

The Group is primarily engaged in the manufacture and sales of digital camera, optical products and components. Due to rapid changes in technology innovations, short life cycles of electronic products and fluctuations in market prices, there is higher risk of incurring inventory valuation losses or obsolescence. The Company recognises inventories at the lower of cost and net realisable value; for inventories which are separately identified as obsolete and damaged, the Company recognises loss through net realisable value. An allowance for inventory valuation loss mainly arises from inventories aged over a certain period and separately identified obsolete inventory. As the amount of inventory is material, inventory items are numerous, and the net realisable value of obsolete and damaged inventories is subject to management judgement, we consider the assessment of the allowance for inventory valuation loss a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures on the above key audit matter:

  • Ascertained whether the policies on allowance for inventory valuation losses are reasonable and consistently applied in all the periods.

  • Understood the determination method of the net realisable value, sampled and tested whether the net realisable values were calculated in accordance with the abovementioned method.

  • Discussed with management the estimated net realisable value of separately identified obsolete and damaged inventories, obtained and corroborated against supporting documents and recalculated the allowance provision.

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Impairment assessment of property, plant and investment property

Description

Refer to Notes 4(15) and (16) for accounting policies on property, plant and equipment and investment property, Note 5(2) for the uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions applied on property, plant and equipment impairment, and Notes 6(9) and (10) for account details of property, plant and equipment and investment property. As of December 31, 2018, the balance of property, plant and equipment and investment property totaled to NT$4,128,331 thousand.

The property, plant and equipment and investment property primarily consist of land, buildings and structures amounting to NT$4,128,331 thousand, constituting 37% of total assets. The domestic property value has been significantly affected by the factors of market supply and demand situation, natural disasters, government policies, economic situation and the uncertainty of property valuation as well as the risk of asset impairment. Thus, we consider the impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment and investment property a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures on the impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment and investment property:

  • Verified external information (or the most recent transaction price for similar property) to identify any potential impairment indicators for property, plant and equipment and investment property.

  • Assessed the reasonableness of the recoverable amounts of property, plant and equipment and investment property, and evaluated the impairment assessment based on the most recent transaction price for similar property.

Other matter – Scope of the audit

We did not audit the financial statements of a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary and investments accounted for using equity method that are included in the financial statements, which statements reflect total assets (including investments accounted for using equity method) of NT$130,807 thousand and NT$4,020 thousand , constituting 1.18% and 0.03% of consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, operating revenues of NT$9,470 thousand and NT$0, constituting 0.12% and 0% of the consolidated total net operating revenue for the years then ended, respectively,and the related share of profit (loss) of associates and joint ventures accounted for under equity method of

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(NT$13,213) thousand and NT$954 thousand, constituting 1.34% and 0.21% of consolidated total comprehensive income (loss) for the years then ended, respectively. Those financial statements were audited by other independent accountants whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein is based solely on the audit reports of the other independent accountants.

Other matter – Parent company only financial reports

We have audited and expressed an unmodified opinion with other matter section on the parent company only financial statements of Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. as at and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the consolidated financial statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers” and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ROC GAAS will always detect a material

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misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ROC GAAS, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

  2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.

  3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

  4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

  5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  6. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

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We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Juanlu, Man-Yu Audrey Tseng

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 25, 2019

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The accompanying consolidated financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

As the financial statements are the responsibility of the management, PricewaterhouseCoopers cannot accept any liability for the use of, or reliance on, the English translation or for any errors or misunderstandings that may derive from the translation.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Assets Notes
6(1)
6(3)
12(4)
6(4)
6(5), 7 and 12(4)
6(6)
6(7)

6(3)
12(4)
12(4)
6(8)
6(9) and 8
6(10)
6(11)
6(27)
6(13)
December31,2018
AMOUNT
%
$
1,788,055
16
637,214
6
-
-
547,106
5
1,127,134
10
1,336,102
12
355,164
3
5,790,775
52
676,421
6
-
-
-
-
12,293
-
3,539,946
32
588,385
5
159,027
2
178,209
2
103,032
1
5,257,313
48
$
11,048,088
100
December31,2017 December31,2017
AMOUNT
$
1,788,055
637,214
-
547,106
1,127,134
1,336,102
355,164
5,790,775
676,421
-
-
12,293
3,539,946
588,385
159,027
178,209
103,032
5,257,313
$
11,048,088
AMOUNT
$
2,245,124
-
766,516
-
1,704,379
1,501,394
642,450
6,859,863
-
930,238
214,145
4,020
3,989,763
598,602
5,606
83,896
120,278
5,946,548
$
12,806,411
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents
1120
Current financial assets at fair
value through other
comprehensive income
1125
Available-for-sale financial assets
- current
1136
Current financial assets at
amortised cost
1170
Accounts receivable, net
130X
Inventory
1470
Other current assets
11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1517
Non-current financial assets at fair
value through other
comprehensive income
1523
Available-for-sale financial assets
- non-current
1543
Financial assets carried at cost -
non-current
1550
Investments accounted for under
equity method
1600
Property, plant and equipment
1760
Investment property - net
1780
Intangible assets
1840
Deferred income tax assets
1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
18
-
6
-
13
12
5
54
-
7
2
-
31
5
-
-
1
46
100

(Continued)

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Liabilities and Equity December31,2018
Notes
AMOUNT
%
6(14)
$
438,647
4
7
1,850,064
17
6(15)
779,586
7
13,432
-
6(18)(23)
360,715
3
3,442,444
31
6(16)
82,865
1
82,865
1
3,525,309
32
6(19)
2,823,628
26
6(20)
1,563,455
14
6(21)
1,655,947
15
-
-
1,645,054
15
6(22)
(
426,178) (
4 )
7,261,906
66
260,873
2
7,522,779
68
$
11,048,088
100
December31,2017 December31,2017
AMOUNT
$
339,757
2,330,406
871,050
53,894
422,370
4,017,477
82,991
82,991
4,100,468
2,823,650
1,563,069
1,634,181
101,662
2,242,829
151,951
8,517,342
188,601
8,705,943
$
12,806,411
%
Current liabilities
2100
Short-term borrowings
2170
Accounts payable
2200
Other payables
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2300
Other current liabilities
21XX
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
2600
Other non-current liabilities
25XX
Total non-current liabilities
2XXX
Total liabilities
Equity
Equity attributable to owners of
parent
Share capital
3110
Share capital - common stock
Capital surplus
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Unappropriated retained earnings
Other equity interest
3400
Other equity interest
31XX
Equity attributable to owners
of the parent
36XX
Non-controlling interest
3XXX
Total equity
3X2X
Total liabilities and equity
3
18
7
-
3
31
1
1
32
22
13
13
1
17
1
67
1
68
100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for (loss) earnings per share amount)

Items YearendedDecember31
2018
2017
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(23) and 7
$
7,635,028
100
$
11,201,600
100
6(6)(26) and 7
(
6,988,737) (
92) (
9,785,428) (
87)
646,291
8
1,416,172
13
6(26)
(
118,959 ) (
2) (
117,375) (
1)
(
531,966 ) (
7) (
527,242) (
5)
(
727,055 ) (
9) (
706,702) (
6)
12(2)
(
8,172)
-
-
-
(
1,386,152) (
18) (
1,351,319) (
12)
(
739,861) (
10)
64,853
1
6(24)
175,212
2
158,640
1
6(25)
48,463
1
9,392
-
(
6,659 )
- (
5,558)
-
6(8)
8,273
-
954
-
225,289
3
163,428
1
(
514,572 ) (
7)
228,281
2
6(27)
89,047
1 (
21,883)
-
($
425,525) (
6) $
206,398
2
4000
Sales revenue
5000
Operating costs
5950
Net operating margin
Operating expenses
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative
expenses
6300
Research and development
expenses
6450
Impairment gain and reversal of
impairment loss determined in
accordance with IFRS 9
6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Operating (loss) profit
Non-operating income and
expenses
7010
Other income
7020
Other gains and losses
7050
Finance costs
7060
Share of profit/(loss) of
associates and joint ventures
accounted for under equity
method
7000
Total non-operating income
and expenses
7900
(Loss) profit before income tax
7950
Income tax benefit (expense)
8200
(Loss) profit for the year

(Continued)

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for (loss) earnings per share amount)

Items YearendedDecember31
2018
2017
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(16)
($
1,345 )
-
$
4,291
-
6(3)
(
616,491 ) (
8)
-
-
6(27)
2,109
- (
730)
-
(
615,727 ) (
8)
3,561
-
53,622
1 (
285,779) (
3)
12(4)
-
-
536,391
5
53,622
1
250,612
2
($
562,105 ) (
7) $
254,173
2
($
987,630 ) (
13) $
460,571
4
($
463,048 ) (
6) $
217,663
2
37,523
- (
11,265)
-
($
425,525 ) (
6) $
206,398
2
($
1,021,497 ) (
13) $
474,693
4
33,867
- (
14,122)
-
($
987,630 ) (
13) $
460,571
4
6(28)
($
1.64) $
0.77
($
1.64) $
0.77
Other comprehensive income
Components of other
comprehensive income that will
not be reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Actuarial (losses) gains on
defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealised gain on financial
assets measured at fair value
through other comprehensive
income
8349
Income tax related to
components of other
comprehensive income that will
not be reclassified to profit or
loss
8310
Other comprehensive (loss)
income that will not be
reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other
comprehensive income that will
be reclassified to profit or loss
8361
Financial statements translation
differences of foreign operations
8362
Unrealised gain on valuation of
available-for-sale financial assets
8360
Other comprehensive income
that will be reclassified to
profit or loss
8300
Other comprehensive (loss)
income for the year
8500
Total comprehensive (loss)
income for the year
(Loss) profit attributable to:
8610
Owners of the parent
8620
Non-controlling interest
Comprehensive (loss) income
attributable to:
8710
Owners of the parent
8720
Non-controlling interest
Earnings per share
9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

2017
Balance at January 1, 2017
Profit for 2017
Other comprehensive income (loss) for 2017
Total comprehensive income (loss) for 2017
Appropriations of 2016 earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Compensation cost of share-based payment
Adjustments to changes in vested number of restricted stock
Redemption of employee restricted stock
Balance at December 31, 2017
2018
Balance at January 1, 2018
Effects of retrospective application and retrospective
restatement
Balance at January 1, 2018 after adjustments
Loss for 2018
Other comprehensive income (loss) for 2018
Total comprehensive income (loss) for 2018
Appropriations of 2017 earnings
Special reserve
Reveral of special reserve
Cash dividends
Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries
Increase in non-controlling interests
Adjustments to changes in vested number of restricted stock
Redemption of employee restricted stock
Balance at December 31, 2018
Notes Equity att rib utable to owners o f the parent Non-controlling
interest
Total equity
Share capital -
common stock
Total capital
surplus, additional
paid-in capital
RetainedEarnings Other equity
interest
Treasurystocks Total
Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated
retained earnings
6(21)
6(17)

6(17)
12(4)
6(21)

6(17)
$ 2,825,279
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
1,629 )
$ 2,823,650
$ 2,823,650
-
2,823,650
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
22 )
$ 2,823,628
$ 1,560,123
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,012
934
$ 1,563,069
$ 1,563,069
-
1,563,069
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
364
22
$ 1,563,455
$ 1,595,556
-
-
-
38,625
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,634,181
$ 1,634,181
-
1,634,181
-
-
-
21,766
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,655,947
$
-
-
-
-
-
101,662
-
-
-
-
$
101,662
$
101,662
-
101,662
-
-
-
-
(
101,662 )
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
$ 2,416,348
217,663
3,417
221,080
(
38,625 )
(
101,662 )
(
254,171 )
(
141 )
-
-
$ 2,242,829
$ 2,242,829
11,247
2,254,076
(
463,048 )
819
(
462,229 )
(
21,766 )
101,662
(
225,892 )
(
797 )
-
-
-
$ 1,645,054
($
104,533 )
-
253,613
253,613

-

-

-

2,871
-
-
$
151,951
$
151,951
(
18,861 )
133,090

-
(
559,268 )
(
559,268 )

-
-

-

-
-
-
-
($
426,178 )
($
695 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
695
$
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
$ 8,292,078
217,663
257,030
474,693
-
-
(
254,171 )
2,730
2,012
-
$ 8,517,342
$ 8,517,342
(
7,614 )
8,509,728
(
463,048 )
(
558,449 )
(
1,021,497 )
-
-
(
225,892 )
(
797 )
-
364
-
$ 7,261,906
$
202,723
(
11,265 )
(
2,857 )
(
14,122 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
188,601
$
188,601
-
188,601
37,523
(
3,656 )
33,867
-
-
-
-
38,405
-
-
$
260,873
$ 8,494,801

206,398

254,173

460,571
-
-
(
254,171 )
2,730
2,012
-
$ 8,705,943
$ 8,705,943
(
7,614 )
8,698,329
(
425,525 )
(
562,105 )
(
987,630 )
-
-
(
225,892 )
(
797 )
38,405
364
-
$ 7,522,779

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
(Loss) profit before tax
Adjustments
Income and expenses having no effect on cash
flows
Expected credit loss

Gain on reversal of allowance for bad debts

Impairment loss

Depreciation

Amortisation

Compensation cost of share-based payment

Gain on valuation of financial assets and
liabilities

Gain on disposal of property, plant, equipment

Share of profit or loss of associates and joint
ventures accounted for under equity method

Interest expense
Interest income

Compensation income

Dividend income

Changes in assets/liabilities relating to operating
activities
Changes in operating assets
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Other current assets
Net changes in liabilities relating to operating
activities
Accounts payable
Other payables
Other current liabilities
Other non-current liabilities
Cash (outflow) inflow generated from operations
Interest received
Dividends received
Income tax paid
Interest paid
Net cash flows (used in) from operating
activities
Notes
2018
2017
($
514,572 ) $
228,281
12(2)
8,172
-
12(4)
- (
155 )
6(25)
52,108
-
6(26)
354,163
339,978
6(26)
8,555
4,033
6(17)
-
2,730
12(4)
- (
1,908 )
6(25)
(
68,856 ) (
19,282 )
6(8)
(
8,273 ) (
954 )
6,659
5,558
6(24)
(
34,759 ) (
26,344 )
6(25)
- (
36,000 )
6(24)
(
107,897 ) (
100,707 )
560,269
191,542
239,180 (
133,844 )
(
133,284 ) (
11,793 )
(
541,180 ) (
160,325 )
(
110,265 )
6,737
(
83,643 ) (
32,392 )
(
1,490 ) (
1,102 )

(
375,113 )
254,053
34,759
26,344
107,897
100,707
(
43,602 ) (
70,511 )
(
6,659 ) (
5,558 )
(
282,718 )
305,035

(Continued)

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of financial assets at amortised cost
Increase in other current assets
Proceeds from disposal of current financial assets at
fair value through profit or loss
Acquisition of financial assets measured at cost

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Acquisition of intangible assets

Decrease in other non-current assets
Net cash in acquisition of subsidiaries
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term loans
Decrease in other non-current liabilities
Payment of cash dividends

Redemption of employee restricted stock

Subsidiaries’ capital increase for acquiring
non-controlling interest
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Net effect of changes in foreign currency exchange
rates
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Notes
2018
2017
($
104,181 ) $
-
- (
83,790 )
-
7,178
12(4)
- (
118,392 )
290,997
55,757
6(30)
(
181,446 ) (
417,382 )
6(11)
(
9,293 ) (
6,717 )
16,933
410
(
136,798 )
-
(
123,788 ) (
562,936 )
81,890
10,742
(
245 ) (
3,592 )
6(21)
(
225,892 ) (
254,171 )
6(17)
(
22 ) (
934 )
38,405
-
(
105,864 ) (
247,955 )
55,301 (
270,159 )
(
457,069 ) (
776,015 )
2,245,124
3,021,139
$
1,788,055 $
2,245,124

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except as otherwise indicated)

1. HISTORY AND ORGANISATION

Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a company limited by shares under the provisions of the Company Act of the Republic of China (R.O.C.). The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively referred herein as the “Group”) merged with Viewquest Technologies Inc. on January 1, 2003. On August 28, 2007, the Board of Directors agreed to set September 1, 2007 as the record date for the acquisition of the Office Automation Business Group by the Company’s subsidiary, Ability International Investment Co., Ltd., through the issuance of new shares. The Company disposed its ownership in Ability International Investment Co., Ltd. promptly after the acquisition. The Company is mainly engaged in the manufacturing, purchases and sales of digital cameras, optical product components and film/video accessories.

2. THE DATE OF AUTHORISATION FOR ISSUANCE OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR AUTHORISATION

These consolidated financial statements were authorised for issuance by the Board of Directors on March 25, 2019.

3. APPLICATION OF NEW STANDARDS, AMENDMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS

(1) Effect of the adoption of new issuances of or amendments to International Financial Reporting

New standards, interpretations and amendments as endorsed by FSC effective from 2018 are as follows:

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New Standards,Interpretations and Amendments Effective date by International
AccountingStandards Board
Amendments to IFRS 2, ‘Classification and measurement of share-
based payment transactions’
Amendments to IFRS 4, ‘Applying IFRS 9 Financial instruments
with IFRS 4 Insurance contracts’
IFRS 9, ‘Financial instruments’
IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
Amendments to IFRS 15, ‘Clarifications to IFRS 15 Revenue from
contracts with customers’
Amendments to IAS 7, ‘Disclosure initiative’
Amendments to IAS 12, ‘Recognition of deferred tax assets for
unrealised losses’
Amendments to IAS 40, ‘Transfers of investment property’
IFRIC 22, ‘Foreign currency transactions and advance consideration’
Annual improvements to IFRSs 2014-2016 cycle-Amendments to
IFRS 1, ‘First-time adoption of International Financial Reporting
Standards’
Annual improvements to IFRSs 2014-2016 cycle-Amendments to
IFRS 12, ‘Disclosure of interests in other entities’
Annual improvements to IFRSs 2014-2016 cycle-Amendments to
IAS 28, ‘Investments in associates and joint ventures’
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2018

Except for the following, the above standards and interpretations have no significant impact to the Group’s financial condition and operating results based on the Group’s assessment. IFRS 9, ‘Financial instruments’

  • (a) Classification of debt instruments is driven by the entity’s business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets, which would be classified as financial asset at fair value through profit or loss, financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income or financial asset measured at amortised cost. Equity instruments would be classified as financial asset at fair value through profit or loss, unless an entity makes an irrevocable election at inception to present in other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument that is not held for trading.

  • (b) The impairment losses of debt instruments are assessed using an ‘expected credit loss’ approach. An entity assesses at each balance sheet date whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk on that instrument since initial recognition to recognise 12-month expected credit losses or lifetime expected credit losses (interest revenue would be calculated on the gross carrying amount of the asset before impairment losses occurred); or if the instrument that has objective evidence of impairment, interest revenue after the impairment

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would be calculated on the book value of net carrying amount (i.e. net of credit allowance). The Company shall always measure the loss allowance at an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses for trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component.

  • (c) The Group has elected not to restate prior period financial statements using the modified retrospective approach under IFRS 9. For details of the significant effect as at January 1, 2018, please refer to Notes 12(4) B and C.

(2) Effect of new issuances of or amendments to IFRSs as endorsed by the FSC but not yet adopted by

the Group

New standards, interpretations and amendments as endorsed by FSC effective from 2019 are as follows:

the Group
New standards, interpretations and amendments as endorsed by FSC
follows:
effective from 2019 are as
New Standards,Interpretations and Amendments Effective date by International
AccountingStandards Board
Amendments to IFRS 9, ‘Prepayment features with negative
compensation’
IFRS 16, ‘Leases’
Amendments to IAS 19, ‘Plan amendment, curtailment or settlement’
settlement’
Amendments to IAS 28, ‘Long-term interests in associates and joint
ventures’
IFRIC 23, ‘Uncertainty over income tax treatments’
Annual improvements to IFRSs 2015-2017 cycle
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019

Except for the following, the above standards and interpretations have no significant impact to the Group’s financial condition and operating results based on the Group’s assessment. The quantitative impact will be disclosed when the assessment is complete.

IFRS 16, ‘Leases’

IFRS 16, ‘Leases’, replaces IAS 17, ‘Leases’ and related interpretations and SICs. The standard requires lessees to recognise a 'right-of-use asset' and a lease liability (except for those leases with terms of 12 months or less and leases of low-value assets). The accounting stays the same for lessors, which is to classify their leases as either finance leases or operating leases and account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16 only requires enhanced disclosures to be provided by lessors.

The Group expects to recognise the lease contract of lessees in line with IFRS 16. However, the Group intends not to restate the financial statements of prior period (referred herein as the “modified retrospective approach”), and the effects will be adjusted. On January 1, 2019, it is expected that ‘right-of-use asset’ (including reclassification of long-term prepaid rents) and lease liability will be increased by $110,151 and $37,927, respectively, and long-term prepaid rents (shown as ‘Other current liabilities’ will be decreased by $72,224.

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Effective date by International New Standards, Interpretations and Amendments Accounting Standards Board Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8, ‘Disclosure Initiative -Definition of January 1, 2020 Material’ Amendments to IFRS 3, ‘Definition of a business’ January 1, 2020 To be determined by Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28, ‘Sale or contribution of International Accounting assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture’ Standards Board IFRS 17, ‘Insurance contracts’ January 1, 2021

The above standards and interpretations have no significant impact to the Group’s financial condition and financial performance based on the Group’s assessment.

4. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated.

(1) Compliance statement

The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers” and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the FSC (collectively referred herein as the “IFRSs”).

(2) Basis of preparation

  • A. Except for the following items, these consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention:

  • (a) Financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) at fair value through profit or loss.

  • (b) Financial assets and liabilities at fair value though other comprehensive income Available-for-sale financial assets measured at fair value.

  • (c) Liabilities on cash-settled share-based payment arrangements measured at fair value.

  • (d) Defined benefit liabilities recognised based on the net amount of pension fund assets less present value of defined benefit obligation.

  • B. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSs requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements are disclosed in Note 5.

  • C. In adopting IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 effective January 1, 2018, the Group has elected to apply modified retrospective approach whereby the cumulative impact of the adoption was recognised as retained earnings or other equity as of January 1, 2018 and the financial statements for the

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year ended December 31, 2017 were not restated. The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 were prepared in compliance with International Accounting Standard 39 (‘IAS 39’), International Accounting Standard 11 (‘IAS 11’), International Accounting Standard 18 (‘IAS 18’) and related financial reporting interpretations. Please refer to Notes 12(4) and (5) for details of significant accounting policies and details of significant accounts.

  • (3) Basis of consolidation

  • A. Basis for preparation of consolidated financial statements:

    • (a) All subsidiaries are included in the Group’s consolidated financial statements. Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured entities) controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. Consolidation of subsidiaries begins from the date the Group obtains control of the subsidiaries and ceases when the Group loses control of the subsidiaries.

    • (b) Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains or losses on transactions between companies within the Group are eliminated. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

    • (c) Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income are attributed to the owners of the parent and to the non-controlling interests. Total comprehensive income is attributed to the owners of the parent and to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

    • (d) Changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in the parent losing control of the subsidiary (transactions with non-controlling interests) are accounted for as equity transactions, i.e. transactions with owners in their capacity as owners. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognised directly in equity.

    • (e) When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, the Group remeasures any investment retained in the former subsidiary at its fair value. The fair value is regarded as the fair value on initial recognition of a financial asset or the cost on initial recognition of the associate or joint venture. Any difference between fair value and carrying amount is recognised in profit or loss. All amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the subsidiary are reclassified to profit or loss on the same basis as would be required if the related assets or liabilities were disposed of. That is, when the Group loses control of a subsidiary, all gains or losses previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the subsidiary should be reclassified from equity to profit or loss, if such gains or losses would be reclassified to profit or loss when the related assets or liabilities are disposed of.

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B. Subsidiaries included in the consolidated financial statements:

Name of
investor
Name of subsidiary Main business
activities
Ownership (%) Ownership (%) Description
December 31,
2018
December 31,
2017
The Company ABILITY ENTERPRISE (BVI)
CO., LTD. (ABILITY (BVI))
Holding company 100.00 100.00
The Company ACTION PIONEER
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(ACTION)
Trading service 100.00 100.00
The Company VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL INC.
(VQ (US))
Sales of computer
accessories,
photography
equipment and
electronic
components
100.00 100.00
The Company VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(BVI) INC. (VQ (BVI))
Manufacturing and
trading of
computer
accessories,
photography
equipment and
electronic
components
100.00 100.00
The Company Ability International Investment
Co., Ltd. (Ability International
Investment)
Investments 100.00 100.00
The Company AndroVideo INC. Development,
manufacturing and
trading of digital
surveillance
100.00 - Note 1
The Company E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,
LTD. (E-PIN)
Sales of optical
products and
electronic
components
54.61 53.01 Note 2
ABILITY
(BVI)
Ability Technology (Dongguan)
Co., Ltd. (Ability (Dongguan))
Sales of digital
still cameras
100.00 100.00
ABILITY
(BVI)
Jiujiang Viewquest Electronics Inc.
(JiujiangViewquest)
Sales of digital
still cameras
100.00 100.00

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Name of
investor
Name of subsidiary Main business
activities
Ownership (%) Ownership (%) Description
December 31,
2018
December 31,
2017
VQ (BVI) VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
(DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
(VIEWQUEST TECHNOLOGIES)
Sales of digital
still cameras
100.00 100.00
E-PIN E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY (M.)
SDN. BHD. (E-PIN (M.))
Manufacturing of
precision lens
100.00 100.00
E-PIN ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY
SDN. BHD. (AVT)
Manufacturing of
precision lens
100.00 100.00
E-PIN E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO.,
LTD. (E-PIN)
Trading 100.00 100.00
E-PIN ALL VISION HOLDING LTD.
(ALL VISION)
Holding company 100.00 100.00
E-PIN JIAPIN INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
(JIAPIN INVESTMENT)
Investments 100.00 100.00
ALL VISION EVERLIGHT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION (EVERLIGHT)
Holding company 100.00 100.00
ALL VISION E-SKY HOLDING LTD. (E-SKY) Holding company 73.04 73.04
EVERLIGHT NANJING EVERLIGHT
PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.,
LTD. (NANJING EVERLIGHT)
Development and
manufacturing of
various types of
precision lens
55.45 55.45
E-SKY ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN
ACCURATE INDUSTRY CO.
(ZHONGSHAN SHANXIN)
Development and
manufacturing of
various types of
precision lens
100.00 100.00
E-SKY NANJING E-PIN OPTICAL CO.,
LTD. (NANJING E-PIN)
Development and
manufacturing of
various types of
precision lens
72.22 72.22

Note 1: Please refer to Note 6(29) for details.

Note 2: The Board of Directors of E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. on May 12, 2017 has resolved to increase capital by issuing common stock of 6,960 thousand shares with par value of $10 and a premium issuance price of NT$13 (in dollars) per share. The capital increase was set effective on November 23, 2018 as resolved by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2018. As the Company did not acquire shares proportionately amounting to $52,871, the shareholding ratio was 54.61% after the acquisition.

  • C. Subsidiaries not included in the consolidated financial statements: None.

  • D. Adjustments for subsidiaries with different balance sheet dates: None.

  • E. Significant restrictions: None.

  • F. Subsidiaries that have non-controlling interests that are material to the Group: None.

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(4) Foreign currency translation

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (the “functional currency”). The consolidated financial statements are presented in New Taiwan dollars, which is the Company’s functional and the Group’s presentation currency.

  • A. Foreign currency transactions and balances

  • (a) Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions or valuation where items are remeasured. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

  • (b) Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the period end are re-translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences arising upon re-translation at the balance sheet date are recognised in profit or loss.

  • (c) Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies held at fair value through profit or loss are re-translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date; their translation differences are recognised in profit or loss. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies held at fair value through other comprehensive income are re-translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date; their translation differences are recognised in other comprehensive income. However, non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are not measured at fair value are translated using the historical exchange rates at the dates of the initial transactions.

  • (d) All other foreign exchange gains and losses based on the nature of those transactions are presented in the statement of comprehensive income within ‘other gains and losses’.

  • B. Translation of foreign operations

  • (a) The operating results and financial position of all the group entities, associates and joint arrangements that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

    • i. Assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing exchange rate at the date of that balance sheet;

    • ii. Income and expenses for each statement of comprehensive income are translated at average exchange rates of that period; and

    • iii. All resulting exchange differences are recognised in other comprehensive income.

  • (b) When the foreign operation partially disposed of or sold is an associate or joint arrangement, exchange differences that were recorded in other comprehensive income are proportionately reclassified to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on sale. In addition, if the Group retains partial interest in the former foreign associate or jointly controlled entity after losing significant influence over the former foreign associate, or losing joint control of the former

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joint arrangement, such transactions should be accounted for as disposal of all interest in these foreign operations.

  • (c) When the foreign operation partially disposed of or sold is a subsidiary, cumulative exchange differences that were recorded in other comprehensive income are proportionately transferred to the non-controlling interest in this foreign operation. In addition, if the Group retains partial interest in the former foreign subsidiary after losing control of the former foreign subsidiary, such transactions should be accounted for as disposal of all interest in the foreign operation.

(5) Classification of current and non-current items

  • A. Assets that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current assets; otherwise they are classified as non-current assets:

  • (a) Assets arising from operating activities that are expected to be realised, or are intended to be sold or consumed within the normal operating cycle;

  • (b) Assets held mainly for trading purposes;

  • (c) Assets that are expected to be realised within twelve months from the balance sheet date;

  • (d) Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash and cash equivalents and those that are to be exchanged or used to pay off liabilities more than twelve months after the balance sheet date.

  • B. Liabilities that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current liabilities; otherwise they are classified as non-current liabilities:

  • (a) Liabilities that are expected to be paid off within the normal operating cycle;

  • (b) Liabilities arising mainly from trading activities;

  • (c) Liabilities that are to be paid off within twelve months from the balance sheet date;

  • (d) Liabilities for which the repayment date cannot be extended unconditionally to more than twelve months after the balance sheet date. Terms of a liability that could, at the option of the counterparty, result in its settlement by the issue of equity instruments do not affect its classification.

(6) Cash equivalents

  • Cash equivalents refer to short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Time deposits that meet the definition above and are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments in operations are classified as cash equivalents.

(7) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

  • A. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets that are not measured at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income.

  • B. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting.

  • C. At initial recognition, the Group measures the financial assets at fair value and recognises the

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transaction costs in profit or loss. The Group subsequently measures the financial assets at fair value, and recognises the gain or loss in profit or loss.

  • D. The Group recognises the dividend income when the right to receive payment is established, future economic benefits associated with the dividend will flow to the Group and the amount of the dividend can be measured reliably.

  • (8) Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

  • A. Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income comprise equity securities which are not held for trading, and for which the Group has made an irrevocable election at initial recognition to recognise changes in fair value in other comprehensive income and debt instruments which meet all of the following criteria:

    • (a) The objective of the Group’s business model is achieved both by collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets; and

    • (b) The assets’ contractual cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest.

  • B. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income are recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting.

  • C. At initial recognition, the Group measures the financial assets at fair value plus transaction costs. The Group subsequently measures the financial assets at fair value: The changes in fair value of equity investments that were recognised in other comprehensive income are reclassified to retained earnings and are not reclassified to profit or loss following the derecognition of the investment. Dividends are recognised as revenue when the right to receive payment is established, future economic benefits associated with the dividend will flow to the Group and the amount of the dividend can be measured reliably.

(9) Financial assets at amortised cost

  • A. Financial assets at amortised cost are those that meet all of the following criteria:

  • (a) The objective of the Group’s business model is achieved by collecting contractual cash flows.

  • (b) The assets’ contractual cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest.

  • B. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, financial assets at amortised cost are recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting.

  • C. At initial recognition, the Group measures the financial assets at fair value plus transaction costs. Interest income from these financial assets is included in finance income using the effective interest method. A gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss when the asset is derecognised or impaired.

  • D. The Group’s time deposits which do not fall under cash equivalents are those with a short maturity period and are measured at initial investment amount as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

(10) Accounts and notes receivable

  • A. Accounts and notes receivable entitle the Group a legal right to receive consideration in exchange for transferred goods or rendered services.

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  • B. The short-term accounts and notes receivable without bearing interest are subsequently measured at initial invoice amount as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

(11) Impairment of financial assets

For debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and financial assets at amortised cost including accounts receivable that have a significant financing component, at each reporting date, the Group recognises the impairment provision for 12 months expected credit losses if there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition or recognises the impairment provision for the lifetime expected credit losses (ECLs) if such credit risk has increased since initial recognition after taking into consideration all reasonable and verifiable information that includes forecasts. On the other hand, for accounts receivable or contract assets that do not contain a significant financing component, the Group recognises the impairment provision for lifetime ECLs.

(12) Derecognition of financial assets

The Group derecognises a financial asset when one of the following conditions is met:

  • A. The contractual rights to receive the cash flows from the financial asset expire.

  • B. The contractual rights to receive cash flows of the financial asset have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset.

  • C. The contractual rights to receive cash flows of the financial asset have been transferred and, the Group has not retained control of the financial asset.

(13) Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is determined using the weighted-average method. The cost of finished goods and work in process comprises raw materials, direct labour, other direct costs and related production overheads (allocated based on normal operating capacity). It excludes borrowing costs. The item by item approach is used in applying the lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated cost of completion and applicable variable selling expenses.

(14) Investments accounted for using equity method / associates

  • A. Associates are all entities over which the Group has significant influence but not control. In general, it is presumed that the investor has significant influence, if an investor holds, directly or indirectly 20 per cent or more of the voting power of the investee. Investments in associates are accounted for using the equity method and are initially recognised at cost.

  • B. The Group’s share of its associates’ post-acquisition profits or losses is recognised in profit or loss, and its share of post-acquisition movements in other comprehensive income is recognised in other comprehensive income. When the Group’s share of losses in an associate equals or exceeds its interest in the associate, including any other unsecured receivables, the Group does not recognise further losses, unless it has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate.

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  • C. When changes in an associate’s equity do not arise from profit or loss or other comprehensive income of the associate and such changes do not affect the Group’s ownership percentage of the associate, the Group recognises change in ownership interests in the associate in ‘capital surplus’ in proportion to its ownership.

  • D. Unrealised gains on transactions between the Group and its associates are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the associates. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred. Accounting policies of associates have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

  • E. In the case that an associate issues new shares and the Group does not subscribe or acquire new shares proportionately, which results in a change in the Group’s ownership percentage of the associate but maintains significant influence on the associate, then ‘capital surplus’ and ‘investments accounted for under the equity method’ shall be adjusted for the increase or decrease of its share of equity interest. If the above condition causes a decrease in the Group’s ownership percentage of the associate, in addition to the above adjustment, the amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the associate are reclassified to profit or loss proportionately on the same basis as would be required if the relevant assets or liabilities were disposed of.

  • F. When the Group disposes its investment in an associate and loses significant influence over this associate, the amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the associate, are reclassified to profit or loss, on the same basis as would be required if the relevant assets or liabilities were disposed of. If it retains significant influence over this associate, then the amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the associate are reclassified to profit or loss proportionately in accordance with the aforementioned approach.

(15) Property, plant and equipment

  • A. Property, plant and equipment are initially recorded at cost. Borrowing costs incurred during the construction period are capitalised.

  • B. Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognised. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the financial period in which they are incurred.

  • C. Land is not depreciated. Other property, plant and equipment apply cost model and are depreciated using the straight-line method to allocate their cost over their estimated useful lives. Each part of an item of property, plant, and equipment with a cost that is significant in relation to the total cost of the item must be depreciated separately.

  • D. The assets’ residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if

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appropriate, at each financial year-end. If expectations for the assets’ residual values and useful lives differ from previous estimates or the patterns of consumption of the assets’ future economic benefits embodied in the assets have changed significantly, any change is accounted for as a change in estimate under IAS 8, ‘Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors’, from the date of the change. The estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

and equipment are as follows:
Buildings and structures 30 ~ 50 years
Machinery and equipment 5 ~ 20 years
Mold equipment 1 ~ 2 years
Other equipment 1 ~ 20 years

(16) Investment property

An investment property is stated initially at its cost and measured subsequently using the cost model. Except for land, investment property is depreciated on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of 50 years.

(17) Intangible assets

  • A. Computer software is stated at cost and amortised on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of 2 to 5 years.

  • B. Goodwill arises in a business combination accounted for by applying the acquisition method.

  • C. Other intangible assets are mainly customer relationships and technology and amortised using the straight-line method over 0.5~7 years.

(18) Impairment of non-financial assets

  • A. The Group assesses at each balance sheet date the recoverable amounts of those assets where there is an indication that they are impaired. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell or value in use. Except for goodwill, when the circumstances or reasons for recognizing impairment loss for an asset in prior years no longer exist or diminish, the impairment loss is reversed. The increased carrying amount due to reversal should not be more than what the depreciated or amortised historical cost would have been if the impairment had not been recognised.

  • B. The recoverable amounts of goodwill with an indefinite useful life. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment loss of goodwill previously recognised in profit or loss shall not be reversed in the following years.

  • C. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of the cash-generating units, or groups of cash-generating units, that is/are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combination. Each unit or group of units to which the goodwill is allocated represents the lowest level within the entity at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes. Goodwill is monitored at the operating segment

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level.

(19) Borrowings

Borrowings comprise long-term and short-term bank borrowings. Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortised cost; any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognised in profit or loss over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest method.

(20) Notes and accounts payable

  • A. Accounts payable are liabilities for purchases of raw materials, goods or services and notes payable are those resulting from operating and non-operating activities.

  • B. The short-term notes and accounts payable without bearing interest are subsequently measured at initial invoice amount as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

(21) Derecognition of financial liabilities

A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability specified in the contract is discharged or cancelled or expires.

(22) Provisions

Warranty provision is recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, and it is probable that an outflow of economic resources will be required to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be reliably estimated. Provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation on the balance sheet date, which is discounted using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects the current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the obligation. When discounting is used, the increase in the provision due to passage of time is recognised as interest expense. Provisions are not recognised for future operating losses.

(23) Employee benefits

  • A. Short-term employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits are measured at the undiscounted amount of the benefits expected to be paid in respect of service rendered by employees in a period and should be recognised as expenses in that period when the employees render service.

  • B. Pensions

  • (a) Defined contribution plans

For defined contribution plans, the contributions are recognised as pension expenses when they are due on an accrual basis. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent of a cash refund or a reduction in the future payments.

  • (b) Defined benefit plans

  • i. Net obligation under a defined benefit plan is defined as the present value of an amount

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of pension benefits that employees will receive on retirement for their services with the Group in current period or prior periods. The liability recognised in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the balance sheet date less the fair value of plan assets. The net defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The rate used to discount is determined by using interest rates of high-quality corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension liability; when there is no deep market in high-quality corporate bonds, the Group uses interest rates of government bonds (at the balance sheet date) instead.

     - ii. Remeasurements arising on defined benefit plans are recognised in other comprehensive income in the period in which they arise and are recorded as retained earnings.
  • C. Employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration

    • Employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration are recognised as expenses and liabilities, provided that such recognition is required under legal or constructive obligation and those amounts can be reliably estimated. Any difference between the resolved amounts and the subsequently actual distributed amounts is accounted for as changes in estimates. If employee compensation is distributed by shares, the Group calculates the number of shares based on the closing price at the previous day of the board meeting resolution.
  • (24) Employee share based payment

  • A. For the equity-settled share-based payment arrangements, the employee services received are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments granted at the grant date, and are recognised as compensation cost over the vesting period, with a corresponding adjustment to equity. The fair value of the equity instruments granted shall reflect the impact of market vesting conditions and non-market vesting conditions. Compensation cost is subject to adjustment based on the service conditions that are expected to be satisfied and the estimates of the number of equity instruments that are expected to vest under the non-market vesting conditions at each balance sheet date. Ultimately, the amount of compensation cost recognised is based on the number of equity instruments that eventually vest.

  • B. Restricted stocks:

    • (a) Restricted stocks issued to employees are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments granted at the grant date, and are recognised as compensation cost over thevesting period.

    • (b) For restricted stocks where those stocks do not restrict distribution of dividends to employees and employees are not required to return the dividends received if they resign during the vesting period, the Group recognises the fair value of the dividends received by the employees who are expected to resign during the vesting period as compensation cost at

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the date of dividends declared.

  - (c) For restricted stocks where employees have to pay to acquire those stocks, if employees resign during the vesting period, they must return the stocks to the Group and the Group must refund their payments on the stocks, the Group recognises the payments from the employees who are expected to resign during the vesting period as liabilities at the grant date, and recognises the payments from the employees who are expected to be eventually vested with the stocks in ’capital surplus - others’.
  • (25) Income tax

  • A. The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or items recognised directly in equity, in which cases the tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or equity.

  • B. The current income tax expense is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company and its subsidiaries operate and generate taxable income. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in accordance with applicable tax regulations. It establishes provisions where appropriate based on the amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities. An additional 10% tax is levied on the unappropriated retained earnings and is recorded as income tax expense in the year the stockholders resolve to retain the earnings.

  • C. Deferred income tax is recognised, using the balance sheet liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated balance sheet. However, the deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associates, except where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax liability is settled.

  • D. Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised. At each balance sheet date, unrecognised and recognised deferred income tax assets are reassessed.

(26) Dividends

Dividends are recorded in the Company’s financial statements in the period in which they are approved by the Company’s shareholders. Cash dividends are recorded as liabilities; stock dividends are recorded as stock dividends to be distributed and are reclassified to ordinary shares

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on the effective date of new shares issuance.

(27) Revenue recognition

  • A. Sales of goods

The Group manufactures and sells digital cameras and optical products. Sales are recognised when control of the products has transferred, being when the products are delivered to the customer, the wholesaler has full discretion over the channel and price to sell the products, and there is no unfulfilled obligation that could affect the customer’s acceptance of the products. Delivery occurs when the products have been shipped to the specific location, the risks of obsolescence and loss have been transferred to the customer, and either the customer has accepted the products in accordance with the sales contract, or the Group has objective evidence that all criteria for acceptance have been satisfied.

  • B. Sales of services

  • The Group provides product research and development services. Revenue from delivering services is recognised under the percentage-of-completion method when the outcome of services provided can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion of a service contract is measured by the percentage of the actual services performed as of the financial reporting date to the total services to be performed. If the outcome of a service contract cannot be estimated reliably, contract revenue is recognised only to the extent that contract costs incurred are likely to be recoverable.

  • C. Incremental costs of obtaining a contract

  • Given that the contractual period lasts less than one year, the Group recognises the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as an expense when incurred although the Group expects to recover those costs.

(28) Business combinations

  • A. The Group uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for an acquisition is measured as the fair value of the assets transferred, liabilities incurred or assumed and equity instruments issued at the acquisition date, plus the fair value of any assets and liabilities resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. All acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. For each business combination, the Group measures at the acquisition date components of non-controlling interests in the acquiree that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to the proportionate share of the entity’s net assets in the event of liquidation at either fair value or the present ownership instruments’ proportionate share in the recognised amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. All other non-controlling interests should be measured at the acquisition-date fair value.

  • B. The excess of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the fair value of any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the fair value of

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the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill at the acquisition date.

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(29) Operating segments

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker. The chief operating decision-maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments, has been identified as the Board of Directors that makes strategic decisions.

5. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS, ESTIMATES AND KEY SOURCES OF

ASSUMPTION UNCERTAINTY

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make critical judgements in applying the Group’s accounting policies and make critical assumptions and estimates concerning future events. Assumptions and estimates may differ from the actual results and are continually evaluated and adjusted based on historical experience and other factors. Such assumptions and estimates have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year; and the related information is addressed below:

(1) Critical judgements in applying the Group’s accounting policies

None.

(2) Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

  • A. Impairment assessment of tangible assets

The Group assesses impairment based on its subjective judgement and determines the separate cash flows of a specific group of assets, useful lives of assets and the future possible income and expenses arising from the assets depending on how assets are utilised and industrial characteristics. Any changes of economic circumstances or estimates due to the change of Group strategy might cause material impairment on assets in the future.

As of December 31, 2018, the Group recognised property, plant and equipment, net of impairment loss. Please refer to Note 6(9).

  • B. Evaluation of inventories

As inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, the Group must determine the net realisable value of inventories on balance sheet date using judgements and estimates. Due to the rapid technology innovation, the Group evaluates the amounts of normal inventory consumption, obsolete inventories or inventories without market selling value on balance sheet date, and writes down the cost of inventories to the net realisable value. Such an evaluation of inventories is principally based on the demand for the products within the specified period in the future. Therefore, there might be material changes to the evaluation.

As of December 31, 2018, the carrying amount of inventories is described in Note 6(6).

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6. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS

(1) Cash and cash equivalents

TAILS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash on hand and revolving funds
Checking accounts and demand deposits
Time deposits
December 31,2018
3,253
$ 1,753,475
31,327
1,788,055
$
December 31,2017
3,537
$ 2,173,725
67,862
2,245,124
$
  • A. The Group associates with a variety of financial institutions all with high credit quality to disperse credit risk, so it expects that the probability of counterparty default is remote.

  • B. The Group has no cash and cash equivalents pledged to others.

(2) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Items December 31,2018
Current items:
Financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value
through profit or loss
Unlisted stocks $ 130
Valuation adjustment ( 130)
$ -
  • A. The Group has no financial assets at fair value through profit or loss pledged to others.

  • B. Information relating to credit risk of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss is provided in Note 12(2).

  • C. Information on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as of December 31, 2017 is provided in Note 12(4).

(3) Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income – non-current

Items December 31,2018
Current items:
Equity instruments
Listed stocks $ 844,299
Valuation adjustment ( 207,085)
$ 637,214
Non-current items:
Equity instruments
Listed stocks $ 636,816
Unlisted stocks 225,982
862,798
Valuation adjustment ( 186,377)
$ 676,421

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  • A. The Group has elected to classify equity investments that are considered to be strategic investments or steady dividend income as financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. The fair value of such investments amounted to $1,313,635 as at December 31, 2018.

  • B. Amounts recognised in profit or loss and other comprehensive income in relation to the financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income are listed below:

Equity instruments at fair value through other December 31, 2018

comprehensive income Fair value change recognised in other comprehensive income ($ 616,491)

  • C. As at December 31, 2018, without taking into account any collateral held or other credit enhancements, the maximum exposure to credit risk in respect of the amount that best represents the financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income held by the Group was $1,313,635.

  • D. The Group has no financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income pledged to others as collateral.

  • E. Information relating to credit risk of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income is provided in Note 12(2).

  • F. Information on available-for-sale financial assets and financial assets at cost as of December 31, 2017 is provided in Note 12(4).

(4) Financial assets at amortised cost - current

2017 is provided in Note 12(4).
Financial assets at amortised cost-current
Items
Current items:
Time deposits with initial maturity over three
months
December31,2018
547,106
$
  • A. Amounts recognised in profit or loss in relation to financial assets at amortised cost are listed below:

2018 Interest income $ 10,631

  • B. Information relating to credit risk is provided in Note 12(2).

  • C. The information on December 31, 2017 is provided in Note 6(7).

(5) Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable
December 31,2018 December 31,2017
Accounts receivable $ 1,288,576
$ 1,857,670
Less: Allowance for bad debts ( 173,783)
( 165,611)
Accounts receivable, related parties 12,341 12,320
Accounts receivable, net $ 1,127,134 $ 1,704,379

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Not past due
1 to 90 days
91 to 180 days
Over 180 days
December 31,2018
890,654
$ 236,416
43
173,804
1,300,917
$
December 31,2017
1,413,651
$ 286,577
3,701
166,061
1,869,990
$

The above ageing analysis was based on past due date.

A. The Group has no accounts receivable pledged to others.

B. As at December 31, 2018, without taking into account any collateral held or other credit enhancements, the maximum exposure to credit risk in respect of the amount that best represents the accounts receivable held by the Group was $1,127,134.

  • C. Information relating to credit risk of accounts receivable is provided in Note 12(2).

(6) Inventories

Inventories
Merchandise
Finished goods
Work in process
Raw materials
Inventory in transit
Merchandise
Finished goods
Work in process
Raw materials
Inventory in transit
December 31,2018
Allowance for
Cost
valuation loss
144,950
$ 9,923)
($ 409,873
75,488)
(
181,470
8,048)
(
957,275
292,563)
(
28,556
-
1,722,124
$ 386,022)
($ December 31,2017
Book value
135,027
$ 334,385
173,422
664,712
28,556
1,336,102
$
Allowance for
Cost
valuation loss
200,736
$ 5,103)
($ 508,453
85,053)
(
131,430
6,962)
(
845,050
145,798)
(
58,641
-
1,744,310
$ 242,916)
($
Book value
195,633
$ 423,400
124,468
699,252
58,641
1,501,394
$

The cost of inventories recognised as expense for the year:

Cost of goods sold
Loss on decline in market value
Other operating costs
2018
6,725,083
$ 143,106
120,548
6,988,737
$
2017
9,584,252
$ 121,543
79,633
9,785,428
$

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(7) Other current assets

Other current assets
Time deposits with maturity over three months
Other receivables
Others
December 31,2018
-
$ 185,757
169,407
355,164
$
December 31,2017
442,925
$ 120,011
79,514
642,450
$

(8) Investments accounted for using equity method

Investments accounted for using equity method
Associates
Altasec Technology Corporation (Altasec
Technology)
Ever Pine International Ltd. (BVI) (EVER PINE)
December 31,2018
12,293
$ -
12,293
$
December 31,2017
4,020
$ -
4,020
$
  • A. The above investment was accounted for using equity method as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 based on the investee’s financial statements audited by other independent accountants.

  • B. The carrying amount of the Group’s interests in all individually immaterial associates and the Group’s share of the operating results are summarised below:

Group’s share of the operating results are summarised below:
The Group’s share in profit (loss) recognised under the equity method
December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $8,273 and $954, respectively.
2018
Total comprehensive income
27,578
$
2017
3,180
$
for the years ended

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(9) Property, plant and equipment

January1,2018
Cost
Accumulated
depreciation
and impairment
2018
Opening net book
amount
Additions
Acquired from
business
combination
Reclassifictaion
Disposals
Depreciation
Impaiment loss
Net exchange
differences
Closing net book
amount
At December 31,
2018
Land Buildings
and structures
Machinery Mold
equipment
Other
equipment and
Construction in
progress
Total
1,358,413
$ -
1,358,413
$ 1,358,413
$ -
-
-
39,114)
(
-
-
-
1,319,299
$ 1,319,299
$ -
1,319,299
$
2,656,704
$ 557,143)
(
2,099,561
$ 2,099,561
$ 271
-
2,108)
(
169,675)
(
83,219)
(
-
12,418)
(
1,832,412
$ 2,449,244
$ 616,832)
(
1,832,412
$
2,359,217
$ 1,970,368)
(
388,849
$ 388,849
$ 78,720
719
-
8,326)
(
131,868)
(
52,108)
(
3,579)
(
272,407
$ 2,173,482
$ 1,901,075)
(
272,407
$
1,693,258
$ 1,669,631)
(
23,627
$ 23,627
$ 94,364
2,088
-
-
105,212)
(
-
-
14,867
$ 954,373
$ 939,506)
(
14,867
$
608,404
$ 489,091)
(
119,313
$ 119,313
$ 8,091
2,580
-
5,026)
(
23,647)
(
-
350)
(
100,961
$ 608,448
$ 507,487)
(
100,961
$
8,675,996
$ 4,686,233)
(
3,989,763
$ 3,989,763
$ 181,446
5,387
2,108)
(
222,141)
(
343,946)
(
52,108)
(
16,347)
(
3,539,946
$ 7,504,846
$ 3,964,900)
(
3,539,946
$
Cost
Accumulated
depreciation
and impairment

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January1,2017
Cost
Accumulated
depreciation
and impairment
2017
Opening net book
amount
Additions
Reclassification
Disposals
Depreciation
Net exchange
differences
Closing net book
amount
At December 31,
2017
Land Buildings and
structures
Machinery Mold
equipment
Other
equipment and
Construction in
progress
Total
1,343,071
$ -
1,343,071
$ 1,343,071
$ 22,230
-
6,888)
(
-
-
1,358,413
$ 1,358,413
$ -
1,358,413
$
1,845,374
$ 503,235)
(
1,342,139
$ 1,342,139
$ 255,077
609,478
24,303)
(
65,799)
(
17,031)
(
2,099,561
$ 2,656,704
$ 557,143)
(
2,099,561
$
2,474,714
$ 1,943,837)
(
530,877
$ 530,877
$ 29,850
-
4,502)
(
153,677)
(
13,699)
(
388,849
$ 2,359,217
$ 1,970,368)
(
388,849
$
1,788,413
$ 1,743,706)
(
44,707
$ 44,707
$ 67,409
-
-
88,488)
(
1)
(
23,627
$ 1,693,258
$ 1,669,631)
(
23,627
$
1,250,984
$ 577,095)
(
673,889
$ 673,889
$ 78,816
609,478)
(
782)
(
21,797)
(
1,335)
(
119,313
$ 608,404
$ 489,091)
(
119,313
$
8,702,556
$ 4,767,873)
(
3,934,683
$ 3,934,683
$ 453,382
-
36,475)
(
329,761)
(
32,066)
(
3,989,763
$ 8,675,996
$ 4,686,233)
(
3,989,763
$
Cost
Accumulated
depreciation
and impairment

A. Impairment information about the property, plant and equipment is provided in Note 6(12).

B. Information about the property, plant and equipment that were pledged to others as collateral is provided in Note 8.

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(10) Investment property

At January1,2018
Cost
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
2018
Opening net book amount
Depreciation
Closing net book amount
At December 31, 2018
Cost
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
At January1,2017
Cost
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
2017
Opening net book amount
Depreciation
Closing net book amount
At December 31, 2017
Cost
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
Buildings and
Land
structures
Total
257,174
$ 521,053
$ 778,227
$ -
179,625)
(
179,625)
(
257,174
$ 341,428
$ 598,602
$ 257,174
$ 341,428
$ 598,602
$ -
10,217)
(
10,217)
(
257,174
$ 331,211
$ 588,385
$ 257,174
$ 521,053
$ 778,227
$ -
189,842)
(
189,842)
(
257,174
$ 331,211
$ 588,385
$ Buildings and
Land
structures
Total
257,174
$ 521,053
$ 778,227
$ -
169,408)
(
169,408)
(
257,174
$ 351,645
$ 608,819
$ 257,174
$ 351,645
$ 608,819
$ -
10,217)
(
10,217)
(
257,174
$ 341,428
$ 598,602
$ 257,174
$ 521,053
$ 778,227
$ -
179,625)
(
179,625)
(
257,174
$ 341,428
$ 598,602
$

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A. Rental income from the lease of the investment property and direct operating expenses arising from the investment property are shown below:

from the investment property are shown below:
Rental income from the lease of the investment
property
Direct operating expenses arising from the
investment property that generated rental
income in the period
2018
32,260
$ 10,217
$
2017
31,380
$
10,217
$

B.The fair value of the investment property held by the Group as at December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $1,696,894 and $1,616,301, respectively, which was based on the valuations of the market prices of property sold in similar districts.

(11) Intangible assets

Software
At January1,2018
Cost
61,116
$ Accumulated amortisation and
impairment
55,510)
(
5,606
$ 2018
Opening net book amount
5,606
$ Additions-acquired separately
9,293
Additions-acquired through
business combinations
-
Amortisation charge
3,763)
(
Net exchange differences
1)
(
Closing net book amount
11,135
$ At December 31,2018
Cost
70,396
$ Accumulated amortisation and
impairment
59,261)
(
11,135
$
Goodwill
Others
Total
-
$ -
$ 61,116
$ -
-
55,510)
(
-
$ -
$ 5,606
$ -
$ -
$ 5,606
$ -
-
9,293
115,084
37,600
152,684
-
4,792)
(
8,555)
(
-
-
1)
(
115,084
$ 32,808
$ 159,027
$ 115,084
$ 37,600
$ 223,080
$ -
4,792)
(
64,053)
(
115,084
$ 32,808
$ 159,027
$

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Software
At January1,2017
Cost
54,413
$ Accumulated amortisation and
impairment
51,486)
(
2,927
$ 2017
Opening net book amount
2,927
$ Additions-acquired separately
6,717
Amortisation charge
4,033)
(
Effect of changes on exchange rate
5)
(
Closing net book amount
5,606
$ At December 31,2017
Cost
61,116
$ Accumulated amortisation and
impairment
55,510)
(
5,606
$
Goodwill
-
$ -
-
$ -
$ -
-
-
-
$ -
$ -
-
$
Others
Total
-
$ 54,413
$ -
51,486)
(
-
$ 2,927
$ -
$ 2,927
$ -
6,717
-
4,033)
(
-
5)
(
-
$ 5,606
$ -
$ 61,116
$ -
55,510)
(
-
$ 5,606
$

(12) Impairment of non-financial assets

  • A. The Group recognised impairment loss for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 of

  • $52,108 and $0, respectively. Details of such loss are as follows:

Impairment loss-
machinery
Recognised in
Recognised
other comprehensive
inprofit or loss
income
52,108
$ -
$ 2018
Recognised in
Recognised
other comprehensive
inprofit or loss
income
-
$ -
$ 2017

B. The impairment loss reported by operating segments is as follows:

Impairment loss -
optical
manufacturing
segment
Recognised in
Recognised
other comprehensive
inprofit or loss
income
52,108
$ -
$ 2018
Recognised in
Recognised
other comprehensive
inprofit or loss
income
-
$ -
$ 2017

The product demand decreased due to the highly competitive market and the Group faded out mobile camera module field in 2018. The Group adjusted book values based on recoverable amounts after management assessment, and recognised impairment loss amounting to $52,108.

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(13) Long-term prepaid rent (shown as ‘Other non-current assets’)

During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Group signed a land use contract with the People’s Government of Liaobu of Dongguan City in Guangdong province, PRC and Nanjing Hi-Tech Economic Development Zone General Corporation for the use of land at Huanan Industrial Park and Nanjing New & High Technology Industry Development Zone with a term of 50 years. All rentals had been paid on the contract date.

Short-term borrowings
Land use rights
Type of borrowings
Secured bank borrowings
Unsecured bank borrowings
Type of borrowings
Secured bank borrowings
Unsecured bank borrowings
December31,2018
27,881
$ 410,766
438,647
$ December 31,2017
41,699
$ 298,058
339,757
$
December31,2018
December31,2017
72,224
$ 75,604
$ Interest rate range
Collateral
5.22%~6.57%
Buildings and Structures
0.90%~5.95%
-
Interest rate range
Collateral
5.003%~5.39%
Buildings and structures
1.19%~5.38%
-

(14) Short-term borrowings

For details of unused short-term lines of credit, please refer to Note 12 (2).

(15) Other payables

Other payables
Employees’ salary and compensation payable

Tax payable
Construction payable
Service fees payable
Accrued employees’ compensation and directors’
and supervisors’ remuneration
Other payables
December 31,2018
543,807
$ 7,418
3,999
2,234
-
222,128
779,586
$
December 31,2017
573,334
$ 16,189
37,456
49,265
23,177
171,629
871,050
$

(16) Pensions

A.(a)The Company and its domestic subsidiaries have a defined benefit pension plan in accordance with the Labor Standards Law, covering all regular employees’ service years prior to the enforcement of the Labor Pension Act on July 1, 2005 and service years thereafter of employees who chose to continue to be subject to the pension mechanism under the Law. Under the defined benefit pension plan, two units are accrued for each year of service for the first 15 years and one unit for each additional year thereafter, subject to a maximum of 45 units. Pension benefits are based on the number of units accrued and the average monthly salaries and wages of the last 6 months prior to retirement. The Company and its domestic subsidiaries contribute monthly an amount equal to 2% of the employees’

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monthly salaries and wages to the retirement fund deposited with Bank of Taiwan, the trustee, under the name of the independent retirement fund committee. Also, the Company and its domestic subsidiaries would assess the balance in the aforementioned labor pension reserve account by December 31, every year. If the account balance is not enough to pay the pension calculated by the aforementioned method to the employees expected to qualify for retirement in the following year, the Company and its domestic subsidiaries will make contribution for the deficit by next March.

(b)The amounts recognised in the balance sheet are determined as follows:

December 31,2018 December 31,2017
Present value of defined benefit obligations $ 103,386
$ 102,321
Fair value of plan assets ( 53,079) ( 51,149)
Net defined benefit liability $ 50,307 $ 51,172

(c)Changes in present value of funded obligations are as follows:

Present value of defined Present value of defined Fair value of Fair value of Net defined
benefit obligations plan assets benefit liability
Year ended December 31, 2018
Balance at January 1 $ 102,321
($ 51,149)
$ 51,172
Interest expense (income) 1,589 ( 758) 831
103,910 ( 51,907) 52,003
Remeasurements:
Return on plan assets
(excluding amounts included in
interest income or expense)
Change in demographic assumptions 2,266 - 2,266
Change in financial assumptions 4,894 - 4,894
Experience adjustments ( 4,231) ( 1,584) ( 5,815)
2,929 ( 1,584) 1,345
Pension fund contribution - ( 3,041)
( 3,041)
Paid pension ( 3,453) 3,453 -
Balance at December 31 $ 103,386 ($ 53,079) $ 50,307

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Present value of defined Present value of defined Fair value of Fair value of Net defined
benefit obligations plan assets benefit liability
Year ended December 31, 2017
Balance at January 1 $ 119,306
($ 61,613)
$ 57,693
Interest expense (income) 2,082 ( 1,033) 1,049
121,388 ( 62,646) 58,742
Remeasurements:
Return on plan assets
(excluding amounts included in
interest income or expense)
Change in demographic assumptions ( 4,396)
- ( 4,396)
Change in financial assumptions 3,397 - 3,397
Experience adjustments ( 3,662) 370 ( 3,292)
( 4,661) 370 ( 4,291)
Pension fund contribution - ( 3,279)
( 3,279)
Paid pension ( 14,406) 14,406 -
Balance at December 31 $ 102,321 ($ 51,149) $ 51,172
  • (d)The Bank of Taiwan was commissioned to manage the Fund of the Company’s and domestic subsidiaries’ defined benefit pension plan in accordance with the Fund’s annual investment and utilisation plan and the “Regulations for Revenues, Expenditures, Safeguard and Utilisation of the Labor Retirement Fund” (Article 6: The scope of utilisation for the Fund includes deposit in domestic or foreign financial institutions, investment in domestic or foreign listed, over-the-counter, or private placement equity securities, investment in domestic or foreign real estate securitization products, etc.). With regard to the utilisation of the Fund, its minimum earnings in the annual distributions on the final financial statements shall be no less than the earnings attainable from the amounts accrued from two-year time deposits with the interest rates offered by local banks. If the earnings is less than aforementioned rates, government shall make payment for the deficit after being authorised by the Regulator. The Company and domestic subsidiaries have no right to participate in managing and operating that fund and hence the Company and domestic subsidiaries are unable to disclose the classification of plan assets fair value in accordance with IAS 19 paragraph 142. The composition of fair value of plan assets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 is given in the Annual Labor Retirement Fund Utilisation Report announced by the government.

(e)The principal actuarial assumptions used were as follows:

Discount rate
Future salary increases
2018
1.125%~1.28%
1.75%~3%
2017
1.25%~1.6%
1.75%~3%

Assumptions regarding future mortality experience are set based on the published statistics

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and experience in the 5[th] Taiwan Standard Ordinary Experience Mortality Table.

Because the main actuarial assumption changed, the present value of defined benefit obligation is affected. The analysis was as follows:

Increase 0.5%
Decrease 0.5%
December 31, 2018
Effect on present value of
defined benefit obligation
7,769)
($ 8,539
$ December 31, 2017
Effect on present value of
defined benefit obligation
7,984)
($ 8,802
$ Discount rate
Increase 0.5%
Decrease 0.5%
8,343
$ 7,674)
($ 8,628
$ 7,910)
($ Future salaryincreases

The sensitivity analysis above is based on one assumption which changed while the other conditions remain unchanged. In practice, more than one assumption may change all at once. The method of analysing sensitivity and the method of calculating net pension liability in the balance sheet are the same.

The methods and types of assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis did not change compared to the previous period.

  • (f)Expected contributions to the defined benefit pension plans of the Group for the year ending December 31, 2019 are $2,858.

(g)As of December 31, 2018, the weighted average duration of that retirement plan is 17 years. The analysis of timing of the future pension payment was as follows:

The analysis of timing of the future pension payment was as follows:
Within 1 year
1-2 year(s)
2-5 years
Over 5 years
7,984
$ 9,903
23,552
59,382
100,821
$

B.(a)Effective July 1, 2005, the Company and its domestic subsidiaries have established a defined contribution pension plan (the “New Plan”) under the Labor Pension Act (the “Act”), covering all regular employees with R.O.C. nationality. Under the New Plan, the Company and its domestic subsidiaries contribute monthly an amount based on 6% of the employees’ monthly salaries and wages to the employees’ individual pension accounts at the Bureau of Labor Insurance. The benefits accrued are paid monthly or in lump sum upon termination of employment.

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  - (b)The Group’s mainland subsidiaries have a defined contribution plan. Monthly contributions to an independent fund administered by the government in accordance with the pension regulations in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are based on certain percentages of employees’ monthly salaries and wages. Other than the monthly contributions, the Group has no further obligations.

  - (c)The pension costs under the defined contribution pension plans of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $38,523 and $37,470, respectively.
  • (17) Share-based payment

  • A. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Group’s share-based payment arrangements were as follows:

Type of arrangement Grant date Quantity granted Contract period Vesting conditions Restricted stocks to employees (Note) 2014.05.21 22,000 3 years 3 years’ service The above share-based payment arrangements are equity settled.

Note: The restricted stocks issued by the Group cannot be transferred during the vesting period, but voting right and dividend right are not restricted on these stocks. Employees are required to return the stocks but not required to return the dividends received if they resign during the vesting period.

  • B. For the Company’s restricted stocks to employees plan, the fair value on the grant date is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The weighted-average parameters used in the estimation of the fair value are as follows:
Type of
arrangement
Restricted stocks to
employees plan
Restricted stocks to
employees plan
Restricted stocks to
employees plan
Expiration
After 1 year
After 2 years
After 3 years
Stock price
(in dollars)
$20.90
$20.90
$20.90
Exercise
price
(in dollars)
$10
$10
$10
Price
volatility

22.22%
21.15%
25.67%
Dividends
8.22%
-
-
Interest
rate
1.4628%
1.6421%
1.9488%
Fair value
per unit
(in dollars)
$8.4358
$6.3536
$4.9827

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  • C. Expenses incurred on share-based payment transactions are shown below:
Equity-settled 2018
-
$
2017
2,730
$
  • D. The Group has purchased 2 thousand shares and 93 thousand shares at $10 per share, which amounted to $22 and $934, during 2018 and 2017, respectively, for employees who have resigned during the vesting period. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the retirement of employee restricted stocks purchased had been completed.

(18) Provisions (shown as ‘Other current liabilities’)

Warranty 2018 2017
At January 1 $ 136,439
$ 222,181
Reversal of provisions ( 30,279) ( 85,742)
At December 31 $ 106,160 $ 136,439

(19) Share capital

As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s authorised capital was $5,400,000, consisting of 540 million shares of ordinary stock, and the paid-in capital was $2,823,628 with a par value of $10 (in dollars) per share.

(20) Capital surplus

Pursuant to the R.O.C. Company Act, capital surplus arising from paid-in capital in excess of par value on issuance of common stocks and donations can be used to cover accumulated deficit or to issue new stocks or cash to shareholders in proportion to their share ownership, provided that the Company has no accumulated deficit. Further, the R.O.C. Securities and Exchange Law requires that the amount of capital surplus to be capitalised mentioned above should not exceed 10% of the paid-in capital each year. Capital surplus should not be used to cover accumulated deficit unless the legal reserve is insufficient.

At January 1, 2018
Employee restricted shares
At December 31, 2018
At January 1, 2017
Employee restricted shares
At December 31, 2017
Sharepremium
1,245,854
$ 581
1,246,435
$ Sharepremium
1,214,046
$ 31,808
1,245,854
$
Treasury share
transactions
219,206
$ -
219,206
$ Treasury share
transactions
219,206
$ -
219,206
$
Capital reserve
from gain on
disposal of assets
56
$ -
56
$ Capital reserve
from gain on
disposal of assets
56
$ -
56
$
Employee
Employee
restricted
stock options
shares
97,738
$ 215
$ -
195)
(
97,738
$ 20
$ Employee
Employee
restricted
stock options
shares
97,738
$ 29,077
$ -
28,862)
(
97,738
$ 215
$
Employee
restricted
shares

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(21) Retained earnings

  • A. Under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the current year’s earnings, if any, shall first be used to pay all taxes and offset prior years’ operating losses. Then, 10% of the remaining amount shall be set aside as legal reserve until the legal reserve equals the total capital stock balance and the Company shall appropriate or reverse special reserve when necessary. The appropriation of the remainder along with beginning unappropriated earnings is the accumulated distributable earnings for shareholders, which shall be proposed by the Board of Directors and resolved by the shareholders.

  • B. In accordance with the regulations, the Company shall set aside special reserve from the debit balance on other equity items at the balance sheet date before distributing earnings. When debit balance on other equity items is reversed subsequently, the reversed amount could be included in the distributable earnings.

  • C. The Company’s dividend policy is adopted taking into consideration the Company’s financial structure, future capital expenditures, future cash flows and assurance of the Company’s competitiveness in the market. In accordance with the dividend policy, cash dividends shall account for at least 10% of the total dividends distributed.

  • D. Except for covering accumulated deficit or issuing new stocks or cash to shareholders in proportion to their share ownership, the legal reserve shall not be used for any other purpose. The use of legal reserve for the issuance of stocks or cash to shareholders in proportion to their share ownership is permitted, provided that the balance of the reserve exceeds 25% of the Company’s paid-in capital.

  • E. The Company recognised dividends amounting to $254,171 during 2017. On June 11, 2018, the shareholders resolved for the distribution of dividends from 2017 earnings in the amount of $225,892 at $0.8 (in dollars) per share.

  • F. For the information relating to employees’ compensation and directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration, please refer to Note 6(26).

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(22) Other equity items

2018

Operating revenue
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign
operations
At January 1
89,939)
($ Effect of retrospective
application and retrospective
restatement
-
-Group
57,223
Revaluation
-
At December 31
32,716)
($ Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign
operations
At January 1
192,839
$ -Group
-
Revaluation
282,778)
(
Employee restricted shares
-Compensation cost
-
At December 31
89,939)
($ Currency translation differences:
Currency translation differences:
Sales revenue
Service revenue
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign
operations
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign
operations
Unrealised
gains/losses on
available-for-
sale
financial assets
Unrealised
gains/losses on
available-for-
sale
financial assets
Unrealised
gains/losses on
available-for-
sale
financial assets
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign
operations
Unrealised
gains/losses on
available-for-
sale
financial assets
($ $ 294,501)

-
536,391
-
241,890
2018
$

(23) Operating revenue

A. Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers

The Group derives revenue from the transfer of goods and services over time and at a point in time in the following main business segment:

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Optical
manufacturing Strategic
2018 segment investingsegment Total
Total segment revenue $ 12,152,115
$ 1,507,054
$ 13,659,169
Inter-segment revenue ( 5,502,200) ( 521,941) ( 6,024,141)
Revenue from external
customer contracts $ 6,649,915 $ 985,113 $ 7,635,028
Timing of revenue
At a point in time $ 6,321,619
$ 985,113
$ 7,306,732
Over time 328,296 - 328,296
$ 6,649,915 $ 985,113 $ 7,635,028

B. Contract liabilities

The Group has recognised the following revenue-related contract liabilities:

Contract liabilities - advance sales receipts (shown as Other current
liabilities)
December31,2018
104,278
$
  • C. Revenue recognised that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the year
year
Advance sales receipts December31,2018
104,362
$

(24) Other income

year
Other income
Advance sales receipts
December31,2018
104,362
$
Rental revenue
Interest income
Dividend income
2018
32,556
$
34,759
107,897
175,212
$
2017
31,589
$
26,344
100,707
158,640
$

(25) Other gains and losses

Other gains and losses
2018 2017
Gains on disposal of property, plant and equipment $ 68,856
$ 19,282
Net currency exchange gain (loss) 22,576 ( 67,828)
Depreciation on investment property ( 10,217)
( 10,217)
Impairment loss ( 52,108)
-
Grants revenue - 36,000
Other gains 19,356 32,155
$ 48,463 $ 9,392

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(26) Employee benefit, depreciation and amortisation expenses

Employee benefit expenses
Wages and salaries
Labor and health insurance fees
Pension costs
Other personnel expenses
Depreciation (Note)
Amortisation
2018
1,319,836
$
103,355
39,354
95,034
343,946
8,555
2017
1,357,484
$
112,615
38,519
70,401
329,761
4,033
  • Note: For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, depreciation on investment property amounted to $10,217 for both years and was shown as other gains and losses.

  • A. According to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, when distributing earnings, the Company shall distribute bonus to the employees and pay remuneration. The ratio shall not be lower than 8% and shall not be higher than 15% for employees’ compensation and shall not be higher than 1.5% for directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration.

  • B. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, employees’ compensation was accrued at $0 and $19,518, respectively; while directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration was accrued at $0 and $3,659, respectively. The aforementioned amounts were recognised in salary expenses.

  • Employees’ compensation and directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration for 2017 amounting to $19,518 and $3,659, respectively, as resolved at the shareholders’ meeting were in agreement with those amounts recognised in the 2017 financial statements. The employees’ compensation and directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration will be distributed in the form of cash. Information about employees’ compensation and directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration of the Company as resolved by the board of directors and shareholders during their meeting will be posted in the “Market Observation Post System” at the website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

(27) Income tax

  • A. Income tax expense (benefit)

  • (a) Components of income tax expense:

posted in the “Market Observation Post System” at the website of
change.
tax
ome tax expense (benefit)
Components of income tax expense:
the Taiwan Stock
2018
Current tax on profits for the year
31,158
$
Prior year income tax overestimation
35,226)
(

Origination and reversal of temporary
differences
79,394)
(
Impact of change in tax rate
12,810)
(
Land value increment tax
7,225
Income tax (benefit) expense
89,047)
($
2017
24,593
$
6,699)
(
3,989
-
-
21,883
$
  • (b) The income tax (charge)/credit relating to components of other comprehensive income is as

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follows:

Remeasurement of defined benefit obligations

Impact of change in tax rate

2018
269)
($
1,840)
(
2,109)
($
2017
730
$
-
730
$

B. Reconciliation between income tax expense and accounting profit

2018 2017
Tax calculated based on profit before tax and
statutory tax rate ($ 79,930)
$ 64,719
Tax effect of permanent differences 33,656 ( 50,933)
Effect of estimated assessment of tax ( 35,226)
( 6,699)
Tax effect of change in income tax rate ( 1,962)
14,796
Land value increment tax 7,225 -
Impact of change in tax rate ( 12,810)
-
Income tax (benefit) expense ($ 89,047)
$ 21,883

C. Amounts of deferred tax assets as a result of temporary differences are as follows:

Deferred tax assets:
Fees for after sales
Adjustment of bad debts
for tax purposes
Employee benefits
Taxable loss
Others
Deferred tax assets:
Fees for after sales
Adjustment of bad debts
for tax purposes
Employee benefits
Others
2018
Recognised in
Recognised in other comprehensive
January1
profit or loss
income

23,195
$
1,963)
($
-
$
26,808
7,145
-
10,610
-
2,109
-
80,360
-
23,283
6,662
-
83,896
$
92,204
$
2,109
$
2017
December 31
21,232
$
33,953
12,719
80,360
29,945
178,209
$
Recognised in
Recognised in other comprehensive
January1
profit or loss
income

31,012
$
7,817)
($
-
$
26,319
489
-
11,340
-
730)
(
19,944
3,339
-
88,615
$
3,989)
($
730)
($
December 31
23,195
$
26,808
10,610
23,283
83,896
$

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  • D. Expiration dates of unused net taxable loss and amounts of unrecognised deferred tax assets are as follows:

  • (a) Companies located in Taiwan:

December 31,2018 December 31,2018
Year incurred Amount filed/assessed
Unused amount
171,184
$
103,594
$
72,056
72,056
401,799
401,799
645,039
$
577,449
$
December 31,2017
Unrecognised
deferred tax assets
103,594
$
72,056
-
175,650
$
Expiry year
2021
2022
2028
2011
2012
2018
Year incurred Amount filed/assessed
167,284
$
72,056
91,382
330,722
$
Unused amount
167,284
$
72,056
91,382
330,722
$
Unrecognised
deferred tax assets
167,284
$
72,056
91,382
330,722
$
Expiry year
2021
2022
2027
2011
2012
2017
  • (b) In accordance with the tax regulations in Malaysia, the loss carryforward of the consolidated subsidiary, ALL VISION TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD, audited by other independent accountants, had no expiration date. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the unused loss carryforward amounted to $523,972 and $519,075, respectively.

  • E. The amounts of deductible temporary differences that are not recognised as deferred tax assets are as follows:

are as follows:
Deductible temporary differences December31,2018
1,277,971
$
December31,2017
1,299,279
$

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  • F. The Company has not recognised taxable temporary differences associated with investment in subsidiaries as deferred tax liabilities. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts of temporary differences unrecognised as deferred tax liabilities were $418,813 and $423,542, respectively.

  • G. The Company’s income tax returns through 2016 have been assessed and approved by the Tax Authority.

  • H. Under the amendments to the Income Tax Act which was promulgated by the President of the Republic of China on February 7, 2018, the Company’s applicable income tax rate was raised from 17% to 20% effective from January 1, 2018. The Group has assessed the impact of the change in income tax rate.

(28) (Loss) earnings per share

change in income tax rate.
8)(Loss) earnings per share
Amount after tax
Basic loss per share
Loss attributable to ordinary
shareholders of the parent
463,048)
($ Amount after tax

Basic earnings per share
Profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders of the parent
217,663
$
Diluted earnings per share
Assumed conversion of all dilutive
potential ordinary shares
Employee compensation
Employee restricted shares
Profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders of the parent plus
assumed conversion of all dilutive
potential ordinary shares
217,663
$
2018
Amount after tax

217,663
$
217,663
$
Weighted average
number of ordinary
shares outstanding
(shares in thousands)
281,061
1,095
29
282,185

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(29) Business combinations

  • A. In order to enforce AIoT and smart surveillance photography market layout, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of AndroVideo Inc. for $140,000 and obtained control over AndroVideo Inc. (referred herein as “AndroVideo”) on August 31, 2018. The Group is focused on research and development, manufacturing, and trading of digital monitoring system. The Group is expected to enforce its market position after the acquisition.

  • B. The following table summarises the consideration paid for AndroVideo and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:

December 31,2018
Purchase consideration
Cash paid $ 140,000
Fair value of the identifiable assets acquired
and liabilities assumed
Cash 3,202
Accounts receivable 853
Inventories 32,868
Other current assets 3,451
Property, plant and equipment 5,387
Other non-current assets 1,337
Other short-term borrowings ( 17,000)
Accounts payable ( 12,038)
Other current liabilities ( 30,744)
Other intangible assets 37,600
Total identifiable net assets 24,916
Goodwill $ 115,084

(30) Supplemental cash flow information

Investing activities with partial cash payments

Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Compensation revenue
Cash paid during the year
2018
2017
181,446
$ 453,382
$ -
36,000)
(
181,446
$ 417,382
$

(31) Changes in liabilities from financing activities

Changes in liabilities from financing activities arose from changes in cash flow from financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. Please refer to statements of cash flows for the details.

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7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

(1)Names of related parties and relationship

ATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
ames of related parties and relationship
Names of relatedparties
Altasec Technology Corporation (Altasec Technology)
AVY Precision Technology Inc. (AVY Precision)
AVY Co., Ltd. (AVY)
Shine Trade International Ltd. (Shine Trade)
Taichiba International Ltd. (Taichiba)
Relationshipwith the Company
Associate
Other related party
Other related party
Other related party
Other related party

(2)Significant related party transactions

The following disclosures are based on transactions with counterparties who are considered as related parties.

  • A. Operating revenue:
related parties.
A. Operating revenue:
2018 2017
Sales of goods:
-Associates $ 73,116 $ 41,125
Goods are sold based on the price lists in force and terms that would be available to third parties.
B. Purchases:
2018 2017
Purchases of goods:
-Other related parties $ 89,858 $ 196,654
Goods and services are purchased from other related parties on normal commercial terms and
conditions.
  • C. Receivables from related parties:
conditions.
C. Receivables from related parties:
D. Payable to related parties
Accounts receivable:
Associates
Accounts payable
-Other related parties
December 31,2018
12,341
$
December31,2018
38,144
$
December 31,2017
12,320
$
December31,2017
75,330
$

The payables to related parties arise mainly from purchase transactions and are due 1~6 months after the date of purchase.

  • E. Property transactions:

Purchase of property, plant and equipment:

after the date of purchase.
Property transactions:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment:
Associaties
Other related parties
Years ended December 31,
2018
-
$
7,572
7,572
$
2017
382
$
18,908
19,290
$

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(3)Key management compensation

Key management compensation
Salaries and other short-term employee benefits
Post-employment benefits
Share-based payments
2018
13,545
$
611
-
14,156
$
2017
21,792
$
674
329
22,795
$

8. PLEDGED ASSETS

The Group’s assets pledged as collateral are as follows:

Pledged asset
Land
Buildings and structures
December31,2018
December31,2017
1,256,394
$
1,256,394
$

27,850
29,816

1,284,244
$
1,286,210
$
Bookvalue
Purpose
December31,2018
1,256,394
$
27,850
1,284,244
$
Note
Bank borrowings

Note: In order to jointly develop the operational headquarters with general contractors, the land of Xinzhuang Fuduxin Section was pledged to banks as collateral.

9. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNISED CONTRACT

COMMITMENTS

None.

10. SIGNIFICANT DISASTER LOSS

None.

11. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE

None.

12. OTHERS

(1) Capital management

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt.

(2) Financial instruments

A. Financial instruments by category

The Group classified financial assets at amortised cost (including cash and cash equivalents, current financial assets at amortised cost and accounts receivable) with carrying amount of $3,462,295, and financial liabilities at amortised cost (including short-term borrowings, accounts payable and other payables) with carrying amount of $3,068,297 under IFRS 9. The information on carrying amounts of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income is provided in Note 6.

  • B. Financial risk management policies

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  • (a) The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk and price risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. The Group’s overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the Group’s financial position and financial performance.

  • (b) Risk management is carried out by a central treasury department (Group treasury) under policies approved by the board of directors. Group treasury identifies, evaluates and hedges financial risks in close cooperation with the Group’s operating units. The Board provides written principles for overall risk management, as well as written policies covering specific areas and matters, such as foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, use of derivative financial instruments and non-derivative financial instruments, and investment of excess liquidity.

  • C. Significant financial risks and degrees of financial risks

  • (a) Market risk

Foreign exchange risk

  • i. The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from the transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries used in various functional currency, primarily with respect to the USD and RMB. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions and recognised assets and liabilities.

  • ii. Management has set up a policy to require group companies to manage their foreign exchange risk against their functional currency. The companies are required to hedge their entire foreign exchange risk exposure with the Group treasury.

  • iii. The Group treasury’s risk management policy is to hedge (mainly export sales and purchase of inventory and processing charges) in each major foreign currency for the subsequent quarter.

  • iv. The Group has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to foreign currency translation risk. Currency exposure arising from the net assets of the Group’s foreign operations is managed primarily through borrowings denominated in the relevant foreign currencies, and China as the main regional.

  • v. The Group’s businesses involve some non-functional currency operations (the Company’s and certain subsidiaries’ functional currency: NTD; other certain subsidiaries’ functional currency: USD and RMB). The information on assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies whose values would be materially affected by the exchange rate fluctuations is as follows:

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December 31, 2018

(Foreign currency:
functional currency
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD:NTD
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD:NTD
USD:RMB
(Foreign currency:
functional currency
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD:NTD
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD:NTD
USD:RMB
Foreign currency
amount
(in thousands)
57,805
$
51,970
$
42,643
Exchange
Book value
rate
(NTD)
30.715
1,775,481
$
30.715
1,596,251
$
6.8632
292,665
December 31,2017
Exchange
Book value
rate
(NTD)
30.715
1,775,481
$
30.715
1,596,251
$
6.8632
292,665
December 31,2017
Sensitivityanalysis Sensitivityanalysis
Degree of
variation
1%
1%
1%
Effect on
profit or loss
Foreign currency
amount
(in thousands)
97,545
$
66,757
$
47,653
Exchange
rate
29.76
29.76
6.5342
Book value
(NTD)
2,902,939
$
1,986,688
$
311,374
Degree of
variation
1%
1%
1%


  • vi. Total exchange gain (loss), including realised and unrealised arising from significant foreign exchange variation on the monetary items held by the Group for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 amounted to $22,576 and ($67,828), respectively.

Price risk

  • i. The Group’s equity securities, which are exposed to price risk, are the held financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and available-for-sale financial assets. To manage its price risk arising from investments in equity securities, the Group diversifies its portfolio. Diversification of the portfolio is done in accordance with the limits set by the Group.

  • ii. The Group’s investments in equity securities comprise shares and open-end funds issued by the domestic and foreign companies. The prices of equity securities would change due to the change of the future value of investee companies. If the prices of these equity securities had increased/decreased by 10% with all other variables held constant. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, other components of equity would have increased/decreased by $131,364 and $169,675, respectively, as a result of other comprehensive income classified as available-for-sale equity investment and equity

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investment at fair value through other comprehensive income.

Cash flow and fair value interest rate risk

  • i. The Group’s main interest rate risk arises from bank borrowings with variable rates, which expose the Group to cash flow interest rate risk.

  • ii. The Group’s borrowings are measured at amortised cost. The borrowings are periodically contractually repriced and to that extent are also exposed to the risk of future changes in market interest rates.

  • iii. If the borrowing interest rate had increased/decreased by 1% with all other variables held constant, profit, net of tax for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, would have increased/decreased by $4,386 and $3,398, respectively. The main factor is that changes in interest expense result from floating rate borrowings.

  • (b) Credit risk

  • i. Credit risk refers to the risk of financial loss to the Group arising from default by the clients or counterparties of financial instruments on the contract obligations. The main factor is that counterparties could not repay in full the accounts receivable based on the agreed terms.

  • ii. According to the Group’s credit policy, each local entity in the Group is responsible for managing and analysing the credit risk for each of their new clients before standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. Internal risk control assesses the credit quality of the customers, taking into account their financial position, past experience and other factors. Individual risk limits are set based on internal or external ratings in accordance with limits set by the relevant management methods. The utilisation of credit limits is regularly monitored.

  • iii. The Group adopts the assumption under IFRS 9, that is, if the contract payments were past due over 180 days based on the terms, there has been a significant increase in credit risk on that instrument since initial recognition .

  • iv. The Group classifies customer’s accounts receivable, contract assets and rents receivable in accordance with customer types. The Group applies the simplified approach using loss rate methodology to estimate expected credit loss.

  • v. The Group used the forecastability to adjust the loss rates which is based on history and timely information within the specified period to estimate loss allowance for accounts receivable. Based on the consideration and information above, the Group does not expect any significant loss allowance for the accounts receivable due to loss rate.

  • vi.Movements in relation to the Group applying the simplified approach to provide loss allowance for accounts receivable are as follows:

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At January 1_IAS 39
Adjustments under new standards
At January 1_IFRS 9
Provision for impairment
At December 31
2018
165,611
$ -
165,611
8,172
173,783
$

vii. Credit risk information for 2017 is provided in Note 12(4).

  • (c) Liquidity risk

  • i. Cash flow forecasting is performed in the operating entities of the Group and aggregated by Group treasury. Group treasury monitors rolling forecasts of the Group’s liquidity requirements to ensure it has sufficient cash to meet operational needs while maintaining sufficient headroom on its undrawn committed borrowing facilities (Note 6(15)) at all times so that the Group does not breach borrowing limits or covenants (where applicable) on any of its borrowing facilities. Such forecasting takes into consideration the Group’s debt financing plans, covenant compliance, compliance with internal balance sheet ratio targets and, if applicable, external regulatory or legal requirements, for example, currency restrictions.

  • ii. Surplus cash held by the operating entities over and above balance required for working capital management are transferred to the Group treasury. Group treasury invests surplus cash in interest bearing current accounts, time deposits, money market deposits and marketable securities, choosing instruments with appropriate maturities or sufficient liquidity to provide sufficient headroom as determined by the abovementioned forecasts.

  • iii. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Group has the following undrawn borrowing facilities:

Fixed rate:
Expiring within one year
December 31,2018
3,366,702
$
December 31,2017
4,168,412
$
  • iv. The table below analyses the Group’s non-derivative financial liabilities and net-settled or gross-settled derivative financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the balance sheet date to the contractual maturity date for non-derivative financial liabilities and to the expected maturity date for derivative financial liabilities. The table below analyses the Group’s non-derivative financial liabilities, of which short-term borrowings, accounts payable and other payables is less than one year, and guarantee deposits received is more than one year.

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(3) Fair value information

  • A. The different levels that the inputs to valuation techniques are used to measure fair value of financial and non-financial instruments have been defined as follows:

  • Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date. A market is regarded as active where a market in which transactions for the asset or liability take place with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. The fair value of the Group’s investment in listed stocks and beneficiary certificates is included in Level 1.

  • Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

  • Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

  • The fair value of the Group’s investment in equity investment without active market is included in Level 3.

  • B. Fair value information of investment property at cost is provided in Note 6(10).

  • C. The carrying amounts of financial instruments not measured at fair value including cash and cash equivalents, financial assets at amortised cost-current, accounts receivable, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and other payables are approximate to their fair values.

  • D. The related information of financial and non-financial instruments measured at fair value by level on the basis of the nature, characteristics and risks of the assets and liabilities is as follows:

December 31, 2018
Assets:
Recurring fair value measurements
Available-for-sale financial assets
Equity securities
December 31, 2017
Assets:
Recurring fair value measurements
Available-for-sale financial assets
Equity securities
Level 1
1,141,377
$
Level 1
1,696,754
$
Level 2
-
$
Level 2
-
$
Level3
172,258
$
Level 3
-
$
Total
1,313,635
$
Total
1,696,754
$
  • E. The methods and assumptions the Group used to measure fair value are as follows:

  • (a) The instruments the Group used market quoted prices as their fair values (that is, Level 1) are listed below by characteristics:

Listed shares

Market quoted price Closing price

  • (b) Except for financial instruments with active markets, the fair value of other financial

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instruments is measured by using valuation techniques or by reference to counterparty quotes. The fair value of financial instruments measured by using valuation techniques can be referred to current fair value of instruments with similar terms and characteristics in substance, discounted cash flow method or other valuation methods, including calculated by applying model using market information available at the consolidated balance sheet date (i.e. yield curves on the Taipei Exchange, average commercial paper interest rates quoted from Reuters).

  • (c) When assessing non-standard and low-complexity financial instruments, for example, debt instruments without active market, interest rate swap contracts, foreign exchange swap contracts and options, the Group adopts valuation technique that is widely used by market participants. The inputs used in the valuation method to measure these financial instruments are normally observable in the market.

  • F. The output of valuation model is an estimated value and the valuation technique may not be able to capture all relevant factors of the Group’s financial and non-financial instruments. Therefore, the estimated value derived using valuation model is adjusted accordingly with additional inputs, for example, model risk or liquidity risk, etc. In accordance with the Group’s management policies and relevant control procedures relating to the valuation models used for fair value measurement, management believes adjustment to valuation is necessary in order to reasonably represent the fair value of financial and non-financial instruments at the consolidated balance sheet. The inputs and pricing information used during valuation are carefully assessed and adjusted based on current market conditions.

  • G. The Group takes into account adjustments for credit risks to measure the fair value of financial and non-financial instruments to reflect credit risk of the counterparty and the Group’s credit quality.

  • H. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there was no transfer between Level 1 and Level 2.

  • I. The following chart is the movement of Level 3 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

017:
2018
At January 1
-
$ IFRS 9 translation adjustment
206,531
Recorded as unrealised gains (losses) on
valuation of investments in equity instruments
measured at fair value
through other comprehensive income
34,863)
(
Effect of exchange rate changes
590
At December 31
172,258
$
2017
-
$ -
-
-
-
$
  • J. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there was no transfer into or out from Level

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  • K. Finance and accounting segment is in charge of valuation procedures for fair value measurements being categorised within Level 3, which is to verify independent fair value of financial instruments. Such assessment is to ensure the valuation results are reasonable by applying independent information to make results close to current market conditions, confirming the resource of information is independent, reliable and in line with other resources and represented as the exercisable price, and frequently calibrating valuation model, performing back-testing, updating inputs used to the valuation model and making any other necessary adjustments to the fair value.

  • L. The following is the qualitative information of significant unobservable inputs and sensitivity analysis of changes in significant unobservable inputs to valuation model used in Level 3 fair value measurement:

Fair value at
December 31,
2018
Non-derivative equity
instruments: Unlisted shares
$172,258
Significant
Range
Relationship
Valuation
unobservable (weighted
of inputs to
technique
input
average)
fair value
Net asset value Not applicable
-
Not applicable
  • M. The Group has carefully assessed the valuation models and assumptions used to measure fair value. However, use of different valuation models or assumptions may result in different measurement. The following is the effect of profit or loss or of other comprehensive income from financial assets and liabilities categorised within Level 3 if the inputs used to valuation models have changed:
models have changed:
Input
Financial assets
Equity instrument Net asset value
Change
±1%
December Favourable
Unfavourable
change
change
$ -
$1,723
31,2018
Recognised in other
comprehensive income
Favourable
Unfavourable
change
change
$ -
$ -
Recognised inprofit or loss

(4) Effects on initial application of IFRS 9 and information on application of IAS 39 in 2017

  • A. Summary of significant accounting policies adopted in 2017

  • (a) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

    • i. They are financial assets held for trading or financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss on initial recognition. Financial assets are classified in this category of held for trading if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short-term. Derivatives are also categorized as financial assets held for trading unless they are designated as hedges. Financial assets that meet one of the following criteria are designated as at fair value through profit or loss on initial recognition:

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  • (i) Hybrid (combined) contracts; or

  • (ii) They eliminate or significantly reduce a measurement or recognition inconsistency; or

  • (iii) They are managed and their performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

  • ii. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting.

  • iii. Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value. Related transaction costs are expensed in profit or loss. These financial liabilities are subsequently remeasured and stated at fair value, and any changes in the fair value of these financial liabilities are recognised in profit or loss.

(b) Available for sale financial assets

  • i. They are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories.

  • ii. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, available-for-sale financial assets are recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting.

  • iii. They are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs. These financial assets are subsequently remeasured and stated at fair value, and any changes in the fair value of these financial assets are recognised in other comprehensive income. Investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured or derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are presented in ‘financial assets measured at cost’.

  • (c) Loans and receivables

Accounts receivable are loans and receivables originated by the entity. They are created by the entity by selling goods or providing services to customers in the ordinary course of business. They are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. However, short-term accounts receivable without bearing interest are subsequently measured at initial invoice amount as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

  • (d) Impairment of financial assets

  • i. The Group assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset (a ‘loss event’) and that loss event (or events) has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or

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group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated.

  • ii. The criteria that the Group uses to determine whether there is objective evidence of an impairment loss is as follows:

  • (i) Significant financial difficulty of the issuer or debtor;

  • (ii) It becomes probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation;

  • (iii) Information about significant changes with an adverse effect that have taken place in the technology, market, economic or legal environment in which the issuer operates, and indicates that the cost of the investment in the equity instrument may not be recovered;

  • (iv) A significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument below its cost.

  • iii. When the Group assesses that there has been objective evidence of impairment and an impairment loss has occurred, accounting for impairment is made as follows according to the category of financial assets:

  • (i) Financial assets at amortised cost

The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate, and is recognised in profit or loss. If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed its amortised cost that would have been at the date of reversal had the impairment loss not been recognised previously. Impairment loss is recognised and reversed by adjusting the carrying amount of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account.

  • (ii) Financial assets at cost

The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at current market return rate of similar financial asset, and is recognised in profit or loss. Impairment loss recognised for this category shall not be reversed subsequently. Impairment loss is recognised by adjusting the carrying amount of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account.

  • (iii) Available-for-sale financial assets

The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s

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acquisition cost (less any principal repayment and amortisation) and current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognised in profit or loss, and is reclassified from ‘other comprehensive income’ to ‘profit or loss’. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of an investment in a debt instrument increases, and the increase can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised, such impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss. Impairment loss of an investment in an equity instrument recognised in profit or loss shall not be reversed through profit or loss. Impairment loss is recognised and reversed by adjusting the carrying amount of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account.

  • B. The reconciliations of carrying amount of financial assets transferred from December 31, 2017, IAS 39, to January 1, IFRS 9, were as follows:
Measured at fair
value through other
comprehensive
Available-for Measured
income-equity
sale-equity
at cost
Total
IAS 39
-
$ $1,696,754
$214,145
$1,910,899
Transferred into and
measured at fair
value through other
comprehensive
income-equity
1,910,899
1,696,754)
(
214,145)
(
-
Fair value
adjustment
7,614)
(
-
-
7,614)
(
IFRS 9
1,903,285
$ -
$ -
$ $1,903,285
Retained
Other
earnings
equity
-
$ -
$ -
-
11,247
18,861)
(
11,247
$ 18,861)
($ Effects

Under IAS 39, because the equity instruments, which were classified as available-for-sale financial assets, financial assets at cost, amounting to $1,696,754 and $214,145, respectively, were not held for the purpose of trading, they were reclassified as "financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (equity instruments)" amounting to $1,910,899, and accordingly, retained earnings was increased and other equity interest was decreased in the amounts of $11,247 and $18,861 on initial application of IFRS 9, respectively.

  • C. The significant accounts as of December 31, 2017 are as follows:

  • (a) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Items
Financial assets held for trading
Listed stocks
Valuation adjustment
December31,2017
-
$
-
-
$
  • i. The Group recognised net profit amounting to $1,980 on financial assets held for trading for

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the year ended December 31, 2017.

ii. The Group has no financial assets at fair value through profit or loss pledged to others.

(b)Available-for-sale financial assets

Items December 31,2017
Current items:
Listed stocks $ 818,048
Valuation adjustment ( 51,532)
$ 766,516
Non-current items:
Listed stocks $ 636,816
Valuation adjustment 293,422
$ 930,238
  • i. The Group recognised $536,391 in other comprehensive income for fair value change to profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2017.

  • ii. The Group has no financial assets pledged to others.

  • (c) Financial assets at cost

inancial assets at cost
Items December 31,2017
Unlisted stocks $ 225,522
Accumulated impairment ( 11,377)
$ 214,145
  • i. According to the Group’s intention, its investment in unlisted stocks should be classified as ‘available-for-sale financial assets’. However, as the company stocks are not traded in active market, and sufficient industry information of companies similar to company stocks or company stocks’ financial information cannot be obtained, the fair value of the investment in company stocks cannot be measured reliably. The Group classified those stocks as ‘financial assets measured at cost’.

  • ii. On December 29, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved to invest in ABICO ASIA CAPITAL CORPORATION in the estimated amount of $100 million. As of December 31, 2017, the investment amounted to $100 million, and the shareholding ratio

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was 5.189%.

  • iii. On December 22, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved to invest in REVL Inc. in the amount of USD 618 thousand (approximately NTD 18,392 thousand. As of December 31, 2017, the Group’s shareholding ratio was 2.059%.

  • iv. The Group has no financial assets pledged to others.

  • D. Credit risk information for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

  • (a) Credit risk refers to the risk of financial loss to the Group arising from default by the clients or counterparties of financial instruments on the contract obligations. According to the Group’s credit policy, each local entity in the Group is responsible for managing and analysing the credit risk for each of their new clients before standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. Internal risk control assesses the credit quality of the customers, taking into account their financial position, past experience and other factors. Individual risk limits are set based on internal or external ratings in accordance with limits set by the Board of Directors. The utilisation of credit limits is regularly monitored. Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, derivative financial instruments and deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposures to wholesale and retail customers, including outstanding receivables.

  • (b) For the year ended December 31, 2017, the implement of credit management is based on the regulations and management does not expect any significant losses from non-performance by these counterparties.

  • (c) The credit quality of accounts receivable that were neither past due nor impaired was in the following categories based on the Group’s Credit Quality Control Policy:

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
December 31,2017
616,387
$ 190,367
496,290
110,607
1,413,651
$
  • Note: Credit quality is classified according to six indicators that include the business situation, debt-paying ability, managing ability, profit-earning ability, financial structure and cash flows. The customers’ total scores valued through each of the six indicators are ranked in a risk assessment range in a descending order as A, B, C and D level. If applied to external valuation to obtain D&B or Moody’s ratings, ranges are also classified into the following four levels as below.

  • Group A D&B rating 1 or Moody rating AAA/Aa/A1-A3. Group B D&B rating 2 or Moody rating Baal-3. Group C D&B rating 3 or Moody rating BA/B1-3.

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Group D D&B rating 4 or Moody rating below Caa.

  • (d) The ageing analysis of financial assets that were past due but not impaired is as follows:
Up to 30 days
31 to 90 days
91 to 180 days
Over 180 days
December31,2017
257,210
$ 29,367
3,701
450
290,728
$

The above ageing analysis was based on past due date.

  • (e) Movement analysis of financial assets that were impaired is as follows:

  • i. As of December 31, 2017, the Group’s accounts receivable that were impaired amounted to $165,611.

  • ii. Movements on the Group’s provision for impairment of accounts receivable are as follows:

follows:
2017
Group provision
At January 1 $ 165,766
Reversal of impairment loss ( 155)
At December 31 $ 165,611

(5) Effects of initial application of IFRS 15 and information on application of IAS 18 in 2017

  • A. The significant accounting policies applied on revenue recognition for the year ended December 31, 2017 are set out below.

  • (a) Sales of goods

    • i The Group is primarily engaged in manufacture and sales of digital camera, optical products and other related parts and components. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable taking into account of business tax, returns, rebates and discounts for the sale of goods to external customers in the ordinary course of the Group’s activities. Revenue arising from the sales of goods is recognised when the Group has delivered the goods to the customer, the amount of sales revenue can be measured reliably and it is probable that the future economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity. The delivery of goods is completed when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the customer, the Group retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold, and the customer has accepted the goods based on the sales contract or there is objective evidence showing that all acceptance provisions have been satisfied.

ii.The Group offers customers volume discounts and right of return for defective

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products.The Group estimates such discounts and returns based on historical experience. Provisions for such liabilities are recorded when the sales are recognised.

(b) Sales of services

The Group provides product research and development services. Revenue from delivering services is recognised under the percentage-of-completion method when the outcome of services provided can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion of a service contract is measured by the percentage of the actual services performed as of the financial reporting date to the total services to be performed. If the outcome of a service contract cannot be estimated reliably, contract revenue should be recognised only to the extent that contract costs incurred are likely to be recoverable.

  • B. The revenue recognised by using above accounting policies for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:
2017 are as follows:
Sales revenue
Service revenue
2017
10,985,857
$ 215,743
11,201,600
$
  • C. There is no effect on current balance sheet and comprehensive income statement if the Group continues adopting above accounting policies.

14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

(1) General information

The Group has classified the reportable operating segments based on management strategy. The Company’s operations and segmentation are classified according to the management strategy, and the current management strategy is divided into the optical manufacturing segment and the strategic investing segment. The Company’s main activities are the manufacturing and sales of optical products; the strategic investing segment focuses on sales of design and manufacturing of optical elements.

The Group’s management has determined the reportable operating segments based on the reports reviewed by the Board of Directors for decision making.

There is no significant change to the Group’s components, basis for segmentation, and basis for balancing the segments’ information for the year.

(2) Measurement of segment information

The Group’s operating decision-maker evaluates the performance of the operating segments based on their net operating profit. The basis of the measurement excludes effects of non-recurring expenditures from the operating segments and effects of unrealised gains/losses on financial products.

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(3) Information about segment profit or loss, assets and liabilities

The segment information provided to the chief operating decision-maker for the reportable segments is as follows:

Optical manufacturing
segment
Revenue
Revenue from external customers
6,649,915
$
Revenue from internal customers
-
Total segment revenue
6,649,915
$
Inter-segment profit (loss)
812,219)
($
Segment income (loss):
Depreciation and amortisation
289,483
$
Interest income
Interest expense
Income tax expense
Segment assets
Identifiable assets
8,731,307
$
Financial
assets
at
fair
value
through
other
comprehensive income
Investment accounted for under the equity method
General assets
Total assets
Capital expenditures
114,343
$
Not included in the segments’ profits or losses for measurement, but are
still provided to the chief operating decision-maker periodically:
2018

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Optical manufacturing
Strategic
Reconciliations
Revenue
segment
investingsegment
and offsets
Revenue from external customers
10,389,284
$
812,316
$
-
$
Revenue from internal customers
9,339,317
489,766
9,829,083)
(
Total segment revenue
19,728,601
$
1,302,082
$
9,829,083)
($
Inter-segment profit (loss)
32,619
$
8,815)
($
41,049
$
Segment income (loss):
Depreciation and amortisation
264,242
$
79,769
$
-
$
Interest income
Interest expense
Income tax expense
Segment assets
Identifiable assets
9,944,914
$
862,682
$
-
$
Available-for-sale financial assets
Financial assets measured at cost
Investment accounted for under the equity method
General assets
Total assets
Capital expenditures
405,755
$
47,627
$
-
$
2017
Not included in the segments’ profits or losses for measurement, but are
still provided to the chief operating decision-maker periodically:
2017
Total
11,201,600
$
-
11,201,600
$
64,853
$
344,011
$
26,344
$
5,558
$
21,883
$
10,807,596
$
1,696,754
214,145
4,020
83,896
12,806,411
$
453,382
$

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(4) Reconciliation for segment income (loss)

A reconciliation of adjusted consolidated net profit before tax and the reportable operating segments’ net profit for 2018 and 2017 is provided as follows:

2018 2017
Reportable segments profit and loss ($ 739,861)
$ 64,853
Gain on financial instruments - 1,908
Share of profit of associates and joint ventures
accounted for using the equity method 8,273 954
Finance costs - net ( 6,659)
( 5,558)
Others 223,675 166,124
Profit before tax and continued operations ($ 514,572) $ 228,281

(5) Information on product and service

Refer to Note 6 (23) for the related information.

(6) Geographical information

Geographical information for 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

Japan
Taiwan
Others
Revenue
Non-current assets
3,608,433
$ -
$ 27,333
3,317,162
3,999,262
1,073,228
7,635,028
$ 4,390,390
$ 2018
Revenue
Non-current assets
7,296,402
$ -
$ 23,063
3,464,228
3,882,135
1,250,022
11,201,600
$ 4,714,250
$ 2017
Revenue

3,608,433
$ 27,333
3,999,262
7,635,028
$
Revenue

7,296,402
$ 23,063
3,882,135
11,201,600
$

(7) Major customer information

Major customer information of the Group for 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

R Company
AA Company
EE Company
A Company
Revenue
Segment
1,646,386
$ Optical segment
1,133,150
Optical segment
1,123,446
Optical segment
541,781
Optical segment
2018
2017 2017
Revenue
1,646,386
$ 1,133,150
1,123,446
541,781
Revenue
3,112,257
$ 1,374,102
2,305,586
1,678,065
Segment
Optical segment
Optical segment
Optical segment
Optical segment

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Attachment II

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying parent company only balance sheets of Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) as at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of other independent accountants (refer to the Other Matter – Making Reference to the Audits of Component Auditors section of our report), the accompanying parent company only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers”.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the “Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants” and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China (ROC GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants in the Republic of China (the “Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

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Assessment of allowance for inventory valuation loss

Description

Refer to Note 4(11) for accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 6(6) for account details on investments accounted for using equity method and Tables 7 and 8 for further information on investees accounted for using equity method.

As of December 31, 2018, inventories and allowance for inventory valuation loss amounted to NT$497 thousand and NT$285 thousand, respectively, while the investments accounted for using equity method amounted to NT$4,896,014 thousand. The Company’s direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, Viewquest Technologies (BVI) Inc., Ability Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Jiujiang Viewquest Electronics Inc. and Dongguan Viewquest Electronics Inc., are main operating entities. All of which are primarily engaged in manufacturing and sale of digital cameras, optical devices as well as related parts and components. Due to rapid changes in technology innovations, short life cycles of electronic products and fluctuations in market prices, there is higher risk of incurring inventory valuation losses and obsolescence. The entities recognise inventories at the lower of cost and net realisable value and assess excess inventories and those separately identified as obsolete.

As the abovementioned subsidiaries contribute a significant amount of inventories and loss allowance and the inventory valuation is subject to significant judgements and estimates and have great uncertainty, we consider the assessment of the allowance for inventory valuation loss a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures with respect to excess inventories and those separately identified as obsolete or damaged:

  • A. Ascertained whether the policies on allowance for inventory valuation losses are consistently applied in all the periods.

  • B. Understood the determination method of the net realisable value, sampled and tested whether the net realisable values were calculated in accordance with the abovementioned method.

  • C. Discussed with management the estimated net realisable value of separately identified obsolete and damaged inventories, obtained and corroborated against supporting documents and recalculated the

~2~

allowance provision.

Impairment assessment of property, plant and investment property

Description

Refer to Notes 4(13) and (14) for accounting policies on impairment of property, plant and equipment and investment property, Note 5(2) for the uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions applied on impairment of property, plant and equipment, and Notes 6(7) and (8) for account details of property, plant and equipment and investment property. As of December 31, 2018, property, plant and equipment and investment property totalled to NT$3,113,288 thousand.

The Company’s property, plant and equipment and investment property primarily consist of land, buildings and structures amounting to NT$3,113,288 thousand, constituting 30% of total assets. The domestic property value has been significantly affected by the factors of market supply and demand situation, natural disasters, government policies, economic situation and the uncertainty of property valuation as well as the risk of asset impairment. Thus, we consider impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment and investment property a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures with respect to impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment and investment property:

  • A. Reviewed external information (or the most recent transaction price for similar property) to identify any potential impairment indicators for property, plant and equipment and investment property.

  • B. Assessed the reasonableness of the recoverable amounts of property, plant and equipment and investment property, and evaluated the impairment assessment based on the most recent transaction price for similar property.

Other matter – Scope of the audit

We did not audit the financial statements of certain subsidiaries accounted for using equity method that are included in the financial statements. The balance of these investments accounted for using equity method amounted to NT$130,807 thousand and NT$4,020 thousand, constituting 1.24% and 0.03% of

~3~

consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and the related share of profit of subsidiaries accounted for using equity method was NT$13,213 thousand and NT$954 thousand, constituting 1.29% and 0.21% of consolidated total comprehensive income for the years then ended, respectively. Those financial statements were audited by other independent accountants whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein is based solely on the audit reports of the other independent accountants.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the financial statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers” and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ROC GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

~4~

As part of an audit in accordance with ROC GAAS, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  • A. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

  • B. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.

  • C. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

  • D. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

  • E. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  • F. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

~5~

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Juanlu, Man-Yu[Audrey Tseng ]

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 25, 2019

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The accompanying parent company only financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying parent company only financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

As the financial statements are the responsibility of the management, PricewaterhouseCoopers cannot accept any liability for the use of, or reliance on, the English translation or for any errors or misunderstandings that may derive from the translation.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Assets Notes
6(1)
6(2)
6(4) and 7
6(5)
7

6(3)
12(4)
12(4)
6(6)
6(7), 7 and 8
6(8)
6(21)
December31,2018
AMOUNT
%
$
885,133
9
-
-
546,184
5
212
-
234,289
2
1,665,818
16
676,421
6
-
-
-
-
4,896,014
46
2,524,903
24
588,385
6
9,346
-
167,067
2
20,936
-
8,883,072
84
$
10,548,890
100
December31,2017 December31,2017
AMOUNT
$
885,133
-
546,184
212
234,289
1,665,818
676,421
-
-
4,896,014
2,524,903
588,385
9,346
167,067
20,936
8,883,072
$
10,548,890
AMOUNT
$
1,006,591
-
1,266,328
2,025
94,194
2,369,138
-
930,238
195,753
5,093,310
2,756,242
598,602
4,682
75,973
35,915
9,690,715
$
12,059,853
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents
1110
Current financial assets at fair
value through profit or loss
1170
Accounts receivable, net
130X
Inventory
1470
Other current assets
11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1517
Non-current financial assets at fair
value through other
comprehensive income
1523
Non-current available-for-sale
financial assets
1543
Non-current financial assets at
cost
1550
Investments accounted for using
equity method
1600
Property, plant and equipment
1760
Investment property, net
1780
Intangible assets
1840
Deferred income tax assets
1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
8
-
11
-
1
20
-
8
1
42
23
5
-
1
-
80
100

(Continued)

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Liabilities and Equity December31,2018
Notes
AMOUNT
%
6(9)
$
240,000
3
7
2,333,676
22
6(10)
429,075
4
-
-
6(13)
106,160
1
117,969
1
3,226,880
31
6(11)
60,104
-
60,104
-
3,286,984
31
6(14)
2,823,628
27
6(15)
1,563,455
15
6(16)
1,655,947
16
-
-
1,645,054
15
(
426,178) (
4 )
7,261,906
69
$
10,548,890
100
December31,2017 December31,2017
AMOUNT
$
-
2,605,224
537,608
44,657
136,438
157,155
3,481,082
61,429
61,429
3,542,511
2,823,650
1,563,069
1,634,181
101,662
2,242,829
151,951
8,517,342
$
12,059,853
%
Current liabilities
2100
Short-term borrowings
2170
Accounts payable
2200
Other payables
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2250
Provisions for liabilities - current
2300
Other current liabilities
21XX
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
2600
Other non-current liabilities
25XX
Total non-current liabilities
2XXX
Total liabilities
Equity
Share capital
3110
Share capital - common stock
Capital surplus
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Unappropriated retained earnings
Other equity interest
3400
Other equity interest
3XXX
Total equity
3X2X
Total liabilities and equity
-
22
5
-
1
1
29
-
-
29
23
13
14
1
19
1
71
100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for (loss) earnings per share amount)

Items Year ended December 31
2018
2017
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(17) and 7
$
5,622,943
100
$
9,959,455
100
6(5)(20) and 7
(
5,374,877 ) (
96) (
8,899,575) (
89)
248,066
4
1,059,880
11
6(20)
(
81,741 ) (
1) (
80,533) (
1)
(
362,417 ) (
6) (
352,892) (
4)
(
591,260 ) (
11) (
612,548) (
6)
12(2)
(
4,915 )
-
-
-
(
1,040,333) (
18) (
1,045,973) (
11)
(
792,267 ) (
14)
13,907
-
6(18)
56,004
1
48,325
1
6(19)
56,147
1
36,162
-
(
593 )
-
(
62)
-
6(6)
99,167
2
122,461
1
210,725
4
206,886
2
(
581,542 ) (
10)
220,793
2
6(21)
118,494
2
(
3,130)
-
($
463,048 ) (
8)
$
217,663
2
6(11)
( $
1,058 )
-
$
3,921
-
6(3)
(
441,956 ) (
8)
-
-
(
174,601 ) (
3)
163
-
6(21)
1,943
-
(
667)
-
(
615,672) (
11)
3,417
-
57,223
1
(
282,778) (
3)
12(4)
-
-
293,441
3
-
-
242,950
3
57,223
1
253,613
3
($
558,449 ) (
10)
$
257,030
3
($
1,021,497 ) (
18)
$
474,693
5
6(22)
($
1.64)
$
0.77
( $
1.64)
$
0.77
4000
Operating revenue
5000
Operating costs
5950
Gross profit from operations
Operating expenses
6100
Selling expenses
6200
Administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
6450
Net other income (expenses)
6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Net operating (loss) income
Non-operating income and expenses
7010
Other income
7020
Other gains and losses
7050
Finance costs
7070
Share of profit of associates and joint
ventures accounted for using equity
method, net
7000
Total non-operating income and
expenses
7900
(Loss) profit before income tax
7950
Income tax benefit (expense)
8200
(Loss) profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Components of other comprehensive
income that will not be reclassified to profit
or loss
8311
(Losses) gains on remeasurements of
defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealised losses from investments in
equity instruments measured at fair value
through other comprehensive income
8330
Share of other comprehensive (loss)
income of associates and joint ventures
accounted for using equity method
8349
Income tax related to components of other
comprehensive income that will not be
reclassified to profit or loss
8310
Other comprehensive (loss) income
that will not be reclassified to profit
or loss
Components of other comprehensive
income that will be reclassified to profit or
loss
8361
Exchange differences on translation
8362
Other comprehensive income, before tax,
available-for-sale financial assets
8380
Share of other comprehensive income of
associates and joint ventures accounted for
using equity method
8360
Other comprehensive income that
will be reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Total other comprehensive (loss) income
8500
Total comprehensive (loss) income
Earnings per share
9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

~9~

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

2017
Balance at January 1, 2017
Profit for 2017
Other comprehensive income (loss) for 2017
Total comprehensive income (loss) for 2017
Appropriation and distribution of 2016 retained
earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Compensation cost of share-based payment
Adjustments to changes in vested number of
restricted stock
Redemption of employee restricted stock
Balance at December 31, 2017
2018
Balance at January 1, 2018
Effects of retrospective application and
retrospective restatement
Balance at January 1, 2018 after restatement
Loss for 2018
Other comprehensive income (loss) for 2018
Total comprehensive income (loss) for 2018
Appropriation and distribution of 2017 retained
earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Adjustments to changes in vested number of
restricted stock
Redemption of employee restricted stock
Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries
Balance at December 31, 2018
Notes Share capital -
common stock
Total capital surplus,
additional paid-in
capital
Retained Earnings Other EquityInterest Other EquityInterest Other EquityInterest Treasurystocks Total equity
Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated
retained earnings

d
Financial statements
translation
ifferences of foreign
operations
Unrealised gains
(losses) from
financial assets
measured at fair
value through other
comprehensive
income
Unrealised gain or
loss on
available-for-sale
financial assets
Other equity- others
6(16)
6(12)
6(12)
12(4)
6(16)
6(12)
$
2,825,279
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
1,629 )
$
2,823,650
$
2,823,650
-
2,823,650
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
22 )
-
$
2,823,628
$
1,560,123
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,012
934
$
1,563,069
$
1,563,069
-
1,563,069
-
-
-
-
-
-
364
22
-
$
1,563,455
$
1,595,556
-
-
-
38,625
-
-
-
-
-
$
1,634,181
$
1,634,181
-
1,634,181
-
-
-
21,766
-
-
-
-
-
$
1,655,947
$
-
-
-
-
-
101,662
-
-
-
-
$
101,662
$
101,662
-
101,662
-
-
-
-
(
101,662 )
-
-
-
-
$
-
$
2,416,348
217,663
3,417
221,080
(
38,625 )
(
101,662 )
(
254,171 )
(
141 )
-
-
$
2,242,829
$
2,242,829
11,247
2,254,076
(
463,048 )
819
(
462,229 )
(
21,766 )
101,662
(
225,892 )
-
-
(
797 )
$
1,645,054



$
192,839
-
(
282,778 )
(
282,778 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
($
89,939 )
($
89,939 )
-
(
89,939 )
-
57,223
57,223
-
-
-
-
-
-
($
32,716 )








$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
$
-
223,029
223,029
-
(
616,491 )
(
616,491 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
($
393,462 )
($
294,501 )
-
536,391
536,391
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
241,890
$
241,890
(
241,890 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
($
2,871 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,871
-
-
$
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
($
695 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
695
$
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-










$
8,292,078
217,663
257,030
474,693
-
-
(
254,171 )
2,730
2,012
-
$
8,517,342
$
8,517,342
(
7,614 )
8,509,728
(
463,048 )
(
558,449 )
(
1,021,497 )
-
-
(
225,892 )
364
-
(
797 )
$
7,261,906

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

~10~

ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
(Loss) profit before tax
Adjustments
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
Expected credit loss

Bad debts expense

Depreciation

Amortisation

Compensation cost of share-based payment

Gain on valuation of financial assets and liabilities

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment and
investment property
Loss on disposal of investments
Share of profit or loss of associates and joint ventures
accounted for under equity method

Interest expense
Interest income

Dividend income

Compensation revenue

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Changes in operating assets
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Other current assets
Changes in operating liabilities
Accounts payable
Other payables
Provisions
Other current liabilities
Other non-current liabilities
Cash outflow generated from operations
Interest received
Dividends received
Income tax paid
Interest paid
Net cash flows used in operating activities
Notes
2018
2017
($
581,542 ) $
220,793
12(2)
4,915
-
12(4)
-
29
6(20)
144,098
120,023
6(20)
3,494
3,611
6(12)
-
2,730
12(4)
- (
1,908 )
(
64,026 ) (
21,697 )
119
-
6(6)
(
99,167 ) (
122,461 )
593
62
6(18)
(
9,186 ) (
10,904 )
6(18)
(
14,558 ) (
6,041 )
6(19)
- (
36,000 )
715,229
284,915
1,813
220
(
76,237 )
3,605
(
271,548 ) (
595,883 )
(
108,147 )
12,333
(
30,278 ) (
45,980 )
(
39,186 )
46,280
(
1,698 ) (
1,716 )
(
425,312 ) (
147,989 )
9,186
10,904
383,738
6,041
(
17,003 ) (
46,997 )
(
593 ) (
62 )
(
49,984 ) (
178,103 )

(Continued)

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from disposal of current financial assets at fair
value through profit or loss
Acquisition of financial assets measured at cost

Acquisition of investments accounted for using equity
method

Proceeds from capital liquidation of investments accounted
for using equity method

Proceeds from capital reduction of investments accounted
for using equity method

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
Acquisition of intangible assets
Increase in other current assets
Decrease in other non-current assets
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term loans
(Decrease) increase in other non-current liabilities
Redemption of employee restricted stock

Payment of cash dividends

Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Notes
2018
2017
$
- $
7,178
12(4)
- (
100,000 )
6(6)
(
192,871 )
-
6(6)
1,860
-
6(6)
-
57,684
6(23)
(
83,095 ) (
366,560 )
233,410
54,007
(
8,158 ) (
5,877 )
(
51,000 )
-
14,979
3,789
(
84,875 ) (
349,779 )
240,000
-
(
685 )
317
6(12)
(
22 ) (
934 )
6(16)
(
225,892 ) (
254,171 )
13,401 (
254,788 )
(
121,458 ) (
782,670 )
1,006,591
1,789,261
$
885,133 $
1,006,591

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

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