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SK TELECOM CO LTD Interim / Quarterly Report 2014

Dec 12, 2014

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6-K 1 d831633d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2014

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 333-04906

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Euljiro 65 (Euljiro2-ga), Jung-gu

Seoul 100-999, Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submission to furnish a report or other document that the registration foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ¨ No x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the Registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-

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QUARTERLY BUSINESS REPORT

(From January 1, 2014 to September 30, 2014)

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS REPORT ORIGINALLY PREPARED IN KOREAN WHICH IS IN SUCH FORM AS REQUIRED BY THE KOREAN FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION.

IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS, SOME PARTS OF THE REPORT WERE REFORMATTED, REARRANGED OR SUMMARIZED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READERS.

ALL REFERENCES TO THE “COMPANY,” “WE,” “US,” OR “OUR” SHALL MEAN SK TELECOM CO., LTD. AND, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES. REFERENCES TO “SK TELECOM” SHALL MEAN SK TELECOM CO., LTD., BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES.

UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PRESENTED ON A CONSOLIDATED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS ADOPTED FOR USE IN KOREA (“K-IFRS”) WHICH DIFFER IN CERTAIN RESPECTS FROM GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY OR QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF THESE DIFFERENCES.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

  1. Company Overview

Starting in the first quarter of 2011, the Company prepares and reports its financial statements under K-IFRS. The transition date of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries to K-IFRS is January 1, 2010 and the adoption date is January 1, 2011. The Company’s quarterly business report for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 includes the following consolidated subsidiaries:

Name Date of Establishment Principal Business Material Subsidiary*
SK Telink Co., Ltd. Apr. 9, 1998 Telecommunication services and satellite broadcasting services 252,475 Material
M&Service Co., Ltd. Feb. 10, 2000 Online information services 68,587 Material
SK Communications Co., Ltd. Sep. 19, 1996 Internet portal and other Internet information services 205,792 Material
Stonebridge Cinema Fund Sep. 30, 2005 Investment partnership 11,974
Commerce Planet Co., Ltd. Jul. 1, 1997 Online shopping mall operation services 26,237
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. Sep. 26, 1997 Fixed-line telecommunication services, multimedia and IPTV services 3,044,349 Material
K-net Culture and Contents Venture Fund Nov. 24, 2008 Investment partnership 16,181
Hwaitec Focus Investment Partnership 2 Dec. 12, 2008 Investment partnership 21,446
Open Innovation Fund Dec. 22, 2008 Investment partnership 27,996
PS&Marketing Co., Ltd. Apr. 3, 2009 Sale of telecommunication devices 277,300 Material
Service Ace Co., Ltd. Jul. 1, 2010 Customer center management services 56,276 Material
Service Top Co., Ltd. Jul. 1, 2010 Customer center management services 48,369
Network O&S Co., Ltd. Jul. 1, 2010 Network maintenance services 56,677 Material
BNCP Co., Ltd. Dec. 7, 2009 Internet services 12,108
Iconcube, Inc. Sep. 14, 2011 Online information services 4,105
Iconcube Holdings, Inc. Sep. 5, 2014 Consulting services —
Iriver Ltd. Jul. 12, 2000 Audio device manufacturing 36,326
Iriver CS Co., Ltd. May 1, 2010 Wholesale and retail 2,203
SK Planet Co., Ltd. Oct. 1,2011 Telecommunication and platform services 2,528,054 Material
SK Planet Japan, K.K. Mar. 14, 2012 Digital contents sourcing services 1,793
SK Planet Global PTE, LTD. Aug. 4, 2012 Digital contents sourcing services 697
SK Planet America LLC Jan. 27, 2012 Digital contents sourcing services 22,399
SKP Global Holdings PTE, LTD. Aug. 10, 2012 Holding company for overseas commerce 20,713
SK Global Healthcare Business Group, Ltd. Sep. 14, 2012 Investment 27,625
Technology Innovation Partners, L.P. Jun. 24, 2011 Investment 23,759

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Name Date of Establishment Principal Business
SK Telecom China Fund I L.P. Sep. 14, 2011 Investment 3,166
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. Jul. 12, 2007 Investment 36,261
Shenzhen E-eye High Tech Co., Ltd. Apr. 1, 2000 Telematics manufacturing 17,894
Iriver China Co., Ltd. Jun 24, 2004 Electronic device manufacturing 4,591
DongGuan Iriver Electronics Co., Ltd. Jul. 6, 2006 Electronic device manufacturing 1,171
Iriver Enterprise Ltd. Jul. 29, 2013 Wholesale and retail 6,353
Iriver Inc. Feb. 15, 2007 Wholesale and retail 1,388
Iriver America Inc. May 1, 2005 Wholesale and retail —
SKT Vietnam PTE., Ltd. Apr. 5, 2000 Telecommunication services 11,773
SKT Americas, Inc. Dec. 29, 1995 Information collection and management consulting services 33,876
YTK Investment Ltd. Jul. 1, 2010 Investment 42,118
Atlas Investment Jun. 24, 2011 Investment 40,218
NEOS Networks Co., Ltd. Jun. 12, 2008 Security system services 14,202
  • Material Subsidiary means a subsidiary with total assets of Won 50 billion or more as of the end of the latest fiscal year.

A. Corporate Legal Business Name: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

B. Date of Incorporation: March 29, 1984

C. Location of Headquarters

(1) Address: 65 Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

(2) Phone: +82-2-6100-2114

(3) Website: http://www.sktelecom.com

D. Major Businesses

(1) Wireless business

The Company provides wireless telecommunications services, characterized by its competitive strengths in handheld devices, affordable pricing, network coverage and an extensive contents library. Since the introduction of services employing LTE technology in July 2011, the telecommunications market for such services has grown as demand for fast data transfer speeds and differentiated services has increased. Having reached one million subscribers by January 2012 and over 10 million subscribers by April 2013, the Company has solidified its leadership position in LTE services as it has done with its 3G services. In June 2013, the Company became the first telecommunications service provider in the world to provide commercial LTE-Advanced (“LTE-A”) services using carrier aggregation technology, and in June 2014, the Company reaffirmed the Company’s technological leadership by becoming the first to provide commercial 225 Mbps wideband LTE-A services, which is three times faster than LTE. In line with such efforts, the Company set forth its vision under the name of “ICTnomics” which is derived from the meaning of information and communication technology (“ICT”), and launched unlimited LTE data plans and other innovative data plans such as “Rush hour / Subway Free” plans that are unlimited data plans based on time, place and occasion (or, TPO). The Company plans to increase profitability by transforming into a telecommunications company fit for the age of big data and strengthening its fundamental competitive edges. By pioneering services that provide differentiated customer experience, including the “T-Phone,” the Company expects to become a leader in ICT.

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In the business-to-business area, the Company is strengthening its solutions business through the implementation of five main solution products: Smart Store, Smart Work, Smart Cloud, Green & Safety and M–Ad & Payment. Since the commercial launch of its mobile IPTV services, “B tv Mobile,” in October 2012, the Company has gained over one million paying subscribers as of March 2014. The Company is the first telecommunications services provider in the world to provide full high definition streaming services using its LTE-A network. With increasing video on demand usage and the potential to expand into other business areas such as advertising and shopping, the Company expects that the mobile IPTV services business will grow in the mid- to long-term. The Company also plans to create and fortify new businesses including health care, and seek out new growth engines in existing businesses, including the intelligence business, by utilizing its technologies relating to big data.

In addition, in order to strengthen our sales channels, the Company has been offering a variety of fixed-line and wireless telecommunication convergence products to its customers through PS&Marketing Co., Ltd. (“PS&Marketing”), one of its subsidiaries. Through Service Ace Co., Ltd., another subsidiary, the Company operates customer service centers in Seoul and provides telemarketing services. Furthermore, Network O&S Co., Ltd., the Company’s subsidiary responsible for the operation of the Company’s 2G to 4G networks (including its CDMA, WCDMA and LTE networks), provides customers with quality network services and provides the Company with technological know-how in network operations.

(2) Fixed-line business

SK Broadband Co., Ltd. (“SK Broadband”) is engaged in providing telecommunications, broadcasting and new media services and various other services that are permitted to be carried out by SK Broadband under relevant regulations, as well as business activities that are directly or indirectly related to providing those services. In 1999, SK Broadband launched its high-speed Internet service in Seoul, Busan, Incheon and Ulsan, and currently provides such service nationwide. SK Broadband also commercialized its TV-Portal service in July 2006 and its IPTV service in January 2009 upon receipt of permit in September 2008.

(3) Other businesses

With respect to the Company’s e-commerce business, 11th Street, a platform service that connects various sellers and purchasers online, continues to gain market share. In the commerce platform business area, the Company, utilizing the existing network of partner businesses of OK Cashbag, Korea’s largest loyalty mileage program with 37 million members, consumer information from big data, information technology, and other sources of competitive edges that can lead the industry, launched Syrup to provide smart shopping services to consumers and Syrup Store to provide integrated marketing solutions to partner businesses in June 2014. Syrup, a mobile wallet service upgraded and rebranded from the Smart Wallet, reached 12.3 million users as of September 30, 2014 and leads the online-to-offline commerce. In the location-based services business area, users of the Company’s T-Map Navigation service reached 19.5 million as of September 30, 2014. T-Map Navigation provides real time traffic information and various local information. Utilizing location-based service technology in other services, including leisure, logistics and travel services, the Company provides increased convenience and added value to customers. In the digital contents business area, the Company provides high-quality digital contents in its leading mobile contents marketplace, T Store, which had 23.3 million subscribers as of September 30, 2014 and which the Company plans to expand. In the media business area, the Company provides “Hoppin” service that enables subscribers to access various multimedia contents through personal computers, mobile devices and other digital devices. In the advertising business area, the Company is engaged in advertisement production, promotion services and research and consulting services to substantively help businesses increase their value in a rapidly evolving business environment. SK Planet will continue to provide value to customers by constantly developing and improving its services.

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SK Communications Co., Ltd. (“SK Communications”) provides integrated Internet portal services through NATE and instant messaging services through NATE-ON. Key sources of revenue for SK Communications are display advertising, search engine-based advertising, and contents and other services. Display advertising consists of image, video and Flash-based multimedia advertising carried on NATE and NATE-ON and aims to give greater exposure to the advertiser’s brand name to the public. The increased effectiveness of online media as an advertising outlet has resulted in a greatly expanded advertiser base, and the increasing variety in the format of advertising has contributed to the growth of display advertising. Search engine-based advertising refers to the type of advertising that embeds advertisements within search results produced by searches of certain keywords on the NATE portal site. Search engine-based advertising has a certain appeal to small and medium-sized advertisers. Contents and other services include contents sales and providing certain types of services. Revenues from contents and other services are generated through revenues from NATE-ON instant messaging, custom decorations for mobile phones, cartoon strips, fortunetelling, movies and other contents services. In addition, SK Planet Co., Ltd. (“SK Planet”) receives revenue from its services agreement with the Company in connection with operation of WAP wireless NATE services and application development.

See “II-1. Business Overview” for more information.

E. Credit Ratings

(1) Corporate bonds

| Credit rating date | Subject of rating | Credit rating | Credit rating entity (Credit rating
range) | Rating classification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 21, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| June 22, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| June 29, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |
| August 10, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| August 14, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| August 14, 2012 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| April 11, 2013 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| April 22, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service, Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| October 15, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| October 15, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| October 15, 2014 | Corporate bond | AAA | NICE Investors Service, Co., Ltd. | Current rating |

  • Rating definition: “AAA” - The certainty of principal and interest payment is at the highest level with extremely low investment risk and is stable such that it will not be influenced by reasonably foreseeable changes in external factors.

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(2) Commercial paper (“CP”)

| Credit rating date | Subject of rating | Credit rating | Credit rating entity (Credit rating
range) | Rating classification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 21, 2012 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| June 22, 2012 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| June 29, 2012 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| December 14, 2012 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| December 18, 2012 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| December 18, 2012 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |
| April 11, 2013 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| April 11, 2013 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| November 29, 2013 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| December 18, 2013 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| December 20, 2013 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |
| April 22, 2014 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Current rating |
| April 22, 2014 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Current rating |
| April 22, 2014 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Current rating |
| October 15, 2014 | CP | A1 | Korea Ratings | Regular rating |
| October 15, 2014 | CP | A1 | Korea Investors Service, Inc. | Regular rating |
| October 15, 2014 | CP | A1 | NICE Investors Service Co., Ltd. | Regular rating |

  • Rating definition : “A1” - Timely repayment capability is at the highest level with extremely low investment risk and is stable such that it will not be influenced by reasonably foreseeable changes in external factors.

(3) International credit ratings

Date of credit rating Subject of rating Credit rating of securities Credit rating company Rating type
June 6, 2012 Bonds denominated in Swiss Franc A- Fitch Inc. Current rating
June 4, 2012 Bonds denominated in Swiss Franc A3 Moody’s Investors Service Current rating
June 7, 2012 Bonds denominated in Swiss Franc A- Standard & Poor’s Rating Services Current rating
October 24, 2012 Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars A- Fitch Inc. Current rating
October 24, 2012 Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars A3 Moody’s Investors Service Current rating
October 24, 2012 Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars A- Standard & Poor’s Rating Services Current rating
  1. Company History

March 2008: Purchased shares of SK Broadband Co., Ltd. (formerly Hanaro Telecom)

May 2009: Participated in the public share offering of SK Broadband Co., Ltd.

September 2009: Acquired leased line and related other business of SK Networks Co., Ltd.

February 2010: Purchased shares of Hana Card Co., Ltd.

October 2011: SK Planet Co., Ltd. was spun off from the Company.

February 2012: Purchased shares of SK hynix Inc. (formerly, Hynix Semiconductor Inc.)

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A. Location of Headquarters

• 22 Dohwa-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul (July 11, 1988)

• 16-49 Hangang-ro 3-ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (November 19, 1991)

• 267 Namdaemun-ro 5-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul (June 14, 1995)

• 99 Seorin-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul (December 20, 1999)

• 65 Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul (December 13, 2004)

B. Significant Changes in Management

At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on August 31, 2011, Jun Ho Kim was elected as an inside director and Jin Woo So resigned from the Company’s board of directors to transfer to an affiliate of the Company. At the 28th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 23, 2012, (1) Young Tae Kim and Dong Seob Jee were elected as inside directors, (2) Hyun Chin Lim was re-elected as an independent director, and (3) Hyun Chin Lim was re-elected as a member of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors. At the 29th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 22, 2013, Dae Sik Cho was elected as an inside director and Dae Shick Oh was elected as an independent director and member of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors. At the 30th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 21, 2014, Jae Hoon Lee was elected as an independent director and Jae Hyeon Ahn was elected as an independent director and member of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors.

C. Change in Company Name

On March 23, 2012, SK hynix Inc., which became our subsidiary in February 2012, changed its name to SK hynix Inc. from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. in accordance with a resolution at its annual general meeting of shareholders.

D. Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring

[SK Telecom]

(1) Spin-off

In accordance with the resolution of the Company’s board of directors on July 19, 2011 and the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting on August 31, 2011, the Company spun off its platform business and established SK Planet Co., Ltd. effective as of October 1, 2011. The registration of the spin-off was completed on October 5, 2011. Set forth below are important details of the spin-off.

Description Detail
Method of Spin-off Simple vertical spin-off
Resulting Companies SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (Surviving Company) SK Planet Co., Ltd. (Spin-off Company)
Effective Date October 1, 2011

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Set forth below is a summary of the Company’s financial position before and after the spin-off.

| Description | Before the spin-off (As of September
30, 2011) | (in millions of Won) — After the spin-off (As of October 1, 2011) | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | SK Planet Co., Ltd. |
| Total Assets | 19,400,114 | 19,084,651 | 1,545,537 |
| Total Liabilities | 7,673,828 | 7,358,365 | 315,463 |
| Total Shareholders’ Equity | 11,726,286 | 11,726,286 | 1,230,074 |

The schedule of the spin-off is set forth below.

Category Date
Board resolution on spin-off July 19, 2011
Record Date for Determination of Shareholders for the Shareholders’ Meeting for Spin-off August 4, 2011
Shareholders’ Meeting for Approval of Spin-off Plan August 31, 2011
Date of Spin-off October 1, 2011
Shareholders’ Meeting for Report of Spin-off and Inaugural Meeting of Shareholders October 4, 2011
Registration of Spin-off October 5, 2011
Others Notice of closure of shareholders register Period of closure of shareholders register Public notice of shareholders’ meeting Dispatch of notice of shareholders’ meeting July 20, 2011 August 5, 2011~ August 8, 2011 August 10, 2011 and August 12, 2011 August 12,
2011

• Changes in shareholding, including majority shareholder

Not applicable because the spin-off is a simple vertical spin-off.

• Appraisal rights of shareholders

Not applicable because the spin-off is a simple vertical spin-off.

• Protection of creditors

In accordance with Article 530-9 Paragraph 1, both SK Telecom and SK Planet will be jointly and severally liable for the payment of all obligations of SK Telecom incurred prior to the spin-off.

• Allocation of new shares

In accordance with Articles 530-2 through 530-12, the spin-off is a simple vertical spin-off and all shares of SK Planet were allocated to SK Telecom.

(2) Acquisition of shares of SK hynix Inc. (formerly, Hynix Semiconductor Inc.)

In accordance with the resolution of the Company’s board of directors on November 14, 2011, the Company purchased 146,100,000 shares of SK hynix Inc. (formerly, Hynix Semiconductor Inc.) (“SK Hynix”) (aggregate purchase price of Won 3,374,726 million) on February 14, 2012 in order to acquire control of SK Hynix. The Company had a 21.05% equity interest in SK Hynix after the purchase.

(3) Merger of SK Planet and SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd.

On January 11, 2013, the Company acquired the remaining 50% equity stake in SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd. (“SK Marketing & Company”), a company providing e-commerce and advertising services, from SK Innovation Co., Ltd. and gained control of both SK Marketing & Company and its subsidiary, M&Service Co., Ltd. The Company thereafter contributed the 100% equity stake in SK Marketing & Company to SK Planet and merged SK Marketing & Company into SK Planet as of February 1, 2013.

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(4) Acquisition of shares of PS&Marketing

On February 20, 2014, the board of directors of the Company resolved to invest an additional Won 100 billion (20 million common shares) into PS&Marketing, an affiliated company, in order to increase its mid- to long-term competitiveness in distribution. The estimated date of investment is April 2, 2014 and the cumulative investment amount will total Won 330 billion.

(5) Disposition of shares of iHQ Inc.

On March 10, 2014, the Company disposed of 3,790,000 shares (its 9.4% equity share) of iHQ Inc. to rebalance its investment portfolio.

(6) Acquisition of shares of NEOS Networks Co., Ltd.

In order to acquire a new growth engine, the Company acquired a controlling stake in NEOS Networks Co., Ltd., a building security company, with the purchase of 31,310 shares (a 66.7% equity interest) of NEOS Networks Co., Ltd. on April 2, 2014.

(7) Acquisition of shares of Iriver Ltd.

In order to foster application development and smartphone accessories as part of the Company’s growth engines, the Company purchased 10,241,722 shares (a 39.3% equity interest) of Iriver Ltd. from Vogo-Rio Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. and KGF-Rio Limited on August 13, 2014. The Company does not hold a majority of the voting rights of Iriver Ltd., but the Company concluded that it has effective control as it holds significantly more voting rights than any other shareholder or any organized group of shareholders.

[SK Broadband]

(1) Merger

On July 26, 2012, the board of directors of SK Broadband resolved to merge Broadband D&M Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary, into SK Broadband after transferring Broadband D&M Co., Ltd.’s network maintenance business to Network O&S Co., Ltd. The merger was effective as of September 26, 2012. In connection with this merger, SK Broadband did not issue any new shares.

On October 25, 2012, the board of directors of SK Broadband resolved to merge Broadband CS Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary, into SK Broadband after transferring Broadband CS Co., Ltd.’s customer service business to Service Ace Co., Ltd. The merger was effective as of December 26, 2012. In connection with this merger, SK Broadband did not issue any new shares.

On January 3, 2013, the board of directors of SK Broadband approved the merger of Broadband Media Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary, into SK Broadband. The merger was effective as of March 22, 2013 and was recorded as of March 25, 2013. Please refer to the “Merger Completion Report” filed with the Financial Services Commission on March 25, 2013. In connection with this merger, SK Broadband did not issue any new shares.

[SK Planet]

(1) Merger

On January 11, 2013, the Company acquired the remaining 50% equity stake in SK Marketing & Company, a company providing

e-commerce and advertising services, from SK Innovation Co., Ltd. and gained control of both SK Marketing & Company and its subsidiary, M&Service Co., Ltd. The Company thereafter contributed the 100% equity stake in SK Marketing & Company to SK Planet and merged SK Marketing & Company into SK Planet as of February 1, 2013. In connection with this merger, the merger ratio between SK Planet and SK Marketing & Company was 1.2927317:1 and SK Planet issued 12,927,317 of its common stock.

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On April 22, 2013, the board of directors of SK Planet resolved to merge Madsmart, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, into SK Planet to enhance the competitiveness of its platform business and provide faster service to customers by merging the ICT capabilities of the two companies. The merger was effective as of June 1, 2013 and SK Planet did not issue any new shares in connection with the merger.

[SK Telink]

(1) Merger

On July 22, 2010, the board of directors of SK Telink Co., Ltd. (“SK Telink”) approved the merger of TU Media Corp. into SK Telink effective as of November 1, 2010. In connection with this merger, SK Telink issued 256,763 shares of its common stock.

[SK Communications]

(1) Disposition and acquisition of businesses

  1. Disposition of publishing business division

On April 10, 2009, SK Communications sold its publishing business division to Etoos for Won 4,785 million in accordance with the resolution of its board of directors of March 5, 2009.

  1. Acquisition of the “KUKU” division

On July 1, 2009, SK Communications purchased the “KUKU” division from SK I-Media Co., Ltd. for a purchase price of Won 1,157 million, in accordance with the June 25, 2009 resolution of its board of directors.

  1. Disposition of the Spicus division

Pursuant to the July 23, 2009 resolution of its board of directors, SK Communications sold the Spicus division, its telephone English education division, to Spicus Inc., a subsidiary of Altos Ventures on August 1, 2009 for a purchase price of Won 1,493 million.

  1. Disposition of the Cyworld service

Pursuant to the resolution of its board of directors on March 8, 2014, SK Communications sold its Cyworld service and certain related assets to Cyworld Co., Ltd. for Won 2,824 million.

(2) Disposition of shares

  1. Disposition of shares of Etoos

SK Communications sold all of its shares in Etoos to Cheong Sol pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of October 19, 2009 and, as consideration, received Won 50 billion principal amount of convertible bonds. Pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of July 23, 2010, SK Communications converted Won 25 billion principal amount, out of a total of Won 50 billion principal amount, of convertible bonds of Etoos into 701,000 shares of Etoos (15.58%). Pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of January 13, 2012, SK Communications sold Won 20 billion principal amount, out of the remaining Won 25 billion principal amount, of convertible bonds of Etoos Education Co., Ltd. to Shinhan Private Equity Fund No. 2 at a price of Won 19 billion.

  1. Disposition of shares of SK i-Media

Pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of October 17, 2011, SK Communications sold all shares of SK i-Media Co., Ltd. held by it to LK Media Tech Co., Ltd. at a price of Won 1 million.

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  1. Disposition of shares of U-Land, an overseas entity

Pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of December 21, 2011, SK Communications sold all of its 29.85% interest in U-Land, an overseas entity, to SK Planet at a price of Won 10 million.

  1. Disposition of shares of Service-In

On November 19, 2012, SK Communications sold all of its shares (80,000 common shares) in Service-In Co., Ltd., its subsidiary, to the chief executive officer of Service-In Co., Ltd., pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors of October 31, 2012.

[ PS&Marketing ]

On February 20, 2014, the board of directors of PS&Marketing resolved to acquire the retail distribution business, including related assets, liabilities, contracts and human capital of the information technology and mobile wing of SK Networks. On the same day, the board of directors of PS&Marketing also resolved to acquire retail stores, including their assets and liabilities, of LCNC Co., Ltd (“LCNC”). The acquisitions were completed on April 30, 2014 at a purchase price of Won 124.5 billion for the assets acquired from SK Networks and a purchase price of Won 10 billion for the assets acquired from LCNC.

[M&Service]

Upon the merger between SK Marketing & Company, which held 100% equity stake in M&Service, and SK Planet on February 1, 2013, SK Planet holds 100% equity stake in M&Service.

E. Other Important Matters related to Management Activities

[SK Telecom]

(1) Issuance of bonds

On April 23, 2013, the Company issued two tranches of fixed-rate unsecured bonds in the principal amounts of Won 230 billion (with an annual interest rate of 3.03% and a maturity date of April 23, 2023) and Won 130 billion (with an annual interest rate of 3.22% and a maturity date of April, 23, 2033).

On May 14, 2014, the Company issued four tranches of fixed-rate unsecured bonds in the principal amounts of Won 50 billion (with an annual interest rate of 3.301% and a maturity date of May 14, 2019), Won 150 billion (with an annual interest rate of 3.637% and a maturity date of May 14, 2024), Won 50 billion (with embedded options, an annual interest rate of 4.725% and a maturity date of May 14, 2029), and Won 50 billion (with embedded options, an annual interest rate of 4.72% and a maturity date of May 14, 2029).

(2) Issuance of hybrid securities

On June 7, 2013, the Company issued Won 400 billion principal amount of hybrid securities in the form of unguaranteed subordinated bonds with an annual interest rate of 4.21%, which interest rate is adjusted five years after the date of issuance. The Company classified the hybrid securities as equity as there is no contractual obligation to deliver financial assets to the bondholders. The maturity date of the hybrid securities is June 7, 2073, which can be extended by the Company without any notice or announcement.

(3) Conversion of convertible notes

On April 7, 2009, the Company issued convertible notes with a maturity of five years in the principal amount of US$332,528,000 with an annual interest rate of 1.75%. In 2013, holders exercised their conversion rights with respect to an aggregate principal amount of US$326,023,000 of the convertible notes. The Company delivered 1,241,337 treasury shares in respect of US$170,223,000 of the exercised aggregate principal amount and delivered cash in respect of the remainder due to the limit on foreign ownership. In connection with such conversion, the Company recognized Won 135,108 million in financial expenses in 2013. On November 13,

2013, the Company exercised its early redemption right and on December 13, 2013, redeemed the US$6,505,000 principal amount of convertible notes not converted by noteholders. A 20-day volume weighted average pricing formula was used for the delivery of cash made in place of treasury shares. Due to such calculation, the Company still had US$91,108,507 outstanding in payables as of December 31, 2013. The amount was delivered in full as of January 6, 2014 and currently has no amount outstanding.

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[SK Broadband]

SK Broadband acquired subscriberships of regional cable and other service providers on several different occasions. Such acquisitions were intended to secure a stable subscriber base for its broadband Internet service and, at the same time, increase the service coverage area. Because such acquisitions were conducted on a relatively small scale and involved purchase of subscriberships, SK Broadband did not believe such acquisitions rose to the level of purchasing an entire business line from another company or were likely to have a material impact on its business, and therefore decided that such acquisitions did not require resolutions of its shareholders.

[SK Communications]

In July 2011, there was a leak of personal information of subscribers of NATE and Cyworld websites operated by SK Communications. As of September 30, 2014, 22 lawsuits were filed against SK Communications, alleging that the leak was caused by its poor management of subscribers’ personal information and seeking damages of approximately Won 5.5 billion. With respect to a few of the lawsuits, the relevant district courts have rendered judgments for the relevant plaintiffs’ claims in part and SK Communications has appealed such judgments to the applicable high courts, where the cases are currently pending. Other cases remain pending at various district courts in Korea.

  1. Total Number of Shares

A. Total Number of Shares

(As of September 30, 2014) — Classification Share type Remarks
Common shares Total
I. Total number of authorized shares 220,000,000 — 220,000,000 —
II. Total number of shares issued to date 89,278,946 — 89,278,946 —
III. Total number of shares retired to date 8,533,235 — 8,533,235 —
a. reduction of capital — — — —
b. retirement with profit 8,533,235 — 8,533,235 —
c. redemption of redeemable shares — — — —
d. others — — — —
IV. Total number of shares (II-III) 80,745,711 — 80,745,711 —
V. Number of treasury shares 9,809,375 — 9,809,375 —
VI. Number of shares outstanding (IV-V) 70,936,336 — 70,936,336 —

On July 20, 2011, the Company publicly disclosed its plan to repurchase treasury shares. The Company repurchased 1.4 million shares of treasury shares from July 25, 2011 to September 30, 2011 through the Korea Exchange. For more information on the repurchase of treasury shares, please see public disclosures made on July 20, 2011 and October 5, 2011.

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B. Treasury Shares

(1) Acquisitions and dispositions of treasury shares

(As of September 30, 2014) — Acquisition methods Type of shares At the beginning of period Changes At the end of period
Acquired (+) Disposed (-) Retired (-)
Acquisition pursuant to the Financial
Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea (“FSCMA”) Direct acquisition Direct acquisition from market Common shares 7,086,028 — — — 7,086,028
Preferred shares — — — — —
Direct over-the-counter acquisition Common shares — — — — —
Preferred shares — — — — —
Tender offer Common shares — — — — —
Preferred shares — — — — —
Sub-total Common shares 7,086,028 — — — 7,086,028
Preferred shares — — — — —
Acquisition through trust and other agreements Held by trustee Common shares — — — — —
Preferred shares — — — — —
Held in actual stock Common shares 3,886,710 — — — 3,886,710
Preferred shares — — — — —
Sub-total Common shares 3,886,710 — — — 3,886,710
Preferred shares — — — — —
Other acquisition Common shares (1,163,363 ) — — — (1,163,363 )
Preferred shares — — — — —
Total Common shares 9,809,375 — — — 9,809,375
Preferred shares — — — — —
  • Due to the Company’s exercise of its early redemption right with respect to its convertible notes on November 13, 2013, the conversion right exercise period had expired by December 31, 2013 and there are no more treasury shares deposited with the Korea Securities Depository.

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  1. Status of Voting Rights
(As of September 30, 2014) — Classification Number of shares Remarks
Total shares (A) Common share 80,745,711 —
Preferred share — —
Number of shares without voting rights (B) Common share 9,809,375 Treasury shares
Preferred share — —
Shares without voting rights pursuant to the Company’s articles of incorporation (the “Articles of
Incorporation”) (C) Common share — —
Preferred share — —
Shares with restricted voting rights pursuant to Korean law (D) Common share — —
Preferred share — —
Shares with reestablished voting rights (E) Common share — —
Preferred share — —
The number of shares with exercisable voting right s (F = A - B - C - D + E) Common share 70,936,336 —
Preferred share — —
  1. Dividends and Others

A. Dividends

(1) Distribution of cash dividends was approved during the 27th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 11, 2011.

• Distribution of cash dividends per share of Won 8,400 (exclusive of an interim dividend of Won 1,000) was approved.

(2) Distribution of interim dividends of Won 1,000 was approved during the 330th Board of Directors’ Meeting on July 28, 2011.

(3) Distribution of cash dividends was approved during the 28th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 23, 2012.

• Distribution of cash dividends per share of Won 8,400 (exclusive of an interim dividend of Won 1,000) was approved.

(4) Distribution of interim dividends of Won 1,000 was approved during the 344th Board of Directors’ Meeting on July 25, 2012.

(5) Distribution of cash dividends was approved during the 29th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 22, 2013.

• Distribution of cash dividends per share of Won 8,400 (exclusive of an interim dividend of Won 1,000) was approved.

(6) Distribution of interim dividends of Won 1,000 was approved during the 357th Board of Directors’ Meeting on July 25, 2013.

(7) Distribution of cash dividends was approved during the 30th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 21, 2014.

• Distribution of cash dividends per share of Won 8,400 (exclusive of an interim dividend of Won 1,000) was approved.

(8) Distribution of interim dividends of Won 1,000 was approved during the 366th Board of Directors’ Meeting on July 24, 2014.

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B. Dividends for the Last Three Fiscal Years

| (Unit: in millions of Won, except per share values and percentages) — Classification | As of and for the nine months ended September
30, 2014 | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2012 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Par value per share (Won) | | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Net income | | 516,907 | 910,157 | 1,242,767 |
| Net income per share (Won) | | 7,168 | 12,837 | 17,832 |
| Total cash dividend | | 70,936 | 666,374 | 655,133 |
| Total stock dividends | | — | — | — |
| Percentage of cash dividend to available income (%) | | 13.6 | 73.2 | 52.7 |
| Cash dividend yield ratio (%) | Common share | 0.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| | Preferred share | — | — | — |
| Stock dividend yield ratio (%) | Common share | — | — | — |
| | Preferred share | — | — | — |
| Cash dividend per share (Won) | Common share | 1,000 | 9,400 | 9,400 |
| | Preferred share | — | — | — |
| Stock dividend per share (share) | Common share | — | — | — |
| | Preferred share | — | — | — |

  • The above figures were prepared based on separate financial statements. Net income per share means basic net income per share.

  • The total cash dividend of Won 656,533 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes the total interim dividend amount of Won 71,095 million, and the cash dividend amount per share of Won 9,400 includes the interim cash dividend amount per share of Won 1,000.

  • The total cash dividend of Won 655,133 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes the total interim dividend amount of Won 69,695 million, and the cash dividend amount per share of Won 9,400 includes the interim cash dividend amount per share of Won 1,000.

  • The total cash dividend of Won 666,374 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 includes the total interim dividend amount of Won 70,508 million, and the cash dividend amount per share of Won 9,400 includes the interim cash dividend amount per share of Won 1,000.

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II. BUSINESS

Each company in the consolidated entity is a separate legal entity providing independent services and products. The business is primarily separated into (1) the wireless business consisting of cellular voice, wireless data and wireless Internet services, (2) the fixed-line business consisting of fixed-line telephone, high speed Internet, data and network lease services, among others, and (3) other businesses consisting of platform services and Internet portal services, among others.

  1. Business Overview

Set forth below is a summary business description of material consolidated subsidiaries.

Classification Company name Description of business
Wireless SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Wireless voice and data telecommunications services via digital wireless networks
PS&Marketing Co., Ltd. Sale of fixed-line and wireless telecommunications products through wholesale, retail and online distribution channels
Network O&S Co., Ltd. Network maintenance services such as the operation of the Company’s base stations and related transmission and power facilities
Service Ace Co., Ltd. Customer center management and telemarketing services
Fixed-line SK Broadband Co., Ltd. High-speed Internet, TV, telephone, commercial data and other fixed-line services and management of the transmission system for online
digital contents Various media-related services, such as channel management, including video on demand, and mobile IPTV
services
SK Telink Co., Ltd. International wireless direct-dial “00700” services, pre-paid international card calling services, voice services using Internet protocol and Mobile Virtual Network
Operator (“MVNO”) services
Other business SK Planet Co., Ltd. Various platform services such as 11th Street, T Store, T-Map Navigation and Hoppin in the application, commerce and new media areas, among others
SK Communications Co., Ltd. Integrated portal services through NATE and instant messaging services through NATE-ON
M&Service Co., Ltd. System software development, distribution and technical support services and other online information services

[Wireless Business]

A. Industry Characteristics

As of December 31, 2013, the Korean mobile communication market can be considered to have reached its maturation stage with more than a 100% penetration rate. However, the Korean mobile communications market continues to improve in the quality of services with the help of advances in network-related technology and the development of highly advanced LTE-A, LTE and 3G smartphones which enable the provision of convergence services for multimedia contents, mobile commerce, telematics, new media and other related services. In addition, through the commercialization of LTE network in July 2011 and LTE-A network in June 2013, B2B businesses, such as the corporate “connected workforce” business which can directly contribute to an enhancement in productivity, are expected to grow rapidly. In the first half of 2014, wideband LTE-A service was commercialized and by late 2014, technology will progress for the commercialization of the 3band LTE-A service, which bundles three different bandwidths to allow faster network service.

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B. Growth Potential

(Unit: in 1,000 persons)
As of September 30, As of December 31,
Classification 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Number of subscribers SK Telecom 28,404 27,352 26,961 26,553 25,705
Others (KT, LGU+) 28,343 27,328 26,663 25,954 25,062
Total 56,747 54,680 53,624 52,507 50,767
  • Source: Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (“MSIP”) website and each Korean telecommunications company’s respective earnings releases (including MVNOs).

C. Domestic and Overseas Market Conditions

The Korean mobile communication market includes the entire population of Korea with mobile communication service needs, and almost every Korean is considered a potential user. Sales revenue related to data services is expected to increase due to the increasing popularity of smartphones and high-speed wireless networks. The importance of the business-to-business segment, which creates added value by selling and developing various solutions, is also growing. Seasonal and economic fluctuations have much less impact on the Korean mobile communication market compared to other industries.

Set forth below is the historical market share of the Company.

(Unit: in percentages) — Classification As of September 30, As of December 31,
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Mobile communication services 50.1 50.0 50.3 50.6 50.6
  • Source: MSIP website and each Korean telecommunications company’s respective earnings releases (including MVNOs).

D. Business Overview and Competitive Strengths

The Company is seeking to transform itself from a telecommunications service provider into a comprehensive ICT service provider. It has continued to innovate the scope of its services and achieved strong growth in subscribers amid fierce competition and rate cuts. As a result, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded Won 12.9 trillion in revenue and Won 1.3 trillion in operating income on a consolidated basis and Won 9.8 trillion in revenue and Won 1.3 trillion in operating income on a separate basis.

The number of subscribers (including MVNO subscribers) as of September 30, 2014 was 28.40 million, an increase of approximately 510,000 from the previous quarter. In particular, the number of smartphone subscribers as of September 30, 2014 was 19.32 million, an increase of approximately 400,000 from the previous quarter, including 16.21 million LTE subscribers, solidifying the Company’s market leadership. Following the launch of commercial LTE services in July 2011, the Company became the first telecommunications service provider in the world to launch commercial wideband LTE-A services in June 2014. By launching various high quality services utilizing the LTE-A and wideband LTE networks such as group video conference call services, full high definition mobile IPTV streaming services, and “T Baseball Multiview,” which allows users to watch multiple baseball games on one screen, the Company plans to provide an innovative user experience, enhance customer satisfaction and increase profitability.

The Company has proved that it has superior network quality compared to its competitors according to the Korea Communications Commission quality evaluations. The Company has also proved to be the leader in Korea’s top three customer satisfaction indices: according to the National Customer Satisfaction Index, Korean Customer Satisfaction Index and Korean Standard Service Quality Index, the Company has continued to hold the leading position for 17 years, 17 years and 15 years, respectively.

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SK Telink, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, expanded its operations to the MVNO business based on its technical expertise and know-how obtained in its international telecommunications business and launched its MVNO service, 7Mobile, which is offered at reasonable rates and provides excellent quality. SK Telink is increasing its efforts to develop low-cost distribution channels and create niche markets through targeted marketing towards customers with lower average revenue per user. An MVNO leases the networks of a mobile network operator (“MNO”) and provides wireless telecommunication services under its own brand and fee structure, without owning telecommunication networks or frequencies.

Network O&S, a subsidiary of the Company responsible for the operation of the Company’s base stations and related transmission and power facilities, offers quality fixed-line and wireless network services to customers, including mobile office products to business customers.

PS&Marketing, a subsidiary of the Company, provides a sales platform for products of the Company and SK Broadband including fixed-line and wireless telecommunication products which address customers’ needs for various convergence products. PS&Marketing provides differentiated service to clients through the establishment of new sales channels and product development.

[Fixed-line Business]

A. Industry Characteristics

As subscribers to various bundled wireless and fixed-line products are continuing to increase, the IPTV business is evolving to satisfy diverse customer needs for media services through differentiated service offerings including mobile IPTV, bundled wireless and IPTV products and ultra-high definition services for smart televisions. The market for our corporate business is also growing with cloud computing, mobile offices and other new information and communications technologies being commercialized. The increased usage of smartphones and tablet computers, the pilot programming of commercial ultra-high definition television broadcasting services and competition for wideband LTE services has greatly increased data traffic, thereby further emphasizing the importance of fixed-line network infrastructure that is capable of handling large capacities of data traffic with stability and efficiency.

B. Growth Potential

(Unit: in 1,000 persons) — Classification As of September 30, As of December 31,
2014 2013 2012
Fixed-line Subscribers High-speed Internet 19,116 18,738 18,253
Fixed-line telephone 17,133 17,620 18,261
IPTV (real-time) 10,308 8,522 6,310
  • Source: MSIP website, Korea Communications Commission website and the Korea Digital Media Industry Association website.

C. Cyclical Nature and Seasonality

High-speed Internet, fixed-line telephone and IPTV services are mature markets that are generally not sensitive to cyclical economic changes due to the easing of competition resulting from the decrease in differentiation between service providers and the nature of the respective services. The telecommunications services market overall is not expected to be particularly affected by economic downturns due to the low income elasticity of demand for telecommunication services.

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Set forth below is the historical market share of the Company.

Classification As of September 30, 2014 (Unit: in percentages) — As of December 31,
2013 2012
High-speed Internet (include resales) 24.8 24.4 24.1
Fixed-line telephone (include Voice over Internet Protocol) 16.9 16.9 16.7
IPTV (real-time) 25.3 24.4 22.2
  • Source: MSIP website, Korea Communications Commission website and the Korea Digital Media Industry Association website.

D. Business Overview and Competitive Strengths

In 1999, the Company was the first in the world to commence commercial ADSL services and on the back of its premium technology and enhanced competitiveness achieved through bundled products, it is currently expanding subscriber base across all of its businesses, including broadband Internet, telephone and IPTV. In particular, SK Broadband has positioned itself to focus on corporate customer services and IPTV services as key strategic areas for mid- to long-term growth, exploiting opportunities in new ICT-based businesses that have led to revenue growth, and providing differentiated contents in its IPTV business by securing popular programming which includes exclusive children’s channels and live broadcasts of Major League Baseball games. In addition, the Company is reinforcing its leadership in the ultra-high definition broadcasting market by launching ultra-high definition services that require no set-top boxes in April 2014 and by commercializing ultra-high definition set-top boxes for the first time in Korea in September 2014. Furthermore, the Company was the first in the industry to adopt solutions to upgrade full high definition to ultra-high definition, and the Company also strengthened the line-up of ultra-high definition contents by securing access to diverse contents provided by Sony and NBC Universal. Moreover, the Company provides the greatest number of channels in full high definition in the IPTV market due to its recent upgrade of all 130 live high definition channels to full high definition.

In September 2013, the Company developed technology that compresses videos for its ultra-high definition IPTV services. During the first quarter of 2014, the Company commercialized new transmission technology that can more efficiently transmit signals on the hybrid fiber-coaxial network despite its limited frequency. Furthermore, the Company solidified its technological leadership for providing ultra-high definition broadcasting for wireless and fixed line in the IPTV industry by commercializing a unique ultra-high-definition service that can be provided directly to smart televisions without the installation of “smart” set-top boxes in April 2014 and started transmitting ultra-high definition contents to mobile IPTV in May 2014.

SK Telink provides international telecommunications service. SK Telink has been able to establish itself as a market leader as a result of its affordable pricing, proactive marketing and the quality of its services. It launched a mobile phone-based international calling service under the brand name “00700” in 1998, creating a new niche market within the long-distance telephony market that was otherwise dominated by existing service providers. In 2003, SK Telink was designated a common carrier for international calling services, which allowed us to expand our international calling services to fixed-line international calling services. SK Telink plans to strategically target the convergence of wireless and fixed-line telecommunications and strengthen its existing business, including international and long-distance calling services, value-added services for local calling and B2B services, and video conference call services while aiming to satisfy the diverse needs of customers through the provision of quality solutions at reasonable prices.

[Other Business]

A. Industry Characteristics

As the number of smartphones distributed in Korea exceeds 30 million, the growth in various mobile devices has spurred the rise of the service provider with a strong platform business as the leader in the ICT market. It is becoming increasingly important to enhance competitiveness by building a platform with large data capacity to handle the increase in data transmission.

A platform business acts as an intermediary by promoting interactions among various customer groups, thereby generating new values. It is important for a platform business to continually attract subscribers and users and to create an ecosystem with certain lock-in effects. A platform can exist in various forms, including as a technological standard (iOS, Android OS), a subscriber-based service platform (Facebook, Twitter) or a marketplace (Amazon, T Store). Platform businesses are evolving and expanding globally.

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A platform business has strong growth potential due to its connectivity with related services and ease of global expansion. Apple became a world-leading smartphone producer based on its innovative design and the competitive strength of its App Store platform. Google has created a new ecosystem of long-tail advertising by attracting millions of third parties to its advertising platform, as well as showing strong growth in mobile markets with its competitive platform based on Android OS. It is becoming increasingly important to enhance competitiveness through a database that can register and analyze purchase patterns of customers across all areas and a platform with large data capacity to utilize this database and provide differentiated services to customers.

B. Growth Potential

The scope and value generated by the platform business, including application and content marketplaces and N-screen services, continues to increase, as smartphones and tablet computers become more popular and the bandwidth and speed of network infrastructure improve. As the wireless network evolves to LTE, business opportunities for the platform business exist, including multimedia streaming, N-screen service based on cloud technology and high-definition location-based services. Since the platform business realizes profit by connecting with advertisements or commerce sites after building a critical mass of subscribers and traffic, the recent growth in the advertising and commerce markets is expected to present an opportunity for platform businesses. The importance of building a platform with large data capacity that is connected to various digital contents and commerce is expected to increase in the future.

C. Domestic and Overseas Market Conditions

(1) Commerce markets

The Company expects that online commerce markets will continue to grow due to the growth potential of the Internet shopping population, the strengthening of online business models by off-line operators, and the rapid rise of mobile commerce. Recently, due to the widespread use of smartphones and social media, the commercialization of location-based services and the development of big data technology, online to offline (or, O2O) business, which is a concept of attracting customers to offline stores using online and mobile environments, is being highlighted as a new field in the online commerce market industry.

(2) Digital contents

The growth of application marketplaces, which started with Apple’s App Store, provides the platform business with new opportunities for revenue generation. The competitive paradigm is shifting from a competition among platform operators toward a competition among eco-systems that include application developers as well as platform operators.

Due to an increase in the number of devices owned by each user and an increase in network speed, each user can now enjoy music or video files anywhere and anytime by storing them in cloud servers, which is called N-screen service. Users can recommend music to other users through social networking services and this is expected to become a distribution model for digital media contents. Various service providers are competing in this market expecting a strong growth in the online and mobile video market.

D. Business Overview and Competitive Strengths

The Company plans to expand its platform ecosystem focusing on its “Open & Collaboration” motto in operating its commerce business such as 11 th Street, Syrup, and OK Cashbag, its digital contents business such as T Store and Hoppin, and its location-based service business such as T-Map Navigation, thereby ultimately increasing its enterprise value.

(1) Commerce

11th Street, an online marketplace, has continued its growth through effective marketing and customer satisfaction. Despite its later entry into the online commerce market (launched in 2008) which was already divided between Auction and G-Market, it is leading the domestic e-commerce market and is also rapidly growing in the mobile commerce market. Growth plans involving overseas joint ventures based on 11th Street’s business expertise have resulted in the successful launch of an open online commerce market in Turkey in partnership with Doğuş Group in March 2013. In Indonesia, an open market platform was successfully launched through a joint venture established in July 2013 with PT XM Axiata Tbk, a wireless telecommunications company in Indonesia.

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Syrup is a consumer-oriented commerce service and its goal is to minimize its customers’ time and efforts while maximizing the economic benefits provided by providing information about coupons and events based on time, place and occasion. To achieve this goal, Syrup combines location-based services, such as geo-fencing, a virtual perimeter technology using a global positioning system (or, GPS) and Bluetooth Low Energy (or, BLE), with big data analysis of consumption patterns. Syrup’s business partners can benefit from cost-effective marketing through Syrup by utilizing statistics and analysis regarding consumers’ frequency of visits, preferred products, and consumption patterns.

OK Cashbag is a point-based loyalty marketing program which has grown to become a global top-tier loyalty marketing program since its inception in 1999. Customers have access to increased benefits through accumulation of loyalty reward points and partner companies use OK Cashbag as a marketing resource. With 37 million subscribers, OK Cashbag maintains a leading position in the industry and plans to continue strengthening its position by providing customized services befitting customers’ needs and market conditions.

(2) Location-based services

T-Map Navigation provides map, local information, real-time traffic information and navigation services. With cumulative subscribers of 19.47 million as of September 30, 2014, T-Map Navigation is one of the leading location-based service platforms in Korea. The Company is broadening the range of its location-based services by also providing “infotainment” systems to commercial vehicle businesses as well as providing localized content on its products, such as region-specific information and advertisements. The Company plans to further develop the T-Map Navigation platform by initiating open application programming interface-based services, providing services to more diverse types of devices and providing local area-based services.

(3) Digital contents

T Store, launched in September 2009, reached 23.32 million subscribers and cumulative downloads of 2.2 billion as of September 30, 2014, solidifying its leadership position in the application market and plans to widen its services to tablets and navigation devices. The Company intends to further develop T Store into a personalized gateway and mobile playground through expansion of the scope of serviceable devices, reinforcement of digital content offerings and enhancement of search services, among other things.

The Company’s “Hoppin” service enables subscribers to enjoy wide-ranging video on demand contents. Through continual service improvements and stable service provision, Hoppin has become the leading mobile video on demand service.

(4) Social networking services (“SNS”) and Internet portal services

The Company’s instant messenger service, “Nate-On,” had the largest market share of 35.2% in the instant messenger market in Korea with 6 million net users during September 2014. The Company’s Internet search portal service, “Nate,” had a page-view market share of 5.0% as of September 30, 2014. (Source: Korean Click, based on fixed-line access)

Satellite DMB service

The Company launched its Hanbyul satellite in 2004 and received government approval in December 30, 2004 to provide satellite DMB services. Broadcasting through satellite DMB commenced in May 2005 and satellite DMB services expanded nationwide thereafter. On August 23, 2012, the board of directors of SK Telink resolved to discontinue operation of its satellite DMB services due to the rapid decrease in satellite DMB subscribers and the continued burden of fixed costs.

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  1. Major Products & Services

A. Updates on Major Products and Services

(Unit: in millions of Won and percentages) — Business Major Companies Item Major Trademarks Consolidated Sales Amount (ratio)
Wireless SK Telecom Co., Ltd., PS&Marketing Co., Ltd., Service Ace Co., Ltd., Network O&S Co., Ltd. Mobile communication service, wireless data service, ICT service T and others 10,256,922 (79.7 %)
Fixed-line SK Broadband Co., Ltd., SK Telink Co., Ltd. Fixed-line phone, high speed Internet, data and network lease service B tv , 00700 international call, 7Mobile and others 1,846,002 (14.3 %)
Other SK Planet Co., Ltd , SK Communications Co., Ltd., M&Service Co., Ltd., Internet portal service, e-commerce and investment OK Cashbag, NATE, T Store, T-Map Navigation and others 771,848 (6.0 %)
Total 12,874,772(100.0 %)

[Wireless Business]

In the past, based on the Company’s basic monthly subscription plan, the basic service fee was Won 13,000 per month and the usage fee was Won 20 per 10 seconds (daytime calls) and based on the Company’s standard monthly subscription plan, the basic service fee was Won 12,000 per month and the usage fee was Won 18 per 10 seconds. As of September 30, 2014, based on the Company’s standard monthly subscription plan, the basic service fee was Won 11,000 per month and the usage fee was Won 1.8 per second.

[Fixed-line Business]

SK Broadband provides broadband Internet access service, telephony, TV, corporate data services and other services for both individual and corporate customers. As of September 30, 2014, broadband Internet and TV services comprised 50.7% of SK Broadband’s revenue, telephony service 21.6%, corporate data services 26.8% and other telecommunications services 0.9%. Price fluctuations in the different services provided by SK Broadband are due to discounts provided for long-term contracts, changes in equipment costs and competition between companies.

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[Other Business]

Set forth below are major products and services of the Company’s material consolidated subsidiaries.

Business Item Major Trademarks
Platform ICT services, new media services, advertisement services, telecommunications sales, e-commerce and others Syrup, T Store, 11th Street, T Map, Hoppin, OK Cashbag and others
Display advertisement Online advertisement services Nate, Nate-On
Search advertisement Online advertisement services Nate, Nate-On
Contents and others Pay content sales and other services Nate, Nate-On
  1. Investment Status

[Wireless Business]

A. Investment in Progress

(Unit: in 100 millions of Won) — Business Classification Investment period Subject of investment Investment effect Expected investment amount Amount already invested Future investment
Network/Common Upgrade/ New installation 2014 Network, systems and others Capacity increase and quality improvement; systems improvement 21,000 13,704 —
Total 21,000 13,704 —

B. Future Investment Plan

(Unit: in 100 millions of Won) — Business Expected investment amount Expected investment for each year Investment effect
Asset type Amount 2014 2015 2016
Network/Common Network, systems and others 21,000 21,000 To be determined To be determined Upgrades to the existing services and expanded provision of services including wideband LTE-A
Total 21,000 21,000 To be determined To be determined

[Fixed-line Business]

A. Investment in Progress

In the first half of 2014, the Company has increased the amount of capital investments compared to the same period in 2013 due to a net increase in the number of IPTV subscribers and the number of new contracts with corporate customers and in order to expand its B2B coverage in advance of the revenue growth expected in the second half of 2014. The Company expects that the total amount of capital investments in 2014 will be similar to that of 2013.

(Unit: in 100 millions of Won) — Business Classification Investment period Subject of investment Investment effect Total investments Amount already invested Future investment
High-speed Internet Upgrade/ New installation For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 Backbone and subscriber network / others Expand subscriber networks and facilities 3,756 769 To be determined
Telephone 40
Television 898
Corporate Data Increase leased- line and integrated information system 1,572
Others Expand networks and required space 477
Total 3,756 3,756

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  1. Revenues
Business Sales type Item For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 For the year ended December 31, 2013 For the year ended December 31, 2012*
Wireless Services Mobile communication Export 2,105 2,526 14,202
Domestic 10,254,817 13,313,006 13,204,702
Subtotal 10,256,922 13,315,532 13,218,904
Fixed-line Services Fixed-line, B2B data, High-speed Internet, TV Export 46,705 28,002 29,883
Domestic 1,799,297 2,296,387 2,163,978
Subtotal 1,846,002 2,324,389 2,193,861
Other Services Display and Search ad., Content Export 9,109 14,049 4,698
Domestic 762,739 948,084 723,946
Subtotal 771,848 962,133 728,644
Total Export 57,919 44,577 48,783
Domestic 12,816,853 16,557,477 16,092,626
Total 12,874,772 16,602,054 16,141,409
  • Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 has been retroactively revised to reflect the effect of discontinued operations resulting from the sale of Loen Entertainment.
(Unit: in millions of Won) — For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 Wireless Fixed Other Sub total Internal transaction After consolidation
Total sales 11,478,490 2,317,649 1,349,160 15,145,299 (2,270,527 ) 12,874,772
Internal sales 1,221,568 471,647 577,312 2,270,527 (2,270,527 ) —
External sales 10,256,922 1,846,002 771,848 12,874,772 — 12,874,772
Operating income (loss) 1,298,439 45,701 (9,088 ) 1,335,052 — 1,335,052
Net income (loss) — — — — — 1,295,950
Total assets 23,641,202 3,377,099 3,162,451 30,180,752 (2,495,777 ) 27,684,975
Total liabilities 9,958,923 2,117,375 896,992 12,973,290 (32,390 ) 12,940,900
  1. Derivative Transactions

A. Current Swap Contract Applying Cash Flow Risk Hedge Accounting

Currency swap contracts under cash flow hedge accounting as of September 30, 2014 are as follows.

Borrowing date Hedged item Hedged risk Contract type Financial institution Duration of contract
Jul. 20, 2007 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$400,000,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap Morgan Stanley and five other banks Jul. 20, 2007 – Jul. 20, 2027
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD 65,000,000) Foreign currency risk and interest rate risk Cross currency interest rate swap United Overseas Bank Dec. 15, 2011 – Dec. 12, 2014
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$250,000,000) Foreign currency risk and interest rate risk Cross currency interest rate swap DBS Bank and Citibank Dec. 15, 2011 – Dec. 12, 2014
Jun. 12, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap Citibank and five other banks Jun. 12, 2012 – Jun.12, 2017
Nov. 1, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$700,000,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap Barclays and nine other banks Nov. 1, 2012 – May. 1, 2018
Jan. 17, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap BNP Paribas and three other banks Jan. 17, 2013 – Nov. 17, 2017

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Borrowing date Hedged item Hedged risk Contract type Financial institution Duration of contract
Mar. 7, 2013 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$300,000,000) Foreign currency risk and interest rate risk Cross currency interest rate swap DBS Bank Mar. 7, 2013 – Mar. 7, 2020
Oct. 29, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$300,000,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap Korea Development Bank and others Oct. 29, 2013 – Oct. 26, 2018
Dec. 16, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$92,098,000) Foreign currency risk Cross currency swap Deutsche Bank Dec. 16, 2013 – Apr. 29, 2022

B. Treatment of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet

As of September 30, 2014, fair values of the above derivatives recorded in assets or liabilities and details of derivative instruments are as follows.

(Unit: in millions of Won and thousands of foreign currencies)
Hedged item Fair value
Cash flow hedge Trading purposes Total
Accumulated gain (loss)
on valuation of derivatives Tax effect Foreign currency translation gain (loss) Others (*1)
Non-current assets:
Convertible option (*2) (face amounts of Won 100 million) — — — — 8,257 8,257
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$400,000,000) (47,922 ) (15,299 ) (36,706 ) 129,806 — 29,879
Total assets 38,136
Current liabilities:
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD 65,000,000) 82 26 (3,862 ) — — (3,754 )
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$250,000,000) 5,488 1,752 (26,776 ) — — (19,536 )
Non-current liabilities:
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000,000) (11,237 ) (3,588 ) (32,005 ) — — (46,830 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$700,000,000) (20,896 ) (6,671 ) (27,698 ) — — (55,265 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000,000) 5,118 1,634 (60,424 ) — — (53,672 )
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$300,000,000) 334 107 (9,855 ) — — (9,414 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$300,000,000) (8,232 ) — (3,225 ) — — (11,457 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of US$92,098,000) (4,298 ) (1,372 ) (291 ) — — (5,961 )
Total liabilities (205,889 )

(*1) Cash flow hedge accounting has been applied to the relevant contract from May 12, 2010. Others represent gain on valuation of currency swap incurred prior to the application of hedge accounting and was recognized through profit or loss prior to the year ended December 31, 2012.

(*2) Fair value of the conversion option of convertible bonds held by SK Communications Co., Ltd. amounting to Won 10 million was accounted for as derivative financial assets.

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  1. Major Contracts

[SK Telecom]

(Unit: in 100 millions of Won) — Category Vendor Start Date Completion Date Contract Title Contract Amount
Purchase SK Planet Co., Ltd. January 1, 2014 January 1, 2015 2014 SK Planet B2B Strategic Product #1 – T map] 2,545
Purchase SK C&C Co., Ltd. April 1, 2014 December 31, 2014 2014 IT Academy IT Service Management Contract (SK C&C) 1,462
Purchase SK Planet Co., Ltd. January 1, 2014 January 1, 2015 2014 SK Planet B2B Strategic Product #2 – T freemium 1,001
Purchase SK Planet Co., Ltd. January 1, 2014 January 1, 2015 2014 SK Planet B2B Biz ASP #5 – Voice/Messaging VAS (Color Ring, etc.) 545
Purchase SK Planet Co., Ltd. March 1, 2014 February 1, 2015 2014 T Membership Program Management Contract (March 2014 – January 2015) 529
Real Estate Individuals January 1, 2014 September 30, 2014 Purchase of land for construction of new headquarters and 8 other buildings 154
Subtotal 6,236

[SK Broadband]

SK Broadband enters into contracts to use telecommunications facilities, including the use of line conduits and interconnection among telecommunication service providers.

Counterparty Contract Contents Contract Period Note
Telecommunication service providers Interconnection among telecommunication service providers — Automatically renewed for two years at a time unless specific amendments are requested
KEPCO Provision of electric facilities From Dec. 2013 to Nov. 2014 Use of electricity poles
Seoul City Railway Use of telecommunication line conduits From Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2012 (Renewal in progress) Use of railway telecommunication conduit (Serviced areas to expand)
Busan Transportation Corporation Use of telecommunication line conduits From July 2009 to July 2013 (Renewal in progress) Use of railway telecommunication conduit (Serviced areas to expand)
Seoul Metro Use of telecommunication line conduits From May 2010 to May 2013 (Renewal in progress) Use of railway telecommunication conduit (Serviced areas to expand)
Gwangju City Railway Use of telecommunication line conduits From Sep. 2010 to Dec. 2012 (Renewal in progress) Use of railway telecommunication conduit (Service lease)
  • Renewal is in progress after negotiation of lower usage fees.

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[SK Communications]

Counterparty Purpose Contract Period Contract Amount
Daum Kakao Corp. Cost-per-click Internet search advertisement — Amount determined based on the number of clicks
  • SK Communications and Daum Kakao Corp. have agreed not to publicly disclose the contract period with respect to the contract with Daum Kakao Corp.

  • R&D Investments

Set forth below are the Company’s R&D expenditures.

(Unit: in millions of Won except percentages) — Category For the nine months ended September 30, For the year ended December 31, Remarks
2014 2013 2012
Raw material 70 38 42 —
Labor 53,124 79,865 59,050 —
Depreciation 145,056 158,158 163,295 —
Commissioned service 69,093 22,923 62,399 —
Others 48,890 102,668 61,546 —
Total R&D costs 316,233 363,652 346,332 —
Accounting Sales and administrative expenses 312,687 352,385 304,557 —
Development expenses (Intangible assets) 3,546 11,267 41,775 —
R&D cost / sales amount ratio (Total R&D costs / Current sales amount×100) 2.46 % 2.19 % 2.12 % —
  1. Other information relating to investment decisions

A. Trademark Policies

The Company manages its corporate brand and other product brands in a comprehensive way to protect and increase their value. The Company’s Brand Strategy Council in charge of overseeing its systematic corporate branding operates full-time to execute decisions involving major brands and operates “Brandnet,” an intranet system to manage corporate brands which provides solutions including registering and licensing of the brands.

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B. Business-related Intellectual Property

[SK Telecom]

The Company holds 5,347 Korean-registered patents, 325 U.S.-registered patents, 217 Chinese-registered patents (all including patents held jointly with other companies) and more patents with other countries. The Company holds 900 Korean-registered trademarks and owns intellectual property rights to the design of the alphabet “T.” The designed alphabet “T” is registered in all business categories for trademarks (total of 45) and is being used as the primary brand of the Company.

[SK Broadband]

SK Broadband holds 409 Korean-registered patents relating to high-speed Internet, telephone and IPTV service. In addition, SK Broadband has applied for a patent relating to two-way broadcasting system. SK Broadband also holds a number of trademarks and service marks relating to its service and brand.

[SK Planet]

As of September 30, 2014, SK Planet held 2,443 registered patents, 112 registered design marks, 1,222 registered trademarks and one copyright (including those held jointly with other companies) in Korea. It also holds 85 U.S.-registered patents, 85 Chinese-registered patents, 56 Japanese-registered patents, 23 E.U.-registered patents (all including patents held jointly with other companies) and 227 registered trademarks, along with a number of other intellectual property rights, in other countries.

[SK Communications]

As of September 30, 2014, SK Communications held 74 registered patents, 26 registered design rights and 696 registered trademarks in Korea.

C. Business-related Pollutants and Environmental Protection

The Company does not engage in any manufacturing and therefore does not undertake any industrial processes that emit pollutants into the air or industrial processes in which hazardous materials are used.

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III. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  1. Summary Financial Information (Consolidated)

A. Summary Financial Information (Consolidated)

As of September 30, 2014 As of December 31, 2013 As of December 31, 2012 As of December 31, 2011
Assets
Current Assets 5,740,166 5,123,415 5,294,421 6,117,479
• Cash and Cash Equivalents 1,332,619 1,398,639 920,125 1,650,794
• Accounts Receivable – Trade, net 2,735,086 2,257,316 1,954,920 1,823,170
• Accounts Receivable – Other, net 780,236 643,603 582,098 908,836
• Others 892,225 823,857 1,837,278 1,734,679
Non-Current Assets 21,944,809 21,453,100 20,301,138 18,248,557
• Long-Term Investment Securities 1,023,804 968,527 953,712 1,537,945
• Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures 5,907,201 5,325,297 4,632,477 1,384,605
• Property and Equipment, net 10,217,606 10,196,607 9,712,719 9,030,998
• Intangible Assets, net 2,465,913 2,750,782 2,689,658 2,995,803
• Goodwill 1,772,405 1,733,261 1,744,483 1,749,933
• Others 557,880 478,626 568,089 1,549,273
Total Assets 27,684,975 26,576,515 25,595,559 24,366,036
Liabilities
Current Liabilities 6,063,194 6,069,220 6,174,895 6,673,590
Non-Current Liabilities 6,877,706 6,340,738 6,565,882 4,959,737
Total Liabilities 12,940,900 12,409,958 12,740,777 11,633,327
Equity
Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent Company 14,024,732 13,452,372 11,854,777 11,661,881
Share Capital 44,639 44,639 44,639 44,639
Capital Surplus (Deficit) and Other Capital Adjustments 288,726 317,508 (288,883 ) (285,347 )
Retained Earnings 13,716,388 13,102,495 12,124,657 11,642,525
Reserves (25,021 ) (12,270 ) (25,636 ) 260,064
Non-controlling Interests 719,343 714,185 1,000,005 1,070,828
Total Equity 14,744,075 14,166,557 12,854,782 12,732,709
Total Liabilities and Equity 27,684,975 26,576,515 25,595,559 24,366,036
Number of Companies Consolidated 38 28 32 31

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 For the year ended December 31, 2013 For the year ended December 31, 2012* For the year ended December 31, 2011*
Operating Revenue 12,874,772 16,602,054 16,141,409 15,803,174
Operating Income 1,335,052 2,011,109 1,730,049 2,266,197
Profit Before Income Tax 1,606,342 1,827,101 1,519,368 2,212,273
Profit for the Period 1,295,950 1,609,549 1,115,663 1,582,073
Profit for the Period Attributable to Owners of the Parent Company 1,299,898 1,638,964 1,151,705 1,612,889
Profit for the Period Attributable to Non-controlling Interests (3,948 ) (29,415 ) (36,042 ) (30,816 )
Basic Earnings Per Share (Won) 18,206 23,211 16,525 22,848
Diluted Earnings Per Share (Won) 18,206 23,211 16,141 22,223
  • Financial information for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 have been retroactively revised to reflect the effect of discontinued operations resulting from the sale of Loen Entertainment.

B. Changes to Accounting Standards Adopted During 2012

(1) Financial Instruments: Disclosures

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No.1107, ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’ since January 1, 2012. The amendments require disclosing the nature of transferred assets, their carrying amount, and the description of risks and rewards for each class of transferred financial assets that are not derecognized in their entirety. If the Company derecognizes transferred financial assets but still retains their specific risks and rewards, the amendments require additional disclosures of their risks.

(2) Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company adopted the amendments pursuant to the amended K-IFRS No. 1001, ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ starting with the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company’s operating income is calculated as operating revenue less operating expense. Operating expense represents expense incurred from the Company’s main operating activities and includes cost of products that have been resold and selling, general and administrative expenses.

C. Changes to Accounting Standards Adopted During 2013

(1) Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ since January 1, 2013, classified items within other comprehensive income by nature and presented “items that are not subsequently recycled through profit or loss” and “items that are subsequently reclassified if certain conditions are met” as a group.

(2) Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1110, ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ since January 1, 2013. The standard introduces a single control model to determine whether an investee should be consolidated. Subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by a controlling entity or a subsidiary of a controlling company. A controlling entity or a subsidiary of a controlling company controls a subsidiary when the controlling entity or the subsidiary of the controlling company is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the subsidiary and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the subsidiary.

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(3) Joint Arrangements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1111, ‘Joint Arrangements’ since January 1, 2013. The standard classifies joint arrangements into two types—joint operations and joint ventures. A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint operators) have rights to the assets, and obligations for the liabilities, relating to the arrangement. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint ventures) have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The standard requires a joint operator to recognize and measure the assets and liabilities (and recognize the related revenues and expenses) in relation to its interest in the arrangement in accordance with relevant IFRSs applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. The standard requires a joint venture to recognize an investment and to account for that investment using the equity method.

(4) Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1112, ‘Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities’ since January 1, 2013. The standard brings together into a single standard all the disclosure requirements about an entity’s interests in subsidiaries, joint arrangements, associates and unconsolidated structured entities. The Company is currently assessing the disclosure requirements for interests in subsidiaries, interests in joint arrangements and associates and unconsolidated structured entities in comparison with the existing disclosures. The standard requires the disclosure of information about the nature, risks and financial effects of these interests.

(5) Employee Benefits

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1019, ‘Employee Benefits’ since January 1, 2013. The standard requires recognition of actuarial gains and losses immediately in other comprehensive income and to calculate expected return on plan assets based on the rate used to discount the defined benefit obligation.

(6) Fair Value Measurement

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1113, ‘Fair Value Measurement’ since January 1, 2013. The standard defines fair value and a single framework for fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements.

D. Impact of Changes in Accounting Policies

(1) Consolidated Financial Statements

In accordance with the transitional provision on K-IFRS No. 1110, the Company assessed control on investees as of January 1, 2013, the initial adoption date of the standard, and there have been no changes in subsidiaries upon adoption of the standard.

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  1. Summary Financial Information (Separate)

A. Summary Financial Information (Separate)

As of September 30, 2014 As of December 31, 2013 (Unit: in millions of Won) — As of December 31, 2012 As of December 31, 2011
Assets
Current Assets 2,941,335 2,817,782 2,589,699 3,948,077
• Cash and Cash Equivalents 397,800 448,459 256,577 895,558
• Accounts Receivable – Trade, net 1,649,169 1,513,138 1,407,206 1,282,234
• Accounts Receivable – Other, net 450,106 388,475 383,048 774,221
• Others 444,260 467,710 542,868 996,064
Non-Current Assets 19,888,250 20,009,637 19,659,803 16,572,450
• Long-Term Investment Securities 671,863 729,703 733,893 1,312,438
• Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates 8,214,361 8,010,121 7,915,547 4,647,506
• Property and Equipment, net 7,442,848 7,459,986 7,119,090 6,260,169
• Intangible Assets, net 1,981,992 2,239,167 2,187,872 2,364,795
• Goodwill 1,306,236 1,306,236 1,306,236 1,306,236
• Others 270,950 264,424 397,165 681,306
Total Assets 22,829,585 22,827,419 22,249,502 20,520,527
Liabilities
Current Liabilities 4,135,933 4,288,07 4,343,086 4,467,006
Non-Current Liabilities 5,292,990 5,223,938 5,529,368 4,087,219
Total Liabilities 9,428,923 9,512,011 9,872,454 8,554,225
Equity
Share Capital 44,639 44,639 44,639 44,639
Capital Surplus and Other Capital Adjustments 433,894 433,894 (236,160) (236,016)
Retained Earnings 12,793,126 12,665,699 12,413,981 11,837,185
Reserves 129,003 171,176 154,588 320,494
Total Equity 13,400,662 13,315,408 12,377,048 11,966,302
Total Liabilities and Equity 22,829,585 22,827,419 22,249,502 22,520,527

| For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 | For the year ended December 31, 2013 | For the year ended
December 31, 2012 | For the year ended December 31, 2011 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Operating Revenue | 9,831,961 | 12,860,379 | 12,332,719 | 12,551,255 |
| Operating Income | 1,284,686 | 1,969,684 | 1,675,388 | 2,184,498 |
| Profit Before Income Tax | 810,182 | 1,220,797 | 1,546,719 | 2,274,421 |
| Profit for the Period | 801,762 | 910,157 | 1,242,767 | 1,694,363 |
| Basic Earnings Per Share (Won) | 11,303 | 12,837 | 17,832 | 24,002 |
| Diluted Earnings Per Share (Won) | 11,303 | 12,837 | 17,406 | 23,343 |

B. Changes to Accounting Standards Adopted During 2012

(1) Financial Instruments: Disclosures

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No.1107, ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’ since January 1, 2012. The amendments require disclosing the nature of transferred assets, their carrying amount, and the description of risks and rewards for each class of transferred financial assets that are not derecognized in their entirety. If the Company derecognizes transferred financial assets but still retains their specific risks and rewards, the amendments require additional disclosures of their risks.

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(2) Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company adopted the amendments pursuant to the amended K-IFRS No. 1001, ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ starting with the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company’s operating income is calculated as operating revenue less operating expense. Operating expense represents expense incurred from the Company’s main operating activities and includes cost of products that have been resold and selling, general and administrative expenses.

C. Changes to Accounting Standards Adopted During 2013

(1) Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ since January 1, 2013, classified items within other comprehensive income by nature and presented “items that are not subsequently recycled through profit or loss” and “items that are subsequently reclassified if certain conditions are met” as a group.

(2) Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1110, ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ since January 1, 2013. The standard introduces a single control model to determine whether an investee should be consolidated. Subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by a controlling entity or a subsidiary of a controlling company. A controlling entity or a subsidiary of a controlling company controls a subsidiary when the controlling entity or the subsidiary of the controlling company is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the subsidiary and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the subsidiary.

(3) Joint Arrangements

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1111, ‘Joint Arrangements’ since January 1, 2013. The standard classifies joint arrangements into two types—joint operations and joint ventures. A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint operators) have rights to the assets, and obligations for the liabilities, relating to the arrangement. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint venturers) have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The standard requires a joint operator to recognize and measure the assets and liabilities (and recognize the related revenues and expenses) in relation to its interest in the arrangement in accordance with relevant IFRSs applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. The standard requires a joint venturer to recognize an investment and to account for that investment using the equity method.

(4) Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1112, ‘Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities’ since January 1, 2013. The standard brings together into a single standard all the disclosure requirements about an entity’s interests in subsidiaries, joint arrangements, associates and unconsolidated structured entities. The Company is currently assessing the disclosure requirements for interests in subsidiaries, interests in joint arrangements and associates and unconsolidated structured entities in comparison with the existing disclosures. The standard requires the disclosure of information about the nature, risks and financial effects of these interests.

(5) Employee Benefits

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1019, ‘Employee Benefits’ since January 1, 2013. The standard requires recognition of actuarial gains and losses immediately in other comprehensive income and to calculate expected return on plan assets based on the rate used to discount the defined benefit obligation.

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(6) Fair Value Measurement

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1113, ‘Fair Value Measurement’ since January 1, 2013. The standard defines fair value and a single framework for fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements.

D. Impact of Changes in Accounting Policies

(1) Consolidated Financial Statements

In accordance with the transitional provision on K-IFRS No. 1110, the Company assessed control on investees as of January 1, 2013, the initial adoption date of the standard, and there have been no changes in subsidiaries upon adoption of the standard.

  1. K-IFRS: Preparation, Impact to Financial Statements and Changes in the Accounting Principles Implemented

— Transition to K-IFRS

The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS starting from fiscal year 2011 which commenced on January 1, 2011. The Company’s financial statements in previous periods were prepared in accordance with Korean GAAP. The Company’s financial statements for fiscal year 2010, which are presented for comparison, were prepared in accordance with K-IFRS with January 1, 2010 as the transition date and pursuant to K-IFRS No. 1101, “First-time Adoption of Korean International Financial Reporting Standards.”

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IV. AUDITOR’S OPINION

  1. Auditor (Consolidated)
Nine months ended September 30, 2014 Year ended December 31, 2013 Year ended December 31, 2012
KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.
  1. Audit Opinion (Consolidated)
Period Auditor’s opinion Issues noted
Nine months ended September 30, 2014 — —
Year ended December 31, 2013 Unqualified N/A
Year ended December 31, 2012 Unqualified N/A
  1. Auditor (Separate)
Nine months ended September 30, 2014 Year ended December 31, 2013 Year ended December 31, 2012
KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.
  1. Audit Opinion (Separate)
Period Auditor’s opinion Issues noted
Nine months ended September 30, 2014 — —
Year ended December 31, 2013 Unqualified N/A
Year ended December 31, 2012 Unqualified N/A
  1. Remuneration for Independent Auditors for the Past Three Fiscal Years

A. Audit Contracts

Fiscal Year Auditors (Unit: in thousands of Won except number of hours) — Contents Fee Total number of hours accumulated for the fiscal year
Year ended December 31, 2014 KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. Semi-annual review 1,280,000 17,890
Quarterly review
Separate financial statements audit
Consolidated financial statements audit
English financial statements review and other audit task
Year ended December 31, 2013 KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. Semi-annual review 1,250,000 17,796
Quarterly review
Separate financial statements audit
Consolidated financial statements audit
English financial statements review and other audit task
Year ended December 31, 2012 KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. Semi-annual review 1,220,000 19,583
Quarterly review
Separate financial statements audit
Consolidated financial statements audit
English financial statements review and other audit task

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B. Non-Audit Services Contract with External Auditors

(Unit: in thousands of Won) — Period Contract date Service provided Service duration Fee
Nine months ended September 30, 2014 March 18, 2014 Due diligence of assets March 11-18, 2014 50,000
March 28, 2014 Tax advice March 28-December 31, 2014 40,000
May 28, 2014 Review revised tax laws May 18-31, 2014 20,000
Year ended December 31, 2013 N/A — — —
Year ended December 31, 2012 N/A — — —
  1. Change of Independent Auditors

Starting from 2012, the Company changed its independent auditors to KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. from Deloitte Anjin LLC due to the expiration of the audit contract with Deloitte Anjin LLC.

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V. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Omitted in quarterly and semi-annual reports in accordance with Korean disclosure rules.

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VI. CORPORATE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES

  1. Board of Directors

A. Overview of the Composition of the Board of Directors

The Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) is composed of eight members: five independent directors and three inside directors. Within the Board, there are five committees: Independent Director Nomination Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, CapEx Review Committee, and Corporate Citizenship Committee.

Total number of persons Inside directors (As of November 7, 2014) — Independent directors
8 Sung Min Ha, Dae Sik Cho, Dong Seob Jee Jae Hyeon Ahn, Dae Shick Oh, Jae Hoon Lee, Hyun Chin Lim, Jay Young Chung

At the 30th General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 21, 2014, Jae Hoon Lee was elected as an inside director and Jae Hyeon Ahn was elected as an independent director and a member of the audit committee.

B. Significant Activities of the Board of Directors

Meeting Date Agenda Approval
361th (the 1st meeting of
2014) February 6, 2014 • Financial statements as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2013 • Annual business report as of and for the year ended December 31,
2013 • Report of internal accounting management • Report for the period after the fourth quarter of
2013 Approved as proposed Approved as proposed — —
362th (the 2nd meeting of 2014) February 20, 2014 • 2014 transaction of goods, services and assets
with SK Planet Co., Ltd. • Rights offering by PS&Marketing Co., Ltd. • Convocation of the 30th General Meeting of
Shareholders • Evaluation results of internal accounting management
system Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed —
363th (the 3rd meeting of
2014) March 21, 2014 • Election of the chief executive
officer • Election of the chairman of the Board of Directors • Election of committee members • Financial transactions with affiliated company (SK
Securities) • Provision of funds for management of the 2014 SUPEX
meetings Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved
as proposed Approved as proposed
364th (the 4th meeting of
2014) April 24, 2014 • Transaction of goods relating to B Box with SK
Broadband • Bond offering • Financial transactions with affiliated company (SK
Securities) • Report for the period after the first quarter of 2014 Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed —
365th (the 5th meeting of
2014) June 24, 2014 • Financial transactions with affiliated company (SK Securities) Approved as proposed
366th (the 6th meeting of
2014) July 24, 2014 • Payment of interim dividends • Financial results for the first six months of 2014 • Report for the period after the second quarter of
2014 Approved as proposed — —

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Meeting Date Agenda Approval
367th (the 7th meeting of
2014) September 24, 2014 • Transaction of services with SK (China)
Management Co., Ltd. • Bond offering • Transactions of corporate bonds with affiliated company (SK
Securities) • Financial transactions with affiliated company (SK
Securities) Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved
as proposed
368th (the 8th meeting of
2014) October 23, 2014 • Investment to provide financial support to
Tianlong • Report for the period after the third quarter of
2014 Approved as proposed —
  • The line items that do not show approval are for reporting purposes only.

C. Committees within Board of Directors

(1) Committee structure (as of November 7, 2014)

(a) Compensation Review Committee

Total number of persons Members Task
Inside Directors Independent Directors
3 — Jae Hoon Lee, Hyun Chin Lim, Jay Young Chung Review CEO remuneration system and amount
  • The Compensation Review Committee is a committee established by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

(b) Capex Review Committee

Total number of persons Members Task
Inside Directors Independent Directors
5 Dong Seob Jee Jae Hyeon Ahn, Dae Shick Oh, Jae Hoon Lee, Jay Young Chung Review major investment plans and changes thereto
  • The Capex Review Committee is a committee established by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

(c) Corporate Citizenship Committee

Total number of persons Members Task
Inside Directors Independent Directors
4 Dong Seob Jee Jae Hyeon Ahn, Hyun Chin Lim, Jay Young Chung Review guidelines on corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) programs, etc.
  • The Corporate Citizenship Committee is a committee established by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

(d) Independent Director Nomination Committee

Total number of persons Members Task
Inside Directors Independent Directors
3 Sung Min Ha Dae Shick Oh, Jae Hoon Lee Nomination of independent directors
  • Under the Korean Commercial Code, a majority of the members of the Independent Director Nomination Committee should be independent directors.

(e) Audit Committee

Total number of persons Members Task
Inside Directors Independent Directors
3 — Dae Shick Oh, Hyun Chin Lim, Jae Hyeon Ahn Review financial statements and supervise independent audit process, etc.
  • The Audit Committee is a committee established under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the Korean Commercial Code.

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  1. Audit System

The Company’s Audit Committee consists of three independent directors, Dae Shick Oh, Hyun Chin Lim, Jae Hyeon Ahn.

Major activities of the Audit Committee as of November 7, 2014 are set forth below.

Meeting Date Agenda Approval
The 1st meeting of
2014 February 5, 2014 • Evaluation of internal monitoring controls
based on the opinion of the members of the Audit Committee • Review of business and audit results for the second half of 2013 and business and audit plans for 2014 • Report of internal accounting management system Approved as proposed — —
The 2nd meeting of
2014 February 19, 2014 • Report on the IFRS audit of fiscal year
2013 • Report on review of 2013 internal accounting management
system • Evaluation of internal accounting management system
operation • Agenda and document review for the 30th General Meeting of
Shareholders • Auditor’s report for fiscal year 2013 • IT service management contract for 2014 • Service contract with SK Wyverns for 2014 • Service contract with SKTCH • Construction of fixed-line and wireless networks in
2014 — — Approved as
proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed
The 3rd meeting of
2014 March 20, 2014 • Transactions with SK C&C Co., Ltd. in the
second quarter of 2014 Approved as proposed
The 4th meeting of
2014 April 23, 2014 • Election of chairman Dae Shick Oh • Purchase of maintenance, repair and operations items from
Happynarae Co., Ltd. • Construction of fixed-line and wireless network facilities for
2014 • Remuneration for outside auditor for fiscal year 2014 • Outside auditor service plan for fiscal year 2014 • Audit plan for fiscal year 2014 Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved as proposed Approved
as proposed Approved as proposed —
The 5th meeting of
2014 June 25, 2014 • Transactions with SK C&C Co., Ltd. in the
third quarter of 2014 • Energy reduction business contract with SK Broadband Co.,
Ltd. Approved as proposed Approved as proposed
The 6th meeting of
2014 July 23, 2014 • Construction of fixed-line and wireless network
facilities for 2014 • Review of business and audit
results for the first half of 2014 and business and audit plans for the second half of 2014 • Report on the IFRS audit of fiscal year 2014 Approved as proposed — —
The 7th meeting of
2014 September 23, 2014 • Transactions with SK C&C Co., Ltd. in the
fourth quarter of 2014 Approved as proposed
  • The line items that do not show approval are for reporting purposes only.

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  1. Shareholders’ Exercise of Voting Rights

A. Voting System and Exercise of Minority Shareholders’ Rights

Pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation as shown below, the cumulative voting system was first introduced in the general meeting of shareholders held in 2003.

Articles of Incorporation Description
Article 32(3) (Election of Directors) Cumulative voting under Article 382-2 of the Korean Commercial Code will not be applied for the election of directors.
Article 4 of the 12 th Supplement to the Articles of Incorporation (Interim Regulation) Article 32(3) of the Articles of Incorporation shall remain effective until the day immediately preceding the date of the general meeting of shareholders held in
2003.

Also, neither written or electronic voting system nor minority shareholder rights is applicable.

  1. Affiliated Companies

A. Capital Investments between Affiliated Companies

(As of September 30, 2014)

Investing company — SK Corporation SK Innovation SK Energy SK Global Chemical SK Telecom SK Networks SKC SK E&C SK Shipping SK Securities
SK Holdings 33.4 % 25.2 % 39.1 % 42.3 % 44.5 % 83.1 %
SK Innovation 100.0 % 100.0 %
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks
SK Telecom
SK Chemicals 0.02 % 28.2 %
SKC
SK E&C
SK Gas
SK C&C 31.8 % 10.0 %
SK E&S
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy
SK Seentec
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 31.8 % 33.4 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 25.2 % 39.2 % 42.3 % 72.7 % 83.1 % 10.0 %

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Investing company Invested companies — SK E&S SK Gas DOPCO CCE YN Energy Ko-one Energy Service Entis SK Telink Busan City Gas Jeonnam City Gas
SK Holdings 94.1 %
SK Innovation 41.0 %
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks
SK Telecom 83.5 %
SK Chemicals 45.5 % 50.0 %
SKC
SK E&C
SK Gas
SK C&C 5.9 %
SK E&S 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 67.3 % 100.0 %
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec 10.0 %
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 100.0 % 55.5 % 41.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 50.0 % 83.5 % 67.3 % 100.0 %

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Investing company Invested companies — Gangwon City Gas JBES M & Service SK Wyverns Infosec Happynarae SK Telesys Gimcheon Energy Services F&U Credit Info Hanam Energy Service
SK Holdings
SK Innovation 42.5 %
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks
SK Telecom 100.0 % 42.5 % 50.0 %
SK Chemicals
SKC 50.6 %
SK E&C
SK Gas 5.0 %
SK C&C 100.0 % 5.0 %
SK E&S 100.0 % 100.0 % 80.0 %
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet 100.0 %
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service 100.0 %
SK Seentec
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 95.0 % 50.6 % 80.0 % 50.0 % 100.0 %

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Investing company Invested companies — SK D&D Natruck SK Hynix Speed Motor SK Mobile Energy SK Petrochemical SK Communications SK Planet SKC Air Gas SKN service
SK Holdings
SK Innovation 100.0 %
SK Energy 100.0 %
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks 100.0 % 86.5 %
SK Telecom 20.1 % 100.0 %
SK Chemicals
SKC 80.0 %
SK E&C
SK Gas 50.0 %
SK C&C
SK E&S
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet 64.5 %
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec 100.0 %
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 50.0 % 100.0 % 20.1 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 64.5 % 100.0 % 80.0 % 86.5 %

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Investing company — Commerce Planet Initz SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. SK Broadband LC&C PMP PS&Marketing UBcare PyongTaek Energy Service Wirye Energy Service
SK Holdings
SK Innovation
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks 100.0 %
SK Telecom 50.6 % 100.0 %
SK Chemicals 66.0 % 44.0 %
SKC 40.9 %
SK E&C
SK Gas
SK C&C
SK E&S 100.0 % 100.0 % 89.5 %
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet 100.0 %
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 100.0 % 66.0 % 40.9 % 50.6 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 44.0 % 100.0 % 89.5 %

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Investing company Invested companies — Jeju United FC MKS Guarantee SK Forest SK Lubricants SKC Lighting Bizen SK HY ENG HYSTEC Silicon File SK Biopharmaceuticals
SK Holdings 100.0 % 100.0 %
SK Innovation 100.0 %
SK Energy 100.0 %
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks
SK Telecom
SK Chemicals
SKC 100.0 %
SK E&C
SK Gas
SK C&C 99.0 %
SK E&S
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D 100.0 %
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet
SK Hynix 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 99.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %

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Investing company — SK Seentec Daejeon Pure Water Gwangju Pure Water SKW Television Media Korea Network O&S Service Ace Service Top SK Pinx U base Manufacturing Asia
SK Holdings
SK Innovation
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical
SK Networks 100.0 %
SK Telecom 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
SK Chemicals 100.0 %
SKC 90.0 %
SK E&C 32.0 % 42.0 %
SK Gas
SK C&C
SK E&S
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion
SK Lubricants 100.0 %
SK Shipping
SK Planet 51.0 %
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec
Iriver
Total affiliated companies 100.0 % 32.0 % 42.0 % 90.0 % 51.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %

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Investing company — Ulsan Aromatics SK Continental E-Motion Korea G.Hub SK Incheon Petrochem SK Trading International Boryeong LNG Terminal NEOS Networks SK Encar Iriver CS Iriver CS
SK Holdings
SK Innovation 100.0 % 100.0 %
SK Energy
SK Global Chemical 50.0 %
SK Networks
SK Telecom 66.7 % 39.3 %
SK Chemicals
SKC
SK E&C
SK Gas 100.0 %
SK C&C 50.0 %
SK E&S 50.0 %
SK Communications
SK Broadband
SK D&D
SK Continental E-Motion 100.0 %
SK Lubricants
SK Shipping
SK Planet
SK Hynix
Ko-one Energy Service
SK Seentec 100.0 %
Total affiliated companies 50.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 50.0 % 66.7 % 50.0 % 39.3 % 100.0 %
  • As of September 30, 2014, SK Hynix disposed of all the shares (its 100% equity share) of QRT Semiconductor

** Change in company names:

• Ulsan Aromatics changed its name from Arochemi

• Happynarae changed its name from MRO Korea

• Bizen changed its name from Telsk

• SK Hystec changed its name from Hystec

• SK HY ENG changed its name from Hynix Engineering

• Entis changed its name from SK Sci-tech

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VII. SHAREHOLDERS

  1. Shareholdings of the Largest Shareholder and Related Persons

A. Shareholdings of the Largest Shareholder and Related Persons

(As of September 30, 2014) — Name Relationship Type of share Number of shares owned and ownership ratio (Unit: in shares and percentages)
Beginning of Period End of Period
Number of shares Ownership ratio Number of shares Ownership ratio
SK Holdings Co., Ltd. Largest Shareholder Common share 20,363,452 25.22 20,363,452 25.22
Tae Won Chey Officer of affiliated company Common share 100 0.00 100 0.00
Shin Won Chey Officer of affiliated company Common share 2,000 0.00 4,000 0.00
Sung Min Ha Officer of affiliated company Common share 738 0.00 738 0.00
Total Common share 20,366,290 25.22 20,368,290 25.22

B. Overview of the Largest Shareholder

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. (“SK Holdings”) is a holding company in accordance with the Fair Trade Act and as of September 30, 2014, has nine subsidiaries: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Telecom Co., Ltd., SK Networks Co., Ltd., SKC Co., Ltd., SK Shipping Co., Ltd., SK E&C Co., Ltd., SK E&S Co., Ltd., SK Biofarm Co., Ltd. and SK Forest Co., Ltd.

Details of the subsidiaries of SK Holdings are as follows:

Affiliates Share Holdings Book Value (million Won) (Unit: in millions of Won) — Industry Description
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. 33.4 % 3,944,657 Energy and Petrochemical Publicly Listed
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. 25.2 % 3,091,125 Telecommunication Publicly Listed
SK Networks Co., Ltd. 39.1 % 905,691 Trading and Energy Publicly Listed
SKC Co., Ltd. 42.3 % 254,632 PET Film Manufacturing and Chemical Products Publicly Listed
SK E&C Co., Ltd. 44.5 % 470,015 Infrastructure, Architectural Housing and Plant Construction Privately Held
SK Shipping Co., Ltd. 83.1 % 420,568 Ocean Freight Privately Held
SK E&S Co., Ltd. 94.1 % 1,026,307 Gas Company Holdings and Power Generation Privately Held
SK Biofarm Co., Ltd. 100.0 % 328,702 Biotechnology Privately Held
SK Forest Co., Ltd. 100.0 % 61,387 Forestry and Landscaping Privately Held
  • The above shareholdings are based on common share holdings as of September 30, 2014.

SK Holdings is a publicly listed company and is required to submit a report of its significant business activities in accordance with Article 161 of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act. Also as a holding company, SK Holdings is required to report key management activities of its subsidiaries in accordance with Article 8 of KOSPI Market Disclosure Regulation.

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The rule is applicable to subsidiaries whose book value of the holding company’s shareholding exceeds 10% of its total assets based on the financial statements as of December 31, 2013. SK Innovation Co., Ltd. and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. are two such subsidiaries.

  1. Changes in Shareholdings of the Largest Shareholder

Changes in shareholdings of the largest shareholder are as follows.

| (As of September 30, 2014) — Largest Shareholder | Date of the change in the largest shareholder/ Date of
change in shareholding | Shares Held | Holding Ratio | (Unit: in shares and percentages) — Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SK Corporation | March 11, 2011 | 18,750,490 | 23.22 | Man Won Jung, SK Telecom’s CEO, resigned Shin Bae Kim, SK C&C’s CEO, resigned |
| | April. 5, 2011 | 18,749,990 | 23.22 | Dal Sup Shim, an Independent Director, disposed 500
shares |
| | July 8, 2011 | 18,749,990 | 23.22 | Shin Won Chey, SKC’s Chairman, purchased 500
shares |
| | August 5, 2011 | 18,750,490 | 23.22 | Shin Won Chey, SKC’s Chairman, purchased 500
shares |
| | August 23, 2011 | 18,751,490 | 23.22 | Shin Won Chey, SKC’s Chairman, purchased 500
shares |
| | December 21, 2011 | 20,366,490 | 25.22 | SK Holdings purchased 1,615,000 shares |
| | January 31, 2012 | 20,366,290 | 25.22 | Retirement of Bang Hyung Lee, a former officer of an affiliated
company |
| | January 1, 2014 | 20,367,290 | 25.22 | Shin Won Chey, SKC’s Chairman, purchased 1,000
shares |
| | March 24, 2014 | 20,368,290 | 25.22 | Shin Won Chey, SKC’s Chairman, purchased 1,000
shares |

  • Shares held are the sum of shares held by SK Holdings and its related parties.

  • Distribution of Shares

A. Shareholders with ownership of 5% or more and others

(As of June 30, 2014) — Rank Name (title) Common share (Unit: in shares and percentages)
Number of shares Ownership ratio Remarks
1 Citibank ADR 13,337,328 16.52 % —
2 SK Holdings 20,363,452 25.22 —
3 SK Telecom 9,809,375 12.15 Treasury shares
4 National Pension Service 4,760,489 5.90 As of End of 2013
Shareholdings under the Employee Stock Ownership Program 97,074 0.12 As of September 30, 2014

B. Shareholder Distribution

(As of June 30, 2014) — Classification Number of shareholders Ratio (%) Number of shares (Unit: in shares and percentages) — Ratio (%) Remarks
Total minority shareholders* 24,174 99.76 % 31,057,635 38.46 % —
  • Defined as shareholders whose shareholding is less than a hundredth of the total issued and outstanding shares.

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  1. Share Price and Trading Volume in the Last Six Months

A. Domestic Securities Market

(Unit: in Won and shares) — Types September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014
Common stock Highest 298,500 280,500 264,000 243,500 229,000 217,000
Lowest 279,500 256,500 236,000 218,500 216,000 198,000
Monthly transaction volume 3,359,174 2,711,496 3,399,217 3,423,138 2,785,194 4,636,269

B. Foreign Securities Market

New York Stock Exchange — Types September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014
Depository Receipt Highest 31.75 30.31 28.31 26.50 24.77 23.09
Lowest 30.34 27.76 25.54 23.56 23.23 20.76
Monthly transaction volume 18,808,998 22,036,244 20,283,267 21,637,750 14,595,143 20,665,121

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VIII. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

  1. Employees

| (As of September 30, 2014) — Classification | Number of employees | | | Average service year | Aggregate wage for
the year 2014 | Average wage per person | Remarks | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Regular employees | Contract employees | Others | Total | | | | |
| Male | 3,595 | 59 | — | 3,654 | 13.1 | 356,874 | 93 | — |
| Female | 541 | 50 | — | 591 | 11.3 | 42,823 | 64 | — |
| Total | 4,136 | 109 | — | 4,245 | 12.9 | 399,697 | 89 | — |

  • Excludes retirement and severance payments to employees whose employment was terminated before the end of the respective employment periods. Average wage per person was calculated with respect to the total number of paid employees.

  • Compensation of Directors

A. Amount Approved at the Shareholders’ Meeting

(As of September 30, 2014) (Unit: in millions of Won)
Classification Number of Directors Aggregate Amount Approved
Directors 8 12,000

B. Amount Paid

(As of September 30, 2014) — Classification Number of Directors (Unit: in millions of Won) — Aggregate Amount Paid Average Amount Paid Per Director
Insider Directors 3 2,703 901
Independent Directors* 2 121 61
Audit Committee Members 3 182 61
Total 8 3,006 376
  1. Individual Compensation of Directors
(As of September 30, 2014) (Unit: in millions of Won)
Name Title Aggregate Amount Paid
Sung Min Ha Chief Executive Officer and President 1,271
Dong Seob Jee Head of Strategy & Planning Office 638

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IX. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

  1. Line of Credit Extended to the Largest Shareholder

None.

  1. Transfer of Assets to/from the Largest Shareholder and Other Transactions

A. Investment and Disposition of Investment

None.

B. Transfer of Assets

(Unit: in millions of Won) — Name (Corporate name) Relationship Details Remarks
Transferred Assets Purpose of Transfer Date of Transfer Amount Transferred from Largest Shareholder Amount Transferred to Largest Shareholder
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. Subsidiary Computer software Disposition of assets June 30, 2014 — 8,760 —
Total — 8,760 —
  • On April 24, 2014, the board of directors resolved to transfer the Company’s tangible and intangible investment assets related to B Box to SK Broadband Co., Ltd. for Won 8,760 million for reliable and efficient operations of smart IPTV services, and the transfer of the assets was completed on June 30, 2014.

  • Related Party Transactions (excluding Transactions with the Largest Shareholder and Related Persons)

A. Provisional Payment and Loans (including loans on marketable securities)

(Unit: in millions of Won) — Name (Corporate name) Relationship Account category Change details Accrued interest Remarks
Beginning Increase Decrease Ending
Seoul E&T and others Agency Long-term and short-term loans 84,760 128,377 127,176 85,961 — —

X. OTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF INVESTORS

  1. Developments in the Items Mentioned in Prior Reports on Important Business Matters

A. Status and Progress of Major Management Events

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B. Summary Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders

Date Agenda Resolution
27 th Fiscal Year Meeting of Shareholders (March 11, 2011) 1. Approval of the financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2010 2. Approval of Remuneration Limit for Directors 3. Amendment to Company Regulation on Executive Compensation 4. Election of directors • Election of inside directors • Election of independent directors • Election of independent directors as Audit Committee members Approved (Cash dividend, Won 8,400 per share) Approved Approved (Won 12 billion) Approved (Sung Min Ha, Jin Woo So) Approved (Rak Young Uhm, Jay Young Chung, Jae Ho Cho) Approved (Jay Young Chung, Jae Ho Cho)
1 st Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders of 2011 (August 31, 2011) 1. Approval of the Spin-off Plan 2. Election of director Approved (Spin-off of SK Planet) Approved (Jun Ho Kim)
28 th Fiscal Year Meeting of Shareholders (March 23, 2012) 1. Approval of the financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2011 2. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation 3. Election of directors • Election of an inside director • Election of an inside director • Election of an independent director 4. Election of an independent director as Audit Committee member 5. Approval of remuneration limit for directors Approved (Cash dividend, Won 8,400 per share) Approved Approved (Young Tae Kim) Approved (Dong Seob Jee) Approved (Hyun Chin Lim) Approved (Hyun Chin Lim) Approved (Won 12 billion)
29 th Fiscal Year Meeting of Shareholders (March 22, 2013) 1. Approval of the financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2012 2. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation 3. Election of directors • Election of an inside director • Election of an independent director 4. Election of an independent director as Audit Committee member 5. Approval of remuneration limit for directors Approved (Cash dividend, Won 8,400 per share) Approved Approved (Dae Sik Cho) Approved (Dae Shick Oh) Approved (Dae Shick Oh) Approved (Won 12
billion)
30 th Fiscal Year Meeting of Shareholders (March 21, 2014) 1. Approval of the financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2013 2. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation 3. Election of directors • Election of an inside director • Election of an independent director • Election of an independent director • Election of an independent director 4. Election of an independent director as Audit Committee member 5. Approval of remuneration limit for directors Approved (Cash dividend, Won 8,400 per share) Approved Approved (Sung Min Ha) Approved (Jay Young Chung) Approved (Jae Hoon Lee) Approved (Jae Hyeon Ahn) Approved (Jae Hyeon Ahn) Approved (Won 12
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  1. Contingent Liabilities

[SK Telecom]

A. Material Legal Proceedings

(1) Claim for copyright license fees regarding “Coloring” services

On May 7, 2010, Korea Music Copyright Association (“KOMCA”) filed a lawsuit with the court demanding that the Company pay KOMCA license fees for the Company’s “Coloring” services. The court rendered a judgment against the Company ordering the Company to pay Won 570 million to KOMCA, which was affirmed by the appellate court on October 26, 2011. The Company filed an appeal at the Supreme Court of Korea and the judgment was overturned on July 11, 2013. The case was remanded down to the appellate court which ruled in favor of the Company on September 4, 2014. KOMCA filed an appeal at the Supreme Court of Korea, but the Company expects the appeal to be denied, based on the recent denials of appeal in similar suits involving KT and LGU+. While the Company does not expect this litigation to have an immediate impact on the Company’s business or results of operation as the final outcome of this litigation has not been determined, the Company may be required to pay increased annual license fees to KOMCA if the final judgment is rendered against the Company.

  • Actual impact on the Company’s business and financial condition from the litigation may be different from the Company’s expectation stated above.

B. Other Matters

None.

[SK Broadband]

A. Material Legal Proceedings

(1) SK Broadband as the plaintiff

Description of Proceedings (Unit: in thousands of Won) — Date of Commencement of Proceedings Amount of Claim Status
Damages claim against Welcome Savings Bank March 2014 1,291,533 Pending before district court
Damages claim against Golden Young and others April 2011 908,166 Pending before appellate court
Total — 2,199,699 —

(2) SK Broadband as the defendant

Description of Proceedings (Unit: in thousands of Won) — Date of Commencement of Proceedings Amount of Claim Status
Damages claim by Sun Technology Co., Ltd. and others October 2011 1,223,778 Pending before appellate court after remand
Damages claim by Haein Networks Co., Ltd. April 2011 101,000 Pending before district court
Damages claim by Onnuri Co., Ltd. December 2011 101,000 Pending before the Supreme Court of Korea
Damages claim by Mag Telecom Co., Ltd. and others January 2012 606,000 Pending before district court
Damages claim by GT Com Co., Ltd. March 2014 101,000 Pending before district court
209,494
Total — 2,342,272 —

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The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of the proceedings in which SK Broadband is named as a defendant will have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

B. Other Contingent Liabilities

(1) Pledged assets and covenants

SK Broadband, upon approval by its board of directors, has provided guarantees for financial instruments amounting to Won 2,071 million to support employees’ funding for the Employee Stock Ownership Program.

Additionally, SK Broadband has provided “geun” mortgage amounting to Won 14.2 billion to others, including Ilsan Guksa, on a part of its buildings in connection with the leasing of the buildings.

[SK Planet]

A. Material Legal Proceedings

As of September 30, 2014, there was one pending proceeding with SK Planet as the defendant and the aggregate amount of the claim was Won 78 million. The management cannot reasonably forecast the outcome of this case and no amount in connection with this proceeding was recognized on the Company’s financial statements.

B. Other Contingent Liabilities

None.

[SK Communications]

A. Material Legal Proceedings

As of September 30, 2014, the aggregate amount of claims was Won 7.1 billion. The Company successfully defended some but not all suits relating to a leak of personal information of subscribers of NATE. Relevant proceedings remain pending at various courts in Korea. The management cannot reasonably forecast the outcome of the pending proceedings, and as a result, adjustments were not made in the financial statements of the Company. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of the proceedings in which SK Communications is named as a defendant will have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

B. Other Contingent Liabilities

The material payment guarantees provided by third parties to SK Communications as of September 30, 2014 are set forth in the table below.

Financial Institution (Unit: in thousands of Won) — Guarantee Amount
Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company Prepaid coverage payment guarantee 700,000
Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company Provisional deposit guarantee insurance for bonds 863,000
Etoos Education Co., Ltd. Support for production and publication of cartoon series 1,600,000

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[PS&Marketing]

A. Other Contingent Liabilities

Shinhan Bank has provided a payment guarantee of Won 3 billion for PS&Marketing’s purchase of mobile devices from Apple Korea Ltd.

Additionally, PS&Marketing has entered into a credit facility up to Won 27 billion with Shinhan Bank for working capital purposes.

[NEOS Networks]

A. Other Contingent Liabilities

NEOS Networks, has agreed to provide “geun” mortgage amounting to Won 1.2 billion.

  1. Status of sanctions, etc.

[SK Telecom]

On September 19, 2011, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 6.86 billion and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures in consultation with the Korea Communications Commission by January 2012.

On April 22, 2011, the Company received a correctional order from the Fair Trade Commission of Korea for violation of Article 21 of the Electronic Commerce Act and was imposed a fine of Won 5 million. The Company paid the fine and filed a suit disputing the order of the Fair Trade Commission. The suit is currently pending.

On November 11, 2011, the Company received a correctional order from the Fair Trade Commission of Korea for violation of Article 23 of the Fair Trade Act relating to the transfer of patented technology necessary for the supply of relay facilities. The Company corrected the procedures before receiving the correctional order.

On March 14, 2012, the Company received a correctional order from the Fair Trade Commission of Korea for an alleged violation of Article 23 of the Fair Trade Act relating to the handset subsidy practice and distribution of handsets and was imposed a fine of Won 21,928 million. The Company filed an administrative proceeding to appeal the order and the Seoul High Court ruled against it on October 29, 2014. The Company plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Korea.

On February 6, 2012, the Company received three penalty points and was imposed a fine of Won 3 million from the Korea Exchange for a violation of Article 35 of Korea Exchange’s disclosure rules. The Company paid the fine and has been taking efforts to prevent a repetitive violation.

On June 21, 2012, the Company received a correctional order from the Korea Communications Commission in connection with its decision on whether the Company had violated regulations related to the safeguarding of location information. The Company completed the improvement of the procedures in consultation with the Korea Communications Commission by December 2012.

On July 4, 2012, the Fair Trade Commission issued correctional orders and imposed fines on the Company and seven affiliated companies for alleged unfair advantage provided to SK C&C, an affiliated company, in services fees for information technology system management and operation. The Company and SK Planet were imposed fines of Won 25,042 million and Won 1,349 million, respectively. The Company and the seven affiliated companies appealed the orders and on May 14, 2014, won the suit at the Seoul High Court. The Fair Trade Commission appealed the decision, and the case is currently pending before the Supreme Court of Korea.

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On December 24, 2012, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 6.89 billion, imposed a suspension on acquiring new subscribers from January 31, 2013 to February 21, 2013 and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures in consultation with the Korea Communications Commission by March 2013.

On January 11, 2013, the Company received a correctional order and a fine of Won 100 million from the Fair Trade Commission of Korea for alleged violation of Article 23 of the Fair Trade Act relating to the Company’s transactions with its distribution network. The Company paid the fine by May 10, 2013.

On March 14, 2013, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 3.14 billion and issued a correctional order in a case for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures in consultation with the Korea Communications Commission by April 2013.

On July 18, 2013, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 36.5 billion and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by August 2013.

On August 21, 2013, the Company received a correctional order from the Korea Communications Commission in connection with its decision on whether the Company had violated procedural regulations related to terms and conditions of usage. The Company completed the improvement of the procedures in consultation with the Korea Communications Commission by November 2013.

On September 16, 2013, the Company received a correctional order from the Korea Communications Commission in connection with its decision on whether the Company had violated regulations related to wholesale provision of telecommunication services. The Company completed the improvement of the procedures and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by October 2013.

On November 15, 2013, the Korea Communications Commission imposed a fine of Won 676 million and issued a correctional order for limiting termination of telecommunication services. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by December 2013.

On December 27, 2013, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 56.0 billion and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by January 2014.

On March 7, 2014, the MSIP imposed a suspension of operations for 45 days for failure to observe the order of the Korea Communications Commission to cease providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company suspended its operations during the period between April 5, 2014 and May 19, 2014, and reported to the MSIP on the implementation of actions pursuant to the suspension order by May 2014.

On March 13, 2014, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 16.65 billion, imposed a suspension on acquiring new customers for 7 days, and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. In April 2014, the Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by April 2014. The Company suspended acquisition of new customers during the period beginning September 11, 2014 and ending September 17, 2014, and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by September 2014.

On January 31, 2013, the Seoul Central District Court acquitted Mr. Jae Won Chey, our former director and vice chairman, on all charges against him. On September 27, 2013, the Seoul High Court reversed the acquittal of the above-mentioned former director, sentencing him to a prison term of three and a half years for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes. On February 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of Korea affirmed the Seoul High Court’s decision. While the court’s final decision on the appealed case is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, investors should note that it is difficult to predict, among others, the market’s assessment of such case.

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On August 21, 2014, the Korea Communications Commission imposed on the Company a fine of Won 37.1 billion and issued a correctional order for providing discriminatory subsidies to subscribers. The Company paid the fine and completed the improvement of the procedures and reported to the Korea Communications Commission on the implementation of actions pursuant to the correctional order by September 2014.

[SK Broadband]

(1) Violation of the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce

• Date: July 11, 2014

• Subject: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband received a correctional order (relating to the failure to notify consumers of information relating to cancellations of purchases) and a fine of Won 1 billion.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Violated Article 13 of the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce by not having notified consumers of the procedures for cancellation of purchases for paid IPTV contents.

• Status of Implementation: Implemented voluntary improvements to notify consumers of cancellation procedures for such purchase prior to a decision by the Fair Trade Commission.

• Company’s Plan: Implement the correctional order and pay the fine by November 2014.

(2) Violation of the Act on Facilitation of the Use of Information Network and Protection of Information

• Date: June 16, 2014

• Subject: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a fine of Won 3 million.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Violated Articles 59 and 76 of the Act on Facilitation of the Use of Information Network and Protection of Information and Article 76 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act by not having designated proper contacts for the users of telecommunications billing services to raise objections and protect rights and interests of the users and by not having provided the contact information on the Internet or other means of communication.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine, designated contact persons for user protection of telecommunications billing services, provided contact information on the Company’s website, and paid the fine.

• Company’s Plan: Designate contact persons for user protection of telecommunications billing services and provide contact information to users.

(3) Violation of the Telecommunication Business Act

• Date: August 21, 2013

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband received a correctional order from the Korea Communications Commission.

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• Reason and the Relevant Law: Violation of Article 50, Paragraph 1, Number 5 of the Telecommunications Business Act for use of subscription agreements that omitted certain material terms and conditions pertaining to high-speed Internet usage.

• Status of Implementation: Completed revision of subscription agreements to include material terms and conditions pertaining to high-speed Internet usage. Planning to distribute information sheets on current terms and conditions to new subscribers.

• Company’s Plan: Improve operations including through revision of subscription agreements.

(4) Violation of the Telecommunication Business Act

• Date: June 5, 2013

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband received a correctional order from the Korea Communications Commission.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Improperly delayed cancellations of high-speed Internet subscribers and violated Articles 42 and 50 of the Telecommunication Business Act.

• Status of Implementation: Improving operating procedures to stop the prohibited practice due for completion in August, completed amendment of the terms of service and published the sanction in newspapers.

• Company’s Plan: Improve cancellation procedures to prevent recurrence of the cancellation delays.

(5) Violation of accounting rules

• Date: December 13, 2012

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a fine of Won 39 million from the Korea Communications Commission.

• Reason and the relevant law: Business report for 2011 violated accounting rules under Article 49 of the Telecommunication Business Act.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine.

• Company’s plan: Will improve accounting management system.

(6) Violation of the Telecommunications Business Act

• Date: May 18, 2012

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband received a correctional order and a fine of Won 253 million

• Reason and relevant law: Violation of Article 50, Paragraph 1, Number 5 of the Telecommunications Business Act and Article 50, Paragraph 1 of the related Enforcement Decree for offering discounts outside the terms and conditions of the subscription agreement to certain subscribers and thereby discriminating against certain subscribers

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• Status of implementation: Paid the fine, ceased the prohibitive practice, disclosed receiving the correctional order in a newspaper advertisement and changed business practice to prevent reoccurrence.

• Company’s plan: Continuous management of the company’s distribution network and improve the company’s distribution structure.

(7) Violation of accounting rules

• Date: January 20, 2012

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a fine of Won 54 million from the Korea Communications Commission.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Business report for 2010 violated accounting rules under Article 49 of the Telecommunication Business Act.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine.

• Company’s Plan: Will improve accounting management system.

(8) Violation of the Telecommunication Business Act

• Date: November 23, 2011

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a fine of Won 30 million from the Korea Communications Commission.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Violated Telecommunication Business Act by allocating “060” number without prior review and charging fees for the service usage.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine, stopped the prohibited practice, improved operating procedures and reported the results.

• Company’s Plan: Will improve operating procedures.

(9) Violation of the Act on Facilitation of the Use of Information Network and Protection of Information

• Date: July 14, 2011

• Subject: SK Broadband and a former officer of SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a fine of Won 15 million and the former officer was imposed a fine of Won 5 million.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Violated Articles 24 and 62 of the Act on Facilitation of the Use of Information Network and Protection of Information by providing subscribers’ personal information to telemarketers without subscribers’ consents.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine.

• Company’s Plan: Provide education to officers and employees and strengthen internal regulations.

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(10) Violation of the Telecommunication Business Act

• Date: February 21, 2011

• Subject Company: SK Broadband

• Sanction: SK Broadband was imposed a correctional order and a fine of Won 3.2 billion from the Korea Communications Commission.

• Reason and the Relevant Law: Improperly discriminated subscribers with respect to the fee reduction in the process of acquiring high-speed Internet subscribers. Violated Article 50 of the Telecommunication Business Act and Article 42 of the Enforcement Decree.

• Status of Implementation: Paid the fine, stopped the prohibited practice, published the sanction in newspapers, improved operating procedures and amended the terms of services.

• Company’s Plan: Continue to monitor marketing networks, improve marketing procedures, distribute incentive items directly and reduce incentive items.

  1. Important Matters That Occurred After September 30, 2014

[SK Telecom ]

On October 28, 2014, the Company issued three tranches of fixed rate unsecured bonds in the principal amounts of Won 160 billion (with an annual interest rate of 2.526% and a maturity date of October 28, 2019), Won 150 billion (with an annual interest rate of 2.658% and a maturity date of October 28, 2021) and Won 190 billion (with an annual interest rate of 2.818% and a maturity date of October 28, 2024) for a total principal amount of Won 500 billion.

  1. Use of Proceeds

A. Use of Proceeds from Public Offerings

Not applicable.

B. Use of Proceeds from Private Offerings

(As of September 30, 2014) — Classification Closing Date Proceeds Planned Use of Proceeds (Unit: in millions of Won) — Actual Use of Proceeds Reasons for Change
Convertible Bonds* April 7, 2009 437,673 Refinancing of convertible bonds issued in May 2004 Refinancing and working capital —
  • In 2013, holders exercised their conversion rights with respect to an aggregate principal amount of US$326,023,000 of the convertible notes. The Company delivered 1,241,337 treasury shares in respect of US$170,223,000 of the exercised aggregate principal amount and delivered cash in respect of the remainder due to the limit on foreign ownership. In connection with such conversion, the Company recognized Won 135.1 billion in financial expenses in 2013. On November 13, 2013, the Company exercised its early redemption right and on December 13, 2013, redeemed the US$6,505,000 principal amount of convertible notes not converted by noteholders.

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SK TELECOM CO., LTD.

Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2014 and 2013

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

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Contents

Independent Auditors’ Review Report 66
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 68
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income 70
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income 71
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity 72
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 73
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements 75

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To The Board of Directors and Shareholders

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed financial statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements of SK Telecom Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”), which comprise the condensed consolidated statement of financial position as of September 30, 2014, the related condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the condensed consolidated interim statements of changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and notes to the interim financial statements.

Management’s responsibility

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”) No.1034, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’, and for such internal controls as management determines necessary to enable the preparation of condensed consolidated interim financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ responsibility

Our responsibility is to issue a report on these condensed consolidated interim financial statements based on our reviews.

We did not review the financial statements of SK Broadband Co., Ltd., a domestic subsidiary, and an associate, whose financial statements constitute 11.9% of the Group’s consolidated operating revenue and 32.1% of the Group’s profit before income tax for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. Other auditors reviewed those financial statements and our report, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for these entities, is based solely on the reports of other auditors.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the Review Standards for Quarterly and Semiannual Financial Statements established by the Securities and Futures Commission of the Republic of Korea. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our reviews and the reports of other auditors, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements referred to above are not prepared fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with K-IFRS No.1034 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’.

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Other matters

The consolidated statement of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this report, were audited by us and our report thereon, dated February 21, 2014, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2013, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us in all material respects.

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed consolidated interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

November 7, 2014

This report is effective as of November 7, 2014, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

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SK TELECOM CO., LTD. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents 33,34 1,332,619 1,398,639
Short-term financial instruments 5,33,34,37 292,677 311,474
Short-term investment securities 8,33,34 93,878 106,068
Accounts receivable - trade, net 6,33,34,35 2,735,086 2,257,316
Short-term loans, net 6,33,34,35 79,119 79,395
Accounts receivable - other, net 6,33,34,35 780,236 643,603
Prepaid expenses 126,648 108,909
Derivative financial assets 22,33,34 — 10
Inventories, net 7 236,767 177,120
Assets held for sale 9 2,611 3,667
Advanced payments and other 6,33,34 60,525 37,214
Total Current Assets 5,740,166 5,123,415
Non-Current Assets:
Long-term financial instruments 5,33,34 10,655 8,142
Long-term investment securities 8,33,34 1,023,804 968,527
Investments in associates and joint ventures 12 5,907,201 5,325,297
Property and equipment, net 13,35,37 10,217,606 10,196,607
Investment property, net 14 15,055 15,811
Goodwill 10,15 1,772,405 1,733,261
Intangible assets, net 16 2,465,913 2,750,782
Long-term loans, net 6,33,34,35 55,597 57,442
Long-term accounts receivable - other 6 3,566 —
Long-term prepaid expenses 43,206 32,008
Guarantee deposits 5,6,33,34 284,396 249,600
Long-term derivative financial assets 22,33,34 38,136 41,712
Deferred tax assets 31 25,894 26,322
Other non-current assets 6,33,34 81,375 47,589
Total Non-Current Assets 21,944,809 21,453,100
Total Assets 27,684,975 26,576,515

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Liabilities and Equity
Current Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings 17,33,34 787,393 260,000
Current portion of debentures and long-term borrowings, net 17,33,34 965,957 1,042,276
Current portion of finance lease liabilities 20,33,34 7,735 19,351
Current portion of long-term payables - other 18,33,34 188,410 206,800
Accounts payable - trade 33,34,35 317,020 214,716
Accounts payable - other 33,34,35 1,252,770 1,864,024
Withholdings 33,34 892,607 728,936
Accrued expenses 33,34 1,032,220 988,193
Income tax payable 31 50,099 112,316
Unearned revenue 360,319 441,731
Derivative financial liabilities 22,33,34 23,290 21,171
Provisions 19 60,377 66,775
Advanced receipts and other 124,997 102,931
Total Current Liabilities 6,063,194 6,069,220
Non-Current Liabilities:
Debentures, excluding current portion, net 17,33,34 5,211,277 4,905,579
Long-term borrowings, excluding current portion 17,33,34 144,484 104,808
Long-term payables - other 18,33,34 681,324 838,585
Long-term unearned revenue 33,646 50,894
Finance lease liabilities 20,33,34 707 3,867
Defined benefit liabilities 21 154,852 74,201
Long-term derivative financial liabilities 22,33,34 182,599 103,168
Long-term provisions 19 41,136 28,106
Deferred tax liabilities 31 362,434 168,825
Other non-current liabilities 33,34 65,247 62,705
Total Non-Current Liabilities 6,877,706 6,340,738
Total Liabilities 12,940,900 12,409,958
Equity
Share capital 1,23 44,639 44,639
Capital surplus and other capital adjustments 23,24,25 288,726 317,508
Retained earnings 26 13,716,388 13,102,495
Reserves 27 (25,021 ) (12,270 )
Equity attributable to owners of the Parent Company 14,024,732 13,452,372
Non-controlling interests 719,343 714,185
Total Equity 14,744,075 14,166,557
Total Liabilities and Equity 27,684,975 26,576,515

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements .

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won except for per share data) — Note September 30, 2014 — Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended
Continuing operations
Operating revenue: 4,35
Revenue 4,367,484 12,874,772 4,124,594 12,307,213
Operating expense: 35
Labor cost 411,219 1,241,495 363,241 1,166,404
Commissions paid 1,326,710 4,318,663 1,349,595 4,132,638
Depreciation and amortization 4 672,349 1,996,612 667,476 1,975,969
Network interconnection 286,279 842,812 264,877 769,719
Leased lines 101,762 309,099 113,661 343,891
Advertising 104,843 290,076 91,629 263,799
Rent 118,240 340,816 115,331 336,386
Cost of products that have been resold 474,058 1,203,712 306,335 930,475
Other operating expenses 28 335,462 996,435 301,013 886,523
Sub-total 3,830,922 11,539,720 3,573,158 10,805,804
Operating income 4 536,562 1,335,052 551,436 1,501,409
Finance income 4,30 38,391 88,191 17,297 76,406
Finance costs 4,30 (101,490 ) (275,827 ) (100,856 ) (407,250 )
Gains relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, net 4,12 272,144 566,846 235,155 584,758
Other non-operating income 4,29 10,637 47,211 12,082 50,292
Other non-operating expense 4,29 (90,485 ) (155,131 ) (285,398 ) (363,023 )
Profit before income tax 4 665,759 1,606,342 429,716 1,442,592
Income tax expense from continuing operations 31 134,757 310,392 99,356 310,490
Profit from continuing operations 531,002 1,295,950 330,360 1,132,102
Discontinued operation
Gains from discontinued operation, net of income taxes 36 — — 171,874 183,778
Profit for the period 531,002 1,295,950 502,234 1,315,880
Attributable to :
Owners of the Parent Company 531,548 1,299,898 504,026 1,324,824
Non-controlling interests (546 ) (3,948 ) (1,792 ) (8,944 )
Earnings per share (in won)
Basic earnings per share 32 7,493 18,206 7,086 18,841
Diluted earnings per share 32 7,493 18,206 7,086 18,841
Earnings per share - Continuing operations (in won)
Basic earnings per share 32 7,493 18,206 4,699 16,322
Diluted earnings per share 32 7,493 18,206 4,699 16,322

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won)
Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended
Profit for the period 531,002 1,295,950 502,234 1,315,880
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurement of defined benefit obligations 21 1,379 (10,615 ) 2,778 (2,827 )
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for-sale financial assets 27,30 68,063 67,526 27,039 (24,366 )
Net change in other comprehensive income of investments in associates and joint ventures 27 28,157 (25,312 ) (74,986 ) 24,493
Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives 27,30 (21,589 ) (40,402 ) 71,641 7,547
Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations 27 (7,855 ) (18,271 ) (15,239 ) (1,184 )
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes 68,155 (27,074 ) 11,233 3,663
Total comprehensive income 599,157 1,268,876 513,467 1,319,543
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:
Owners of the Parent Company 601,745 1,276,364 515,846 1,329,163
Non-controlling interests (2,588 ) (7,488 ) (2,379 ) (9,620 )

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won)
Controlling Interest
Share capital Capital surplus (deficit)
and other capital adjustments Retained earnings Reserves Sub-total
Balance, January 1, 2013 44,639 (288,883 ) 12,124,657 (25,636 ) 11,854,777 1,000,005 12,854,782
Cash dividends — — (655,946 ) — (655,946 ) (2,242 ) (658,188 )
Total comprehensive income
Profit (loss) for the period — — 1,324,824 — 1,324,824 (8,944 ) 1,315,880
Other comprehensive income (loss) — — (3,116 ) 7,455 4,339 (676 ) 3,663
Issuance of hybrid bond — 398,518 — — 398,518 — 398,518
Interest on hybrid bond — — (5,291 ) — (5,291) — (5,291)
Treasury stock — 190,528 — — 190,528 — 190,528
Business combination under common control — (61,854 ) — — (61,854) — (61,854)
Changes in ownership in subsidiaries — (2,002 ) — — (2,002) (253,033) (255,035)
Balance, September 30, 2013 44,639 236,307 12,785,128 (18,181 ) 13,047,893 735,110 13,783,003
Balance, January 1, 2014 44,639 317,508 13,102,495 (12,270 ) 13,452,372 714,185 14,166,557
Cash dividends — — (666,802 ) — (666,802 ) (170 ) (666,972 )
Total comprehensive income — — — — — — —
Profit (loss) for the period — — 1,299,898 — 1,299,898 (3,948 ) 1,295,950
Other comprehensive loss — — (10,783 ) (12,751 ) (23,534 ) (3,540 ) (27,074 )
Interest on hybrid bond — — (8,420 ) — (8,420 ) — (8,420 )
Business combination under common control — (28,641 ) — — (28,641 ) — (28,641 )
Changes in ownership in subsidiaries — (141 ) — — (141 ) 12,816 12,675
Balance, September 30, 2014 44,639 288,726 13,716,388 (25,021 ) 14,024,732 719,343 14,744,075

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements .

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Cash generated from operating activities
Profit for the period 1,295,950 1,315,880
Adjustments for income and expenses 38 2,225,622 2,363,633
Changes in assets and liabilities related to operating activities 38 (891,768 ) (1,210,694 )
Sub-total 2,629,804 2,468,819
Interest received 37,886 40,313
Dividends received 13,048 10,199
Interest paid (198,785 ) (218,764 )
Income tax paid (182,186 ) (118,689 )
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,299,767 2,181,878
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash inflows from investing activities:
Decrease in short-term financial instruments, net 18,956 74,970
Decrease in short-term investment securities, net 15,243 —
Collection of short-term loans 132,965 225,493
Proceeds from disposal of long-term financial instruments 11 15
Proceeds from disposal of long-term investment securities 51,839 224,118
Proceeds from disposal of investments in associates and joint ventures 6,645 40,021
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 19,377 8,572
Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets 8,275 2,117
Proceeds from disposal of assets held for sale 1,056 190,393
Collection of long-term loans 3,437 11,563
Decrease of deposits 8,247 9,761
Proceeds from disposal of other non-current assets 71 554
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries — 216,471
Sub-total 266,122 1,004,048
Cash outflows for investing activities:
Increase in short-term investment securities, net — (30,422 )
Increase in short-term loans (130,803 ) (211,677 )
Increase in long-term loans (3,148 ) (3,069 )
Increase in long-term financial instruments (2,522 ) (7,504 )
Acquisition of long-term investment securities (28,294 ) (15,762 )
Acquisition of investments in associates and joint ventures (40,264 ) (93,191 )
Acquisition of property and equipment (2,113,393 ) (1,668,004 )
Acquisition of intangible assets (65,856 ) (192,846 )
Increase in deposits (2,643 ) (19,686 )
Increase in other non-current assets (1,835 ) (1,103 )
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired (158,228 ) (94,805 )
Sub-total (2,546,986 ) (2,338,069 )
Net cash used in investing activities (2,280,864) (1,334,021 )

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements .

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash inflows from financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term borrowings 523,600 44,000
Issuance of debentures 757,459 1,014,859
Proceeds from long-term borrowings 52,552 8,600
Issuance of hybrid bond — 398,518
Cash inflows from settlement of derivatives 119 2,270
Sub-total 1,333,730 1,468,247
Cash outflows for financing activities:
Repayment of short-term borrowings — (563,745 )
Repayment of long-term payables - other (207,693 ) (161,575 )
Repayment of debentures (506,149 ) —
Repayment of long-term borrowings (14,109 ) (357,615 )
Cash outflows from settlement of derivatives (556 ) —
Payment of finance lease liabilities (14,828 ) (15,359 )
Payment of dividends (666,802 ) (658,189 )
Payment of interest on hybrid bond (8,420 ) —
Cash paid for transactions with non-controlling interest — (3,871 )
Sub-total (1,418,557 ) (1,760,354 )
Net cash used in financing activities (84,827 ) (292,107 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (65,924 ) 555,750
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 1,398,639 920,125
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (96 ) (5,260 )
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period 1,332,619 1,470,615

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements .

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity

(1) General

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (“the Parent Company”) was incorporated on March 29, 1984 under the laws of the Republic of Korea (“Korea”) to engage in providing cellular telephone communication services in Korea. The Parent Company mainly provides wireless telecommunications in Korea. The Parent Company’s common shares and depositary receipts (DRs) are listed on the Stock Market of Korea Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. As of September 30, 2014, the Parent Company’s total issued shares are held by the following:

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. 20,363,452 25.22
National Pension Service, other institutional investors and other minority stockholders 50,572,884 62.63
Treasury stock 9,809,375 12.15
Total number of shares 80,745,711 100.00

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements comprise the Parent Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Group” and individuals as “Group entities”). SK Holdings Co., Ltd. is the ultimate controlling entity of the Parent Company.

(2) List of subsidiaries

The list of subsidiaries as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 is as follows:

Subsidiary Location Primary business Ownership(%) — Sep. 30, 2014 Dec. 31, 2013
SK Telink Co., Ltd. Korea Telecommunication service 83.5 83.5
M& Service Co., Ltd. Korea Database and online information agency 100.0 100.0
SK Communications Co., Ltd. Korea Internet website services 64.6 64.6
Stonebridge Cinema Fund Korea Investment association 56.0 56.0
Commerce Planet Co., Ltd. Korea Online shopping mall operation agency 100.0 100.0
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. Korea Telecommunication services 50.6 50.6
K-net Culture and Contents Venture Fund Korea Investment association 59.0 59.0
Fitech Focus Limited Partnership II Korea Investment association 66.7 66.7
Open Innovation Fund Korea Investment association 98.9 98.9
PS&Marketing Corporation Korea Communications device retail business 100.0 100.0
Service Ace Co., Ltd. Korea Customer center management service 100.0 100.0
Service Top Co., Ltd. Korea Customer center management service 100.0 100.0
Network O&S Co., Ltd. Korea Base station maintenance service 100.0 100.0
BNCP Co., Ltd. Korea Internet website services 100.0 100.0

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity, Continued

(2) List of subsidiaries, Continued

Subsidiary Location Primary business Ownership(%) — Sep. 30, 2014 Dec. 31, 2013
Iconcube Holdings, Inc. (*1) Korea Investment association 100.0 —
Iconecube, Inc. (*1) Korea Internet website services 100.0 —
SK Planet Co., Ltd. Korea Telecommunication service 100.0 100.0
Neosnetworks Co.,Ltd.(*1,2) Korea Guarding of facilities 66.7 —
IRIVER LIMITED (*1,3) Korea Manufacturing digital audio players and other portable media devices. 39.3 —
Iriver CS Co., Ltd. (*1) Korea After-sales service and logistics agency 100.0 —
iriver Enterprise Ltd.(*1) Hong Kong Management of Chinese subsidiary 100.0 —
iriver America Inc.(*1) USA Marketing and sales in North America 100.0 —
iriver Inc.(*1) USA Marketing and sales in North America 100.0 —
iriver China Co., Ltd.(*1) China Sales and manufacturing MP3,4 in China 100.0 —
Dongguan iriver Electronics Co., Ltd.(*1) China Sales and manufacturing e-book in China 100.0 —
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. China Investment association 100.0 100.0
Shenzhen E-eye High Tech Co., Ltd. China Manufacturing 65.5 65.5
SK Global Healthcare Business Group., Ltd. Hong Kong Investment association 100.0 100.0
SK Planet Japan Japan Digital contents sourcing service 100.0 100.0
SKT Vietnam PTE. Ltd. Singapore Telecommunication service 73.3 73.3
SK Planet Global PTE. Ltd. Singapore Digital contents sourcing service 100.0 100.0
SKP GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. Singapore Investment association 100.0 100.0
SKT Americas, Inc. USA Information gathering and consulting 100.0 100.0
SKP America LLC. USA Digital contents sourcing service 100.0 100.0
YTK Investment Ltd. Cayman Investment association 100.0 100.0
Atlas Investment Cayman Investment association 100.0 100.0
Technology Innovation Partners, L.P. USA Investment association 100.0 100.0
SK Telecom China Fund I L.P. Cayman Investment association 100.0 100.0

(*1) Changes in subsidiaries are explained in Note 1-(4).

(*2) Due to the shareholders’ agreement which grants put option to the non-controlling shareholders, this entity is consolidated as a wholly owned subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements. (Refer to Note 10)

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity, Continued

(2) List of subsidiaries, Continued

(*3) Although the Group has less than 50% of the voting rights of IRIVER LIMITED, it is considered to have de facto control since the Group holds significantly more voting rights than any other vote holder or organised group of vote holders, and the other shareholdings are widely dispersed. (Refer to Note 10)

In accordance with the Group’s accounting policy relating to the scope of consolidation, small-sized subsidiaries, including IM Shopping Inc., were excluded from the list of subsidiaries as the effects on their financial statements are not material considering both individual and overall quantitative and qualitative effects, although the Group controls those subsidiaries.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity, Continued

(3) Condensed financial information of subsidiaries

Condensed financial information of subsidiaries as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 is as follows:

(In millions of won) — Subsidiary Total assets Total liabilities Total equity (deficit) Revenue Profit (loss)
SK Telink Co., Ltd. 318,224 182,080 136,144 349,042 9,438
M& Service Co., Ltd. 73,101 30,244 42,857 97,120 7,191
SK Communications Co., Ltd. 181,137 43,917 137,220 70,113 (14,514 )
Stonebridge Cinema Fund 12,025 356 11,669 — 72
Commerce Planet Co., Ltd. 28,175 29,548 (1,373 ) 46,272 251
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 3,058,875 1,935,295 1,123,580 1,968,606 2,785
K-net Culture and Contents Venture Fund 15,701 — 15,701 — (468 )
Fitech Focus Limited Partnership II 19,471 — 19,471 — (1,886 )
Open Innovation Fund 25,976 — 25,976 — (2,270 )
PS&Marketing Corporation 620,455 414,224 206,231 1,202,101 (827 )
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 68,303 41,294 27,009 152,645 2,243
Service Top Co., Ltd. 61,816 42,968 18,848 138,516 3,059
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 65,509 35,980 29,529 153,267 5,394
BNCP Co., Ltd. 6,914 6,408 506 9,768 (1,938 )
Iconcube Holdings, Inc. (*1) 3,796 553 3,243 172 12
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 2,605,082 760,062 1,845,020 1,091,841 20,279
Neosnetworks Co.,Ltd. 28,171 8,173 19,998 23,563 (373 )
IRIVER LIMITED (*2) 36,542 15,674 20,868 36,880 1,698
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. 35,190 596 34,594 8,412 623
Shenzhen E-eye High Tech Co., Ltd. 15,860 595 15,265 2,910 (482 )
SK Global Healthcare Business Group., Ltd. 26,265 — 26,265 — (351 )
SK Planet Japan 4,152 1,489 2,663 61 (2,089 )
SKT Vietnam PTE. Ltd. 4,054 1,228 2,826 — (72 )
SK Planet Global PTE. Ltd. 4,178 63 4,115 87 (2,535 )
SKP GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. 11,903 31 11,872 — (5,788 )
SKT Americas, Inc. 39,717 86 39,631 6,717 (138 )
SKP America LLC. 267,716 — 267,716 — (42 )
YTK Investment Ltd. 41,930 — 41,930 — —
Atlas Investment(*3) 65,254 105 65,149 — (3,340 )

(*1) The condensed financial information of Icon Cube Holdings includes financial information of Icon Cube Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Icon Cube Holdings.

(*2) The condensed financial information of IRIVER LIMITED includes financial information of iriver CS Co. Ltd., iriver Enterprise Ltd., iriver America Inc., iriver Inc., iriver China Co., Ltd., and Dong-guan iriver Electronics Co., Ltd., subsidiaries of IRIVER LIMITED.

(*3) The condensed financial information of Atlas Investment includes financial information of Technology Innovation Partners, L.P. and SK Telecom China Fund I L.P., subsidiaries of Atlas Investment.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity, Continued

(3) Condensed financial information of subsidiaries, Continued

Condensed financial information of subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows:

(In millions of won) — Subsidiary Total assets Total liabilities Total equity (deficit) Revenue Profit (loss)
SK Telink Co., Ltd. 252,475 125,807 126,668 433,276 16,024
M& Service Co., Ltd. 68,587 32,626 35,961 130,178 4,176
SK Communications Co., Ltd. 205,792 53,755 152,037 128,272 (41,893 )
Stonebridge Cinema Fund 11,974 377 11,597 1 1,320
Commerce Planet Co., Ltd. 26,237 27,333 (1,096 ) 56,565 587
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 3,044,349 1,916,721 1,127,628 2,539,366 12,306
K-net Culture and Contents Venture Fund 16,181 12 16,169 — (16,595 )
Fitech Focus Limited Partnership II 21,446 — 21,446 — (1,179 )
Open Innovation Fund 27,996 — 27,996 — (15,408 )
PS&Marketing Corporation 277,300 141,356 135,944 1,095,647 1,369
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 56,276 30,667 25,609 187,961 2,995
Service Top Co., Ltd. 48,369 30,634 17,735 159,364 3,484
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 56,677 32,353 24,324 198,664 2,060
BNCP Co., Ltd. 12,108 6,433 5,675 14,819 (9,019 )
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 2,528,054 766,841 1,761,213 1,378,211 201,556
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. 36,261 2,052 34,209 17,025 613
Shenzhen E-eye High Tech Co., Ltd. 17,894 1,841 16,053 7,703 (789 )
SK Global Healthcare Business Group., Ltd. 27,625 — 27,625 — 831
SK Planet Japan 1,793 280 1,513 394 (1,635 )
SKT Vietnam PTE. Ltd. 11,773 8,862 2,911 — (28,086 )
SK Planet Global PTE. Ltd. 697 149 548 331 (1,420 )
SKP GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. 20,713 9 20,704 — 1,542
SKT Americas, Inc. 33,876 1,315 32,561 9,207 (6,544 )
SKP America LLC. 22,399 12 22,387 — —
YTK Investment Ltd. 42,118 — 42,118 — (21,764 )
Atlas Investment(*1) 40,218 101 40,117 — (8,248 )

(*1) The condensed financial information of Atlas Investment includes financial information of Technology Innovation Partners, L.P. and SK Telecom China Fund I L.P., subsidiaries of Atlas Investment.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity, Continued

(4) Changes in subsidiaries

The list of subsidiaries that were newly included in the consolidation for the period ended September 30, 2014 is as follows:

Subsidiary Reason
Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. The Parent Company acquired ownership interests during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
IRIVER LIMITED
Iriver CS Co., Ltd. iriver
Enterprise Ltd. iriver America Inc. iriver Inc. iriver China Co., Ltd. Dongguan iriver Electronics Co., Ltd.
Iconcube Holdings, Inc. Established by spinoff from BNCP Co., Ltd. during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
Iconcube, Inc.

(5) The information of significant non-controlling interests of consolidated entities as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014
SK Communications Co., Ltd. SK Broadband Co., Ltd.
Ownership of non-controlling interests (%) 35.4 49.4
Current assets 92,235 513,785
Non-current assets 88,902 2,545,090
Current liabilities (41,728 ) (715,211 )
Non-current liabilities (2,189 ) (1,220,084 )
Net assets 137,220 1,123,580
Adjustment for fair value — 112,041
Net assets of consolidated entities 137,220 1,235,621
Carrying amount of non-controlling interests 48,653 610,848
Revenue 70,113 1,968,606
Profit (loss) for the period (14,514 ) 2,785
Amortization of adjustment for fair value — (1,438 )
Profit (loss) of the consolidated entities (14,514 ) 1,347
Total comprehensive loss (14,816 ) (5,486 )
Profit (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests (5,146 ) 666
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (4,167 ) 302,857
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 9,956 (447,521 )
Net cash provided by financing activities — 115,220
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 5,789 (29,444 )

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  1. Reporting Entity, Continued
(In millions of won) December 31, 2013
SK Communications Co., Ltd. SK Broadband Co., Ltd.
Ownership of non-controlling interests(%) 35.4 49.4
Current assets 108,100 533,597
Non-current assets 97,692 2,510,752
Current liabilities (51,868 ) (938,385 )
Non-current liabilities (1,887 ) (978,336 )
Net assets 152,037 1,127,628
Adjustment for fair value — 113,478
Net assets of consolidated entities 152,037 1,241,106
Carrying amount of non-controlling interests 53,856 613,560
Revenue 128,272 2,539,366
Profit (loss) for the period (41,893 ) 12,306
Amortization of adjustment for fair value — (30,977 )
Loss of the consolidated entities (41,893 ) (18,671 )
Total comprehensive loss (43,318 ) (13,059 )
Loss attribute to non-controlling interests (14,853 ) (9,231 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (22,867 ) 440,036
Net cash provided by (used in) Investing activities 41,788 (329,346 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 19 (129,181 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 18,940 (18,491 )

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Basis of Preparation

(1) Statement of compliance

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”), as prescribed in the Act on External Audits of Stock Companies .

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were prepared in accordance with K-IFRS No. 1034, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’ as part of the period covered by the Group’s K-IFRS annual financial statements. Selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and performance of the Group since the last annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2013. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required for full annual financial statements.

(2) Use of estimates and judgments

1) Assumptions and estimation uncertainties

The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with K-IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.

2) Fair value measurement

The Group establishes fair value measurement policies and procedures as its accounting policies and disclosures require fair value measurements for the majority of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Such policies and procedures are executed by the valuation division, which is responsible for the review of significant fair value measurements including fair value classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy and the results of which are directly reported to the finance executive.

The valuation division regularly reviews unobservable significant inputs and valuation adjustments. If third party information such as prices available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory agency is used for fair value measurements, the valuation division reviews whether the valuation based on third party information includes classification by levels within the fair value hierarchy and meets the requirements for the relevant standards.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Basis of Preparation, Continued

The Group uses the best observable inputs in market when measuring fair values of assets or liabilities. Fair values are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on inputs used in valuation method, as follows:

ü Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

ü Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)

ü Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs)

If various inputs used to measure fair value of assets or liabilities are transferred between levels of the fair value hierarchy, the Group classifies the assets and liabilities at the lowest level of inputs among the fair value hierarchy which is significant to the entire measured value and recognizes transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period of which such transfers occurred.

Information about assumptions used for fair value measurements are included in Note 34.

(3) Common control transactions

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. (“the Ultimate Controlling Entity”) is the ultimate controlling entity of the Parent Company because it has de facto control of the Parent Company. Accordingly, gains and losses from business acquisitions and dispositions involving entities that are under the control of the Ultimate Controlling Entity are accounted for as common control transactions within equity.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Significant Accounting Policies

Except as described below, the accounting policies applied by the Group in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those applied by the Group in its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013. The following changes in accounting policy are also expected to be reflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ending December 31, 2014.

(1) Changes in accounting policies

1) Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

The Group has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No.1032, ‘Financial instruments: Presentation’ since January 1, 2014. This standard requires financial assets and financial liabilities being offset and the presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities on a net basis when, and only when, the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognized amounts and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The right of set-off that cannot be contingent on a future event, and must be legally enforceable in all of the following circumstances: (i) the normal course of business; (ii) an event of default; and (iii) an event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the entity or any of the counterparties.

To meet the net settlement criterion, all settlements need to remove or reduce credit risk or liquidity risk as minor level. In case of single payment or payment period which can handle bonds and payables, settlement result needs to be paid as same as practical settle net.

There is no material impact of the application of this amendment on the consolidated financial statements.

  1. Operating Segments

The Group’s operating segments have been determined to be each business unit, for which the Group provides independent services and merchandise. The Group’s reportable segments are: 1) cellular services, which include cellular voice service, wireless data service and wireless internet services, and 2) fixed-line telecommunication services, which include telephone services, internet services, and leased line services. All other operating segments, which include the Group’s internet portal services and other operations, do not meet the quantitative thresholds to be considered reportable segments and are presented as other.

Cellular services include cellular voice service, wireless data service and wireless internet services. Fixed-line telecommunication services include telephone services, internet services, and leased line services. Other includes the Group’s Internet portal services, game manufacturing and other immaterial operations.

Segment information of the Group for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 has been retrospectively restated to exclude discontinued operations.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Operating Segments, Continued

(1) Details of the segment information as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Cellular Services Fixed-line Telecommunication services Other Sub-total Consolidation adjustments Consolidated amount
Total revenue 11,478,490 2,317,649 1,349,160 15,145,299 (2,270,527 ) 12,874,772
Inter-segment revenue 1,221,568 471,647 577,312 2,270,527 (2,270,527 ) —
External revenue 10,256,922 1,846,002 771,848 12,874,772 — 12,874,772
Depreciation and amortization 1,561,071 373,557 61,984 1,996,612 — 1,996,612
Operating income (loss) 1,298,439 45,701 (9,088 ) 1,335,052 — 1,335,052
Finance income (cost), net (187,636 )
Gain relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, net 566,846
Other non-operating income (expense), net (107,920 )
Profit from continuing operations before income tax 1,606,342
Total assets 23,641,202 3,377,099 3,162,451 30,180,752 (2,495,777 ) 27,684,975
Total liabilities 9,958,923 2,117,375 896,992 12,973,290 (32,390 ) 12,940,900

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Operating Segments, Continued

(2) Details of the segment information as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Cellular Services Fixed-line Telecommunication services Other Sub-total Consolidation adjustments Consolidated amount
Total revenue 10,760,819 2,173,316 1,251,228 14,185,363 (1,878,150 ) 12,307,213
Inter-segment revenue 872,517 445,725 559,908 1,878,150 (1,878,150 ) —
External revenue 9,888,302 1,727,591 691,320 12,307,213 — 12,307,213
Depreciation and amortization 1,493,938 390,975 91,056 1,975,969 — 1,975,969
Operating income (loss) 1,504,189 31,340 (34,120 ) 1,501,409 — 1,501,409
Finance income (cost), net (330,844 )
Gain relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, net 584,758
Other non-operating income (expense), net (312,731 )
Profit from continuing operations before income tax 1,442,592
Total assets 22,831,074 3,119,903 3,163,101 29,114,078 (3,180,600 ) 25,933,478
Total liabilities 9,595,320 1,871,875 905,828 12,373,023 (222,548 ) 12,150,475

Intersegment sales and purchases are conducted on an arms-length basis and eliminated on consolidation. Since there are no intersegment sales of inventory, there is no unrealized intersegment profit to be eliminated on consolidation. The Group principally operates its business in its domestic market in Korea and the amounts outside of Korea are immaterial, therefore no entity-wide geographical information is presented.

No single customer contributed 10% or more to the Group’s total revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

  1. Restricted Deposits

Deposits which are restricted in use as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are summarized as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Short-term financial instruments(*) 80,571 81,634
Long-term financial instruments(*) 7,595 7,589
Guarantee deposits 280 40
88,446 89,263

(*) Financial instruments include charitable trust fund established by the Group. Profits from this charitable fund are donated to charitable institutions. As of September 30, 2014, the fund cannot be withdrawn.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Trade and Other Receivables

(1) Details of trade and other receivables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | September 30, 2014 — Gross amount | Allowances
for impairment | | Carrying amount | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Current assets: | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable—trade | ₩ | 2,973,329 | (238,243 | ) | 2,735,086 |
| Short-term loans | | 79,853 | (734 | ) | 79,119 |
| Accounts receivable—other | | 858,996 | (78,760 | ) | 780,236 |
| Accrued income | | 15,252 | (29 | ) | 15,223 |
| Others | | 3,888 | — | | 3,888 |
| | | 3,931,318 | (317,766 | ) | 3,613,552 |
| Non-current assets: | | | | | |
| Long-term loans | | 82,288 | (26,691 | ) | 55,597 |
| Long-term accounts receivable—other | | 3,566 | — | | 3,566 |
| Guarantee deposits | | 284,396 | — | | 284,396 |
| Long-term accounts receivable—trade | | 12,586 | — | | 12,586 |
| | | 382,836 | (26,691 | ) | 356,145 |
| | ₩ | 4,314,154 | (344,457 | ) | 3,969,697 |
| (In millions of won) | December 31, 2013 | | | | |
| | Gross amount | Allowances
for impairment | | Carrying amount | |
| Current assets: | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable—trade | ₩ | 2,482,001 | (224,685 | ) | 2,257,316 |
| Short-term loans | | 80,129 | (734 | ) | 79,395 |
| Accounts receivable—other | | 715,405 | (71,802 | ) | 643,603 |
| Accrued income | | 11,970 | (29 | ) | 11,941 |
| Others | | 2,548 | — | | 2,548 |
| | | 3,292,053 | (297,250 | ) | 2,994,803 |
| Non-current assets: | | | | | |
| Long-term loans | | 84,176 | (26,734 | ) | 57,442 |
| Guarantee deposits | | 249,600 | — | | 249,600 |
| Long-term accounts receivable—trade | | 13,154 | — | | 13,154 |
| | | 346,930 | (26,734 | ) | 320,196 |
| | ₩ | 3,638,983 | (323,984 | ) | 3,314,999 |

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Trade and Other Receivables, Continued

(2) The movements in allowances for doubtful accounts of trade and other receivables during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Balance at January 1 323,984 300,668
Increase of bad debt 45,829 64,641
Write-off (41,294 ) (43,553 )
Others 15,938 14,791
Balance at September 30 344,457 336,547

(3) Details of overdue but not impaired, and impaired trade and other receivables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Accounts receivable - trade Other receivables Accounts receivable
- trade Other receivables
Neither overdue nor impaired 2,150,030 1,182,291 1,882,607 938,131
Overdue but not impaired 101,083 2,072 46,773 2,030
Impaired 734,802 143,876 565,775 203,667
2,985,915 1,328,239 2,495,155 1,143,828
Allowance for doubtful accounts (238,243 ) (106,214 ) (224,685 ) (99,299 )
2,747,672 1,222,025 2,270,470 1,044,529

The Group establishes allowance for doubtful accounts based on the likelihood of recoverability of accounts receivable based on the aging of accounts receivables at the end of the period, past customer default experience and their credit status, and economic and industrial factors.

(4) The aging of overdue but not impaired accounts receivable as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Accounts receivable - trade Accounts receivable - other Accounts receivable - trade Accounts receivable - other
Less than 1 month 28,389 19 12,036 20
1 ~ 3 months 42,597 354 15,686 1,220
3 ~ 6 months 5,545 841 3,610 516
More than 6 months 24,552 858 15,441 274
101,083 2,072 46,773 2,030

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Inventories

Details of inventories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Acquisition cost Write - down
of inventory Carrying amount Acquisition cost Write - down
of inventory Carrying amount
Merchandise 223,417 (5,877 ) 217,540 165,080 (3,152 ) 161,928
Finished goods 3,376 (900 ) 2,476 1,711 (34 ) 1,677
Work in process 1,188 (58 ) 1,130 — — —
Raw materials and supplies 16,449 (828 ) 15,621 13,515 — 13,515
244,430 (7,663 ) 236,767 180,306 (3,186 ) 177,120
  1. Investment Securities

(1) Details of short-term investment securities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Beneficiary certificates(*) 86,859 102,828
Current portion of long-term investment securities 7,019 3,240
93,878 106,068

(*) The interest distributions arising from beneficiary certificates as of September 30, 2014 were accounted for as accrued income.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investment Securities, Continued

(2) Details of long-term investment securities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Equity securities:
Marketable equity securities 717,064 638,445
Unlisted equity securities 51,511 47,145
Equity investments 215,245 239,354
983,820 924,944
Debt securities:
Public bonds(*1) 158 356
Investment bonds(*2) 46,845 46,467
47,003 46,823
Total 1,030,823 971,767
Less current portion of long-term investment securities (7,019 ) (3,240 )
Long-term investment securities 1,023,804 968,527

(*1) Details of maturity for the public bonds as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Less than 1 year 158 356

(*2) During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Parent Company exercised the conversion right for the convertible bonds of NanoEnTek, Inc., which were classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. As a result of this transaction, investments in associates have increased by ₩19,180 million and the difference between carrying amount of the financial assets at fair value and fair value of ₩1,352 million is accounted for as finance costs.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Assets Held for Sale

Assets held for sale as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Investments in associates
TR Entertainment(*1) 2,611 2,611
SK Fans Co., Ltd.(*2) — 1,056
2,611 3,667

(*1) A disposal contract for the Group’s entire ownership interests in TR Entertainment was entered into during the year ended December 31, 2013 and the investment in the associate was reclassified to assets classified held for sale and an impairment loss of ₩4,019 million was recognized.

(*2) For the year ended December 31, 2013, contract changes for SK Fans Co., Ltd. were made and the Group recognized the difference between the changes and the existing contractual amount as impairment loss. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Group disposed of its investments in SK Fans Co., Ltd. in 2014.

  1. Acquisition of Subsidiary

(1) General information

The Parent Company acquired the ownership interests of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. and IRIVER LIMITED and they were newly included in the list of subsidiaries during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

1) Neosnetworks Co., Ltd.

On April 2, 2014, the Parent Company acquired the ownership interest of 66.7% of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd., which manages facility guarding services, in order to secure new growth engine in physical security market and obtained the control over Neosnetworks Co., Ltd.

Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. recognized revenue of ₩16,004 million and loss of ₩661 million, respectively, from the acquisition date to September 30, 2014.

2) IRIVER LIMITED

On August 13, 2014, the Parent Company obtained ownership interests of 39.3% by acquiring 10,241,722 shares of IRIVER LIMITED from investment companies in order to develop smart phone applications and media devices such as bluetooth speakers and ear phones for future growth.

Although the Group has less than 50% of the voting rights of IRIVER LIMITED, it is considered to have de facto control since the Group holds significantly more voting rights than any other vote holder or organised group of vote holders, and the other shareholdings are widely dispersed.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Acquisition of Subsidiary, Continued

(2) Consideration paid and identifiable assets and liabilities transferred

Consideration paid and identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date are as follows:

(In millions of won)
Neosnetworks
Co., Ltd. IRIVER LIMITED
Consideration paid
Cash and cash equivalents 23,968 29,503
Long-term payables - other (*) 14,500 —
38,468 29,503
Assets and liabilities in succession
Cash and cash equivalents 16,631 3,098
Accounts receivable – trade, net 111 11,687
Property, equipment and intangible assets — 11,780
Investment securities 11,489 3,153
Other assets 1,289 6,824
Accounts payable - trade (3,411 ) (7,113 )
Borrowings and debentures (2,150 ) (2,293 )
Other liabilities (3,305 ) (6,268 )
20,654 20,868
Controling interests 20,654 8,193
Non-controling interests — 12,675

(*) During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Parent Company acquired 31,310 shares of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. (the ownership interest of 66.7%) by purchasing old shares from the pre-existing shareholders and participating in the capital increase. The Parent Company entered into a shareholders’ agreement which granted put options to the pre-existing shareholders for the remaining equity interest of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. and call options to the Parent Company for those shares if certain conditions are met. In accordance with this shareholders’ agreement, the Group deemed that it assumed the residual equity of the pre-existing shareholders on the acquisition date, and the amount to be paid to the pre-existing shareholders for this acquisition in the future was recorded as long-term payables-other.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Business combination under common control

(1) General information

PS&Marketing Corporation, a subsidiary of the Parent Company, acquired the retail distribution business of IT service department of SK Networks Co., Ltd. on April 30, 2014 in order to strengthen the mid/long-term distribution competitiveness by expanding the retail infrastructure and enlarging the direct management network.

From the acquisition date to September 30, 2014, PS&Marketing Corporation recognized revenue of ₩389,069 million and profit of ₩6,302 million, respectively, relating to the acquired retail distribution business.

In January 2013, the Parent Company acquired a 50% ownership interest that it did not previously hold in SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd., advertising and e-commerce agency, from SK Innovation Co., Ltd., a related party under common control, through additional purchase of shares and obtained control over SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd., and its subsidiary, M&Service Co., Ltd.

Prior to the acquisition, the Parent Company owned a 50% ownership in SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd. After obtaining the control over SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd, the Parent Company acquired the shares of SK Planet Co., Ltd. by investing its ownership interest of 100% of SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd. as a form of investment in kind. On February 1, 2013, SK Planet Co., Ltd. merged SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd.

As the business combinations which occurred during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2014 were business combinations between entities under common control, the difference between the consideration and book value of net assets was recognized as capital deficit and other capital adjustments.

(2) Consideration paid and identifiable assets and liabilities transferred

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Consideration paid
Cash and cash equivalents 111,330 190,605
Investments in associates (carrying value) — 141,534
Accounts payables – other 13,156 —
124,486 332,139
Identifiable assets and liabilities transferred
Cash and cash equivalents — 95,800
Accounts receivable – trade, net 57,760 132,514
Inventories 94,441 3,472
Property, equipment and intangible assets 13,010 68,699
Other assets 23,281 457,431
Accounts payable - trade (78,821 ) (150,014 )
Other liabilities (13,826 ) (337,617 )
95,845 270,285

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures

(1) Investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Country September 30, 2014 — Ownership percentage Carrying amount Ownership percentage Carrying amount
Investments in associates
SK China Company Ltd.(*1) China 9.6 35,372 9.6 37,434
Korea IT Fund(*2) Korea 63.3 233,726 63.3 231,402
Etoos Co., Ltd.(*3) Korea — — 15.6 12,029
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. Korea 49.0 380,750 49.0 378,616
Candle Media Co., Ltd.(*4) Korea 35.1 19,322 40.9 21,241
NanoEnTek, Inc.(*5) Korea 26.0 36,189 9.2 9,312
SK Industrial Development China Co., Ltd. Hongkong 21.0 77,387 21.0 77,517
Packet One Network(*1,4) Malaysia 13.6 56,329 27.0 60,706
SK Technology Innovation Company Cayman 49.0 50,641 49.0 53,874
HappyNarae Co., Ltd. Korea 42.5 15,223 42.5 13,935
SK hynix Inc.(*6) Korea 20.1 4,511,479 20.6 3,943,232
SK MENA Investment B.V. Nederland 32.1 13,407 32.1 13,477
SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. Virgin Islands 33.0 239,193 33.0 238,278
Xinan Tianlong Science and Technology Co., Ltd. China 49.0 26,211 49.0 26,562
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. and others — — 170,598 — 164,976
Sub-total 5,865,827 5,282,591
Investments in joint ventures
Dogus Planet, Inc.(*7) Turkey 50.0 19,296 50.0 10,105
PT. Melon Indonesia Indonesia 49.0 3,450 49.0 3,230
Television Media Korea Ltd. Korea 51.0 6,765 51.0 8,659
PT XL Planet Digital Indonesia 50.0 11,863 50.0 20,712
Sub-total 41,374 42,706
Total 5,907,201 5,325,297

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(*1) The Group classified the investments in SK China Company Ltd. as investments in associates as the Group can exercise significant influence on these investees through participation of their board of directors.

(*2) Investment in Korea IT Fund was classified as investment in associates as the Group has less than 50% of voting rights, and therefore does not have control over Korea IT Fund under the agreement.

(*3) Reclassified as available-for-sale financial assets in 2014 as the Group lost the right to appoint directors of this investee and lost significant influence on the investee.

(*4) The ownership percentage has been decreased due to disproportionate paid-in capital increase during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(*5) The carrying amount has increased due to the additional investment and the conversion of convertible bonds during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(*6) The ownership percentage has been decreased due to the conversion of convertible bonds issued by SK hynix Inc.

(*7) The carrying amount has increased due to additional investment during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(2) There is no joint venture listed publicly and the market price of investments in associates listed publicly as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, except for share and per share data)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Market value per share Number of shares held Market price Market value per share Number of shares held Market price
Candle Media Co., Ltd. 821 21,620,360 17,750 810 21,620,360 17,512
NanoEnTek, Inc. 6,670 5,870,290 39,155 5,170 1,807,130 9,343
SK hynix Inc. 46,750 146,100,000 6,830,175 36,800 146,100,000 5,376,480

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  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(3) The condensed financial information of the major investees as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | As of and for the nine-month period
ended September 30, 2014 | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | SK hynix Inc. | | HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. | | Korea IT Fund | | |
| Current assets | ₩ | 8,394,462 | | 3,608,296 | | 147,900 | | 122,310 | |
| Non-current assets | | 15,686,751 | | 286,893 | | 649,161 | | 246,886 | |
| Current liabilities | | 4,538,069 | | 426,797 | | 156,494 | | — | |
| Non-current liabilities | | 3,252,870 | | 2,772,372 | | 135,467 | | — | |
| Revenue | | 11,977,634 | | 600,394 | | 60,028 | | 7,616 | |
| Profit from continuing operations | | 2,571,085 | | 9,494 | | 11,188 | | 167 | |
| Other comprehensive loss | | (103,865 | ) | (2,224 | ) | (5,545 | ) | (834 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | | 2,467,220 | | 7,270 | | 5,643 | | (667 | ) |
| (In millions of won) | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 | | | | | | | | |
| | SK hynix Inc. | | HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. | | Korea IT Fund | | |
| Current assets | ₩ | 6,653,123 | | 4,687,020 | | 106,122 | | 132,968 | |
| Non-current assets | | 14,144,175 | | 211,376 | | 695,653 | | 232,566 | |
| Current liabilities | | 3,078,240 | | 2,053,942 | | 137,544 | | 6 | |
| Non-current liabilities | | 4,652,200 | | 2,155,165 | | 163,540 | | — | |
| Revenue | | 14,165,102 | | 853,506 | | 76,834 | | 8,161 | |
| Profit from continuing operations | | 2,872,857 | | 3,521 | | 14,408 | | 2,128 | |
| Other comprehensive income | | 6,594 | | 1,906 | | 55,403 | | — | |
| Total comprehensive income | | 2,879,451 | | 5,427 | | 69,811 | | 2,128 | |

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  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(4) The condensed financial information of joint ventures as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | As of and for nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Television Media
Korea Ltd. | | Dogus Planet, Inc. | | PT. Melon Indonesia | | PT XL
Planet Digital | | |
| Current assets | ₩ | 15,676 | | 41,297 | | 7,931 | | 14,537 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 5,225 | | 4,673 | | 3,714 | | 12,427 | |
| Non-current assets | | 4,224 | | 10,887 | | 3,194 | | 11,951 | |
| Current liabilities | | 6,692 | | 13,545 | | 3,931 | | 2,672 | |
| Account payable, other payables and provisions | | 6,692 | | 13,545 | | 3,931 | | 2,672 | |
| Non-current liabilities | | 417 | | 47 | | 100 | | 90 | |
| Account payable, other payables and provisions | | 417 | | 47 | | 100 | | 90 | |
| Revenue | | 11,695 | | 13,846 | | 8,209 | | 415 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | | (125 | ) | (1,937 | ) | (686 | ) | (118 | ) |
| Interest income | | 193 | | 849 | | 202 | | — | |
| Interest expense | | — | | (6 | ) | — | | — | |
| Income tax expense | | — | | — | | — | | (3,855 | ) |
| Profit (loss) from continuing operations | | (3,685 | ) | (18,923 | ) | 553 | | (11,538 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | | (3,685 | ) | (18,923 | ) | 553 | | (11,538 | ) |
| (In millions of won) | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 | | | | | | | | |
| | Television Media Korea Ltd. | | Dogus Planet, Inc. | | PT. Melon Indonesia | | PT XL Planet Digital | | |
| Current assets | ₩ | 18,106 | | 25,508 | | 7,423 | | 31,241 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 14,532 | | 10,723 | | 4,428 | | 30,288 | |
| Non-current assets | | 5,143 | | 9,935 | | 1,658 | | 5,801 | |
| Current liabilities | | 6,385 | | 15,471 | | 2,338 | | 2,133 | |
| Account payable, other payables and provisions | | 6,385 | | 15,386 | | 2,338 | | 2,133 | |
| Non-current liabilities | | 359 | | 142 | | 100 | | 14 | |
| Account payable, other payables and provisions | | 359 | | 1 | | — | | 14 | |
| Revenue | | 14,139 | | 7,509 | | 7,475 | | — | |
| Depreciation and amortization | | (4,004 | ) | (1,315 | ) | (397 | ) | (84 | ) |
| Interest income | | 410 | | 1,598 | | 289 | | 357 | |
| Interest expense | | — | | (29 | ) | — | | (3 | ) |
| Income tax expense | | — | | — | | — | | (513 | ) |
| Profit (loss) from continuing operations | | (6,021 | ) | (29,278 | ) | (575 | ) | 3,606 | |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | | (6,021 | ) | (29,278 | ) | (575 | ) | 3,606 | |

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  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(5) Reconciliations of financial information of significant associates to carrying amounts of investments in associates in the consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014
Net assets Ownership interests (%) Net assets attributable to the ownership interests Cost-book value differentials Carrying amount
Associates:
SK hynix Inc.(*) 16,290,668 20.1 3,276,491 1,234,988 4,511,479
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 696,020 49.0 341,050 39,700 380,750
SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd.(*) 498,409 33.0 164,475 74,718 239,193
Korea IT Fund 369,196 63.3 233,726 — 233,726
(In millions of won)
December 31, 2013
Net assets Ownership interests (%) Net assets attributable to the ownership interests Cost-book value differentials Carrying amount
Associates:
SK hynix Inc.(*) 13,066,474 20.6 2,687,806 1,255,426 3,943,232
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 689,290 49.0 337,752 40,864 378,616
SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd.(*) 494,004 33.0 163,021 75,257 238,278
Korea IT Fund 365,528 63.3 231,402 — 231,402

(*) These entities prepare consolidated financial statements and net assets of these entities represent net assets attributable to owners of the Parent Company.

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  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(6) Details of changes in investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 — Beginning balance | Acquisition and Disposal | Share
of profits (losses) | | Other compre- hensive income (loss) | | Impair- ment loss | | Other increase (decrease) | | Ending balance | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Investments in associates | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SK China Company Ltd. | ₩ | 37,434 | — | (1,656 | ) | (406 | ) | — | | — | | 35,372 |
| Korea IT Fund | | 231,402 | — | 3,349 | | (1,025 | ) | — | | — | | 233,726 |
| Etoos Co., Ltd | | 12,029 | — | 346 | | — | | — | | (12,375 | ) | — |
| HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | 378,616 | — | 3,489 | | (1,355 | ) | — | | — | | 380,750 |
| Candle Media Co., Ltd. | | 21,241 | — | (1,589 | ) | 161 | | (491 | ) | — | | 19,322 |
| NanoEnTek, Inc. | | 9,312 | 7,778 | (83 | ) | 2 | | — | | 19,180 | | 36,189 |
| SK Industrial Development China Co., Ltd. | | 77,517 | — | 216 | | (346 | ) | — | | — | | 77,387 |
| Packet One Network | | 60,706 | — | (9,476 | ) | 5,099 | | — | | — | | 56,329 |
| SK Technology Innovation Company | | 53,874 | — | (2,968 | ) | (265 | ) | — | | — | | 50,641 |
| HappyNarae Co., Ltd. | | 13,935 | — | 1,359 | | (71 | ) | — | | — | | 15,223 |
| SK hynix Inc. | | 3,943,232 | — | 592,057 | | (23,810 | ) | — | | — | | 4,511,479 |
| SK MENA Investment B.V. | | 13,477 | — | (4 | ) | (66 | ) | — | | — | | 13,407 |
| SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. | | 238,278 | — | 1,679 | | (764 | ) | — | | — | | 239,193 |
| Xian Tianlong Science and Technology Co., Ltd | | 26,562 | — | (351 | ) | — | | — | | — | | 26,211 |
| Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. and others | | 164,976 | 12,809 | (8,874 | ) | 1,817 | | — | | (130 | ) | 170,598 |
| Sub-total | | 5,282,591 | 20,587 | 577,494 | | (21,029 | ) | (491 | ) | 6,675 | | 5,865,827 |
| Investments in joint ventures | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dogus Planet, Inc. | | 10,105 | 19,677 | (9,474 | ) | (1,012 | ) | — | | — | | 19,296 |
| PT. Melon Indonesia | | 3,230 | — | 223 | | (3 | ) | — | | — | | 3,450 |
| Television Media Korea Ltd. | | 8,659 | — | (1,894 | ) | — | | — | | — | | 6,765 |
| PT XL Planet Digital | | 20,712 | — | (5,773 | ) | (3,076 | ) | — | | — | | 11,863 |
| Sub-total | | 42,706 | 19,677 | (16,918 | ) | (4,091 | ) | — | | — | | 41,374 |
| Total | ₩ | 5,325,297 | 40,264 | 560,576 | | (25,120 | ) | (491 | ) | 6,675 | | 5,907,201 |

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(6) Details of changes in investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows, Continued:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 — Beginning balance Acquisition and disposal Share of profits (losses) Other comprehe- nsive income Other increase (decrease) Ending balance
Investments in associates
SK Marketing & Company Co., Ltd.(*1) 145,333 — (3,955 ) 155 (141,533 ) —
SK China Company Ltd. 37,628 — (9,189 ) 8,061 — 36,500
Korea IT Fund 230,016 — 890 39 — 230,945
Loen Entertainment, Inc.(*2) — — — — 50,267 50,267
JYP Entertainment Corporation(*3) 4,232 — 999 58 (5,289 ) —
Etoos Co., Ltd. 12,037 — 1,400 — — 13,437
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 378,457 — (1,373 ) 525 — 377,609
Candle Media Co., Ltd. 21,935 — (912 ) 87 — 21,110
NanoEnTek, Inc. 9,276 — (14 ) 3 — 9,265
SK Industrial Development China Co., Ltd. 77,967 — (635 ) 1,433 — 78,765
Packet One Network 88,389 — 1,156 (841 ) — 88,704
SK Technology Innovation Company 63,559 — (3,999 ) 347 — 59,907
ViKi, Inc.(*4) 15,667 (14,636 ) (995 ) (36 ) — —
HappyNarae Co., Ltd. 13,113 — 781 1 — 13,895
SK hynix Inc. 3,328,245 — 453,042 14,478 — 3,795,765
SK MENA Investment B.V. 13,666 — — 65 — 13,731
SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd.(*2) — — 4,229 2,005 232,703 238,937
Xinan Tianlong Science and Technology Co., Ltd. — 26,982 — — — 26,982
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. and others 170,747 23,681 (9,834 ) 349 (1,022 ) 183,921
Sub-total 4,610,267 36,027 431,591 26,729 135,126 5,239,740
Investments in joint ventures
Dogus Planet, Inc. 6,006 21,428 (9,115 ) (2,251 ) — 16,068
PT. Melon Indonesia 4,447 — (326 ) (661 ) — 3,460
Television Media Korea Ltd. 11,757 — (2,570 ) — — 9,187
PT XL Planet Digital — 19,713 1,706 — — 21,419
Sub-total 22,210 41,141 (10,305 ) (2,912 ) — 50,134
Total 4,632,477 77,168 421,286 23,817 135,126 5,289,874

(*1) The entity was merged into SK Planet Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

(*2) The Group reclassified the investments in Loen Entertainment, Inc. and SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. as investments in associates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

(*3) JYP Entertainment Corporation was excluded from list of investments in associates since Loen Entertainment, Inc. was reclassified from investments in subsidiaries to investments in associates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

(*4) Viki Inc. was sold during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, Continued

(7) As the Group discontinued the application of the equity method due to the carrying amount of the Group’s share being reduced to zero, the unrecognized accumulated equity losses as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Unrealized loss — Period ended September 30, 2014 Accumulated Period ended September 30, 2014 Accumulated
ULand Company Limited — 1,553 — (3 )
Wave City Development Co., Ltd. 797 4,518 — 334
797 6,071 — 331
  1. Property and Equipment

Changes in property and equipment for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014
Beginning balance Acquisi- tion Disposal Transfer Deprecia- tion Impair- ment Others Business acquisition Ending balance
Land 732,206 6,069 — 16,258 — — 1,493 609 756,635
Buildings 956,691 4,012 (383 ) 7,138 (36,488 ) — 2,678 948 934,596
Structures 364,951 4,040 — 4,795 (24,545 ) — — — 349,241
Machinery 6,847,059 282,536 (22,315 ) 1,289,434 (1,524,473 ) (2,883 ) — 7,756 6,877,114
Other 533,181 897,063 (2,324 ) (611,626 ) (99,539 ) (46 ) 4,743 1,173 722,625
Construction in progress 762,519 595,815 (4,624 ) (776,315 ) — — — — 577,395
10,196,607 1,789,535 (29,646 ) (70,316 ) (1,685,045 ) (2,929 ) 8,914 10,486 10,217,606
(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013
Beginning balance Acquisi- tion Disposal Transfer Deprecia- tion Business acquisition Ending balance
Land 704,908 6,696 (24 ) 5,994 — 5,088 722,662
Buildings 886,371 165 (136 ) 11,216 (33,848 ) 3,971 867,739
Structures 363,484 8,577 (7 ) 7,037 (25,310 ) — 353,781
Machinery 6,316,192 270,163 (9,231 ) 1,190,378 (1,478,874 ) 1,039 6,289,667
Other 637,212 616,902 (2,463 ) (641,619 ) (100,278 ) 3,094 512,848
Construction in progress 804,552 470,656 (13,008 ) (628,981 ) — 8,515 641,734
9,712,719 1,373,159 (24,869 ) (55,975 ) (1,638,310 ) 21,707 9,388,431

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investment Property

Changes in investment property for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 — Beginning balance Transfer Depreciation Ending balance
Land 10,822 (404 ) — 10,418
Buildings 4,989 (172 ) (180 ) 4,637
15,811 (576 ) (180 ) 15,055
(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 — Beginning balance Transfer Depreciation Ending balance
Land 12,638 (9,792 ) — 2,846
Buildings 14,841 (830 ) (986 ) 13,025
27,479 (10,622 ) (986 ) 15,871
  1. Goodwill

(1) Goodwill as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Goodwill related to acquisition of Shinsegi Telecomm, Inc. 1,306,236 1,306,236
Goodwill related to acquisition of SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 358,443 358,443
Other goodwill 107,726 68,582
1,772,405 1,733,261

(2) Details of changes in goodwill for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended — September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Beginning balance 1,733,261 1,744,483
Addition from business acquisition 39,144 1,253
Impairment loss on goodwill — (9,982 )
Other decrease — (2,493 )
1,772,405 1,733,261

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Intangible Assets

(1) Details of changes in intangible assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014
Beginning balance Acquisi- tion Disposal Transfer Amortization Impair- ment Others Business acquisition Ending balance
Frequency use rights 1,664,571 — — — (210,395 ) — — — 1,454,176
Land use rights 16,590 13,111 (164 ) — (6,086 ) — 2,258 — 25,709
Industrial rights 58,763 5,003 (124 ) — (3,580 ) — — 348 60,410
Development costs 10,127 308 (25 ) 62 (2,918 ) — — 1,359 8,913
Facility usage right 58,828 1,182 (16 ) 379 (6,319 ) — — — 54,054
Customer relations 6,333 717 — (39 ) (2,274 ) — 692 1,702 7,131
Memberships 128,452 4,662 (3,135 ) (5 ) — — — 267 130,241
Other 807,118 41,228 (3,606 ) 104,058 (224,889 ) (237 ) 1,146 461 725,279
2,750,782 66,211 (7,070 ) 104,455 (456,461 ) (237 ) 4,096 4,137 2,465,913
(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013
Beginning balance Acquisition Disposal Transfer Amortiza- tion Impair- ment Business acquisition Ending balance
Frequency use rights(*) 1,693,868 1,046,833 (814,213 ) — (191,786 ) — — 1,734,702
Land use rights 16,062 3,823 (269 ) — (4,908 ) — — 14,708
Industrial rights 60,104 2,137 (75 ) — (2,809 ) — (122 ) 59,235
Development costs 13,420 409 — — (4,057 ) (851 ) 2,141 11,062
Facility usage rights 65,340 1,179 (75 ) — (6,214 ) — — 60,230
Customer relations 48,886 295 — — (31,720 ) — — 17,461
Memberships 118,954 2,763 (997 ) — — — 7,668 128,388
Other 673,024 67,075 (903 ) 152,193 (220,916 ) (628 ) 11,909 681,754
2,689,658 1,124,514 (816,532 ) 152,193 (462,410 ) (1,479 ) 21,596 2,707,540

(*) The Group newly acquired 1.8GHz frequency use rights through auction during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 and returned the existing 1.8GHz frequency use rights as partial consideration in connection with the new acquisition. The Group recognized ₩199,613 million of loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets with regard to this transaction.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Intangible Assets, Continued

(2) The carrying amount and residual useful lives of major intangible assets as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Amount Description Commencement of amortization Completion of amortization
W-CDMA license 222,468 Frequency use rights relating to W-CDMA service Dec. 2003 Dec. 2016
W-CDMA license 36,700 Frequency use rights relating to W-CDMA service Oct. 2010 Dec. 2016
800MHz license 273,672 Frequency use rights relating to CDMA and LTE service Jul. 2011 Jun. 2021
1.8GHz license 910,745 Frequency use rights relating to LTE service Sep. 2013 Dec. 2021
WiBro license 10,591 WiBro service Mar. 2012 Mar. 2019
1,454,176

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Borrowings and Debentures

(1) Short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | Lender | Annual interest rate
(%) | September 30, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commercial Paper | Hanyang Securities co., Ltd, etc. | 2.37 ~ 3.09 | ₩ | 505,000 | 200,000 |
| Short-term borrowings | Shinhan Bank, etc. | 2.85 ~ 6.00 | | 282,393 | 60,000 |
| | | | ₩ | 787,393 | 260,000 |

(2) Long-term borrowings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won and thousands of U.S. dollars) — Lender Annual interest rate (%) Maturity September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Korea Development Bank 3.19 Jun. 16, 2014 — 1,648
Shinhan Bank 3.11 Jun. 15, 2015 2,569 5,136
Kookmin Bank 3.11 Jun. 15, 2016 5,687 8,124
Kookmin Bank 3.11 Mar. 15, 2017 4,997 5,996
Kookmin Bank 3.11 Mar. 15, 2018 8,600 8,600
Shinhan Bank(*1) 6M bank debenture rate+1.58 Apr. 30, 2016 10,000 —
Woori Bank 4.45 Oct. 05, 2020 600 —
Korea Finance Corporation 3.32 Jul. 30, 2019 39,000 —
Export Kreditnamnden(*2) 1.7 Apr. 29, 2022 96,759 (USD 92,098 ) 99,975 (USD 94,736 )
Sub-total 168,212 129,479
Less present value discount on long-term borrowings (2,670 ) (3,287 )
165,542 126,192
Less current portion of long-term borrowings (21,058 ) (21,384 )
Long-term borrowings 144,484 104,808

(*1) As of September 30, 2014, the 6M bank debenture rate of Shinhan Bank is 2.68%.

(*2) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013, the Group obtained long-term borrowings from Export Kreditnamnden, an export credit agency. The long-term borrowings are redeemed by installment on an annual basis from 2014 to 2022.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Borrowings and Debentures, Continued

(3) Debentures as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, thousands of U.S. dollars and thousands of other currencies) Purpose Maturity Annual interest rate (%) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Unsecured private bonds Refinancing fund 2016 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2014 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds Other fund 2015 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2018 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2016 5.54 40,000 40,000
Unsecured private bonds 2016 5.92 230,000 230,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating fund 2016 3.95 110,000 110,000
Unsecured private bonds 2021 4.22 190,000 190,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating and 2019 3.24 170,000 170,000
Unsecured private bonds refinancing fund 2022 3.30 140,000 140,000
Unsecured private bonds 2032 3.45 90,000 90,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating fund 2023 3.03 230,000 230,000
Unsecured private bonds 2033 3.22 130,000 130,000
Unsecured private bonds 2019 3.30 50,000 —
Unsecured private bonds 2024 3.64 150,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*7) 2029 4.73 55,653 —
Unsecured private bonds(*7) 2029 4.72 55,630 —
Unsecured private bonds(*1) 2014 4.86 — 20,000
Unsecured private bonds(*1) 2015 4.62 10,000 10,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2014 4.53 — 290,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2014 4.40 — 100,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2015 4.09 110,000 110,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2015 4.14 110,000 110,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2017 4.28 100,000 100,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2015 3.14 130,000 130,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2017 3.27 120,000 120,000
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2016 3.05 80,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2019 3.49 210,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*2) 2019 2.76 130,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*3) 2015 3.12 10,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*3) 2016 3.24 10,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(*3) 2017 3.48 20,000 —
Foreign global bonds 2027 6.63 420,240 422,120
(USD 400,000 ) (USD 400,000 )
Exchangeable bonds(*6) Refinancing fund 2014 1.75 — 96,147
— (USD 91,109 )
Floating rate notes(*4) Operating fund 2014 3M Libor + 1.60 262,650 263,825
(USD 250,000 ) (USD 250,000 )
Floating rate notes(*5) 2014 SOR rate + 1.20 53,591 54,129
(SGD 65,000 ) (SGD 65,000 )
Swiss unsecured private bonds 2017 1.75 331,401 356,601
(CHF 300,000 ) (CHF 300,000 )
Foreign global bonds 2018 2.13 735,420 738,710
(USD 700,000 ) (USD 700,000 )
Australia unsecured private bonds 2017 4.75 274,821 281,988
(AUD 300,000 ) (AUD 300,000 )
Floating rate notes(*4) 2020 3M Libor + 0.88 315,180 316,590
(USD 300,000 ) (USD 300,000 )
Foreign global bonds(*2) 2018 2.88 315,180 316,590
(USD 300,000 ) (USD 300,000 )

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Borrowings and Debentures, Continued

(3) Debentures as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued

(In millions of won, thousands of U.S. dollars and thousands of other currencies)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Sub-total 6,189,766 5,966,700
Less discounts on bonds (33,590 ) (40,229 )
6,156,176 5,926,471
Less current portion of bonds (944,899 ) (1,020,892 )
Discounted issue price 5,211,277 4,905,579

(*1) Unsecured private bonds were issued by SK Telink Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company.

(*2) Unsecured private bonds were issued by SK Broadband Co, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company.

(*3) Unsecured private bonds were issued by PS&Marketing Corporation, a subsidiary of the Parent Company.

(*4) As of September 30, 2014, 3M Libor rate is 0.23%.

(*5) As of September 30, 2014, SOR rate is 0.23%.

(*6) On April 7, 2009, the Group issued exchangeable bonds with a maturity of five years in the principal amount of USD 332,528,000 for USD 326,397,463 with a coupon rate of 1.75%.

The Group may redeem the principal amount after three years from the issuance date if the market price exceeds 130% of the exchange price during a predetermined period. The exchange right may be exercised during the period from May 18, 2009 to March 24, 2014.

Exchanges of notes for common shares may be prohibited under the Telecommunications Law or other legal restrictions which restrains foreign governments, individuals and entities from owning more than 49% of the Group’s voting stock. If such 49% ownership limitation is violated due to the exercise of exchange rights, the Group will pay the bond holder a cash settlement which will be determined at the average price of one day after a holder exercises its exchange right or the weighted average price for the following five or twenty business days. Unless either previously redeemed or exchanged, the notes are redeemable at 100% of the principal amount at maturity.

As of December 31, 2013, the principal amount and the fair value of the remaining exchangeable bonds were USD 57,046,000 and USD 91,108,508, respectively. Exchange for the remaining entire bonds was claimed during 2013 and has been redeemed by cash during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(*7) The Group settled the difference of the measurement bases of accounting profit or loss between the bonds and related derivatives by appointing the structured bonds as designated financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

The difference between the carrying amount of the designated financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and the amount required to pay at maturity is ₩11,283 million as of September 30, 2014.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Long-term Payables - other

(1) Long-term payables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Payables related to acquisition of W-CDMA licenses 653,476 828,721
Other(*) 27,848 9,864
681,324 838,585

(*) Other includes vested compensation claims of employees who have rendered long-term service, etc.

(2) As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, long-term payables consist of payables related to acquisition of W-CDMA licenses for 2.1GHz, 800MHZ, 2.3GHz and 1.8GHz frequencies and other details are as follows (Refer to Note 16):

(In millions of won) — Period of repayment Coupon rate Annual effective interest rate(*) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
2.1GHz 2012~2014 3.58% 5.89% — 17,533
800MHz 2013~2015 3.51% 5.69% 69,416 138,833
2.3GHz 2014~2016 3.00% 5.80% 5,766 8,650
1.8GHz 2012~2021 2.43~3.00% 4.84~5.25% 824,841 942,675
900,023 1,107,691
Present value discount on long-term payables – other (58,137 ) (72,170 )
841,886 1,035,521
Current portion of long-term payables - other (188,410 ) (206,800 )
Carrying amount at period end 653,476 828,721

(*) The Group estimated the discount rate based on its credit ratings and corporate bond yield rate as there is no market interest rate available for long-term payables-other.

(3) The repayment schedule of long-term payables – other related to acquisition of W-CDMA licences as of September 30, 2014 is as follows:

(In millions of won)
Amount
Less than 1 year 190,134
1~3 years 238,552
3~5 years 235,669
More than 5 years 235,668
900,023

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Provisions

Changes in provisions for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 — Beginning balance Increase Utilization Reversal Others Change of the scope of Consolidation Ending balance Current Non- current
Provision for handset subsidy 53,923 67,158 (62,408 ) — — — 58,673 38,934 19,739
Provision for restoration 40,507 3,270 (449 ) (909 ) (118 ) 39 42,340 21,261 21,079
Other provisions 451 — (86 ) — 10 125 500 182 318
94,881 70,428 (62,943 ) (909 ) (108 ) 164 101,513 60,377 41,136
(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 — Beginning balance Increase Utilization Reversal Others Ending balance Current Non- current
Provision for handset subsidy 353,383 5,581 (264,036 ) — — 94,928 88,042 6,886
Provision for restoration 39,895 3,404 (363 ) (3,785 ) 940 40,091 10,943 29,148
Other provisions 590 — (89 ) (17 ) (56 ) 428 — 428
393,868 8,985 (264,488 ) (3,802 ) 884 135,447 98,985 36,462

The Group has provided handset subsidy to subscribers who purchase handsets on an installment basis and recognized a provision for subsidy amounts which the Group is expected to pay in future periods.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Finance Lease Liabilities

(1) Finance Lease

The Group has leased telecommunication equipment under finance lease agreements with Cisco Systems Capital Korea Ltd. Finance lease liabilities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Finance Lease Liabilities
Current portion of long-term finance lease liabilities 7,735 19,351
Long-term finance lease liabilities 707 3,867
8,442 23,218

The Group’s related interest and principal as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 — Minimum lease payment Present value Minimum lease payment Present value
Less than 1 year 7,946 7,735 20,039 19,351
1~5 years 713 707 3,974 3,867
Sub-total 8,659 8,442 24,013 23,218
Current portion of long-term finance lease liabilities (7,735 ) (19,351 )
Long-term finance lease liabilities 707 3,867

(2) Operating Lease

The Group entered into operating lease and sublease agreements in relation to rented office space and the expected future lease payments and lease revenues as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Lease payments Lease revenues
Less than 1 year 25,123 1,078
1~5 years 74,002 1,053
More than 5 years 53,518 834
152,643 2,965

(3) Sales and Leaseback

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Group disposed a portion of its property and equipment and investment property, and entered into lease agreements with respect to those assets. This sale and leaseback transaction is considered as an operating lease and expected future lease payments and lease revenues are included in Note 20-(2).

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Defined Benefit Liabilities

(1) Details of defined benefit liabilities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Present value of defined benefit obligations 395,281 312,494
Fair value of plan assets (240,429 ) (238,293 )
154,852 74,201

(2) Principal actuarial assumptions as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations 3.06% ~ 4.34% 3.06 ~ 4.34%
Expected rate of salary increase 3.05% ~ 6.27% 3.05 ~ 6.27%

Discount rate for defined benefit obligation is determined based on the Group’s credit ratings and yield rate of corporate bonds with similar maturities for estimated payment term of defined benefit obligation. Expected rate of salary increase is determined based on the Group’s historical promotion index, inflation rate and salary increase ratio in accordance with salary agreement.

(3) Changes in defined benefit obligations for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Beginning balance 312,494 244,866
Current service cost 92,249 66,040
Interest cost 9,065 6,704
Remeasurement
- Adjustment based on experience 12,553 4,519
Benefit paid (38,302 ) (28,555 )
Others(*) 7,222 16,112
Ending balance 395,281 309,686

(*) Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 include the effect of changes in the consolidation scope of ₩2,715 million, liabilities of ₩3,109 million due to transfer of employees from associates, and transfer to construction in progress, etc. Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 include the effect of changes in the consolidation scope of ₩(4,141) million, liabilities of ₩14,703 million transferred due to business combination and transfer to construction in progress, etc.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Defined Benefit Liabilities, Continued

(4) Changes in plan assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Beginning balance 238,293 158,345
Expected return on plan assets 6,824 4,585
Remeasurement factor of plan assets (1,288 ) 1,040
Contributions by employer directly to plan assets 7,644 8,606
Benefit paid (13,092 ) (11,674 )
Others(*) 2,048 11,277
Ending balance 240,429 172,179

(*) Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 include the effect of changes in the consolidation scope of ₩1,120 million. Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 include the effect of changes in the consolidation scope of ₩(3,074) million and assets of ₩14,334 million transferred due to business combination.

Actual return on plan assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 amounted to ₩5,536 million and ₩5,625 million, respectively.

(5) Expenses recognized in profit and loss for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended — September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Current service cost 92,249 66,040
Net interest cost 2,241 2,119
94,490 68,159

The above costs are recognized in labor cost, research and development, or capitalized into construction-in-progress.

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  1. Derivative Instruments

(1) Currency swap contracts under cash flow hedge accounting as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In thousands of foreign currencies)

Borrowing date Hedged item Hedged risk Contract type Financial institution Duration of contract
Jul. 20, 2007 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 400,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Morgan Stanley and five other banks Jul. 20, 2007 ~ Jul. 20,
2027
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD 65,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap United Overseas Bank Dec. 15, 2011 ~ Dec. 12, 2014
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 250,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap DBS Bank and Citibank Dec. 15, 2011 ~ Dec. 12, 2014
Jun. 12, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Citibank and five other banks Jun. 12, 2012 ~ Jun.12, 2017
Nov. 1, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 700,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Barclays and nine other banks Nov. 1, 2012 ~ May 1, 2018
Jan. 17, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap BNP Paribas and three other banks Jan. 17, 2013 ~ Nov. 17, 2017
Mar. 7, 2013 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 300,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap DBS Bank Mar. 7, 2013 ~ Mar. 7, 2020
Oct. 29, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 300,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Korea Development Bank and others Oct. 29, 2013 ~ Oct. 26, 2018
Dec. 16, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 92,098) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Deutsche bank Dec. 16, 2013 ~ Apr. 29,
2022

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Derivative Instruments, Continued

(2) As of September 30, 2014, fair values of above derivatives recorded in assets or liabilities and details of derivative instruments are as follows:

(In millions of won and thousands of foreign currencies)
Fair value
Cash flow hedge Held for trading purpose Total
Hedged item Accumulated gain (loss) on valuation of derivatives Tax effect Accumulated foreign currency translations gain (loss) Others (*)
Non-current assets:
Structured bonds ( face value of KRW 100,000) — — — — 8,257 8,257
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 400,000) (47,922 ) (15,299 ) (36,706 ) 129,806 — 29,879
Total assets 38,136
Current liabilities:
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD
65,000) 82 26 (3,862 ) — — (3,754 )
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 250,000) 5,488 1,752 (26,776 ) — — (19,536 )
Non-current liabilities:
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000) (11,237 ) (3,588 ) (32,005 ) — — (46,830 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 700,000) (20,896 ) (6,671 ) (27,698 ) — — (55,265 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000) 5,118 1,634 (60,424 ) — — (53,672 )
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (face amounts of USD 300,000) 334 107 (9,855 ) — — (9,414 )
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 300,000) (8,232 ) — (3,225 ) — — (11,457 )
Fixed-to-fixed long-term borrowings (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 92,098) (4,298 ) (1,372 ) (291 ) — — (5,961 )
Total liabilities (205,889 )

(*) Cash flow hedge accounting has been applied to the relevant contract from May 12, 2010. Others represent gain on valuation of currency swap incurred prior to the application of hedge accounting and was recognized through profit or loss prior to the year ended December 31, 2013.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Share Capital and Capital Surplus and Other Capital Adjustments

The Parent Company’s outstanding share capital consists entirely of common stock with a par value of ₩500. The number of authorized, issued and outstanding common shares and capital surplus and other capital adjustments as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, except for share data)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Authorized shares 220,000,000 220,000,000
Issued shares(*1) 80,745,711 80,745,711
Share capital 44,639 44,639
Common stock
Capital surplus and other capital adjustments:
Paid-in surplus 2,915,887 2,915,887
Treasury stock (Note 24) (2,139,683 ) (2,139,683 )
Loss on disposal of treasury stock (18,087 ) (18,087 )
Hybrid bond (Note 25) 398,518 398,518
Others(*2) (867,909 ) (839,127 )
288,726 317,508

(*1) For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2006 and 2009, the Parent Company retired 7,002,235 shares, 1,083,000 shares and 448,000 shares, respectively, of treasury stock which reduced its retained earnings before appropriation in accordance with the Korean Commercial Law. As a result, the Parent Company’s outstanding shares have decreased without change in the share capital.

There were no changes in share capital for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013 and the number of issued shares for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are follows:

(In shares)
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Issued shares Treasury stock Outstanding shares Issued shares Treasury stock Outstanding shares
Beginning issued shares 80,745,711 9,809,375 70,936,336 80,745,711 11,050,712 69,694,999
Disposal of treasury stock — — — — (880,557 ) 880,557
Ending issued shares 80,745,711 9,809,375 70,936,336 80,745,711 10,170,155 70,575,556

(*2) Changed mainly due to the business combination under common control that took place during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (Refer to Note 11).

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  1. Treasury Stock

The Parent Company acquired treasury stock to provide stock dividends, merge with Shinsegi Telecom, Inc. and SK IMT Co, Ltd., increase shareholder value and to stabilize its stock prices when needed.

Treasury stock as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, shares) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Number of shares 9,809,375 9,809,375
Amount 2,139,683 2,139,683
  1. Hybrid Bond

The Parent Company issued hybrid bond at face amount on September 7, 2013 and details as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Type Issuance date Maturity(*1) Annual interest rate(%)(*2) Amount
Private hybrid bond Blank coupon unguaranteed subordinated bond June 7, 2013 June 7, 2073 4.21 400,000
Issuance costs (1,482 )
398,518

Hybrid bonds issued by the Parent Company are classified as equity as there is no contractual obligation for delivery of financial assets to the bond holders. These are subordinated bonds which rank before common shareholders in the event of a liquidation or reorganization of the Parent Company.

(*1) The Parent Company has a right to extend the maturity under the same issuance terms without any notice or announcement. The Parent Company also has the right to defer interest payment at its sole discretion.

(*2) Annual interest rate is adjusted after five years from the issuance date.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Retained Earnings

(1) Retained earnings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Appropriated:
Legal reserve 22,320 22,320
Reserve for research & manpower development 151,533 155,766
Reserve for business expansion 9,476,138 9,376,138
Reserve for technology development 2,416,300 2,271,300
12,066,291 11,825,524
Unappropriated 1,650,097 1,276,971
13,716,388 13,102,495

(2) Legal reserve

The Korean Commercial Code requires the Parent Company to appropriate as a legal reserve at least 10% of cash dividends paid for each accounting period until the reserve equals 50% of outstanding share capital. The legal reserve may not be utilized for cash dividends, but may only be used to offset a future deficit, if any, or may be transferred to share capital.

(3) Reserve for research & manpower development

Reserve for research and manpower development were appropriated in order to recognize certain tax deductible benefits through the early recognition of future expenditure for tax purposes. These reserves will be reversed from appropriated and retained earnings in accordance with the relevant tax laws. Such reversal will be included in taxable income in the year of reversal.

  1. Reserves

(1) Details of reserves as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for-sale financial assets 276,027 208,529
Net change in other comprehensive income of investments in associates (197,315 ) (172,117 )
Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives (72,320 ) (35,429 )
Foreign currency translations differences for foreign operations (31,413 ) (13,253 )
(25,021 ) (12,270 )

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  1. Reserves, Continued

(2) Change in reserves for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) — Balance at January 1, 2013 Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for- sale financial assets — ₩ 207,063 (175,044 ) (46,652 ) (11,003 ) (25,636 )
Changes (31,221 ) 23,817 9,958 (9 ) 2,545
Tax effect 6,769 551 (2,410 ) — 4,910
Balance at September 30, 2013 182,611 (150,676 ) (39,104 ) (11,012 ) (18,181 )
Balance at January 1, 2014 208,529 (172,117 ) (35,429 ) (13,253 ) (12,270 )
Changes 85,138 (25,253 ) (47,522 ) (18,160 ) (5,797 )
Tax effect (17,640 ) 55 10,631 — (6,954 )
Balance at September 30, 2014 276,027 (197,315 ) (72,320 ) (31,413 ) (25,021 )
  1. Other Operating Expenses

Details of other operating expenses for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Other Operating Expenses:
Communication expenses 15,209 44,341 16,075 46,789
Utilities 70,893 185,627 65,238 170,544
Taxes and dues 10,745 25,505 8,945 22,435
Repair 53,633 188,114 60,924 185,648
Research and development 107,727 312,687 77,469 239,680
Training 11,955 28,549 11,528 26,106
Bad debt for accounts receivables - trade 10,284 33,837 11,440 40,513
Travel 6,537 21,100 7,687 22,742
Supplies and other 48,479 156,675 41,707 132,066
335,462 996,435 301,013 886,523

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  1. Other Non-operating Income and Expenses

(1) Details of other non-operating income and expenses for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Other Non-operating Income:
Fees revenues 1,234 7,199 1,329 4,193
Gain on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 3,381 6,792 1,095 5,849
Others 6,022 33,220 9,658 40,250
10,637 47,211 12,082 50,292
Other Non-operating Expenses:
Loss on impairment of property and equipment and intangible assets — 3,166 216 10,833
Loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 9,658 13,638 208,665 221,727
Donations 21,971 49,023 32,653 55,302
Bad debt for accounts receivable—other 3,867 11,992 4,125 20,655
Loss on disposal of investment securities 5 12 — 1
Loss on impairment of investment securities — 127 — —
Others 54,984 77,173 39,739 54,505
90,485 155,131 285,398 363,023

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Finance Income and Costs

(1) Details of finance income and costs for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Finance Income:
Interest income 15,528 45,283 14,853 47,704
Dividends 2,481 13,048 2 10,199
Gain on foreign currency transactions 2,763 9,427 1,239 8,670
Gain on foreign currency translation 1,927 3,222 — 1,835
Gain on disposal of long-term investment securities 2,721 8,835 1,203 3,337
Gain on valuation of derivatives 12,971 8,257 — —
Gain on settlement of derivatives — 119 — 2,274
Gain on relating to financial asset at fair value through profit or loss — — — 2,387
38,391 88,191 17,297 76,406
(In millions of won) 2014 2013
Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Finance Costs:
Interest expense 82,171 243,400 78,669 251,593
Loss on foreign currency transactions 4,324 13,876 3,032 10,298
Loss on foreign currency translation 11,010 1,566 1,785 2,908
Loss on disposal of long-term investment securities 496 2,607 151 4,864
Loss on impairment of long-term investment securities — — 8 16,556
Loss on valuation of derivatives — 1,404 — 198
Loss on settlement of derivatives — 335 — —
Loss relating to financial assets at fair value through profit or loss — 1,352 978 —
Loss relating to financial liability at fair value through profit or loss(*) 3,489 11,287 16,233 120,833
101,490 275,827 100,856 407,250

(*) Loss relating to financial liability at fair value through profit or loss for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 represents 1) valuation loss related to exchangeable bond (issue price of USD 326,397,463) as a result of increase in stock price of the Parent Company and increase in foreign exchange rate, and 2) loss on repayment of debentures upon the exercise of redemption rights.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Finance Income and Costs, Continued

(2) Details of interest income included in finance income for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Interest income on cash equivalents and deposits 9,352 27,602 10,252 32,412
Interest income on installment receivables and others 6,176 17,681 4,601 15,292
15,528 45,283 14,853 47,704

(3) Details of interest expense included in finance costs for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Interest expense on bank overdrafts and borrowings 7,427 21,545 2,205 25,264
Interest expense on debentures 62,873 184,785 67,072 195,372
Interest on finance lease liabilities 101 450 310 1,077
Others 11,770 36,620 9,082 29,880
82,171 243,400 78,669 251,593

(4) Details of impairment losses for financial assets for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Available-for-sale financial assets — — 8 16,556
Accounts receivable—trade 10,284 33,837 16,645 43,974
Accounts receivable—other 3,867 11,992 4,150 20,667
14,151 45,829 20,803 81,197
  1. Income Tax Expense for Continuing Operations

Income tax expense was recognized as current tax expense adjusted for changes in estimates related to prior periods, deferred tax expenses by origination and reversal of temporary differences, and income tax recognized in other comprehensive income.

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  1. Earnings per Share

(1) Basic earnings per share

1) Basic earnings per share for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are calculated as follows:

(In millions of won, shares) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Basic earnings per share attributable to owners of the Parent Company from continuing operation:
Profit attributable to owners of the Parent Company from continuing operations 531,548 1,299,898 335,669 1,148,424
Dividend on hybrid bond — (8,420 ) (4,233 ) (5,291 )
Profit for the period on common shares 531,548 1,291,478 331,436 1,143,133
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 70,936,336 70,936,336 70,527,972 70,034,852
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations (in won) 7,493 18,206 4,699 16,322
Basic earnings per share attributable to owners of the Parent Company:
Profit attributable to owners of the Parent Company 531,548 1,299,898 504,026 1,324,824
Dividend on hybrid bond — (8,420 ) (4,233 ) (5,291 )
Profit for the period on common shares 531,548 1,291,478 499,793 1,319,533
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 70,936,336 70,936,336 70,527,972 70,034,852
Basic earnings per share (in won) 7,493 18,206 7,086 18,841

2) Profit attributable to owners of the Parent Company from continuing operation for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are calculated as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep.30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Profit attributable to owners of the Parent Company 531,548 1,299,898 504,026 1,324,824
Results of discontinued operation attributable to owners of the Parent Company — — 168,357 176,400
Profit attributable to owners of the Parent Company from continuing operation 531,548 1,299,898 335,669 1,148,424

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Earnings per Share, Continued

3) The weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are calculated as follows:

(In shares)
Three-month period ended September 30 Nine-month period ended September 30
Outstanding common shares at January 1, 2014 80,745,711 80,745,711 80,745,711
Effect of treasury stock (9,80 9,375 ) (9,809,375 ) (9,809,375 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 70,936,336 70,936,336 70,936,336
(In shares)
Three-month period ended September 30 Nine-month period ended September 30
Outstanding common shares at January 1, 2013 80,745,711 80,745,711 80,745,711
Effect of treasury stock (11,050,712 ) (11,050,712 ) (11,050,712 )
Exchange of exchangeable bond 880,557 832,973 339,853
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 70,575,556 70,527,972 70,034,852

(2) Diluted earnings per share

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, there were no potentially dilutive shares. The number of common shares outstanding in respect of the exchangeable common shares of exchangeable bonds is excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 as effect would have been anti-dilutive (diluted shares of 1,548,029). Therefore, diluted earnings per share for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are same as basic earnings per share.

(3) Basic earnings per share from discontinued operation

| (In millions of won, shares) | 2014 — Three-month period
ended September 30 | Nine-month period
ended September 30 | Three-month period ended September 30 | Nine-month period
ended September 30 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Results from discontinued operation attributable to owners of the Parent Company | ₩ | — | — | 168,357 | 176,400 |
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | | 70,936,336 | 70,936,336 | 70,527,972 | 70,034,852 |
| Basic earnings per share (In won) | ₩ | — | — | 2,387 | 2,519 |

Diluted earnings per share from discontinued operation is the same as basic earnings per share from discontinued operation.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments

(1) Financial assets by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014
Trading financial assets Available- for-sale financial assets Loans and receivables Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Cash and cash equivalents — — 1,332,619 — 1,332,619
Financial instruments — — 303,332 — 303,332
Short-term investment securities — 93,878 — — 93,878
Long-term investment securities — 1,023,804 — — 1,023,804
Accounts receivable—trade — — 2,747,672 — 2,747,672
Loans and receivables(*2) — — 1,222,025 — 1,222,025
Derivative financial assets 8,257 — — 29,879 38,136
8,257 1,117,682 5,605,648 29,879 6,761,466
(In millions of won)
December 31, 2013
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Available- for-sale financial assets Loans and receivables Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Cash and cash equivalents — — 1,398,639 — 1,398,639
Financial instruments — — 319,616 — 319,616
Short-term investment securities — 106,068 — — 106,068
Long-term investment securities(*1) 20,532 947,995 — — 968,527
Accounts receivable—trade — — 2,270,470 — 2,270,470
Loans and receivables(*2) — — 1,044,529 — 1,044,529
Derivative financial assets (*3) 10 — — 41,712 41,722
20,542 1,054,063 5,033,254 41,712 6,149,571

(*1) The entire amount of long-term investment securities was designated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as the embedded derivative (conversion right option), which should be separated from the main contract, could not be separately measured.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments, Continued

(1) Financial assets by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued

(*2) Details of loans and receivables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Short-term loans 79,119 79,395
Accounts receivable – other 780,236 643,603
Accrued income 15,223 11,941
Other current assets 3,888 2,548
Long-term loans 55,597 57,442
Long-term accounts receivable - other 3,566 —
Guarantee deposits 284,396 249,600
1,222,025 1,044,529

(*3) Derivative financial assets classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as of December 31, 2013 is the fair value of conversion right of convertible bonds held by SK Communications Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company.

(2) Financial liabilities by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 — Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost Derivative financial instruments designated as hedging item Total
Accounts payable – trade — 317,020 — 317,020
Derivative financial liabilities — — 205,889 205,889
Borrowings — 952,935 — 952,935
Debentures(*1) 111,283 6,044,893 — 6,156,176
Accounts payable – other and other payables(*3) — 3,192,898 — 3,192,898
111,283 10,507,746 205,889 10,824,918
(In millions of won) December 31, 2013 — Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Accounts payable – trade — 214,716 — 214,716
Derivative financial liabilities — — 124,339 124,339
Borrowings — 386,192 — 386,192
Debentures(*2) 96,147 5,830,324 — 5,926,471
Accounts payable – other and other payables(*3) — 3,949,794 — 3,949,794
96,147 10,381,026 124,339 10,601,512

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments, Continued

(2) Financial liabilities by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued

(*1) Bonds classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss as of September 30, 2014 are structured bonds and they were designated as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss in order to settle the difference of the measurement bases of accounting profit or loss between the related derivatives and bonds.

(*2) The entire amount of debentures as of December 31, 2013 was designated as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss as the fair value of the embedded derivative (conversion right option), which should be separated from the main contract, could not be separately measured.

(*3) Details of accounts payable and other payables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Accounts payable – other 1,252,770 1,864,024
Withholdings 1,848 1,549
Accrued expenses 1,032,220 988,193
Current portion of long-term payables – other 196,145 226,151
Long-term payables – other 681,324 838,585
Finance lease liabilities 707 3,867
Other non-current liabilities 27,884 27,425
3,192,898 3,949,794
  1. Financial Risk Management

(1) Financial risk management

The Group is exposed to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. Market risk is the risk related to the changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices. The Group implements a risk management system to monitor and manage these specific risks.

The Group’s financial assets under financial risk management consist of cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments, financial assets available-for-sale, trade and other receivables. Financial liabilities consist of trade and other payables, borrowings, and debentures.

1) Market risk

(i) Currency risk

The Group is exposed to currency risk mainly on exchange fluctuations on recognized assets and liabilities. The Group manages currency risk by currency forward, etc. if needed to hedge currency risk on business transactions. Currency risk occurs on forecasted transaction and recognized assets and liabilities which are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the respective Group entities.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

Monetary foreign currency assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won, thousands of U.S. dollars, thousands of Euros, thousands of Japanese Yen, thousands of other currencies)
Assets Liabilities
Foreign currencies Won translation Foreign Currencies Won translation
USD 187,929 197,455 2,126,770 2,234,382
EUR 16,080 21,471 25 33
JPY 45,886 441 21,916 210
SGD 84 69 64,960 53,558
AUD — — 298,412 273,366
CHF — — 298,851 330,132
Others 58,905 10,365 1,545 383
229,801 2,892,064

In addition, the Group has entered into cross currency swaps to hedge against currency risk related to foreign currency borrowings and debentures. (Refer to Note 22)

As of September 30, 2014, effects on income (loss) before income tax as a result of change in exchange rate by 10% are as follows:

(In millions of won) If increased by 10% If decreased by 10%
USD 8,935 (8,935 )
EUR 2,108 (2,108 )
JPY 23 (23 )
Others 1,005 (1,005 )
12,071 (12,071 )

(ii) Equity price risk

The Group has equity securities which include listed and non-listed securities for its liquidity and operating purpose. As of September 30, 2014, available-for-sale equity instruments measured at fair value amount to ₩905,045 million.

(iii) Interest rate risk

Since the Group’s interest bearing assets are mostly fixed-interest bearing assets, as such, the Group’s revenue and operating cash flow are not influenced by the changes in market interest rates. However, the Group still has interest rate risk arising from borrowings and debentures.

Accordingly, the Group performs various analysis of interest rate risk, which includes refinancing, renewal, alternative financing and hedging instrument option, to reduce interest rate risk and to optimize its financing.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

(iii) Interest rate risk, Continued

The Group’s interest rate risk arises from floating-rate borrowings and debentures. As of September 30, 2014, floating-rate borrowings and debentures amount to ₩69,600 million and ₩631,421million respectively, the Group has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate risk related to floating-rate debentures. (Refer to Note 22) If interest rate only increases (decreases) by 1%, income before income taxes for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 would have been changed ₩522 million due to the interest expense from floating-rate borrowings.

2) Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet his/her contractual obligations. The maximum credit exposure as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents 1,332,468 1,398,548
Financial instruments 303,332 319,616
Available-for-sale financial assets 21,711 35,174
Accounts receivable – trade 2,747,672 2,270,470
Loans and receivables 1,222,025 1,044,529
Derivative financial assets 29,879 41,712
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 8,257 20,532
5,665,344 5,130,581

To manage credit risk, the Group evaluates the credit worthiness of each customer or counterparty considering the party’s financial information, its own trading records and other factors; based on such information, the Group establishes credit limits for each customer or counterparty.

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Group has no trade and other receivables or loans which have indications of significant impairment loss or are overdue for a prolonged period. As a result, the Group believes that the possibility of default is remote. Also, the Group’s credit risk can rise due to transactions with financial institutions related to its cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments and derivates. To minimize such risk, the Group has a policy to deal with high credit worthy financial institutions. The amount of maximum exposure to credit risk of the Group is the carrying amount of financial assets as of September 30, 2014.

In addition, the aging of trade and other receivables that are overdue at the end of the reporting period but not impaired is stated in Note 6 and the analysis of financial assets that are individually determined to be impaired at the end of the reporting period is stated in Note 30.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

3) Liquidity risk

The Group’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure that it will always maintain sufficient cash equivalents balance and have enough liquidity through various committed credit lines. The Group maintains flexibly enough liquidity under credit lines through active operating activities.

Contractual maturities of financial liabilities as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Carrying amount Contractual cash flows Less than 1 year 1—5 years More than 5 years
Accounts payable – trade 317,020 317,020 317,020 — —
Borrowings(*1) 952,935 972,384 815,442 119,027 37,915
Debentures(*1) 6,156,176 7,385,909 1,177,644 3,954,209 2,254,056
Accounts payable—other and others(*2) 3,192,898 3,290,588 2,439,964 597,455 253,169
10,619,029 11,965,901 4,750,070 4,670,691 2,545,140

The Group does not expect that the cash flows included in the maturity analysis could occur significantly earlier or at different amounts.

(*1) Includes estimated interest to be paid and excludes discounts on borrowings and debentures.

(*2) Excludes discounts on accounts payable-other and others.

As of September 30, 2014, periods which cash flows from cash flow hedge derivatives is expected to be incurred are as follows:

(In millions of won)
Carrying amount Contractual cash flows Less than 1 year 1—5 years More than 5 years
Assets 29,879 23,464 7,120 28,825 (12,481 )
Liabilities (205,889 ) (218,960 ) (42,608 ) (163,855 ) (12,497 )
(176,010 ) (195,496 ) (35,488 ) (135,030 ) (24,978 )

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(2) Capital management

The Group manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a business while maximizing the return to shareholders through the optimization of its debt and equity balance. The overall strategy of the Group is the same as that of the group as of and for the year ended 31 December 2013.

The Group monitors its debt-equity ratio as a capital management indicator. This ratio is calculated as total liabilities divided by total equity which are extracted from the financial statements.

Debt-equity ratio as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Liabilities 12,940,900 12,409,958
Equity 14,744,075 14,166,557
Debt-equity ratio 87.77 % 87.60 %

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value

1) Fair value and carrying amount of financial assets and liabilities including fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Carrying amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets measured at fair value
Trading financial assets 8,257 — 8,257 — 8,257
Derivative financial assets 29,879 — 29,879 — 29,879
Available-for-sale financial assets 905,045 717,064 46,859 141,122 905,045
943,181 717,064 84,995 141,122 943,181
Financial assets not measured at fair value
Cash and cash equivalents(*1) 1,332,619 — — — —
Available-for-sale financial assets(*1,2) 212,637 — — — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others(*1) 3,969,697 — — — —
Financial instruments(*1) 303,332 — — — —
5,818,285 — — — —
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Debentures 111,283 — 111,283 — 111,283
Derivative financial liabilities 205,889 — 205,889 — 205,889
317,172 — 317,172 — 317,172
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value
Accounts payable – trade(*1) 317,020 — — — —
Borrowings 952,935 — 956,191 — 956,191
Debentures 6,044,893 — 6,402,582 — 6,402,582
Accounts payable - other and others(*1) 3,192,898 — — — —
10,507,746 — 7,358,773 — 7,358,773

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value, Continued

2) Fair value and carrying amount of financial assets and liabilities including fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Carrying amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets measured at fair value
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 20,542 — 20,532 10 20,542
Derivative financial assets 41,712 — 41,712 — 41,712
Available-for-sale financial assets 839,647 638,445 46,414 154,788 839,647
901,901 638,445 108,658 154,798 901,901
Financial assets not measured at fair value
Cash and cash equivalents(*1) 1,398,639 — — — —
Available-for-sale financial assets(*1,2) 214,416 — — — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others(*1) 3,314,999 — — — —
Financial instruments(*1) 319,616 — — — —
5,247,670 — — — —
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 96,147 96,147 — — 96,147
Derivative financial liabilities 124,339 — 124,339 — 124,339
220,486 96,147 124,339 — 220,486
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value
Accounts payable – trade(*1) 214,716 — — — —
Borrowings 386,192 — 399,247 — 399,247
Debentures 5,830,324 — 5,946,586 — 5,946,586
Accounts payable - other and others(*1) 3,949,794 — — — —
10,381,026 — 6,345,833 — 6,345,833

(*1) The fair value categorization excludes fair values of financial assets and liabilities of which fair values have not been measured as carrying amounts approximate fair values.

(*2) Equity instruments which do not have quoted price in an active market for the identical instruments (inputs for level 1) are measured at cost in accordance with K-IFRS 1039 as such equity instruments cannot be reliably measured using other methods.

Fair value of the financial instruments that are traded in an active market is measured based on the quoted market price at the end of the reporting date. Disclosed market price of the financial assets held by the Group is the bid price.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value, Continued

Fair value of the financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined using the valuation method. The Group uses the various valuation methods and makes assumptions that are mainly based on market conditions existing at the end of each reporting period. Fair value of financial instruments such as long-term liabilities is measured using the various methods including estimated discounted cash flow method.

Fair values of accounts receivable – trade, and accounts payable - trade are considered to be carrying amount less impairment and fair value of financial liabilities for the disclosure purpose is estimated by discounting contractual future cash flows using the current market interest rate used for the similar financial instruments by the Group.

Interest rates used by the Group for the fair value measurement as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

Interest rate
Derivative instruments 2.06 ~ 2.60%
Borrowings and debentures 2.72 ~ 2.95%

There have been no transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and changes of financial assets classified as Level 3 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Balance at January 1 Acquisition Other comprehensive income Disposal Balance at September 30
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 10 — — (10 ) —
Available-for-sale financial assets 154,788 31,066 (3,989 ) (40,743 ) 141,122

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(4) Enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement

Carrying amount of financial instruments recognized of which offset agreements are applicable as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Gross financial instruments recognized
Financial instruments Cash collaterals received
Financial assets:
Derivatives(*) 28,177 — 28,177 (28,177 ) — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others 140,783 (132,705 ) 8,078 — — 8,078
168,960 (132,705 ) 36,255 (28,177 ) — 8,078
Financial liabilities:
Derivatives(*) 58,698 — 58,698 (28,177 ) — 30,521
Accounts payable –others 132,705 (132,705 ) — — — —
191,403 (132,705 ) 58,698 (28,177 ) — 30,521

Carrying amount of financial instruments recognized of which offset agreements are applicable as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Gross financial instruments recognized
Financial instruments Cash collaterals received
Financial assets:
Derivatives(*) 28,870 — 28,870 (28,870 ) — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others 138,897 (127,055 ) 11,842 — — 11,842
167,767 (127,055 ) 40,712 (28,870 ) — 11,842
Financial liabilities:
Derivatives(*) 43,536 — 43,536 (28,870 ) — 14,666
Accounts payable –others 127,055 (127,055 ) — — — —
170,591 (127,055 ) 43,536 (28,870 ) — 14,666

(*) The amount is applicable by enforceable master netting agreement according to ISDA (International Swap and Derivatives Association).

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties

(1) List of related parties

Relationship Interest rate
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd.
Subsidiaries SK Planet Co., Ltd. and 37 others (Refer to Note 1)
Joint venture Dogus Planet, Inc. and three others
Associates SK hynix Inc. and 64 others
Affiliates The Ultimate Controlling Entity’s investor using the equity method and the Ultimate Controlling Entity’s subsidiaries and associates, etc.

(2) Compensation for the key management

The Parent Company considers registered directors who have substantial role and responsibility in planning, operating, and controlling of the business as key management. The considerations given to such key management for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | Nine-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | Three-month period ended Sep. 30,
2013 | Nine-month period ended Sep. 30,
2013 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salaries | ₩ | 379 | 2,212 | 329 | 1,923 |
| Provision for retirement benefits | | 114 | 794 | 97 | 915 |
| | ₩ | 493 | 3,006 | 426 | 2,838 |

Compensation for the key management includes salaries, non-monetary salaries and contributions made in relation to the pension plan.

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  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(3) Transactions with related parties for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) — Scope | Company | Operating revenue and others — Three-month period ended Sep.
30, 2014 | Nine-month period ended Sep.
30, 2014 | Three-month period ended Sep. 30, 2014 | Nine-month period ended Sep. 30, 2014 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ultimate Controlling Entity | SK Holding Co., Ltd.(*) | ₩ | 93 | 348 | 29,201 | 217,895 |
| Associates | F&U Credit information Co., Ltd. | | 695 | 1,688 | 11,557 | 33,538 |
| | HappyNarae Co., Ltd. | | 54 | 182 | 1,711 | 4,328 |
| | SK hynix Inc. | | 3,342 | 8,264 | — | 879 |
| | SK USA, Inc. | | — | — | 562 | 1,522 |
| | SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. | | 163 | 390 | 3,160 | 12,201 |
| | HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | 11,627 | 33,063 | 1,295 | 3,592 |
| | Others | | 1,102 | 4,535 | 4,787 | 12,430 |
| | | | 16,983 | 48,122 | 23,072 | 68,490 |
| Other | SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. | | 713 | 2,382 | 12,930 | 36,474 |
| | SK C&C Co., Ltd. | | 4,350 | 12,946 | 91,657 | 245,797 |
| | SK Networks Co., Ltd. | | 2,158 | 14,512 | 261,844 | 1,190,460 |
| | SK Networks Service Co., Ltd. | | 2,518 | 7,941 | 36,984 | 78,495 |
| | SK Telesys Co., Ltd | | 159 | 361 | 13,558 | 59,671 |
| | SK Energy Co., Ltd. | | 4,025 | 15,872 | 279 | 722 |
| | SK Gas Co., Ltd. | | 3,392 | 7,344 | — | — |
| | Others | | 6,544 | 17,078 | 8,864 | 23,583 |
| | | | 23,859 | 78,436 | 426,116 | 1,635,202 |
| Total | | ₩ | 40,935 | 126,906 | 478,389 | 1,921,587 |

(*) Operating expense and others include ₩191,416 million of dividends paid by the Parent Company.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(3) Transactions with related parties for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows, Continued:

| (In millions of won) — Scope | Company | Acquisition of property and equipment — Three-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | Nine-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | Three-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | Nine-month period ended Sep. 30,
2014 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ultimate Controlling Entity | SK Holding Co., Ltd. | ₩ | — | — | — | — |
| Associates | F&U Credit information Co., Ltd. | | — | — | — | — |
| | HappyNarae Co., Ltd. | | 1,927 | 5,978 | — | — |
| | SK hynix Inc. | | — | — | — | — |
| | SK USA, Inc. | | — | — | — | — |
| | SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. | | — | — | — | — |
| | HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | — | — | — | — |
| | Others | | — | — | — | 45 |
| | | | 1,927 | 5,978 | — | 45 |
| Other | SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. | | 124,853 | 224,980 | — | — |
| | SK C&C Co., Ltd. | | 26,136 | 77,546 | — | — |
| | SK Networks Co., Ltd. | | — | 3,251 | — | — |
| | SK Networks Service Co., Ltd. | | 515 | 1,231 | — | — |
| | SK Telesys Co., Ltd | | 58,064 | 136,901 | — | — |
| | SK Energy Co., Ltd. | | — | — | — | — |
| | SK Gas Co., Ltd. | | — | — | — | — |
| | Others | | 544 | 5,694 | — | — |
| | | | 210,112 | 449,603 | — | — |
| Total | | ₩ | 212,039 | 455,581 | — | 45 |

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(3) Transactions with related parties for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows, Continued:

| (In millions of won) — Scope | Company | Operating revenue and others — Three- month period ended
Sep. 30, 2013 | Nine- month period ended Sep. 30, 2013 | Three- month period ended Sep. 30, 2013 | Nine- month period ended Sep. 30, 2013 | Three- month period ended Sep. 30, 2013 | Nine- month period ended Sep.
30, 2013 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ultimate Controlling Entity | SK Holding Co., Ltd.(*) | ₩ | 77 | 1,398 | 28,918 | 217,452 | — | — |
| Associates | F&U Credit information Co., Ltd. | | 583 | 1,444 | 12,016 | 33,581 | — | — |
| | HappyNarae Co., Ltd. | | 81 | 205 | 1,295 | 3,551 | 2,258 | 4,588 |
| | SK hynix Inc. | | 1,645 | 4,098 | 1,103 | 1,160 | — | — |
| | SK USA, Inc. | | — | — | — | 520 | — | — |
| | SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. | | 131 | 364 | 2,203 | 11,832 | — | — |
| | HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. | | 11,997 | 32,154 | 12,668 | 14,339 | — | — |
| | Others | | 4,170 | 10,550 | 6,270 | 25,288 | — | — |
| | | | 18,607 | 48,815 | 35,555 | 90,271 | 2,258 | 4,588 |
| Other | SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. | | 1,073 | 5,006 | 4,072 | 17,705 | 120,840 | 217,456 |
| | SK C&C Co., Ltd. | | 4,140 | 10,926 | 89,691 | 247,509 | 55,694 | 121,929 |
| | SK Networks Co., Ltd. | | 13,050 | 38,562 | 286,668 | 1,003,571 | 1,088 | 2,546 |
| | SK Networks Service Co., Ltd. | | 74 | 6,031 | 32,521 | 77,641 | 714 | 850 |
| | SK Telesys Co., Ltd | | 674 | 1,162 | 26,281 | 66,280 | 64,679 | 115,735 |
| | SK Energy Co., Ltd. | | 11,722 | 21,040 | 837 | 1,649 | — | — |
| | SK Gas Co., Ltd. | | 790 | 2,048 | — | — | — | — |
| | Others | | 10,197 | 24,167 | 23,824 | 25,288 | 4,958 | 5,635 |
| | | | 41,720 | 108,942 | 463,894 | 1,439,643 | 247,973 | 464,151 |
| Total | | ₩ | 60,404 | 159,155 | 528,367 | 1,747,366 | 250,231 | 468,739 |

(*) Operating expense and others include ₩191,416 million of dividends paid by the Parent Company.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(4) Account balances as of September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Accounts receivable Accounts payable
Scope Company Loans Accounts receivable-trade, and others Accounts
payable – trade, and others
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd. — 670 204
Associates HappyNarae Co., Ltd. — 14 1,151
F&U Credit information Co., Ltd. — 185 907
SK hynix Inc. — 830 2
SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. 1,425 126 19
Wave City Development Co., Ltd. 1,200 38,412 —
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. 22,148 — —
Television Media Korea Inc. — 465 705
Others — 2,116 1,296
24,773 42,148 4,080
Other SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. — 855 6,790
SK C&C Co., Ltd. — 1,155 56,781
SK Networks Co., Ltd. — 2,616 210,766
SK Networks Service Co., Ltd. — 22 2,750
SK Telesys Co., Ltd — 251 5,905
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. — 1,261 299
SK Energy Co., Ltd. — 2,941 48
SK Gas Co., Ltd. — 1,487 47
Others — 1,055 6,235
— 11,643 289,621
Total 24,773 54,461 293,905

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(4) Account balances as of September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows, Continued:

(In millions of won) December. 31, 2013
Accounts receivable Accounts payable
Scope Company Loans Accounts receivable-trade, and others Accounts payable – trade, and others
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd. — 334 —
Associates HappyNarae Co., Ltd. — 27 16,317
F&U Credit information Co., Ltd. — 258 —
SK hynix Inc. — 392 —
SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. 1,425 — —
Wave City Development Co., Ltd. 1,200 38,412 —
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. 22,102 — —
SK USA, Inc. — — 436
Others — 3,733 5,500
24,727 42,822 22,253
Other SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. — 988 92,058
SK Telesys Co., Ltd. — 412 70,467
SK C&C Co., Ltd. — 182 —
SK Networks. Co., Ltd. — 5,930 118,759
SK Energy Co., Ltd. — 5,457 7,438
SK Gas Co., Ltd. — 1,469 —
Others — 4,707 12,759
— 19,145 301,481
Total 24,727 62,301 323,734

(5) There are no collateral or guarantee provided by related parties to the Group nor the Group to related parties.

(6) M&Service Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, entered into performance agreement with SK Energy Co., Ltd. and provides a blank note to SK Energy Co., Ltd., with regard to this transaction.

(7) There were additional acquisition of investments in associates and joint ventures. (Refer to Note 12)

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Discontinued Operation

(1) Discontinued operation

During the year ended December 31, 2013, SK Planet Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, sold 52.6% of its ownership interests (13,294,369 shares) in Loen Entertainment, Inc., to Star Invest Holdings Limited. Consideration for the sale amounted to ₩265,887 million. Loen Entertainment was a subsidiary of SK Planet Co., Ltd. and is engaged in the release of music discs as its primary business, The Group’s ownership interests after the disposition is 15.0% and Loen Entertainment, Inc. was excluded from the Group’s consolidated financial statements as of the date of the sale.

(2) Results of discontinued operation

Results of discontinued operation included in the consolidated statements of income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2013
Results of discontinued operation:
Revenue 167,033
Expense (140,204 )
Operating income generated by discontinued operation 26,829
Non-operating income 3,189
Gain on disposal relating to discontinued operations 214,885
Income tax expense (61,125 )
Gain generated by discontinued operation 183,778
Attributable to :
Owners of the Parent Company 176,400
Non-controlling interests 7,378

(3) Cash flows used in discontinued operation

Cash flows used in discontinued operation for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2013
Cash flow from discontinued operation:
Net cash provided by operating activities 40,885
Net cash provided by investing activities 180,023
Net cash used in financing activities (4,780 )
216,128

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Commitments and Legal Claims and Litigations

(1) Collateral assets and commitments

SK Broadband Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, has pledged its properties as collateral for leases on buildings in the amount of ₩14,230 million as of September 30, 2014.

SK Broadband Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, has guaranteed for employees’ borrowings relating to employee stock ownership and provided short-term financial instruments amounting to ₩2,071 million as collateral as of September 30, 2014.

In addition, Neosnetworks Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, has pledged its properties as collateral for facility funds borrowings in the amount of ₩1,200 million as of September 30, 2014.

(2) Legal claims and litigations

The claim amount of the litigation against SK Communications Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Parent Company, is approximately ₩7,121 million and the result is not reasonably possible to observe as of September 30, 2014.

(3) Guarantee provided

PS&Marketing Corporation, a subsidiary of the Parent Company, obtained ₩3,000 million of payment guarantees related to handset purchased from the Apple Computer Korea Ltd.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Statements of Cash Flows

(1) Adjustments for income and expenses from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended
Sep. 30, 2014 Sep. 30, 2013
Interest income (45,283 ) (49,503 )
Dividend (13,048 ) (10,199 )
Gain on foreign currency translation (3,222 ) (1,835 )
Gain on disposal of long-term investments assets (8,835 ) (3,337 )
Gain on valuation of derivatives (8,257 ) —
Gain on settlement of derivatives (119 ) (2,274 )
Gain on relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, net (566,846 ) (800,642 )
Gain on disposal of property, equipment and intangible assets (6,792 ) (5,849 )
Gain on relating to financial assets at fair value through profit or loss — (2,387 )
Other income (51 ) (3,219 )
Interest expenses 243,400 251,593
Loss on foreign currency translation 1,566 2,908
Loss on disposal of long- term investments securities 2,607 4,864
Loss on impairment of long-term investments securities — 16,556
Loss on valuation of derivatives 1,404 198
Loss on settlement of derivatives 335 —
Income tax expense 310,392 371,615
Provision for retirement benefits 94,490 68,159
Depreciation and amortization 2,141,686 2,101,706
Bad debt for accounts receivable - trade 33,837 43,974
Loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 13,638 221,961
Loss on impairment of property, equipment and intangible assets 3,166 11,461
Loss on relating to financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 1,352 —
Loss on relating to financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 11,287 120,833
Bad debt for accounts receivable - other 11,992 20,667
Loss on disposal of investments assets 12 1
Loss on impairment of investments assets 127 —
Other expenses 6,784 6,382
2,225,622 2,363,633

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

(2) Changes in assets and liabilities from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended
Sep. 30, 2014 Sep. 30, 2013
Accounts receivable – trade (441,375 ) (274,514 )
Accounts receivable – other (142,659 ) (22,828 )
Accrued income 29 1,206
Advance payments (27,976 ) (37,449 )
Prepaid expenses (28,228 ) (2,071 )
V.A.T. refund receivable 8,552 (165 )
Inventories 32,415 (2,237 )
Long-term accounts receivables – other 55 —
Guarantee deposits (14,068 ) 1,947
Accounts payable – trade 22,355 (33,270 )
Accounts payable – other (364,164 ) (562,502 )
Advanced receipts 16,665 1,301
Withholdings 141,308 44,845
Deposits (2,427 ) (708 )
Accrued expenses 22,288 86,937
V.A.T. payable 6,196 12,264
Unearned revenue (98,362 ) (109,222 )
Provisions (14,399 ) (192,190 )
Long-term provisions 20,335 (66,080 )
Plan assets 5,448 3,069
Retirement benefit payment (38,302 ) (28,555 )
Others 4,546 (30,472 )
(891,768 ) (1,210,694 )

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

(3) Significant non-cash transactions for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended — Sep. 30, 2014 Sep. 30, 2013
Transfer of construction in progress to property, equipment and intangible assets 1,445,192 1,290,314
Transfer of other tangible assets to construction in progress 668,877 659,801
Transfer of inventories to property and equipment 14,585 73,534
Accounts payable - other related to acquisition of tangible assets and others 323,503 22,223
Accounts receivable - other related to disposal of tangible assets and others 2,218 —
Acquisition of new frequency use rights by returning the existing 1.8GHz frequency use rights — 614,600

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Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2014 and 2013

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

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Contents

Independent Auditors’ Review Report 148
Condensed Separate Statements of Financial Position 150
Condensed Separate Statements of Income 152
Condensed Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income 153
Condensed Separate Statements of Changes in Equity 154
Condensed Separate Statements of Cash Flows 155
Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements 157

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To The Board of Directors and Shareholders

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed financial statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements of SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), which comprise the condensed separate statement of financial position as of September 30, 2014, the related condensed separate statements of income, comprehensive income for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and notes to the interim financial statements.

Management’s responsibility

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these condensed separate interim financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”) No.1034 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’, and for such internal controls as management determines necessary to enable the preparation of condensed separate interim financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ responsibility

Our responsibility is to issue a report on these condensed separate interim financial statements based on our reviews.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the Review Standards for Quarterly and Semiannual Financial Statements established by the Securities and Futures Commission of the Republic of Korea. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our reviews, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements referred to above are not prepared fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with K-IFRS No.1034 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’.

Other matters

The separate statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2013, and the related separate statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this report, were audited by us and our report thereon, dated February 21, 2014, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed separate statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2013, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us in all material respects.

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The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed separate interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

November 7, 2014

This report is effective as of November 7, 2014, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed separate financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Financial Position

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents 27,28 397,800 448,459
Short-term financial instruments 4,27,28 155,000 166,000
Short-term investment securities 6,27,28 87,290 102,042
Accounts receivable - trade, net 5,27,28,29 1,649,169 1,513,138
Short-term loans, net 5,27,28,29 72,299 72,198
Accounts receivable - other, net 5,27,28,29 450,106 388,475
Prepaid expenses 83,417 82,837
Inventories, net 16,454 24,596
Assets held for sale 7 2,611 3,667
Advanced payments and other 5,27,28 27,189 16,370
Total Current Assets 2,941,335 2,817,782
Non-Current Assets:
Long-term financial instruments 4,27,28 10,091 7,569
Long-term investment securities 6,27,28 671,863 729,703
Investments in subsidiaries and associates 8 8,214,361 8,010,121
Property and equipment, net 9,29 7,442,848 7,459,986
Goodwill 10 1,306,236 1,306,236
Intangible assets, net 11 1,981,992 2,239,167
Long-term loans, net 5,27,28,29 38,232 39,925
Long-term prepaid expenses 27,027 23,007
Guarantee deposits 4,5,27,28,29 157,382 152,057
Long-term derivative financial assets 16,27,28 38,136 41,712
Other non-current assets 82 154
Total Non-Current Assets 19,888,250 20,009,637
Total Assets 22,829,585 22,827,419

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Financial Position, Continued

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Liabilities and Equity
Current Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings 12,27,28 600,000 260,000
Current portion of debentures and long-term borrowings, net 12,27,28 726,817 622,703
Current portion of long-term payables – other 13,27,28 188,410 206,800
Accounts payable – other 27,28,29 973,126 1,556,201
Withholdings 27,28 662,858 574,166
Accrued expenses 27,28 685,029 653,742
Income tax payable 47,292 104,564
Unearned revenue 120,288 178,569
Derivative financial liabilities 16,27,28 23,290 21,170
Provisions 14 59,973 66,559
Advanced receipts and other 48,850 43,599
Total Current Liabilities 4,135,933 4,288,073
Non-Current Liabilities:
Debentures, excluding current portion, net 12,27,28 4,092,263 4,014,777
Long-term borrowings, excluding current portion 12,27,28 82,357 85,125
Long-term payables – other 13,27,28 653,476 828,721
Long-term unearned revenue 33,646 50,894
Defined benefit liabilities 15 48,825 22,886
Long-term derivative financial liabilities 16,27,28 171,142 100,210
Long-term provisions 14 32,804 19,537
Deferred tax liabilities 25 118,316 44,601
Other non-current liabilities 27,28 60,161 57,187
Total Non-Current Liabilities 5,292,990 5,223,938
Total Liabilities 9,428,923 9,512,011
Equity
Share capital 1,17 44,639 44,639
Capital surplus and other capital adjustments 17,18,19 433,894 433,894
Retained earnings 20 12,793,126 12,665,699
Reserves 21 129,003 171,176
Total Equity 13,400,662 13,315,408
Total Liabilities and Equity 22,829,585 22,827,419

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Income

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won except for per share data) — Note September 30, 2014 — Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended
Operating revenue: 29
Revenue 3,303,648 9,831,961 3,222,924 9,544,077
Operating expense: 29
Labor cost 135,845 449,061 126,092 457,358
Commissions paid 1,339,449 4,233,780 1,303,741 3,974,437
Depreciation and amortization 521,035 1,548,242 502,021 1,484,739
Network interconnection 226,553 661,316 197,747 558,682
Leased lines 94,126 283,478 102,682 313,387
Advertising 59,424 155,970 58,228 168,306
Rent 94,828 280,071 94,478 269,433
Cost of products that have been resold 122,203 357,776 104,617 277,691
Other operating expenses 22 204,458 577,581 196,128 550,505
Sub-total 2,797,921 8,547,275 2,685,734 8,054,538
Operating income 505,727 1,284,686 537,190 1,489,539
Finance income 24 17,718 57,516 17,021 59,099
Finance costs 24 (74,504 ) (225,982 ) (87,653 ) (339,242 )
Other non-operating income 23 6,027 34,619 9,884 30,227
Other non-operating expenses 23 (80,547 ) (136,038 ) (260,210 ) (317,511 )
Gain on disposal of investments in subsidiaries and associates 8 — — — 71,200
Profit before income tax 374,421 1,014,801 216,232 993,312
Income tax expense 25 81,147 204,619 90,085 251,556
Profit for the period 293,274 810,182 126,147 741,756
Earnings per share (in won)
Basic earnings per share 26 4,134 11,303 1,729 10,516
Diluted earnings per share 26 4,134 11,303 1,729 10,516

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won) — Note Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended Three-month period ended Nine-month period ended
Profit for the period 293,274 810,182 126,147 741,756
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurement of defined benefit obligations 15 2,052 (7,533 ) 2,105 (3,212 )
Items that are or may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for-sale financial assets 21 42,556 (8,875 ) 27,039 (21,202 )
Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives 16,21 (16,605 ) (33,298 ) 71,640 7,548
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes 28,003 (49,706 ) 100,784 (16,866 )
Total comprehensive income 321,277 760,476 226,931 724,890

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won)
Capital surplus and other capital adjustments Retained earnings Reserves Total equity
Share capital Paid-in surplus Treasury stock Loss on disposal
of treasury stock Hybrid bond Other
Balance, January 1, 2013 44,639 2,915,887 (2,410,451 ) (18,855 ) — (722,741 ) 12,413,981 154,588 12,377,048
Cash dividends — — — — — — (655,946 ) — (655,946 )
Issuance of hybrid bond — — — — 398,518 — — — 398,518
Interest on hybrid bond — — — — — — (5,291 ) — (5,291 )
Treasury stock — — 192,072 (1,544 ) — — — — 190,528
Total comprehensive income
Profit for the period — — — — — — 741,756 — 741,756
Other comprehensive loss — — — — — — (3,212 ) (13,654 ) (16,866 )
Balance, September 30, 2013 44,639 2,915,887 (2,218,379 ) (20,399 ) 398,518 (722,741 ) 12,491,288 140,934 13,029,747
Balance, January 1, 2014 44,639 2,915,887 (2,139,683 ) (18,087 ) 398,518 (722,741 ) 12,665,699 171,176 13,315,408
Cash dividends — — — — — — (666,802 ) — (666,802 )
Interest on hybrid bond — — — — — — (8,420 ) — (8,420 )
Total comprehensive income
Profit for the period — — — — — — 810,182 810,182
Other comprehensive loss — — — — — — (7,533 ) (42,173 ) (49,706 )
Balance, September 30, 2014 44,639 2,915,887 (2,139,683 ) (18,087 ) 398,518 (722,741 ) 12,793,126 129,003 13,400,662

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Cash Flows

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Cash generated from operating activities
Profit for the period 810,182 741,756
Adjustments for income and expenses 31 2,070,774 2,309,683
Changes in assets and liabilities related to operating activities 31 (540,916 ) (965,127 )
Sub-total 2,340,040 2,086,312
Interest received 14,874 16,186
Dividends received 13,048 20,641
Interest paid (161,915 ) (178,418 )
Income tax paid (172,307 ) (95,482 )
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,033,740 1,849,239
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash inflows from investing activities:
Decrease in short-term financial instruments, net 11,000 —
Decrease in short-term investment securities, net 15,198 —
Collection of short-term loans 127,176 216,944
Proceeds from disposal of long-term investment securities 47,926 14,432
Proceeds from disposal of investments in subsidiaries and associates — 137
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 23,538 1,890
Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets 412 965
Proceeds from disposal of assets held for sale 1,055 190,393
Collection of long-term loans 2,942 10,567
Decrease in other non-current assets, net 72 169
Sub-total 229,319 435,497
Cash outflows for investing activities:
Increase in short-term investment securities, net — (30,415 )
Increase in short-term financial instruments, net — (29,700 )
Increase in short-term loans (128,377 ) (208,395 )
Increase in long-term financial instruments (2,522 ) (7,500 )
Acquisition of long-term investment securities (14,207 ) (6,157 )
Acquisition of investments in subsidiaries and associates (185,060 ) (206,766 )
Acquisition of property and equipment (1,600,472 ) (1,318,050 )
Acquisition of intangible assets (40,329 ) (146,899 )
Increase in long-term loans (45 ) —
Sub-total (1,971,012 ) (1,953,882 )
Net cash used in investing activities (1,741,693 ) (1,518,385 )

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Condensed Separate Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash inflows from financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term borrowings 340,000 40,000
Proceeds from long-term borrowings 3,552 —
Issuance of hybrid bond — 398,518
Issuance of debenture 299,354 1,014,858
Cash inflows from settlement of derivatives 119 2,274
Sub-total 643,025 1,455,650
Cash outflows for financing activities:
Repayment of short-term borrowings — (370,000 )
Repayment of long-term borrowings (6,407 ) (350,000 )
Repayment of long-term account payables-other (207,668 ) (161,575 )
Repayment of debentures (96,151 ) —
Payment of cash dividends (666,802 ) (655,946 )
Payment of interest on hybrid bond (8,420 ) —
Cash outflows from settlement of derivatives (335 ) —
Sub-total (985,783 ) (1,537,521 )
Net cash used in financing activities (342,758 ) (81,871 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (50,711 ) 248,983
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 448,459 256,577
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 52 (47 )
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period 397,800 505,513

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reporting Entity

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) was incorporated on March 29, 1984 under the laws of the Republic of Korea (“Korea”) to engage in providing cellular telephone communication services in Korea. The Company mainly provides wireless telecommunications in Korea. The Company’s common shares and depositary receipts (DRs) are listed on the Stock Market of Korea Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. As of September 30, 2014, the Company’s total issued shares are held by the following:

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. 20,363,452 25.22
National Pension Service, other institutional investors and other minority stockholders 50,572,884 62.63
Treasury stock 9,809,375 12.15
Total number of shares 80,745,711 100.00
  1. Basis of Presentation

(1) Statement of compliance

The condensed separate interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”), as prescribed in the Act on External Audits of Stock Companies.

These condensed separate interim financial statements were prepared in accordance with K-IFRS No. 1034, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’ as part of the period covered by the Company’s K-IFRS annual financial statements. Selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and performance of the Company since the last annual separate financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2013. These condensed separate interim financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required for full annual financial statements.

These condensed interim financial statements are separate interim financial statements prepared in accordance with K-IFRS No.1027, ‘Separate Financial Statements’ presented by a parent, an investor in an associate or a venturer in a joint venture, in which the investments are accounted for on the basis of the direct equity interest rather than on the basis of the reported results and net assets of the investees.

(2) Use of estimates and judgments

1) Assumptions and estimation uncertainties

The preparation of the condensed separate interim financial statements in conformity with K-IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In preparing these condensed separate interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Basis of Presentation, Continued

(2) Use of estimates and judgments, Continued

2) Fair value measurement

The Company establishes fair value measurement policies and procedures as its accounting policies and disclosures require fair value measurements for the majority of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Such policies and procedures are executed by the valuation division, which is responsible for the review of significant fair value measurements including fair value classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy and the results of which are directly reported to the finance executive.

The valuation division regularly reviews unobservable significant inputs and valuation adjustments. If third party information such as prices available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory agency is used for fair value measurements, the valuation division reviews whether the valuation based on third party information includes classification by levels within the fair value hierarchy and meets the requirements for the relevant standards.

The Company uses the best observable inputs in market when measuring fair values of assets or liabilities. Fair values are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on inputs used in valuation method, as follows:

ü Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

ü Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)

ü Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs)

If various inputs used to measure fair value of assets or liabilities are transferred between levels of the fair value hierarchy, the Company classifies the assets and liabilities at the lowest level of inputs among the fair value hierarchy which is significant to the entire measured value and recognizes transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period of which such transfers occurred.

Information about assumptions used for fair value measurements are included in Note 28.

(3) Common control transactions

SK Holdings Co., Ltd. (“the Ultimate Controlling Entity”) is the Ultimate Controlling Entity of the Company because it controls the Company. Accordingly, gains and losses from business acquisitions and dispositions involving entities that are under the control of the Ultimate Controlling Entity are accounted for as common control transactions within equity.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Significant Accounting Policies

Except as described below, the accounting policies applied by the Company in these condensed separate interim financial statements are the same as those applied by the Company in its separate financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013. The following changes in accounting policy are also expected to be reflected in the Company’s separate financial statements as at and for the year ending December 31, 2014.

(1) Changes in accounting policies

1) Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

The Company has applied the amendments to K-IFRS No.1032, ‘Financial instruments: Presentation’ since January 1, 2014. This standard requires financial assets and financial liabilities being offset and the presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities on a net basis when, and only when, the Company currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognized amounts and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The right of set-off that cannot be contingent on a future event, and must be legally enforceable in all of the following circumstances: (i) the normal course of business; (ii) an event of default; and (iii) an event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the entity or any of the counterparties.

To meet the net settlement criterion, all settlements need to remove or reduce credit risk or liquidity risk as minor level. In case of single payment or payment period which can handle bonds and payables, settlement result needs to be paid as same as practical settle net.

There is no material impact of the application of this amendment on the Company’s financial statements.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Restricted Deposits

Deposits which are restricted in use as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are summarized as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Short-term financial instruments(*) 78,000 76,000
Long-term financial instruments(*) 7,569 7,569
Guarantee deposits 280 40
85,849 83,609

(*) Financial instruments include charitable trust fund established by the Company. Profits from this charitable fund are donated to charitable institutions. As of September 30, 2014 the funds cannot be withdrawn.

  1. Trade and Other Receivables

(1) Details of trade and other receivables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 — Gross amount Allowances for impairment Carrying amount
Current assets:
Accounts receivable – trade 1,762,922 (113,753 ) 1,649,169
Short-term loans 73,030 (731 ) 72,299
Accounts receivable - other 508,866 (58,760 ) 450,106
Accrued income 7,065 — 7,065
2,351,883 (173,244 ) 2,178,639
Non-current assets:
Long-term loans 59,903 (21,671 ) 38,232
Guarantee deposits 157,382 — 157,382
217,285 (21,671 ) 195,614
2,569,168 (194,915 ) 2,374,253
(In millions of won) December 31, 2013
Gross amount Allowances for impairment Carrying amount
Current assets:
Accounts receivable - trade 1,614,466 (101,328 ) 1,513,138
Short-term loans 72,928 (730 ) 72,198
Accounts receivable - other 439,209 (50,734 ) 388,475
Accrued income 5,682 — 5,682
2,132,285 (152,792 ) 1,979,493
Non-current assets:
Long-term loans 61,613 (21,688 ) 39,925
Guarantee deposits 152,057 — 152,057
213,670 (21,688 ) 191,982
2,345,955 (174,480 ) 2,171,475

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Trade and Other Receivables, Continued

(2) The movement in allowance for doubtful accounts of trade and other receivables during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Balance at January 1 174,480 153,337
Increase of bad debt allowances 31,609 42,638
Write-offs (25,655 ) (28,236 )
Collection of receivables previously written-off 14,481 14,975
Balance at September 30 194,915 182,714

(3) Details of overdue but not impaired, and impaired trade and other receivable as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Accounts receivable- trade Other receivables Accounts receivable- trade Other receivables
Neither overdue nor impaired 1,304,814 700,472 1,169,946 622,679
Overdue but not impaired 42,632 — 32,705 —
Impaired 415,476 105,774 411,815 108,810
1,762,922 806,246 1,614,466 731,489
Allowances for doubtful accounts (113,753 ) (81,162 ) (101,328 ) (73,152 )
1,649,169 725,084 1,513,138 658,337

The Company establishes allowance for doubtful accounts based on the likelihood of recoverability of accounts receivable based on the aging of accounts receivables at the end of the period, past customer default experience and their credit status, and economic and industrial factors.

(4) The aging of overdue but not impaired accounts receivable as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Less than 1 month 16,839 9,549
1 ~ 3 months 6,799 6,975
3 ~ 6 months 5,284 2,565
More than 6 months 13,710 13,616
42,632 32,705

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investment Securities

(1) Details of short-term investment securities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Beneficiary certificates(*) 86,859 101,414
Current portion of long-term investment securities 431 628
87,290 102,042

(*) The interest distributions arising from beneficiary certificates as of September 30, 2014, were accounted for as accrued income.

(2) Details of long-term investment securities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Equity securities:
Marketable equity securities 568,349 574,321
Unlisted equity securities 25,877 22,870
Equity investments 69,420 111,792
663,646 708,983
Debt securities:
Public bonds(*1) 158 356
Investment bonds(*2) 8,490 20,992
8,648 21,348
Total 672,294 730,331
Less current portion of long-term investment securities (431 ) (628 )
Long-term investment securities 671,863 729,703

(*1) Details of maturity for the public bonds as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Less than 1 year 158 356

(*2) During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Company exercised the conversion right for the convertible bonds of NanoEnTek, Inc., which were classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. As a result of this transaction, investments in associates have increased by ₩19,180 million and the difference between carrying amount of the financial assets at fair value and fair value of ₩1,352 million is accounted for as finance costs.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Assets Held for Sale

Disposal contracts for the Company’s ownership interests in SK Fans Co., Ltd. and TR Entertainment, investments in associates, have been entered, and investments in associates were reclassified to assets held for sale.

Assets held for sale as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Investments in associates:
TR Entertainment(*1) 2,611 2,611
SK Fans Co., Ltd.(*2) — 1,056
2,611 3,667

(*1) A disposal contract for the Company ownership interests in TR Entertainment was entered into during the year ended December 31, 2013 and the investment in the associate was reclassified to assets classified held for sale and an impairment loss of ₩4,019 million was recognized.

(*2) For the year ended December 31, 2013, contract changes for SK Fans Co., Ltd. was made and the Company recognized the difference between the changes and the existing contractual amount as impairment loss. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Company disposed of its investments in SK Fans Co., Ltd.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates

(1) Investments in subsidiaries and associates as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Investments in subsidiaries 3,631,269 3,453,988
Investments in associates 4,583,092 4,556,133
8,214,361 8,010,121

(2) Details of investments in subsidiaries as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) — Number of shares Ownership (%) Carrying amount Carrying amount
SK Telink Co., Ltd. 1,082,272 83.5 144,740 144,740
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 149,638,354 50.6 1,242,247 1,242,247
PS&Marketing Corporation(*1) 66,000,000 100.0 313,934 213,934
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 4,385,400 100.0 21,927 21,927
Service Top Co., Ltd. 2,856,200 100.0 14,281 14,281
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 3,000,000 100.0 15,000 15,000
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 72,927,317 100.0 1,538,020 1,538,020
Neosnetworks Co., Ltd.(*2) 31,310 66.7 23,968 —
IRIVER LIMITED(*3) 10,241,722 39.3 29,503 —
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. — 100.0 29,116 29,116
SKT Vietnam PTE. Ltd. 180,476,700 73.3 2,364 2,364
SKT Americas, Inc.(*4) 122 100.0 83,871 76,764
YTK Investment Ltd. — 100.0 69,464 69,464
Atlas Investment(*4) — 100.0 77,050 60,347
SK Global Healthcare Business Group Ltd. — 100.0 25,784 25,784
3,631,269 3,453,988

(*1) The Company participated in increasing paid-in capital and additionally obtained 20,000,000 shares.

(*2) During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Company acquired 31,310 shares of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. (the ownership interest of 66.7%) by purchasing old shares from the pre-existing shareholders and participating in the capital increase. The Company entered into a shareholders’ agreement which granted put options to the pre-existing shareholders for the remaining equity interest of Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. and call options to the Company for those shares if certain conditions are met.

(*3) The Company newly acquired 10,241,722 shares of IRIVER LIMITED during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(*4) The carrying amount increased due to additional investment during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates, Continued

(3) Details of investments in associates as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) — Number of shares Ownership percentage (%) Carrying amount Carrying amount
SK China Company Ltd.(*1) 720,000 9.6 47,830 47,830
HappyNarae Co., Ltd 680,000 42.5 12,250 12,250
Korea IT Fund(*2) 190 63.3 220,957 220,957
Wave City Development Co., Ltd.(*1) 382,000 19.1 1,532 1,532
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 57,647,058 49.0 400,000 400,000
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. 1,675,126 29.0 8,340 8,340
NanoEnTek, Inc.(*3) 5,870,290 26.0 37,959 11,000
SK Industrial Development China Co., Ltd. 72,952,360 21.0 83,691 83,691
Packet One Network(*1,4) 2,265,944 13.6 60,706 60,706
SK Technology Innovation Company 9,800 49.0 85,873 85,873
SK hynix Inc. 146,100,000 20.1 3,374,725 3,374,725
SK MENA Investment B.V. 9,772,686 32.1 14,485 14,485
SK Latin America Investment S.A. 9,448,937 32.1 14,243 14,243
SKY Property Mgmt. Ltd. 12,639 33.0 145,656 145,656
SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. and others — — 74,845 74,845
4,583,092 4,556,133

(*1) Classified as investments in associates because the Company can exercise significant influence over the associates through participation on the associate’s board of directors.

(*2) Classified as an investment in associates as the Company has less than 50% of the voting rights of the board of directors.

(*3) The number of shares increased by 2,812,374 and 1,250,786, respectively, due to a conversion of convertible bond and the additional investment.

(*4) The ownership percentage decreased due to unequal increase in paid-in capital during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates, Continued

(4) The market price of investments in listed subsidiaries as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, except for share data)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Market value
per share (In won) Number of shares held Market price Market value per share (In
won) Number of shares held Market price
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 4,690 149,638,354 701,804 4,375 149,638,354 654,668
  1. Property and Equipment

Changes in property and equipment for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014
Beginning balance Acquisition Disposal Transfer Depreciation Ending balance
Land 416,991 5,860 — 15,259 — 438,110
Buildings 585,375 523 (101 ) 6,002 (25,748 ) 566,051
Structures 363,093 4,040 — 4,718 (24,499 ) 347,352
Machinery 4,945,088 77,214 (16,881 ) 1,143,022 (1,163,881 ) 4,984,562
Other 472,832 873,252 (2,119 ) (613,419 ) (78,270 ) 652,276
Construction in progress 676,607 378,383 (13,069 ) (587,424 ) — 454,497
7,459,986 1,339,272 (32,170 ) (31,842 ) (1,292,398 ) 7,442,848
(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 — Beginning balance Acquisition Disposal Transfer Depreciation Ending balance
Land 395,968 5,573 (14 ) 5,750 — 407,277
Buildings 607,973 34 (98 ) 1,811 (25,693 ) 584,027
Structures 363,364 8,539 (7 ) 7,036 (25,309 ) 353,623
Machinery 4,532,811 68,435 (5,313 ) 1,104,969 (1,127,868 ) 4,573,034
Other 579,448 598,473 (1,739 ) (641,992 ) (79,464 ) 454,726
Construction in progress 639,526 339,682 (13,009 ) (520,443 ) — 445,756
7,119,090 1,020,736 (20,180 ) (42,869 ) (1,258,334 ) 6,818,443

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Goodwill

Goodwill as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Goodwill related to acquisition of Shinsegi Telecom, Inc. 1,306,236 1,306,236
  1. Intangible Assets

(1) Details of changes in intangible assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014
Beginning balance Acquisition Disposal Transfer Amortization Ending balance
Frequency use rights 1,664,571 — — — (210,395 ) 1,454,176
Land use rights 9,752 6,675 — — (3,178 ) 13,249
Industrial rights 9,113 4,960 — — (2,756 ) 11,317
Facility usage rights 16,155 1,182 (16 ) 379 (1,909 ) 15,791
Memberships 82,815 — (136 ) — — 82,679
Other 456,761 27,512 (330 ) 43,052 (122,215 ) 404,780
2,239,167 40,329 (482 ) 43,431 (340,453 ) 1,981,992
(In millions of won)
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013
Beginning balance Acquisition Disposal Transfer Amortization Ending balance
Frequency use rights(*) 1,693,868 1,046,833 (814,213 ) — (191,786 ) 1,734,702
Land use rights 9,815 2,280 (50 ) — (3,250 ) 8,795
Industrial rights 9,769 1,620 (74 ) — (1,903 ) 9,412
Development costs 665 — — — (615 ) 50
Facility usage rights 16,786 1,179 (75 ) — (1,804 ) 16,086
Memberships 81,518 2,066 (834 ) — — 82,750
Other 375,451 24,530 (5 ) 54,555 (105,885 ) 348,646
2,187,872 1,078,508 (815,251 ) 54,555 (305,243 ) 2,200,441

(*) The Company newly acquired 1.8GHz frequency use rights through auction during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 and provided the existing 1.8GHz frequency use rights as partial consideration in connection with the new acquisition. The Company recognized ₩199,613 million of loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets with regard to this transaction.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Intangible Assets, Continued

(2) The carrying amount and residual useful lives of frequency use rights as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | Amount | | Description | Commencement of
amortization | Completion
of amortization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| W-CDMA license | ₩ | 222,468 | Frequency use rights relating to W-CDMA service | Dec. 2003 | Dec. 2016 |
| W-CDMA license | | 36,700 | Frequency use rights relating to W-CDMA service | Oct. 2010 | Dec. 2016 |
| 800MHz license | | 273,672 | Frequency use rights relating to CDMA and LTE service | Jul. 2011 | Jun. 2021 |
| 1.8GHz license | | 910,745 | Frequency use rights relating to LTE service | Sep. 2013 | Dec. 2021 |
| WiBro license | | 10,591 | WiBro service | Mar. 2012 | Mar. 2019 |
| | ₩ | 1,454,176 | | | |

  1. Borrowings and Debentures

(1) Short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) — Lender Annual interest rate (%) Maturity September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Kookmin Bank 3.48 Jan. 3, 2014 — 60,000
Korea Development Bank 3.04 Oct. 15, 2014 100,000 —
Shinhan Bank 3.46 Oct. 15, 2014 100,000 —
CP 3.09 Jan. 3, 2014 — 100,000
3.09 Jan. 6, 2014 — 100,000
2.40 Oct. 24, 2014 200,000 —
2.37 Oct. 24, 2014 200,000 —
600,000 260,000

(2) Long-term borrowings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won and thousands of U.S. dollars) — Lender Annual interest rate (%) Maturity September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Export Kreditnamnden(*) 1.7 Apr. 29, 2022 96,759 99,975
(USD 92,098 ) (USD 94,736 )
96,759 99,975
Less present value discount on long-term borrowings (2,670 ) (3,287 )
94,089 96,688
Less current portion of long-term borrowings (11,732 ) (11,563 )
82,357 85,125

(*) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company obtained long-term borrowings from Export Kreditnamnden, an export credit agency. The long-term borrowings are redeemed by installment on an annual basis from 2014 to 2022.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Borrowings and Debentures, Continued

(3) Debentures as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, thousands of U.S. dollars, and thousands of other currencies) Purpose Maturity Annual interest rate (%) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Unsecured private bonds Refinancing fund 2016 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2014 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds Other fund 2015 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2018 5.00 200,000 200,000
Unsecured private bonds 2016 5.54 40,000 40,000
Unsecured private bonds 2016 5.92 230,000 230,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating fund 2016 3.95 110,000 110,000
Unsecured private bonds 2021 4.22 190,000 190,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating and refinancing fund 2019 3.24 170,000 170,000
Unsecured private bonds 2022 3.30 140,000 140,000
Unsecured private bonds 2032 3.45 90,000 90,000
Unsecured private bonds Operating fund 2023 3.03 230,000 230,000
Unsecured private bonds 2033 3.22 130,000 130,000
Unsecured private bonds Unsecured private bonds 2019 2024 3.30 3.64 50,000 —
150,000 —
Unsecured private bonds(4) Unsecured private bonds(4) 2029 2029 4.73 4.72 55,653 —
55,630 —
Foreign global bonds 2027 6.63 420,240 422,120
(USD 400,000 ) (USD 400,000 )
Exchangeable bonds (*3) Refinancing fund 2014 1.75 — 96,147
— (USD 91,109 )
Floating rate notes (*1) Operating fund 2014 3M Libor + 1.60 262,650 263,825
(USD 250,000 ) (USD 250,000 )
Floating rate notes (*2) 2014 SOR rate + 1.20 53,591 54,129
(SGD 65,000 ) (SGD 65,000 )
Swiss unsecured private bonds 2017 1.75 331,401 356,601
(CHF 300,000 ) (CHF 300,000 )
Foreign global bonds 2018 2.13 735,420 738,710
(USD 700,000) (USD 700,000)
Australian unsecured private bonds 2017 4.75 274,821 281,988
(AUD 300,000 ) (AUD 300,000 )
Floating rate notes (*1) 2020 3M Libor + 0.88 315,180 316,590
(USD 300,000 ) (USD 300,000 )
4,834,586 4,660,110
Less discounts on bonds (27,238 ) (34,193 )
4,807,348 4,625,917
Less current portion of bonds (715,085 ) (611,140 )
4,092,263 4,014,777

(*1) As of September 30, 2014, 3M Libor rate is 0.23%.

(*2) As of September 30, 2014, SOR rate is 0.23%.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Borrowings and Debentures, Continued

(3) Debentures as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued

(*3) On April 7, 2009, the Company issued exchangeable bonds with a maturity of five years in the principal amount of USD 332,528,000 for USD 326,397,463 with a coupon rate of 1.75%.

The Company may redeem the principal amount after three years from the issuance date if the market price exceeds 130% of the exchange price during a predetermined period. The exchange right may be exercised during the period from May 18, 2009 to March 24, 2014.

Exchanges of notes for common shares may be prohibited under the Telecommunications Law or other legal restrictions which restrains foreign governments, individuals and entities from owning more than 49% of the Company’s voting stock. If such 49% ownership limitation is violated due to the exercise of exchange rights, the Company will pay the bond holder a cash settlement which will be determined at the average price of one day after a holder exercises its exchange right or the weighted average price for the following five or twenty business days. Unless either previously redeemed or exchanged, the notes are redeemable at 100% of the principal amount at maturity.

As of December 31, 2013, the principal amount and the fair value of the remaining exchangeable bonds were USD 57,046,000 and USD 91,108,508, respectively. Exchange for the remaining entire bonds was claimed during 2013 and has been redeemed by cash during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

(*4) The Company settled the difference of the measurement bases of accounting profit or loss between the related derivatives by appointing the structured bonds as designated financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

The difference between the carrying amount of the designated financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and the amount required to pay at maturity is ₩11,283 million as of September 30, 2014.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Long-term Payables - other

(1) As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, long-term payables consist of payables related to the acquisition of W-CDMA licenses for 2.1GHz, 800MHZ, 2.3GHz and 1.8GHz frequencies as follows (Refer to Note 11):

(In millions of won) — Period of repayment Coupon rate Annual effective interest rate(*) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
2.1GHz 2012~2014 3.58 % 5.89 % — 17,533
800MHz 2013~2015 3.51 % 5.69 % 69,416 138,833
2.3GHz 2014~2016 3.00 % 5.80 % 5,766 8,650
1.8GHz 2012~2021 2.43~3.00 % 4.84~5.25 % 824,841 942,675
900,023 1,107,691
Present value discount on long-term payables—other (58,137 ) (72,170 )
841,886 1,035,521
Less current portion of long-term payables – other (188,410 ) (206,800 )
Carrying amount at period end 653,476 828,721

(*) The Company estimated the discount rate based on its credit ratings and corporate bond yield rate as there is no market interest rate available for long-term payables-other.

(2) The repayment schedule of long-term payables—other as of September 30, 2014 is as follows:

(In millions of won)
Amount
Less than 1 year 190,134
1~3 years 238,552
3~5 years 235,669
More than 5 years 235,668
900,023

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Provisions

Changes in provisions for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 — Beginning balance Increase Utilization Reversal Ending balance Current Non- current
Provision for handset subsidy 53,923 67,158 (62,408 ) — 58,673 38,934 19,739
Provision for restoration 32,173 3,096 (281 ) (884 ) 34,104 21,039 13,065
86,096 70,254 (62,689 ) (884 ) 92,777 59,973 32,804
(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 — Beginning balance Increase Utilization Reversal Ending balance Current Non- current
Provision for handset subsidy 353,383 5,582 (264,036 ) — 94,929 88,042 6,887
Provision for restoration 32,791 2,766 (296 ) (3,785 ) 31,476 10,766 20,710
386,174 8,348 (264,332 ) (3,785 ) 126,405 98,808 27,597

The Company has provided handset subsidy to subscribers who purchase handsets on an installment basis and recognized a provision for subsidy amounts which the Company is expected to pay in future periods.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Defined Benefit Liabilities

(1) Details of defined benefit liabilities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Present value of defined benefit obligations 183,785 154,460
Fair value of plan assets (134,960 ) (131,574 )
48,825 22,886

(2) Principal actuarial assumptions as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations 3.96 % 3.96 %
Expected rate of salary increase 4.32 % 4.32 %

Discount rate for defined benefit obligation is determined based on the Company’s credit ratings and yield rate of corporate bonds with similar maturities for estimated payment term of defined benefit obligation. Expected rate of salary increase is determined based on the Company’s historical promotion index, inflation rate and salary increase ratio in accordance with salary agreement.

(3) Changes in defined benefit obligations for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | For the nine-month period
ended | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | September 30, 2014 | | September 30, 2013 | | |
| Beginning balance | ₩ | 154,460 | | 133,098 | |
| Current service cost | | 24,842 | | 25,346 | |
| Interest cost | | 4,663 | | 3,629 | |
| Remeasurement: | | | | | |
| - Adjustment based on experience | | 9,512 | | 5,407 | |
| Benefit paid | | (11,525 | ) | (14,011 | ) |
| Others(*) | | 1,833 | | 3,906 | |
| Ending balance | ₩ | 183,785 | | 157,375 | |

(*) Others for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include transfer to construction in progress and liabilities succeeded in relation to transfer of executives from affiliates.

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For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Defined Benefit Liabilities, Continued

(4) Changes in plan assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Beginning balance 131,574 98,147
Interest income 3,744 2,508
Actuarial gain (loss) (427 ) 1,171
Contributions to the plan 4,000 4,000
Benefit paid (3,931 ) (4,528 )
Others — 61
Ending balance 134,960 101,359

Actual return on plan assets for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 amounted to ₩3,317 million and ₩3,679 million, respectively.

(5) Expenses recognized in profit and loss and capitalized into construction-in-progress for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended — September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Current service cost 24,842 25,346
Net interest cost 919 1,121
25,761 26,467

The above costs are recognized in labor cost, research and development, or capitalized into construction-in-progress.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Derivative Instruments

(1) Currency swap contracts under cash flow hedge accounting as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In thousands of foreign currencies) — Borrowing date Hedged item Hedged risk Contract type Financial institution Duration of contract
Jul. 20, 2007 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 400,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Morgan Stanley and five other banks Jul. 20, 2007 ~ Jul. 20, 2027
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD
65,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap United Overseas Bank Dec. 15, 2011 ~ Dec. 12, 2014
Dec. 15, 2011 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 250,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap DBS Bank and Citi bank Dec. 15, 2011 ~ Dec. 12, 2014
Jun. 12, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Citibank and five other banks Jun. 12, 2012 ~ Jun.12, 2017
Nov. 1, 2012 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 700,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Barclays and nine other banks Nov. 1, 2012~ May 1, 2018
Jan. 17, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000) Foreign currency risk Currency swap BNP Paribas and three other banks Jan. 17, 2013 ~ Nov. 17, 2017
Mar. 7, 2013 Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 300,000) Foreign currency risk and the interest rate risk Currency interest rate swap DBS Bank Mar. 7, 2013 ~ Mar. 7, 2020
Dec. 16, 2013 Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 92,098) Foreign currency risk Currency swap Deutsche bank Dec.16, 2013 ~ Apr. 29, 2022

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Derivative Instruments, Continued

(2) As of September 30, 2014, fair values of the above derivatives recorded in assets or liabilities and details of derivative instruments are as follows:

(In millions of won and thousands of foreign currencies)
Fair value
Cash flow hedge
Hedged item Accumulated gain (loss) on valuation of derivatives Tax effect Accumulated foreign currency translations gain (loss) Others (*) Held for trading purpose Total
Non-current assets:
Structured bond(*) (face value of KRW 100,000) — — — — 8,257 8,257
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 400,000) (47,922) (15,299) (36,706) 129,806 — 29,879
Total assets 38,136
Current liabilities:
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (Singapore dollar denominated bonds face value of SGD 65,000) 82 26 (3,862) — — (3,754)
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 250,000) 5,488 1,752 (26,776) — — (19,536)
Non-current liabilities:
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Swiss Franc denominated bonds face value of CHF 300,000) (11,237) (3,588) (32,005) — — (46,830)
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 700,000) (20,896) (6,671) (27,698) — — (55,265)
Fixed-to-fixed cross currency swap (Australia dollar denominated bonds face value of AUD 300,000) 5,118 1,634 (60,424) — — (53,672)
Floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap(face amounts of USD 300,000) 334 107 (9,855) — — (9,414)
Fixed-to-fixed long-term borrowings (U.S. dollar denominated bonds face value of USD 92,098) (4,298) (1,372) (291) — — (5,961)
Total liabilities (194,432)

(*) Cash flow hedge accounting has been applied to the relevant contract from May 12, 2010. Others represent gain on valuation of currency swap incurred prior to the application of hedge accounting and was recognized through profit or loss prior to the year ended December 31, 2013.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Share Capital and Capital Surplus and Other Capital Adjustments

The Company’s outstanding share capital consists entirely of common stock with a par value of ₩500. The number of authorized, issued and outstanding common shares and capital surplus and other capital adjustments as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, except for share data)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Authorized shares 220,000,000 220,000,000
Issued shares(*) 80,745,711 80,745,711
Share capital
Common stock 44,639 44,639
Capital surplus and other capital adjustments:
Paid-in surplus 2,915,887 2,915,887
Treasury stock (Note 18) (2,139,683 ) (2,139,683 )
Loss on disposal of treasury stock (18,087 ) (18,087 )
Hybrid bond (Note 19) 398,518 398,518
Others (722,741 ) (722,741 )
433,894 433,894

(*) During the years ended December 31, 2003, 2006 and 2009, the Company retired 7,002,235 shares, 1,083,000 shares and 448,000 shares, respectively, of treasury stock which reduced its retained earnings before appropriation in accordance with the Korean Commercial Law. As a result, the Company’s outstanding shares have decreased without change in the share capital.

There were no changes in share capital for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013.

Changes in number of shares outstanding for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In shares)
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Issued shares Treasury stock Outstanding shares Issued shares Treasury stock Outstanding shares
Beginning issued shares 80,745,711 9,809,375 70,936,336 80,745,711 11,050,712 69,694,999
Disposal of treasury stock — — — — (880,557 ) 880,557
Ending issued shares 80,745,711 9,809,375 70,936,336 80,745,711 10,170,155 70,575,556

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Treasury Stock

The Company acquired treasury stock to provide stock dividends, issue new stocks, merge with Shinsegi Telecom, Inc. and SK IMT Co, Ltd., increase shareholder value and to stabilize its stock prices when needed. Treasury stock as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won, shares) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Number of shares 9,809,375 9,809,375
Amount 2,139,683 2,139,683
  1. Hybrid Bonds

Hybrid bonds classified as equity as of September 30, 2014 is as follows:

(In millions of won) Type Issuance date Maturity Annual interest rate (%) Amount
Private hybrid bonds Blank coupon unguaranteed subordinated bond June 7, 2013 June 7, 2073 (*1) 4.21 (*2) 400,000
Issuance costs (1,482 )
398,518

Hybrid bonds issued by the Company are classified as equity as there is no contractual obligation for delivery of financial assets to the bond holders. These are subordinated bonds which rank before common shareholders in the event of a liquidation or reorganization of the Company.

(*1) The Company has a right to extend the maturity under the same issuance terms without any notice or announcement.

(*2) Annual interest rate is adjusted after five years from the issuance date.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Retained Earnings

(1) Retained earnings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Appropriated:
Legal reserve 22,320 22,320
Reserve for research & manpower development 151,533 155,767
Reserve for business expansion 9,476,138 9,376,138
Reserve for technology development 2,416,300 2,271,300
12,066,291 11,825,525
Unappropriated 726,835 840,174
12,793,126 12,665,699

(2) Legal reserve

The Korean Commercial Code requires the Company to appropriate as a legal reserve at least 10% of cash dividends paid for each accounting period until the reserve equals 50% of outstanding share capital. The legal reserve may not be utilized for cash dividends, but may only be used to offset a future deficit, if any, or may be transferred to share capital.

(3) Reserve for research & manpower development

The reserve for research and manpower development was appropriated in order to recognize certain tax deductible benefits through the early recognition of future expenditures for tax purposes. These reserves will be reversed from appropriated and retained earnings in accordance with the relevant tax laws. Such reversal will be included in taxable income in the year of reversal.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Reserves

(1) Details of reserves, net of taxes, as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for-sale financial assets 202,334 211,209
Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives (73,331 ) (40,033 )
129,003 171,176

(2) Changes in reserves for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | For the nine-month period ended September
30, 2014 | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Net change in unrealized fair value of available-for-sale financial assets | | Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives | | Total | | |
| Balance at January 1, 2014 | ₩ | 211,209 | | (40,033 | ) | 171,176 | |
| Changes | | (11,708 | ) | (43,929 | ) | (55,637 | ) |
| Tax effect | | 2,833 | | 10,631 | | 13,464 | |
| Balance at September 30, 2014 | ₩ | 202,334 | | (73,331 | ) | 129,003 | |
| (In millions of won) | For the nine-month period ended September
30, 2013 | | | | | | |
| | Net change in unrealized fair value of available- for-sale financial assets | | Net change in unrealized fair value of derivatives | | Total | | |
| Balance at January 1, 2013 | ₩ | 206,414 | | (51,826 | ) | 154,588 | |
| Changes | | (27,971 | ) | 9,958 | | (18,013 | ) |
| Tax effect | | 6,769 | | (2,410 | ) | 4,359 | |
| Balance at September 30, 2013 | ₩ | 185,212 | | (44,278 | ) | 140,934 | |

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Other Operating Expenses

Details of other operating expenses for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Other Operating Expenses:
Communication expenses 10,271 32,134 12,588 38,099
Utilities 52,595 136,308 48,913 125,904
Taxes and dues 7,741 16,550 6,477 14,179
Repair 52,013 138,530 45,480 132,331
Research and development 59,114 167,472 56,410 165,762
Training 9,122 21,090 8,258 18,210
Bad debt for accounts receivables - trade 3,346 19,380 6,455 22,820
Other 10,256 46,117 11,547 33,200
204,458 577,581 196,128 550,505
  1. Other Non-operating Income and Expenses

Details of other non-operating income and expenses for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Other Non-operating Income:
Gain on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 2,291 2,891 102 961
Others(*1) 3,736 31,728 9,782 29,266
6,027 34,619 9,884 30,227
Other Non-operating Expenses:
Loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 8,884 11,593 207,480 218,937
Donations 21,807 48,367 11,902 33,189
Bad debt for accounts receivable—other 4,106 12,229 3,492 19,818
Others(*2) 45,750 63,849 37,336 45,567
80,547 136,038 260,210 317,511

(*1) Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 primarily consists of ₩9.2 billion of VAT refund.

(*2) Others for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 primarily consists of ₩53.8 billion of penalties.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Finance Income and Costs

(1) Details of finance income and costs for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Finance Income:
Interest income 6,300 19,127 7,564 24,035
Dividends 2,481 13,048 7,998 20,640
Gain on foreign currency transactions 2,141 7,352 763 7,492
Gain on foreign currency translation 1,835 1,041 — 283
Gain relating to financial asset at fair value through profit or loss — — — 2,387
Gain on disposal of long-term investment securities 2,721 8,572 696 1,988
Gain on valuation of derivatives 2,240 8,257 — —
Gain on settlement of derivatives — 119 — 2,274
17,718 57,516 17,021 59,099
Finance Costs:
Interest expense 67,155 199,527 65,594 208,692
Loss on foreign currency transactions 3,860 12,643 2,252 8,104
Loss on foreign currency translation — 832 2,596 1,539
Loss on disposal of long-term investment securities — 6 — 73
Loss on settlement of derivatives — 335 — —
Loss relating to financial asset at fair value through profit or loss — 1,352 978 —
Loss relating to financial liability at fair value through profit or loss(*) 3,489 11,287 16,233 120,834
74,504 225,982 87,653 339,242

(*) Loss relating to financial liability at fair value through profit or loss for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 represents 1) valuation loss related to exchangeable bond (issue price of USD 326,397,463) as a result of increase in stock price of the Company and increase in foreign exchange rate, and 2) loss on repayment of debentures upon the claim for exchange.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Finance Income and Costs, Continued

(2) Details of interest income included in finance income for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Interest income on cash equivalents and deposits 3,402 10,566 4,605 14,343
Interest income on installment receivables and others 2,898 8,561 2,959 9,692
6,300 19,127 7,564 24,035

(3) Details of interest expense included in finance costs for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Interest expense on bank overdrafts and borrowings 5,350 17,333 1,552 20,127
Interest expense on debentures 50,624 147,160 55,487 160,627
Others 11,181 35,034 8,555 27,938
67,155 199,527 65,594 208,692

(4) Details of impairment losses for financial assets for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows.

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Bad debt for accounts receivable—trade 3,346 19,380 6,455 22,820
Bad debt for accounts receivable—other 4,106 12,229 3,492 19,818
7,452 31,609 9,947 42,638
  1. Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense was recognized as current tax expense adjusted for changes in estimates related to prior periods, deferred tax expenses by origination and reversal of temporary differences, and income tax recognized in other comprehensive income.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Earnings per Share

(1) Basic earnings per share

1) Basic earnings per share for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are calculated as follows:

(In millions of won, shares) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Profit for the period 293,274 810,182 126,147 741,756
Dividend on hybrid bond — (8,420 ) (4,233 ) (5,291 )
Profit for the period on common shares 293,274 801,762 121,914 736,465
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 70,936,336 70,936,336 70,527,972 70,034,852
Basic earnings per share (in won) 4,134 11,303 1,729 10,516

2) The weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are calculated as follows:

(In shares) Number of shares
Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Outstanding common shares at January 1, 2014 80,745,711 80,745,711 80,745,711
Effect of treasury stock (9,809,375 ) (9,809,375 ) (9,809,375 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding at September 30, 2014 70,936,336 70,936,336 70,936,336
(In shares) Number of shares Weighted number of shares
Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Outstanding common shares at January 1, 2013 80,745,711 80,745,711 80,745,711
Effect of treasury stock (11,050,712 ) (11,050,712 ) (11,050,712 )
Exchange of exchangeable bonds 880,557 832,973 339,853
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 70,575,556 70,527,972 70,034,852

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Earnings per Share, Continued

(2) Diluted earnings per share

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, there were no potentially ordinary shares. The number of common shares outstanding in respect of the exchangeable common shares of exchangeable bonds is excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 as effect would have been anti-dilutive (diluted shares of 1,548,029). Therefore, diluted earnings per share for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are same as basic earnings per share.

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments

(1) Financial assets by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
September 30, 2014
Trading financial assets Available- for-sale financial assets Loans and receivables Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Cash and cash equivalents — — 397,800 — 397,800
Financial instruments — — 165,091 — 165,091
Short-term investment securities — 87,290 — — 87,290
Long-term investment securities — 671,863 — — 671,863
Accounts receivable—trade — — 1,649,169 — 1,649,169
Loans and receivables (*2) — — 725,084 — 725,084
Derivative financial assets 8,257 — — 29,879 38,136
8,257 759,153 2,937,144 29,879 3,734,433

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments, Continued

(1) Financial assets by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued:

(In millions of won)
December 31, 2013
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Available- for-sale financial assets Loans and receivables Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Cash and cash equivalents — — 448,459 — 448,459
Financial instruments — — 173,569 — 173,569
Short-term investment securities — 102,042 — — 102,042
Long-term investment securities(*1) 20,532 709,171 — — 729,703
Accounts receivable—trade — — 1,513,138 — 1,513,138
Loans and receivables (*2) — — 658,337 — 658,337
Derivative financial assets — — — 41,712 41,712
20,532 811,213 2,793,503 41,712 3,666,960

(*1) Long-term investment securities of which the embedded derivative (conversion right option), which should be separated from the main contract, could not be separately measured, were designated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

(*2) Details of loans and other receivables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Short-term loans 72,299 72,198
Accounts receivable—other 450,106 388,475
Accrued income 7,065 5,682
Long-term loans 38,232 39,925
Guarantee deposits 157,382 152,057
725,084 658,337

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments, Continued

(2) Financial liabilities by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 — Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Derivative financial liabilities — — 194,432 194,432
Borrowings — 694,089 — 694,089
Debentures(*1) 111,283 4,696,065 — 4,807,348
Accounts payable – other and others(*3) — 2,534,394 — 2,534,394
111,283 7,924,548 194,432 8,230,263
(In millions of won) December 31, 2013
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost Derivative financial instruments designated as hedged item Total
Derivative financial liabilities — — 121,380 121,380
Borrowings — 356,688 — 356,688
Debentures(*2) 96,147 4,529,770 — 4,625,917
Accounts payable – other and others(*3) — 3,279,604 — 3,279,604
96,147 8,166,062 121,380 8,383,589

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Categories of Financial Instruments, Continued

(2) Financial liabilities by categories as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, Continued:

(*1) Bonds classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss as of September 30, 2014 are structured bonds and they were designated as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss in order to settle the difference of the measurement bases of accounting profit or loss between the related derivatives and bonds.

(*2) The entire amount of debentures was designated as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss as the fair value of the embedded derivative (conversion right option), which should be separated from the main contract, could not be separately measured.

(*3) Details of accounts payable and other payables as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Accounts payable—other 973,126 1,556,201
Withholdings 3 3
Accrued expenses 685,029 653,742
Current portion of long-term payables—other 188,410 206,800
Long-term payables—other 653,476 828,721
Other non-current liabilities 34,350 34,137
2,534,394 3,279,604
  1. Financial Risk Management

(1) Financial risk management

The Company is exposed to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. Market risk is the risk related to the changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices. The Company implements a risk management system to monitor and manage these specific risks.

The Company’s financial assets under financial risk management consist of cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments, available-for-sale financial assets, trade and other receivables. Financial liabilities consist of trade and other payables, borrowings, and debentures.

1) Market risk

(i) Currency risk

The Company is exposed to currency risk mainly on exchange fluctuations on recognized assets and liabilities. The Company manages currency risk by currency forward, etc. if needed to hedge currency risk on business transactions. Currency risk occurs on forecasted transaction and recognized assets and liabilities which are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Company.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

Monetary foreign currency assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won, thousands of U.S. dollars, thousands of Euros, thousands of Japanese Yen, thousands of other currencies) — Assets Liabilities
Foreign currencies Korean won equivalent Foreign currencies Korean won equivalent
USD 65,380 68,701 1,727,034 1,814,415
EUR 16,064 21,449 5 7
JPY 45,057 433 — —
SGD 84 69 64,960 53,558
AUD — — 298,412 273,366
CHF — — 298,851 330,132
Other 266 348 156 146
91,000 2,471,624

In addition, the Company has entered into cross currency swaps to hedge against currency risk related to foreign currency borrowings and debentures. (Refer to Note 16)

As of September 30, 2014, effects on income (loss) before income tax as a result of change in exchange rate by 10% are as follows:

(In millions of won) If increased by 10% If decreased by 10%
USD 6,538 (6,538 )
EUR 2,108 (2,108 )
JPY 43 (43 )
Others 27 (27 )
8,716 (8,716 )

(ii) Equity price risk

The Company has equity securities which include listed and non-listed securities for its liquidity and operating purpose. As of September 30, 2014, available-for-sale equity instruments measured at fair value amounts to ₩665,536 million.

(iii) Interest rate risk

Since the Company’s interest bearing assets are mostly fixed-interest bearing assets, as such, the Company’s revenue and operating cash flow are not influenced by the changes in market interest rates. However, the Company still has interest rate risk arising from borrowings and debentures.

Accordingly, the Company performs various analysis of interest rate risk, which includes refinancing, renewal, alternative financing and hedging instrument option, to reduce interest rate risk and to optimize its financing.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

The Company’s interest rate risk arises from floating-rate debentures. As of September 30, 2014, floating-rate debentures amount to ₩631,421 million and the Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate risk related to floating-rate borrowings and debentures (Refer to Note 16). If interest rate only increases (decreases) by 1%, income before income taxes for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 would not have been changed due to the interest expense from floating-rate debentures.

2) Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet his/her contractual obligations. The maximum credit exposure as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents 397,770 448,429
Financial instruments 165,091 173,569
Available-for-sale financial assets 8,648 816
Accounts receivable—trade 1,649,169 1,513,138
Loans and receivables 725,084 658,337
Derivative financial assets 38,136 41,712
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss — 20,532
2,983,898 2,856,533

To manage credit risk, the Company evaluates the credit worthiness of each customer or counterparty considering the party’s financial information, its own trading records and other factors; based on such information, the Company establishes credit limits for each customer or counterparty.

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, the Company has no trade and other receivables or loans which have indications of significant impairment loss or are overdue for a prolonged period. As a result, the Company believes that the possibility of default is remote. Also, the Company’s credit risk can rise due to transactions with financial institutions related to its cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments and derivatives. To minimize such risk, the Company has a policy to deal with high credit worthy financial institutions. The amount of maximum exposure to credit risk of the Company is the carrying amount of financial assets as of September 30, 2014.

In addition, the aging of trade and other receivables that are overdue at the end of the reporting period but not impaired is stated in Note 5 and the analysis of financial assets that are individually determined to be impaired at the end of the reporting period is stated in Note 24.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(1) Financial risk management, Continued

3) Liquidity risk

The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure that it will always maintain sufficient cash equivalents balance and have enough liquidity through various committed credit lines. The Company maintains flexibly enough liquidity under credit lines through active operating activities.

Contractual maturities of financial liabilities as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Carrying amount Contractual cash flows Less than 1 year 1—5 years More than 5 years
Borrowings (*1) 694,089 705,274 614,518 52,958 37,798
Debentures (*1) 4,807,348 5,882,050 901,964 2,726,030 2,254,056
Accounts payable—other and others (*2) 2,534,394 2,631,884 1,818,579 567,782 245,523
8,035,831 9,219,208 3,335,061 3,346,770 2,537,377

The Company does not expect that the cash flows included in the maturity analysis could occur significantly earlier or at different amounts.

(*1) Includes estimated interest to be paid and excludes discounts on borrowings and debentures.

(*2) Excludes discounts on accounts payable - other and others.

As of September 30, 2014, periods which cash flows from cash flow hedge derivatives is expected to be incurred are as follows:

(In millions of won)
Carrying amount Contractual cash flows Less than 1 year 1—5 years More than 5 years
Assets 29,879 23,464 7,120 28,825 (12,481 )
Liabilities (194,432 ) (206,849 ) (40,189 ) (154,163 ) (12,497 )
(164,553 ) (183,385 ) (33,069 ) (125,338 ) (24,978 )

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(2) Capital management

The Company manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a business while maximizing the return to shareholders through the optimization of its debt and equity balance. The overall strategy of the Company is the same as that of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The Company monitors its debt-equity ratio as a capital management indicator. This ratio is calculated as total liabilities divided by total equity which are extracted from the financial statements.

Debt-equity ratio as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
Liability 9,428,923 9,512,011
Equity 13,400,662 13,315,408
Debt-equity ratio 70.36 % 71.44 %

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value

1) Fair value and carrying amount of financial assets and liabilities including fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014 — Carrying amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets measured at fair value
Trading financial assets 8,257 — 8,257 — 8,257
Derivative financial assets 29,879 — 29,879 — 29,879
Available-for-sale financial assets 665,536 568,349 46,859 50,328 665,536
703,672 568,349 84,995 50,328 703,672
Financial assets not measured at fair value
Cash and cash equivalents(*1) 397,800 — — — —
Available-for-sale financial assets(*1,2) 93,617 — — — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others(*1) 2,374,253 — — — —
Financial instruments(*1) 165,091 — — — —
3,030,761 — — — —
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Debentures 111,283 — 111,283 — 111,283
Derivative financial liabilities 194,432 — 194,432 — 194,432
305,715 — 305,715 — 305,715
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value
Borrowings 694,089 — 694,095 — 694,095
Debentures 4,696,065 — 5,013,029 — 5,013,029
Accounts payable - other and others(*1) 2,534,394 — — — —
7,924,548 — 5,707,124 — 5,707,124

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value, Continued

2) Fair value and carrying amount of financial assets and liabilities including fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) December 31, 2013 — Carrying amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets measured at fair value
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 20,532 — 20,532 — 20,532
Derivative financial assets 41,712 — 41,712 — 41,712
Available-for-sale financial assets 715,053 574,321 46,414 94,318 715,053
777,297 574,321 108,658 94,318 777,297
Financial assets not measured at fair value
Cash and cash equivalents(*1) 448,459 — — — —
Available-for-sale financial assets(*1,2) 96,160 — — — —
Accounts receivable – trade and others(*1) 2,171,475 — — — —
Financial instruments(*1) 173,569 — — — —
2,889,663 — — — —
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 96,147 96,147 — — 96,147
Derivative financial liabilities 121,380 — 121,380 — 121,380
217,527 96,147 121,380 — 217,527
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value
Borrowings 356,688 — 369,810 — 369,810
Debentures 4,529,770 — 4,621,010 — 4,621,010
Accounts payable—other and others(*1) 3,279,604 — — — —
8,166,062 — 4,990,820 — 4,990,820

(*1) The fair value categorization excludes fair values of financial assets and liabilities of which fair values have not been measured as carrying amounts approximate fair values.

(*2) Equity instruments which do not have quoted price in an active market for the identical instruments (inputs for level 1) are measured at cost in accordance with K-IFRS 1039 as such equity instruments cannot be reliably measured using other methods.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(3) Fair value, Continued

Fair value of the financial instruments that are traded in an active market (available-for-sale financial assets, financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, etc.) is measured based on the bid price at the end of the reporting date.

The Company uses various valuation methods for valuation of fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market. Fair value of available-for-sale securities is determined using the market approach methods and financial assets through profit or loss are measured using the option pricing model. In addition, derivative financial contracts and long-term liabilities are measured using the present value methods. Inputs used to such valuation methods include swap rate, interest rate, and risk premium, and the Company performs valuation using the inputs which are consistent with natures of assets, liabilities being evaluated.

Interest rates used by the Company for the fair value measurement as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

Derivative instruments 2.06 ~ 2.60 %
Borrowings and Debentures 2.72 ~ 2.95 %

3) There have been no transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 and changes of financial assets classified as Level 3 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) Balance at Jan. 1 Valuation Disposal Balance at Sep. 30
Available-for-sale financial assets 94,318 (4,724 ) (39,266 ) 50,328

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Financial Risk Management, Continued

(4) Enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement

Carrying amount of financial instruments recognized of which offset agreements are applicable as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

| (In millions of won) | September 30, 2014 — Gross financial instruments recognized | Gross offset financial instruments recognized | | Net financial instruments presented on the statements
of financial position | Relevant amount not offset on the statements of financial position | | | Net amount | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | Financial instruments | | Cash collaterals received | | |
| Financial assets: | | | | | | | | | |
| Derivatives() | ₩ | 28,177 | — | | 28,177 | (28,177 | ) | — | — |
| Accounts receivable – trade and others | | 140,783 | (132,705 | ) | 8,078 | — | | — | 8,078 |
| | ₩ | 168,960 | (132,705 | ) | 36,255 | (28,177 | ) | — | 8,078 |
| Financial liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
| Derivatives(
) | ₩ | 58,698 | — | | 58,698 | (28,177 | ) | — | 30,521 |
| Accounts payable – other and others | | 132,705 | (132,705 | ) | — | — | | — | — |
| | ₩ | 191,403 | (132,705 | ) | 58,698 | (28,177 | ) | — | 30,521 |

| (In millions of won) | December 31, 2013 — Gross financial instruments recognized | Gross offset financial instruments recognized | | Net financial instruments presented on the statements
of financial position | Relevant amount not offset on the statements of financial position | | | Net amount | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | Financial instruments | | Cash collaterals received | | |
| Financial assets: | | | | | | | | | |
| Derivatives() | ₩ | 28,870 | — | | 28,870 | (28,870 | ) | — | — |
| Accounts receivable – trade and others | | 138,897 | (127,055 | ) | 11,842 | — | | — | 11,842 |
| | ₩ | 167,767 | (127,055 | ) | 40,712 | (28,870 | ) | — | 11,842 |
| Financial liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
| Derivatives(
) | ₩ | 43,536 | — | | 43,536 | (28,870 | ) | — | 14,666 |
| Accounts payable – other and others | | 127,055 | (127,055 | ) | — | — | | — | — |
| | ₩ | 170,591 | (127,055 | ) | 43,536 | (28,870 | ) | — | 14,666 |

(*) The amount applicable by enforceable master netting agreement according to ISDA (International Swap and Derivatives Association).

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties

(1) List of related parties

Relationship Interest rate
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd.
Subsidiaries SK Planet Co., Ltd. and 37 others(*)
Joint venture Dogus Planet, Inc. and three others
Associates SK hynix Inc. and 64 others
Affiliates The Ultimate Controlling Entity’s investor using the equity method and the Ultimate Controlling Entity’s subsidiaries and associates, etc.

(*) As of September 30, 2014, subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:

Type Company Ownership percentage (%) Types of business
Subsidiaries SK Telink Co., Ltd. 83.5 Telecommunication and MVNO service
M&Service Co., Ltd. 100.0 Data base and internet website service
SK Communications Co., Ltd. 64.6 Internet website service
Stonebridge Cinema Fund 56.0 Investment association
Commerce Planet Co., Ltd. 100.0 Online shopping mall operation agency
SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 50.6 Telecommunication service
K-net Culture and Contents Venture Fund 59.0 Investment association
Fitech Focus Limited Partnership II 66.7 Investment association
Open Innovation Fund 98.9 Investment association
PS&Marketing Corporation 100.0 Communications device retail business
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 100.0 Customer center management service
Service Top Co., Ltd. 100.0 Customer center management service
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 100.0 Base station maintenance service
BNCP Co., Ltd. 100.0 Internet website service
Iconcube Holdings, Inc. 100.0 Investment association
Iconecube, Inc. 100.0 Internet website service
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 100.0 Telecommunication service
Neosnetworks Co., Ltd. 66.7 Guarding of facilities
IRIVER LIMITED 39.3 Manufacturing of media and sound equipment
iriver CS Co., Ltd. 100.0 After Service and logistics agency business
iriver Enterprise Ltd. 100.0 Management of Chinese subsidiary
iriver America Inc. 100.0 Sales and marketing in North America
iriver Inc. 100.0 Sales and marketing in North America
iriver China Co., Ltd. 100.0 Manufacturing of MP3,4 and domestic sales in China
Dongguan iriver Electronics Co., Ltd. 100.0 Manufacturing of e-book and domestic sales in China
SK Telecom China Holdings Co., Ltd. 100.0 Investment association
Shenzhen E-eye High Tech Co., Ltd. 65.5 Manufacturing
SK Global Healthcare Business Group., Ltd. 100.0 Investment association
SK Planet Japan 100.0 Digital contents sourcing service
SKT Vietnam PTE. Ltd. 73.3 Telecommunication service
SK Planet Global PTE. Ltd. 100.0 Digital contents sourcing service
SKP GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. 100.0 Investment association
SKT Americas, Inc. 100.0 Information gathering and consulting
SKP America LLC. 100.0 Digital contents sourcing service
YTK Investment Ltd. 100.0 Investment association
Atlas Investment 100.0 Investment association
Technology Innovation Partners, L.P. 100.0 Investment association
SK Telecom China Fund I L.P. 100.0 Investment association

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(2) Compensation for the key management

The Company considers registered directors who have substantial role and responsibility in planning, operating, and controlling of the business as key management. The considerations given to such key management for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014 — Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Salaries 379 2,212 329 1,923
Provision for retirement benefits 114 794 97 915
493 3,006 426 2,838

Compensation for the key management includes salaries, non-monetary salaries and contributions made in relation to the pension plan.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(3) Transactions with related parties for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) 2014
Operating revenue and
others Operating expense and
others(*) Acquisition of property and equipment Cash Advances
Scope Company Three- month period ended Sep. 30 Nine- month period ended Sep. 30 Three- month period ended Sep. 30 Nine- month period ended Sep. 30 Three- month period ended Sep. 30 Nine- month period ended Sep. 30 Three- month period ended Sep. 30 Nine- month period ended Sep.
30
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd.(*) 83 318 27,050 211,475 — — — —
Subsidiaries SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 35,450 107,549 164,144 419,785 8,645 8,691 — —
PS&Marketing Corporation 4,419 11,205 244,188 585,754 160 1,001 — —
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 1,861 3,133 42,103 112,246 146 146 — —
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 16,050 44,238 162,572 460,634 3,762 4,807 — —
SK Telink Co., Ltd. 14,057 37,186 3,388 14,740 — 227 — —
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 1,807 5,349 37,646 107,205 — — — —
Service Top Co., Ltd. 1,657 4,960 38,986 114,186 — — — —
Others 3,482 7,191 9,296 22,310 564 614 — —
78,783 220,811 702,323 1,836,860 13,277 15,486 — —
Associates F&UCredit information Co., Ltd. 410 1,303 10,939 31,957 — — — —
HappyNarae Co., Ltd. — — 1,017 2,518 1,844 5,337 — —
SK hynix Inc. 2,244 5,415 — 879 — — — —
SK USA, Inc. — — 562 1,522 — — — —
SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. 5 13 3,000 11,921 — — — —
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 6,058 19,477 968 2,481 — — — —
Others 73 1,372 2,916 6,294 — — — 45
8,790 27,580 19,402 57,572 1,844 5,337 — 45
Other SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd 502 1,798 10,799 22,273 78,484 134,071 — —
SK C&C Co., Ltd. 1,060 2,913 68,698 181,392 21,928 59,020 — —
SK Networks Co., Ltd. 1,429 11,422 5,484 200,758 — 2,454 — —
SK Networks Service 2,464 7,757 7,017 21,296 293 728 — —
SK Telesys Co., Ltd. 103 184 3,042 5,018 42,431 99,830 — —
Others 3,308 8,687 5,948 12,660 421 4,268 — —
8,866 32,761 100,988 443,397 143,557 300,371 — —
96,522 281,470 849,763 2,549,304 158,678 321,194 — 45

(*) Operating expense and others include ₩191,416 million of dividends paid by the Company.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(3) Transactions with related parties for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows, continued,

(In millions of won) 2013
Operating revenue
and others Operating expense
and others(*) Acquisition of property
and equipment
Scope Company Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30 Three-month period ended Sep. 30 Nine-month period ended Sep. 30
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd.(*) 55 556 26,817 211,236 — —
Subsidiaries SK Broadband Co., Ltd. 26,860 74,357 137,657 376,369 10,012 10,470
PS&Marketing Corporation 2,308 5,987 95,136 352,998 30 99
Network O&S Co., Ltd. 1,818 3,316 39,673 104,750 — —
SK Planet Co., Ltd. 16,504 31,871 148,478 415,123 870 2,034
SK Telink Co., Ltd. 9,693 27,970 8,896 26,489 — 23
Service Ace Co., Ltd. 1,905 5,741 36,956 100,065 — —
Service Top Co., Ltd. 1,602 4,920 35,397 88,059 — —
Others 1,377 7,583 21,024 40,044 72 156
62,067 161,745 523,217 1,503,897 10,984 12,782
Associates F&UCredit information Co., Ltd. 387 1,129 11,142 31,206 — —
HappyNarae Co., Ltd. 15 15 814 2,072 1,516 3,322
SK hynix Inc. 895 2,230 1,103 1,120 — —
SK USA, Inc. — — — 520 — —
SK Wyverns Baseball Club Co., Ltd. — — 2,000 11,410 — —
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. 9,179 26,358 706 2,055 — —
Others 2,083 3,617 658 9,068 — —
12,559 33,349 16,423 57,451 1,516 3,322
Other SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd 856 4,485 4,160 17,536 66,906 131,908
SK C&C Co., Ltd. 775 2,272 70,024 193,973 34,235 77,466
SK Networks Co., Ltd. 12,185 34,145 108,493 340,870 779 1,874
SK Networks Service — 5,677 13,286 22,616 549 565
SK Telesys Co., Ltd. 39 126 3,947 7,435 25,038 44,916
Others 3,878 10,006 4,312 11,493 2,596 3,109
17,733 56,711 204,222 593,923 130,103 259,838
92,414 252,361 770,679 2,366,507 142,603 275,942

(*) Operating expense and others include ₩191,416 million of dividends paid by the Company.

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(4) Account balances as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) September 30, 2014
Accounts receivable Accounts payable
Scope Company Loans Accounts receivable- trade, and others Accounts payable –
trade, and others
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd. — 670 —
Subsidiaries SK Broadband Co., Ltd. — 13,574 55,738
PS&Marketing Corporation — 2,150 49,612
Network O&S Co., Ltd. — 43 1,161
SK Planet Co., Ltd. — 9,740 47,692
SK Telink Co., Ltd. — 6,801 5,780
Service Ace Co., Ltd. — — 14,605
Service Top Co., Ltd. — 1,096 15,131
Others — 4,881 14,297
— 38,285 204,016
Associates HappyNarae Co., Ltd. — — 881
SK hynix Inc. — 709 —
SK Wyverns Baseball Club., Ltd. 1,425 — —
Wave City Development Co., Ltd. 1,200 38,412 —
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. 22,148 — —
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. — 2,030 834
Others — 165 922
24,773 41,316 2,637
Other SK Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. — 161 3,431
SK C&C Co., Ltd. — 233 39,617
SK Networks Co., Ltd. — 1,298 1,730
SK Networks Service — 17 2,255
SK Telesys Co., Ltd. — 220 3,630
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. — 962 273
Others — 847 5,466
— 3,738 56,402
24,773 84,009 263,055

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Transactions with Related Parties, Continued

(4) Account balances as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows, continued

(In millions of won) December 31, 2013
Accounts receivable Accounts payable
Scope Company Loans Accounts receivable-trade, and others Accounts payable – trade, and others
Ultimate Controlling Entity SK Holding Co., Ltd. — 193 —
Subsidiaries SK Broadband Co., Ltd. — 4,779 81,243
PS&Marketing Corporation — 464 32,573
Network O&S Co., Ltd. — 1,271 12,450
SK Planet Co., Ltd. — 10,882 116,927
SK Telink Co., Ltd. — 232 5,346
Service Ace Co., Ltd. — 269 18,019
Service Top Co., Ltd. — 1,258 15,375
Others — 3,975 21,713
— 23,130 303,646
Associates HappyNarae Co., Ltd. — — 2,238
SK hynix Inc. — 392 —
SK Wyverns Baseball Club., Ltd. 1,425 — —
Wave City Development Co., Ltd. 1,200 38,412 —
SK USA Inc — — 436
Daehan Kanggun BcN Co., Ltd. 22,102 — —
HanaSK Card Co., Ltd. — 284 —
Others — 266 —
24,727 39,354 2,674
Other SK Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. — 767 11,374
SK C&C Co., Ltd. — 140 64,071
SK Networks Co., Ltd. — 5,920 53,807
SK Networks Service — — 2,290
SK Telesys Co., Ltd. — 372 6,438
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. — 1,368 —
Others — 2,367 8,189
— 10,934 146,169
24,727 73,611 452,489

(5) As of September 30, 2014, there are no collateral or guarantee provided by related parties to the Company nor by the Company to related parties.

(6) There was an additional investment on the related parties. (Refer to Note 8)

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Sale and Leaseback

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company disposed a portion of its property and equipment and investment property, and entered into lease agreements with respect to those assets. This sale and leaseback transaction is considered as an operating lease.

The Company recognized lease payment of ₩10,587 million and ₩10,277 million, respectively, relating to the above operating lease agreement and lease revenue of ₩6,773 million and ₩6,347 million, respectively, through a sublease agreement for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. Future lease payments and lease revenue from the above operating lease agreement and sublease agreement as of September 30, 2014 are as follows:

(In millions of won) — Less than 1 year Lease payments — ₩ 14,433 9,031
1~5 years 56,052 31,554
More than 5 years 43,931 20,864
114,416 61,449

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Statements of Cash Flows

(1) Adjustments for income and expenses from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Gain on foreign currency translations (1,041 ) (283 )
Interest income (19,127 ) (24,035 )
Dividends (13,048 ) (20,640 )
Gain relating to financial assets at fair value through profit or loss — (2,387 )
Gain on disposal of long-term investment securities (8,572 ) (1,988 )
Gain on disposal of investments in subsidiaries and associates — (71,200 )
Gain on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets (2,891 ) (961 )
Gain on valuation of derivatives (8,257 ) —
Gain on settlement of derivatives (119 ) (2,274 )
Other income — (3,149 )
Loss on foreign currency translation 832 1,539
Bad debt for accounts receivable – trade 19,380 22,820
Bad debt for accounts receivable – other 12,229 19,818
Loss on disposal of long-term investments securities 6 73
Loss relating to financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 1,352 —
Depreciation and amortization 1,632,851 1,563,577
Loss on disposal of property and equipment and intangible assets 11,593 218,937
Interest expenses 199,527 208,692
Loss relating to financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 11,287 120,834
Loss on settlement of derivatives 335 —
Provision for retirement benefits 25,761 26,467
Income tax expense 204,619 251,556
Other expenses 4,057 2,287
2,070,774 2,309,683

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Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

  1. Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

(2) Changes in assets and liabilities from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Accounts receivable—trade (155,436 ) (176,999 )
Accounts receivable—other (73,356 ) (41,398 )
Advance payments (21,803 ) (21,226 )
Prepaid expenses (580 ) (2,153 )
Inventories 8,143 3,839
Long-term prepaid expenses (4,020 ) 602
Guarantee deposits (2,876 ) (180 )
Accounts payable—other (321,880 ) (394,851 )
Advanced receipts 5,251 5,903
Withholdings 88,692 58,098
Deposits (1,081 ) 467
Accrued expenses 16,740 (14,159 )
Unearned revenue (75,529 ) (113,714 )
Provisions (14,399 ) (191,936 )
Long-term provisions 20,842 (66,276 )
Plan assets (69 ) 467
Retirement benefit payment (11,525 ) (14,011 )
Others 1,970 2,400
(540,916 ) (965,127 )

(3) Significant non-cash transactions for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(In millions of won) For the nine-month period ended — September 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
Transfer of construction in progress to property and equipment and intangible assets 1,231,055 1,180,245
Transfer of other property and equipment and others to construction in progress 643,631 659,800
Accounts payable - other related to acquisition of property and equipment and intangible assets (261,200 ) 19,695
Acquisition of new frequency use rights by returning the existing 1.8GHz frequency use rights — 614,600
Transfer of available-for-sale financial assets to investments in associates 19,180 —

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Soo Cheol Hwang
(Signature)
Name: Soo Cheol Hwang
Title: Senior Vice President

Date: December 12, 2014

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