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TXC Annual Report 2013

Aug 21, 2014

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Annual Report 2013 Table of Contents

I. Business Report ………………………………………………………………3
II. Company Overview
A. Company Introduction……………………………………………………….9
B. Company Structure and the Subsidiaries ……………………………………..11
III. Corporate governance
A. Directors and Supervisors ……………………………………………….…13
B. Personnel data of the general manager, vice general manager, assistant vice
general manager, chief of divisions ………………………………14
C.Corporate governance and variations with management principles of
publicly-listed companies and reasons ………………………………………15
IV. Capitals and Stocks
A. Source of Capitals ……………………………………………………………25
B. Shareholders structures ………………………………………………………25
C. Data on share price, net value, profit, and dividend of the past two years …25
D. Company’s dividend policy and its current implementation status ………26
E. Employee bonus and rewards for directors and auditors …………………28
F. Buying back company stocks ………………………………………………29
G. Convertible Corporate Bond ………………………………………………29
H. Employee stock option handling………………………………………………29
V. Business Information
A. Business Contents …………………………………………………………...31
B. Marketing & Sales Situation …………………………………….……….42
C. Employees’ average years in service, age, and educational background
distribution of the past two years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
D. Data on our environmental protection expense ……………………………52
E. Employer/Employee Relation ………………………………………………55
VI. An Overview of the Company’s Financial Status
A. Abbreviated Balance Sheets and P/L Statements for the Past 5 Years ……59
B. Financial Analysis for the past 5 Years …………………………………..67
C. Consolidated Financial Statement for the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries for the most recent year, Certified by a CPA …………………..72
D. Financial Statements for the most Recent years, including an auditor’s
Report Prepared by a CPA ………….…………………………………….154

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Enterprise Vision

The core value of an enterprise lies with its published management philosophy and its attendant mission and the continuous development of an enterprise is ofen built on a long-term architecture, as well as its core value. In view of the imperativeness and importance of the enterprise’s core value for long-term development following gradual development of the company.

Vision Statement

To provide the frequency controlled application products for the computer, communication, optical, and automotive industry so as to become, the most outstanding company in FCP industry judged by performance matrix and managerial capability.

Mission Statement

Through the continuous improvement and the urge for discipline and execution to enhance the productivity to interact with tier one vendors' requests by promoting company's professionalism and globalization framework.

Corporate Culture

To strive for the declared goals in management philosophy and mission, the company shall further develops its founding spirit of Integrity, Practicality, Innovation and Services and convert the guildlines of Unity, Harmony and High Efficiency into a precise corporate culature.

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I. Business Report

TXC celebrated its 30[th] year in business this year. At this juncture of time, thoughts about the journey we have taken and what kind of steps forward to take in the future constantly preoccupy our minds. This was especially true in 2013 when our Japanese competitors gained an unprecedented boost in market competitiveness due to industry changes and the depreciation of the Japanese yen which caused our Company to experience its first year of negative growth in a decade. This was a strong warning to us but also an opportunity for transformation. As a result, how to seek out innovation opportunities to achieve breakthrough growth, how to integrate company resources to optimize operating efficiency and how to strengthen upstream and downstream supplier chain to rapidly respond to market changes are key questions ever present in our minds.

In 2013, we decided not to fully engage in the price competition appearing in the market which resulted from the devaluation of the Japanese yen and therefore were unable to reach the forecast growth. However, we were able to retain a certain profit margin level and continue to enjoy profitability which can be shared with shareholders. With regard to operating performance in 2013, consolidated sales were NT$9.503 billion, 13.04% lower than the previous year’s consolidated sales of NT$10.928 billion which reached 84.57% of the forecast target. Net income after tax was NT$935 million, representing a decrease of 18.65% compared to the previous year’s net income after tax of NT$1.15 billion which reached 85.41% of the forecast target. Basic EPS was NT$3.02 which was 20.32% lower than the basic EPS of NT$3.79 recorded in the previous year. Looking forward to this year, the Company, while setting clear performance indicators, expects that sales and profits will continue to maintain a certain level of performance as the economic outlook improves slightly. Growth is expected to continue and the momentum will come from market niche and competitive products. Though the Company did not continue to grow in 2013, our commitment to R&D investment and innovation never ceased or wavered. Our market-driven approach and ability to overcome competitive pressures and obstacles give us full confidence that the Company will continue to enjoy growth in the future. Having strong intent to grow and urging ourselves forward to compete and meet challenges, the 2013 Operating Results and 2014 Operating Plan Summary are provided below:

A. Operational achievements in 2013

  1. Revenue and net profit after tax Unit: NT$1,000
2013 2012 Increase(decr
ease)amount
Percentage
increase
Net consolidated
revenueincome
9,503,583 10,928,495 (1,424,912) -13.04%
Consolidated
operationalprofit
2,194,030 2,508,295 (314,265) -12.53%
Net consolidated
profit (loss) after
tax
935,161 1,149,534 (214,373) -18.65%

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2. Revenue income and expenditure and profitability:

Consolidated revenue income and expenditure and profitability:

Year 2013 2012
Finance
Structure (%)
Liability vs assetratio 35.88% 39.36%
Longterm fund vs fixed
assetratio
184.67% 164.03%
Debt-paying
Capability (%)
Liquidityratio 243.93% 195,52%
Quick ratio 180.81% 150.24%
Profitability (%) Returnonassetsratio 7.48% 9.45%
Return on shareholders
equitiesratio
11.57% 15.28%
Earnings per basic share
(NT$)
3.02 3.79
  1. Budget Implementation Status

  2. For 2013, the Company only set internal budget targets and did not externally disclose financial estimates or overall sales or profit information. Due to the effect of industry changes and market competition, the Company only reached 85% of the announced operating target. However, we still remain highly confident about future growth.

4. R&D Status

With regard to R&D, in addition to continuing to focus on existing quartz product technology and product improvement, the Company is working on the development of new product lines as laid out in our technology roadmap. With respect to key items, products which completed development in 2013 included the miniature 3-in-1 proximity sensor, stratum-3 high precision temperature-compensated crystal oscillator, oven controlled quartz crystal oscillators, miniaturized temperature compensated quartz crystal oscillators and temperature sensing quartz units (TSX) and inverted mesa high frequency quartz manufacturing technology which should have a positive effect on future sales growth and profitability.

5. Other Project Implementation Results

  • (1) Green Enterprise

The Company continues to perform greenhouse gas inventories (ISO14064-1), product carbon footprint inventories (PAS2050) as well as energy management system (ISO50001) and product carbon neutrality (PAS2060) actions. We are also engaged in various low carbon activities and have received low carbon labels and logos from the EPA in line with our expectations. Carbon label certification was also obtained from TEEMA for our AM product series. In order to jointly safeguard the Earth and create a sustainable environment in Taiwan, the Company and all employees have actively participated in the Plant a Tree for the Earth, Support Taiwan Green Belts activity launched by the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation and the Zhuwei Fishing Harbor beach cleaning activity as part of our effort to fulfill our corporate social responsibility.

  • (2) Occupational Safety and Health

Under the guidance and direction of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee and Labor-Management Meeting, the Company continues to introduce OHSAS 18001 Occupational Safety and Health Management System and has passed CNS 15506 Taiwan Occupational Safety and Health Management System certification in order to guarantee worker safety and health. Furthermore, we obtained Occupational Safety and Health

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Performance Recognition again in March 2013 and held a number of health promotion activities such as weight reduction, stop smoking and parenting education classes. Prompt assistance and special attention is provided for personnel involved in traffic accidents outside the plant area. In the future, the Company will continue to create a safe work environment in order to offer the maximum assurance of safety to our employees.

(3) System Certification

With regard to the maintenance of various operating systems, the quality management system (ISO9001), automotive industry quality management system (ISO/TS16949), environmental management system (ISO14001), Taiwan occupational safety and health management system (CNS15506), information security management system (ISO/IEC27001), supplier chain security management system (ISO28000) and energy management system (ISO50001) were under continued review in 2013 and the hazardous substance process management system (IECQ QC 080000:2012), occupational safety and health management system (OHSAS 18001:2007) and occupational safety and health performance recognition as well as ISO 14064-1 greenhouse gas verification, PAS 2050 product carbon footprint verification (PAS2060:2010 AB series product carbon neutralization verification), and TEEMA carbon footprint logo were under review again in 2013. The management systems introduced at TXC have reached international standards. Through the active operation of these various systems, it is hoped that the Company may satisfy customer requirements not to mention set even higher benchmarks for us.

(4) Technology Upgrading

In addition to continuing rollout of the Six Sigma Improvement Project, a Design for Six Sigma course and project planning was launched in 2013. A total of six major projects for DFSS have been completed including the TSX, proximity sensor, inverted MESA, 1612XO/TCXO and 1210 crystal development projects. As of now, the financial benefits received from these projects have already reached NT$23 million. In the future, the Company will continue to strengthen and improve our R&D standards through the introduction of Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt and Design for Six Sigma.

(5) Corporate Governance and Responsibility

The Company has made a strong commitment to corporate governance for a number of years and thereby have continued to promote ‘setting down roots of education and fostering the shoots of learning’. We have cooperated with elementary schools located near Pingzhen and Beitou to have students tour the Company so that they can understand how hard their parents work. Roots and Shoots Awards were presented to outstanding teachers. Growth and Progress Awards were given out to students who have showed the most academic progress. In October 2013, the Company received the Excellence Award for Business Innovation from the Taoyuan County Government. In September, the Taipei City Government was presented with the three star Happiest Company Award. In August, TXC received the Inclusion Green Growth Award from BSI and was honored with seventh annual CSR Top50 award by Commonwealth Magazine. In July, TXC received an A++ rating again for information disclosure. In June, the Company completed CG6008 Advanced Corporate Governance System Assessment Certification. In May, TXC was ranked 280 out of 1000 large manufacturers by Commonwealth Magazine. In February, the company received the first Taiwan Mittelstand Award from the MOEA. These honors are ample proof of the tireless effort that the Company has invested in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.

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  • B. 2014 Operation Plan Summary

  • 1 、 Operation Directions and Major Policies

  • (1) R&D Unit Organization Reengineering

As company product lines are being expanded beyond existing quartz crystal unit series and the organization following strategy is being adjusted, the Company decided totally overhaul its R&D organization in 2014 to address changes in the industry environment and conform to future product development trends. In addition to the existing quartz crystal resonators and oscillators, adequate resources were deployed to engage in light sensor component hardware and software development.

  • (2) Enter the light sensor component market

  • After successfully developing the temperature sensing crystal (TSX) and 3-in-1 light sensor (PA12) in 2013, the Company is focusing on promoting these two products in the marketplace. In addition to company sales, TXC will also top performing distributors in various countries to win more business from major international corporations. It is forecast that these two products will make a significant contribution to company sales and profits.

  • (3) Establish Product Lifecycle and Supplier Chain Platform System

  • The Company gradually introduced the Oracle Agile Product Lifetime Management module in 2013. Further optimization and strengthening will be done this year to improve project schedules and process controls as well as enhance communication and work efficiency in order to ensure smooth logistics operations between Taiwan and group subsidiaries. TXC is also gradually introducing a supplier chain management platform system to allow full communication and unobstructed material flow between the upstream and downstream companies of each plant and reduce inventory.

  • (4) Water Footprint Certification

Following the introduction of carbon footprint and carbon neutrality, the Company conducted a water footprint (blue water and gray water) inventory with assistance from the Industrial Development Bureau and guidance from the NCKU Industrial Sustainable Development Center in order to be able to announce water footprint information if so requested by customers, reduce wastewater discharge amounts and reduce water use and also stay current with global environmental protection trends to fulfill our responsibility as a global citizen.

(5) Corporate Governance

The Company passed CG6008 Advanced Corporate Governance certification and received the highest A++ rating for information disclosure in 2013. In response to the first corporate governance assessment held by the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2015, the Company will conduct a full review of the related assessment content to conform and exceed the requirements of the competent authorities towards public listed companies. Since corporate social responsibility guidelines have been upgraded from GRI 3.1 to GRI 4.0, the Company shall make disclosures in the specified order inside the CSR report. For TXC, the goal of corporate governance is to fully disclose operation information and explain CSR promotion results. For stakeholders, the above information may be used to fully understand operating results so one can make the required investment decisions.

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  • (6) Production Line Expansion

Since the production capacity of our LED Division is currently unable to satisfy customer requirements and business and market expansion limitations, the Company decided to make further investments in the LED business and expand production lines in 2014. The pattern sapphire substrate (PSS) process production line will be expanded to build up sufficient capacity, satisfy customer requirements and reduce costs in order to achieve a greater breakthrough in our LED business efforts. The Company will continue to enhance its competitive advantage, reduce product costs, expand production capacity at the Ningbo and Chongqing plants and adjust product mix to better satisfy customer requirements.

  1. Sales Quantity Forecast and Basis

One can say that 2013 was a year full of strange twists and turns for the quartz industry. Everyone in the industry was forced to take countermeasures in response to market changes. Compared to 2012, TXC sales fell below expectations but operating performance was maintained at an acceptable level. Therefore, the Company has taken a cautiously optimistic outlook when determining the sales forecasts for 2014. In addition to the orders received from major international corporations, the Company is also planning to expand production capacity for new products and optimize existing product processes to boost sales. Moreover, as automotive and high precision products receive customer certification and approval, these products will start to make a significant and increasing contribution to sales. In addition, our existing quartz technology may be carried over to LED and light sensor products. Overall, due to the results seen in the development of miniature, high frequency and low energy consumption precision products and broad customer trust in our product quality, it is forecast that consolidated sales will reach 2.5 billion dollars and market share will rise to over 10% due to efficient handling of customer relations and product diversification which will make TXC one of the top two companies in the global quartz crystal resonator industry.

Being unable to reach our sales forecasts for the first time in a decade was indisputably a significant challenge for company management. Even though we remained a relatively profitable company in the quartz industry, we not only redirected internal resources and reorganized the R&D section, but also reexamined our efforts to expand new product channels in order to rapidly respond and acclimate to changes. Being aware of the increasing profit pressures on the electronic industry, all TXC employees to need to bravely face and surmount this extreme and difficult challenge. Bold innovation is an idea requiring deep thought when resources are being invested by the Company. This is the way to eliminate all habitual domains that obstruct progress and move on to future growth. How to improve human resource quality, reorganize resource allocation and optimize processes will again become issues that must be honestly faced in order to achieve meaningful and long-term sustainable operations.

After thirty years in operation as a company, we deeply believe that through the positive pressures of facing competition and breaking out of the status quo like what management guru Patrick M. Lencioni said “though reestablishment of team thinking, further improvement of internal information transparency of the organization, full understanding and raising communication efficiency” and by further strengthening of Company core values, TXC will certainly be able to spread our wings again and reward our stakeholders with growth and profits.

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II.Company Overview

A.Company Introduction

1. Date of the company´s incorporation

TXC Corporation, founded in 1983, is a leading professional frequency control product manufacturer. We have devoted to the research, design, manufacture, and sale of Dual-Inline-Package (DIP) and Surface Mount Device (SMD) quartz crystal products. TXC now specializes in five categories of products such as high quality Quartz Unit Crystal, Automotive Crystal, Crystal Oscillator (CXO), Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter, and Timing Module (TM). In addition, TXC has extended our core technology competence to related LED substrate processes and crossed over into the sapphire LED field to support future group expansion and development. Over the years, we have upgraded customer value objectives and offered customers a variety of frequency control components for module design-in requirements to provide a total solution to satisfy the overall requirements of customers. TXC performance with regard to price, quality, delivery time and service continues to exceed customer expectations time and time again.

2. Company History

  • 1983 Founded in Taiwan with US$95,000 capital.

  • 1984 Began production on DIP type crystals and oscillators in Peitou factory.

  • 1993 ISO9002 certified.

  • 1995 Winner of the 4[th] National Award of Small and Medium Enterprises.

  • 1997 Began production of SMD type crystals and oscillators in Taoyuan factory.

  • 1998 Began production os SAW devices.

  • Implemented Oracle ERP system.

  • 1999 Established US sales office.

  • 2000 Increased capital to US$25.3 million.

  • 2001 IPO’ed with capital increased to US$37 million.

  • 2002 Listed in the Taiwan Stock Exchange(Code-3042)

  • Ranked among the top 10 worldwide frequency control product manufacturers.

  • 2003 Began to offer value-added products(HF CXO/VCXO,OCXO,FX,etc.) for the telecom market.

  • Began production in new factory in NIngbo, China.

  • 2004 Implemented QoS and 6-Sigma management systems.

  • Established US Technology Center.

  • 2005 ISO/TS16949 certified.

  • Ranked number 6 among the worldwide frequency control product manufacturers.

  • 2006 Expanding Tauouan factory. Adding production lines in Taiwan and China. The capacity reached to 70 million units per month. Authorized Capital: US$57.9 million.

  • 2007 New factory in Pingzhen inaugurated, factory expansion project in Ningbo factory launched, Intel presented the Preferred Quality Supplier, promotion of the Six Sigma project to Ningbo plant green belt training, procurement of the Shenzhen office, implementation of employee stock option, CB conversion, and recapitalization of surplus to NT$2,415,530,000.

  • 2008 Simultaneously expanded factories in Pingzhen, Taiwan and Ningbo, China; won Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) Award; won A+ evaluation for information disclosure and top 10 potential golden torch award; continued to promote the 6-Sigma black belt training program at Ningbo and Pingzhen plants. Set up sales operations in Osaka, Japan and Singapore

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to promote sales. Issued employee options and implement the treasury stock system. Set up subsidiary TXC Hongkong; execute employee option, CB conversion, surplus conversion to increase capitalization to NT$2,716,980,000.

  • 2009 Second phase of Taiwan Pingchen and China Ningbo plant expansion initiated, received A+ ranking and top 10 award at sixth annual Information Disclosure and Transparency Ranking, on-the-job training plan launched for personnel at Ningbo and Pingchen plants, received Preferred Quality Supplier Award recognition again from Intel, strengthen company internal controls to ensure corporate governance effectiveness, promoted transparency of corporate governance information, exercised employee stock warrants, convertible bonds, capital increase by retained earnings to NT$2,887.27 million.

  • 2010 Issued third convertible bond, received corporate governance system evaluation certification from the Taiwan Corporate Governance Associations, received industry model award for the Technology Industry B group from Commonwealth Magazine, awarded National Quality Award from Executive Yuan, continued to implement 6-Sigma black belt training plan for Ningpo and Pingchen plants, set up sales office in Europe to expand business, purchased offices in Shanghai and Suzhou, started third phase of plant expansion for Taiwan PCF, purchased 5,733 level ground of land, built the factories for new energy business unit, execute employee stock option and increase capital out of earning to 2.971 billion NT dollars.

  • 2011 Completion and launch of Taiwan Pingzhen Third-Stage plant expansion and New Energy Division plant, establishment if TXC (Chongqing) Electronics Co., Ltd. production site, established TXC (Chongqing) Corporation and Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited, expansion of European subsidiary, receives A+ grade and top 10 award at Eighth Annual Information Disclosure and Evaluation, passed CGR report review, received Energy Conservation Elite, Outstanding Innovation Award and Commonwealth Corporate Citizen Award, received Taoyuan County Corporate Innovation Award, received ISO50001 Energy Management System, ISO28000 Supplier Chain Management System, ISO27001 Information Security Management System certification, Oracle ERP system upgraded to R12 version, valid assessment of remuneration fairness combined with performance evaluation, establishment of remuneration committee, exercise of employee stock warrants, NT$3,022,420,000 capital increase by capital surplus.

  • 2012 TXC (Chongqing) Corporation plant construction, awarded Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) by the MOF Customs Administration, passed BSI greenhouse gas (ISO 14064-1), product carbon footprint (PAS 2050) inventory, product carbon neutralization (PAS 2060) inventory, given Corporate Citizenship Award by Commonwealth Magazine, received green sustainable enterprise award from BSI, external certification of CSR Report conformed to GRI G3.1 A+ and AA 1000 standards, passed CNS 15506 TOSHMS, awarded ninth annual Information Disclosure and Transparency A++ and top ten ranking, exercised employee stock options, convertible bond and NT$3,097,579,000 capital increase.

  • 2013 Issued fourth convertible bond, TXC (Chongqing) Corporation begin formal mass production, received Taiwan Mittlestadt Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, passed review for R&D subsidy for a leading new product development project from the Industrial Development Bureau, was awarded CG6008 Advanced Corporate Governance certification, 10[th] annual A++ information disclosure assessment rating, passed greenhouse gas inventory (ISO14064-1), product carbon footprint inventory (PAS2050) and product carbon neutrality (PAS2060) verification, named as one of the top 50 Excellence in CSR Award winners by Commonwealth Magazine and a three star 3[rd] annual Happiest Company Award from the Taipei City Government Department of Labor

  • 2014 Received carbon label certification for its AM product series and carbon neutrality inventory certification from the Environmental Protection Administration

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B 、 Company Structure and the Subsidiaries

  • 1.The chart of TXC corporation and the subsidiaries

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2. The basic data of the subsidiaries

**2013.12.31 **
Name Incorporated Address Capital Business Nature
Taiwan Crystal Technology
International Limited
1998.12.23 WESTERN SAMOA USD45,835,294 Investment holding
Growing Profits Trading Ltd 1999.03.09 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS USD 50,000 National trading
TXC (NGB) Electronic Co., Ltd.
corporation
1999.03.12 No.189, Huangshan Xi Rd.,
Economic & Technical
Development Zone,Ningbo
Zhejiang, China
USD45,835,294 Manufacture and sales
of electronics products
TXC Technology Inc 2000.12.01 431 Lambert Road,Suite 306
Brea,California 92812, U.S.A.
.
USD 300,000 Marketing activities
TXC Japan Corporation 2005.09.13 Davinici-shin-yokohama
Bldg.,1-3-1, Shin-yokohama,
Kohoku-ku,Yokohama,222-00
33 Japan
YEN 21,000,000 Marketing activities
TAIWAN CRYSTAL
TECHNOLOGY(HK)LIMITED
2010.07.06 Rm.804, Sino Centre, 582-592
Nathan Rd.,Kln.H.K

USD 10,080,000
Investment holding
TXC (Chongqing) Electronic Co.,
Ltd. corporation
2010.10.11 JinFeng Industrial Region,
Jiulongpo District, Chongqing
City, China
RMB 146,842,032 Manufacture and sales
of electronics products
Chongqing All Suns Company
Limited
2011.02.14 Jiulongpo District, Chongqing,
ChinaJinfengRoad 108,
RMB 66,000,000 Marketing activities
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited 2011.09.07 No.189, Huangshan Xi Rd.,
Economic & Technical
Development Zone,Ningbo
Zhejiang,China
RMB 1,000,000 Purchasing and selling
electronic component

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III. Corporate governance

A. Directors

2014.04.20

ectors 2014.04.20
Title Name Major academic (professional)
experience
Current position in our company or other
company
Chairman of the
Board of
Directors
Lin, Jin-Bao MBA, West Texas A&M
University, USA
Director of TaiwanCrystal Industry
Association
Director of Tai Shing Electronics
Components Corporation
Director of UPI Semiconductor
Corporation
Vice-Chairman
of the Board of
Directors
Hsu, Der-Jun Kei-Nan Institute of Technology
and Business
Chairman of the Board of Director of Chan-Yu
Corporation
Chairman of the Board of Director of Kuan-Ya
Int’l Corporation
Chairman of the Board of Director,TCTI
Corporation
Supervisor of Tai SShing Electronics
Components Corporation
Director of
Board
Lin,
Wan-Shing
Master in Management, Taipei
Science and Technological
University
Chairman of the Board of Director of Tai Shin
Electronics Corporation
Chairman of the Board of Director of TXC
Ninpo Corp
Independent Director of Protech Systems
Co.Ltd.
Director of
Board
Go,
Tien-Chong
Electronics Dept, Taipei Institute Chairman of the Board of Director of ESS
Technology International Inc.
Director of
Board
Kuo, Shu-Hsin Business Major, Taipei Business
School
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Director of
Chan-Yu Corporation
Director of
Board
Chen Chueh,
Shang-Hsin
Master of management, Zhejiang
University
Marketing inspector of TXC
Director ofTai Shing Electronics
Components Corporation
Corporate
Director of
Board
TLC Capital
Co.,LTD
Investment Company of UMC
Group
Investment Company of UMC Group
Supervisor of Simplo Technology
Corporate
Director of
Board
Yang, Du-An History Dept, TamKung
University
-
Independent
Director of
Board
Peng, yun-Ho Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Texas
Dean of the Design School of
National Taiwan University of
Science and Technology
Doctor of National Taiwan University
Independent
Director of
Board
Yu, Shang-Wu
Ph.D.,
Birmingham University
Professor, Taipei Science and
Technological University
Independent
Director of
Board
Cai, Song-Qi Finance and Accounting
Department of Shanghai
University
Business Administration, National
Chengchi University

Chairman of the Board of Director ofEMCC
Corporation

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B. Personnel data of the general manager, vice general manager, assistant vice general manager, chief of divisions

general manager, chief of divisions general manager, chief of divisions general manager, chief of divisions
2014.04.20
Title Name Date of
Major academic (professional) Other part time position with
employment other companies
General Manager Lin,
Wan-Hsing
1989.11.11 Master in Management, Taipei Science and
Technological University
Chairman of the Board of
Director of Tai Shin Electronics
Corporation
Chairman of the Board of
Director of TXC Ninpo Corp
Independent Director of Protech
Systems Co.Ltd.
Vice General
Manager
Chen
Chueh,Shan-hs
ing
2002.04.01 Master of management, Zhejiang University
President of TXC Ninpo Corp
Chairman of the Board of
Director, Shin Mau Electronics
Corporation
Vice General
Manager
Chang,
Qi-Zhong
2006.04.01 Lunghwa University of Science and
Technology
-
Vice General
Manager
Kuo, Ya-Ping 2009.08.01 BOSTON
UNIVERSITY, MBA
-
Vice General
Manager
Adam Lee 2011.01.31 Ph.D., National Taiwan University of
Science & Technology, Department
of Business Administration
Vice President, Sequel Technology, Inc.
-
Vice President
Manager
Colin Chang 2012.01.01 City University of Macau, MBA
Plant Manager, Taitien Electronics Co., Ltd.

-
Vice President
Manager
M.K. Chao 2012.01.01 Ph.D., Naval Architecture & Ocean
Engineering, National Taiwan University
Engineer, Biomedical Engineering Center,
ITRI

-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Kuo,
Ya Han
2009.08.01 West Coast University, MBA
Sales & Marketing Center TXC Corp.
-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Lin,
Sufen
2010.07.01 Electrical Department of Kaohsiung
Institute
Director, OEM Product Division, TXC
Corp.
-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Lin,
Shi Bo
2011.01.31 Master of Physics, UC, Riverside, USA
Director, Marketing Center, TXC Corp.
-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Su
Zheming
2011.01.31 Department of Electrical Engineering,
National Taiwan Ocean University
Director, Manufacturing Center, TXC Corp.
-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Blue Larn 2014.05.01 Doctor of. Materials Engineering of the
National Taiwan University
Project Manager of TSMC Corporation
-
Assistant Vice
General Manager
Stephen You 2012.0101 Department of Electronic Engineering,
Oriental Institute of Technology
Special Assistant, Sales/Marketing Center,
TXC Corp.
-
Chief of Finance Hong,
Gon-Wen
2003.03.11 MBA, National Taipei University
Financial Manager, TXC Corp.
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Note 1: AVP M.K. Chao transferred to VP on January 1, 2013. Note 2.Tenture of AVP Blue Larn began on May 1, 2013

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C. Corporate governance and variations with management principles of publicly-listed companies and reasons

Items Enforcement Discrepancy with best-practice
principles of TWSE/GTSM
listed companies
I. Company ownership
structure and
shareholders'
equity
(A) Company handling
of shareholders'
proposals and
disputes
(B) Search for
information on the
identities of major
shareholders and
their ultimate
controlling persons
(C) The establishment
of risk control
mechanism and
firewalls with
affiliates
1.
The Company has set up spokesperson and substitute spokesperson positions and a
dedicated email address as well as independent director and supervisor positions
and a dedicated email address to handle shareholder recommendations and disputes.
The Ningbo and Chongqing plants are 100% company owned subsidiaries and
related shareholder and stakeholder questions are answered by the Company on
their behalf.
2.
In accordance with Article 25 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company
reports the changes in shareholdings of internal personnel, including directors,
supervisors, managers and shareholders with 10% or higher shareholdings monthly
to the Market Post Observation System designated by the Securities and Futures
Bureau.
3.
In addition to the risk control systems set up by the Company, related work
procedures have been established for operation business and financial transactions
between the Company and its affiliates such as the Subsidiary Operation
Management Procedure. Guidance has been provided to subsidiaries for
establishment of written internal controls and subsidiary level of authority, related
party transaction management, transaction procedures for designated companies,
related parties and group companies and acquisition and disposal of assets
procedures, endorsement and guarantee procedures, lending of funds procedures and
financial derivative transaction procedures in conformance with parent company
requirements to implement the risk control system towards subsidiaries. The Ningbo
and Chongqing subsidiaries have set up their own risk control systems. Risk control
systems and firewalls have been established for affiliated companies in accordance
with related procedures.
Conforms with best-practice
principles, no discrepancy

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II. The composition and
duties of board of
directors
(A) Company
independent director
placement
(B) Regularly evaluation
of CPA
independence
1.
The Company convened its annual shareholders’ meeting in June 19, 2013 and
elected three independent directors who meet the independent director criteria.
The articles in incorporation revised to include independent directors in order
to comply with the Securities and Exchange Act. The academic backgrounds,
business philosophy, declarations, terms of agreement of the independent
directions, the respective election process and results are posted on the
Company website. The related key statements made by the independent
directors at the board meeting are listed individually in the board minutes.
Independent directors have not yet been established for the subsidiary Ningbo
and Chongqing plants.
2.
In order to strengthen CPA independence and familiarity towards company
operations, the Company internally evaluates CPA competence and regularly
reports the results to the board of directors for review and assessment of CPA
independence. A new CPA evaluation and performance assessment procedure
was established on April 29, 2013 for evaluation of CPA independence,
competence and performance. The CPA performance evaluation sheet
completed before the first quarter of the following year was submitted for
Audit Committee approval and then reported to the board for review to
implement corporate governance and upgrade the function of the board of
directors. In the future, the Company will further strengthen the evaluation
function of the Audit Committee. Before a CPA is replaced, the Chairman and
President will first understand the reasons for the replacement, the related
circumstances and then interview the CPA replacement candidate. After the
evaluation, the related CV information will be submitted to the board of
directors for review. Then, if deemed necessary, the CPA will be invited to
attend boardmeetings onanadhoc basis.
Conforms with best-practice
principles, no discrepancy
III. Establishment of
communication
channels with
stakeholders
The Company has set up multiple channels including a spokesperson system and
website to serve as a news and communication channel for the Company and its
subsidiaries. Dedicated shareholder and investor relations mailboxes have been
established. Contact windows have been set up for sales, management and operation
items and stakeholder concerns are properly handled. In addition, the Company has
set up a clean and fair transaction mailbox. If any employee of the Company
engages in illegal practices during a transaction process, the incident may be
reported throughthis Site address: http://www.txccorp.com/tw/f_investor/10.asp
Conforms with best-practice
principles, no discrepancy

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IV. Disclosure of
information
(A) Establishment of
website to disclose
financial, operation
and corporate
governance
information
(B) Other means of
disclosing
information (such as
establishment of
English website,
designation of
dedicated personnel
responsible for the
collection and
disclosure of
company
information, setting
up spokesperson
system, placement of
investor conference
details on the
company website).
1、 The Company and subsidiaries has set up simplified, complex Chinese,
English and Japanese versions of website. The website at
http://www.txccorp.com provides financial and business information and
dedicated personnel are responsible for its maintenance and information
updating.
2、 The Company holds investor conferences as required and relevant
information is placed on the company website and posted on the MOPS
site designated by the competent authorities.
3、 As for corporate governance information disclosure, the Company's
important information, financial status, board and shareholder meetings,
dividend issuance, internal audit organization and operation, major laws
and regulations and procedures for internal persons and past board
meeting minutes were posted on the company website for investor
reference.
4、 The Company has set up Chinese, English and Japanese versions of the
company website and dedicated personnel are responsible for collection
of related information. Disclosure of major company events is done
uniformly through a spokesperson. Recordings or video files of the
company's investor conference are posted on the company information
disclosure website to allow convenient access by outside persons. Related
information is also reported to the MOPS site designated by the
competent authorities.
Conforms with best-practice
principles, no discrepancy

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V. Company
establishment,
nomination or
operation of other
functional
committees
The Company passed the resolution to establish a remuneration committee on
December 28, 2011. The board of directors then passed a resolution to call a second
session of the remuneration committee on July 10, 2013 which has convened two
times on August 8thand December 19th, 2013. In 2013, the supervisor system was
eliminated and an audit committee was established during the 2013 director
elections. This committee convened three meetings on August 12th, November 7th
and December 19thin 2013. Related information and meeting minutes of the
remuneration and audit functional committees are disclosed on the company
website.
For
related
information,
refer
to
the
company
website
http://www.txccorp.com/tw/f_investor/09.asp
http://www.txccorp.com/tw/f_investor/11.asp
The subsidiary Ningbo and Chongqing Plants have not yet established functional
committees.
To establish supervisor, audit
committee or other function
committees in accordance with
the law, it will be proposed to
revoke the supervisor system
and elect three independent and
establish an audit committee at
the June 19, 2013 shareholders'
meeting.
VI. If your Company has established corporate governance principles according to Best-Practice Principles of TWSE/GTSM Listed
Companies, describe any discrepancies between them:
1. The Company's board of directors passed the initial version of Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles on October 27, 2009.
Amendments were made on April 29, 2013. Actual operations of the Company comply with Corporate Governance Best-Practice
Principles. Its enforcement principles are:
(1) Encourage shareholder participation and corporate governance
(2) Establish corporate governance relations between the Company and affiliated companies
(3) Strength board of directors functions
(4) Plan to establish audit committee to replace supervisor positions in 2013
(5) Set board resolution rules and decision making procedures
(6) Exercise remuneration committee and audit committee functions
(7) Respect rights of stakeholders
(8) Raise information transparency
(9) Improve corporate government disclosure
2. In order to enhance corporate governance content and spirit, the Company and the subsidiaries will continue to establish more detailed and
concrete rules and procedures, the code of conduct, management of transactions with interested parties, procedure for transactions with
designated companies, interested parties and group companies and major internal information guidelines, scope of duties of independent
directors, code of ethical business management, corporate social responsibility best-practice principles have been passed at board of
directors and shareholders' meetings and are implemented by the Company.
In order to conform to customer and company sustainable development requirements, a CSR report is submitted annually to the board of
directorsforpassage.

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  • VII. Other major information that is helpful to understand corporate governance enforcement (such as employee rights, employee concern, investor relations, supplier relations, stakeholder rights, director and supervisor continuing studies, risk management policy and risk weighing criterion implementation conditions, consumer protection or customer policy implementation conditions, purchase of liability insurance for company directors and supervisors):

  • Employee rights: The Company has set up employee welfare measures, retirement system, continuing studies and various employee rights based upon the Labor Standards Act.

    • Related employee rights at the subsidiary Ningbo and Chongqing Plants are handled in accordance with the Labor Law and Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China.
  • Employee concern: The Company has set up a medical office with professional medical staff, established a labor safety and health committee to govern employee safety and health matters and offers employee assistance programs including psychological, medical and health. Many communication channels have been opened for employees to submit suggestions and recommendations to create excellent two-way communication channels.

  • Supplier relations, stakeholders’ rights: Procedures are followed for each aspect of company work. Cooperation with companies is conducted in accordance with contract provisions to uphold the legal rights of both parties. As of today, no related litigation has arisen.

  • Investor relations: The Company is very concerned about investor rights. In addition to reporting related information to the MOPS site designed by the competent authorities and posting related information on the company website, the Company received an A+ rating for four consecutive years by the Securities & Futures Institute information disclosure and evaluation system, awarded the voluntary disclosure and transparent company honors for eight consecutive years and given an A++ rating for the ninth and tenth annual rating period.

  • The Company's directors and supervisors attend continuing education finance and business classes on a non-regular basis. See the director and supervisor education & training table of the Company's Annual Report.

  • Company risk management policy and risk weighing criterion implementation: See the Company's Annual Report for related company risk management policy, organization framework and related risk control work. In addition, the Company conducts analysis, tracks and devises countermeasures for business targets that could result in high risks to establish a sound risk control mechanism.

  • Consumer protection and customer policy implementation: Customer first, mission accomplishment shows TXC commitment and determination to create a customer-oriented business. Our dedication towards quality has earned deep customer recognition over the years. The outstanding supplier awards given to us by numerous customers are a source of pride and encouragement.

  • The Company has purchased liability insurance for directors and supervisors in 2004. In 2008, the policy was increased to US$5 million.

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9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
9. Corporate governanceinstruction, training and continuing education forexecutive officers:
Position
Name

Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer
Name of Course
Start
Finish
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/07/10
102/07/10
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President
Peter Lin
3H
102/08/12
102/08/12
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President
Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H
102/10/9
102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H
102/11/8
102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25
102/09/27
Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction
Position Name
Training
Period
Continuing
Education Date
Organizer Name of Course
Start Finish
President Peter Lin 3H 102/07/10 102/07/10 Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association
Independent director participation and audit committee
effectiveness
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
President Peter Lin 3H 102/08/12 102/08/12 Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association

Business secret protection and Personal Information
Protection Act introduction
Marketing
Director
Levi Chen
Vice President Yapin Guo
Vice President Landau
Chang
Vice President Adam Lee
Vice President Colin Chang
Vice President M.K. Chao
Audit
Supervisor
Chang
Wei-Han
6H 102/10/9 102/10/9 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Company sales receipts and purchasing payment audit
practices andmethods
6H 102/11/8 102/11/8 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation
Skill requirements of modern internal audit personnel –
Professional skills, communications and problem
solving
Financial
Controller
Vivien Hong
18H
102/09/25 102/09/27 Accounting Research and
Development Foundation /
Taiwan Corporate Governance
Association

Profession Development of Principal Accounting
Officers of Issuers, Securities Firms and Securities
Exchanges / Independent Director Participation and
Audit Committee Effectiveness / Business Secret
Protection and Personal Information Protection Act
Introduction

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  • VIII. If the corporate governance self-evaluation or corporate governance rating report by an external body, describe the self-evaluation (or external evaluation) results, major deficiencies (or suggestions) and improvement conditions:

  • (A) The Company hired the Taiwan Corporate Governance Association on March 2, 2010 to rate the corporate governance of the Company and received CG6005 general version corporate governance system rating certification on March 23, 2010. The rating recommendations were as follows. The Company will continue to make improvements based on the recommendations.

  • Recommended the Company to refer to corporate governance best-practice principles and spirit and conduct a comprehensive examination of the overall connection and integration of the rules and procedures passed as a result of the high speed growth over recent years. A internal corporate governance system and related work procedures need to set up that conform to company attributes and requirements to aid compliance.

  • Recommend the Company think from a corporate group perspective and differentiate the Company from ordinary companies and set up a system and related procedures that conform to affiliated company requirements to implement group company management procedures.

  • Recommend the Company's board of directors take the high ground when setting business targets and strategy development at different stages for the Company, identifying various risks and establishing a suitable risk appetite and tolerance. In addition, take a pro-active stance in bringing together the risk management procedures currently distributed in different company systems and procedures, set up a comprehensive risk management policy as well as clearly worded procedures, rules, guidelines and measures, assign dedicated sections to be responsible for implementation and auditing to achieve the goals of risk management. Risk management policy results should be reported regularly to the board of directors.

  • Recommend the Company set up a board of directors performance evaluation system and conduct regular evaluations to urge board of directors to upgrade performance and raise the overall operation performance of the board of directors.

  • Recommend the Company have the board of directors approve the performance evaluation standards of the president and other executive officers.

  • The Company is currently in a high growth stage. The Company's chairperson concurrently serves as the CEO and the Vice Chairman serves as the Deputy CEO. It is recommended the Company think about what concrete steps can be taken to gradually separate the Chairman and Vice Chairman from business operations team including increasing the number of independent directors and raising the board of direction supervisory functions which should be the long-term development goal for the Company's corporate governance system.

  • In order to raise board of director meeting attendance, first schedule the board of director meetings six months or one year in advance or use teleconferencing for the meeting. Also follow related procedures to ensure that the legality of the teleconference.

  • Based on the spirit of corporate governance, when a director or supervisor has a conflict of interest involving a matter before the board of directors, the independent director shall fulfill their decision-making responsibility and oversee related director recusal at board meetings. For effective implementation, the board secretary can be responsible for reminding the meeting chairperson and have the independent directors supervise the recusal procedure and work.

  • The Company's information disclosure system is very effective but it is recommended that procedures set up for reporting major information to the board, independent directors and supervisors including reporting period, type of information reported and reporting method to ensure board members are familiar with major company information and directors and supervisors are able to fulfill their duties.

  • It is recommended that the Company set up regular / formal meeting or communication channels between independent directors,

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supervisors and CPA outside of board meetings. Appropriate meeting minutes should be made of the meeting and communications to conduct tracking and oversight of financial record quality and internal control system and operation results.

  • (B) The Company received CG6008 Advanced Corporate Governance Assessment certification from the Taiwan Corporate Governance Association in 2013. The assessment recommendations were: Continue improvement of these recommendation items.

  • The Company discloses its top 10 shareholders and list of shareholders with 5% or higher shareholdings in the annual report. However, the major shareholder Cathay Life Insurance Company Ltd. was no longer disclosed in the Annual Report. In order to raise information transparency requirements for corporate governance, it is recommended that a significant effort be made to obtain and disclose related information to recognize and protect the right to know of minor shareholders.

  • The chairman of the Company serves concurrently as the CEO and the vice chairman as serves as the Vice CEO to fully utilize the industry professional expertise of these two individuals. This arrangement has continued for some years. However, the responsibilities of the chairman and vice chairman are to oversee and guide the operations and management team so it is preferable that one not concurrently occupy two positions to prevent role conflicts. It is recommended that the company take gradual steps to eliminate this practice and use the increase of independent director method to institute dedicated roles and enhance effectiveness of decision-making supervision.

  • The chairman and internal directors of the Company make up over 1/3 of the total number of director positions. In order to ensure the independence of the board, it is recommended that the Company reduce the number of internal directors and increase the number of independent directors so they may independently oversee company management performance.

  • Company independent directors have academic and industrial expertise and the number of independent director positions have been established in the Independent Director Qualification Guidelines but the required professional qualifications required for independent directors are not included. It is recommended that the Company discuss what set of industry specific and overall qualifications are needed for independent directors and clearly specify these qualifications in related articles and guidelines.

  • The Company submits comprehensive evaluation reports to the board for individual fund raising activities (i.e. issuance of corporate bonds) to provide a basis for merger, fund raising, private placement and other major decisions. It is recommended that the Company set up a formal procedure for related purchase transactions, fund raising and issuance or private placement of equity securities.

  • The Company respects the opinions of independent directors and supervisors during routine CPA appointment. However, a board of directors lacks a written evaluation system for CPA competence. It is recommended that a competency evaluation be conducted annually for CPAs for submission to the board for use as reference when making CPA appointment decisions.

  • The independent directors and supervisors of the Company perform their duties responsibly. Overall attendance of board of director members is high. However, there was no record of oversight of company major operation plan and financial report preparation by independent directors or supervisors. It is recommended that this information be fully disclosed so that shareholders fully understand the duties performed by independent directors and supervisors.

  • How significant random events which occur on regular days are reported to the board is especially important for independent directors and

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  • supervisors who are not present at the Company on regular days. Though there are no clear written regulations available to follow, the Company gives guidance at appropriate times to ensure that board members are promptly informed of significant company information. It is recommended that the Company establish a procedure for reporting key information to the board of directors, independent directors and supervisors including reporting periods, type of information reported and reporting methods.

  • The Company has set up performance evaluation procedures for directors, supervisors and managers at the remuneration meeting and submitted them to the board for passage but it has not yet set up a function committee performance evaluation system. Since the board of director’s functional committees are important for corporate governance effectiveness. It is recommended that the Company establish a subjective evaluation system for functional committee operation discipline, significant decisions and effectiveness to effect the self-discipline function of committee members.

  • In order to strengthen the communication system for supervisors and CPAs, improve supervisor effectiveness, it is recommended that the company’s CPA routinely report to the supervisors alone without being accompanied by other members of management and make a written report to facilitate further tracking and guidance by supervisors.

  • Company supervisors and CPAs do actively participate in board meetings but it is preferable that company supervisors and CPA not only participate at board meetings but also interact and communicate sufficiently during audit planning and before issuing the audit report to improve CPA audit work quality and leave a written record for future reference and tracking.

  • Within the organizational structure, the internal audit is directly reported to the board of directors. Regular, close contact must be kept between the independent directors and supervisors. Company internal audit personnel performance is currently evaluated by the Chairman and President. It is recommended that the board of directors conduct regular evaluations in the future and consider the opinions of independent directors and supervisors.

  • The Company was fined by competent authorities for violation of the Waste Disposal Law and Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law and completed improvements after the incident occurred. It is recommended that strengthen oversight of responsible units and add them to the performance evaluation to prevent violations from occurring again.

  • When convening the shareholders’ meeting, effort should be made to allow full participation from all shareholders (including minor shareholders and foreign shareholders) and enable them to exercise their voting rights for significant company proposal. June 10 and June 13, 2012 were the dates on which the most recent shareholders’ meeting were held. On June 10, 2011, 202 companies convened shareholders’ meetings on that day which was over the 200 company limit. It is recommended that the Company work harder in the future on shareholders’ meeting preparation to reach the goal of holding the meeting before the end of May.

  • According to Article 7 of the Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles for TWSE / GTSM Listed Companies “TWSE / GTSM Listed Companies are advised to arrange for their shareholders to vote by poll on the proposals included in the meeting agenda one by one and enter the voting result, namely the number of votes casts “for” and “against” and the number of “abstentions” for each proposal, after the shareholders’ meeting on the same day that is held, into the Internet information designated by the TWSE. It is recommended that the

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  - Company gradually introduce the above voting by poll system and record the number “for” and “against” votes in the shareholders’ meeting minutes to conform to international practices and improve company corporate governance standards.
  1. The independent director election and nomination system is clearly established in the current director and supervisor election procedure but there are no procedures for all of the directors and supervisors. It is recommended that the Company refer to Articles 22 and 32 of the Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles for TWSE / GTSM Listed Companies and include all of the directors and supervisors in the scope of nomination. The candidate nomination system for directors and supervisors should be added in the articles so that competent directors and supervisors may be elected.

  2. The Company has 9 directors and 3 supervisors and two independent directors were elected in 2010. However, the number of independent directors did not exceed 1/3 of the total director positions. Due to the growing importance of independent directors to corporate governance and having independent director available to participate and get involved in functional committees, it is recommended that the Company add at least one independent director with industry-specific and general qualifications so that the independent directors may perform their board duties.

  3. Each of the company board members have taken three or more hours of corporate governance classes each year. Due to the fast changing conditions of the future industry environment, it is recommended that the Company increase the number of corporate governance classes scheduled for each board member to six or more hours to raise the professional ability of board members and improve overall board of director effectiveness in response to company growth requirements.

  4. Supervisors are tasked with company supervision duties. In addition to attending routine board meetings, it is advisable for the Company to establish multiple communication channels for employees, shareholders and stakeholders and also stay in constant contact with the CPA. It is recommended that company supervisors make more use of occasions other than board meetings to interact more closely with the CPA.

  5. For performance evaluations of company managers, there are three company performance evaluations conducted each year. In addition, the Company has set up a performance evaluation procedure for upper management and refers to industry standards when setting salaries and remuneration. However, the coherence of association for future risk was not considered. In order to prevent managers from engaging in behavior which exceeds the Company’s risk appetite to obtain higher salaries, it is recommended that the above ‘coherence of association for future risk’ be added to the manager performance evaluation system by the remuneration committee to conform to the requirements of the remuneration committee establishment and exercise of duties procedure.

  6. Note 1: For continuing education of directors and supervisors, refer to the Directions for the Implementation of Continuing Education for Directors and Supervisors of TWSE Listed and GTSM Listed Companies issued by the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

  7. Note 2: If a securities firm, securities investment trust, securities investment consulting firm or futures operator, describe risk management policy, risk weighing criterion and consumer protection or customer policy implementation.

  8. Note 3: What is referred to as corporate governance self-evaluation reports is a self-evaluation and description of corporate governance self-evaluation items by the company and a report of the company's current operation and enforcement status of each self-evaluation item.

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IV.Capitals and Stocks

A. Source of Capitals

2014.04.20 unit:shares

2014.04.20unit:shares
Shares Class Approved Shares Remark
Circulated in Market(note) Uncirculate shares Total
Common shares
309,757,040
190,242,960 500,000,000

note:these shares are listed shares 。

B. Shareholders structures

2014.04.20 unit:people/shares/% 2014.04.20 unit:people/shares/% 2014.04.20 unit:people/shares/%
Shareholders
Numbers

Government
Financial
institutions
Other
institutions
Individuals Foreign
institutions and
foreigners

Total(note)
Numbers 4 10 146 29,274 127 29,561
Number of Shares 9,979,197 23,497,457 47,088,301 183,223,575 45,968,510 309,757,040
Percentage of shares 3.22% 7.59% 15.21% 59.14% 14.84% 100.00%

note ︰ The above based on the transactions end at 21/4/2013

C. Data on share price, net value, profit, and dividend of the past two years

item year item year item year 2012 2013 2014.03.31
end
Marketprice
/ share
(note 1)
Highest 52.80 48.90 41.30
Lowest 34.35 30.20 35.75
Average 45.81 40.91 37.10
Net value
per share
(note2)
Before distribution 25.44 26.88 27.80
After distribution 23.24 Note 9 Note 9
Earnings Per
Share
Weight average number of shares
(1000’s share)
303,070 309,757 309,757
earnings per
share (note3)
Before adjustment 3.79 3.02 0.73
After adjustment 3.79 Note 9 -
Dividend
Per share
Cash dividend 2.20 Note 9 -
Stock
dividend
without
compensation
Earning per share - Note 9 -
Stock dividend - Note 9 -
Accrued undistributed dividend (note 4) - - -
Analysis of
rate of
return
P/E (note 5) 12.90 13.55 -
P/C (note 6) 20.82 Note 9 -
C/P (note 7) 4.80% Note 9 -

* If use profits or capital reserve for raising capital shares appropriate, then it should announce the information of the number of appropriate shares and retroactivlye adjust 。 market price and cash dividend

note1 : list the hightest and lowest price of the common stocks in that year, and the average market price for that year is calculated based on the transaction values and transaction amounts 。

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  • note2 : Use the number of circulated shares at the end of the year as the base, then the dividend 。

  • distributed determined in the coming year’s stockholders’ meeting

  • note3 : If there is any retroactive adjustment from the stock dividend without compensation, 。

  • then it should list earning per share on before and after adjustment

  • note4 : If the equity investment has constraint that limits the undistributed dividend for that year and it is cumulated until to later profitable year. Then it should disclose the cumulative 。

  • undistributed dividend up to that year

  • note5 : P/E = current year average share price at closing / earning per share 。

  • note6 : P/C = current year average share price at closing / cash dividend per share 。

  • note7 : C/P = cash dividend per share / current year average share price 。

  • note8 ︰ The financial statements of TXC Corporation were audited or view or certified by CPA.

  • note9 ︰ Up to 2014.03.31 , The retain earnings of 2013 has not yet admitted by the stockholders’ meeting.

D. Company’s dividend policy and its current implementation status

1.Dividend policy as defined in the articles of incorporation :

If there is a profit at the final settling of accounts after paying all taxes and offsetting of losses from previous years, the Company shall first set aside ten percent of the profits as legal reserve. This shall not apply when the legal reserve amounts to the total authorized capital. Director remuneration shall be no more than 2% and employee bonus shall be no lower than 3% of the special reserve allocated from the profits in accordance with the law or after reversal. The remainder together with undistributed earnings from previous periods after an appropriate amount is reserved depending on operating conditions is distributed as shareholder dividends as resolved by the shareholders' meeting. The board of directors is authorized to determine the counterparts for employee stock dividend distribution which include those company employees that conform to certain conditions.

The Company's dividend distribution policy is made in consideration of factors such as industry development being in a growth phase, long-term financial planning and shareholder cashflow requirements. Therefore, the earnings available for distribution for that year, after allocation of the legal reserve and special reserve in accordance with the law, shall be distributed as provided in the previous paragraph. Of this, the cash dividend portion of shareholder dividends shall not be lower than 20% of total dividends.

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2.Suggested dividend appropriate in this shareholders’ meeting :

Profit distribution for 2013

unit : NTD

Item Amount Amount
Sub-total Sum
Beginning period undistributed profits
Adjusted amounts by TIFRS
Special Reserve of first adoption of TIFRS
Adjusted Beginning period undistributed profits
Actuarial gain(loss)to retained earning
Adjusted undistributed profits
Net profit after tax for this year
Appropriate legal reserve (10%)
Profits available for distribution
Shareholder bonus—cash ($2.2 per share)
Total of distribution
End period of undistributed profits
213,413,785
(222,793,290)
(681,465,488)
1,483,604,087
(9,379,505)
__
1,474,224,582
(6,731,337)
__

1,467,493,245
935,161,705
(93,516,171)
__
2,309,138,779
(681,465,488)1
__

1,627,673,291
Reference:
Employee bonus—cash
Directors and supervisor remuneration—cash
100,998,482
16,832,910

Note 1.Undistributed earning of 2013 will be distributed with priority.

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E. Employee bonus and rewards for directors and auditors

  1. The principle of surplus distribution in accordance with company regulations: Surplus in this year’s final account should first be used to pay tax and to make up for past deficits, then followed by allocation of 10% as legal reserve or appropriate or divert the special surplus reserve in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, but if where such legal reserve amounts to the total authorized capital, this provision shall not apply and after retaining an appropriate amount in view of the operation status, the balance unallocated surplus should be allocated by percentages as follows:

  2. ( 1 ) Employee bonus must not be less than 3%.

  3. ( 2 ) Reward for directors and auditors must not be over 2%.

Moreover, the objects of employee bonus should comprise employees of affiliated companies under specific conditions and authorize the board of directors to formulate the stipulations.

  1. Proposal by the Board of Directors for surplus distribution in 2013:

  2. As proposed by the Board of Directors on 5 May, 2014 surplus distribution for employee bonus and reward for directors and auditors are as follows:

  3. (1) Propose to allocate employee cash bonus amounting to NT$100,998,482 and cash reward for directors and auditors amonting to NT$16,832,910. There is no difference between the planned allocation amount from expense for employee bonus and surplus in the 2013 financial statement. So, no adjustment for income and loss is required.

  4. (2) Propose to allocate employee bonus and reward for directors and auditors in accordance with par value setting earnings per share at: NT$3.02

  5. The Company Board of Directors on surplus allocation in 2012:

The actual surplus allocation of employee bonus and reward for directors and auditors according to resolution adopted by the shareholders meeting on 19 June, 2013.

  • (1) Actual reward for employee, directors and supervisors in cash respectively: NT$124,078,878 and NT$20,679,813.

  • (2) No difference between the proposed allocation adopted by the Board of Directors and the resolution by shareholders meeting.

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F. Buying back company stocks: None

G. Convertible Corporate Bond:

Convertible Corporate bond data

Type of corporate bond(note 2) Type of corporate bond(note 2) 4th domestic convertible bond(note 5)
Date of issuance January25,2013
Face value NT$100,000.00
Location of issuance and trade(note 3) N/A
Issuanceprice Issued at face value
Total amount NT$800,000,000.00
Interest rate Coupon rate 0%
Term Three-year term Due date: January25,2016
Guarantee institute N/A
Trustee Chinatrust Commercial Bank
Underwriter Yuanta Securities Co.,Ltd.
Attorney Chiu Ya-wen
CPA Deloitte & Touche CPAs GongShuang-hsiung,WongBo-ren
Solvency
Outstanding principal NT$800,000,000.00
Redemption or liquidated before maturity
Restrictive clauses(note 4) None
Ratinginstitute,ratingdate,corporate bond rating N/A
Other rights Converted (exchanged or
subscribed) common stock, GDR
or marketable security up to the
reportpublishingdate

As of the publishing date of the annual report, there has been no
request by bondholders for conversion to common stock, so the
unconverted amount is NT$800,000,000.
Other rights Issuance and conversion
(exchange or subscription)
measures
See attachment 1 (2012 fourth domestic unsecured convertible bond
issuance and conversion procedure).
Issuance and conversion, exchange or subscription
measures, dilution effect of issuance conditions on
equity and shareholder equity
Thus domestic unsecured convertible bond issue is converted at a
conversion price of NT$46.5per share. Provided all of the corporate
bonds are converted into common shares, the share dilution will be
5.26%. Therefore, it will not have a very significant effect on
shareholders' equity
Custodian N/A

Note 1: Publicly offered and private placement company bonds are including in the company bond procedure. Publicly offered corporate bonds in the procedures refers to board validated (approved) issues. Private placement corporate bonds in the procedures refers to issues that have passed board resolution.

Note 2: The number of columns may be adjusted based on the number of issues. Note 3: List for overseas corporate bond.

Note 4: If issuance of cash dividend, outward investment is restricted or certain capital ratio is maintained. Note 5: Indicate in a conspicuous manner if it is a private placement.

Note 6: Convertible bonds that are convertible corporate bonds, exchangeable bonds, shelf registration bonds or warrant bonds shall be listed in a table format according to their attributes for disclosure of convertible corporate bond, exchangeable bond, shelf registration bond or warrant bond information.

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Type of corporate bond Type of corporate bond domestic 4thunsecured convertible corporate
bond
domestic 4thunsecured convertible corporate
bond
Year
Item
2013 As of April 20, 2014
Convertible
corporate
bond market
price
Highest 104.75 109.95
Lowest 98 99.2
Average 102.58 103.77
Conversion price NT$49.2 / NT$46.5 NT$46.5
Issuance (handling)
date & conversion
price at issuance
2010.01.11,NT$57.6 2010.01.11,NT$57.6

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V Business Information

ABusiness Contents

1 、 Business Scope

(1). The Major Business Contents

TXC Corporation, founded in 1983, is a leading professional frequency control product manufacturer. We have devoted to the research, design, manufacture, and sale of Dual-Inline-Package (DIP) and Surface Mount Device (SMD) quartz crystal products. TXC now specializes in five categories of products such as high quality Quartz Unit Crystal, Automotive Crystal, Crystal Oscillator (CXO), Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter, and Timing Module (TM). In addition, TXC has extended our core technology competence to related LED substrate processes and crossed over into the sapphire LED field to support future group expansion and development. Over the years, we have upgraded customer value objectives and offered customers a variety of frequency control components for module design-in requirements to provide a total solution to satisfy the overall requirements of customers. TXC performance with regard to price, quality, delivery time and service continues to exceed customer expectations time and time again.

(2). Business Proportions

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2013 Consolidated Revenue
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2013 Parent Revenue NTD 8,336,979 thousand dollars

2012 Parent Revenue NTD9,477,481 thousand dollars

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(3). Company’s current products

Product Type Type Product Size Product Picture
Crystals Metal Can Type Crystals HC-49S / HC-49S SMD
Glass Sealing
Crystals
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
2.5x 2.0mm
Seam Sealing
Crystals
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
2.5 x 2.0mm
2.0 x 1.6mm
1.6 x 1.2mm
1.2 x 1.0mm
Temperature Sensing
Crystals (TSX)
2.5 x 2.0mm
2.0 x 1.6mm
1.6x 1.2mm
KHz
Crystals(Tuning
Fork)
6.9 x 1.4mm
3.2 x 1.5mm
2.0 x 1.2mm
1.6x 1.0mm
Oscillators Crystal Oscillators
(CMOS)
14.0 x 9.0mm
7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
2.5 x 2.0mm
2.0x 1.6mm
Crystal Oscillators
(Differential)
14.0 x 9.0mm
7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
RTC Crystal
Oscillators
7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
Voltage Controlled
Crystal Oscillators
(VCXO)
14.0 x 9.0mm
7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm
Oven Controlled
Crystal Oscillators
(OCXO)
36 x 27 x 14 mm(Dip type)
25 x 25 x 11mm(Dip type)
20 x 20 x 10mm(Dip type)
21 x 13 x 10mm(Dip type)
9x 14 x7.7mm(SMDtype)
Temperature
Compensated
Crystal Oscillators
(TCXO)
3.2 x 2.5mm
2.5 x 2.0mm
2.0 x 1.6mm
1.6x 1.2mm
Precise Temperature
Compensated
Crystal Oscillators
(TCXO Stratum-3)
7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm

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Product Type Type Product Size Product Picture
MEMS Oscillators 7.0 x 5.0mm
5.0 x 3.2mm
3.2 x 2.5mm
2.5 x 2.0mm
2.0x 1.6mm
Real-Time
Clock
(RTC)
Real Time Clock
Module
SOP 14
Light
Sensor
Light Sensor 2.5 x 2.0mm
Automotive DIP / Glass Sealed
Crystal / Seam Sealed
Crystal /XO/TCXO
/KHz Crystal
HC49S / HC-49S SMD / 84.5mm /
5
3.2mm / 3.22.5mm / 2.52 mm
/2.0*1.6 mm
Sapphire 2”/4”/6” Single-side /
Double-side Polished
Sapphire Wafer
2”/ 4” PSS wafer

430 um / 650 um / 900 um / 1000
um / 1300 um

(4). Scheduled new products development

The Company will invest more resources to develop new products to expand our market share for high-end application and high added value products and actively cross over into technical R&D in the optics, microelectromechanics, sensor and medical electronics fields. Due to adherence to sustainable business concepts, the Company will continue to make advancements in basic research. Faced with domestic and foreign competition, the Company's new product and technology development will extend in the following directions:

  • (1) SMD miniaturized product development and process technology upgrading: Having worked for many years on quartz element miniaturization, the Company has completed development of a 1.2x1.0x0.35mm quartz element. In order to meet future product miniaturization and advanced deployment of process technology requirements as well as make progress towards 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.35mm quartz crystal element development, TXC will continue to focus on the development of higher precision process technology to pursue research towards lower costs, reduced energy consumption, high vibration resistance and enlarge frequency range.

  • (2) Automotive product development

  • The Company received TS-16949 advanced product quality planning system certification in 2006 and completed the conversion to ISO/TS16949-2009 version. Automotive product is now entering a growth period. TXC will continue to raise product technology, safety and quality to the highest grade 1 quality and reliability rank.

  • (3) High-end oscillator and module product development TXC will continue to develop high-end products such as special TCXO for telecommunication use, VCSO for optical fiber telecommunication modules, HFF VCXO, VCXO for high frequency communications and high precision frequency

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temperature controllers (OCXO) for base station use. These products can meet the brisk demand for telecommunication systems in Asia and emerging countries.

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  • (d).Basic Research

Effectively integrate company internal engineering department technical problems, upgrade basic research capability and speed up new production market entry time through our technical team cross-functional platform.

2 、 The Industry

  • (1). Current industry status and development

The current domestic quartz industries are mainly for producing components such as crystals, crystal oscillators, and crystal filters. The basic manufacturing process of making crystals starts from cutting the quartz, and then after grinding and polish to the desired sizes; followed by depositing thin metal film electrodes on its surface under the vaccum, and subsequently, it is connected with condut wires; afterward it is packaged. In addition, by assembling and packaging the crystal components with IC oscillators then it will result the crystal oscillators. Assembling and packaging the crystal components and capacitors, wires, and resistors then it will be the crystal filters.

When you comparing the three crystal technologies: frequency, precision, and size dimension you can see that the European and US manufacturers are strong in the frequencies development. It was because of their development of the wireless technology that it gives them an advantage in the design and development; but production efficiency is lower. Japan manufacturers are the technology leaders and they are excellent in the precision and the scale size of the products. They have the advantages of products improvement, and can further to make it in mass production and automatic production. To the Taiwanese manufacturers, most of them are buying the material & know-how, machinery equipments, or purchasing the manufacturing process of which usually lead to a faster time in marketing the product. But recently, the manufacturers have improved their manufacturing process, and the manufacturing equipments; also the learning of the manufacturing process further improves it. Presently, the mainland manufacturers mainly produce low-end products wherein 80% of them are for export and their products still have not effectively satisfied the demand of their massive domestic market. In recent years Chinese manufacturers are aggressively to promote their technology abilities and to advance to the middle and high end. Below table is a comparison of advantages/disadvantages of competitions from the major producers.

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Key European, USA Japanese Taiwanese China

technology
manufactures
manufactures
manufactures manufactures
Frequency high High High-middle Middle-low
Precision high Veryhigh High-middle Middle-low
Sizes High-middle High High-middle Middle-low

Currently, in Taiwan the major crystal manufacturers are TXC Corp, Siward Crystal Technology, Harmony Electronics, Taitien Electronics, Tai-Saw Technology, and EChina Technology. TXC Corp has the highest market share and Harmony Electronics is next. (2). Market relationship of up, middle, and down stream companies

Crystal components are our major product and it is also the basic electronics parts. Our upstream industries include crystal growth, material manufacturing, and precision machinery. The downstream applications include information technology, wire and wireless communications, consumer electronics, and network products etc. The relationship between the up, middle, and downstream manufacturers is given in the below diagram:

Potential entrants

  • ‧ Electronics components channels ‧ Other non frequency electronics components manufacturers

Upstream suppliers

  • ‧ Crystal growth- Manufacturing man-made crystals

  • ‧ Materials manufacturing- Crystal bar, wafer/crystal disk、metal and cermic package materials(top cover、base cover)、plastic、 IC…

  • ‧ precision machinary- cleaning/plating、fine tuning/package、 examing/testing (photo-mask manufacturing、vaccum plating machine、yellowish light plating equipments、 testing instruments、jug & fixture…)

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Downstream clients

Wire, wireless communication
Manufacturers of Crystal
. industry
crystal gridding .
. Consumer electronics industry
circuit design .Mobile communication

crystal/oscillator package
industry
crystal/oscillator testing .
Basestation and equipments
industry
.Automotives electronics
industry

Mobile computing
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  • Substitutes

  • . Silicon Timing Devices

  • .self-stimulatedLCVariable frequency filter,、 oscillator

  • . Dielectric Resonance (DR Oscillator)

  • . FilmBody Accoustic (FBAR)

  • . MEMS technooogy

  • .Green Clock

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3. Development Trend of Crystal Industry

Crystal products are important components in the electronics products. To sponsor the future 3C growth and trend, the future product style, its size, and the precision will have the following trend :

(3). Production trend :

(a). Slim down and usage of SMD

In terms of the technology aspect, we have achieved the slim down level for use the single crystal IC, crystal design & manufacturing, and packaging & testing etc. For example take 、 the case of SMD quartz crystal, its dimension has downsized from 11.8×5.5mm 8×4.5mm 、 7×5mm to 6×3.5mm 、 5×3.2mm , and further to 4×2.5mm 、 3×2.5mm 、 2.5×2.0mm 、 2.0×1.6mm 、 even to the dimension of 2.01.6mm 、 1.61.2mm 、 1.2*1.0 ; its height has also improved from 2mm 、 1.8mm 、 1.5mm 、 1.2mm to 1mm 、 0.9mm 、 0.8mm 、 0.7mm 、 0.5mm 、 0.35mm 、 0.30mm. By the effective SMD scale down improvement, we are also toning with the development trend of Chipset, design trend of brand clients and the SMT production from our downstream clients.

(b). High frequency modularized 、 high precision :

High frequency, high frequency element modularization, high precision:

Fiber channel, gigabit Ethernet, synchronous optical networking (SONET), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH), smallcells base station or access point base station, 3G/4G base station and other various high speed transmission system advances has raised high frequency, modularization, high precision requirements for quartz elements. Through the Company's self developed high frequency, high precision and low phase noise crystal oscillators (XO), voltage control crystal oscillators (VCXO), temperature compensating crystal oscillators (TCXO) and constant temperature crystal oscillators (OCXO) will assist simplification of customer circuit design and satisfy performance requirements for the high speed networks and the next generation of wireless telecommunication systems.

The products are as the below list:

PKG
No Projects Type Features
(mm)
7x5 LVPECL High Freq.
High Frequency XO
1 5x3.2 LVDS
(above 100MHz) Low Noise
3.2*2.5 HCSL
7x5 CMOS High Freq.
High Frequency VCXO
2 5x3.2 LVPECL Low Noise
b 50MH
(aove z) 3.2*2.5 LVDS High Pull
CMOS High Freq.
High Frequency SO 7x5
3 LVPECL
(above 150MHz) 5x3.2 Low Noise
LVDS
3.2x2.5
2.5x2.0
4 TCXO Clipped Sine High Stability
2.0x1.6
1.6*1.2
7.0x5.0
5 32.768KHz CXO (TF) 5.0x3.2 CMOS High Stability
3.2x2.5

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7x5
5x3.2
6 Precise XO/MO 3.2x2.5 CMOS High Stability
2.5x2.0
2.0x1.6
7x5
7 Stratum 3 TCXO Clipped Sine Ultra High Stability
5x3.2
36*27
LVCMOS
25*25 High Stability
8 OCXO HCMOS
20*20 Ultra Low Noise
Sinewave
21*13

(4). Competitions

For quite some time Taiwan electronics industry usually take the OEM fashion to function as a supplier to world’s largest electronics and information technology companies. Applying Taiwan’s capital, technical skills, labor or other market unique advantages that takes the 、 advantages of ”global labor division” ”regional labor division” to achieve the vertical integration purpose 。 With the advance of Taiwanese electronics manufacturer’s technical level, their business operatios have transformed from the parts assembled in the early days, to the OEM, and even promoted to the ODM and OBM scale. In order to gain a more added value, many Taiwan electronics companies, reposition their value chain locations, and have gradually extended themselves from manufacturing to product R&D, design and even further to sales and marketing, post-sale and brand management; and amid the global work divisions, have stance in a unique place . The major global companies with their procurement arranging, are team with Taiwan electronics companies in value creations; and themselves would be able to intend more on their brand and sales management. This ends up in a win-win situation for both parties.

With Taiwanese electronics industry forms in the nature cluster groups, and it thus has a demand of 30% of the global crystal component product. But Taiwanese manufactures can only produce no more than the 20% of total global production, and this China domestic market would provide growing space for Taiwanese companies. But the crystal component industries are in the border of oligopoly competition since the ten largest manufacturers in the world have a total combination of production of 71% and more. This illustrates the great differences of the manufacturers in this industry, and this can be said it is a oligopoly competition market. But because the wide applications of the products, each manufacturer emphasizes its own product and the market. The lower end, and mature market has a stronger tendency in cutting price to competition. This results a very strong competition market.

In the global crystal component industry, Japan is still the largest producer and it has about 60% of the worldwide productions. Our domestic competitors are SiWard Crystal Corporation, EChina Technology, Harmony Electronics, Taitien Electronics, and Tai-Saw Technology and Hosonic Electronics. Each corporation differentiates by specializing in different products and market. Our company has the highest market share which demonstrates our leading role in the crystal component industry.

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3. Technology and Recent Research and Development

(1) Ratio of R&D expense in Total Operating Cost during recent years up to 2014.03.31 units : NT$ 1,000’s , %

Year 2012 2013 2014.03.31
Net Operating Cost 10,928,495 9,503,583 2,165,532
Cost for Research and
Development
422,614 429,642 99,845
R&D cost/net operating Cost(%) 3.9% 4.5% 4.6%

(2). Research and Development Results

  1. SMD 4.0 x 2.4mm Ambient Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor with Integrated IR LED for Mobile Phone.

  2. SMD 2.5 x 2.0mm Ambient Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor with Integrated IR LED for Mobile Phone.

  3. SMD Crystal 2.5 x 2.0 mm for Automotive.

  4. SMD Crystal 2.0 x 1.6 mm for Automotive.

  5. SMD Crystal 1.6 × 1.2 mm for SIP. 6. SMD 5.0 × 3.2 mm TF CXO for variable. 7. SAW-based Oscillator for SAN. 8. SMD Seam CXO 2.0 × 1 .6 mm 2~54 MHz for digital camera, Portable TV. 9. SMD 3.2 x 2.5 mm TCXO for GPS and WiMAX. 10. SMD 2.5 x 2.0 mm TCXO for GPS and WiMAX SMD 2.0 x 1.6 mm TCXO for GPS and WiMAX. 12. SMD 1.6 x 1.2 mm TCXO for GPS and WiMAX. 13. SMD 5.0 x 3.2 mm Stratum-3 VC-TCXO for Base Station, Small-cell, Networking Infrastructure. 14. SMD 7.0 x 5.0 mm Stratum-3 TCXO for Base Station, Small-cell, Networking Infrastructure. Products 15. SMD Crystal 1.2×1.0mm for future. development 16. SMD 5.0 × 3.2 mm TF CXO for variable. 17. Inverted MESA BLK 1.3 × 1.03mm 18. Inverted MESA BLK 1.6 × 1.14mm 19. Inverted MESA BLK 2.49 × 1.83mm 20. SMD 2.0 x 1.6 mm TSX for GPS 21. SMD 2.5 x 2.0 mm TSX for GPS 22. SMD 3.2 x 1.5 mm Tuning Fork 23. SMD 3.2 x 1.5 mm Tuning Fork for Automotive. 24. SMD 2.0 x 1.2 mm Tuning Fork 25. SMD 1.6 x 1.0 mm Tuning Fork 26. SMD 7.0 x 5.0 mm Oscillator for HCSL 27. SMD 5.0 x 3.2 mm Oscillator for HCSL 28. DIP 25 x 25 mm OCXO for stratum-level and base-station. 29. DIP 20 x 20 mm OCXO for telecommunication. 30. 4” Single-side Polished Sapphire Wafer for LED application 31. 4” Double-side Polished Sapphire Wafer for LED application 32. 6” Single-side Polished Sapphire Wafer for LED application 33. 6” Double-side Polished Sapphire Wafer for LED application

Patents and[Patent][︰]

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1. Electrode of the piezoelectric crystal oscillator components 1. Electrode of the piezoelectric crystal oscillator components
Academic 2. Vacuum gas-tight system integration package structure
publications
3. Structure and production method of the piezoelectric quartz oscillator
chip
4. The production of piezoelectric quartz oscillator chip
5. quartz crystal oscillator
6. Crystal oscillator with layout structure for the miniaturization of size
7. Piezoelectric material thinning device
8. Grooved resonator unit packaging structure
9. Light sensor chip packaging structure
10. Stacked light sensor chip packaging structure
11. Thru-hole resonator device wafer level packaging structure
12. Thru-hole resonator device wafer level packaging structure
manufacturing method
13. Improved resonator wafer grade packaging structure
14. Strengthen hermetic sealing of oscillator wafer grade packaging
structure
15. Partition and serial-type light sensor chip packaging structure
For the patents or possible patents of TXC, please refer to relative patent database
http://www.tipo.gov.tw/ch/
Paper︰
1、Laser Measurement and Identification of Vibration Modes of AT-cut Quartz Crystal
Resonators. (English), 2013.
  • 2 、 The Study of Aging Frequency Drift Mechanism for Quartz Crystal Resonators. (English), 2013.

  • 3 、 Advanced TSV-Based Crystal Resonator Devices Using 3-D Integration Scheme With Hermetic Sealing. (English), 2013.

  • 4 、 TSV-based quartz crystal resonator using 3D integration and Si Packaging technologies. (English), 2013.

  • 5 、 A Brief View of the Current State of the Development and Aging Performance of Fixed Frequency Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Oscillator (English), 2012.

  • 6 、 Properties of Miniature X- and Z’-Elongated Rectangular AT-CUT Quartz Resonators of Different Sizes (English), 2012.

  • 7 、 Vibration Mode Identification and Coupling Assessment with the Mindlin Plate Equations and Measurements is a Quartz Crystal Plate (English), 2012.

  • 8 、 Aging Performance of Small Size MHz Quartz Crystal Under High Drive (English),2011

  • 9 、 Inharmonic Overtones in Partially Plated AT-cut Quartz Crystal Plates (English),2011

  • 10 、 The Study of Activation Energy (Ea) by Aging and High Temperature Storage for Quartz Resonators' Life Evaluation (English), 2011.

  • 11 、 An Efficient AT-cut quartz Crystal Resonator Design Tool for Activity Dip in Working Temperature Range (English), 2011.

  • 12 、 Quartz Crystal Industry of China at Crossroads (English), 2011.

13 、 Resonant Frequency Function of Thickness- Shear Vibrations of Rectangular Crystal Plates (English), 2011. For relative paper, please refer to the website of TXC: http://txccorp.com/

  1. Long and short term sales and marketing plan

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  • (1). Short term Development Plan

  • (a). Sales and Marketing Strategy :

  • Consolidate existing market share for mobile computing, mobile telecommunications and consumer electronics industry customers

  • Deepen and expand customer base, maintain high rate of growth for high-end products including AOM (high frequency) and ACAP (automotive electronic products).

  • Concurrently control and introduce design-in and CM based on the customer business operation model to exploit market opportunities and enlarge profit margins.

  • Maintain service and flexibility advantages, deepen relations with core customers.

  • Further strengthen position in European, American and Japanese markets, develop emerging markets, make TXC the no. 1 brand in China.

  • Establish project-based organization, improve team work atmosphere and organization operation efficiency.

  • Further optimize marketing function to help broaden and deepen marketing strategy deployment.

  • Set up a comprehensive global logistics network to satisfy customer demands for instant delivery and provide instant technology integration services to customers.

  • Set up flexible and responsive sales channel for global rollout.

  • Establish learning curve with information systems to assist sales personnel devise and determine sales strategies.

  • Use Internet of Things to extend reach to eight major service fields and search for new markets including industrial monitoring, medical, wearable, and M2M to broadly develop new product and industry applications.

  • Broaden and deepen overall relations with each IDH, strengthen IDH information mastery and linkage.

  • Raise engineering and technical capabilities as well as professional ability of sales personnel.

  • (b). Manufacturing Strategy :

  • Time to Volume , Time to Market. Orders taking and planned production policy run in , ,

  • parallel delivery on time and have the appropriate amounts of products in stock.

  • In response to special circumstances of the industry: Response capability+Control capability+Integration capability=Core.

  • Integrate production resources on both sides of Taiwan Strait for optimum production capacity and benefit allocation for maximum company benefit.

  • Establish new products, new technology and automated factories for development of company core technology.

  • Targeting the ”ideal cost” , by using the ”comparing cost” as the base , gradually improve monthly until the cost becomes reasonable.

  • Full introduce TPS production management and promote “99.99%” of yield rate for all stations.

  • Introduce management systems based on PAT/SYA management concepts to optimize and further improve product quality.

  • An effective operation, management; and well organizedin driving the business projects.

  • (c). Quality Assurance Strategy :

  • Optimize the quality management system, work towards the goal of “Zero Defect”.

  • Improve global environmental protection awareness related green product and process service provision to ensure that all product, production processes and work environments at the company conform to international standards and requirements.

  • Launch COPQ (quality failure cost) analysis refinement and improvement response.

  • Launch basic and advanced job training of quality tools on the basis of continuous improvement

  • Reinforce reliable equipment and personnel analysis, satisfy with the goal of miniaturization, high precision, and high stability and meet the operation of verification

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and monitoring.

  • To our suppliers and outsourcing partners we need to further raise their quality requirements and management level. Looking for the SCM system implementation , and further in link up with global companies.

  • Audit development of professional personnel to re-strength product quality and system

  • Promote quality system of security product of automotive industry to re-create new decade of TXC corporation

  • (d). Product R&D Strategy :

  • According to the marketing & sales strategy and needs; we need to map the direction of the product that it should go. We will aim the product’s specifications meet the clients’ needs.

  • According to the new specifications from the clients, our RD or engineering can provide the product within the scheduled time frame that will help us to win the business opportunity.

  • According to our business strategy and planning; our RD will fix on the product development or work as team with other company in the industry that we could bring the new product to the market.

  • Execute the scheduled progress RD project management , effectively monitoring and managing the RD development that to shorten the RD time.

  • Continuously to strengthen the RD staff, conduct the effective training and upgrade the overall professional attribute.

  • Cooperation between the industry and the academic circle, cooperative development with schools and research institutes, strengthening of R&D technological capability.

  • Have an effective RD management practice, reasonable reward system, and to motivate the group’s efficiency and attitude.

  • (2). Long term Development Plan

  • (a) Focus on development of high-end products used for fiber channel, gigabit Ethernet, SDH-SONET (synchronous optical network), small cells, terminal communications applications and high precision frequency control products used for medical electronic product applications. Also, develop miniaturized products used for wearable and smart home applications.

  • (b) Actively develop frequency control devices for automotive peripheral control module applications to achieve our foremost goal of meeting stringent quality requirements.

  • (c) Continue to expand sales service network. Besides strengthening sales deployment in Europe and America, broaden and deepen the sales network in southern China (Shenzhen, Wuhan and Chongqing), eastern China (Suzhou, Beijing and Shanghai), Japan (Shin-Yokohama, Osaka) and also aggressively expand in the Korea market, strengthen Singapore, India and Vietnam sales marketing channel deployment to supply services and meet market demand in each region, increase market scale and build a foundation for China and emerging market development in order to reach the goal of becoming one of the top two manufacturers in the quartz crystal industry.

  • (d) Continue to develop high-end timing products and also focus on sensor product development. Develop diverse product applications and diversified operation strategy to find new blue water business opportunities.

  • (e) Continue to seek out strategic alliances and beneficial cooperation opportunities to strengthen overall company competitiveness.

  • (f) In addition to retaining our present market share, actively develop new application industries and new customers. Continue to develop new products and new part numbers.

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BMarketing & Sales Situation

1 、 Market Analysis

  • (1).Market for our major products

The product trend is toward to small and light . The products that use the SMD crystal will have a higher percentage than others. In the future, Asia still is the major OEM center, and the products from Asia are still very high. TXC would still need to work hard on the market expansion in America and Europe.

Regional sales distribution of our major products in the past two years :

unit:Thousand NT$ unit:Thousand NT$
Region
year
2012 (consolidated) 2013 (consolidated)
$ dollars % $ dollars %
America 275,479 2.52 307,844 3.24
Europe 120,181 1.10 97,488 1.03
Asia 9,896,578 90.56 8,423,300 88.63
Domestic 636,257 5.82 674,951 7.10
Total 10,928,495 100.00 9,503,583 100.00
  • (2). Market share

unit : million USD

2012 Rank 2013 Rank Company
Name
2012
Revenue
USD: Million
2013
Revenue
USD: Million
2012-2013
Percent
Change
2012 Market
Share
2013 Market
Share
1 1 Epson Toyocom 610 500 -18.0% 17.5% 15.3%
2 2 NDK 540 433 -20.0% 15.5% 13.3%
3 3 TXC 377 326 -13.6% 10.8% 10.0%
5 4 KED 292 298 2.0% 8.8% 9.1%
4 5 KDS 309 260 -15.9% 8.4% 8.0%
6 6 Vectron 166 170 2.0% 4.8% 5.2%
8 7 SiWard 97 96 -1.5% 3.0% 2.9%
7 8 Rakon 106 95 -10.0% 2.8% 2.9%
9 9 Hosonic 92 94 2.1% 2.6% 2.9%
10 10 River 73 66 -9.4% 1.7% 2.0%
Other 828 928
Total Revenue 3,489 3,264

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  • (3). Market future demand and supply condition, and its growth potential

  • (a) Industry

The global economy slipped in 2013. Quantity demand in global quartz crystal and oscillator markets fell by 2% in 2013 while market price competition intensified. The ASP for the overall quartz element industry (X'tal / XO / TCXO / OCXO) fell faster than expected. Global quartz crystal and oscillator sales declined by 6.5%. According to market survey consultant CS&A forecasts, shipments should return to positive growth in 2014 but sales will still experience negative growth due to industry competition.

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(b) Markets

A. Tablets

  1. According to Institute for Information Industry forecasts, tablet shipments are expected to exceed overall NB shipments by 82% to reach 295 million units in 2014 which is 24% higher the 2013. Total tablet and NB shipments are estimated to reach 457 million units which is 11% higher than 2013. Tablet shipments will continue to outpace NB at a ratio of 65 : 35.

  2. The brand with the highest tablet market share is still Apple’s iPad. Other major brand manufacturers (including Acer, Intel and Microsoft) started to focus on 7-inch tablets in 2013 to gain market share through lower pricing. It is forecast that the low priced models released by these brand manufacturers will quickly shrink the price gap with Chinese white label products which should put pressure on Chinese white label product sales in 2014. In the past, the dimensions of major models were 7” and 9” but the next generation Google product is an 8.9” design. In the second half of this year, Apple may launch 12.9” model with a foldable keyboard. Sales of 8” and larger than 10” tablet models will increase in 2014 to become a major indicator of product differentiation for manufacturers.

  3. Shipment quantities for this industry will be affected as end-user application product designs reduce the use of quartz crystal units.

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B. Smartphones

In 2014, it is forecast that the global intelligent terminal growth will slow significantly. The domestic market in China is also gradually becoming saturated. According to market research agency forecasts, smart phone market conditions for the entire year in 2014 will benefit from the huge potential base of users in emerging markets who will be switching from function-based phones to smart phones which could drive annual market shipments to over 1.24 billion units representing an annual growth rate of over 30%. However, the ASP for quartz element products used for this industry will decline due to intense industry competition, high price cutting pressure and material changes in end-user application product designs.

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Three smart phone development trends:

  • (1) New trend of 4G diffusion, new services launched on LTE foundation

  • Wide scale construction of LTE base stations is expected to accompany all-out LTE deployment in many countries and the most populous nation China. It will be necessary to develop more convenient applications and accelerate LTE end-user and terminal device growth.

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  • (2) Continued development of wearable smart devices

  • Wearable electronic products including head-, wrist- and ankle-wearable devices are becoming more popular and shipments are forecast to reach 100 million in 2014. The main demand in the market is for sports, exercise and personal health management which will also be market highlights in 2014. Major brand manufacturers have all started to focus on the development and promotion or wearable pproducts.

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(3) Booming Internet of Things market

  • 4G LTE networks are steadily being completed, 5G development has gained pace and integration of telecommunication devices is heating up. The next booming market will be the Internet of Things. It is forecast that this market including the eight major service fields will have an output value of 1.9 trillion USD by 2020.

C. Smallcell

Smallcells is a general term which encompasses femtocells and picocells which are designated according to their specification and installation site standards. As LTE continue to raise data traffic, more mobile network operators evaluate the feasibility of small cell introduction. Total shipment amounts of small cells reached 7.9 million units in 2013. Starting in 2014, new small cell models will be for companies and urban areas. Telecommunication firms are starting to introduce indoor small cell products to satisfy user data transmission demands. The above opportunities will drive fast growth of small cells. Output value is forecast to reach NTD 90 million in 2014.

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  • (4). Niches competition, the advantages/disadvantages of the future development, and the response strategies.

SWOT analysis

Advantages Disadvantages

  1. Have been in the industry for long time, and a higher market share, have good knowledge of customers and their production base, can team with their design and technical service 。

  2. High flexible in adjust production line, has large and complete capability in production lines, excellent manufacturing improvement ability, efficient in 。

production, and good competitness in unit cost

  1. more miniaturized sizes and more stringent specifications close the gap in technology with the advanced US and Japanese quartz component manufacturers.

  2. Global operation management, fast product delivery, a good customer service team, wide product line, can 。

satisfy clients’ one stop shop

  1. It is insufficient channel in America, Europe and the other new area.

  2. Insufficient guidance in areas of critical materials, equipment development.

  3. Extent of Automation is limited in the front end manufacturing process.

  4. With a comparative edge in brand recognition, control of raw material production and technology capability, the Japanese manufacturers have comparative advantage in cost structure.

  5. The material and labor cost is higher than before.

  6. High technical in vertical integration; better quality management and fast response in proposing total solution to clients application needs 。

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Opportunities

  1. China service network can supply nearby downstream customers. The Chinese economy has grown to become the second largest economy in the world in recent years so there is great potential for growth in this market.

  2. As car electronics supply chain and design centers for major chipset manufacturers move to China, TXC has the competitive advantage of sharing the same cultural background.

Threatens

  1. Low price competition

  2. Customers can switch from high priced products to lower priced products due to customer cost considerations.

  3. End user product design may reduce quartz element use amounts due to cost consideration.

  4. MEMS products have started to threaten some low-end applications.

  5. Develop business opportunities for emerging M2M, wearable, medical applications to drive future demand growth.

  6. Seek out niche markets and products to provide stable profits for the company.

  7. Wireless communication application development is booming which will stimulate market growth.

  8. High-end, high precision product and market deployment is gradual reaching completion which will significantly raise profitability.

  9. Having received numerous special honors and recognition such as the Taiwan Mittlestadt Award, CSR, Taiwan Excellence Award, Safety Certification AEO as well as greenhouse gas inventory (ISO14064-1),

product carbon footprint inventory (PAS2050) and carbon neutrality (PAS2060) certification will not only increase of brand exposure but also help to build our company image.

Respond Strategies

  1. Enhance abroad sales teams , actively seeking Europe, USA,Japan and Korea etc Tier 1 clients 。

  2. Develop the market agreesively and expect to be the largest brand in China

  3. Enhance the engineering technlolist of NGB factory, train material handling/ manufacture process automatic 。

professionals in China

  1. Continuously to hire domestic trained as well as from abroad the research scientists and professionals in the communication and automobile parts industries.

  2. Create more advantageous products , may take strategic alliance and partnership in some of the products for cost reduction 。

  3. Enhance product R&D ability , develop smaller size and high end products that to improve the overall 。

profitability

  1. Enhance the development of quartz crystal modularized products 。

  2. Exercise stringent control over receivables and timely and closely verify demand on the customer side to facilitate flexible allocation.

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  • 2 、 Major products’ important applications and their manufacturing process (1). Major products’ important applications
Crystal componentsproduct Crystal componentsproduct Major Applications
Crystals Mobile phone、wireless equipment、W-LAN、wireless
telephone、WiFi Module、Sip Module、bluetooth、
telephone
terminal
equipment

intelligent
transport(ITS)、car accessories、LCD projector、coping
machine、computer、printer、scanner、audio-visual
equipments、camera、games、beeper
Crystal Oscillators CXO base、wireless equipments、W-LAN、coxial cable
communication 、fiber optics communication 、
telphony terminal equipments、counter/sythesizers、
intelligent transport(ITS) 、computer 、storage
device、printer、audio-isual device、camera、games
VC-TCXO、TCXO Mobile phone、basestation、wireless equipment、
satellitecommunication、W-LAN、bluetooth、global
positioning systems、coaxial cable communication、
fiber optics communication
VCXO base、wireless equipments、satellite communication、
W-LAN、coaxial cable communication、fiber optics
communication 、phony terminal equipment 、
counter/synthesizer
OCXO base、wireless equipments、satellite communication、
global
positioning
systems

coaxial
cable
communication 、fiber optics communication 、
counter/synthesizer
Tuning Fork mobile phone、digital home、camera、wireless
networking、computers、automotives
Light Sensor mobile device
With the technology of GaN by MOCVD
(metal organic vapor phase epitaxy), produce
high-brightness blue LED. Applied to the LED
backlight and lightingsystems.
Sapphire

(2). Manufacturing Process

Steps for crystal components manufacturing are: first we need to manufacture the quartz crysal needed for the electrical material. It involves the cutting, polish, cleaning of the wafer form. Then with the mechanical arms to place the wafer on the base and fixed with the silver based glue. Then package it under vaccum. For oscillators it is necessary to add one more unit of oscillating circuit IC with golden line conduction via amplified output of crystal chip oscillation. It requires more IC placement and wire bonding process compared to the quartz crystal.

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- (a). Pre-manufacturing process quartz crystal.

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Crystal grinding grinding
Crystal cut (machines to bar or (crude、medium、fine)
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Store Clean Differentiate frequency
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- (b). Post-manufacturing process quartz crystal (use silver, gold, nickel for electroplating, and the process would reduce crystal frequency. Fine tuning the electroplating that would reduce frequency error to 3~10ppm)

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Crystal Electroplating Crude freq Base fixed
cleaning adjustment
Aging/electrical Base, outside Fine tuning Glue and bake
/temperature prebaking/weld frequency, to fix the
testing ing, seal plating with crystal
silver
Final check and
storage
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- (c). Post manufacturing process crystal oscillator (use silver, gold, nickel for electroplating, and the process would reduce crystal frequency.)

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IC placement Crystal placement
Crystal Electroplating (assembly electronic (assembly crystal)
cleaning component)
Aging/electric Base, shell
Add barcode al/temperature Check for gas prebake/weldi
test barcode testing leaking ng, seal
Final check
and storage
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(d) Sapphire substrate process

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Cleaning and
Boule Cutting Grinding Polishing
inspection
Exposure and Photoressisting
Etchengraving development Storage
Cleaning and
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(e) Light Sensor manufacturing process

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  • (3) State of the major materials suppliers

  • The major materials for crystal and crystal oscillators include the base, wire bond, IC 。

  • package, crystal slice and crystal bars The main raw material of the sapphire substrate such as alumina. Major materials in light sensors are ceramic substrate, IC, IR LED and packaging tape.

  • (a). All the materials come from the at least three suppliers, and this would minimize the risk of all materials coming from a single supplier. Our company’s procurement depends on the buying terms, state of supply, and specifications; before the materials to be ordered. And, it also depends on some special conditions that we would adjust the ratio of buying materials and this approach would help us not too concentrated the ordering from a single supplier, or running the risks of the orders 。

  • being interrupted

  • (b). All the suppliers have long term relationship with us. And, our friendship is good. With our company is growing strongly, these suppliers would also take highest 。

  • priority to satisfy our company needs Annually, we also meet with our suppliers on regular or irregular base to review our purchasing terms and any room for the improvement. This also helps a stable and continuous relationship in the materials 。

  • supply

  • (c). In considering the steady material supply, our company will provide the Rolling Forecast , to the suppliers and the production preparations. This can shorten the delivery time and an assurance of on time delivery. If there is any unusual situation, these suppliers will accommodate our needs to assure a stable supply.

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、 (4) The suppliers and customers over than 10% of the past two years:

  • (a). Ten largest supplier
unit:NT$1,000 unit:NT$1,000
2012 2013
Company amount The Percentage of
annual procurement
(%)
Company amount The Percentage of
annual
procurement(%)
S Company 1,258,882 18.37% S Company 1,127,406 20.23%
Other 5,593,457 81.63% Other 4,445,867 79.77%
Total 6,852,339 100.00% Total 5,573,273 100.00%

(b). Ten largest clients

unit : NT$ 1,000’s

unit:NT $ 1,000’s
2012 2013
Name of client Amount Percentage
of annual
sale (%)
Name of Client amount percentage
of annual
sale (%)
F Group 1,774,450 16.24% F Group 1,355,391 14.26%
Other 9,154,045 83.76% Other 8,148,192 85.74%
Total 10,928,495 100.00% Total 9,503,583 100.00%

、 (5) Production and monetary values for the past two years

Year
Majorproducts
2012 2013 2013 2013
capacity Production value capacity production value
DIP Crystal product 330,000 320,946 489,822 280,000
243,315

381,087
SM Crystal products 1,800,000 1,688,230 6,661,702 2,200,000
1,983,218

6,860,769
Others 0 565,720 468,611 0
734,230

499,787
Total 2,130,000 2,574,896 7,620,135 2,480,000
2,960,763

7,741,643

、 (6) Volumes of sales and monetary values of the past two years

unit1000’s , $1000’s

unit1000’s,$1000’s unit1000’s,$1000’s unit1000’s,$1000’s unit1000’s,$1000’s
year
Major products
2012 2013
Domestic sales export Domestic sales Export
quantity value quantity value quantity value quantity value
DIP Crystal product 26,528 59,563 233,982 451,326 17,492 35,298
219,285
407,721
SM Crystal products 98,602 519,468 1,996,217 8,670,169 89,290 393,960 1,901,264 7,578,529
Others 457 57,226 1,658,283 1,170,743 938 208,921 1,160,493 879,154
total 125,587 636,257 3,888,481 10,292,238 107,721 636,257 3,281,042 8,865,404

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C Employees’ average years in service, age, and educational background distribution of the past two years

Year Year 2012 2013 2014/03/31
Total
number
employees
engineer 404 390 402
administrative 508 515 508
Sales 158 159 160
Technicians/operators 1,413 1,379 1455
total 2,483 2,443 2,525
Average age 29.41 30.01 29.93
Average yearsinservice 3.38 3.97 3.88
Distribution
of
educational
background
Ph.D. 0.48% 0.5% 0.45%
M.S. 5.17% 5.36% 5.22%
B.S. 42.56% 36.80% 36.04%
HighSchool 35.40% 33.69% 33.13%
Below High
School
16.39% 23.65% 25.16%

DData on our environmental protection expense

A. There were no environmental protection fines levied on the Pingzhen Plant and Chongqing Plant.

B. There was one administration penalty each for air pollution and fire protection levied on the Ningbo Plant. The details are as follows:

  • (1) 2013 air pollution violation administrative penalty

Reason: During P1 building plant facility etching production, the accompanying air pollution control equipment was not used properly and the acid mist alkaline spray column tested acidic when checked with pH test paper.

Corrective action: Install auto chemical addition device

Fine amount: 30,000 RMB

  • (2) 2013 fire protection violation administrative penalty

Reason: Malfunction present on automatic fire alarm, fire protection gear not kept in good and effective working condition.

Corrective action:

a. The fire protection facility contractor Yongchang Company helped to check for deficiencies and eliminate them.

b. Set up a system operation deficiency handling and warning response instructions. Ask on-duty personnel to promptly handle any incident and determine on-site if there is a fire. If there is no fire, then directly return to positions.

c. Set up a deficiency handling log to be checked and handled every day by the dedicated fire protection manager in the plant affairs section.

Fine amount: 10,000 RMB

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  1. Pollution facility installation permit or pollution discharge permit applied for, pollution control fees paid or dedicated environment protection job positions established in accordance with the law. Details are as follows:

  2. A. The Pingzhen Plant is responsible for crystal, surface mounted component and sapphire substrate production. Special attention is paid to controlling potential sources of pollution such as noise, dust, particles and waste and various corrective actions are taken. For example, investment in water pollution treatment and control equipment to address water pollution from grinding solution was completed. The equipment has passed inspection and a water discharge permit was obtained. The application process for the air pollution facility installation permit from the Taoyuan County Environmental Protection Bureau was completed and related job positions have been established to perform environmental protection work. Environmental protection expenditures totaled NT$10,076,000. The funds were mainly used for environment cleanup, work environment inspection & testing, pollution control equipment operation & maintenance and protective gear.

  3. B. The Ningbo Plant is responsible for crystal, surface mounted component production. Special attention is paid to controlling potential sources of pollution such as noise, dust, particles and waste and various corrective actions are taken. For example, 520,000 RMB was invested to add biochemical fluorine removal equipment to the wastewater station to further lower the COD and fluorine concentrations in discharged wastewater to reach the annual emission amount in environment protection requirements. The funds invested in related environmental protection improvement work totaled 1,060,000 RMB. Related job positions have been established to perform environmental protection work.

  4. C. The environmental impact assessment was performed for the Chongqing Plant in accordance with laws and regulations when the plant was being planned for construction. Related job positions have been set up for environmental protection work. The installed equipment in the newly constructed plant was inspected and tested by Jiulongpo District Environmental Protective Bureau and all met wastewater, noise and air pollution emissions standards. A sewage discharge permit was obtained on September 26, 2013. Funds invested in environmental protection products include 750,000 RMB to install wastewater treatment plant facilities and 280,000 RMB to install air pollution filtration scrubbing tower facilities.

3. Safety and Health Implementation Status

  • A. In 2009, Pingzhen Plant established a labor safety and health committee which currently has 15 members. Of these, six are elected. The number of committee members currently make up 1.53% of total employees. A labor safety and health meeting is convened every quarter to handle various environmental safety and health problems. In order to improve work site safety, the Company initiated occupational safety and health performance recognition work in 2009 in accordance with related work guidelines as promoted by the labor safety and health committee. After risks are identified, and related corrective and preventative measures are taken, the Council on Labor Affairs (CLA) grants three year recognition. The second performance recognition was received in March 2013 and two year recognition was granted by the CLA. In September 2013, ongoing certification for the ISO14001 environmental management system, OHSAS18001 occupational safety and

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health management system and CNS 15506 Taiwan occupational safety and health management system. A total of 16 health promotion activities attended by 3280 people were held in 2013. In January and March 2014, the Company held (1) ‘How diet and health affects immunity’ lecture given by the Anfa Clinic attended by 133 people (2) ‘parent – child outside hike activity’ which 100 people took part in (3) Support me to quit smoking Quit smoking class start-up and announcement activity attended by 83 people which shows what the Company is doing to create a safe and healthy work environment and also provide maximum safety to employees.

  • B. The Ningbo Plant established an environmental safety and health team in 2007. Environmental safety and health meetings are convened each month to handle environmental safety and health problems, track stage-by-stage objective achievement, identify suitability of law and regulations after amendment and check level of customer requirement satisfaction to display the Company’s dedication and concern for employee health and safety management improvement performance and environment protection.

  • C. The Chongqing has not yet obtained the related safety and health management system certification but operation is done in accordance with national and local laws and regulations.

  • (1) The safe production management committee was established in March 2013. The safe production management activities fully complied with Chongqing Jiulongju Safety Inspection Bureau requirements and the Chongqing City Safe Production Supervision and Management Regulations. In order to reach the goal of zero work safety accidents, monthly roving safety inspections are held at each unit in the organization. Meetings are convened to track deficiency improvements to ensure that potential safety hazards are promptly eliminated. In addition, the safe production office has a comprehensive work safety incident investigation, reporting and handling system. As of the date of publication, no major safety accident has occurred inside the plant.

  • (2) The Company also performs occupational health evaluation work. Expert team pre-evaluation and control effect evaluations must be passed before formal production begins. Afterwards, reevaluation of control effects are performed every three years. Qualified institutions are commissioned each year to perform occupational hazard factor evaluations. The Company schedules pre-job, on-the-job and post-job occupational disease exams for personnel working in certain job positions.

The company's non-use of hazardous substances policy is as follows: To fulfill our responsibility as global citizen, we are committed to:

  1. Become the best green partner to customers based on the strictest regulations or customer requirements.

  2. Check organization operations and supply resources, promote environmental education, strengthen environmental awareness and goals of all employees and supplier partners.

  3. Design green products and emphasize products and production processes that do not use hazardous substances.

  4. Make continuous improvement through related company activities to achieve the sustainable business goals of the Company.

· TXC complies with RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) 2011/65/EU, WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) 2012/19/EU, PFOS 2006/122/EC, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of

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Chemicals) (EC) No 1907/2006 requirements. Starting from July 1, 2006, TXC has been in compliance with international standards banning the use of substances containing Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr[6+] , PBB, PBDE and PFOS. In addition to receiving ISO 14001: 2004 environmental management system and IECQ/QC 080000: 2005 hazardous material management system certifications, the company through the efforts of our employees passed Sony Green Partner, Samsung ECO-Partner and Huawei Green Partner certification. Voluntary Certification on the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products was obtained from China RoHS in accordance with electronic and information product pollution control management regulations. Building upon the foundation of mutual understanding and joint introduction of environment improvements, green purchasing activities serve as a basis for the continuous provision of green products. In order to ensure that product quality conforms to the related green and environmental protection regulations, the company strictly prohibits the use of banned substances in its production processes and instructs our suppliers not to use banned substances in either products or production so that the requirements of non-use, non-containment and non-contamination are complied with at each stage from product design and manufacturing to delivery so to reduce the environmental impact of our products and services.

In order to strengthen fulfillment of social corporate responsibility, Pingzhen Plant completed greenhouse gas inventory report, product carbon footprint inventory report and carbon neutrality declaration, passed BSI certification, obtained ISO 14064-1, PAS 2050 and PAS 2060 certification and received a TEEMA carbon footprint logo certificate. In addition to conducting organizational and product carbon inventories, the Company performs annual energy use inventories of power, public facilities, and process machinery and equipment to understand energy power consumption at the Company and achieve management and control objectives. BSI was also asked to conduct certification of ISO 50001 energy management system. The Company continues to promote low carbon activities under the guidance of Environmental Protection Administration. In 2013, low carbon activity logos were received for four activities: the year-end review meeting held on February 6 (EPA no. 10200125), arts and culture activity – bugs charge forward on March 23 (EPA no. 10200180), Dayuan beach cleaning activity on April 28 (EPA no. 10200540) and mid-year review meeting on July 15 (EPA no. 10201826). The Company will continue to take action to promote various environmental safety and health-related work to provide maximum safety to employees.

Related introduction and tracking of environmental protection is listed in detail on the company website. Refer to http://www.txc.com.tw/tw/i_esh/02.html

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EEmployer/Employee Relation

  1. The Company has maintained harmonious employer/employee relation since its establishment. In recent years and since the closing date for publication of the annual report, there are no losses due to employer/employee disputes and there have never been any major employer/employee disputes since its establishment. Aside from holding employor/employee meetings and discussion meetings for new employees and for foreign nationals, and conducting employee satisfaction investigation, we have also set up an employee opinions mailbox and other channels for reflecting their opinions. We have spared no efforts toward employee benefits. We have often stressed the importance of employees and have provided employee bonus in stock allotment, stock options, and cash for wedding / funeral / other festive occasions, emergency relief fund, group insurance / medical checkup, subsidies for tour at home or abroad, as well as discounts for books, magazines and special convenience stores; and sponsor birthday celebrations, sports competition, year-end party and luck draw, various recreational activities and commendation of senior and outstanding employees; also

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provide canteen, hostel and parking lots, table tennis table, pool table and other facilities. It is hoped that through coordination of the employee welfare committee with the Company to promote employer/employee harmony and guarantee employee benefits and health in a bid for win-win for both the employer and the employees.

Insurance
and
retirement

Labor, health, group insurance (occupation injury), pension reserve fund,
housing accumulation fund (NGB & CKG factory)
Profit
sharing
Stock dividends, stock options, convertible corporate bonds, treasury stock
systems
Gifts Cash gifts for three major holidays, birthdays, weddings, births, hospitalization
and white card consolationgifts(cash or a blasket of flower)
Medical
insurance
Group insurance: Major disease insurance, accident injury insurance,
emergency medical treatment, group hospitalization treatment and occupational
injury insurance. Regular health exams: Physical exam, complete blood count
(CBC), vision exam, hearing exam, liver function exam, blood fat exam, urine
examination, chest X-rays, seasonal flu vaccine inoculation subsidy.
Manager insurance
Activities Domestic and international travel activities, birthday parties, employee athletic
meets, year-end banquet and employee drawing, ball sport competitions,
painting contests, photography contests, contracted merchant discounts, book
reading club, a variety of employee social club activities and group purchase of
movie ticket, art activies, course or activity for employee’s anti-pressure, and
course for anti-smokingand anti-weight
Emergency
relief
Grants allocated based on real-life conditions experienced by employees
Book
reading
Regularly purchase books, magazine, newspapers for the reading enjoyment of
company personnel,and VCD/DVD multimedia for employees to watch
Other
welfare
Solid promotion channels, overseas assignment development opportunities for
outstanding employees, performance bonuses issued based on operation status,
recognition of veteran and exceptional personnel, top ten outstanding project
commendations, incentives for employee project proposals, bonuses for
emplyees’ child, bonsus for patents and proposal; oversea training opportunity
(NGB & CKG factory)、
Facilities Employee cafeteria, employee dormitory, car and motorcycle parking spaces,
table tennis room, billiards room, badminton court, fitness room, breast-feeding
room, medical service office, employee welfare association, lounge bar, soga
room,shootingmachines,and KTV and convenience store

2. Employee education and training:

The Company provides employees a multiple learning environment. Colleagues can continually challenge their growth limit through internal / external training, OJT, KM ( knowledge management system ) , reading clubs, online / physical library, and supervisor / peer instruction. At the same time, through the new employees / professional technology / supervisor coaching / general knowledge course / self-development education and training system to bring maximun satisfaction for employees! On the other hand, through planning of job category / job level, work rotation, project allocation and overseas assignments to integrate their lives with their careers and enable them enjoy the happiness of growth in knowledge and skills and develop a bright future.

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The Company has established Education and Training Guidelines and Mandatory Occupational Course Guidelines and our subsidiaries have established Employee Promotion and Reassignment Guidelines to plan related training courses in accordance with occupational and professional requirements in order to improve employee knowledge and skills, overall quality of employees and operation performance. Related education and training performance in 2013 is listed in the table below:

a. PCF Factory

a. PCF Factory
Item No. of
Class
Total No.
ofsessions
Total
No of
Trainees
Total No. of
Hours
Total
Expense
1. General Knowledge
Training
21 117 3,565 8,270 82,280
2. Management Level
Training
13 13 301 857 283,089
3. New employees training 12 12 106 1,404 0
4. JobFunction Training 7 42 745 3,341 1,199,351
5. JobFunction Training 275 385 7,000 9,480 721,865
6. Self Heuristic Growth
Training Course
12 12 523 400 7,200
Total 340 581 12,240 23,752 2,293,785

b. NGB Factory

b. NGB Factory
Item No. of Class Total No. of
sessions
Total
No of
Trainees
Total No. of
Hours

Total
Expense
1. General Knowledge
Training
51 220 16,808 21,171 221,588
2. Job Training 16 25 673 1,424 0
3. Management Training 12 14 869 1,405 0
4. Other Training 7 9 816 907 0
Total 86 268 19,166 24,907 221,588

c. CKG Factory

c. CKGFactory
Item
1. General Knowledge
Training
2. New employees training
3. Job Training
Total
No. of Class Total No. of
sessions
Total
No of
Trainees
Total No. of
Hours

Total
Expense
3 6 354 708 0
7 15 62 744 0
16 16 285 570 91,316
26 37 701 2,022 91,316

(1)The Company’s finance supervisor qualified for Professional Certification of Finance and Accounting Supervisor of Publicly-listed Companies sponsored by the R.O.C. Accounting Research Development Fund.

(2)Two financial staffs of the Company acquired the Internal Auditor Certificate issued by the Internal Auditing Association.

(3)One financial staff of the Company acquired the Certified Public Accountant issued by the Ministry of Examination.

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  • (4)One financial staff of the Company acquired the Stock Professional Services certification test issued by the Securities and Futures Bureau , Financial Supervisory Commission.

  • (5)One financial staff of the Company acquired the Certified Accountant issued by the Ministry of Examination.

  • (6)Two financial staffs of the Company acquired the Certificate of Securities Salespeerson issued by the Ministry of Examination.

  • Pension System Implementation

    • The Company has established employee pension procedures in accordance with the Labor Standards Act and regularly allocates pension reserve funds for deposit in the Bank of Taiwan in accordance with the law. The employee pension reserve fund committee is responsible for the management and use of the pension reserve fund. In 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized NT47,289 thousand and NT39,552 thousand in pension reserve funds respectively and allocated the pensions funds for deposit in individual labor pension fund accounts set up the Bureau of Labor Insurance in compliance with the new labor pension system. An employee pension fund manager appointment system was established in January 2007 to guarantee profession management of pension plans.
  • To protect employees with work safety the Company has formulated the following control methods regarding the work environment and employee body safety protection and call on employees for thorough implementation: Besides, establish the “Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Committee” and hold the meeting regularly to review the effectiveness of business development and related matters of environmental safety and health. Aside from purchasing yearly group insurance, sponsoring regular work safety seminars, and dispatched employees to attend relevant industrial safety courses, it has revised the TXC Contingency Plan in Octomber, 2009 and issued the manual for Environmental Safety and Health Management to ensure employee life security and handling of contingency incidents. Please go to website: www.txccorp.com. To achieve the zero disaster goal, the company regularly revised the annual contingency plan and formulated detailed implementation operation according to contents of the plan. The business units shall implement the schedule and contents of the plan, and find out shortcomings via the auditing system to formulate the contingency plan for the coming year, and review and revise the implementation processes and auditing operation from time to time and lower risk of disasters by the business units to achieve the final goal of zero disaster.

  • Fulfillment of Social Responsibility: In line with humanitarian conviction of care for the disadvantaged, the Company would compile budget every year for feeding back to society. In performing our corporate social responsibility, every year the Company will continue to donate to basic education and education business for the disadvantaged and contribute to public charity. Our company was listed by the Global Views Monthly among the top 50 enterprises for corporate social responsibility. In August 2011, TXC was ranked second for the mid-sized enterprise category in Commonweath Magazine’s Corporate Citizen Award, the Energy Conservation Elite, Outstanding Innovation Award presented by the Bureau of Energy and received ISO50001 Energy Management System certification. Moreover, TXC published its corporate social accountability report in January 2009

http://www.txc.com.tw/download/other/Social%20Responsibility.pdf. and has strived to fulfill its corporate social accountability by making contributions to society. Please refer to information in the Company website: http://www.txc.com.tw/tw/h_csr/02.html.

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VI. An Overview of the Company’s Financial Status

A. Abbreviated Balance Sheets and P/L Statements for the Past 5 Years

、 (1) Abbreviated Consolidated Balance Sheets (IFRS)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Unit:NT$ 1,000
Year
Item
Finan cial infor mation for th e post 5 years Up to 2014.03.31
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Current assets Note 2















6,858,639 7,476,459
Property, plant and
equipment
5,508,064 5,351,302
Intangible assets 0 0
Other assets 616,827 629,530
Total assets 12,983,530 13,457,291
Current
liabilities
Before
distribution
2,811,689 3,098,978
After
distribution
Note 6 Note 6
Long-term liabilities 1,846,958 1,750,805
Total
liabilities
Before
distribution
4,658,647 4,849,783
After
distribution
Note 6 Note 6
Interests attributable to
parent company
8,324,883 8,607,508
Common stock 3,097,570 3,097,570
Capital surplus 1,662,181 1,662,181
Retained
earnings
Before
distribution
3,489,796 3,711,908
After
distribution
Note 6 Note 6
Other interests 75,336 135,849
Treasury Stock 0 0
Non-controlling interests 0 0
Total
stockholders’
equity
Before
distribution
8,324,883 8,607,508
After
distribution
Note 6 Note 6

* If individual financial reports are prepared, the Company shall also prepare condensed balance sheets and statements of income for the past five years.

* For financial data that has used international accounting reporting standards for less than five years, table (2) should be prepared separately with financial data which uses our country’s financial accounting standards.

Note 1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

Note 2: The assessment date and reassessed value amount should be listed for assets which have been reassessed in that year. Note 3: Listed companies or companies with securities sold by securities firms should list the annual report publishing dates

  • up to the previous quarter. Whether or not the financial data has been certified, audited or both should also be noted.

  • Note 4: For the above amounts after distribution, the amounts listed should be based on the following year’s shareholders meeting resolution.

  • Note 5: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

  • Note 6: Earnings in 2013 have not yet passed shareholders’ meeting resolution as of March 31, 2014.

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、 (2) Abbreviated Balance Sheets (IFRS)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Unit:NT$ 1,000
Year
Item
Financial information for the post 5 years Up to 2014.03.31
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Not
Applied










Current assets Note 2















4,931,108
Property, plant and
equipment
3,013,892
Intangible assets 0
Other assets 4,598,770
Total assets 12,543,77
0
Current
liabilities
Before
distribution
2,373,019
After
distribution
Note 6
Long-term liabilities 1,845,868
Total
liabilities
Before
distribution
4,218,887
After
distribution
Note 6
Interests attributable to
parent company
8,324,883
Common stock 3,097,570
Capital surplus 1,662,181
Retained
earnings
Before
distribution
3,489,796
After
distribution
Note 6
Other interests 75,336
Treasury Stock 0
Non-controlling interests 0
Total
stockholders’
equity
Before
distribution
8,324,883
After
distribution
Note 6
  • * If individual financial reports are prepared, the Company shall also prepare condensed balance sheets and statements of income for the past five years.

  • * For financial data that has used international accounting reporting standards for less than five years, table (2) should be prepared separately with financial data which uses our country’s financial accounting standards.

  • Note 1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • Note 2: The assessment date and reassessed value amount should be listed for assets which have been reassessed in that year. Note 3: Listed companies or companies with securities sold by securities firms should list the annual report publishing dates up to the previous quarter. Whether or not the financial data has been certified, audited or both should also be noted.

  • Note 4: For the above amounts after distribution, the amounts listed should be based on the following year’s shareholders meeting resolution.

  • Note 5: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

  • Note 6: Earnings in 2013 have not yet passed shareholders’ meeting resolution as of March 31, 2014.

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、 (3) Abbreviated Conslodiated Balance Sheets (GAAP)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Unit:NT$ 1,000 Unit:NT$ 1,000 Unit:NT$ 1,000 Unit:NT$ 1,000 Unit:NT$ 1,000
Year
Item

Financial information forthe post 5 years
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Current assets 5,175,178 5,690,645 5,727,08
6
6,737,268
Not
Applied















Long-term equity
investments
3,000 137,935 294,102 299,192
Property, plant and
equipment
4,109,812 5,061,636 5,689,646 5,734,497
Intangible assets 16,547 15,144 117,530 115,024
Other assets 160,177 163,293 114,957 110,221
Total assets 9,464,714 11,068,653 11,943,321 12,996,202
Current
liabilities
Before
distribution


2,565,903
2,808,544 2,623,371 3,445,764
After
distribution


2,565,903
2,808,544 2,623,371 3,445,764
Long-term liabilities 892,625 1,717,897 2,087,835 1,525,637
Other liabilities 85,258 13,397 71,715 144,305
Total
liabilities
Before
distribution


3,543,786
4,539,838 4,782,921 5,115,706
After
distribution


3,543,786
4,539,838 4,782,921 5,115,706
Common stock 2,887,272 2,971,831 3,022,423 3,097,570
Capital surplus 1,168,416 1,302,853 1,356,078 1,616,549
Retained
earnings
Before
distribution


1,818,658
2,375,441 2,545,465 3,029,417
After
distribution


1,185,265
1,575,417 1,880,531 2,347,952
Unrealized gains on
financial instruments

0
(3,235) (18,133) (13,105)
Cumulative translation
adjustments
168,373 3,716 264,762 167,431
Asset revaluation
increment(note 3)
0 0 (15,637) (22,808)
Treasure Stock 5,920,928 6,528,815 7,160,400 7,880,496
Total
stockholder
s’ equity
Before
distribution


5,345,114
5,788,052 6,495,466 7,199,031
After
distribution


5,175,178
5,690,645 5,727,086 6,737,268

Note 1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

Note 2: The assessment date and reassessed value amount should be listed for assets which have been reassessed in that year.

Note 3: For the above amounts after distribution, the amounts listed should be based on the following year’s shareholders meeting resolution.

Note 4: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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、 (4) Abbreviated Balance Sheets (GAAP)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Unit:NT$ 1,000 Unit:NT$ 1,000
Year
Item

Financial information forthe post
5 years
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Current assets 5,175,178 5,690,645 5,727,086 6,737,268 Not
Applied















Long-term equity
investments
3,000 137,935 294,102 299,192
Property, plant and
equipment
4,109,812 5,061,636 5,689,646 5,734,497
Intangible assets 16,547 15,144 117,530 115,024
Other assets 160,177 163,293 114,957 110,221
Total assets 9,464,714 11,068,653 11,943,321 12,996,202
Current
liabilities
Before
distribution


2,565,903
2,808,544 2,623,371 3,445,764
After
distribution


2,565,903
2,808,544 2,623,371 3,445,764
Long-term liabilities 892,625 1,717,897 2,087,835 1,525,637
Other liabilities 85,258 13,397 71,715 144,305
Total
liabilities
Before
distribution


3,543,786
4,539,838 4,782,921 5,115,706
After
distribution


3,543,786
4,539,838 4,782,921 5,115,706
Common stock 2,887,272 2,971,831 3,022,423 3,097,570
Capital surplus 1,168,416 1,302,853 1,356,078 1,616,549
Retained
earnings
Before
distribution


1,818,658
2,375,441 2,545,465 3,029,417
After
distribution


1,185,265
1,575,417 1,880,531 2,347,952
Unrealized gains on
financial instruments

0
(3,235) (18,133) (13,105)
Cumulative translation
adjustments
168,373 3,716 264,762 167,431
Asset revaluation
increment(note 3)
0 0 (15,637) (22,808)
Total
stockholder
s’ equity
Before
distribution


5,920,928
6,528,815 7,160,400 7,880,496
After
distribution


5,345,114
5,788,052 6,495,466 7,199,031

Note 1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • Note 2: The assessment date and reassessed value amount should be listed for assets which have been reassessed in that year.

  • Note 3: For the above amounts after distribution, the amounts listed should be based on the following year’s shareholders meeting resolution.

  • Note 4: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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、 (5) Abbreviated Consolidated P/L Statements (IFRS)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Year
Item
Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) U p t o 2 0 1 4 . 0 3 . 3 1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net operating revenue Not Applied 9,503,583 2,165,532
Gross profit 2,194,030 509,403
Operating income 951,154
214,156
Nonoperating gains and
losses
110,611
38,892
Income before income
tax
1,061,765
253,048
Continuing operations
net Income
1,061,765
253,048
Discontinuing
operations net Loss
0
0
Net income (loss) 935,161
222,112
Other
comprehensive income
(net amount)
179,040
60,513
Total comprehensive
income
1,114,201
282,625
Net income attributable
toparent company
935,161
222,112
Net income attributable
to non-controlling
interests
0
0
Comprehensive income
attributable to parent
company
1,114,201
282,625
Comprehensive income
attributable to
non-controllinginterests
0
0
Earnings per share 3.02
0.72
  • * If individual financial reports are prepared, the Company shall also prepare condensed balance sheets and statements of income for the past five years.

  • * For financial data that has used international accounting reporting standards for less than five years, table (2) should be prepared separately with financial data which uses our country’s financial accounting standards.

Note1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • 2: Listed companies or companies with securities sold by securities firms should list the annual report publishing dates up to the previous quarter. Whether or not the financial data has been certified, audited or both should also be noted.

  • 3: Gains (losses) from discontinued operations are listed as net amounts after income tax deduction.

  • 4: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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、 (6) Abbreviated P/L Statements (IFRS)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Year
Item
Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) Financial information for the post 5 years (Note 1) U p t o 2 0 1 4 . 0 3 . 3 1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net operating revenue Not Applied 8,336,979 Not Applied











Gross profit 1,509,975
Operating income 678,460
Nonoperating gains and
losses
345,119
Income before income
tax
1,023,579
Continuing operations
net Income
1,023,579
Discontinuing
operations net Loss
0
Net income (loss) 935,161
Other
comprehensive income
(net amount)
179,040
Total comprehensive
income
1,114,201
Net income attributable
toparent company
935,161
Net income attributable
to non-controlling
interests
0
Comprehensive income
attributable to parent
company
1,114,201
Comprehensive income
attributable to
non-controllinginterests
0
Earnings per share 3.02
  • * If individual financial reports are prepared, the Company shall also prepare condensed balance sheets and statements of income for the past five years.

  • * For financial data that has used international accounting reporting standards for less than five years, table (2) should be prepared separately with financial data which uses our country’s financial accounting standards.

Note1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • 2: Listed companies or companies with securities sold by securities firms should list the annual report publishing dates up to the previous quarter. Whether or not the financial data has been certified, audited or both should also be noted.

  • 3: Gains (losses) from discontinued operations are listed as net amounts after income tax deduction.

  • 4: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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、 (7) Abbreviated Consolidated P/L Statements (GAAP)

Unit : NT$ 1,000

Year
Item
Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net operatingrevenue 7,727,524 9,650,594 9,897,341 10,928,495 Not Applied
Grossprofit 1,904,410 2,536,096 2,400,646 2,508,295
Operatingincome 1,003,975 1,346,840 1,151,521 1,257,655
Nonoperating income and
gains
298,006 506,905 145,019 159,188
Nonoperating expenses and
losses
(333,546) (528,931) (83,330) (114,224)
Income before income tax 968,435 1,324,814 1,213,210 1,302,619
Net income before
cumulative effect of change
in accounting principles
782,223 1,190,178 1,050,216 1,148,886
Income(loss) from
operations of discontinued
segment
0 0 0 0
Extraordinary gain or loss 0 0 0 0
Cumulative effect of change
in accounting principles
0 0 0 0
Net income 782,223 1,190,178 1,050,216 1,148,886
Earningsper share 2.7 4.06 3.48 3.79

Note1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • 2: Gains (losses) from discontinued operations, extraordinary gains or losses and cumulative effects resulting from changes in accounting principles are listed as net amounts after income tax deduction.

  • 3: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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Unit : NT$ 1,000

、 (8) Abbreviated P/L Statements (GAAP)

Year
Item
Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1) Financial information for thepost 5years(Note 1)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net operatingrevenue 6,557,116 8,156,933 8,918,023 9,477,481 Not Applied
Grossprofit 1,267,998 1,702,014 1,658,329 1,708,304
Operatingincome 552,205 805,521 744,212 866,519
Nonoperating income and
gains
398,136 565,225 457,626 449,511
Nonoperating expenses and
losses
38,791 125,316 42,650 57,327
Income before income tax 911,550 1,245,430 1,159,188 1,258,703
Net income before
cumulative effect of change
in accounting principles
782,223 1,190,178 1,050,216 1,148,886
Income(loss) from
operations of discontinued
segment
0 0 0 0
Extraordinary gain or loss 0 0 0 0
Cumulative effect of change
in accounting principles
0 0 0 0
Net income 782,223 1,190,178 1,050,216 1,148,886
Earningsper share 2.75 4.06 3.48 3.79

Note1: The years which have not yet been audited and certified by a CPA should be noted.

  • 2: Gains (losses) from discontinued operations, extraordinary gains or losses and cumulative effects resulting from changes in accounting principles are listed as net amounts after income tax deduction.

  • 3: For financial data which requires self-correction or revision as notified by the competent authorities, the corrected or revised amounts should be listed and the circumstances and reasons should be noted.

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BFinancial Analysis for the past 5 Years

1Consolidated Financial Analysis (IFRS)


Item
Yesr Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Up to
2014.03.31
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Capital
Structure
Analysis
(%)
Debt ratio (%) Not Applied
35.88% 36.04%
Long-term fund to fixed
asstes ratio (%)
184.67% 189.94%
Liquidity
Analysis
(%)
Current Ratio (%) 243.93% 241.26%
Quick Ration (%) 180.81% 175.80%
Times interest earned (%) 2406 2,314
Operating
performace
Analysis
(%)
Average collection
turnover(times)
3.07 3.26
Days sales outstanding 118.79 111.91

Average inventory
turnover(times)
4.67 3.85

Average payment
turnover(times)
5.57 5.16
Average inventory
turnover(days)
78.13 94.74
Fixed assets turnover(times) 1.73 0.40
Total assets turnover(times) 0.73 0.16
Profitabilit
y Analysis
(%)
Turn on total assets (%) 7.48% 1.75%
Turn on total equity (%) 11.57% 2.62%
Paid-in capital ratio (%) 34.28% 8.17%
Net margin (%) 9.84% 10.26%
Earnings per share(Basic)
Note I
3.02 0.72
Cash Flow Cash flow ratio (%) 70.80% 15.12%
Cash flow adequacy ratio
(%)
88.26% 89.74%
Cash flow reinvestment
ration(%)
9.89% 8.80%
Leverage Operating leverage 7.3581 2.1064
Financial Leverage 1.0506 1.0564
Please explain the reasons of changes in financial ratio for the post two years (No needs for analysis if change
of financial ratio is less than 20%)
The reasons for the change was not determined because the international financial reporting standards have
been used for less than twoyears for this financial data.

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NoteII : Glossary :

  1. Capital StructureAnalysis

     - (1) Debt ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets
  • (2) Long-term fund to fixed asstes ratio =( Total stockholders’ equity + Long-term liabilities ) / Net Fixed Assets

  • Liquidity Analysis

  • (1) Current Ratio = current assets / current liabilities

  • - -

  • (2) Quick Ration =( current assets Inventories Prepaid expenses )/ current liabilities

  • (3) Times interest earned Earnings before interest and taxs / Interest expenses

  • Operating performace Analysis

  • (1) Average collection turnover

        - Net sales / Average trade Receivables
    
  • (2) Days sales outstanding = 365 / Average collection turnover

  • = 。

  • (3) Average inventory turnover Cost of good sold / Average inventory

  • (4) Average payment turnover Cost of good sold / Average trade Payables

  • (5) Average inventory turnover(Days) = 365 / Average inventory turnover

  • (6) Fixed assets turnover = Net sales / Net Fixed Assets

  • (7) Total assets turnover = Net sales / Total assets

  • Profitability Analysis

     - -
    
     - (1) Turn on total assets =[ Net income + Interest expenses× ( 1 Effective tax rate )]/ 。
    
     - Average total assets
    
  • (2) Turn on total equit = Net income / Average stockholders’ equit 。

  • (3) Net margin = Net income / net sales 。

  • (4) Earnings per share =( Net income Perferred stock dividend )/ Weighted average number of shares outstanding

  • Cash Flow

  • (1) Cash flow ratio = Net cash provided by operating activities / current liabilities

  • (2) Cash flow adequacy ratio Five-year sum of cash from operations / Five-year sum of capital expenditures, inventory additions, and cash dividend.

  • (3) Cash flow reinvestment ration (Cash provided from operating activities – Cash dividend) /( Grosss fixed assets + investment + Other assets + Working capital )

  • Leverage

  • (1) Operating leverage =( Net sales – Variable cost )/ Income from operations

  • (2) Financial Leverage = Income from operations /( Income from operations - Interest expenses )

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2Financial Analysis (IFRS)


Item
Yesr Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Financial analysis for the post 5 years Up to
2014.03.31
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Capital
Structure
Analysis
(%)
Debt ratio (%) Not Applied
33.63% Not
Applied
Long-term fund to fixed
asstes ratio (%)
337.46%
Liquidity
Analysis
(%)
Current Ratio (%) 207.80%
Quick Ration (%) 156.54%
Times interest earned (%) 2732
Operating
performace
Analysis
(%)
Average collection
turnover(times)
3.03
Days sales outstanding 120.55

Average inventory
turnover(times)
6.19

Average payment
turnover(times)
5.03
Average inventory
turnover(days)
58.95
Fixed assets turnover(times) 2.77
Total assets turnover(times) 0.66
Profitabilit
y Analysis
(%)
Turn on total assets (%) 7.66%
Turn on total equity (%) 11.57%
Paid-in capital ratio (%) 33.04%
Net margin (%) 11.22%
Earnings per share(Basic)
Note I
3.02
Cash Flow Cash flow ratio (%) 56.83%
Cash flow adequacy ratio
(%)
77.66%
Cash flow reinvestment
ration(%)
5.82%
Leverage Operating leverage 9.5741
Financial Leverage 1.0563
Please explain the reasons of changes in financial ratio for the post two years (No needs for analysis if change
of financial ratio is less than 20%)
The reasons for the change was not determined because the international financial reporting standards have
been used for less than twoyears for this financial data.

NoteII : Glossary :

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  1. Capital StructureAnalysis

     - (1) Debt ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets
  • (2) Long-term fund to fixed asstes ratio =( Total stockholders’ equity + Long-term liabilities ) / Net Fixed Assets

  • Liquidity Analysis

  • (1) Current Ratio = current assets / current liabilities

  • - -

  • (2) Quick Ration =( current assets Inventories Prepaid expenses )/ current liabilities

  • (3) Times interest earned Earnings before interest and taxs / Interest expenses

  • Operating performace Analysis

  • (1) Average collection turnover

        - Net sales / Average trade Receivables
    
  • (2) Days sales outstanding = 365 / Average collection turnover

  • = 。

  • (3) Average inventory turnover Cost of good sold / Average inventory

  • (4) Average payment turnover Cost of good sold / Average trade Payables

  • (5) Average inventory turnover(Days) = 365 / Average inventory turnover

  • (6) Fixed assets turnover = Net sales / Net Fixed Assets

  • (7) Total assets turnover = Net sales / Total assets

  • Profitability Analysis

     - -
    
     - (1) Turn on total assets =[ Net income + Interest expenses× ( 1 Effective tax rate )]/ 。
    
     - Average total assets
    
  • (2) Turn on total equit = Net income / Average stockholders’ equit 。

  • (3) Net margin = Net income / net sales 。

  • (4) Earnings per share =( Net income Perferred stock dividend )/ Weighted average number of shares outstanding

  • Cash Flow

  • (1) Cash flow ratio = Net cash provided by operating activities / current liabilities

  • (2) Cash flow adequacy ratio Five-year sum of cash from operations / Five-year sum of capital expenditures, inventory additions, and cash dividend.

  • (3) Cash flow reinvestment ration (Cash provided from operating activities – Cash dividend) /( Grosss fixed assets + investment + Other assets + Working capital )

  • Leverage

  • (1) Operating leverage =( Net sales – Variable cost )/ Income from operations

  • (2) Financial Leverage = Income from operations /( Income from operations - Interest expenses )

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3Consolidated Financial Analysis (GAAP)

Item Year Year Financial Analysisforthe past 5Years Financial Analysisforthe past 5Years Financial Analysisforthe past 5Years Financial Analysisforthe past 5Years Financial Analysisforthe past 5Years
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Capital
StructureAn
alysis
Debt ratio (%) 37.44% 41.02% 40.05% 39.36% Not
Applied
Long-term fund to fixed asstes
ratio (%)
165.79% 162.93% 162.54% 164.03%
Liquidity
Analysis
Current Ratio (%) 201.69% 202.62% 218.31% 195.52%
Quick Ration (%) 164.03% 160.77% 170.70% 150.24%
Times interest earned (%) 3033 4914 3994 3764
Operating
performace
Analysis
Average collection turnover(times) 3.25 3.64 3.32 3.28
Days sales outstanding 112.19 100.24 110.08 111.24
Average inventory turnover(times) 6.55 6.96 6.34 6.19
Average payment turnover(times) 5.79 5.53 5.98 6.44
Average inventory turnover(days) 55.70 52.46 57.60 58.97
Fixed assets turnover(times) 1.88 1.91 1.74 1.91
Total assets turnover(times) 0.82 0.87 0.83 0.84
Profitability
Analysis
Turn on total assets (%) 8.82% 11.82% 9.35% 9.45%
Turn on total equity (%) 13.55% 19.12% 15.34% 15.28%

Paid-in capital
ratio (%)
Operatingincome 34.94% 45.32% 38.10% 41.61%
Pre-tax income 33.70% 44.58% 40.14% 43.10%
Net margin (%) 10.12% 12.33% 10.61% 10.51%
Earnings per share(Basic) Note I 2.75 4.06 3.48 3.79
Cash Flow Cash flow ratio (%) 79.32% 64.87% 59.60% 48.53%
Cash flow adequacy ratio (%) 95.82% 85.50% 81.67% 77.61%
Cash flow reinvestment ration (%) 15.44% 10.89% 6.37% 8.56%
Leverage Operating leverage 1.8236 1.6305 1.7930 1.6875
Financial Leverage 1.0314 1.0209 1.0278 1.0291

Note I : The financial statements of TXC Corporation were audited and certified by CPA. EPS is before retroactively adjust.

NoteII : Glossary :

  1. Capital StructureAnalysis

     - (1) Debt ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets
  • (2) Long-term fund to fixed asstes ratio =( Total stockholders’ equity + Long-term liabilities ) / Net Fixed Assets

  • Liquidity Analysis

  • (1) Current Ratio = current assets / current liabilities

  • - -

  • (2) Quick Ration =( current assets Inventories Prepaid expenses )/ current liabilities

  • (3) Times interest earned Earnings before interest and taxs / Interest expenses

  • Operating performace Analysis

  • (1) Average collection turnover

        - Net sales / Average trade Receivables
    
  • (2) Days sales outstanding = 365 / Average collection turnover

  • = 。

  • (3) Average inventory turnover Cost of good sold / Average inventory

  • (4) Average payment turnover Cost of good sold / Average trade Payables

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  • (5) Average inventory turnover(Days) = 365 / Average inventory turnover

  • (6) Fixed assets turnover = Net sales / Net Fixed Assets

  • (7) Total assets turnover = Net sales / Total assets

  • Profitability Analysis

  • (1) Turn on total assets =[ Net income + Interest expenses× ( 1 Effective tax rate )]/ 。

  • Average total assets

  • (2) Turn on total equit = Net income / Average stockholders’ equit 。

  • (3) Net margin = Net income / net sales 。

  • (4) Earnings per share =( Net income Perferred stock dividend )/ Weighted average number of shares outstanding

  • Cash Flow

  • (1) Cash flow ratio = Net cash provided by operating activities / current liabilities

  • (2) Cash flow adequacy ratio Five-year sum of cash from operations / Five-year sum of capital expenditures, inventory additions, and cash dividend.

  • (3) Cash flow reinvestment ration (Cash provided from operating activities – Cash dividend) /( Grosss fixed assets + investment + Other assets + Working capital )

  • Leverage

  • (1) Operating leverage =( Net sales – Variable cost )/ Income from operations

  • (2) Financial Leverage = Income from operations /( Income from operations - Interest expense

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders TXC Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of TXC Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Group”) as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Rules Governing the Audit of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Those rules and standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, and their consolidated financial performance and their consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), IFRIC Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.

May 10, 2014

Notice to Readers

T he accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such consolidated financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

For the convenience of readers, the auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollar)

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6)
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 4 and 7)
Available-for-sale financial assets - current (Notes 4 and 8)
Notes receivable (Notes 4, 5 and 12)
Accounts receivable (Notes 4, 5 and 12)
Receivables from related parties (Notes 4, 5, 12 and 33)
Other receivables (Notes 4 and 12)
Other receivables from related parties (Notes 4, 12 and 33)
Inventories (Notes 4 and 13)
Prepayments
Prepaid rental (Notes 4 and 17)
Other financial assets - current (Note 11)
Other current assets - other (Note 18)
Total current assets
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Available-for-sale financial assets - noncurrent (Notes 4 and 8)
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 4, 5 and 9)
Financial assets carried at cost (Notes 4 and 10)
Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 4 and 14)
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 15)
Investment properties (Notes 4 and 16)
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4, 5 and 26)
Prepayment for equipment
Refundable deposits (Notes 4 and 30)
Long-term prepaid rent (Note 17)
Other noncurrent assets (Note 18)
Total noncurrent assets
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term loans (Note 19)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 4 and 7)
Notes payable (Note 21)
Notes payable from related parties (Notes 21 and 32)
Accounts payable (Note 21)
Accounts payables to related parties (Notes 21 and 32)
Other payables (Note 22)
Other payables to related parties (Note 32)
Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 26)
Current portion of bonds payable and long-term bank loans (Notes 19 and 20)
Other current liabilities (Note 22)
Total current liabilities
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Bonds payable (Note 20)
Long-term bank loans (Note 19)
Deferred income tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 26)
Accrued pension cost (Notes 4 and 23)
Guarantee deposits received (Notes 4, 22 and 29)
Total noncurrent liabilities
Total liabilities
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT
Capital stock (Note 24)
Common stock
Capital collected in advance
Certificates of bond-to-stock conversion
Total capital stock
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
Appropriated as legal capital reserve
Appropriated as special capital reserve
Unappropriated earnings
Total retained earnings
Other equity
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets
Total other equity
Total equity attributable to owners of the parent
Total equity
TOTAL
December 31, 2013
Amount
%
$ 1,829,536
14
445,807
4
49,414
-
20,521
-
2,636,402
20
9,416
-
81,263
1
704
-
1,652,913
13
8,307
-
2,538
-
24,443
-

97,375

1

6,858,639

53
44,510
-
47,840
-
198,245
2
61,747
1
5,508,064
42
55,693
1
29,043
-
12,014
-
4,384
-
115,225
1

48,126

-

6,124,891

47
$ 12,983,530
100
$ 707,268
5
17,329
-
-
-
-
-
886,627
7
177
-
594,959
5
1,027
-
67,919
1
489,415
4

46,968

-

2,811,689

22
765,337
6
887,500
7
130,540
1
34,163
-

29,418

-

1,846,958

14

4,658,647

36
3,097,570
24
-
-

-

-

3,097,570

24

1,662,181

13
864,348
7
222,793
2

2,402,655

18

3,489,796

27
75,336
-

-

-

75,336

-

8,324,883

64

8,324,883

64
$ 12,983,530
100
December 31, 2012
Amount
%
$ 1,570,747
12
-
-
46,895
-
17,220
-
3,453,853
27
10,466
-
69,397
1
582
-
1,476,562
11
17,062
-
2,427
-
-
-

66,743

1

6,731,954

52
54,997
-
-
-
198,245
2
45,950
-
5,546,828
43
58,553
1
53,667
-
178,715
1
4,205
-
112,597
1

44,207

-

6,297,964

48
$ 13,029,918
100
$ 290,749
2
26,907
-
-
-
-
-
1,415,403
11
2,295
-
538,893
4
12
-
71,726
1
1,049,085
8

70,229

1

3,465,299

27
-
-
1,525,637
12
133,154
1
31,422
-

27,891

-

1,718,104

13

5,183,403

40
3,022,423
23
24,460
-

50,687

1

3,097,570

24

1,616,549

12
749,459
6
-
-

2,493,373

19

3,242,832

25
(97,331)
(1)

(13,105)

-

(110,436)

(1)

7,846,515

60

7,846,515

60
$ 13,029,918
100
January 1, 2012































































Amount
%
$ 1,211,234
10
7,240
-
71,867
1
30,945
-
3,096,920
26
6,152
-
53,070
-
577
-
1,160,036
10
30,524
-
406
-
-
-

54,979

1

5,723,950

48
47,200
-
-
-
198,245
2
48,657
-
5,560,083
46
56,926
1
98,813
1
120,609
1
2,462
-
117,124
1

53,910

-

6,304,029

52
$ 12,027,979
100
$ 360,623
3
7,758
-
73,714
1
285
-
1,197,496
10
-
-
631,465
5
-
-
59,290
1
273,185
2

38,143

-

2,641,959

22
789,367
7
1,298,468
11
131,628
1
25,591
-

12,340

-

2,257,394

19

4,899,353

41
3,022,423
25
-
-

-

-

3,022,423

25

1,356,078

11
644,438
5
-
-

2,123,820

18

2,768,258

23
-
-

(18,133)

-

(18,133)

-

7,128,626

59

7,128,626

59
$ 12,027,979
100

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

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

SALES (Note 4)
COST OF GOODS SOLD (Note 25)
GROSS PROFIT
OPERATING EXPENSES (Note 25)
Selling and marketing expenses
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Total operating expenses
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS (Note 41)
NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
Other income (Notes 4 and 25)
Other gains and losses (Note 25)
Finance costs (Notes 4 and 25)
Share of profits of associates and joint venture
(Note 14)
Total non-operating income and expenses
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Note 26)
NET INCOME
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Exchange differences arising on translation of
foreign operations
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets
Actuarial loss from defined benefit plans
Income tax related to actuarial defined benefits
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the
period, net of income tax
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR
For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31
2013
Amount
%
$ 9,503,583
100

(7,309,553)
(77)

2,194,030
23

(441,526)
(5)
(371,708)
(4)
(429,642)
(4)


(1,242,876)
(13)

951,154
10

91,970
1
51,025
1
(45,830)
(1)

13,446

-

110,611

1

1,061,765
11

(126,604)
(1)

935,161
10

172,667
2
13,105
-
(10,164)
-
3,432

-

179,040

2

$ 1,114,201
12
2012

































Amount
%
$ 10,928,495
100

(8,420,200)
(77)

2,508,295
23

(448,520)
(4)

(378,749)
(3)

(422,614)
(4)

(1,249,883)
(11)

1,258,412
12

93,865
1

(22,710)
-

(35,555)
(1)

9,365

-

44,965

-

1,303,377
12

(153,843)
(1)

1,149,534
11

(97,331)
(1)

5,028
-

(10,026)
-

-

-

(102,329)
(1)
$ 1,047,205
10

(Continued)

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic
Diluted
For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31
2013
$ 3.02
$ 2.82
2012


$ 3.79
$ 3.57

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

(Concluded)

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2012
Appropriation of 2011 earnings
Legal reserve
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries
Net income for the for the year ended December 31, 2012
Other comprehensive income for the for the year ended
December 31, 2012, net of income tax
Total comprehensive income for the for the year ended
December 31, 2012
Convertible bonds converted to ordinary shares
Share-based payment transaction
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2012
Appropriation of 2012 earnings
Legal reserve
Special capital reserve
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries
Equity component of convertible bonds issued by the Company
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2013
Other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31,
2013, net of income tax
Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31,
2013
Convertible bonds converted to ordinary shares
Share-based payment transaction
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2013
Equity Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Equity Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Others
Unrealized
Foreign Currency
Gain (Loss) from
Translation
Reserve
Available-for-sale
Financial Assets
$ -
$ (18,133)

-
-
-
-
-
-


(97,331)

5,028


(97,331)

5,028


-

-


-

-

(97,331)
(13,105)

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

172,667

13,105


172,667

13,105


-

-


-

-

$ 75,336
$ -
Total Equity
$ 7,128,626
-
(664,934)
1,149,534

(102,329)
1,047,205

243,159

92,459
7,846,515
-
-
(681,465)
45,632
935,161

179,040
1,114,201

-

-
$ 8,324,883
Advance
Certificates on
Common Stock
Receipts for
Common Stock
Bond-to-stock
Conversion
Capital Surplus
$ 3,022,423
$ -
$ -
$ 1,356,078
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50,687

192,472

-

24,460

-

67,999
3,022,423
24,460
50,687
1,616,549
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45,632
-
-
-
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50,687

-

(50,687)

-

24,460

(24,460)

-

-
$ 3,097,570
$ -
$ -
$ 1,662,181
Retained Earnings

Legal Capital
Reserve
Special Capital
Reserve
Unappropriated
Earnings
$ 644,438
$ -
$ 2,123,820
105,021
-
(105,021)
-
-
(664,934)
-
-
1,149,534

-

-

(10,026)

-

-
1,139,508

-

-

-

-

-

-
749,459
-
2,493,373
114,889
-
(114,889)
-
222,793
(222,793)
-
-
(681,465)
-
-
-
-
-
935,161

-

-

(6,732)

-

-

928,429

-

-

-

-

-

-
$ 864,348
$ 222,793
$ 2,402,655

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

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income before income tax
Adjustments for:
Bad debt expense (recovery gain)
Depreciation expense
Amortization expense
Net (gain) loss on fair value change of financial liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss
Interest expense
Share of profits of associates and joint venture
Interest income
Impairment loss of financial assets
Impairment loss of property, plant and equipment
Loss on valuation of inventories
(Gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Dividend income
Gain on disposal of investment
Fire loss
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Notes receivable
Accounts receivables
Receivables from related parties
Other receivables
Other receivables from related parties
Inventories
Prepayments
Other current assets
Notes payable
Notes payable to related parties
Accounts payable
Accounts payable to related parties
Other payables
Other payables to related parties
Other current liabilities
Accrued pension costs
Cash generated from operations
Interest paid
Income taxes paid
Net cash generated by operating activities
For the Years Ended
December 31
For the Years Ended
December 31



2013
$ 1,061,765

706
886,327
43,714
(2,714)
45,830
(13,446)
(13,887)
21,072
875
7,912
(1,264)
(1,035)
(6,368)
-
(3,304)
816,843
1,050
(10,168)
(122)
(176,930)
8,755
(30,632)
-
-
(528,776)
(2,118)
49,450
1,015
(23,261)
(7,423)

2,123,866
(28,542)
(104,602)


1,990,722
2012
$ 1,303,377
(2,945)
852,218
26,075

26,747
35,555

(9,365)

(14,195)
-
22,430
21,885

849

(3,954)

(1,094)
625

13,725
(353,847)
(4,283)

35,099

(5)

(355,666)
13,462

(11,764)
(73,714)
(285)

217,907

2,295
(86,899)
12

32,086

(4,195)
1,682,136

(25,418)

(100,674)

1,556,044

(Continued)

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TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of net gain or loss arising on financial assets classified as
held for trading recognized originally
Disposal of net gain (loss) arising on financial assets classified as held
for trading recognized originally
Purchase of available-for-sale financial assets
Disposal of available-for-sale financial assets
Purchase of held-to-maturity financial assets
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
Increase in refundable deposits
Increase in other financial assets
Increase in other noncurrent assets
Increase in prepayment for equipment
Decrease in prepayment for equipment
Increase in other prepayment
Interest received
Dividend received
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term loans
Decrease in short-term loans
Proceeds from issuance of convertible bonds
Repayment of bonds
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
Repayments of long-term borrowings
Guarantee deposits received
Payments of cash dividend
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options
Net cash used in financing activities
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR
For the Years Ended
December 31
For the Years Ended
December 31








2013
$ (2,924,571)
2,480,129
(179,665)
186,034
(47,840)
(763,200)
58,575
(179)
(24,443)
(45,224)
-
166,701
-
12,189

1,035

(1,080,459)

416,519
-
800,000
(556,100)
750,000
(1,393,471)
1,527
(681,465)

-

(662,990)


11,516

258,789

1,570,747

$ 1,829,536
2012
$ -
(440)

(37,797)
61,094

-

(990,260)
27,943

(1,743)

-

(14,035)
(58,106)
-
(18,963)
14,195

14,721
(1,003,391)
-
(69,874)
-

-
800,000

(353,010)
15,551

(664,934)

92,459

(179,808)

(13,332)
359,513

1,211,234
$ 1,570,747

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

(Concluded)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Stated Otherwise)

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

1. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

TXC Corporation (TXC) was incorporated on December 28, 1983 under the Company Law and other related regulations of the Republic of China (ROC).

TXC specializes in five categories of products such as high quality Quartz Unite Crystal, Automotive Crystal, Crystal Oscillator (CXO) Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter, and Timing Module (TM), and provides complete solution in frequency devices and modules, and design service to fully satisfy various needs of the customers.

On August 26, 2002, TXC’s shares began to be traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

The functional currency of the Company is New Taiwan dollars. The consolidated financial statements are presented in New Taiwan dollars.

In order to ensure investors’ rights and interests, the Company had applied to Taiwan Corporate Governance Association for corporate governance assessment certification. The Company has acquired (CG6005 general version of corporate governance assessment and authentication) and (CG6008 advanced version of corporate governance assessment and authentication), on March 23, 2011 and June 27, 2013, respectively. The Company will continue to strengthen corporate governance functions in order to work with international standards and to protect public interests.

2. THE AUTHORIZATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements were reported to the Board of Directors and issued on March 24, 2014.

3. APPLICATION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRSs)

a. New, amended and revised standards, and interpretations in issue but not yet effective

The Company and entities controlled by the Company (the “Group”) have not applied the following International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), Interpretations of IFRS (IFRIC), and Interpretations of IAS (SIC) issued by the IASB. On January 28, 2014, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced the framework for the adoption of updated IFRSs version in the ROC. Under this framework, starting January 1, 2015, the previous version of IFRSs endorsed by the FSC (the 2010 IFRSs version) currently applied by companies with shares listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange or traded on the Taiwan GreTai Securities Market or Emerging Stock Market will be replaced by the updated IFRSs without IFRS 9 (the 2013 IFRSs version). However, as of the date that the consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue, the FSC has not endorsed the following new, amended and revised standards and interpretations issued by the IASB (the “New IFRSs”) included in the 2013 IFRSs version. Furthermore, the FSC has not announced the effective date for the following New IFRSs that are not included in the 2013 IFRSs version.

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The New IFRSs Included in the
2013 IFRSs Version Not Yet Endorsed by the FSC
Improvements to IFRSs (2009) - amendment to IAS 39
Amendment to IAS 39 “Embedded Derivatives”
Improvements to IFRSs (2010)
Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2009-2011 Cycle
Amendment to IFRS 1 “Limited Exemption from Comparative IFRS 7
Disclosures for First-time Adopters”
Amendment to IFRS 1 “Severe Hyperinflation and Removal of Fixed
Dates for First-time Adopters”
Amendment to IFRS 1 “Government Loans”
Amendment to IFRS 7 “Disclosure - Offsetting Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities”
Amendment to IFRS 7 “Disclosure - Transfer of Financial Assets”
IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements”
IFRS 11 “Joint Arrangements”
IFRS 12 “Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities”
Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IFRS 12 “Consolidated
Financial Statements, Joint Arrangements and Disclosure of
Interests in Other Entities: Transition Guidance”
Amendments to IFRS 10 and IFRS 12 and IAS 27 “Investment
Entities”
IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”
Amendment to IAS 1 “Presentation of Other Comprehensive Income”
Amendment to IAS 12 “Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying
Assets”
IAS 19 (Revised 2011) “Employee Benefits”
IAS 27 (Revised 2011) “Separate Financial Statements”
IAS 28 (Revised 2011) “Investments in Associates and Joint
Ventures”
Amendment to IAS 32 “Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities”
IFRIC 20 “Stripping Costs in Production Phase of a Surface Mine”
The New IFRSs Not Included in the 2013 IFRSs Version
Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 Cycle
Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle
IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”
Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 “Mandatory Effective Date of
IFRS 9 and Transition Disclosures”
IFRS 14 “Regulatory Deferral Accounts”
Amendment to IAS 19 “Defined Benefit Plans: Employee
Contributions”
Amendment to IAS 36 “Impairment of Assets: Recoverable Amount
Disclosures for Non-financial Assets”
Amendment to IAS 39 “Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of
Hedge Accounting”
IFRIC 21 “Levies”
Effective Date
Announced by IASB (Note 1)
January 1, 2009 and January 1,
2010, as appropriate
Effective for annual periods
ending on or after June 30,
2009
July 1, 2010 and January 1,
2011, as appropriate
January 1, 2013
July 1, 2010
July 1, 2011
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
July 1, 2011
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2014
January 1, 2013
July 1, 2012
January 1, 2012
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
January 1, 2014
January 1, 2013
Effective Date
Announced by IASB (Note 1)
July 1, 2014 (Note 2)
July 1, 2014
Note 3
Note 3
January 1, 2016
July 1, 2014
January 1, 2014
January 1, 2014
January 1, 2014
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  • Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above New IFRSs are effective for annual periods beginning on or after the respective effective dates.

  • Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 2 applies to share-based payment transactions for which the grant date is on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 3 applies to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 13 is effective immediately; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014.

  • Note 3: IASB tentatively decided that an entity should apply IFRS 9 for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

  • b. Significant impending changes in accounting policy resulted from new, amended and revised standards and interpretations in issue but not yet effective

Except for the following, the initial application of the above new, amended and revised standards and interpretations have not had any material impact on the Group’s accounting policies:

  • 1) IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”

Recognition and measurement of financial assets

With regards to financial assets, all recognized financial assets that are within the scope of IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement” to be subsequently measured at amortized cost or fair value. Specifically, financial assets that are held within a business model whose objective is to collect the contractual cash flows, and that have contractual cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding are generally measured at amortized cost at the end of subsequent accounting periods. All other financial assets are measured at their fair values at the balance sheet date. However, the Group may make an irrevocable election to present subsequent changes in the fair value of an equity investment (that is not held for trading) in other comprehensive income, with only dividend income generally recognized in profit or loss.

Recognition and measurement of financial liabilities

As for financial liabilities, the main changes in the classification and measurement relate to the subsequent measurement of financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss. The amount of change in the fair value of such financial liability attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability, is presented in other comprehensive income and the remaining amount of change in the fair value of that liability is presented in profit or loss, unless the recognition of the effects of changes in the liability's credit risk in other comprehensive income would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss. Changes in fair value attributable to a financial liability's credit risk are not subsequently reclassified to profit or loss. If the above accounting treatment would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss, the Group presents all gains or losses on that liability in profit or loss.

Hedge accounting

The main changes in hedge accounting amended the application requirements for hedge accounting to better reflect the entity’s risk management activities. Compared with IAS 39, the main changes include: (1) enhancing types of transactions eligible for hedge accounting, specifically broadening the risk eligible for hedge accounting of non-financial items; (2) changing the way hedging derivative instruments are accounted for to reduce profit or loss volatility; and (3) replacing retrospective effectiveness assessment with the principle of economic relationship between the hedging instrument and the hedged item.

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Effective date

The mandatory effective date of IFRS 9, which was previously set at January 1, 2015, was removed and will be reconsidered once the standard is complete with a new impairment model and finalization of any limited amendments to classification and measurement.

  • 2) IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”

IFRS 13 establishes a single source of guidance for fair value measurements. It defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements. The disclosure requirements in IFRS 13 are more extensive than those required in the current standards. For example, quantitative and qualitative disclosures based on the three-level fair value hierarchy currently required for financial instruments only will be extended by IFRS 13 to cover all assets and liabilities within its scope.

  • 3) Amendments to IAS 1 “Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income”

The amendments to IAS 1 require items of other comprehensive income to be grouped into those that (1) will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss; and (2) will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when specific conditions are met. Income taxes on related items of other comprehensive income are grouped on the same basis. Previously, there were no such requirements.

  • 4) New issued IFRIC 21 “Levies”

IFRIC 21 provides guidance on when to recognize a liability for a levy imposed by a government. It addresses the accounting for a liability whose timing and amount is certain and the accounting for a provision whose timing or amount is not certain. The Group accrues related liability when the transaction or activity that triggers the payment of the levy occurs. Therefore, if the obligating event occurs over a period of time (such as generation of revenue over a period of time), the liability is recognized progressively. If an obligation to pay a levy is triggered upon reaching a minimum threshold (such as a minimum amount of revenue or sales generated), the liability is recognized when that minimum threshold is reached.

  • 5) Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2010-2012 Cycle

Several standards including IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment”, IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” and IFRS 8 “Operating Segments” were amended in this annual improvement.

The amended IFRS 2 changes the definitions of “vesting condition” and ‘market condition’ and adds definitions for “performance condition” and “service condition”. The amendment clarifies that a performance target can be based on the operations (i.e. a non-market condition) of the Group or another entity in the same group or the market price of the equity instruments of the Group or another entity in the same group (i.e. a market condition); that a performance target can relate either to the performance of the Group as a whole or to some part of it (e.g. a division); and that the period for achieving a performance condition must not extend beyond the end of the related service period. In addition, a share market index target is not a performance condition because it not only reflects the performance of the Group, but also of other entities outside the Group.

IFRS 3 was amended to clarify that contingent consideration should be measured at fair value, irrespective of whether the contingent consideration is a financial instrument within the scope of IFRS 9 or IAS 39. Changes in fair value should be recognized in profit or loss.

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The amended IFRS 8 requires an entity to disclose the judgments made by management in applying the aggregation criteria to operating segments, including a description of the operating segments aggregated and the economic indicators assessed in determining whether the operating segments have ‘similar economic characteristics’. The amendment also clarifies that a reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ assets to the entity’s assets should only be provided if the segments’ assets are regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker.

IFRS 13 was amended to clarify that the issuance of IFRS 13 did not remove the ability to measure short-term receivables and payables with no stated interest rate at their invoice amounts without discounting, if the effect of not discounting is immaterial.

IAS 24 was amended to clarify that a management entity providing key management personnel services to the Group is a related party of the Group. Consequently, the Group is required to disclose as related party transactions the amounts incurred for the service paid or payable to the management entity for the provision of key management personnel services. However, disclosure of the components of such compensation is not required.

  • 6) Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2011-2013 Cycle

Several standards including IFRS 3, IFRS 13 and IAS 40 “Investment Property” were amended in this annual improvement.

IFRS 3 was amended to clarify that IFRS 3 does not apply to the accounting for the formation of all types of joint arrangements in the financial statements of the joint arrangement itself.

The scope in IFRS 13 of the portfolio exception for measuring the fair value of a group of financial assets and financial liabilities on a net basis was amended to clarify that it includes all contracts that are within the scope of, and accounted for in accordance with, IAS 39 or IFRS 9, even if those contracts do not meet the definitions of financial assets or financial liabilities within IAS 32.

IAS 40 was amended to clarify that IAS 40 and IFRS 3 are not mutually exclusive and application of both standards may be required to determine whether the investment property acquired is acquisition of an asset or a business combination.

  • c. Significant impending changes in accounting policy resulted from the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers in issue but not yet effective

On December 30, 2013, FSC announced the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers. One of the main amendments is to permit fair value model for subsequent measurement of investment properties. This amendment is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

The amendment requires that the fair value of an investment property be measured using the income approach, except for undeveloped lands in respect of which are measured using a Land Development Analysis. If the investment property is measured using the income approach, the cash flows are determined by reference to any existing lease, local rents, or market rents for similar comparable subjects, adjusted to exclude those extreme lease subjects, plus the present value of property value at the end of the analysis period, if any. The discount rate is determined by applying a risk premium approach, and is to be no less than the floating rate for the 2-year time savings deposits of Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd plus 0.75% and any asset-specific risk premium. The amendment requires disclosures in addition to those required by IAS 40, including significant lease terms, cash flows, discount rate, etc.

  • d. As of the date the consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue, the Group is continuingly assessing the possible impact that the application of the above New IFRSs will have on the Group's financial position and operating result, and will disclose the relevant impact when the assessment is complete.

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4. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

On May 14, 2009, the FSC announced the “Framework for the Adoption of IFRSs by the Companies in the ROC.” In this framework, starting 2013, companies with shares listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange or traded on the Taiwan GreTai Securities Market or Emerging Stock Market should prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the IFRS, IAS, IFRIC and SIC (the “IFRSs”) endorsed by the FSC. The Group’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 is its first IFRS consolidated financial statements. The date of transition to IFRSs was January 1, 2012. Refer to Note 39 for the impact of IFRS conversion on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Compliance

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, or other regulations and IFRSs as endorsed by the FSC.

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for financial instruments that are measured at fair values. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.

The opening consolidated balance sheets as of the date of transition to IFRSs were prepared in accordance with IFRS 1 “First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards”. The applicable IFRSs have been applied retrospectively by the Group except for some aspects where IFRS 1 prohibits retrospective application or grants optional exemptions to this general principle. For the exemptions that the Group elected, refer to Note 39.

Classification of Current and Non-current Assets and Liabilities

Current assets include:

  • a. Assets held primarily for the purpose of trading;

  • b. Assets expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; and

  • c. Cash and cash equivalents unless the asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Current liabilities include:

  • a. Liabilities held primarily for the purpose of trading;

  • b. Liabilities due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period, even if an agreement to refinance, or to reschedule payments, on a long-term basis is completed after the reporting period and before the consolidated financial statements are authorized for issue; and

  • c. Liabilities for which the Group does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting period. Terms of a liability that could, at the option of the counterparty, result in its settlement by the issue of equity instruments do not affect its classification.

Assets and liabilities that are not classified as current are classified as non-current.

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The Group engages in the construction business, which has an operating cycle of over one year, the normal operating cycle applies when considering the classification of the Group’s construction-related assets and liabilities.

Basis of Consolidation

  • a. Principles for preparing consolidated financial statements

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and the entities controlled by the Company (i.e. its subsidiaries, including special purpose entities).

Income and expenses of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the period are included in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income from the effective date of acquisition up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate.

When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by the Company.

All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated in full upon consolidation.

Changes in the Group’s ownership interests in existing subsidiaries

Changes in the Group’s ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Group losing control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amounts of the Group’s interests and the non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to the owners of the Company.

When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, a gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss and is calculated as the difference between (i) the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration received and any investment retained in the former subsidiary at its fair value at the date when control is lost and (ii) the assets (including any goodwill) and liabilities and any non-controlling interests of the former subsidiary at their carrying amounts at the date when control is lost. The Group accounts for all amounts recognized in other comprehensive income in relation to that subsidiary on the same basis as would be required if the Group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities.

The fair value of any investment retained in the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost is regarded as the fair value on initial recognition for subsequent accounting under IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement” or, when applicable, the cost on initial recognition of an investment in an associate or a jointly controlled entity.

  • b. The subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements

The detail information of the subsidiaries at the end of reporting period was as follows:

Investor
Investee
Business Nature
TXC Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology International
Limited (TCTI)
Investment holding
TXC Technology, Inc.
Marketing activities
TXC Japan Corporation
Marketing activities
Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK) Limited
(TCT-HK)
Investment holding
Taiwan Crystal Technology
Growing Profits Trading Ltd. (GPT)
International trading
International Limited
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation (NGB)
Manufacture and sales of
electronic products
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (HK) Limited (TXC HK)
International trading
Percentage of Ownersh
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
-
100.00
ip at
January 1,
2012
Note
100.00
1), 12)
100.00
2), 12)
100.00
3), 12)
100.00
7), 12)
100.00
4), 12)
100.00
5), 12)
100.00
6), 12)

(Continued)

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Investor
Investee
Business Nature
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation (Chongqing)
Manufacture and sales of
electronic products
Chongqing All Sun Company Limited
(Chongqing All sun)
Marketing activities
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited (Ningbo
Jingyu)
Purchasing and selling
electronic component
Taiwan Crystal Technology
(HK) Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation (Chongqing)
Manufacture and sales of
electronic products
TXC Europe SRL
Marketing activities
Percentage of Ownersh
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
56.73
40.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
43.27
60.00
-
100.00
ip at
January 1,
2012
Note
30.00
8), 12)
100.00
9), 12)
100.00
10), 12)
70.00
8), 12)
100.00
11), 12)
(Concluded)
  • 1) Taiwan Crystal Technology International Limited was incorporated on December 23, 1998 in Samoa.

  • 2) TXC Technology, Inc. was incorporated on December 1, 2000 in California, U.S.A.

  • 3) TXC Japan Corporation was incorporated on September 13, 2005 in Yokohama, Japan.

  • 4) Growing Profits Limited was incorporated on March 9, 1999 in the British Virgin Islands.

  • 5) TXC (Ningbo) Corporation was incorporated on March 12, 1999 in Ningbo, China.

  • 6) TXC (HK) Limited was incorporated on March 31, 2008 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

  • 7) Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK) Limited was incorporated on July 16, 2010 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

  • 8) TXC (Chongqing) Corporation was incorporated on October 11, 2010 in Chongqing, China.

  • 9) Chongqing All Sun Corporation was incorporated on February 10, 2011 in Chongqing, China.

  • 10) Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited was incorporated on September 7, 2011 in Ningbo, China.

  • 11) TXC Europe SRL was incorporated on November 14, 2011 in Europe and applied for cancellation of registration in 2012. It has received the approval from the government in 2013.

  • 12) Company 1 are immaterial subsidiaries, their financial statements have been audited.

Foreign Currencies

In preparing the financial statements of each individual group entity, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.

At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences on monetary items arising from settlement or translation are recognized in profit or loss in the period.

Non-monetary items measured at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined. Exchange differences arising on the retranslation of non-monetary items are included in profit or loss for the period except for exchange differences arising from the retranslation of non-monetary items in respect of which gains and losses are recognized directly in other comprehensive income, in which case, the exchange differences are also recognized directly in other comprehensive income.

Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

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For the purposes of presenting consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations (including of the subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures or branches operations in other countries or currencies used different with the Company) are translated into New Taiwan dollars using exchange rates prevailing at the end of each reporting period. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Exchange differences arising are recognized in other comprehensive income (attributed to the owners of the Company and non-controlling interests as appropriate).

On the disposal of a foreign operation (i.e. a disposal of the Company’s entire interest in a foreign operation, or a disposal involving loss of control over a subsidiary that includes a foreign operation, a disposal involving loss of joint control over a jointly controlled entity that includes a foreign operation, or a disposal involving loss of significant influence over an associate that includes a foreign operation), all of the exchange differences accumulated in equity in respect of that operation attributable to the owners of the Company are reclassified to profit or loss.

In relation to a partial disposal of a subsidiary that does not result in the Company losing control over the subsidiary, the proportionate share of accumulated exchange differences is re-attributed to non-controlling interests of the subsidiary and is not recognized in profit or loss. For all other partial disposals, the proportionate share of the accumulated exchange differences recognized in other comprehensive income is reclassified to profit or loss.

Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials, supplies, finished goods and work-in-process and are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Inventory write-downs are made by item, except where it may be appropriate to group similar or related items. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price of inventories less all estimated costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale. Inventories are recorded at weighted-average cost on the balance sheet date.

Investment in Associates

An associate is an entity over which the Group has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture.

The results and assets and liabilities of associates are incorporated in these consolidated financial statements using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, an investment in an associate is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Group’s share of the profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the associate. The Group also recognizes the changes in the Group’s share of equity of associates attributable to the Group.

When the Group subscribes for additional new shares of the associate at a percentage different from its existing ownership percentage, the resulting carrying amount of the investment differs from the amount of the Group’s proportionate interest in the associate. The Group records such a difference as an adjustment to investments with the corresponding amount charged or credited to capital surplus. If the Group’s ownership interest is reduced due to the additional subscription of the new shares of associate, the proportionate amount of the gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income in relation to that associate is reclassified to profit or loss on the same basis as would be required if the investee had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. When the adjustment should be debited to capital surplus, but the capital surplus recognized from investments accounted for by the equity method is insufficient, the shortage is debited to retained earnings.

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When the Group’s share of losses of an associate equals or exceeds its interest in that associate (which includes any carrying amount of the investment accounted for by the equity method and long-term interests that, in substance, form part of the Group’s net investment in the associate), the Group discontinues recognizing its share of further losses. Additional losses and liabilities are recognized only to the extent that the Group has incurred legal obligations, or constructive obligations, or made payments on behalf of that associate.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities of an associate recognized at the date of acquisition is recognized as goodwill, which is included within the carrying amount of the investment and is not amortized. Any excess of the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities over the cost of acquisition, after reassessment, is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

The entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount with its carrying amount. Any impairment loss recognized forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

The Group discontinues the use of the equity method from the date on which it ceases to have significant influence. Any retained investment is measured at fair value at that date and the fair value is regarded as its fair value on initial recognition as a financial asset. The difference between the previous carrying amount of the associate attributable to the retained interest and its fair value is included in the determination of the gain or loss on disposal of the associate. The Group accounts for all amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income in relation to that associate on the same basis as would be required if that associate had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities.

When a group entity transacts with its associate, profits and losses resulting from the transactions with the associate are recognized in the Group’ consolidated financial statements only to the extent of interests in the associate that are not related to the Group.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment loss.

Properties in the course of construction for production, supply or administrative purposes are carried at cost, less any recognized impairment loss. Cost includes professional fees and borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. Such properties are depreciated and classified to the appropriate categories of property, plant and equipment when completed and ready for intended use.

Freehold land is not depreciated.

Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method. Each significant part is depreciated separately. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets. Assets are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives using the straight-line method.

Any gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in profit or loss.

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Investment Properties

Investment properties are properties held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation (including property under construction for such purposes). Investment properties also include land held for a currently undetermined future use.

Investment properties are measured initially at cost, including transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment properties are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method.

Investment properties under construction are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Cost includes professional fees and, borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. Depreciation of these assets commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the property is calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is included in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Impairment of Tangible and Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

At the end of each reporting period, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Corporate assets are allocated to the individual cash-generating units on a reasonable and consistent basis of allocation.

Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and intangible assets not yet available for use are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. If the recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is reduced to its recoverable amount.

When an impairment loss is subsequently reversed, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent of the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset or cash-generating unit in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss.

Financial Instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when a group entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

  • a. Financial assets

All regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized and derecognized on a trade date basis/settlement date basis.

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1) Measurement category

Financial assets are classified into the following categories: Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial assets, and loans and receivables.

  • a) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets are classified as at fair value through profit or loss when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset.

Investments in equity instruments under financial assets at fair value through profit or loss that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are subsequently measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in profit or loss.

  • b) Held-to-maturity investments

Commercial paper, corporate bonds, and foreign government bonds, which are above specific credit ratings and the Company has positive intent and ability to hold to maturity, are classified as held-to-maturity investments.

Subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method less any impairment.

  • c) Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated as available-for-sale or are not classified as loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments or financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

Available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale monetary financial assets relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest income calculated using the effective interest method and dividends on available-for-sale equity investments are recognized in profit or loss. Other changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale financial assets are recognized in other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to profit or loss when the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired.

Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Company’s right to receive the dividends is established.

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Available-for-sale equity investments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity investments are measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between carrying amount and fair value is recognized in profit or loss or other comprehensive income on financial assets. Any impairment losses are recognized in profit and loss.

d) Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables (including trade receivables, cash and cash equivalent, debt investments with no active market, and other receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment, except for short-term receivables when the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Cash equivalent includes time deposits and investments with original maturities within three months from the date of acquisition, highly liquid, readily convertible to a known amount of cash and be subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. These cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.

2) Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those at fair value through profit or loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, such as trade receivables and other receivables, assets are assessed for impairment on a collective basis even if they were assessed not to be impaired individually. Objective evidence of impairment for a portfolio of receivables could include the Company’s past experience of collecting payments, an increase in the number of delayed payments in the portfolio past the average credit period of 60 days, as well as observable changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with default on receivables, and other situation.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss recognized is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets measured at amortized cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

For available-for-sale equity investments, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

For all other financial assets, objective evidence of impairment could include significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty, breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments, it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-organization, or the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties.

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When an available-for-sale financial asset is considered to be impaired, cumulative gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss in the period.

In respect of available-for-sale equity securities, impairment loss previously recognized in profit or loss are not reversed through profit or loss. Any increase in fair value subsequent to an impairment loss is recognized in other comprehensive income. In respect of available-for-sale debt securities, the impairment loss is subsequently reversed through profit or loss if an increase in the fair value of the investment can be objectively related to an event occurring after the recognition of the impairment loss.

For financial assets that are carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss will not be reversed in subsequent periods.

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade receivables and other receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. When a trade receivable and other receivables are considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognized in profit or loss except for uncollectible trade receivables and other receivables that are written off against the allowance account.

  • 3) Derecognition of financial assets

The Company derecognizes a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another party.

If the Company neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and continues to control the transferred asset, the Company recognizes its retained interest in the asset and an associated liability for amounts it may have to pay. If the Company retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred financial asset, the Company continues to recognize the financial asset and also recognizes a collateralized borrowing for the proceeds received.

On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss.

On derecognition of a financial asset other than in its entirety, the Company allocates the previous carrying amount of the financial asset between the part it continues to recognize and the part it no longer recognizes on the basis of the relative fair values of those parts on the date of the transfer. The difference between the carrying amount allocated to the part that is no longer recognized and the sum of the consideration received for the part no longer recognized and any cumulative gain or loss allocated to it that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss. A cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is allocated between the part that continues to be recognized and the part that is no longer recognized on the basis of the relative fair values of those parts.

  • b. Equity instruments

Debt and equity instruments issued by the Company are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

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Equity instruments issued by the Company are recognized at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Repurchase of the Company’s own equity instruments is recognized in and deducted directly from equity. No gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss on the purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the Company’s own equity instruments.

  • c. Financial liabilities

1) Subsequent measurement

Except the following situation, all the financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method:

  • a) Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Financial liabilities are classified as at fair value through profit or loss when the financial liability is either held for trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss incorporates any interest or dividend paid on the financial liability. Fair value is determined in the manner described in Note 30.

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss that are obligations to deliver unquoted equity instruments borrowed by a short seller whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are subsequently measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial liabilities carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial liabilities can be reliably measured, the financial liabilities are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in profit or loss.

  • b) Financial guarantee contracts

Financial guarantee contracts issued by the Company are initially measured at their fair values and, if not designated as at fair value through profit or loss, are subsequently measured at the higher of the best estimate of the obligation under the contract or the amount initially recognized less cumulative amortization recognized.

  • c) Commitments to provide a loan at a below-market interest rate

Commitments to provide a loan at a below-market interest rate issued by the Company are initially measured at fair value and, if not designated as at fair value through profit or loss, are subsequently measured at the higher of the best estimate of the obligation under the contract or the amount initially recognized less cumulative amortization recognized.

  • 2) Derecognition of financial liabilities

The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognized in profit or loss.

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d. Convertible bonds

The component parts of compound instruments (convertible bonds) issued by the Group are classified separately as financial liabilities and equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

On initial recognition, the fair value of the liability component is estimated using the prevailing market interest rate for similar non-convertible instruments. This amount is recorded as a liability on an amortized cost basis using the effective interest method until extinguished upon conversion or the instrument’s maturity date. Any embedded derivative liability is measured at fair value.

The conversion option classified as equity is determined by deducting the amount of the liability component from the fair value of the compound instrument as a whole. This is recognized and included in equity, net of income tax effects, and is not subsequently remeasured. In addition, the conversion option classified as equity will remain in equity until the conversion option is exercised, in which case, the balance recognized in equity will be transferred to capital surplus - share premium. When the conversion option remains unexercised at maturity, the balance recognized in equity will be transferred to capital surplus - share premium.

Transaction costs that relate to the issue of the convertible notes are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to the allocation of the gross proceeds. Transaction costs relating to the equity component are recognized directly in equity. Transaction costs relating to the liability component are included in the carrying amount of the liability component.

Convertible bonds issued by the Group that contain both liability and conversion option components are classified separately into respective items on initial recognition. The conversion option that will be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or other financial asset for a fixed number of the Company’s own equity instruments is classified as a conversion option derivative. At the date of issue, both the liability and conversion option components are recognized at fair value.

In subsequent periods, the liability component of the convertible bonds is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The conversion option derivative is measured at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognized in profit or loss.

Transaction costs that relate to the issue of the convertible notes are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to their relative fair values. Transaction costs relating to the conversion option derivative are recognized immediately in profit or loss. Transaction costs relating to the liability component are included in the carrying amount of the liability component.

e. Derivative financial instruments

The Company enters into derivative financial instruments, including foreign exchange forward contracts, to manage its exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks, including.

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value at the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. When the fair value of derivative financial instruments is positive, the derivative is recognized as a financial asset; when the fair value of derivative financial instruments is negative, the derivative is recognized as a financial liability.

Derivatives embedded in non-derivative host contracts are treated as separate derivatives when they meet the definition of a derivative, their risks and characteristics are not closely related to those of the host contracts and the contracts are not measured at fair value through profit or loss.

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Revenue Recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Revenue is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances. Sales returns are recognized at the time of sale provided the seller can reliably estimate future returns and recognizes a liability for returns based on previous experience and other relevant factors.

  • a. Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognized when the goods are delivered and titles have passed, at which time all the following conditions are satisfied:

  • 1) The Group has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;

  • 2) The Group retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;

  • 3) The amount of revenue can be measured reliably;

  • 4) It is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group; and

  • 5) The costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

The Group does not recognize sales revenue on materials delivered to subcontractors because this delivery does not involve a transfer of risks and rewards of materials ownership.

Income from properties developed for sale is recognized when construction is complete, rewards of ownership of the properties are transferred to buyers, and collectability of the related receivables is reasonably assured. Deposits received from sales of properties and installment payments are carried in the consolidated balance sheets under current liabilities.

Sales of goods that result in award credits for customers, under the Group’s award scheme, are accounted for as multiple element revenue transactions and the fair value of the consideration received or receivable is allocated between the goods supplied and the award credits granted. The consideration allocated to the award credits is measured by reference to their fair value, the amount for which the award credits could be sold separately. Such consideration is not recognized as revenue at the time of the initial sale transaction but is deferred and recognized as revenue when the award credits are redeemed and the Group’s obligations have been fulfilled.

  • b. Dividend and interest income

Dividend income from investments is recognized when the shareholder’s right to receive payment has been established provided that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the amount of income can be measured reliably.

Interest income from a financial asset is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the amount of income can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable.

Leasing

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

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a. The Group as lessor

Amounts due from lessees under finance leases are recognized as receivables at the amount of the Group’s net investment in the leases. Finance lease income is allocated to accounting periods so as to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on the Group’s net investment outstanding in respect of the leases.

Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee’s benefit from the use of the leased asset. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Contingent rents arising under operating leases are recognized as income in the period in which they are incurred.

Lease incentives included in the operating lease are recognized as an asset. The aggregate cost of incentives is recognized as a reduction of rental income on a straight-line basis over the lease term unless another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern over which the benefit of the leased asset is diminished.

b. The Group as lessee

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognized as assets of the Group at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the consolidated balance sheets as a finance lease obligation.

Minimum lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognized immediately in profit or loss, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalized in accordance with the Group’s general policy on borrowing costs. Contingent rents are recognized as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed. Contingent rents arising under operating leases are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognized as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognized as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed.

When the Group sales and leasebacks a property, the excess of sales proceeds over the carrying amount resulted from the sale of the property is deferred and amortized over the lease term regardless of operating lease or finance lease. For indefinite lease term, the excess is amortized over 10 years.

Borrowing Costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization.

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Other than stated above, all other borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

Government Grants

Government grants are not recognized until there is reasonable assurance that the Group will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

Government grants are recognized in profit or loss on a systematic basis over the periods in which the Group recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. Specifically, government grants whose primary condition is that the Group should purchase, construct or otherwise acquire non-current assets are recognized as deferred revenue and transferred to profit or loss on a systematic and rational basis over the useful lives of the related assets.

Retirement Benefit Costs

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are recognized as an expense when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

For defined benefit retirement benefit plans, the cost of providing benefits is determined using the Projected Unit Credit Method. All actuarial gains and losses on the defined benefit obligation are recognized immediately in other comprehensive income/Actuarial gains and losses that exceed 10% of the greater of the present value of the Company’s defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets as at the end of the prior year are amortized over the expected average remaining working lives of the participating employees. Past service cost is recognized immediately to the extent that the benefits are already vested, and otherwise is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average period until the benefits become vested.

The retirement benefit obligation recognized in the balance sheets represents the present value of the defined benefit obligation as adjusted for unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and unrecognized past service cost, and as reduced by the fair value of plan assets. Any asset resulting from this calculation is limited to the unrecognized actuarial losses and past service cost, plus the present value of available refunds and reductions in future contributions to the plan.

Curtailment or settlement gains or losses on the defined benefit plan are recognized when the curtailment or settlement occurs.

Other Long-term Employee Benefits

Other long-term employee benefits are accounted for in the same way as the accounting required for post-employment benefits except that all past service cost and actuarial gains and losses are recognized immediately.

Employee Share Options

Employee share options granted to employee

Equity-settled share-based payments to employees and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments at the grant date.

The fair value determined at the grant date of the employee share options is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Company’s estimate of employee share options that will eventually vest, with a corresponding increase in capital surplus - employee share options. The fair value determined at the grant date of the employee share options is recognized as an expense in full at the grate date when the share options granted vest immediately.

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Restricted shares for employees are measured at fair value on the date of grant, with a corresponding increase in capital surplus - restricted shares for employees. If restricted shares for employees are granted for consideration, and should be returned, they are recognized as payables. Dividends paid to employees on the restricted shares that do not need to be returned if employees resign in the vesting period, are recognized as expenses when the dividends are declared with a corresponding adjustment in capital surplus - restricted shares for employees.

At the end of each reporting period, the Company revises its estimate of the number of employee share options expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates is recognized in profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to the capital surplus - employee share options.

Taxation

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

a. Current tax

According to the Income Tax Law, an additional tax at 10% of unappropriated earnings is provided for as income tax in the year the shareholders approve to retain the earnings.

Adjustments of prior years’ tax liabilities are added to or deducted from the current year’s tax provision.

b. Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognized for all [deductible temporary differences, unused loss carry forward and unused tax credits for purchases of machinery, equipment and technology, research and development expenditures, and personnel training expenditures] to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Such deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognized if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. A previously unrecognized deferred tax asset is also reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized to the to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

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Deferred tax liabilities and assets are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realized, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

  • c. Current and deferred tax for the year

Current and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss, except when they relate to items that are recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case, the current and deferred tax are also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively. Where current tax or deferred tax arises from the initial accounting for a business combination, the tax effect is included in the accounting for the business combination.

5. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION AND UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the Group's accounting policies, management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Held-to-maturity Financial Assets

Management has reviewed the Group's held-to-maturity financial assets in light of its capital maintenance and liquidity requirements and has confirmed the Group's positive intention and ability to hold those assets to maturity.

Income Taxes

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the carrying amount of deferred tax assets in relation to unused tax losses was $29,043 thousand, $53,667 thousand and $98,813 thousand, respectively. The realizability of the deferred tax asset mainly depends on whether sufficient future profits or taxable temporary differences will be available. In cases where the actual future profits generated are less than expected, a material reversal of deferred tax assets may arise, which would be recognized in profit or loss for the period in which such a reversal takes place.

Estimated Impairment of Trade Receivables

When there is objective evidence of impairment loss, the Group takes into consideration the estimation of future cash flows. The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. Where the actual future cash flows are less than expected, a material impairment loss may arise.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

As described in Note 31, the Group’s management uses its judgment in selecting an appropriate valuation technique for financial instruments that do not have quoted market price in an active market. Valuation techniques commonly used by market practitioners are applied. For derivative financial instruments, assumptions were based on quoted market rates adjusted for specific features of the instruments. Debt instruments were valued using a discounted cash flow analysis based on assumptions supported, where possible, by observable market prices or rates. The estimation of fair value of listed equity instruments traded in emerging market and unlisted equity instruments was based on the analysis in relation to the financial position and the operation results of investees, recent transaction prices, prices of same equity instruments not quoted in active markets, quoted prices of similar instruments in active markets, valuation multiples of comparable entities, including assumptions not based on unobservable market prices or rates. As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the carrying amount of these equity instruments was $44,510 thousand, $54,997 thousand and $47,200 thousand, respectively. The Group’s management believes that the chosen valuation techniques and assumptions used are appropriate in determining the fair value of financial instruments.

Write-down of Inventory

Net realizable value of inventory is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. The estimation of net realizable value was based on current market conditions and the historical experience of selling products of a similar nature. Changes in market conditions may have a material impact on the estimation of net realizable value.

Recognition and Measurement of Defined Benefit Plans

Accrued pension liabilities and the resulting pension expense under defined benefit pension plans are calculated using the Projected Unit Credit Method. Actuarial assumptions comprise the discount rate, rate of employee turnover, and long-term average future salary increase. Changes in economic circumstances and market conditions will affect these assumptions and may have a material impact on the amount of the expense and the liability.

6. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Cash on hand $ 933 $ 998 $ 1,458
Demand deposits 1,055,240 1,117,484 976,076
Check accounts 20,929 10,270 50,700
Cash equivalents
Time deposits with original maturities less than
three 262,434 94,995 140,000
Repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds 490,000 347,000 43,000
$ 1,829,536 $ 1,570,747 $ 1,211,234
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The market rate intervals of cash in bank repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds at the end of the reporting period were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Deposits in banks 0.02%-3.40% 0.02%-3.10% 0.02%-1.23%
Repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds 0.68%-0.71% 0.80%-0.825%
0.76%

Cash equivalents include time deposits and repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds, that have a maturity of three or less from the date of acquisition, are readily convertible to a known amount of cash, and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value; these were held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.

As of December 31, 2013, the carrying amounts of time deposits with original maturities of over three months were $24,443 thousand, which were classified as other financial assets.

7. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

December December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Financial assets held for trading
Derivative financial instruments (not under hedge
accounting)
Forward exchange contracts $ 860 $ - $ 3,318
Non-derivative financial assets mutual funds 444,947 - -
Non-derivative financial assets
Convertible bonds - - 3,922
$ 445,807 $ - $ 7,240
Current $ 445,807 $ - $ 7,240
Noncurrent - - -
$ 445,807 $ - $ 7,240
Financial liabilities held for trading
Derivative financial instruments (not under hedge
accounting)
Forward exchange contracts $ 17,329 $ 26,907 $ 7,758

Outstanding forward exchange contracts consisted of the following:

Contract Amount
Currency Maturity Date (In Thousands)
December 31, 2013
Sell USD/NTD 2014.01.24-2014.03.03 USD13,000/NTD383,792
Sell USD/JPY 2014.01.14-2014.03.10 USD17,000/JPY1,733,929
Sell USD/RMB 2014.01.10-2014.06.26 USD20,100/RMB122,736
(Continued)
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Contract Amount (In Thousands)

Contract Amount
Currency Maturity Date (In Thousands)
December 31, 2012
Sell USD/NTD 2013.01.02-2013.03.26 USD24,500/NTD714,837
Sell USD/JPY 2013.01.04-2013.03.05 USD19,000/JPY1,561,562
Buy JPY/NTD 2013.01.10-2013.02.20 JPY160,000/NTD58,484
Sell USD/RMB 2013.01.30-2013.04.26 USD17,500/RMB110,115
January 1, 2012
Sell USD/NTD 2012.01.03-2012.04.09 USD55,000/NTD1,656,290
Sell USD/JPY 2012.01.04-2012.03.09 USD21,000/JPY1,629,455
Sell NTD/JPY 2012.01.04-2012.02.06 NTD141,889/JPY360,000
Sell USD/RMB 2012.01.05-2012.05.29 USD23,000/RMB146,059
(Concluded)

The Group entered into cross-currency swap contracts during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 to manage exposures due to exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. However, those contracts did not meet the criteria of hedge effectiveness and therefore were not accounted for by using hedge accounting.

As of December 31, 2012, the Group holds 3-year convertible cooperate bonds issued by Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. with a coupon rate of 0%.

8. AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Domestic investments
Current
Mutual funds $ 49,414 $ 46,895 $ 71,867
Noncurrent
Listed shares and emerging market shares $ 44,510 $ 54,997 $ 47,200

The Group’s designated emerging market shares originally recognized as financial assets measured at cost, amounted to $47,200 thousand. Those shares were recognized as available-for-sale financial assets as of January 1, 2012, the transition date to IFRS (Note 39). Refer to Note 31 for the determination of fair values of those shares and other available-for-sale financial assets.

The future cash flow of Shin Kong China Growth Fund this investment has declined. As of December 31, 2013, the Group recognized the loss of impairment amounted to $21,072 thousand.

9. HELD-TO-MATURITY FINANCIAL ASSETS

December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Noncurrent
Corporate bonds - Chinatrust $ 47,840 $ - $ -
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In 2013, the Group bought 3-year bank debentures issued by Chinatrust with a coupon rate of 2.9% and an effective interest rate of 2.9%.

10. FINANCIAL ASSETS MEASURED AT COST

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Domestic unlisted common shares $ 101,000 $ 101,000 $ 101,000
Overseas unlisted common shares 46,478 46,478 46,478
Overseas unlisted professed shares 50,767 50,767
50,767
$ 198,245 $ 198,245 $ 198,245

Management believed that the above unlisted equity investments held by the Group, whose fair value cannot be reliably measured due to the range of reasonable fair value estimates was so significant; therefore they were measured at cost less impairment at the end of reporting period.

As stated in Note 8, the Group designated partial emerging market shares originally recognized as financial assets measured at cost leas impairment ($47,200 thousand, as available-for-sale financial assets as of January 1, 2012.)

11. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Time deposits with original maturity more than 3
months $ 24,443 $ - $ -

The market interest rates of the time deposits with original maturity more than 3 months were 3.2% per annum from January 1 to December 31, 2013.

12. NOTES, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

December December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Notes receivable
Notes receivable - operating $ 20,527 $ 17,223 $ 30,978
Notes receivable - non-operating - - -
Less: Allowance for impairment loss (6) (3) (33)
$ 20,521 $ 17,220 $ 30,945
(Continued)
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December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable $ 2,654,332 $ 3,474,882 $ 3,121,283
Accounts receivable - related parties 9,473 10,551 6,183
2,663,805 3,485,433 3,127,466
Less: Allowance for impairment loss (17,930) (21,029) (24,363)
Less: Allowance for impairment loss - related
parties (57) (85) (31)
$ 2,645,818 $ 3,464,319 $ 3,103,072
Other receivables
Income tax refund receivable $ 25,353 $ 42,090 $ 19,374
Equipment payment receivable 33,469 - 16,933
Others 22,441 27,307 16,763
$ 81,263 $ 69,397 $ 53,070
(Concluded)

The average credit period on sales of goods was 60 to 120 days. No interest was charged on trade receivables. In determining the recoverability of a trade receivable, the Group considered any change in the credit quality of the trade receivable since the date credit was initially granted to the end of the reporting period. Historical experience shows that the Group recognized an allowance in accordance with the proportion of accounts receivable of each customers.

Of the trade receivables balance (see below for aged analysis) that are past due and had been evaluated impairment loss at the end of the reporting period. The trade receivable which the Group had not recognized an allowance for impairment loss, because there had not been a significant change in credit quality and the amounts were still considered recoverable. The Group did not hold any collateral or other credit enhancements over these balances nor did it have a legal right to offset against any amounts owed by the Group to the counterparty.

Age of receivables that are past due and had been evaluated impairment was as follow:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
31-60 days $ 13,752 $ 27,794 $ 20,309
61-90 days 192 5,269 11,389
91-365 days - 3,049 721
$ 13,944 $ 36,112 $ 32,419

Above analysis was based on the past due date.

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Movement in the allowance for impairment loss recognized on notes receivable and trade receivables were as follow:

Balance, beginning of period
Add (deduct): Provision for (reversal of) doubtful accounts
Deduct: Amounts written off
Currency exchange difference
Balance, end of period
Balance, beginning of period
Add (deduct): Provision for (reversal of) doubtful accounts
Deduct: Amounts written off
Currency exchange difference
Balance, end of period
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
Notes
Receivable
Notes
Receivable
$ 3
$ 33
3
(30)
-
-

-

-
$ 6
$ 3
For the Year Ended December 31
2012
2013
Trades
Receivable
$ 21,114
703
(3,925)
95
$ 17,987
2012
Trades
Receivable
$ 24,394
(2,915)
(193)

(172)
$ 21,114

13. INVENTORIES

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Finished goods $ 373,430 $ 373,686 $ 404,539
Work in process 315,908 297,817 191,649
Raw materials 233,073 236,125 221,584
Supplies and spare parts 43,819 53,017 56,312
Merchandise 470,683 315,482 285,952
Land to be development 216,000 200,435 -
$ 1,652,913 $ 1,476,562 $ 1,160,036

Prepayment for land purchases is the payment made by Chongqing All Sum to acquire the land use right in Chongqing Gao-Shing District to develop and sell real estate. Chongqing All Sum has acquired real estate certificate issued by Chongqing Association of land and real estate resources during 2013. The land has not been constructed yet as of December 31, 2013.

The cost of inventories recognized as cost of goods sold in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 included $7,309,553 thousand and $8,420,200 thousand, respectively, which include $7,912 thousand and $21,885 thousand, respectively, due to write-downs of inventories.

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14. INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING EQUITY METHOD

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Investments in associates $ 61,747 $ 45,950 $ 48,657
Investments in Associates
December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unlisted companies
TSE Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. $ 61,747 $ 45,950 $ 48,657

As the end of the reporting period, the proportion of ownership and voting rights in associates held by the Group were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
Name of Associate 2013 2012 January 1, 2012
TSE Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. 23% 23% 23%

The summarized financial information in respect of the Group’s associates was set out below:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Total assets $ 331,113 $ 233,506 $ 254,210
Total liabilities $ 79,487 $ 49,813 $ 59,263
2013 2012
Revenue $ 341,640 $ 235,945
Net income for the period $ 58,460 $ 40,772
Other comprehensive income $ - $ -

In December 31, 2013, the equity-method investees’ financial statements, which had been used to determine the carrying amount of the Group’s investments share of profit and other comprehensive income of associates, had been audited.

15. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Carrying amounts of each class of
Freehold land $ 598,145 $ 598,145 $ 598,145
Land improvements 23 48 73
Buildings 1,805,910 1,652,800 1,743,778
Machinery and equipment 3,026,400 2,916,308 3,142,687
Transportation equipment 4,758 6,267 5,512
Office equipment 72,828 67,012 63,898
Construction in progress - 306,248 5,990
$ 5,508,064 $ 5,546,828 $ 5,560,083
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Cost

Balance at January 1, 2012

Additions
Disposals
Reclassification
Effect of foreign currency exchange
differences
Fire loss
Transfer to investment property

Balance at December 31, 2012


Accumulated depreciation and
impairment

Balance at January 1, 2012

Disposals
Depreciation expenses
Reclassification
Transfer from investment property
Fire loss
Allowance for impairment
Effect of foreign currency exchange
differences

Balance at December 31, 2012

Carrying value at January 1, 2012

Carrying value at December 31, 2012
Cost


Balance at January 1, 2013

Additions
Disposals
Effect of foreign currency exchange
differences
Transfer from investment property
Reclassification
Government grant

Balance at December 31, 2013

Accumulated depreciation and
impairment

Balance at January 1, 2013

Disposals
Depreciation expenses
Transfer from investment property
Allowance for impairment
Effect of foreign currency exchange
differences

Balance at December 31, 2013

Carrying value at December 31, 2013
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013















Freehold Land
Land
Improvements
$ 598,145
$ 593

-
-
-
-
-
(442 )

-

-

$ 598,145
$ 151

$ -
$ 520

-
-
-
25
-
(442 )
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-

$ -
$ 103

$ 598,145
$ 73

$ 598,145
$ 48

$ 598,145
$ 151

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-

$ 598,145
$ 151

$ -
$ 103

-
-
-
25
-
-
-
-

-

-

$ -
$ 128

$ 598,145
$ 23
Buildings
Machinery and
Equipment
Transportation
Equipment
$ 2,221,785
$ 6,610,818
$ 16,172

71,707
576,139
3,405
(13,488 )
(183,954 )
(2,867 )
(128,481 )
(1,850,712 )
(2,557 )
(17,234 )
(77,844 )
(375 )
(62,447 )
(4,909 )
-

(3,813)

-

-

$ 2,068,029
$ 5,069,538
$ 13,778

$ 478,007
$ 3,468,131
$ 10,660

(13,488 )
(155,931 )
(2,467 )
111,651
703,353
2,099
(130,575 )
(1,849,952 )
(2,557 )
2,432
-
-
(29,467 )
(3,199 )
-
-
22,430
-

(3,331)

(31,602)

(224)

$ 415,229
$ 2,153,230
$ 7,511

$ 1,743,778
$ 3,142,687
$ 5,512

$ 1,652,800
$ 2,916,308
$ 6,267

$ 2,068,029
$ 5,069,798
$ 13,778

5,144
778,167
390
-
(230,241 )
-
37,309
140,020
648
2,361
-
-
240,825
173,197
-

-

(134,274)

-

$ 2,353,668
$ 5,796,667
$ 14,816

$ 415,229
$ 2,153,230
$ 7,511

-
(173,350 )
-
124,713
723,697
2,158
429
-
-
-
875
-

7,387

65,815

389

$ 547,758
$ 2,770,267
$ 10,058

$ 1,805,910
$ 3,026,400
$ 4,758
Office
Equipment
$ 225,429

36,460
(3,970 )
(65,261 )
(3,007 )
(1,008 )

-

$ 188,643

$ 161,531

(3,601 )
31,847
(65,035 )
-
(902 )
-

(2,209)

$ 121,631

$ 63,898

$ 67,012

$ 188,746

36,736
(4,003 )
4,276
-
-

-

$ 225,755

$ 121,631

(3,583 )
32,520
-
-

2,359

$ 152,927

$ 72,828
Property in
Construction
$ 5,990

302,549

-

(2,239 )


(52 )

-

-

$ 306,248

$ -


-
-

-

-

-
-

-

$ -

$ 5,990

$ 306,248

$ 306,248

77,037

-
1,509
-
(384,794 )

-

$ -

$ -


-
-
-
-

-

$ -

$ -
Total
$ 9,678,932
990,260
(204,279 )
(2,049,692 )
(98,512 )
(68,364 )

(3,813)
$ 8,244,532
$ 4,118,849
(175,487 )
848,975
(2,048,561 )
2,432
(33,568 )
22,430

(37,366)
$ 2,697,704
$ 5,660,083
$ 5,546,828
$ 8,244,895
897,474
(234,244 )
183,762
2,361
29,228

(134,274)
$ 8,989,202
$ 2,697,704
(176,933 )
883,113
429
875

75,950
$ 3,481,138
$ 5,508,064

For the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, the Company recognized impairment loss of $875 thousand and 22,430 thousand related to property, plant and equipment of the foundry reportable segment respectively since this loss was attributable to greater than anticipated wear and tear.

The above items of property, plant and equipment were depreciated on a straight-line basis at the following rates per annum:

Land improvements 6 years
Buildings
Industrial building 35-61 years
Electrical power systems 4-10 years
Engineering systems 1-17 years
Equipment
Major production equipments 1-15 years
Temperature control systems 4-7 years
Transportation equipments 4-7 years
Transportation equipments 3-8 years
Office equipment 2-6 years
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The major component parts of the buildings held by the Group included (plants, electro-powering machinery and engineering systems, etc.), which were depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Refer to Note 33 for the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment that had been pledged by the Group to secure borrowings/general banking facilities granted to the Group.

16. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Completed investment property $ 55,693 $ 58,553 $ 56,926
Completed
Investment
Property
Cost
Balance at January 1, 2012 $ 74,937
Transferred to property, plant and equipment 3,813
Effect of foreign currency exchange differences (1699)
Balance at December 31, 2012 $ 77,051
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at January 1, 2012 $ (18,011)
Transferred to property, plant and equipment 2,432
Depreciation expense (3,243)
Effect of foreign currency exchange differences 324
Balance at December 31, 2012 $ (18,498)
Cost
Balance at January 1, 2013 $ 77,051
Transferred to property, plant and equipment (2,361)
Effect of foreign currency exchange differences 3,010
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ 77,700
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at January 1, 2013 $ (18,498)
Transferred to property, plant and equipment 429
Depreciation expense (3,214)
Effect of foreign currency exchange differences (724)
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ (22,007)

The investment properties held by the Group were depreciated over their useful lives of 6-61 years, using the straight-line method.

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The fair value of the Group’s investment properties as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 was $131,588 thousand and $91,779 thousand, respectively. The fair value valuation had not been performed by independent qualified professional valuers; however, management of the Group used the valuation model that market participants would use in determining the fair value the valuation was arrived at by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.

All of the Group’s investment property was held under freehold interests. The carrying amount of the investment properties that had been pledged by the Group to secure borrowings/general banking facilities granted to the Group were reflected in Note 33.

17. PREPAYMENTS FOR LEASE

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current asset (included in prepaid rent line item) $ 2,538 $ 2,427 $ 406
Non-current asset 115,225 112,597 117,124
$ 117,763 $ 115,024 $ 117,530

As of December 31, 2103, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, prepaid lease payments include land use right, which are located in Mainland China.

The carrying amount of the land use right certificates that had been pledged by the Group to secure borrowings/general banking facilities granted to the Group were reflected in Note 33.

18. OTHER ASSETS

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Prepaid expenses $
8,421
$ 11,888 $ 22,860
Overpaid sales tax 76,703 43,624 17,137
Others 12,251
11,231

14,982
$ 97,375 $ 66,743 $ 54,979
Noncurrent
Long-term prepayments $ 48,126 $ 44,207 $ 53,910

19. BORROWINGS

a. Short-term borrowings

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Secured borrowings(Note 33)
Bank loans (1) $ 153,000 $ 43,483 $ -

(Continued)

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December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unsecured borrowings
Line of credit borrowings (2) $ 461,770 $ 111,934 $
66,204
Letters of credit (3)
92,498

135,332
294,419

554,268

247,266
360,623
$ 707,268 $ 290,749 $ 360,623
(Concluded)
  • 1) The short-term secured borrowings interest rate on the bank loans was 2.138%-2.737% per annum (December 31, 2012: 0.0611%-0.616% per annum, January 1, 2012: 1.58%-1.867% per annum).

  • 2) The weighted average effective interest rate on the bank loans was 1.1%-2.342% per annum. (December 31, 2012: 0.96%-2.23% per annum, January 1, 2012: 0.6%-1.25% per annum).

  • 3) The letters of credit interest rate on the bank loans was 0.96%-1.903% annum (December 31, 2012: 0.96%-1.024%. January 1, 2012: 0.92%-1.329%).

  • b. Long-term borrowings

December 31,
December 31,

December 31,

December 31,
2013 2012
January 1, 2012
Secured borrowings(Note 33)
Bank loans (1) $ 737,500 $ 1,486,438
$ 1,214,188
Unsecured borrowings
Bank loans 639,415 532,205 357,465
Less: Current portion
(489,415)
(493,006)

(273,185)
Long-term borrowings: Non-current $ 887,500 $ 1,525,637
$ 1,298,468
The borrowings of the Group were as follows:
December 31,
December 31,
January 1,
Maturity Date 2013 2012 2012
Floating rate borrowings
Secured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2013.07.24
$ - $ 43,688 $
101,938
Secured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2013.07.24 - 5,250 12,250
Secured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2016.08.17 212,500 562,500 600,000
Secured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2016.10.13 275,000 500,000 -
Secured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2015.10.28 250,000 375,000 500,000
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2014.08.20 - 100,000 -
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2014.06.15 - 100,000 100,000
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2015.01.15 - 200,000 -
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2015.01.15 200,000 - -
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2015.09.06 150,000 - -
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in NT$ 2015.11.06 200,000 - -
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in US$ 2014.02.27 59,610 58,758 60,580
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in US$ 2014.02.27 29,805 29,379 30,290
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in US$ 2013.12.19 - 44,068 90,870
Unsecured bank borrowing denominated in US$ 2014.03.31 - - 75,725
Less: Current portion (489,415) (493,006) (273,185)
$ 887,500 $ 1,525,637 $ 1,298,468
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The range of effective interest rate of Group’s was as follow:

2013 2012
Effective interest rate
Floating rate 1.10%-1.836%
1.10%-1.79%

20. BONDS PAYABLE

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unsecured domestic convertible bonds $ 800,000 $ 556,100 $ 799,400
Less: Discount on bonds payable (34,663) (21) (10,033)
Less: Current portion - (556,079)
-
$ 765,337 $ - $ 789,367

On January 25, 2013, the Corporation issued forth unsecured domestic convertible bonds with an aggregate value of $800,000 thousand to pay off borrowings and purchase equipment.

Other details of the bond issuance are summarized as follows:

  • a. Issue date: January 25, 2013.

  • b. Total issue amount: $800,000 thousand.

  • c. Issue price: 100%.

  • d. Par value: $100 thousand.

  • e. Coupon rate: 0%.

  • f. Repayment term: The bonds are repayable on January 25, 2016 upon the maturity of the bonds.

  • g. Conversion right: Holder can request for conversion of the bonds to the Corporation’s common stock.

  • h. Conversion period: From February 26, 2013 to January 15, 2016.

  • i. Conversion price: The original conversion price per share is $46.5. The conversion price is subject to adjustment based on a certain formula if there are changes in outstanding shares or execution of conversion below market price.

  • j. Redemption of bonds

  • 1) Redemption on the maturity date: On the maturity date, the Corporation will redeem the bonds of the principal amounts.

  • 2) Early redemption on the maturity date:

    • a) During the period of time between one month after issuance and the 40th day before maturity, if the closing price of the Corporation’s shares reaches 30% of the conversion price for 30 consecutive trading days, the Corporation may redeem the remaining bonds at a price of their book value.
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  • b) During the period of time between one month after issuance and the 40th day before maturity, when over 90% of the bonds had been redeemed, bought back or converted, the Corporation may redeem the remaining bonds at a price of their book value.

  • k. Converted bond: As of December 31, 2013, there is no bonds had been converted into common stocks.

The convertible bonds contain both liability and equity components. The equity component was presented in equity under the heading of capital surplus - option. The effective interest rate of the liability component was 1.5% per annum on initial recognition.

Proceeds from issue

Liability component at the date of issue
Embedded derivatives (less transaction costs allocated to the financial liabilities of
$2 thousand)
Equity component (less transaction costs allocated to the equity component of $288
thousand)
Bonds converted into common stock
Interest expenses calculated by effective interest rate

Liability component at December 31, 2013
$ 800,000
(5,001)
318
(45,632)
-
15,652
$ 765,337

Movements of the conversion option derivative instrument in the current period were as follows:

The Conversion
Option
Derivative
Instrument
Issued date $ 318
Fair value changes loss
(318)
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ -

21. NOTES PAYABLE AND TRADE PAYABLES

December December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Notes payable
Notes payable - operating $ - $ - $ 73,714
Trade payables
Trade payables - operating $ 886,627 $ 1,415,403 $ 1,197,496

The average credit period on purchases of certain goods was 2-3 months. The Group has financial risk management policies in place to ensure that all payables are paid within the pre-agreed credit terms.

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22. OTHER LIABILITIES

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Other payables
Bonus to employees, directors and supervisors $ 117,831 $ 144,759 $ 132,203
Commission 69,842 71,305 70,888
Salaries 67,397 69,223 55,266
Bonus 193,454 120,448 189,302
Payables for annual leave 21,186 19,535 18,588
Others 125,249 113,623 165,218
$ 594,959 $ 538,893 $ 631,465
Other liabilities
Construction receipt payable $ 16,442 $ 37,511 $ 8,604
Receipts under custody 4,259 12,264 7,961
Others 26,267 20,454 21,578
$ 46,968 $ 70,229 $ 38,143
Non-current
Refundable deposit (Note 29) $ 29,418 $ 27,891 $ 12,340

23. RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

a. Defined contribution plans

The plan under the Labor Pension Act (the “Act”) is deemed a defined contribution plan. Taiwan Crystal Technology International Limited has made monthly contributions equal to 6% of each employee’s monthly salary to employees’ pension accounts. Furthermore, TXC (Ninbo) Corporation and TXC (Chongqing) Corporation also make monthly contributions at certain percentages of the basic salary of their employees.

b. Defined benefit plans

Tawian Crystal Technology International Limited has defined benefit plans under the Labor Standards Law that provide benefits based on an employee’s length of service and average monthly salary for the six-month period prior to retirement. The aforementioned companies contribute an amount equal to 4% of salaries paid each month to their respective pension funds (the Funds), which are administered by the Labor Pension Fund Supervisory Committee (the Committee) and deposited in the Committee’s name in the Bank of Taiwan.

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The actuarial valuations of plan assets and the present value of the defined benefit obligation were carried out by qualified actuaries. The principal assumptions of the actuarial valuation were as follows:

Discount rate
Future salary rate increase
Expected rate of return on plan assets
Measurement Date
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
1.750%
1.375%
1.500%
2.000%
1.875%
2.000%
2.000%
2.000%
2.000%

The assessment of the overall expected rate of return was based on historical return trends and analysts’ predictions of the market for the asset over the life of the related obligations, by reference to the aforementioned use of the plan assets and the impact of the related minimum return.

The pension costs of the defined benefit plans recognized in profit or loss were as follows:

Current service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Past service cost
Years Ended December 31 Years Ended December 31


2013
$ 2,185

1,049
(906)

-

$ 2,328
2012
$ 2,004
982
(835)

173
$ 2,324

The pension costs of the aforementioned defined benefit plans were recognized in profit or loss by the following categories:

Cost of goods sold
General and administrative expenses
Marketing expenses
Research and development expenses
Years Ended December 31 Years Ended December 31

2013
$ 1,086

481
286
475

$ 2,328
2012
$ 1,175
447
279

423
$ 2,324

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the pre-tax actuarial loss recognized in other comprehensive income were 10,164 thousand and 10,026 thousand, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the pre-tax accumulated actuarial loss recognized in other comprehensive income were 20,190 thousand and 10,026 thousand, respectively.

The amounts arising from the defined benefit obligation of the Company in the consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Present value of defined benefit obligation $ (94,533) $ (83,975) $ (71,529)
Fair value of plan assets
60,370

52,553

45,938
Accrued pension cost $ (34,163) $ (31,422) $ (25,591)
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Movements in the present value of the defined benefit obligation were as follows:

Balance, beginning of year
Current service cost
Interest cost
Actuarial loss
Past service cost
Benefits paid
Balance, end of year
Years Ended December 31 Years Ended December 31

2013
$ 83,975

2,185
1,049
9,946
-
(2,622)

$ 94,533
2012
$ 71,529
2,004
982
9,662
173

(375)
$ 83,975

Movements in the fair value of the plan assets were as follows:

Balance, beginning of year
Expected return on plan assets
Actuarial loss
Contributions from employer
Benefits paid
Balance, end of year
Years Ended December 31 Years Ended December 31

2013
$ 52,553

906
(218)
9,751
(2,622)

$ 60,370
2012
$ 45,938
835
(364)
6,519

(375)
$ 52,553

The percentage of the fair value of the plan assets by major categories at the end of reporting period was as follows:

Fair Value of Plan Assets (%) Value of Plan Assets (%) Value of Plan Assets (%)
December 31, December 31, January 1,
2013 2012 2012
Cash 22.86% 23.39% 23.87%
Equity instruments 44.77% 38.29% 40.75%
Debt instruments 31.58% 37.58% 35.38%
Other 0.79% 0.74% -
100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
The Company elects to disclose the historical information of experience adjustments from the adoption
of Taiwan-IFRSs, which is as follows:
December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Present value of defined benefit obligation $ (94,533) $ (83,975) $ (71,529)
Fair value of plan assets $ 60,370 $ 52,553 $ 45,938
Profit $ (34,163) $ (31,422) $ (25,591)
Experience adjustments on plan liabilities $ (10,709) $ (9,622) $
-
Experience adjustments on plan assets $
(218)
$
(364)
$
-

The Company elects to disclose the historical information of experience adjustments from the adoption of Taiwan-IFRSs, which is as follows:

The Group expects to make a contribution of $9,751 thousand and $6,519 thousand, respectively to the defined benefit plans during the annual period beginning after 2013 and 2012.

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24. EQUITY

  • a. Capital stock

Ordinary shares

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Numbers of shares authorized (in thousands)
500,000

500,000

400,000
Shares authorized $ 5,000,000 $ 5,000,000 $ 4,000,000
Number of shares issued and fully paid (in
thousands)
309,757

309,757

302,242
Shares issued $ 3,097,570 $ 3,097,570 $ 3,022,423

Fully paid ordinary shares, which have a par value of $10, carry one vote per share and carry a right to dividends.

50,000 thousand shares and 20,000 thousand shares of the Company’s shares authorized were reserved for the issuance of convertible bonds and employee share options.

As of December 31, 2012, exercised stock options in the amount of $24,460 thousand and convertible bonds in the amount of $50,687 thousand have not been registered; therefore, they are classified into advance receipts for common stock - certificates on bond-to-stock conversion. As of January 17, 2013, the registration has been approved by Department of Commence of Ministry of Economic.

b. Capital surplus

A reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and at the end of years ended 2013 and 2012, for each class of capital surplus was as follows:

Balance at January 1, 2012

Arising from conversion of
bonds

Arising from employee share
options


Balance at December 31, 2012

Balance at January 1, 2013

Recognition of option premium
on issue of convertible bonds

Balance at December 31, 2013
Share
Premium
Employee
Share Options
$ 325,830
$ 217,947

-
-

-

67,999

$ 325,830
$ 285,946

$ 325,830
$ 285,946


-

-

$ 325,830
$ 285,946
Share
Warrants
$ 39,884

(12,139)

-

$ 27,745

$ 27,745


-

$ 27,745
Bonds
Conversion
Premium
$ 772,417

204,611

-

$ 977,028

$ 977,028


45,632

$ 1,022,660
Total
$ 1,356,078
192,472

67,999
$ 1,616,549

$ 1,616,549

45,632
$ 1,662,181

The premium from shares issued in excess of par (share premium from issuance of common shares, conversion of bonds and treasury share transactions) and donations may be used to offset a deficit; in addition, when the Company has no deficit, such capital surplus may be distributed as cash dividends or transferred to capital (limited to a certain percentage of the Company’s capital surplus and once a year).

The capital surplus from long-term investments, employee share options and share warrants may not be used for any purpose.

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  • c. Retained earnings and dividend policy

Appropriation of earnings and dividend policy

Under the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation should appropriate 10% of its net income less any prior years’ deficit as legal reserve. The remaining amount may be fully retained or partially retained and partially distributed for dividends, upon the stockholders’ approval, according to the following percentages.

  • 1) Employee bonus - not less than 3%.

  • 2) Directors and supervisors’ remuneration - not more than 2%.

  • 3) Stock bonuses to employees include subsidiaries’ employees who meet certain criteria set by the stockholders’ meetings.

Dividends are recommended by the board of directors in accordance with the Corporation’s dividend policy. Under this policy, industry trend and growth should be evaluated, investment opportunities should be fully understood, and proper capital adequacy ratios should be considered in determining the dividend to be distributed. In addition, cash dividends should not be less than 20% of the total dividends to be appropriated.

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the bonus to employees was $100,998 thousand and $124,079 thousand, respectively, and the remuneration to directors and supervisors was $16,833 thousand and $20,680 thousand, respectively. The bonus to employees and remuneration to directors and supervisors represented 12% and 2%, respectively, of net income (net of the bonus and remuneration). Material differences between such estimated amounts and the amounts proposed by the Board of Directors in the following year are adjusted for in the current year. If the actual amounts subsequently resolved by the stockholders differ from the proposed amounts, the differences are recorded in the year of stockholders’ resolution as a change in accounting estimate. If a share bonus is resolved to be distributed to employees, the number of shares is determined by dividing the amount of the share bonus by the closing price (after considering the effect of cash and stock dividends) of the shares of the day immediately preceding the stockholders’ meeting.

Under Rule No. 100116 and Rule No. 0950000507 issued by the FSC, an amount equal to the net debit balance of certain shareholders’ equity accounts (including unrealized revaluation increment, unrealized gain or loss on financial instruments, net loss not recognized as pension cost, cumulative translation adjustments) shall be transferred from unappropriated earnings to a special reserve before any appropriation of earnings generated before January 1, 2012 shall be made. Any special reserve appropriated may be reversed to the extent of the decrease in the net debit balance.

Under Rule No. 1010012865 issued by the FSC on April 6, 2012 and the directive titled “Questions and Answers for Special Reserves Appropriated Following Adoption of IFRSs”, on the first-time adoption of IFRSs, a company should appropriate to a special reserve of an amount that was the same as these of unrealized revaluation increment and cumulative translation differences (gains) transferred to retained earnings as a result of the Company’s use of exemptions under IFRS 1. However, at the date of transitions to IFRSs, if the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments is not sufficient for this appropriation, only the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments will be appropriated to special reserve. The special reserve appropriated as above may be reversed in proportion to the usage, disposal or reclassification of the related assets and thereafter distributed. The special reserve appropriated on the first-time adoption of IFRSs may be used to offset deficits in subsequent years. No appropriation of earnings shall be made until any shortage of the aforementioned special reserve is appropriated in subsequent years if the Company has earnings and the original need to appropriate a special reserve is not eliminated.

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Appropriation of earnings to legal reserve shall be made until the legal reserve equals the Company’s capital surplus. Legal reserve may be used to offset deficit. If the Company has no deficit and the legal reserve has exceeded 25% of the Company’s capital surplus, the excess may be transferred to capital or distributed in cash.

Except for non-ROC resident shareholders, all shareholders receiving the dividends are allowed a tax credit equal to their proportionate share of the income tax paid by the Company.

The appropriations of earnings for 2012 and 2011 had been approved in the shareholders’ meetings on June 19, 2013 and June 13, 2012, respectively. The appropriations and dividends per share were as follows:

Legal reserve
Cash dividends
Appropriation of Earnings
For Fiscal
For Fiscal

Year 2012
Year 2011

$ 114,889
$ 105,021

681,465
664,934
Dividends Per Share
(NT$)
For Fiscal
For Fiscal
Year 2012
Year 2011
$ -
$ -
2.2
2.2

The bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors and supervisors for 2012 and 2011 approved in the shareholders’ meetings on June 19, 2013 and June 13, 2012, respectively, were as follows:

The appropriations of earnings for 2012 were proposed according to the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2012, which were prepared in accordance with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards, and by reference to the balance sheet for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers (revised) and International Financial Reporting Standards. Thus, they are still subject to the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting to be held on June 19, 2013.

There were no differences between the approved amounts of the bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors and supervisors were primarily due to changes in estimates had been adjusted in profit and loss for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The TXC’s shareholders also resolved to issue cash dividends and bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors in the shareholders’ meeting on June 15 , 2014.

Information on the bonus to employees, directors and supervisors proposed by the Company’s board of directors is available on the Market Observation Post System website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

d. Special reserves appropriated following first-time adoption of IFRSs

The Company’s special reserves appropriated following first-time adoption of IFRSs were as follows:

December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Special reserve $ 222,793 $ - $ -

The increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments was not enough for this appropriation; therefore, the Company appropriated to the special reserve an amount of $222,793 thousand, the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments on transitions to IFRSs.

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25. NET PROFIT (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

Net profit (loss) from continuing operations had been arrived at after charging (crediting)

  • a. Other income
Interest income
Income from government grants
Dividends income
Others
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ 13,887

22,563
1,035

54,485

$ 91,970
2012
$ 14,195
9,709
3,954

66,007
$ 93,865
  • b. Other gains and losses
Gain/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Gain on disposal of investment
Net gain/(loss) arising on financial assets designated as at
FVTPL
Foreign exchange gains/(losses)
Impairment loss on financial assets
Property, plant and equipment impairment loss
Other expense
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ 1,264

6,368
2,714

69,475
(21,072)
(875)

(6,849)

$ 51,025
2012
$ (849)
1,094
(26,747)
51,912
-
(22,430)
(25,690)
$ (22,710)

c. Impairment loss on financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets
Finance costs
Interest on bank loans
Interest on convertible bonds
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
$ (21,072)
$ -
For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ (30,157)

(15,673)

$ (45,830)
2012
$ (25,684)

(9,871)
$ (35,555)

d. Finance costs

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e. Depreciation and amortization

Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Others
An analysis of deprecation by function
Operating costs
Operating expenses
An analysis of amortization by function
Operating costs
Operating expenses
f. Employee benefits expense
Post-employment benefits (see Note 23)
Defined contribution plans
Defined benefit plans
Other employee benefits
An analysis of employee benefits expense by function
Operating costs
Operating expenses
g. Gain or loss on foreign currency exchange
Foreign exchange gains
Foreign exchange losses
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 883,113

3,214

43,714

$ 930,041

$ 800,456


85,871

$ 886,327

$ 13,782


29,932

$ 43,714

For the Year Ended
2012
$ 848,975
3,243

26,075
$ 878,293
$ 735,406

116,812
$ 852,218
$ 9,534

16,541
$ 26,075
December 31
2013
2012
$ 44,961
$ 37,228

2,328

2,324
47,289
39,552

1,288,827

1,222,008
$ 1,336,116
$ 1,261,560
$ 760,100
$ 712,907

576,016

548,653
$ 1,336,116
$ 1,261,560
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 370,984

(301,509)

$ 69,475
2012
$ 81,258

(29,346)
$ 51,912
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26. INCOME TAXES RELATING TO CONTINUING

  • a. Income tax recognized in profit or loss

The major components of tax expense (income) were as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
Current tax
In respect of the current period
$ 59,721
$ 77,884
Income tax of unappropriated earnings
35,253
28,026
Adjustments for prior year

5,821

1,383

100,795

107,293
Deferred tax
In respect of the current period

25,809

46,550
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss
$ 126,604
$ 153,843
A reconciliation of accounting profit and current income tax expenses is as follows:
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
Profit before tax from continuing operations
$ 1,061,765
$ 1,303,377
Income tax expense at the 17% statutory rate
Tax effect of adjusting items:
Undetectable expenses and losses
$ 180,500
$ 221,574
Unrecognized temporary differences
5,385
1,524
Tax-exempt income
(12,794)
(11,343)
Tax-exempt income for five years
(40,979)
(57,373)
Additional income tax on unappropriated earnings
35,253
28,026
Unrecognized temporary differences
(431)
(2,617)
Unrecognized investment tax credit
3,940
4,821
Subsidiaries to repatriate earnings withholding tax
1,216
-
Effect of different tax rate of group entities operating in other
jurisdictions
(15,662)
(20,916)
Investment tax credits
(35,645)
(11,236)
Adjustment for prior years’ tax

5,821

1,383
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss
$ 126,604
$ 153,843
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31
2012
$ 77,884
28,026

1,383

107,293

46,550
$ 153,843
December 31



2013
$ 1,061,765

$ 180,500

5,385
(12,794)
(40,979)
35,253
(431)
3,940
1,216
(15,662)
(35,645)

5,821

$ 126,604
2012
$ 1,303,377
$ 221,574
1,524

(11,343)

(57,373)
28,026

(2,617)
4,821
-

(20,916)

(11,236)

1,383
$ 153,843

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company applied a tax rate of 17% for entities subject to the Income Tax Law of the Republic of China; for other jurisdictions, the Company measures taxes by using the applicable tax rate for each individual jurisdiction.

b. Income tax expense recognized in other comprehensive income

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
Related to actuarial gain/loss from defined benefit plans
Years Ended December 31 Years Ended December 31
2013
$ (3,432)
2012
$ -
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c. Current income tax assets and liabilities

December December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current income - tax assets
Tax refund receivable $ - $ 15,743 $ -
Current income tax liabilities
Income tax payable $ 67,919 $ 71,726 $ 59,290

d. Deferred income tax balance

The analysis of deferred income tax in the consolidated balance sheets was as follows:

Year ended December 31, 2013

Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Deferred tax assets
Unrealized loss on inventories
$ 6,971
Unrealized exchange loss
2,051
Financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss
4,423
Payable for annual leave
3,258
Determine benefit obligation
5,649
Property, plant and equipment
5,450
Investment tax credits
25,045
Allowance for doubtful accounts
600
Others

220
$ 53,667
Deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized exchange loss
$ 6,524
Associates
126,630
$ 133,154
Recognized in
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Effect of
Exchange Rate
Changes
Balance, End
of Year
$ 53
$ -
$ 60
$ 7,084
(2,051)
-
-
-
(1,477)
-
-
2,946
37
-
142
3,437
(1,264)
3,432
-
7,817
(2,796)
-
199
2,853
(21,065)
-
-
3,980
(25)
-
27
602

104

-

-

324
$ (28,484)
$ 3,432
$ 428
$ 29,043
$ (420)
$ -
$ -
$ 6,104

(2,255)

-

61
124,436
$ (2,675)
$ -
$ 61
$ 130,540
Year ended December 31, 2012
Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Deferred tax assets
Unrealized loss on inventories
$ 6,374
Unrealized exchange loss
250
Financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss
1,319
Vacation payable
3,078
Determine retirement benefit
plans
6,360
Property, plant and equipment
6,777
Investment tax credits
73,457
Allowance for doubtful accounts
985
Others

213
$ 98,813
Recognized in
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Effect of
Exchange Rate
Changes
Balance, End
of Year
$ 624
$ -
$ (27)
$ 6,971
1,801
-
-
2,051
3,104
-
-
4,423
198
-
(18)
3,258
(711)
-
-
5,649
(1,226)
-
(101)
5,450
(48,412)
-
-
25,045
(358)
-
(27)
600

7

-

-

220
$ (44,973)
$ -
$ (173)
$ 53,667

(Continued)

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Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized gain on inventory
$ 5,386
Deferred compensation cost
126,242
$ 131,628
Recognized in
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Effect of
Exchange Rate
Changes
Balance, End
of Year
$ 1,138
$ -
$ -
$ 6,524

439

-

(51)
126,630
$ 1,577
$ -
$ (51)
$ 133,154

(Concluded)

  • e. The investment tax credits, operating loss carryforward and deductible temporary differences for which no deferred income tax assets have been recognized in the consolidated financial statements

The information of the investment tax credits for which no deferred income tax assets have been recognized was as follows:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, January January 1,
2013 2012 2012
Expiry year
2011 $ 417 $ 417 $ 417
2012 4,821 4,821 -
2013 3,940 - -
$ 9,178 $ 5,238 $ 417
  • f. Unused investment tax credits, operating loss carryforward and tax-exemption information

As of December 31, 2013, investment tax credits consisted of the following:

Remaining
Creditable
Law/Statute Item Amount Expiry Year
Statute for Upgrading Purchase of machinery and $ 3,908 2014-2016
Industries equipment

As of December 31, 2013, the profits generated from the following projects are exempt from income tax for a five-year period:


Construction and expansion of 2005
Construction and expansion of 2009
Tax-exemption Period
2010 to 2014
2014 to 2018
  • g. Integrated income tax
Integrated income tax
December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unappropriated earnings
Unappropriated earnings generated before
January 1, 1998 $ $ - $ -
Unappropriated earnings generated on and
after January 1, 1998 2,402,655 2,493,373 2,123,820
$ 2,402,655 $ 2,493,373 $ 2,123,820
Imputation credits accounts $ 90,043 $ 67,705 $ 57,799
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The creditable ratio for distribution of earnings of 2013 and 2012 was 6.11% and 5.57%, respectively.

Under the Income Tax Law, for distribution of earnings generated after January 1, 1998, the imputation credits allocated to ROC resident shareholders of the Company was calculated based on the creditable ratio as of the date of dividend distribution. The actual imputation credits allocated to shareholders of the Company was based on the balance of the Imputation Credit Accounts (ICA) as of the date of dividend distribution. Therefore, the expected creditable ratio for the 2013 earnings may differ from the actual creditable ratio to be used in allocating imputation credits to the shareholders

According to legal interpretation No. 10204562810 announced by the Taxation Administration of the Ministry of Finance, when calculating imputation credits in the year of first-time adoption of IFRSs, the cumulative retained earnings include the net increase or net decrease in retained earnings arising from first-time adoption of IFRSs

  • h. Income tax assessments

The tax returns had been assessed by the tax authorities before 2007 and in 2011, respectively.

27. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The earnings and weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding in the computation of earnings per share from continuing operations were as follows:

Net Profit for the Year

Net Profit for the Year
Profit for the period attributable to owners of the Company
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
Convertible bonds
Employee share option
Earnings used in the computation of diluted earnings per share
For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ 935,161

12,991

-

$ 948,152
2012
$1,149,534
8,193

-
$1,157,727

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousand shares):

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in computation of basic
earnings per share
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
Convertible bonds
Employee share option
Bonus issue to employee
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the
computation of diluted earnings per share
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
309,757
22,161
-

4,156
336,074
2012
303,070
16,589
514

3,790
323,963

If the Group was able to settle the bonuses paid to employees by cash or shares, the Group presumed that the entire amount of the bonus would be settled in shares and the resulting potential shares were included in the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of diluted earnings per share, if the shares had a dilutive effect. Such dilutive effect of the potential shares was included in the computation of diluted earnings per share until the shareholders resolve the number of shares to be distributed to employees at their meeting in the following year.

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28. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Employee Share Option Plan

Qualified employees of the Company and its subsidiaries were granted 8,000 options in February 2007. Each option entitles the holder to subscribe for one thousand common shares of the Company. The options granted are valid for 5 years and exercisable at certain percentages after the second anniversary from the grant date. The options were granted at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common shares listed on the grant date. For any subsequent changes in the Company’s capital surplus, the exercise price is adjusted accordingly.

Information on employee share options was as follows:

Balance at January 1
Options granted
Options forfeited
Options exercised
Options expired
Balance at December 31
Options exercisable, end of period
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
Number of
Options
(In Thousands)
Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price
(NT$)
-
$ -
-
-
-
-

-

-
-
2012
Number of
Options
(In Thousands)
Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price
(NT$)
2,627
$ 39.7
-
-
(2,446)
37.8

(181)

-

-

Information about outstanding options as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Range of exercise price $ $
$
39.7
Weighted-average remaining contractual life - -
0.94
year

Options granted in December 2007 were priced using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the inputs to the model were as follows:

Grant-date share price (NT$) $58.8 Exercise price (NT$) $58.8 Expected volatility 43.5% Expected life (years) 3.875 years Expected dividend yield 2.42% Risk-free interest rate

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In the shareholder meeting on September 13, 2012, the shareholders approved a restricted stock plan for employees with a total amount of $20,000 thousand, consisting of 2,000 thousand shares, and authorized the board of directors to determine the issue prices of the restricted shares when they are issued. The restrictions on the rights of the employees who acquire the restricted shares but have not met the vesting conditions are as follows:

  • a. The employees can not sell, pledge, transfer, donate or in any other way dispose of these shares.

  • b. The employees holding these shares are not entitled to receive cash and dividends in share.

  • c. The employees holding these shares have no voting rights.

If an employee fails to meet the vesting conditions, the Company will recall or buy back and cancel his/her restricted shares.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company had not exercised any restricted shares.

29. OPERATING LEASE ARRANGEMENTS

  • a. The Group as lessee

Operating leases relate to leases of warehouse in trade zone with lease terms 3 years. All operating lease contracts contain clauses for 3-yearly market rental reviews. The Group does not have a bargain purchase option to acquire the leased land at the expiry of the lease periods.

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, refundable deposits paid under 、 operating lease respectively in $727 thousand $776 thousand and $776 thousand.

The future minimum lease payments of non-cancellable operating lease commitments were as follows:

December 31, December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Not later than 1 year $
2,909
$
1,191
$ 3,104
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 4,364 - 1,191
Later than 5 years - - -
$
7,273
$
1,191
$ 4,295
  • b. The Group as lessor

Operating leases relate to the investment property owned by the Group with lease terms between 1 to 2 years. All operating lease contracts contain market review clauses in the event that the lessee exercises its option to renew. The lessee does not have a bargain purchase option to acquire the property at the expiry of the lease period.

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, deposits received under operating leases amounted to $603 thousand, $592 thousand, $590 thousand and $603 thousand, respectively.

  • 126 -

The future minimum lease payments of non-cancellable operating lease were as follows:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Not later than 1 year $ 2,525 $ 5,736 $ 4,925
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 210 1,014 3,041
Later than 5 years - - -
$ 2,735 $ 6,750 $ 7,966

30. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as going concerns while maximizing the return to stakeholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance.

The capital structure of the Group consists of net debt (borrowings offset by cash and cash equivalents) and equity attributable to owners of the Company (comprising issued capital, reserves, retained earnings and other equity.

The Group is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

31. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

  • a. Fair value of financial instruments

  • 1) Fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value

Except as detailed in the following table, the management consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recognized in the consolidated financial statements approximate their fair values.

  • 2) Fair value measurements recognized in the balance sheets

The following table provides an analysis of financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value, grouped into Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable:

  • a) Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

  • b) Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from 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); and

  • c) Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

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December 31, 2013

Financial assets at FVTPL
Mutual funds
Forward exchange contracts
Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities
Mutual funds
Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts
December 31, 2012
Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities

Mutual funds


Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts

January 1, 2012
Financial assets at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts

Convertible bonds investment


Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities

Mutual funds


Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts
Level 1
$ 444,947
-
$ 444,947
$ -
49,414
$ 49,414
$ -
Level 1
$ -


46,895

$ 46,895

$ -

Level 1
$ -

3,922

$ 3,922

$ -


71,867

$ 71,867

$ -
Level 2
$ -

860

$ 860

$ -

-

$ -

$ 17,329

Level 2
$ -


-

$ -

$ 26,907

Level 2
$ 3,318


-

$ 3,318

$ -


-

$ -

$ 7,758
Level 3
$ -

-
$ -

$ 44,510

-
$ 44,510

$ -

Level 3
$ 54,997

-

$ 54,997

$ -

Level 3
$ -

-

$ -

$ 47,200

-

$ 47,200

$ -
Total
$ 444,947
860
$ 445,807
$ 44,510
49,414
$ 93,924
$ 17,329
Total
$ 54,997

46,895
$ 101,892

$ 26,907
Total
$ 3,318

3,922
$ 7,240
$ 47,200

71,867
$ 119,067

$ 7,758

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 in the current and prior periods.

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  • 3) Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements of financial assets

December 31, 2013


Balance at January 1, 2013
Purchases
Convertible bonds - redemption
Total gains or losses
In profit or loss
Disposals/settlements
Net translation differences
Balance at December 31, 2013
December 31, 2012


Balance at January 1, 2012

Purchases

Total gains or losses

In profit or loss

Disposals/settlements

Net translation differences


Balance at December 31, 2012
Available-for-
sale Financial
Assets
Unlisted Shares
$ 54,997
-
-
(10,487)
-
-
$ 44,510
Available-for-
sale Financial
Assets
Unlisted Shares


$ 47,200

7,797


-

-

-


$ 54,997

The total gains or losses for the period included a loss of $(10,487) thousand relating to assets held for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. Such fair value gains or losses were included in other gain and losses.

  • 4) Valuation techniques and assumptions applied for the purpose of measuring fair value

The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities were determined as follows:

  • a) The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded in active liquid markets are determined with reference to quoted market prices (includes listed redeemable bonds, bills of exchange, corporate bonds and perpetual notes). Where such prices were not available, valuation techniques were applied. The estimates and assumptions used by the Group are consistent with those that market participants would use in setting a price for the financial instrument;

  • b) The fair values of derivative instruments were calculated using quoted prices. Where such prices were not available, a discounted cash flow analysis was performed using the applicable yield curve for the duration of the instruments for non-optional derivatives, and option pricing models for optional derivatives. The estimates and assumptions used by the Group were consistent with those that market participants would use in setting a price for the financial instrument.

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  • b. Categories of financial instruments

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Financial assets
Fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) (1) $ 445,807 $ - $ 7,240
Loans and receivables (2) 4,606,669 5,126,470 4,401,360
Held-to-maturity investments (3) 47,840 - -
Available-for-sale financial assets (4) 93,924 101,892 119,067
Financial assets measured at cost 198,245 198,245 198,245
Financial liabilities
Fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) (1) 17,329 26,907 7,758
Amortized cost (5) 4,332,310 4,822,074 4,624,603
  • 1) The balances included the carrying amount of structured deposits, forward exchange contracts, bond investment and convertible bonds - redemption.

  • 2) The balances included loans and receivables measured at amortized cost, which comprise cash and cash equivalents, notes receivables, trade and other receivables, other financial assets, and refundable deposits.

  • 3) The balances included the carrying amount of financial bond investment.

  • 4) The balances included the carrying amount of available-for-sale shares and mutual funds.

  • 5) The balances included financial liabilities measured at amortized cost, which comprise short-term and long-term loans, notes, payable, trade and other payables, and bonds issued.

  • c. Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Group’s major financial instruments included equity and debt investments, bonds payable, borrowings. The Group’s corporate treasury function provides services to the business, coordinates access to domestic and international financial markets, monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Group through internal risk reports which analyze exposures by degree and magnitude of risks. These risks include market risk (including currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk and liquidity risk.

The Group sought to minimize the effects of these risks by using derivative financial instruments to hedge risk exposures. The use of financial derivatives was governed by the Group’s policies approved by the board of directors, which provided written principles on foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, the use of financial derivatives and non-derivative financial instruments, and the investment of excess liquidity. Compliance with policies and exposure limits was reviewed by the internal auditors on a continuous basis. The Group did not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes.

The corporate treasury function reported quarterly to the Group’s risk management committee, an independent body that monitors risks and policies implemented to mitigate risk exposures.

  • 130 -

1) Market risk

The Group’s activities exposed it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates (see (1) below) and interest rates (see (2) below). The Group entered into a variety of derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, including:

  • a) Forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge the exchange rate risk arising on the Group’s foreign currency monetary.

There had been no change to the Group’s exposure to market risks or the manner in which these risks were managed and measured.

  • b) Foreign currency risk

Several subsidiaries of the Company had foreign currency sales and purchases, which exposed the Group to foreign currency risk.

The carrying amounts of the Group’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities (including those eliminated on consolidation) at the end of the reporting period (see Note 37).

Sensitivity analysis

The Group was mainly exposed to the USD and JPY.

The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 1% increase and decrease in New Taiwan dollars (the functional currency) against the relevant foreign currencies. 1% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis included only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges, and adjusts their translation at the end of the reporting period for a 1% change in foreign currency rates. The sensitivity analysis included external loans/borrowings as well as loans/borrowings to foreign operations within the Group where the denomination of the loan is in a currency other than the functional currency of the lender or the borrower. A positive number below indicates an increase in pre-tax/post-tax profit and other equity associated with New Taiwan dollars strengthen 1% against the relevant currency. For a 1% weakening of New Taiwan dollars against the relevant currency, there would be an equal and opposite impact on post-tax profit and other equity and the balances below would be negative.

Profit or loss USD Impact
For the Year Ended
December 31
2013
2012
$27,576
$27,125 (a)
JPY Impact
For the Year Ended
December 31
2013
2012
$(1,613)
$(3,820) (b)
  • a) This was mainly attributable to the exposure outstanding on USD receivables and payables, which were not hedged at the end of the reporting period.

  • b) This was mainly attributable to the exposure to outstanding JPY payables, which were not hedged, at the end of the reporting period.

  • 131 -

2) Interest rate risk

The Group was exposed to interest rate risk because the Group’s bank deposits and the Group borrowed funds at floating interest rates.

The carrying amount of the Group’s financial assets and financial liabilities with exposure to interest rates at the end of the reporting period were as follows.

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Fair value interest rate risk
Financial assets $ 776,877 $ 441,995 $ 183,000
Financial liabilities 765,337 556,079 789,367
Cash flow interest rate risk
Financial assets 1,055,240 1,117,484 976,076
Financial liabilities 2,084,183 2,309,392 1,932,276

Sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below were determined based on the Group’s exposure to interest rates for both derivatives and non-derivative instruments at the end of the reporting period. For floating rate liabilities, the analysis was prepared assuming the amount of the liability outstanding at the end of the reporting period was outstanding for the whole year. A 0.25% basis point increase or decrease was used when reporting interest rate risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in interest rates.

If interest rates had been 0.25% basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held constant, the Group’s pre-tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2013 would decrease/increase by $2,572 thousand, which was mainly attributable to the Group’s exposure to interest rates on its floating rate bank deposits and bank borrowings.

2) Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Group. As at the end of the reporting period, the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a financial loss to the Group due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties and financial guarantees provided by the Group is arising from:

The carrying amount of the respective recognized financial assets as stated in the balance sheets.

3) Liquidity risk

The Group manages liquidity risk by monitoring and maintaining a level of cash and cash equivalents deemed adequate to finance the Group’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash flows. In addition, management monitors the utilization of bank borrowings and ensures compliance with loan covenants.

The Group relies on bank borrowings as a significant source of liability. As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the Group had available unutilized overdraft and short-term bank loan facilities of approximately $3,642,988 thousand, $3,507,078 thousand and $3,547,103 thousand, respectively.

  • 132 -

  • a) Liquidity and interest risk rate tables

The following table details the Group’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities with agreed repayment periods. The tables had been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities from the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay. The tables included both interest and principal cash flows.

To extend that interest flows are floating rate, the undiscounted amount was derived from the interest rate curve at the end of the reporting period.

December 31, 2013

Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Accounts payable - $ 886,804 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 886,804
Other payables - 595,986 - - - 595,986
Other current liabilities - 46,968 - - - 46,968
Bonds payable - - 765,337 - - 765,337
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.96-2.737 1,196,683 862,500 25,000 - 2,084,183
Guarantee deposits received - - 29,418 - 29,418
December 31, 2012
Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Accounts payable - $ 1,417,698 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 1,417,698
Other payables - 538,905 - - - 538,905
Other current liabilities - 70,229 - - - 70,229
Bonds payable - 556,079 - - - 556,079
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.611-2.23 783,755 1,288,137 237,500 - 2,309,392
Guarantee deposits received - - 27,891 - - 27,891
January 1, 2012
Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Note payable - $ 73,999 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 73,999
Accounts payable - 1,197,496 - - - 1,197,496
Other payables - 631,465 - - - 631,465
Other current liabilities - 38,143 - - - 38,143
Bonds payable - 789,367 - - 789,367
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.89-1.867 633,808 910,968 387,500 - 1,932,276
Guarantee deposits received - - 12,340 - - 12,340

The amounts included above for variable interest rate instruments for both non-derivative financial assets and liabilities was subject to change if changes in variable interest rates differ from those estimates of interest rates determined at the end of the reporting period.

  • 133 -

The following table detailed the Group’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments. The table was based on the undiscounted contractual net cash inflows and outflows on derivative instruments that settle on a net basis, and the undiscounted gross inflows and outflows on those derivatives that require gross settlement.

December 31, 2013

On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (10,708)
$ (6,621)
$ -

December 31, 2012
On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (20,519)
$ (5,760)
$ (628)

January 1, 2012
On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (7,200)
$ (718)
$ 160
1-5 Years
$ -

1-5 Years
$ -

1-5 Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -

32. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Balances and transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties of the Company, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note. Details of transactions between the Group and other related parties are disclosed below.

The related parties were as follows:

Related Party Relationship with the Corporation Tai-Shing Electronics Components Corporation Others (chairman is the Corporation’s general (Tai-Shing) manager) TSE Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. (TSE Technology) Associates

Trading Transactions

Sales of goods
Others
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 37,681
2012
$ 31,563
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Purchase of goods
Associates
Others
Operating expenses
Others
Commission revenue
Associates
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31




2013
$ 406


21

$ 427


$ 440

$ 1,495
2012
$ 248

27
$ 275
$ 3,128
$ 1,706

Selling prices to related parties were similar to those for third parties.

Term of purchases from related parties were similar to those for third parties.

Rental Revenue

Related Party
Location
Rent Collection
Associates
1F., No. 189, Huangshan
W. Rd., Beilun Dist.,
Ningbo City
Based on contract, and
paid on a monthly
basis
**For the Year Ended December 31 ** **For the Year Ended December 31 ** **For the Year Ended December 31 **
2013
Amount
% to Total
Account
Balance
$ 3,457

-
2012
Amount
% to Total
Account
Balance
$ 3,119

-

Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Accounts receivable from related parties
Others $
9,473
$ 10,551 $ 6,183
Less: Allowance for impairment loss (57) (85) (31)
$
9,416
$ 10,466 $ 6,152
Notes payable from related parties
Others $
-
$
-
$ 285
Account payable to related parties
Associates $
31
$
241
$ -
Others 145 2,054 -
$
176
$
2,295
$ -
Other receivables from related parties
Associates $
704
$
582
$ 577
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December 31,
2013
Other payable from related parties
Others
$ 1,027
Acquisition of Property, Plant and Equipment
Others
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 12
$ -
Acquisition Amounts
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 12
$ -
Acquisition Amounts
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 12
$ -
Acquisition Amounts
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 759
2012
$ 692

Compensation of Key Management Personnel

The remuneration of directors and other members of key management personnel for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

Short-term benefits
Post-employment benefits
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 78,914

2,154
$ 81,068
2012
$ 85,861
1,943
$ 87,804

33. ASSETS PLEDGED AS COLLATERAL OR FOR SECURITY

The following assets were provided as collateral for bank borrowings, the tariff of imported raw materials guarantees or the deposit for hiring foreign workers:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Land $ 573,770 $ 573,770 $ 573,770
Building equipment, net 1,434,829 1,505,559 1,577,020
Investment property 28,994 45,269 33,950
Prepaid rental 15,592 15,303 16,145
$ 2,053,185 $ 2,139,901 $ 2,200,885

34. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNIZED COMMITMENTS

In addition to those disclosed in other notes, significant commitments and contingencies of the Group as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were as follows:

Unused letters of credit amounted to approximately JPY275,956 thousand, JPY189,462 thousand and EUR99 thousand and JPY358,459 thousand as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012.

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As of December 31, 2013, the Company unrecognized commitments are as follows:

Acquisition of equipment
Acquisition of equipment
Acquisition of equipment
Contract
Amount
Paid Amount Unpaid Amount
$ 1,620
$ 486
$ 1,134
US$ 76
US$ -
US$ 76
RMB 2,220
RMB
-
RMB 2,220

35. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER REPORTING PERIOD: NONE

36. EXCHANGE RATE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

The significant financial assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies were as follows:

December 31, 2013
Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $ 90,497 29.805 (USD:NTD) $ 2,697,263
USD 31,199 6.0969 (USD:RMB)
929,886
JPY 638,683 0.2839 (JPY:NTD)
181,322
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 7,743 29.805 (USD:NTD)
230,780
USD 21,430 6.0969 (USD:RMB)
638,721
JPY 1,135,388 0.2839 (JPY:NTD)
322,337
JPY 71,367 0.0581 (JPY:RMB)
20,261
December 31, 2012
Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $
119,729
29.136 (USD:NTD) $ 3,488,424
USD 28,887 6.2855 (USD:RMB)
841,652
JPY 148,631 0.3375 (JPY:NTD)
50,163
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 39,464 29.136 (USD:NTD)
1,149,823
USD 16,054 6.2855 (USD:RMB)
467,749
JPY 1,185,853 0.3375 (JPY:NTD)
400,225
JPY 94,485 0.0730 (JPY:RMB)
31,889
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January 1, 2012

Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $
99,906
30.29 (USD:NTD) $ 3,026,153
USD 21,378 6.3009 (USD:RMB)
647,540
JPY 287,359 0.3905 (JPY:NTD)
112,214
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 35,481 30.29 (USD:NTD)
1,074,719
USD 16,621 6.3009 (USD:RMB)
503,450
JPY 1,395,595 0.3905 (JPY:NTD)
544,980
JPY 85,756 0.0811 (JPY:RMB)
33,488

37. SEPARATELY DISCLOSED ITEMS

  • a. Information on significant transactions and information on investees:

  • 1) Lending funds to others. (None)

  • 2) Providing endorsements or guarantees for others. (None)

  • 3) Holding of securities at the end of the period. (Table 1)

  • 4) Aggregate purchases or sales of the same securities reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 2)

  • 5) Acquisition of real estate reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (None)

  • 6) Disposal of real estate reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (None)

  • 7) Purchases or sales of goods from or to related parties reaching NT$100 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 3)

  • 8) Trade receivables from related parties reaching NT$100 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 4)

  • 9) Trading in derivative instruments. (Note 7)

  • 10) Others: The business relationship between the parent and the subsidiaries and between each subsidiary, and the circumstances and amounts of any significant transactions between them. (Table 8)

  • 11) Information on investees. (Table 5)

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  • b. Information on investments in mainland China

  • 1) Information on any investee company in mainland China, showing the name, principal business activities, paid-in capital, method of investment, inward and outward remittance of funds, shareholding ratio, investment gain or loss, carrying amount of the investment at the end of the period, repatriated investment gains, and limit on the amount of investment in the mainland China area. (Table 6)

  • 2) Any of the following significant transactions with investee companies in mainland China, either directly or indirectly through a third area, and their prices, payment terms, and unrealized gains or losses. (Table 7)

    • a) The amount and percentage of purchases and the balance and percentage of the related payables at the end of the period.

    • b) The amount and percentage of sales and the balance and percentage of the related receivables at the end of the period.

    • c) The amount of property transactions and the amount of the resultant gains or losses.

    • d) The balance of negotiable instrument endorsements or guarantees or pledges of collateral at the end of the period and the purposes.

    • e) The highest balance, the end of period balance, the interest rate range, and total current period interest with respect to financing of funds.

    • f) Other transactions that have a material effect on the profit or loss for the period or on the financial position, such as the rendering or receiving of services.

38. SEGMENT INFORMATION

  • a. Segment revenues and results

Crystal

Others


Investment income share of profits
of associates accounted for
using the equity method
Interest income

Gain (loss) on disposal of property,
plant and equipment
Exchange gain (loss)
Valuation (loss) gain on financial
instruments
Financial costs
Others
Profit before tax (continuing
operations)
Segment Revenue
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
$ 9,271,043
$ 10,865,885

232,540
62,610
$ 9,503,583
$ 10,928,495
Segment Revenue
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
$ 9,271,043
$ 10,865,885

232,540
62,610
$ 9,503,583
$ 10,928,495
Segment Profit Segment Profit Segment Profit
For the Year Ended December 31



2013
$ 9,271,043
232,540
$ 9,503,583
2013
$ 1,015,322

(64,168)

951,154
13,446
13,887
1,264
69,475
2,714
(45,830)
55,655

$ 1,061,765
2012
$ 1,285,456

(27,044)
1,258,412
9,365
14,195

(849)
51,912
26,747

(35,555)

32,644
$ 1,303,377

Segment revenue reported above represents revenue generated from external customers. There were no inter-segment sales for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

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Segment profit represented the profit before tax earned by each segment without allocation of central administration costs and directors’ salaries, share of profits of associates, gain recognized on the disposal of interest in former associates, rental revenue, interest income, gain or loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment, gain or loss on disposal of financial instruments, exchange gain or loss, valuation gain or loss on financial instruments, finance costs and income tax expense. This was the measure reported to the chief operating decision maker for the purpose of resource allocation and assessment of segment performance.

  • b. Revenue from major products and services
Crystal

Others

2013
2012
$ 9,271,043 $ 10,865,885
232,540

62,610

$ 9,503,583
$ 10,928,495

Assets and liabilities not used by the chief operating decision maker in the allocation of resources and assessment of performance of segments are not disclosed.

  • c. Geographical information

The Corporation’s revenue from continuing operations from external customers and information about its noncurrent assets by geographical location are detailed below:

Taiwan

China
Others

Revenue from
External Customers
December 31
2013
2012
$ 8,753,174 $ 10,224,677
732,371
685,054

18,038

18,764

$ 9,503,583
$ 10,928,495
Noncurrent Assets Noncurrent Assets
December 31,
2013
$ 3,034,872
2,705,839
2,795
$ 5,743,506
December 31,
2012
$ 3,316,600
2,623,041
5,464


$ 5,945,105
January 1,
2012
$ 3,466,991

2,440,351

3,772

$ 5,911,114


2013
$ 8,753,174
732,371

18,038


$ 9,503,583

Noncurrent assets included property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and other assets but excluded deferred tax assets.

  • d. Major customer information

Major customer did not account for 10% or more of sales in 2013 and 2012.

39. FIRST-TIME ADOPTION OF IFRSs

  • a. Basis of the preparation for financial information under IFRSs

The Group’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 not only follows the significant accounting policies stated in Note 4 but also applies the requirements under IFRS 1 “First-time Adoption of IFRS” as the basis for the preparation.

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  • b. Impact on the transition to IFRSs

Except for the following additional information on the impact on the transition to IFRSs refer to Note 39 to the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2013 for the impact on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of comprehensive income after transition to IFRSs.

  • 1) Reconciliation of consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2012
Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs Note
Assets
Deferred tax assets - current $ 3,542 $ (3,542) $ - 5) a)
Financial assets measured at cost - 245,445 (47,200) 198,245 4) e), 5) d)
noncurrent
Available-for-sale financial assets - - 47,200 47,200 4) e), 5) d)
noncurrent
Property, plant and equipment 5,689,646 (129,563) 5,560,083 4) b), 5) f)
Investment property - 56,926 56,926 5) e)
Intangible assets 117,530 (117,530) - 5) g)
Deferred tax assets - noncurrent 1,659 97,154 98,813 5) a), b), c)
Prepayment for equipment - 120,609 120,609 5) f)
Prepaid rental - 406 406 5) g)
Long-term prepaid financial lease - 117,124 117,124 5) g)
Other noncurrent assets 110,836 (56,926) 53,910 5) e)
Liabilities
Other payables 612,877 18,588 631,465 5) b)
Accrued pension cost 9,349 16,242 25,591 5) c)
Deferred tax Liabilities 46,514 85,114 131,628 5) a)
Reserve for land value increment 3,512 (3,512) - 4) b)
tax
Equity
Cumulative translation 264,762 (264,762) - 4) d), 5) h)
adjustments/foreign currency
translation reserve
Retained earnings 2,545,465 222,793 2,768,258 4) b), 5) b),
c)
Unrealized revaluation increment 5,442 (5,442) - 4)
Net loss not recognized as pension (15,637) 15,637 - 5) c)
costs
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2) Reconciliation of consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012

Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs Note
Assets
Deferred tax assets - current $ 7,741 $ (7,741) $ - 5) a)
Financial assets measured at cost - 253,242 (54,997) 198,245 4) e), 5) d)
noncurrent
Available-for-sale financial assets - - 54,997 54,997 4) e), 5) d)
noncurrent
Property, plant and equipment 5,734,497 (187,669) 5,546,828 4) b), 5) f)
Investment property - 58,553 58,553 5) e)
Intangible assets 115,024 (115,024) - 5) g)
Deferred tax assets - noncurrent 3,256 50,411 53,667 5) a), b), c)
Prepayment for equipment - 178,715 178,715 5) f)
Prepaid rental - 2,427 2,427 5) g)
Long-term prepaid financial lease - 112,597 112,597 5) g)
Other noncurrent assets 102,760 (58,553) 44,207 5) e)
Liabilities
Other payables 519,358 19,535 538,893 5) b)
Accrued pension cost 14,028 17,394 31,422 5) c)
Deferred tax liabilities 98,874 34,280 133,154 5) a)
Reserve for land value increment 3,512 (3,512) - 4) b)
tax
Equity
Cumulative translation 167,431 (264,762) (97,331) 4) d), 5) h)
adjustments/foreign currency
translation reserve
Retained earnings 3,029,417 213,415 3,242,832 4) b), 5) b),
c)
Unrealized revaluation increment 5,442 (5,442) - 4)
Net loss not recognized as pension (22,808) 22,808 - 5) c)
costs

3) Reconciliation of consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2012

Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs
Note
Operating expenses $ (1,250,641) $
758
$ (1,249,883) 5) b), c)
Income tax expenses (153,733) (110) (153,843) 5) b)
Other comprehensive income
Exchange differences on translating - - (97,331) 4) d), 5) h)
foreign operations
Net loss not recognized as pension - - (10,026) 5) c)
costs
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4) Exemptions from IFRS 1

IFRS 1 establishes the procedures for the Group’s first consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRSs. According to IFRS 1, the Group is required to determine the accounting policies under IFRSs and retrospectively apply those accounting policies in its opening balance sheet at the date of transition to IFRSs, January 1, 2012; except for optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions to such retrospective application provided under IFRS 1. The major optional exemptions the Group adopted are summarized as follows:

a) Share-based payment transactions

The Group elected to take the optional exemption from applying IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment” retrospectively for the shared-based payment transactions granted and vested before the date of transition.

  • b) Deemed cost

At the date of transition to IFRSs, the Corporation should measure property, plant and equipment and intangible properties at cost in accordance with IFRSs. The relevant regulations should be retrospectively adopted.

As of January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, the amounts reclassified from land - revaluation increment in the amount of $8,954 thousand was credited to reserve for land value increment tax were $3,512 thousand and unrealized revaluation increment $5,442 thousand.

c) Employee benefits

The Group elected to recognize all cumulative actuarial gains and losses in retained earnings as of the date of transition. In addition, the Group elected to apply the exemption disclosure requirement provided by IFRS 1, in which the experience adjustments are determined for each accounting period prospectively from the transition date.

  • d) Cumulative translation differences

The Group elected to reset to zero, the cumulative translation differences at the date of transition to IFRSs, and adjusted retained earnings by the amount of the cumulative translation difference that existed prior to the reset. Gains or losses of a subsequent disposal of any foreign operations will exclude the translation differences that arose before the date of transition to IFRSs.

e) Designation of previously recognized financial instruments

The Group elected to designate the equity investments previously carried at cost as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss or available-for-sale financial assets at the date of transition to IFRSs.

  • 5) Explanations of significant reconciling items in the transition to IFRSs

Material differences between the accounting policies under ROC GAAP and the accounting policies adopted under IFRSs were as follows:

a) Deferred tax assets/liabilities

Under ROC GAAP, a deferred tax asset or liability is classified as current or noncurrent in accordance with the classification of its related asset or liability. However, if a deferred

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income tax asset or liability does not relate to an asset or liability in the financial statements, it is classified as either current or noncurrent based on the expected length of time before it is realized or settled. Under IFRSs, a deferred tax asset or liability is classified as noncurrent asset or liability.

As of December 31, 2012, the amount reclassified from current deferred income tax assets to non-current assets was $7,741 thousand and 3,542 thousand ; Deferred tax liabilities are 。 reclassified to deferred income tax assets respectively in 34,280 thousand and 85,114 thousand

  • b) Employee benefits - accumulated compensated absences

Accumulated compensated absences account is not addressed in existing ROC GAAP; thus, the Corporation has not recognized the expected cost of employee benefits in the form of accumulated compensated absences at the end of reporting periods. However, under IFRSs, when the employees render services that increase their entitlement to future compensated absences, an entity should recognize the expected cost of employee benefits at the end of reporting periods.

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the IFRS adjustment increased accrued expenses by $19,535 thousand and $18,588 thousand; deferred income tax assets - noncurrent increased by $3,258 thousand and $3,078 thousand. Retained earnings decreased by $16,277 thousand and $15,510 thousand. Salaries for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $947 thousand, income tax expense decreased by $180 thousand.

  • c) Employee benefits - defined benefit plans

The Corporation had previously applied an actuarial valuation on its defined benefit obligation and recognized the related pension cost and retirement benefit obligation in conformity with ROC GAAP. Under IFRSs, the Group should carry out actuarial valuation on defined benefit obligation in accordance with IAS No. 19, “Employee Benefits.”

In addition, under ROC GAAP, it is not allowed to recognize actuarial gains and losses from defined benefit plans directly to equity; instead, actuarial gains and losses should be accounted for under the corridor approach which requires in the deferral of gains and losses. When using the corridor approach, actuarial gains and losses should be amortized over the expected average remaining working lives of the participating employees.

Under IAS No. 19, “Employee Benefits,” the Corporation elects to recognize actuarial gains and losses immediately in full in the period in which they occur, as other comprehensive income. The subsequent reclassification to earnings is not permitted.

At the transition date, the Corporation performed the actuarial valuation under IAS No. 19 - “Employee Benefits,” and recognized the valuation difference directly in retained earnings under the requirement of IFRS 1. As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 the IFRSs adjustment increased accrued pension cost by $17,394 thousand and $16,242 thousand, and decreased net loss not recognized as pension cost by $22,808 thousand and $15,637 thousand, and increased deferred income tax assets - noncurrent by $5,132 thousand and $5,420 thousand, and decreased retained earnings by $35,070 thousand and $26,459 thousand, Another 2012 decreased salary by $1,705 thousand, increase income tax expense $290 thousand, increased actuarial loss adjustment by $10,026 thousand.

  • d) Financial assets carried at cost

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 the amounts reclassified from financial assets carried at costs to available-for-sale financial assets were $54,997 thousand and $47,200 thousand.

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  • e) Classification of investment property

Under ROC GAAP, the property that is held by a lessor under an operating lease is classified under property, plant and equipment. Under IFRSs, the property held to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both should be classified as investment property.

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 are amounted to $58,553 thousand and $56,926 thousand, respectively.

  • f) Prepayments for equipment

Under IFRSs, prepayments for equipment should be classified to other assets. Advance purchase of equipment be classified to prepayments. Generally classified as non-current assets, As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 are amounted to $178,715 thousand and $120,609 thousand, respectively.

  • g) Land use rights

Under ROC GAAP, land use rights are classified under intangible assets. Under IAS No 17 - “Leases,” land use rights are classified as long-term prepaid rent.

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the amounts reclassified from land use rights to other current assets and prepayments - noncurrent $2,427 thousand and $406 thousand, respectively; the amounts reclassified from land use rights to long-term prepaid financial lease were $112,597 thousand and $117,124 thousand, respectively.

  • h) Cumulative translation adjustments reset to zero

As of December 31, 2012, March 31, 2012 and the date transferred to IFRS, cumulative translation adjustments all decreased by $264,762 thousand; therefore, unappropriated earnings all increased by $222,793. Under IFRS, cumulative translation adjustments was $(97,331) thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012.

  • 8) Significant reconciliation differences in consolidated statements of cash flows.

According to ROC GAAP, interest paid and received and dividends received are classified as operating activities while dividends paid are classified as financing activities. Additional disclosure is required for interest expenses when reporting cash flow using indirect method. However, under IAS 7” Statement of Cash Flow”, cash flows from interest and dividends received and paid shall each be disclosed separately. Each shall be classified in a consistent manner from period to period as operating, investing or financing activities. Therefore, interests received by the Company of $14,195 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and dividends received by the Company of $14,721 thousand were presented separately at the date of transition to IFRSs.

Except for the above differences, there are no other significant differences between ROC GAAP and IFRSs in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

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TABLE 1

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

MARKETABLE SECURITIES HELD DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Holding Company Marketable Securities Type and Issuer/Name Security Issuer’s
Relationship
with the Holding
Company
Financial Statement Account December December 31, 2013 Note
Shares/Units Carrying Amount Percentage of
Ownership
Market Value or
Net Asset Value
TXC Corporation
NGB
Mutual fund
Shin Kong Cross Strait Selective Fund
Shin Kong China Growth Fund
Stock - emerging company
Win Win Precision Technology Co., Ltd.
Stock - unlisted company
Marson Technology Co., Ltd.
Guandong Failong Crystal Technology Co., Ltd.
UPI Semiconductor Corp.
Si-Time Corporation
Financial bonds
Chinatrust unsecured priority financial bond
Stock - unlisted company
TSE Technology Co.
Mutual fund
China GuangFa Money Market Fund
EFund Money Market Fund
Southern Cash Fund
China Merchants Fund
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Subsidiary
None
None
None
None
Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets - noncurrent
Financial assets carried at cost



Held-to-maturity financial assets - noncurrent
Investment accounted for by the equity method
Financial instruments at FVTPL - current


2,691
2,177
1,300
414
RMB 10,096
2,000
1,750
RMB 10,000
RMB 10,064
RMB 30,000
RMB 16,500
RMB 30,000
RMB 13,000











$ 27,578

21,836
$ 49,414
$ 44,510
$ 3,000
46,478
98,000

50,767
$ 198,245
$ 47,840
$ 61,747
$ 149,107
82,604
149,504

63,727
$ 444,942
-
-
3
5
8
2
1
-
23
-
-
-
-







$ 27,578

21,836
$ 49,414
$ 44,510
None



$ 47,840
None
$ 149,107
82,604
149,504

63,727
$ 444,942
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TABLE 2

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

MARKETABLE SECURITIES ACQUIRED AND DISPOSED OF AT COSTS OR PRICES OF AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Company Name Marketable
Securities Type
and Name
Financial Statement
Account
Counterparty Nature of
Relationship
Beginning Balance Beginning Balance Acquisition Acquisition Disposal Disposal Disposal Disposal Equity in Net
Gain (Loss)
(Note)
Ending Balance Ending Balance
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
(Note 1)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Carrying Value
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Gain (Loss) on
Disposal
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
TXC (Ningbo)
Corporation
Structure deposits


Financial instruments at
FVTPL - current


First Sino Bank
Ningbo Bank
HSBC
China Construction
Bank
None



-
-
-
-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 728,121
385,504
452,485
-
-
-
-
$ 730,927
387,389
452,963
$ 730,927
387,389
452,963
$ -
-
-
-
$ 2,806
1,885
478
-
-
-
-
$ -
-
-
-

Note: The investment loss recognized under equity method and the charge in translation adjustments were included in equity in net gain (loss).

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TABLE 3

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

TOTAL PURCHASES FROM OR SALES TO RELATED PARTIES OF AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Company Name Related Party Nature of Relationship Transaction Details Transaction Details Transaction Details Abnormal Transaction Abnormal Transaction Notes/Accounts Payable
or Receivable
Notes/Accounts Payable
or Receivable
Note
Purchase/
Sale
Amount % to
Total
Payment Terms
(Note)
Unit Price Payment Terms Ending Balance % to
Total
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Purchase
Sale
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
$ 2,338,090
240,664
124,454
105,551
629,240
227,348
38
3
2
2
37
10
Note




Its trading price depends on its
function within the Group




Note




$ (807,860)
102,319
(612)
(39,053)
(260,504)
(177,509)
(64)
4
-
3
(35)
(24)

Note: The terms of purchases from related parties were not significantly different from those with third parties.

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TABLE 4

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

RECEIVABLES FROM RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Specified Otherwise)

Company Name Related Party Nature of Relationship Balance of Accounts
Receivable -
Related Party

Turnover Rate
Overdue Overdue Amount Received in
Subsequent Period
Allowance for
Bad Debt
Amount Action Taken
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Growing Profits Trading Ltd
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
$ 102,319
807,860
260,504
177,509
2.35
3.13
2.42
1.28
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 58,154
554,012
118,270
44,382
$ -
-
-
-
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TABLE 5

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND RELATED INFORMATION OF INVESTEES ON WHICH THE COMPANY EXERCISES SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Investor Company Investee Company Location Main Businesses and Products Original Investment Amount Original Investment Amount Balance as of December 31, 2013 Balance as of December 31, 2013 Balance as of December 31, 2013 Net Income
(Losses) of the
Investee
Equity in the
Earnings
(Losses)
Note
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Shares (In
Thousands)
Percentage of
Ownership
Carrying
Value
TXC Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology
International Ltd.
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology
International (HK) Limited
Taiwan Crystal Technology International Ltd.
TXC Technology Inc.
TXC Japan Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology International (HK) Limited
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (HK) Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
Chongqing All Sun Company Limited
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Western Samoa
U.S.A.
Japan
Hong Kong
B.V.I.
Ningbo
Hong Kong
Chongqing
Chongqing
Ningbo
Chongqing
Investment
Marketing activities
Marketing activities
Investment
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
Market activities
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
$ 1,390,461
9,879
6,172
298,362
1,691
1,487,211
-
396,903
312,644
4,807
298,362
$ 1,390,461
9,879
6,172
298,776
1,691
1,487,211
846
201,823
312,644
4,807
298,362
42,835
300
2
10,080
50
45,835
-
82,710
66,000
1,000
10,080
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
-
56.73
100.00
100.00
43.27
$ 3,943,223
13,491
12,013
294,776
245,108
3,737,510
-
385,928
322,685
7,216
294,361
$ 320,342
1,963
2,556
(5,214)
46,901
271,167
-
(15,435)
549
432
(15,435)
$ 316,118
1,963
2,556

(5,214)
46,901
271,167
-

(9,673)
549
432

(5,762)
Difference from upstream
transactions $4,560 thousand

(Note)

Note: TXC (HK) Limited was liquidation and change of registration in 2013.

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TABLE 6

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

  1. Name of the investees in Mainland China, main businesses and products, paid-in capital, method of investment, information on inflow or outflow of capital, percentage of ownership, investment income or loss, ending balance of investment, dividends remitted by the investee, and the limit of investment in Mainland China:
Investee Company Main Businesses and Products Main Businesses and Products Total Amount of
Paid-in Capital

Method of Investment

Method of Investment
Accumulated
Outflow of
Investment from
Taiwan as of
January 1, 2013
(US$ in
Thousand)
Investment Flows Investment Flows Accumulated
Outflow of
Investment from
Taiwan as of
December 31,
2013 (US$ in
Thousand)

Investee
Company
Current Net
income
Percentage of
Ownership

Investment
Income (Loss)
Recognized
(Note)
Carrying
Amount as of
December 31,
2013
Accumulated
Inward
Remittance of
Earnings as of
December 31,
2013

Outflow
Inflow
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Guandong Failong Crystal
Technology Co., Ltd.
TSE Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
Chongqing All Suns Company
Limited
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited
Manufacturing and sales of crystal
and crystal oscillator
Manufacturing and sales of new
electronic components
Manufacturing and sales of
electronic devices and hardware
components
Manufacturing and sales of
electronic devices and hardware
components
Real estate intermediary service, real
estate management and electronic
product wholesale
Purchasing and selling electronic
component
$ 1,487,211
580,947
139,177
695,265

312,644
4,807
Indirect investment of the
Corporation in Mainland China
through the Corporation’s
subsidiary in a third region
Direct investment of the
Corporation in Mainland China
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland China
Indirect investment of the
Corporation in Mainland China
through the Corporation’s
subsidiary in a third region
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland China
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland China
$ 1,427,630
46,478
-
298,362
-
-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,427,630
46,478
-
298,362
-
-
$ 271,167
-
58,460
(15,435)
549
432
100.00
8.00
23.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
$ 271,167
-
13,446
(15,435)
549
432
$ 3,737,510
46,478
61,747
680,289
322,685
7,216
$ 256,146
-
-
-
-
-
Accumulated Investment in
Mainland China as of December 31, 2013
(US$ in Thousand)
Investment Amounts Authorized by
Investment Commission, MOEA
(US$ in Thousand)
Upper Limit on Investment
$1,772,470 $1,832,878 $4,994,930

Note: The investment in Mainland China is limited to 60% of stockholders’ equity or consolidated stockholders’ equity whichever is higher.

(Continued)

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  • Significant direct or indirect transactions with the investees, prices and terms of payment, unrealized gain or loss:

(Concluded)

Company Name Related Party Nature of
Relationship
Transaction Details Accounts/Notes Receivable/Payable Accounts/Notes Receivable/Payable Unrealized
Gain or Loss
Purchase/Sale Percentage (%) Price Payment Term Compared with Terms of
Third Parties
Balance %
TXC Corporation
GPT
NGB
CKG
NGB
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Purchase
2,338,090
Sale
240,664
Purchase
124,454
Sale
629,240
38
3
2
48
Its trading price depends on its
function within the Group.


Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Its trading price depends on its
function within the Group.


$ (807,860)
102,319
(612)
260,504
64
4
-
68
$ 38,101
1,546
-
-
  1. Endorsements guarantees or collateral directly or indirectly provided to the investees: None.

  2. Financings directly or indirectly provided to the investees: None.

  3. Other transactions that significantly impacted current year’s profit or loss or financial position: None.

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TABLE 7

TXC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

INTERCOMPANY RELATIONSHIPS AND SIGNIFICANT INTERCOMPANY TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

For the year ended December 31, 2013

No. Company Name Counterparty Natural of
Relationship (Note 1)
Intercompany Transactions Intercompany Transactions
Accounts Amount Terms (Note 2) Percentage of Consolidated Total
Gross Sales or Total Assets (%)
0 TXC Corporation TXC Technology, Inc.
TXC Japan Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
Growing profits Trading Ltd.
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited
1
1
1
1
Sales
Other expense - consulting expense
Accounts receivable
Sales
Other expense - consulting expense
Purchase
Accounts payable
Sales
Purchase
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Other receivable
Sales
Purchase
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Other receivable
Purchase
Accounts payable
Purchase
Accounts payable
$ 3,356
48,840
510
2,408
46,769
18,799
3,397
240,664
2,338,090
102,319
807,860
15,427
3,710
124,454
1,339
612
82,822
105,551
39,053
9,744
3,251
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
3
25
1
6
-
-
1
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
1 TXC (Ningbo) Corporation Growing profits Trading Ltd.
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
3
3
3
Purchase
Accounts payable
Sales
Accounts receivable
Sales
Purchase
Accounts receivable
Other receivable
629,240
260,504
10,388
3,508
49,085
227,348
51,977
177,509
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
7
2
-
-
1
2
-
1

Note 1: a. Represent the transactions from parent company to subsidiary.

  • b. Represent the transactions between subsidiaries.

Note 2: In 2013 and 2012, the selling price and purchasing price were not significantly different from those with third parties, except those for NGB, GPT, and TXC (HK) Limited which is depends on its function within the Group.

  • 153 -

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders TXC Corporation

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of TXC Corporation as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, and the related statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. These financial statements are the responsibility of TXC Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Rules Governing the Audit of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Those rules and standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of TXC Corporation as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

The accompanying schedules of major accounting items of TXC Corporation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis. Such schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures described in the second paragraph. In our opinion, such schedules are consistent, in all material respects, with the financial statements required to in the first paragraph.

March 24, 2014

Notice to Readers

The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

For the convenience of readers, the auditors’ report and the accompanying financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and financial statements shall prevail.

  • 154 -

TXC CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollar)

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6)
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 4 and 7)
Available-for-sale financial assets - current (Notes 4 and 8)
Notes receivable (Notes 4, 5 and 12)
Accounts receivable (Notes 4, 5 and 12)
Receivables from related parties (Notes 4, 5, 12 and 31)
Other receivables (Notes 4 and 12)
Other receivables from related parties (Notes 4 and 21)
Inventories (Notes 4 and 13)
Other financial assets - current (Note 11)
Other current assets - other (Note 17)
Total current assets
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Available-for-sale financial assets - noncurrent (Notes 4 and 8)
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 4, 5 and 9)
Financial assets carried at cost (Notes 4 and 10)
Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 4 and 14)
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 15)
Investment properties (Notes 4 and 16)
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4, 5 and 26)
Prepayment for equipment
Refundable deposits (Notes 4 and 30)
Other noncurrent assets (Note 17)
Total noncurrent assets
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term loans (Note 18)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 4 and 7)
Notes payable (Note 20)
Notes payable from related parties (Notes 20 and 31)
Accounts payable (Note 20)
Accounts payables to related parties (Note 31)
Other payables (Note 21)
Other payables to related parties (Note 31)
Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 25)
Current portion of bonds payable and long-term bank loans (Notes 18 and 19)
Other current liabilities (Note 21)
Total current liabilities
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Bonds payable (Note 19)
Long-term bank loans (Note 18)
Deferred income tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 25)
Accrued pension cost (Notes 4 and 22)
Guarantee deposits received (Notes 4, 21 and 28)
Total noncurrent liabilities
Total liabilities
EQUITY
Capital stock (Note 23)
Common stock
Capital collected in advance
Certificates of bond-to-stock conversion
Total capital stock
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
Appropriated as legal capital reserve
Appropriated as special capital reserve
Unappropriated earnings
Total retained earnings
Other equity
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets
Total other equity
Total equity
TOTAL
December 31, 2013
Amount
%
$ 1,068,203
9
-
-
49,414
-
1,184
-
2,333,245
19
113,216
1
50,770
-
98,603
1
1,182,362
9
24,443
-

9,668

-

4,931,108

39
44,510
-
47,840
1
198,245
2
4,263,503
34
3,013,892
24
6,601
-
23,692
-
5,470
-
1,056
-

7,853

-

7,612,662

61
$ 12,543,770
100
$ 92,498
1
17,329
-
-
-
-
-
404,028
3
855,260
7
529,821
4
1,027
-
59,371
1
400,000
3

13,685

-

2,373,019

19
765,337
6
887,500
7
130,540
1
34,163
1

28,328

-

1,845,868

15

4,218,887

34
3,097,570
25
-
-

-

-

3,097,570

25

1,662,181

13
864,348
7
222,793
2

2,402,655

19

3,489,796

28
75,336
-

-

-

75,336

-

8,324,883

66
$ 12,543,770
100
December 31, 2012
Amount
%
$ 1,012,212
8
-
-
46,895
-
515
-
2,969,463
24
54,710
1
28,066
-
33,069
-
1,022,967
8
-
-

14,730

-

5,182,627

41
54,997
-
-
-
198,245
2
3,776,959
30
3,243,896
26
6,807
-
45,558
-
141,848
1
910
-

10,707

-

7,479,927

59
$ 12,662,554
100
$ 135,332
1
26,019
-
-
-
-
-
726,007
6
727,470
6
486,983
4
86
-
63,155
-
1,005,017
8

19,259

-

3,189,328

25
-
-
1,437,500
12
130,960
1
31,422
-

26,829

-

1,626,711

13

4,816,039

38
3,022,423
24
24,460
-

50,687

-

3,097,570

24

1,616,549

13
749,459
6
-
-

2,493,373

20

3,242,832

26
(97,331)
(1)

(13,105)

-

(110,436)

(1)

7,846,515

62
$ 12,662,554
100
January 1, 2012




























































Amount
%
$ 537,594
5
3,922
-
71,867
1
327
-
2,765,484
24
48,055
-
38,682
-
50,869
1
923,476
8
-
-

34,322

-

4,474,598

39
47,200
-
-
-
198,245
2
3,323,982
29
3,322,021
28
7,636
-
92,805
1
119,998
1
925
-

16,411

-

7,129,223

61
$ 11,603,821
100
$ 294,419
3
7,758
-
73,714
1
285
-
668,794
6
595,854
5
493,838
4
-
-
57,404
-
227,750
2

12,497

-

2,432,313

21
789,367
7
1,086,438
10
129,822
1
25,591
-

11,664

-

2,042,882

18

4,475,195

39
3,022,423
26
-
-

-

-

3,022,423

26

1,356,078

11
644,438
6
-
-

2,123,820

18

2,768,258

24
-
-

(18,133)

-

(18,133)

-

7,128,626

61
$ 11,603,821
100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

  • 155 -

TXC CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

OPERATING REVENUE (Notes 2 and 31)
Sales
Less: Sales returns
Less: Sales allowances
Net operating revenue
COST OF GOODS SOLD (Notes 24 and 31)
GROSS PROFIT
UNREALIZED INTER-COMPANY GAIN
REALIZED GROSS PROFIT
OPERATING EXPENSES (Notes 4 and 31)
Selling and marketing expenses
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Total operating expenses
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
Other income (Notes 4 and 24)
Other gains and losses (Note 24)
Finance costs (Notes 4 and 24)
Share of profits of associates and joint venture
Total non-operating income and expenses
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Note 25)
NET INCOME
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Exchange differences arising on translation of
foreign operations
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets
For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31
2013
Amount
%
$ 8,460,339
102
57,405
1

65,955

1

8,336,979
100

6,827,004
82

1,509,975
18

(1,546)

-


1,508,429
18

342,597
4
179,228
2
308,144

4


829,969
10

678,460

8

50,904
1
14,931
-
(36,139)
(1)

315,423

4

345,119

4

1,023,579
12

88,418

1

935,161
11

172,667
2
13,105
-
2012

































Amount
%
$ 9,607,721
101

23,147
-

107,093

1

9,477,481
100

7,769,177
82

1,708,304
18

-

-

1,708,304
18

350,801
4

192,512
2

297,829

3

841,142

9

867,162

9

46,789
-

15,215
-

(29,213)
-

359,506

4

392,297

4

1,259,459
13

109,925

1

1,149,534
12

(97,331)
(1)

5,028
-
(Continued)
  • 156 -

TXC CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

Actuarial loss from defined benefit plans
Income tax related to actuarial defined benefits
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the
period, net of income tax
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 26)
Basic
Diluted
For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31 For the Years Ended December 31
2013
Amount
%
$ (10,164)
-
3,432

-

179,040

2

$ 1,114,201
13

$ 3.02
$ 2.82
2012






Amount
%
$ (10,026)
-

-

-

(102,329)
(1)
$ 1,047,205
11
$ 3.79
$ 3.57




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. (Concluded)

  • 157 -

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

TXC CORPORATION

BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2012

Appropriation of 2011 earnings
Legal reserve
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries
Net income for the for the year ended December 31, 2012
Other comprehensive income for the for the year ended
December 31, 2012, net of income tax

Convertible bonds converted to ordinary shares

Share-based payment transaction

Total comprehensive income for the for the year ended
December 31, 2012

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2012
Appropriation of 2012 earnings
Legal capital reserve
Special capital reserve
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries
Equity component of convertible bonds issued by the
Company
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2013
Other comprehensive income for the year ended December
31, 2013, net of income tax

Total comprehensive income for the year ended December
31, 2013

Convertible bonds converted to ordinary shares

Share-based payment transaction

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2013
Equity Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Equity Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Others
Unrealized
Foreign
Currency
Gain (Loss) from
Available-for-
Translation
Reserve
sale Financial
Assets
$ -
$ (18,133)

-
-
-
-
-
-

(97,331)

5,028


-

-


-

-


(97,331)

5,028

(97,331)
(13,105)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

172,667

13,105


172,667

13,105


-

-


-

-

$ 75,336
$ -
Total Equity
$ 7,128,626
-
(664,934)
1,149,534

(102,329)

243,159

92,459

1,382,823
7,846,515
-
-
(681,465)
45,632
935,161

179,040

1,114,201

-

-
$ 8,324,883
Advance
Certificates on
Common Stock
Receipts for
Common Stock
Bond-to-stock
Conversion
Capital Surplus
$ 3,022,423
$ -
$ -
$ 1,356,078
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50,687

192,472

-

24,460

-

67,999

-

24,460

50,687

260,471
3,022,423
24,460
50,687
1,616,549
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45,632
-
-
-
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50,687

-

(50,687)

-

24,460

(24,460)

-

-
$ 3,097,570
$ -
$ -
$ 1,662,181
Retained Earnings
Legal Capital
Reserve
Special Capital
Reserve
Unappropriated
Earnings
$ 644,438
$ -
$ 2,123,820

105,021
-
(105,021)
-
-
(664,934)
-
-
1,149,534

-

-

(10,026)


-

-

-


-

-

-


-

-

1,139,508

749,459
-
2,493,373
114,889
-
(114,889)
-
222,793
(222,793)
-
-
(681,465)
-
-
-
-
-
935,161

-

-

(6,732)


-

-

928,429


-

-

-


-

-

-

$ 864,348
$ 222,793
$ 2,402,655









The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

  • 158 -

TXC CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income before income tax
Adjustments for:
Bad debt expense
Depreciation expense
Amortization expense
Net loss on fair value change of financial liabilities at fair value
through profit or loss
Interest expense
Gain on unrealized inter-company
Share of profits of associates and joint venture
Interest income
Impairment loss of financial assets
Loss on valuation of inventories
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Dividend income
Gain on disposal of investment
Fire Loss
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Notes receivable
Accounts receivables
Receivables from related parties
Other receivables
Other receivables from related parties
Inventories
Other current assets
Notes payable
Notes payable to related parties
Accounts payable
Accounts payable to related parties
Other payables
Other payables to related parties
Other current liabilities
Accrued pension costs
Cash generated from operations
Interest paid
Income taxes paid
Net cash generated by operating activities
For the Years Ended
December 31
For the Years Ended
December 31



2013
$ 1,023,579

54
469,315
27,775
17,647
36,139
1,546
(315,423)
(7,211)
21,072
10,069
-
(1,035)
(6,368)
-
(669)
636,164
(58,506)
(21,006)
(65,534)
(169,464)
6,684
-
-
(321,979)
127,790
37,984
941
(5,574)
(7,423)

1,436,567
(20,613)
(67,324)


1,348,630
2012
$ 1,259,459
1,647
488,913
12,697
25,857
29,213
-

(359,506)

(4,697)
-
18,366
(231)

(3,954)

(1,094)
625

(188)
(205,626)

(6,655)

62,042

17,800

(135,112)
19,592
(73,714)
(285)

57,213
131,616
(6,686)
86

6,762

(4,195)
1,329,945

(19,511)

(55,789)

1,254,645
(Continued)
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TXC CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of investment accounted for using equity method
Disposal of net loss arising on financial liabilities classified as held for
trading recognized originally
Purchase of available-for-sale financial assets
Disposal of available-for-sale financial assets
Purchase of held-to-maturity financial assets
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
Increase in refundable deposits
Decrease in refundable deposits
Increase in other financial assets
Increase in other noncurrent assets
Increase in prepayment for equipment
Decrease in prepayment for equipment
Interest received
Dividend received
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Decrease in short-term loans
Proceeds from issuance of convertible bonds
Repayment of bonds
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
Repayments of long-term borrowings
Guarantee deposits received
Payments of cash dividend
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options
Net cash used in financing activities
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR
For the Years Ended
December 31
For the Years Ended
December 31








2013
$ -

(26,019)
(179,665)
186,034
(47,840)
(273,253)
34,148
(146)
-
(24,443)
(26,543)
-
136,378
5,513

1,035

(214,801)

(42,834)
800,000
(556,100)
750,000
(1,348,938)
1,499
(681,465)

-

(1,077,838)


-

55,991

1,012,212

$ 1,068,203
2012
$ (190,802)

(3,674)

(37,797)
61,094

-

(472,501)
26,847

-
15

-

(5,863)
(21,850)
-
4,697

3,954

(635,880)

(159,087)
-

-
800,000

(227,750)
15,165

(664,934)

92,459

(144,147)

-
474,618

537,594
$ 1,012,212

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

(Concluded)

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Stated Otherwise)

TXC CORPORATION

1. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

TXC Corporation (TXC) was incorporated on December 28, 1983 under the Company Law and other related regulations of the Republic of China (ROC).

TXC specializes in five categories of products such as high quality Quartz Unite Crystal, Automotive Crystal, Crystal Oscillator (CXO) Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter, and Timing Module (TM), and provides complete solution in frequency devices and modules, and design service to fully satisfy various needs of the customers.

On August 26, 2002, TXC’s shares began to be traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

The functional currency of the Company is New Taiwan dollars. The financial statements are presented in New Taiwan dollars.

In order to ensure investors’ rights and interests, the Company had applied to Taiwan Corporate Governance Association for corporate governance assessment certification. The Company has acquired (CG6005 general version of corporate governance assessment and authentication) and (CG6008 advanced version of corporate governance assessment and authentication), on March 23, 2011 and June 27, 2013, respectively. The Company will continue to strengthen corporate governance functions in order to work with international standards and to protect public interests.

2. THE AUTHORIZATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements were reported to the Board of Directors and issued on March 24, 2014.

3. APPLICATION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRSs)

  • a. New, amended and revised standards, and interpretations in issue but not yet effective

The Company have not applied the following International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), Interpretations of IFRS (IFRIC), and Interpretations of IAS (SIC) issued by the IASB. As of the date that the financial statements were authorized for issue, the Financial Supervisory Commission (the “FSC”) has not announced the effective dates for the following new, amended and revised standards and interpretations (the “New IFRSs”). On January 28, 2014, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced the framework for the adoption of updated IFRSs version in the ROC. Under this framework, starting January 1, 2015, the previous version of IFRSs endorsed by the FSC (the 2010 IFRSs version) currently applied by companies with shares listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange or traded on the Taiwan GreTai Securities Market or Emerging Stock Market will be replaced by the updated IFRSs without IFRS 9 (the 2013 IFRSs version). However, as of the date that the financial statements were authorized for issue, the FSC has not endorsed the following new, amended and revised standards and interpretations issued by the IASB (the “New IFRSs”) included in the 2013 IFRSs version. Furthermore, the FSC has not announced the effective date for the following New IFRSs that are not included in the 2013 IFRSs version.

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The New IFRSs Included in the 2013 IFRSs Version Not Yet Endorsed by the FSC

Effective Date Announced by IASB (Note 1)

Improvements to IFRSs (2009) - amendment to IAS 39 January 1, 2009 and January 1, 2010, as appropriate Amendment to IAS 39 “Embedded Derivatives” Effective for annual periods ending on or after June 30, 2009 Improvements to IFRSs (2010) July 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011, as appropriate Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2009-2011 Cycle January 1, 2013 Amendment to IFRS 1 “Limited Exemption from Comparative IFRS 7 July 1, 2010 Disclosures for First-time Adopters” Amendment to IFRS 1 “Severe Hyperinflation and Removal of Fixed July 1, 2011 Dates for First-time Adopters” Amendment to IFRS 1 “Government Loans” January 1, 2013 Amendment to IFRS 7 “Disclosure - Offsetting Financial Assets and January 1, 2013 Financial Liabilities” Amendment to IFRS 7 “Disclosure - Transfer of Financial Assets” July 1, 2011 IFRS 10 “Financial Statements” January 1, 2013 IFRS 11 “Joint Arrangements” January 1, 2013 IFRS 12 “Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities” January 1, 2013 Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IFRS 12 “Financial January 1, 2013 Statements, Joint Arrangements and Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities: Transition Guidance” Amendments to IFRS 10 and IFRS 12 and IAS 27 “Investment January 1, 2014 Entities” IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement” January 1, 2013 Amendment to IAS 1 “Presentation of Other Comprehensive Income” July 1, 2012 Amendment to IAS 12 “Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying January 1, 2012 Assets” IAS 19 (Revised 2011) “Employee Benefits” January 1, 2013 IAS 27 (Revised 2011) “Separate Financial Statements” January 1, 2013 IAS 28 (Revised 2011) “Investments in Associates and Joint January 1, 2013 Ventures” Amendment to IAS 32 “Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial January 1, 2014 Liabilities” IFRIC 20 “Stripping Costs in Production Phase of a Surface Mine” January 1, 2013 Effective Date Announced by The New IFRSs Not Included in the 2013 IFRSs Version IASB (Note 1) Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 Cycle July 1, 2014 (Note 2) Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle July 1, 2014 IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments” Note 3 Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 “Mandatory Effective Date of Note 3 IFRS 9 and Transition Disclosures” IFRS 14 “Regulatory Deferral Accounts” January 1, 2016 Amendment to IAS 19 “Defined Benefit Plans: Employee July 1, 2014 Contributions” Amendment to IAS 36 “Impairment of Assets: Recoverable Amount January 1, 2014 Disclosures for Non-financial Assets” Amendment to IAS 39 “Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of January 1, 2014 Hedge Accounting” IFRIC 21 “Levies” January 1, 2014

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  • Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above New IFRSs are effective for annual periods beginning on or after the respective effective dates.

  • Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 2 applies to share-based payment transactions for which the grant date is on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 3 applies to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 13 is effective immediately; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014.

  • Note 3: IASB tentatively decided that an entity should apply IFRS 9 for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

  • b. Significant impending changes in accounting policy resulted from new, amended and revised standards and interpretations in issue but not yet effective

Except for the following, the initial application of the above new, amended and revised standards and interpretations have not had any material impact on the Company’s accounting policies:

  • 1) IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”

Recognition and measurement of financial assets

With regards to financial assets, all recognized financial assets that are within the scope of IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement” to be subsequently measured at amortized cost or fair value. Specifically, financial assets that are held within a business model whose objective is to collect the contractual cash flows, and that have contractual cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding are generally measured at amortized cost at the end of subsequent accounting periods. All other financial assets are measured at their fair values at the balance sheet date. However, the Company may make an irrevocable election to present subsequent changes in the fair value of an equity investment (that is not held for trading) in other comprehensive income, with only dividend income generally recognized in profit or loss.

Recognition and measurement of financial liabilities

As for financial liabilities, the main changes in the classification and measurement relate to the subsequent measurement of financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss. The amount of change in the fair value of such financial liability attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability, is presented in other comprehensive income and the remaining amount of change in the fair value of that liability is presented in profit or loss, unless the recognition of the effects of changes in the liability’s credit risk in other comprehensive income would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss. Changes in fair value attributable to a financial liability’s credit risk are not subsequently reclassified to profit or loss. If the above accounting treatment would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss, the Company presents all gains or losses on that liability in profit or loss.

Hedge accounting

The main changes in hedge accounting amended the application requirements for hedge accounting to better reflect the entity’s risk management activities. Compared with IAS 39, the main changes include: (1) enhancing types of transactions eligible for hedge accounting, specifically broadening the risk eligible for hedge accounting of non-financial items; (2) changing the way hedging derivative instruments are accounted for to reduce profit or loss volatility; and (3) replacing retrospective effectiveness assessment with the principle of economic relationship between the hedging instrument and the hedged item.

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Effective date

The mandatory effective date of IFRS 9, which was previously set at January 1, 2015, was removed and will be reconsidered once the standard is complete with a new impairment model and finalization of any limited amendments to classification and measurement.

  • 2) IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”

IFRS 13 establishes a single source of guidance for fair value measurements. It defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements. The disclosure requirements in IFRS 13 are more extensive than those required in the current standards. For example, quantitative and qualitative disclosures based on the three-level fair value hierarchy currently required for financial instruments only will be extended by IFRS 13 to cover all assets and liabilities within its scope.

  • 3) Amendments to IAS 1 “Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income”

The amendments to IAS 1 require items of other comprehensive income to be grouped into those that (1) will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss; and (2) will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when specific conditions are met. Income taxes on related items of other comprehensive income are grouped on the same basis. Previously, there were no such requirements.

  • 4) Amendments to IAS 36 “Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-financial Assets”

In issuing IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”, the IASB made some consequential amendments to the disclosure requirements in IAS 36 “Impairment of Assets”, introducing a requirement to disclose in every reporting period the recoverable amount of an asset or each cash-generating unit. The amendment clarifies that the disclosure of such recoverable amount is required during the period when an impairment loss has been recognized or reversed. Furthermore, the Company is required to disclose the discount rate used in current and previous measurements of the recoverable amount based on fair value less costs of disposal measured using a present value technique.

  • 5) New issued IFRIC 21 “Levies”

IFRIC 21 provides guidance on when to recognize a liability for a levy imposed by a government. It addresses the accounting for a liability whose timing and amount is certain and the accounting for a provision whose timing or amount is not certain. The Company accrues related liability when the transaction or activity that triggers the payment of the levy occurs. Therefore, if the obligating event occurs over a period of time (such as generation of revenue over a period of time), the liability is recognized progressively. If an obligation to pay a levy is triggered upon reaching a minimum threshold (such as a minimum amount of revenue or sales generated), the liability is recognized when that minimum threshold is reached.

  • 6) Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2010-2012 Cycle

Several standards including IFRS 2 “Share-Based Payment”, IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” and IFRS 8 “Operating Segments” were amended in this annual improvement.

The amended IFRS 2 changes the definitions of “vesting condition” and “market condition” and adds definitions for “performance condition” and “service condition”. The amendment clarifies that a performance target can be based on the operations (i.e. a non-market condition) of the Company or another entity in the same group or the market price of the equity instruments of the Company or another entity in the same group (i.e. a market condition); that a performance target can relate either to the performance of the Company as a whole or to some part of it (e.g. a division);

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and that the period for achieving a performance condition must not extend beyond the end of the related service period. In addition, a share market index target is not a performance condition because it not only reflects the performance of the Company, but also of other entities outside the Company.

IFRS 3 was amended to clarify that contingent consideration should be measured at fair value, irrespective of whether the contingent consideration is a financial instrument within the scope of IFRS 9 or IAS 39. Changes in fair value should be recognized in profit or loss.

The amended IFRS 8 requires an entity to disclose the judgments made by management in applying the aggregation criteria to operating segments, including a description of the operating segments aggregated and the economic indicators assessed in determining whether the operating segments have “similar economic characteristics”. The amendment also clarifies that a reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ assets to the entity’s assets should only be provided if the segments’ assets are regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker.

IFRS 13 was amended to clarify that the issuance of IFRS 13 did not remove the ability to measure short-term receivables and payables with no stated interest rate at their invoice amounts without discounting, if the effect of not discounting is immaterial.

IAS 24 was amended to clarify that a management entity providing key management personnel services to the Company is a related party of the Company. Consequently, the Company is required to disclose as related party transactions the amounts incurred for the service paid or payable to the management entity for the provision of key management personnel services. However, disclosure of the components of such compensation is not required.

  • 7) Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2011-2013 Cycle

Several standards including IFRS 3, IFRS 13 and IAS 40 “Investment Property” were amended in this annual improvement.

IFRS 3 was amended to clarify that IFRS 3 does not apply to the accounting for the formation of all types of joint arrangements in the financial statements of the joint arrangement itself.

The scope in IFRS 13 of the portfolio exception for measuring the fair value of a group of financial assets and financial liabilities on a net basis was amended to clarify that it includes all contracts that are within the scope of, and accounted for in accordance with, IAS 39 or IFRS 9, even if those contracts do not meet the definitions of financial assets or financial liabilities within IAS 32.

IAS 40 was amended to clarify that IAS 40 and IFRS 3 are not mutually exclusive and application of both standards may be required to determine whether the investment property acquired is acquisition of an asset or a business combination.

  • c. Significant impending changes in accounting policy resulted from the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers in issue but not yet effective

As of the date the financial statements were authorized for issue, the Company is continuingly assessing the possible impact that the application of the above New IFRSs will have on the Company’s financial position and operating result, and will disclose the relevant impact when the assessment is complete.

4. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying parent company only financial statements are the first annual parent company only financial statements prepared in accordance with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers amended on December 22, 2011.

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For the convenience of readers, the accompanying parent company only financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the R.O.C. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language parent company only financial statements shall prevail.

Statement of Compliance

The accompanying parent company only financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers (the “Accounting Standards Used in Preparation of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements”).

Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for financial instruments that are measured at fair values. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.

When preparing its parent company only financial statements, the Company used equity method to account for its investment in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities. In order for the amounts of the net profit for the year, other comprehensive income for the year and total equity in the parent company only financial statements to be the same with the amounts attributable to the owner of the Company in its consolidated financial statements, adjustments arising from the differences in accounting treatment between parent company only basis and consolidated basis were made to investments accounted for by equity method, share of profit or loss of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, share of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures and related equity items, as appropriate, in the parent company only financial statements.

Classification of Current and Non-current Assets and Liabilities

Current assets include:

  • a. Assets held primarily for the purpose of trading;

  • b. Assets expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; and

  • c. Cash and cash equivalents unless the asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Current liabilities include:

  • a. Liabilities held primarily for the purpose of trading;

  • b. Liabilities due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period, even if an agreement to refinance, or to reschedule payments, on a long-term basis is completed after the reporting period and before the financial statements are authorized for issue; and

  • c. Liabilities for which the Company does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting period. Terms of a liability that could, at the option of the counterparty, result in its settlement by the issue of equity instruments do not affect its classification.

Assets and liabilities that are not classified as current are classified as non-current.

The Company engages in the construction business, which has an operating cycle of over one year, the normal operating cycle applies when considering the classification of the Company’s construction-related assets and liabilities.

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Foreign Currencies

In preparing the financial statements of each individual group entity, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.

At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences on monetary items arising from settlement or translation are recognized in profit or loss in the period.

Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

For the purposes of presenting financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations (including of the subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures or branches operations in other countries or currencies used different with the Company) are translated into New Taiwan dollars using exchange rates prevailing at the end of each reporting period. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Exchange differences arising are recognized in other comprehensive income attributed to the owners of the Company and non-controlling interests as appropriate.

On the disposal of a foreign operation (i.e. a disposal of the Company’s entire interest in a foreign operation, or a disposal involving loss of control over a subsidiary that includes a foreign operation, a disposal involving loss of joint control over a jointly controlled entity that includes a foreign operation, or a disposal involving loss of significant influence over an associate that includes a foreign operation), all of the exchange differences accumulated in equity in respect of that operation attributable to the owners of the Company are reclassified to profit or loss.

Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials, supplies, finished goods and work-in-process and are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Inventory write-downs are made by item, except where it may be appropriate to group similar or related items. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price of inventories less all estimated costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale. Inventories are recorded at specific identification of weighted-average cost on the balance sheet date.

Investment in Associates

An associate is an entity over which the Company has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture.

The results and assets and liabilities of associates are incorporated in these financial statements using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, an investment in an associate is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Company’s share of the profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the associate. The Company also recognizes the changes in the Company’s share of equity of associates attributable to the Company.

When the Company subscribes for additional new shares of the associate at a percentage different from its existing ownership percentage, the resulting carrying amount of the investment differs from the amount of the Company’s proportionate interest in the associate. The Company records such a difference as an adjustment to investments with the corresponding amount charged or credited to capital surplus. If the Company’s ownership interest is reduced due to the additional subscription of the new shares of associate, the proportionate amount of the gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income in relation to that associate is reclassified to profit or loss on the same basis as would be required if the investee had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. When the adjustment should be debited to capital surplus, but the capital surplus recognized from investments accounted for by the equity method is insufficient, the shortage is debited to retained earnings.

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When the Company’s share of losses of an associate equals or exceeds its interest in that associate which includes any carrying amount of the investment accounted for by the equity method and long-term interests that, in substance, form part of the Company’s net investment in the associate, the Company discontinues recognizing its share of further losses. Additional losses and liabilities are recognized only to the extent that the Company has incurred legal obligations, or constructive obligations, or made payments on behalf of that associate.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Company’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities of an associate recognized at the date of acquisition is recognized as goodwill, which is included within the carrying amount of the investment and is not amortized. Any excess of the Company’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities over the cost of acquisition, after reassessment, is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

The entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount with its carrying amount. Any impairment loss recognized forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

The Company discontinues the use of the equity method from the date on which it ceases to have significant influence. Any retained investment is measured at fair value at that date and the fair value is regarded as its fair value on initial recognition as a financial asset. The difference between the previous carrying amount of the associate attributable to the retained interest and its fair value is included in the determination of the gain or loss on disposal of the associate. The Company accounts for all amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income in relation to that associate on the same basis as would be required if that associate had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities.

When the Company transacts with its associate, profits and losses resulting from the transactions with the associate are recognized in the Company’ financial statements only to the extent of interests in the associate that are not related to the Company.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment loss.

Properties in the course of construction for production, supply or administrative purposes are carried at cost, less any recognized impairment loss. Cost includes professional fees and borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. Such properties are depreciated and classified to the appropriate categories of property, plant and equipment when completed and ready for intended use.

Freehold land is not depreciated.

Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method. Each significant part is depreciated separately. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets. Assets are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives using the straight-line method.

Any gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in profit or loss.

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Investment Properties

Investment properties are properties held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation (including property under construction for such purposes). Investment properties also include land held for a currently undetermined future use.

Investment properties are measured initially at cost, including transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment properties are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method.

Investment properties under construction are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Cost includes professional fees and, borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. Depreciation of these assets commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the property is calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is included in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Impairment of Tangible and Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

At the end of each reporting period, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Corporate assets are allocated to the individual cash-generating units on a reasonable and consistent basis of allocation.

Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and intangible assets not yet available for use are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. If the recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is reduced to its recoverable amount.

When an impairment loss is subsequently reversed, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent of the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset or cash-generating unit in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss.

Financial Instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when a group entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

  • a. Financial assets

All regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized and derecognized on a trade date basis/settlement date basis.

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1) Measurement category

Financial assets are classified into the following categories: Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial assets, and loans and receivables.

  • a) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets are classified as at fair value through profit or loss when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset.

Investments in equity instruments under financial assets at fair value through profit or loss that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are subsequently measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in profit or loss.

  • b) Held-to-maturity investments

Commercial paper, corporate bonds, and foreign government bonds, which are above specific credit ratings and the Company has positive intent and ability to hold to maturity, are classified as held-to-maturity investments.

Subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method less any impairment.

  • c) Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated as available-for-sale or are not classified as loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments or financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

Available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale monetary financial assets relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest income calculated using the effective interest method and dividends on available-for-sale equity investments are recognized in profit or loss. Other changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale financial assets are recognized in other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to profit or loss when the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired.

Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Company’s right to receive the dividends is established.

Available-for-sale equity investments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity investments are measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets

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can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between carrying amount and fair value is recognized in profit or loss or other comprehensive income on financial assets. Any impairment losses are recognized in profit and loss.

  • d) Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables (including trade receivables, cash and cash equivalent, debt investments with no active market, and other receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment, except for short-term receivables when the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Cash equivalent includes time deposits and investments with original maturities within three months from the date of acquisition, highly liquid, readily convertible to a known amount of cash and be subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. These cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.

2) Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those at fair value through profit or loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, such as trade receivables and other receivables, assets are assessed for impairment on a collective basis even if they were assessed not to be impaired individually. Objective evidence of impairment for a portfolio of receivables could include the Company’s past experience of collecting payments, an increase in the number of delayed payments in the portfolio past the average credit period of 60 days, as well as observable changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with default on receivables, and other situation.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss recognized is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets measured at amortized cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

For available-for-sale equity investments, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

For all other financial assets, objective evidence of impairment could include significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty, breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments, it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-organization, or the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties.

When an available-for-sale financial asset is considered to be impaired, cumulative gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss in the period.

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In respect of available-for-sale equity securities, impairment loss previously recognized in profit or loss are not reversed through profit or loss. Any increase in fair value subsequent to an impairment loss is recognized in other comprehensive income. In respect of available-for-sale debt securities, the impairment loss is subsequently reversed through profit or loss if an increase in the fair value of the investment can be objectively related to an event occurring after the recognition of the impairment loss.

For financial assets that are carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss will not be reversed in subsequent periods.

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade receivables and other receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. When a trade receivable and other receivables are considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognized in profit or loss except for uncollectible trade receivables and other receivables that are written off against the allowance account.

3) Derecognition of financial assets

The Company derecognizes a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another party.

If the Company neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and continues to control the transferred asset, the Company recognizes its retained interest in the asset and an associated liability for amounts it may have to pay. If the Company retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred financial asset, the Company continues to recognize the financial asset and also recognizes a collateralized borrowing for the proceeds received.

On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss.

On derecognition of a financial asset other than in its entirety, the Company allocates the previous carrying amount of the financial asset between the part it continues to recognize and the part it no longer recognizes on the basis of the relative fair values of those parts on the date of the transfer. The difference between the carrying amount allocated to the part that is no longer recognized and the sum of the consideration received for the part no longer recognized and any cumulative gain or loss allocated to it that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss. A cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is allocated between the part that continues to be recognized and the part that is no longer recognized on the basis of the relative fair values of those parts.

b. Equity instruments

Debt and equity instruments issued by the Company are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

Equity instruments issued by the Company are recognized at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

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Repurchase of the Company’s own equity instruments is recognized in and deducted directly from equity. No gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss on the purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the Company’s own equity instruments.

  • c. Financial liabilities

1) Subsequent measurement

Except the following situation, all the financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method:

  • a) Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Financial liabilities are classified as at fair value through profit or loss when the financial liability is either held for trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss incorporates any interest or dividend paid on the financial liability. Fair value is determined in the manner described in Note 30.

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss that are obligations to deliver unquoted equity instruments borrowed by a short seller whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and derivatives that are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are subsequently measured at cost less any identified impairment loss at the end of each reporting period and are presented in a separate line item as financial liabilities carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial liabilities can be reliably measured, the financial liabilities are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in profit or loss.

  • b) Financial guarantee contracts

Financial guarantee contracts issued by the Company are initially measured at their fair values and, if not designated as at fair value through profit or loss, are subsequently measured at the higher of the best estimate of the obligation under the contract or the amount initially recognized less cumulative amortization recognized.

  • c) Commitments to provide a loan at a below-market interest rate

Commitments to provide a loan at a below-market interest rate issued by the Company are initially measured at fair value and, if not designated as at fair value through profit or loss, are subsequently measured at the higher of the best estimate of the obligation under the contract or the amount initially recognized less cumulative amortization recognized.

  • 2) Derecognition of financial liabilities

The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognized in profit or loss.

  • d. Convertible bonds

The component parts of compound instruments (convertible bonds) issued by the Company are classified separately as financial liabilities and equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

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On initial recognition, the fair value of the liability component is estimated using the prevailing market interest rate for similar non-convertible instruments. This amount is recorded as a liability on an amortized cost basis using the effective interest method until extinguished upon conversion or the instrument’s maturity date. Any embedded derivative liability is measured at fair value.

The conversion option classified as equity is determined by deducting the amount of the liability component from the fair value of the compound instrument as a whole. This is recognized and included in equity, net of income tax effects, and is not subsequently remeasured. In addition, the conversion option classified as equity will remain in equity until the conversion option is exercised, in which case, the balance recognized in equity will be transferred to capital surplus - share premium. When the conversion option remains unexercised at maturity, the balance recognized in equity will be transferred to capital surplus - share premium.

Transaction costs that relate to the issue of the convertible notes are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to the allocation of the gross proceeds. Transaction costs relating to the equity component are recognized directly in equity. Transaction costs relating to the liability component are included in the carrying amount of the liability component.

Convertible bonds issued by the Company that contain both liability and conversion option components are classified separately into respective items on initial recognition. The conversion option that will be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or other financial asset for a fixed number of the Company’s own equity instruments is classified as a conversion option derivative. At the date of issue, both the liability and conversion option components are recognized at fair value.

In subsequent periods, the liability component of the convertible bonds is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The conversion option derivative is measured at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognized in profit or loss.

Transaction costs that relate to the issue of the convertible notes are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to their relative fair values. Transaction costs relating to the conversion option derivative are recognized immediately in profit or loss. Transaction costs relating to the liability component are included in the carrying amount of the liability component.

e. Derivative financial instruments

The Company enters into derivative financial instruments, including foreign exchange forward contracts, to manage its exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks, including.

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value at the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. When the fair value of derivative financial instruments is positive, the derivative is recognized as a financial asset; when the fair value of derivative financial instruments is negative, the derivative is recognized as a financial liability.

Derivatives embedded in non-derivative host contracts are treated as separate derivatives when they meet the definition of a derivative, their risks and characteristics are not closely related to those of the host contracts and the contracts are not measured at fair value through profit or loss.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Revenue is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances. Sales returns are recognized at the time of sale provided the seller can reliably estimate future returns and recognizes a liability for returns based on previous experience and other relevant factors.

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a. Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognized when the goods are delivered and titles have passed, at which time all the following conditions are satisfied:

  • 1) The Company has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;

  • 2) The Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;

  • 3) The amount of revenue can be measured reliably;

  • 4) It is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Company; and

  • 5) The costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

The Company does not recognize sales revenue on materials delivered to subcontractors because this delivery does not involve a transfer of risks and rewards of materials ownership.

Income from properties developed for sale is recognized when construction is complete, rewards of ownership of the properties are transferred to buyers, and collectability of the related receivables is reasonably assured. Deposits received from sales of properties and installment payments are carried in the balance sheets under current liabilities.

Sales of goods that result in award credits for customers, under the Company’s award scheme, are accounted for as multiple element revenue transactions and the fair value of the consideration received or receivable is allocated between the goods supplied and the award credits granted. The consideration allocated to the award credits is measured by reference to their fair value, the amount for which the award credits could be sold separately. Such consideration is not recognized as revenue at the time of the initial sale transaction but is deferred and recognized as revenue when the award credits are redeemed and the Company’s obligations have been fulfilled.

  • b. Dividend and interest income

Dividend income from investments is recognized when the shareholder’s right to receive payment has been established provided that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the amount of income can be measured reliably.

Interest income from a financial asset is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the amount of income can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable.

Leasing

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

  • a. The Company as lessor

Amounts due from lessees under finance leases are recognized as receivables at the amount of the Company’s net investment in the leases. Finance lease income is allocated to accounting periods so as to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on the Company’s net investment outstanding in respect of the leases.

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Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee’s benefit from the use of the leased asset. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Contingent rents arising under operating leases are recognized as income in the period in which they are incurred.

Lease incentives included in the operating lease are recognized as an asset. The aggregate cost of incentives is recognized as a reduction of rental income on a straight-line basis over the lease term unless another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern over which the benefit of the leased asset is diminished.

  • b. The Company as lessee

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognized as assets of the Company at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheets as a finance lease obligation.

Minimum lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognized immediately in profit or loss, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalized in accordance with the Company’s general policy on borrowing costs. Contingent rents are recognized as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed. Contingent rents arising under operating leases are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognized as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognized as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed.

When the Company sales and leasebacks a property, the excess of sales proceeds over the carrying amount resulted from the sale of the property is deferred and amortized over the lease term regardless of operating lease or finance lease. For indefinite lease term, the excess is amortized over 10 years.

Borrowing Costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization.

Other than stated above, all other borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

Government Grants

Government grants are not recognized until there is reasonable assurance that the Company will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

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Government grants are recognized in profit or loss on a systematic basis over the periods in which the Company recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. Specifically, government grants whose primary condition is that the Company should purchase, construct or otherwise acquire non-current assets are recognized as a deduction from the carrying amount of the relevant asset and recognized in profit or loss on a systematic and rational basis over the useful lives of the related assets.

Retirement Benefit Costs

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are recognized as an expense when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

For defined benefit retirement benefit plans, the cost of providing benefits is determined using the Projected Unit Credit Method. All actuarial gains and losses on the defined benefit obligation are recognized immediately in other comprehensive income/Actuarial gains and losses that exceed 10% of the greater of the present value of the Company’s defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets as at the end of the prior year are amortized over the expected average remaining working lives of the participating employees. Past service cost is recognized immediately to the extent that the benefits are already vested, and otherwise is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average period until the benefits become vested.

The retirement benefit obligation recognized in the balance sheets represents the present value of the defined benefit obligation as adjusted for unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and unrecognized past service cost, and as reduced by the fair value of plan assets. Any asset resulting from this calculation is limited to the unrecognized actuarial losses and past service cost, plus the present value of available refunds and reductions in future contributions to the plan.

Curtailment or settlement gains or losses on the defined benefit plan are recognized when the curtailment or settlement occurs.

Other Long-term Employee Benefits

Other long-term employee benefits are accounted for in the same way as the accounting required for post-employment benefits except that all past service cost and actuarial gains and losses are recognized immediately.

Employee Share Options

Employee share options granted to employee

Equity-settled share-based payments to employees and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments at the grant date.

The fair value determined at the grant date of the employee share options is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Company’s estimate of employee share options that will eventually vest, with a corresponding increase in capital surplus - employee share options. The fair value determined at the grant date of the employee share options is recognized as an expense in full at the grate date when the share options granted vest immediately.

Restricted shares for employees are measured at fair value on the date of grant, with a corresponding increase in capital surplus - restricted shares for employees. If restricted shares for employees are granted for consideration, and should be returned, they are recognized as payables. Dividends paid to employees on the restricted shares that do not need to be returned if employees resign in the vesting period, are recognized as expenses when the dividends are declared with a corresponding adjustment in capital surplus - restricted shares for employees.

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At the end of each reporting period, the Company revises its estimate of the number of employee share options expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates is recognized in profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to the capital surplus - employee share options.

Taxation

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

a. Current tax

According to the Income Tax Law, an additional tax at 10% of unappropriated earnings is provided for as income tax in the year the shareholders approve to retain the earnings.

Adjustments of prior years’ tax liabilities are added to or deducted from the current year’s tax provision.

b. Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognized for all deductible temporary differences, unused loss carry forward and unused tax credits for purchases of machinery, equipment and technology, research and development expenditures, and personnel training expenditures to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Such deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognized if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Company is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. A previously unrecognized deferred tax asset is also reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized to the to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax liabilities and assets are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realized, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

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  • c. Current and deferred tax for the year

Current and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss, except when they relate to items that are recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case, the current and deferred tax are also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively. Where current tax or deferred tax arises from the initial accounting for a business combination, the tax effect is included in the accounting for the business combination.

5. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION AND

UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Held-to-maturity Financial Assets

Management has reviewed the Company’s held-to-maturity financial assets in light of its capital maintenance and liquidity requirements and has confirmed the Company’s positive intention and ability to hold those assets to maturity.

Income Taxes

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the carrying amount of deferred tax assets in relation to unused tax losses was $23,692 thousand, $45,558 thousand and $92,805 thousand, respectively. The realizability of the deferred tax asset mainly depends on whether sufficient future profits or taxable temporary differences will be available. In cases where the actual future profits generated are less than expected, a material reversal of deferred tax assets may arise, which would be recognized in profit or loss for the period in which such a reversal takes place.

Estimated Impairment of Trade Receivables

When there is objective evidence of impairment loss, the Company takes into consideration the estimation of future cash flows. The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. Where the actual future cash flows are less than expected, a material impairment loss may arise.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

As described in Note 30, the Company’s management uses its judgment in selecting an appropriate valuation technique for financial instruments that do not have quoted market price in an active market. Valuation techniques commonly used by market practitioners are applied. For derivative financial instruments, assumptions were based on quoted market rates adjusted for specific features of the instruments. Debt instruments were valued using a discounted cash flow analysis based on assumptions supported, where possible, by observable market prices or rates. The estimation of fair value of listed equity instruments traded in emerging market and unlisted equity instruments was based on the analysis in relation to the financial position and the operation results of investees, recent transaction prices, prices of same equity instruments not quoted in active markets, quoted prices of similar instruments in active markets, valuation multiples of comparable entities, not including assumptions based on unobservable market prices

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or rates. As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the carrying amount of these equity instruments was $44,510 thousand, $54,997 thousand and $47,200 thousand, respectively. The Company’s management believes that the chosen valuation techniques and assumptions used are appropriate in determining the fair value of financial instruments.

Write-down of Inventory

Net realizable value of inventory is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. The estimation of net realizable value was based on current market conditions and the historical experience of selling products of a similar nature. Changes in market conditions may have a material impact on the estimation of net realizable value.

Recognition and Measurement of Defined Benefit Plans

Accrued pension liabilities and the resulting pension expense under defined benefit pension plans are calculated using the Projected Unit Credit Method. Actuarial assumptions comprise the discount rate, rate of employee turnover, and long-term average future salary increase. Changes in economic circumstances and market conditions will affect these assumptions and may have a material impact on the amount of the expense and the liability.

6. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Cash on hand $ 587 $ 652 $ 1,098
Demand deposits and check accounts 315,182 664,560 353,496
Cash equivalents
Time deposits with original maturities less than
three 262,434 - 140,000
Repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds 490,000 347,000 43,000
$ 1,068,203 $ 1,012,212 $ 537,594

The market rate intervals of cash in bank repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds at the end of the reporting period were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Deposits in banks 0.02%-3.4% 0.02%-3.1% 0.02%-1.23%
Repurchase agreements collateralized by bonds 0.68%-0.71% 0.8%-0.825% 0.76%
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7. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012
January 1, 2012
Financial assets held for trading
Non-derivative financial assets
Convertible bonds $ - $
-
$ 3,922
Financial liabilities held for trading
Derivative financial assets (not under hedge
accounting)
Forward exchange contracts $ 17,329 $ 26,019
$ 7,758
Outstanding forward exchange contracts consisted of the following:
Contract Amount
Currency Maturity Date (In Thousands)
December 31, 2013
Sell
USD/NTD 2014.01.24-2014.03.03 USD13,000/NTD383,792
Sell
USD/JPY 2014.01.14-2014.03.10 USD17,000/JPY1,733,929
December 31, 2012
Sell
USD/NTD 2013.01.02-2013.03.26 USD24,500/NTD714,837
Sell
USD/JPY 2013.01.04-2013.03.05 USD19,000/JPY1,561,562
Buy
JPY/NTD 2013.01.10-2013.02.20 JPY160,000/NTD58,484
January 1, 2012
Sell
USD/NTD 2012.01.03-2012.04.09 USD55,000/NTD1,656,290
Sell
USD/JPY 2012.01.04-2012.03.09 USD21,000/JPY1,629,455
Sell
NTD/JPY 2012.01.04-2012.02.06 NTD141,889/JPY360,000

The Company entered into cross-currency swap contracts during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 to manage exposures due to exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. However, those contracts did not meet the criteria of hedge effectiveness and therefore were not accounted for by using hedge accounting.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company holds 3-year convertible cooperate bonds issued by Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. with a coupon rate of 0%.

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8. AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS

9. December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
Domestic investments
Current
Mutual funds
$ 49,414
$ 46,895
$ 71,867
Noncurrent
Listed shares and emerging market shares
$ 44,510
$ 54,997
$ 47,200
HELD-TO-MATURITY FINANCIAL ASSETS
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
Noncurrent
Corporate bonds - Chinatrust
$ 47,840
$ -
$ -

In 2013, the Company bought 3-year bank debentures issued by Chinatrust with a coupon rate of 2.9% and an effective interest rate of 2.9%.

10. FINANCIAL ASSETS MEASURED AT COST

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Domestic unlisted common shares $ 101,000 $ 101,000 $ 101,000
Overseas unlisted common shares 46,478 46,478 46,478
Overseas unlisted professed shares
50,767

50,767

50,767
$ 198,245 $ 198,245 $ 198,245

Management believed that the above unlisted equity investments held by the Company, whose fair value cannot be reliably measured due to the range of reasonable fair value estimates was so significant; therefore they were measured at cost less impairment at the end of reporting period.

11. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Time deposits with original maturity more than 3
months $ 24,443 $ - $ -

The market interest rates of the time deposits with original maturity more than 3 months were 3.2% per annum from January 1 to December 31, 2013.

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12. NOTES, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Notes receivable
Notes receivable - operating $ 1,190 $ 518 $ 360
Less: Allowance for impairment loss (6) (3) (33)
$ 1,184 $ 515 $ 327
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable $ 2,348,625 $ 2,988,689 $ 2,783,280
Accounts receivable - related parties 113,273 54,795 48,086
2,461,898 3,043,484 2,831,366
Less: Allowance for impairment loss (15,380) (19,226) (17,796)
Less: Allowance for impairment loss - related
parties (57) (85) (31)
$ 2,446,461 $ 3,024,173 $ 2,813,539
Other receivables
Income tax refund receivable $ 15,279 $ 26,346 $ 19,374
Equipment payment receivable 33,469 - 16,933
Others 2,022 1,720 2,375
$ 50,770 $ 28,066 $ 38,682

The average credit period on sales of goods was 60 to 120 days. No interest was charged on trade receivables. In determining the recoverability of a trade receivable, the Company considered any change in the credit quality of the trade receivable since the date credit was initially granted to the end of the reporting period. Historical experience shows that the Company recognized an allowance in accordance with the proportion of accounts receivable of each customers.

Age of receivables that are past due and had been evaluated impairment was as follow:

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
31-60 days $
2,965
$ 18,853 $ 9,443
61-90 days 127 3,398 4,579
91-365 days -
2,621
481
$
3,092
$ 24,872 $ 14,503

Above analysis was based on the past due date.

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Movement in the allowance for impairment loss recognized on notes receivable and trade receivables were as follow:

Balance, beginning of period
Add (deduct): Provision for (reversal of) doubtful accounts
Deduct: Amounts written off
Balance, end of period
Balance, beginning of period
Add: Provision for doubtful accounts
Deduct: Amounts written off
Balance, end of period
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
Notes
Receivable
Notes
Receivable
$ 3
$ 33
3
(30)

-

-
$ 6
$ 3
For the Year Ended December 31
2012
2013
Trades
Receivable
$ 19,311
51

(3,925)
$ 15,437
2012
Trades
Receivable
$ 17,827
1,677

(193)
$ 19,311

13. INVENTORIES

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Finished goods $ 291,843 $ 257,249 $ 294,333
Work in process 244,009 237,584 162,837
Raw materials 150,235 143,955 116,924
Supplies and spare parts 28,734 38,547 45,789
Merchandise 430,631 330,830 302,721
Land to be development 36,910 14,802 872
$ 1,182,362 $ 1,022,967 $ 923,476

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the allowance for inventory devaluation was $34,840 thousand and $32,507 thousand, respectively.

The cost of inventories recognized as cost of goods sold in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 included $6,827,004 thousand and $7,769,177 thousand, respectively, which included $10,069 thousand and $18,366 thousand, respectively, due to write-downs of inventories.

14. INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING EQUITY METHOD

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Investments in subsidiaries $ 4,263,503 $ 3,776,959 $ 3,323,982
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Investments in Subsidiaries

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unlisted companies
Taiwan Crystal Technology International Ltd. $ 3,943,223 $ 3,467,150 $ 3,184,704
TXC Technology Inc. 13,491 11,378 12,942
TXC Japan Corporation 12,013 11,517 14,863
Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK) Limited
294,776

286,914

111,473
$ 4,263,503 $ 3,776,959 $ 3,323,982

As the end of the reporting period, the proportion of ownership and voting rights in subsidiaries held by the Company were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
Name of Subsidiaries 2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Taiwan Crystal Technology International Ltd. 100% 100% 100%
TXC Technology Inc. 100% 100% 100%
TXC Japan Corporation 100% 100% 100%
Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK) Limited 100% 100% 100%

The summarized financial information in respect of the Company’s associates was set out below:

In December 31, 2013, the equity-method investees’ financial statements, which had been used to determine the carrying amount of the Company’s investments share of profit and other comprehensive income of associates, had been audited.

15. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Cost
Balance at January 1, 2012
Additions
Disposals
Reclassification
Transfer from investment property
Fire loss
Balance at December 31, 2012
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
Balance at January 1, 2012
Disposals
Depreciation expenses
Reclassification
Transfer from investment property
Fire loss
Balance at December 31, 2012
Carrying value at January 1, 2012
Carrying value at December 31,
2013
**For the Year ** Ended December 31, 2013
F







reehold Land
Land
Improvements
$ 598,145
$ 593

-
-
-
-
-
(442 )
-
-

-

-

$ 598,145
$ 151

$ -
$ 520

-
-
-
25
-
(442 )
-
-

-

-

$ -
$ 103

$ 598,145
$ 73

$ 598,145
$ 48
Buildings
$ 1,598,916

71,708
(13,488 )
(128,481 )

3,715

(62,447)

$ 1,469,923

$ 359,937

(13,488 )
84,122
(130,575 )

3,091

(29,467)

$ 273,620

$ 1,238,979

$ 1,196,303
Machinery
and
Equipment
Transportatio
n Equipment
$ 3,807,057
$ 2,557

384,142
-
(89,570 )
-
(1,852,951 )
(2,557 )
-
-

(4,909)

-

$ 2,243,769
$ -

$ 2,360,877
$ 2,557

(62,954 )
-
384,169
-
(1,849,953 )
(2,557 )
-
-

(3,199)

-

$ 828,940
$ -

$ 1,446,180
$ -

$ 1,414,829
$ -
Office
Equipment
Total
$ 141,243
$ 6,148,511
16,651
472,501
(1,307 )
(104,365 )

(65,261 )
(2,049,692 )
-
3,715

(1,008)

(68,364)
$ 90,318
$ 4,402,306
$ 102,599
$ 2,826,490
(1,307 )
(77,749 )
20,392
488,708

(65,035 )
(2,048,562 )
-
3,091

(902)

(33,568)
$ 55,747
$ 1,158,410
$ 38,644
$ 3,322,021
$ 34,571
$ 3,243,896
(Continued)
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Cost
Balance at January 1, 2013
Additions
Disposals
Balance at December 31, 2013
Accumulated depreciation and
impairment
Balance at January 1, 2013
Disposals
Depreciation expenses
Balance at December 31, 2013
Carrying value at December 31,
2013
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
F






reehold Land
Land
Improvements
$ 598,145
$ 151

-
-

-

-

$ 598,145
$ 151

$ -
$ 103

-
-

-

25

$ -
$ 128

$ 598,145
$ 23
Buildings
$ 1,469,923

5,144

-

$ 1,475,067

$ 273,620

-

87,361

$ 360,981

$ 1,114,086
Machinery
and
Equipment
Transportatio
n Equipment
$ 2,243,769
$ -

262,468
-

(82,474)

-

$ 2,423,763
$ -

$ 828,940
$ -

(48,326 )
-

362,368

-

$ 1,142,982
$ -

$ 1,280,781
$ -
Office
Equipment
Total
$ 90,318
$ 4,402,306
5,641
273,253

(380)

(82,854)
$ 95,579
$ 4,592,705
$ 55,747
$ 1,158,410
(380 )
(48,706 )

19,355

469,109
$ 74,722
$ 1,578,813
$ 20,857
$ 3,013,892
(Concluded)

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company did not recognize any impairment loss.

The above items of property, plant and equipment were depreciated on a straight-line basis at the following rates per annum:

Land improvements 6 years
Buildings
Industrial building 35-61 years
Electrical power systems 4-10 years
Engineering systems 1-17 years
Equipment
Major production equipments 1-15 years
Temperature control systems 4-7 years
Transportation equipments 4-7 years
Transportation equipments 3-8 years
Office equipment 2-6 years

The major component parts of the buildings held by the Company included (plants, electro-powering machinery and engineering systems, etc.), which were depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Refer to Note 32 for the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment that had been pledged by the Company to secure borrowings/general banking facilities granted to the Company.

16. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

Completed
Investment
Property
Cost
Balance at January 1, 2012 $ 14,234
Transferred to property, plant and equipment (3,715)
Balance at December 31, 2012 $ 10,519
(Continued)
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Completed Completed
Investment
Property
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at January 1, 2012 $ (6,598)
Transferred to property, plant and equipment 3,091
Depreciation expense (205)
Balance at December 31, 2012 $ (3,712)
Net amount at January 1, 2012 $ 7,636
Net amount at December 31, 2012 $ 6,807
Cost
Balance at January 1, 2013 $ 10,519
Transferred to property, plant and equipment -
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ 10,519
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at January 1, 2013 $ (3,712)
Transferred to property, plant and equipment -
Depreciation expense (206)
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ (3,918)
Net amount at January 1, 2013 $ 6,807
Net amount at December 31, 2013 $ 6,601
(Concluded)

The investment properties held by the Company were depreciated over their useful lives of 6-61 years, using the straight-line method.

The fair value of the Company’s investment properties as of December 31, 3013 and 2012 was $93,236 thousand and $55,110 thousand, respectively. The fair value valuation had not been performed by independent qualified professional valuers; however, management of the Company used the valuation model that market participants would use in determining the fair value the valuation was arrived at by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.

All of the Company’s investment property was held under freehold interests. The carrying amount of the investment properties that had been pledged by the Company to secure borrowings/general banking facilities granted to the Company were reflected in Note 32.

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17. OTHER ASSETS

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Prepayments $
4,521
$ 11,745 $ 28,616
Others 5,147
2,985

5,706
$
9,668
$ 14,730 $ 34,322
Noncurrent
Others $
7,853
$ 10,707 $ 16,411

18. BORROWINGS

  • a. Short-term borrowings
December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unsecured borrowings
Letters of credit $ 92,498 $ 135,332 $ 294,419
The letters of credit interest rate on the bank loans was 0.96%-1.903% per annum (December 31, 2012:
0.96%-1.024%, January 1, 2012: 0.6%-1.25% per annum).
  • b. Long-term borrowings
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Secured borrowings(Note 33)
Bank loans (1) $ 737,500 $ 611,438 $ 714,188
Unsecured borrowings
Line of credit borrowings (2) 550,000 1,275,000 600,000
Less: Current portion (400,000) (448,938) (227,750)
Long-term borrowings: Non-current $ 887,500 $ 1,437,500 $ 1,086,438
  • 1) The weighted average effective interest rate on the bank loan was 1.15%-1.255% per annum (December 31, 2012: 1.155%-1.255%, January 1, 2012: 0.95%-1.250% per annum). See Note 32 for collaterals on long-term loans.

  • 2) The interest rate of the line of credit borrowings on the bank loans was 1.17%-1.18% per annum (December 31, 2012: 1.1%-1.255%, January 1, 2012: 0.98%-1.161% per annum).

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19. BONDS PAYABLE

December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unsecured domestic convertible bonds $ 800,000 $ 556,100 $ 799,400
Less: Discount on bonds payable (34,663) (21) (10,033)
Less: Current portion
-
(556,079)
-
$ 765,337 $
-
$ 789,367

On January 25, 2013, the Corporation issued forth unsecured domestic convertible bonds with an aggregate value of $800,000 thousand to pay off borrowings and purchase equipment.

Other details of the bond issuance are summarized as follows:

  • a. Issue date: January 25, 2013.

  • b. Total issue amount: $800,000 thousand.

  • c. Issue price: 100%.

  • d. Par value: $100 thousand.

  • e. Coupon rate: 0%.

  • f. Repayment term: The bonds are repayable on January 25, 2016 upon the maturity of the bonds.

  • g. Conversion right: Holder can request for conversion of the bonds to the Corporation’s common stock.

  • h. Conversion period: From February 26, 2013 to January 15, 2016.

  • i. Conversion price: The original conversion price per share is $46.5. The conversion price is subject to adjustment based on a certain formula if there are changes in outstanding shares or execution of conversion below market price.

  • j. Redemption of bonds

  • 1) Redemption on the maturity date: On the maturity date, the Corporation will redeem the bonds of the principal amounts.

  • 2) Early redemption on the maturity date:

    • a) During the period of time between one month after issuance and the 40th day before maturity, if the closing price of the Corporation’s shares reaches 30% of the conversion price for 30 consecutive trading days, the Corporation may redeem the remaining bonds at a price of their book value.

    • b) During the period of time between one month after issuance and the 40th day before maturity, when over 90% of the bonds had been redeemed, bought back or converted, the Corporation may redeem the remaining bonds at a price of their book value.

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  • k. Converted bond: As of December 31, 2013, there is no bonds had been converted into common stocks.

The convertible bonds contain both liability and equity components. The equity component was presented in equity under the heading of capital surplus - option. The effective interest rate of the liability component was 1.5% per annum on initial recognition.

Proceeds from issue

Liability component at the date of issue
Embedded derivatives (less transaction costs allocated to the financial liabilities of
$2 thousand)
Equity component (less transaction costs allocated to the equity component of $288
thousand)
Bonds converted into common stock
Interest expenses calculated by effective interest rate

Liability component at December 31, 2013
$ 800,000
(5,001)
318
(45,632)
-
15,652
$ 765,337

Movements of the conversion option derivative instrument in the current period were as follows:

The Conversion
Option
Derivative
Instrument
Issued date $ 318
Fair value changes loss
(318)
Balance at December 31, 2013 $ -

20. NOTES PAYABLE AND TRADE PAYABLES

December December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Notes payable
Notes payable - operating $ - $ - $ 73,999
Trade payables
Trade payables - operating $ 404,028 $ 726,007 $ 668,794

The average credit period on purchases of certain goods was 2-3 months. The Company has financial risk management policies in place to ensure that all payables are paid within the pre-agreed credit terms.

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21. OTHER LIABILITIES

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current
Other payables
Bonus to employees, directors and supervisors $ 117,831 $ 144,759 $ 132,203
Commission 65,533 58,234 65,249
Salaries 33,784 36,070 32,229
Bonus 114,327 44,765 125,811
Payables for annual leave 15,896 15,549 14,488
Others 182,450 187,606 123,858
$ 529,821 $ 486,983 $ 493,838
Other liabilities
Receipts under custody $ 4,245 $ 12,255 $ 7,961
Others 9,440 7,004 4,536
$ 13,685 $ 19,259 $ 12,497
Non-current
Guarantee deposits received $ 28,328 $ 26,829 $ 11,664

22. RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

a. Defined contribution plans

The pension plan under the Labor Pension Act (the “LPA”) is a defined contribution plan. Based on the LPA, the Company makes monthly contributions to employees’ individual pension accounts equal to 6% of monthly salaries and wages.

The Corporation has set up appointed manager’s pension fund and contributes monthly an amount of not less than 8% of the appointed manager’s monthly salaries and wages to the Bank of Taiwan.

b. Defined benefit plans

The Company has defined benefit plans under the Labor Standards Law that provide benefits based on an employee’s length of service and average monthly salary for the six-month period prior to retirement. The aforementioned companies contribute an amount equal to 4% of salaries paid each month to their respective pension funds (the Funds), which are administered by the Labor Pension Fund Supervisory Committee (the Committee) and deposited in the Committee’s name in the Bank of Taiwan.

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The actuarial valuations of plan assets and the present value of the defined benefit obligation were carried out by qualified actuaries. The principal assumptions of the actuarial valuation were as follows:

Discount rate
Future salary rate increase
Expected rate of return on plan assets
Measurement Date
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
1.750%
1.375%
1.500%
2.000%
1.875%
2.000%
2.000%
2.000%
2.000%

The pension costs of the defined benefit plans recognized in profit or loss were as follows:

Current service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Past service cost
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 2,185
1,049
(906)

-
$ 2,328
2012
$ 2,004
982
(835)

173
$ 2,324

The pension costs of the aforementioned defined benefit plans were recognized in profit or loss by the following categories:

Cost of goods sold
Marketing expenses
Research and development expenses
General and administrative expenses
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 1,086
286
475
481
$ 2,328
2012
$ 1,175
279
423
447
$ 2,324

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the pre-tax actuarial loss recognized in other comprehensive income were $10,164 thousand and $10,026 thousand, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the pre-tax accumulated actuarial loss recognized in other comprehensive income were $20,190 thousand and $10,026 thousand, respectively.

The amounts arising from the defined benefit obligation of the Company in the balance sheets were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Present value of defined benefit obligation $ (94,533) $ (83,975) $ (71,529)
Fair value of plan assets
60,370

52,553

45,938
Accrued pension cost $ (34,163) $ (31,422) $ (25,591)
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Movements in the present value of the defined benefit obligation were as follows:

Balance, beginning of year
Current service cost
Interest cost
Actuarial loss
Past service cost
Benefits paid
Balance, end of year
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31

2013
$ 83,975

2,185
1,049
9,946
-
(2,622)

$ 94,533
2012
$ 71,529
2,004
982
9,662
173

(375)
$ 83,975

Movements in the fair value of the plan assets were as follows:

Balance, beginning of year
Expected return on plan assets
Actuarial loss
Contributions from employer
Benefits paid
Balance, end of year
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31

2013
$ 52,553

906
(218)
9,751
(2,622)

$ 60,370
2012
$ 45,938
835
(364)
6,519

(375)
$ 52,553

The percentage of the fair value of the plan assets by major categories at the end of reporting period was as follows:

Cash
Equity instruments
Debt instruments
Other
Fair Value of Plan Assets (%)
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
22.86
23.39
23.87
44.77
38.29
40.75
31.58
37.58
35.38
0.79

0.74

-
100.00
100.00
100.00

The overall expected rate of return on plan assets was based on the historical return trends, analysts’ predictions of the market over the life of related obligation, reference to the performance of the Funds operated by the Committee and the consideration of the effect that the minimum return should not be less than the average interest rate on a two-year time deposit published by the local banks.

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The Company elects to disclose the historical information of experience adjustments from the adoption of Accounting Standards Used in Preparation of Parent Company Only Financial Statements, which is as follows:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Present value of defined benefit obligation $ (94,533) $ (83,975) $ (71,529)
Fair value of plan assets $ (60,370) $ 52,553 $ 45,938
Deficit $ (34,163) $ (31,422) $ (25,591)
Experience adjustments on plan liabilities $ (10,709) $ (9,622) $ -
Experience adjustments on plan assets $
(218)
$
(364)
$ -

The Company expects to make a contribution of $9,751 thousand and $6,519 thousand, respectively to the defined benefit plans during the annual period beginning after 2013 and 2012.

23. EQUITY

a. Capital stock

Ordinary shares

Ordinary shares
December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Numbers of shares authorized (in thousands)
500,000

500,000

400,000
Shares authorized $ 5,000,000 $ 5,000,000 $ 4,000,000
Number of shares issued and fully paid (in
thousands)
309,757

309,757

302,242
Shares issued $ 3,097,570 $ 3,097,570 $ 3,022,423

Fully paid ordinary shares, which have a par value of $10, carry one vote per share and carry a right to dividends.

50,000 thousand shares and 20,000 thousand shares of the Company’s shares authorized were reserved for the issuance of convertible bonds and employee share options.

As of December 31, 2012, exercised stock options in the amount of $24,460 thousand and convertible bonds in the amount of $50,687 thousand have not been registered; therefore, they are classified into advance receipts for common stock - certificates on bond-to-stock conversion. As of January 17, 2013, the registration has been approved by Department of Commence of Ministry of Economic.

b. Capital surplus

A reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and at the end of year ended 2013 and 2012, for each class of capital surplus was as follows:

Balance at January 1, 2012

Arising from conversion of bonds

Arising from employee share options


Balance at December 31, 2012
Share
Premium
$ 325,830

-

-

$ 325,830
Employee
Share
Options
$ 217,947

-

67,999

$ 285,946
Share
Warrants
$ 39,884
(12,139)

-

$ 27,745
Bonds
Conversion
Premium
Total
$ 772,417
$ 1,356,078

204,611
192,472

-

67,999
$ 977,028
$ 1,616,549
(Continued)
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Balance at January 1, 2013

Recognition of option premium on issue
of convertible bonds

Balance at December 31, 2013
Share
Premium
$ 325,830


-

$ 325,830
Employee
Share
Options
$ 285,946


-

$ 285,946
Share
Warrants
$ 27,745

-

$ 27,745
Bonds
Conversion
Premium
Total
$ 977,028
$ 1,616,549

45,632

45,632
$ 1,022,660
$ 1,662,181
(Concluded)

The premium from shares issued in excess of par (share premium from issuance of common shares, conversion of bonds and treasury share transactions) and donations may be used to offset a deficit; in addition, when the Company has no deficit, such capital surplus may be distributed as cash dividends or transferred to capital (limited to a certain percentage of the Company’s capital surplus and once a year).

The capital surplus from long-term investments, employee share options and share warrants may not be used for any purpose.

  • c. Retained earnings and dividend policy

Appropriation of earnings and dividend policy

Under the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation should appropriate 10% of its net income less any prior years’ deficit as legal reserve. The remaining amount may be fully retained or partially retained and partially distributed for dividends, upon the stockholders’ approval, according to the following percentages.

  • 1) Employee bonus - not less than 3%.

  • 2) Directors and supervisors’ remuneration - not more than 2%.

  • 3) Stock bonuses to employees include subsidiaries’ employees who meet certain criteria set by the stockholders’ meetings.

Dividends are recommended by the board of directors in accordance with the Corporation’s dividend policy. Under this policy, industry trend and growth should be evaluated, investment opportunities should be fully understood, and proper capital adequacy ratios should be considered in determining the dividend to be distributed. In addition, cash dividends should not be less than 20% of the total dividends to be appropriated.

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the bonus to employees was $100,998 thousand and $124,079 thousand, respectively, and the remuneration to directors and supervisors was $16,833 thousand and $20,680 thousand, respectively. The bonus to employees and remuneration to directors and supervisors represented 12% and 2%, respectively, of net income (net of the bonus and remuneration). Material differences between such estimated amounts and the amounts proposed by the Board of Directors in the following year are adjusted for in the current year. If the actual amounts subsequently resolved by the stockholders differ from the proposed amounts, the differences are recorded in the year of stockholders’ resolution as a change in accounting estimate. If a share bonus is resolved to be distributed to employees, the number of shares is determined by dividing the amount of the share bonus by the closing price (after considering the effect of cash and stock dividends) of the shares of the day immediately preceding the stockholders’ meeting.

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Under Rule No. 100116 and Rule No. 0950000507 issued by the FSC, an amount equal to the net debit balance of certain shareholders’ equity accounts (including unrealized revaluation increment, unrealized gain or loss on financial instruments, net loss not recognized as pension cost, cumulative translation adjustments) shall be transferred from unappropriated earnings to a special reserve before any appropriation of earnings generated before January 1, 2012 shall be made. Any special reserve appropriated may be reversed to the extent of the decrease in the net debit balance.

Under Rule No. 1010012865 issued by the FSC on April 6, 2012 and the directive titled “Questions and Answers for Special Reserves Appropriated Following Adoption of IFRSs”, on the first-time adoption of IFRSs, a company should appropriate to a special reserve of an amount that was the same as these of unrealized revaluation increment and cumulative translation differences (gains) transferred to retained earnings as a result of the Company’s use of exemptions under IFRS 1. However, at the date of transitions to IFRSs, if the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments is not sufficient for this appropriation, only the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments will be appropriated to special reserve. The special reserve appropriated as above may be reversed in proportion to the usage, disposal or reclassification of the related assets and thereafter distributed. The special reserve appropriated on the first-time adoption of IFRSs may be used to offset deficits in subsequent years. No appropriation of earnings shall be made until any shortage of the aforementioned special reserve is appropriated in subsequent years if the Company has earnings and the original need to appropriate a special reserve is not eliminated.

Appropriation of earnings to legal reserve shall be made until the legal reserve equals the Company’s capital surplus. Legal reserve may be used to offset deficit. If the Company has no deficit and the legal reserve has exceeded 25% of the Company’s capital surplus, the excess may be transferred to capital or distributed in cash.

Except for non-ROC resident shareholders, all shareholders receiving the dividends are allowed a tax credit equal to their proportionate share of the income tax paid by the Company.

The appropriations of earnings for 2012 and 2011 had been approved in the shareholders’ meetings on June 19, 2013 and June 13, 2012, respectively. The appropriations and dividends per share were as follows:

Legal reserve
Cash dividends
Appropriation of Earnings
For Fiscal
For Fiscal

Year 2012
Year 2011

$ 114,889
$ 105,021

681,465
664,934
Dividends Per Share
(NT$)
For Fiscal
For Fiscal
Year 2012
Year 2011
$ -
$ -
2.2
2.2

The bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors and supervisors for 2012 and 2011 approved in the shareholders’ meetings on June 19, 2013 and June 13, 2012, respectively, were as follows:

Employee bonus

Directors and supervisors’
remuneration
For Fiscal Year 2012
Cash Bonus
Share Bonus
$ 124,079
$ -
20,680
-
For Fiscal Year 2011
Cash Bonus
Share Bonus
$ 113,317
$ -
18,886
-

The appropriations of earnings for 2012 were proposed according to the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2012, which were prepared in accordance with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards, and by reference to the balance sheet for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial

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Reports by Securities Issuers (revised) and International Financial Reporting Standards. Thus, they are still subject to the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting to be held on June 19, 2013.

There were no differences between the approved amounts of the bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors and supervisors were primarily due to changes in estimates had been adjusted in profit and loss for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The Company’s shareholders also resolved to issue cash dividends and bonus to employees and the remuneration to directors in the shareholders’ meeting on June 15 , 2014.

Information on the bonus to employees, directors and supervisors proposed by the Company’s board of directors is available on the Market Observation Post System website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

  • d. Special reserves appropriated following first-time adoption of IFRSs

The Company’s special reserves appropriated following first-time adoption of IFRSs were as follows:

December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Special reserve $ 222,793 $ - $ -

The increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments was not enough for this appropriation; therefore, the Company appropriated to the special reserve an amount of $222,793 thousand, the increase in retained earnings that resulted from all IFRSs adjustments on transitions to IFRSs.

24. NET PROFIT FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

Net profit from continuing operations had been arrived at after charging

  • a. Other income
Interest income
Income from government grants
Dividends income
Others
Other gains and losses
Gain/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Gain on disposal of investment
Net loss arising on financial assets designated as at FVTPL
Foreign exchange gains
Impairment loss on financial assets
Other expense
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
$ 7,211
$ 4,697
6,316
418
1,035
3,954

36,342

37,720
$ 50,904
$ 46,789
For the Year Ended December 31

2013
$ -
6,368
(17,647)

47,487
(21,072)
(205)

$ 14,931
2012
$ 231
1,094
(25,857)
42,004
-

(2,257)
$ 15,215
  • b. Other gains and losses

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c. Impairment loss on financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets
d. Finance costs
Interest on bank loans
Interest on convertible bonds
e. Depreciation and amortization
Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Others
An analysis of deprecation by function
Cost of goods sold
Marketing expenses
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
An analysis of amortization by function
Cost of goods sold
Marketing expenses
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ (21,072)
For the Year Ended
2012
$ -
December 31
2013
$ (20,466)
(15,673)
$ (36,139)
For the Year Ended
2012
$ (19,342)

(9,871)
$ (29,213)
December 31








2013
$ 469,109

206

27,775

$ 497,090

$ 395,210

776
24,359
48,970

$ 469,315

$ 3,383

4,269
11,199
8,924

$ 27,775
2012
$ 488,708
205

12,697
$ 501,610
$ 402,473
834
24,601

61,005
$ 488,913
$ 958
-
8,469

3,270
$ 12,697
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f. Employee benefits expense

Post-employment benefits (see Note 22)
Defined contribution plans
Defined benefit plans
Other employee benefits
An analysis of employee benefits expense by function
Operating costs
Operating expenses
g. Gain or loss on foreign currency exchange
Foreign exchange gains
Foreign exchange losses
h. Impairment loss on non financial assets
Inventories (includes operating cost)
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 26,255


2,328


28,583


757,104

$ 785,687

$ 452,859


332,828

$ 785,687

For the Year Ended
2012
$ 23,897

2,324

26,221

778,310
$ 804,531
$ 476,077

328,454
$ 804,531
December 31
2013
$ 299,641

(252,154)

$ 47,487

For the Year Ended
2012
$ 359,012
(317,008)
$ 42,004
December 31
2013
$ (10,069)
2012
$ (18,366)

25. INCOME TAXES RELATING TO CONTINUING

  • a. Income tax recognized in profit or loss

The major components of tax expense (income) were as follows:

Current tax
In respect of the current period
Income tax of unappropriated earnings
Adjustments for prior year
Deferred tax
In respect of the current period
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31




2013
$ 21,455

35,253

6,832


63,540

24,878

$ 88,418
2012
$ 35,128
28,026

(1,614)

61,540

48,385
$ 109,925
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A reconciliation of accounting profit and current income tax expenses is as follows:

Profit before tax from continuing operations
Income tax expense at the 17% statutory rate
Tax effect of adjusting items:
Undetectable expenses and losses
Tax-exempt income
Tax-exempt income for five years
Additional income tax on unappropriated earnings
Investment tax credits
Adjustment for prior years’ tax
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31



2013
$ 1,023,579

$ 174,009

4,547
(55,599)
(40,979)
35,253
(35,645)

6,832

$ 88,418
2012
$ 1,259,459
$ 214,108
743

(62,728)

(57,373)
28,026

(11,236)

(1,615)
$ 109,925

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company applied a tax rate of 17% for entities subject to the Income Tax Law of the Republic of China; for other jurisdictions, the Company measures taxes by using the applicable tax rate for each individual jurisdiction.

  • b. Income tax expense recognized in other comprehensive income
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
Related to actuarial gain/loss from defined benefit plans
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ (3,432)
2012
$ -

c. Current income tax assets and liabilities

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Current income tax liabilities
Income tax payable $ 59,371 $ 63,155 $ 57,404
  • d. Deferred income tax balance

The analysis of deferred income tax in the balance sheets was as follows:

Year ended December 31, 2013

Deferred tax assets
Unrealized loss on inventories
Unrealized exchange loss
Financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss
Payable for annual leave
Recognized in
Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance, End of
Year
$ 5,527
$ 396
$ -
$ 5,923
2,051
(2,051)
-
-
4,423
(1,477)
-
2,946
2,643
59
-
2,702
(Continued)
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Determine benefit obligation
Investment tax credits
Others
Deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized exchange profit
Associates
Recognized in
Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance, End of
Year
$ 5,649
$ (1,264)
$ 3,432
$ 7,817
25,045
(21,065)
-
3,980

220

104

-

324
$ 45,558
$ (25,298)
$ 3,432
$ 23,692
$ 6,524
$ (420)
$ -
$ 6,104
124,436

-

-
124,436
$ 130,960
$ (420)
$ -
$ 130,540
(Concluded)

Year ended December 31, 2012

Deferred tax assets
Unrealized loss on inventories
Unrealized exchange loss
Financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss
Payable for annual leave
Determine benefit obligation
Property, plant and equipment
Investment tax credits
Others
Deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized exchange loss
Associates
Recognized in
Balance,
Beginning of
Year
Profit or Loss
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance, End of
Year
$ 5,431
$ 96
$ -
$ 5,527
250
1,801
-
2,051
1,319
3,104
-
4,423
2,463
180
-
2,643
6,360
(711)
-
5,649
3,312
(3,312)
-
-
73,457
(48,412)
-
25,045

213

7

-

220
$ 92,805
$ (47,247)
$ -
$ 45,558
$ 5,386
$ 1,138
$ -
$ 6,524
124,436

-

-
124,436
$ 129,822
$ 1,138
$ -
$ 130,960

e. Unused investment tax credits, operating loss carryforward and tax-exemption information

As of December 31, 2013, investment tax credits consisted of the following:

Remaining
Creditable Expiry
Law/Statute Item Amount Year
Statute for Upgrading Purchase of machinery and $ 3,980 2014-2016
Industries equipment
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As of December 31, 2013, the profits generated from the following projects are exempt from income tax for a five-year period:

Tax-exemption Period
Construction and expansion of 2005 2010 to 2014
Construction and expansion of 2009 2014 to 2018

f. Integrated income tax

December December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Unappropriated earnings
Unappropriated earnings generated before
January 1, 1998 $ - $ - $ -
Unappropriated earnings generated on and
after January 1, 1998 2,402,655 2,493,373 2,123,820
$ 2,402,655 $ 2,493,373 $ 2,123,820
Imputation credits accounts $ 90,043 $ 67,705 $ 57,799

The creditable ratio for distribution of earnings of 2013 and 2012 was 6.11% and 5.57%, respectively.

Under the Income Tax Law, for distribution of earnings generated after January 1, 1998, the imputation credits allocated to ROC resident shareholders of the Company was calculated based on the creditable ratio as of the date of dividend distribution. The actual imputation credits allocated to shareholders of the Company was based on the balance of the Imputation Credit Accounts (ICA) as of the date of dividend distribution. Therefore, the expected creditable ratio for the 2013 earnings may differ from the actual creditable ratio to be used in allocating imputation credits to the shareholders

According to legal interpretation No. 10204562810 announced by the Taxation Administration of the Ministry of Finance, when calculating imputation credits in the year of frst-time adoption of IFRSs, the cumulative retained earnings include the net increase or net decrease in retained earnings arising from first-time adoption of IFRSs

g. Income tax assessments

The tax returns had been assessed by the tax authorities before 2007 and in 2011, respectively.

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26. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The earnings and weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding in the computation of earnings per share from continuing operations were as follows:

Net Profit for the Year

Profit for the period attributable to owners of the Company
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
Convertible bonds
Employee share option
Earnings used in the computation of diluted earnings per share
For the Year Ended For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ 935,161

12,991

-

$ 948,152
2012
$1,149,534
8,193

-
$1,157,727

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousand shares):

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in computation of basic
earnings per share
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
Convertible bonds
Employee share option
Bonus issue to employee
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the
computation of diluted earnings per share
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31
2013
309,757
22,161
-

4,156
336,074
2012
303,070
16,589
514

3,790
323,963

If the Company was able to settle the bonuses paid to employees by cash or shares, the Company presumed that the entire amount of the bonus would be settled in shares and the resulting potential shares were included in the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of diluted earnings per share, if the shares had a dilutive effect. Such dilutive effect of the potential shares was included in the computation of diluted earnings per share until the shareholders resolve the number of shares to be distributed to employees at their meeting in the following year.

27. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Employee Share Option Plan

Qualified employees of the Company and its subsidiaries were granted 8,000 options in February 2007. Each option entitles the holder to subscribe for one thousand common shares of the Company. The options granted are valid for 5 years and exercisable at certain percentages after the second anniversary from the grant date. The options were granted at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common shares listed on the grant date. For any subsequent changes in the Company’s capital surplus, the exercise price is adjusted accordingly.

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Information on employee share options was as follows:

Balance at January 1
Options granted
Options forfeited
Options exercised
Options expired
Balance at December 31
Options exercisable, end of period
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
2012
Number of
Options
(In Thousands)
Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price
(NT$)
Number of
Options
(In Thousands)
Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price
(NT$)
-
$ -
2,627
$ 39.7
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,446)
37.8

-

(181)

-

-
-

-

Information about outstanding options as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were as follows:

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Range of exercise price $ $ $ 39.7
Weighted-average remaining contractual life - - 0.94 year

Options granted in December 2007 were priced using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the inputs to the model were as follows:

Grant-date share price (NT$) $58.8 Exercise price (NT$) $58.8 Expected volatility 43.5% Expected life (years) 3.875 years Expected dividend yield 2.42% Risk-free interest rate

28. OPERATING LEASE ARRANGEMENTS

  • a. The Company as lessee

Operating leases relate to leases of warehouse in trade zone with lease terms 3 years. All operating lease contracts contain clauses for 3-yearly market rental reviews. The Company does not have a bargain purchase option to acquire the leased land at the expiry of the lease periods.

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, refundable deposits paid under 、 operating lease respectively in $727 thousand $776 thousand and $776 thousand.

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The future minimum lease payments of non-cancellable operating lease commitments were as follows:

December 31, December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Not later than 1 year $
2,909
$
1,191
$ 3,104
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 4,364 - 1,191
Later than 5 years - - -
$
7,273
$
1,191
$ 4,295
  • b. The Company as lessor

Operating leases relate to the investment property owned by the Company with lease terms between 1 to 2 years. All operating lease contracts contain market review clauses in the event that the lessee exercises its option to renew. The lessee does not have a bargain purchase option to acquire the property at the expiry of the lease period.

As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, deposits received under operating leases all amounted to $210 thousand.

The future minimum lease payments of non-cancellable operating lease were as follows:

December 31, December 31, December December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Not later than 1 year $
1,260
$
210
$ 1,260
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 210 - 210
Later than 5 years - - -
$
1,470
$
210
$ 1,470

29. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Company manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Company will be able to continue as going concerns while maximizing the return to stakeholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance.

The capital structure of the Company consists of net debt (borrowings offset by cash and cash equivalents) and equity attributable to owners of the Company (comprising issued capital, reserves, retained earnings and other equity.

The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

30. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

  • a. Fair value of financial instruments

  • 1) Fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value

The management consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recognized in the financial statements approximate their fair values.

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  • 2) Fair value measurements recognized in the balance sheets

The following table provides an analysis of financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value, grouped into Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable:

  • a) Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

  • b) Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from 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); and

  • c) Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

December 31, 2013

Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities

Mutual funds


Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts

December 31, 2012
Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities

Mutual funds


Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts
Level 1
$ -


49,414

$ 49,414

$ -

Level 1
$ -


46,895

$ 46,895

$ -
Level 2
$ -


-

$ -

$ 17,329

Level 2
$ -


-

$ -

$ 26,019
Level 3
$ 44,510

-

$ 44,510

$ -

Level 3
$ 54,997

-

$ 54,997

$ -
Total
$ 44,510

49,414
$ 93,924
$ 17,329
Total
$ 54,997

46,895
$ 101,892

$ 26,019
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January 1, 2012

Financial assets at FVTPL
Convertible bonds investment

Available-for-sale financial assets
Securities unlisted in ROC
Equity securities

Mutual funds


Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Forward exchange contracts
Level 1
$ 3,922

$ -


71,867

$ 71,867

$ -
Level 2
$ -

$ -


-

$ -

$ 7,758
Level 3
$ -

$ 47,200

-

$ 47,200

$ -
Total
$ 3,922
$ 47,200

71,867
$ 119,067

$ 7,758

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 in the current and prior periods.

  • 3) Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements of financial assets

December 31, 2013


Balance at January 1, 2013
Purchases
Convertible bonds - redemption
Total gains or losses
In profit or loss
Disposals/settlements
Net translation differences
Balance at December 31, 2013
December 31, 2012


Balance at January 1, 2012

Purchases

Total gains or losses

In profit or loss

Disposals/settlements

Net translation differences


Balance at December 31, 2012
Available-for-
sale Financial
Assets
Unlisted Shares
$ 54,997
-
-
(10,487)
-

-
$ 44,510
Available-for-
sale Financial
Assets
Unlisted Shares


$ 47,200

7,797


-

-


-


$ 54,997
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The total gains or losses for the period included a loss of $(10,487) thousand relating to assets held for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. Such fair value gains or losses were included in other gain and losses.

  • 4) Valuation techniques and assumptions applied for the purpose of measuring fair value

The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities were determined as follows:

  • a) The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded in active liquid markets are determined with reference to quoted market prices (includes listed redeemable bonds, bills of exchange, corporate bonds and perpetual notes). Where such prices were not available, valuation techniques were applied. The estimates and assumptions used by the Company are consistent with those that market participants would use in setting a price for the financial instrument;

  • b) The fair values of derivative instruments were calculated using quoted prices. Where such prices were not available, a discounted cash flow analysis was performed using the applicable yield curve for the duration of the instruments for non-optional derivatives, and option pricing models for optional derivatives. The estimates and assumptions used by the Company were consistent with those that market participants would use in setting a price for the financial instrument.

  • c) The fair values of other financial assets and financial liabilities (excluding those described above) were determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis.

  • b. Categories of financial instruments

December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Financial assets
Fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) (1) $ - $ - $ 3,922
Loans and receivables (2) 3,690,720 4,098,945 3,441,936
Held-to-maturity investments (3) 47,840 - -
Available-for-sale financial assets (4) 93,924 101,892 119,067
Financial assets measured at cost 198,245 198,245 198,245
Financial liabilities
Fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) (1) 17,329 26,019 7,758
Amortized cost (5) 3,935,471 4,518,395 4,230,459
  • 1) The balances included the carrying amount of structured deposits, forward exchange contracts, bond investment and convertible bonds - redemption.

  • 2) The balances included loans and receivables measured at amortized cost, which comprise cash and cash equivalents, notes receivables, trade and other receivables, other financial assets, and refundable deposits.

  • 3) The balances included the carrying amount of financial bond investment.

  • 4) The balances included the carrying amount of available-for-sale shares and mutual funds.

  • 5) The balances included financial liabilities measured at amortized cost, which comprise short-term and long-term loans, notes, payable, trade and other payables, and bonds issued.

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c. Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Company’s major financial instruments included equity and debt investments, bonds payable, borrowings. The Company’s Corporate Treasury function provides services to the business, coordinates access to domestic and international financial markets, monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Company through internal risk reports which analyze exposures by degree and magnitude of risks. These risks include market risk (including currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk and liquidity risk.

The Company sought to minimize the effects of these risks by using derivative financial instruments to hedge risk exposures. The use of financial derivatives was governed by the Company’s policies approved by the board of directors, which provided written principles on foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, the use of financial derivatives and non-derivative financial instruments, and the investment of excess liquidity. Compliance with policies and exposure limits was reviewed by the internal auditors on a continuous basis.

The financial department reported quarterly to the Company’s risk management committee, which monitors risks and policies implemented to mitigate risk exposures.

1) Market risk

The Company’s activities exposed it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates (see (1) below) and interest rates (see (2) below). The Company entered into a variety of derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, including forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge the exchange rate risk arising on the Company’s foreign currency monetary.

a) Foreign currency risk

Several subsidiaries of the Company had foreign currency sales and purchases, which exposed the Company to foreign currency risk.

The carrying amounts of the Company’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities (including those eliminated on consolidation) at the end of the reporting period (see Note 37).

Sensitivity analysis

The Company was mainly exposed to the USD and JPY.

The following table details the Company’s sensitivity to a 1% increase and decrease in New Taiwan dollars (the functional currency) against the relevant foreign currencies. 1% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis included only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges, and adjusts their translation at the end of the reporting period for a 1% change in foreign currency rates. The sensitivity analysis included external loans/borrowings as well as loans/borrowings to foreign operations within the Company where the denomination of the loan is in a currency other than the functional currency of the lender or the borrower. A positive number below indicates an increase in post-tax profit and other equity associated with New Taiwan dollars strengthen 1% against the relevant currency. For a 1% weakening of New Taiwan dollars against the relevant currency, there would be an equal and opposite impact on post-tax profit and other equity and the balances below would be negative.

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Profit or loss
USD Impact
For the Year Ended
December 31
2013
2012
$ 16,502
$23,386 (i)
JPY Impact
For the Year Ended
December 31
2013
2012
$ (1,297)
$(3,501) (ii)
  • i. This was mainly attributable to the exposure outstanding on USD receivables and payables, which were not hedged at the end of the reporting period.

  • ii. This was mainly attributable to the exposure to outstanding JPY payables, which were not hedged, at the end of the reporting period.

  • b) Interest rate risk

The Company was exposed to interest rate risk because the Company’s bank deposits and the Company borrowed funds at floating interest rates.

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities with exposure to interest rates at the end of the reporting period were as follows.

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Fair value interest rate risk
Financial assets $ 776,877 $ 347,000 $ 183,000
Financial liabilities 765,337 556,079 789,367
Cash flow interest rate risk
Financial assets 315,182 664,560 353,496
Financial liabilities 1,379,998 2,021,770 1,608,607

Sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below were determined based on the Company’s exposure to interest rates for both derivatives and non-derivative instruments at the end of the reporting period. For floating rate liabilities, the analysis was prepared assuming the amount of the liability outstanding at the end of the reporting period was outstanding for the whole year. A 0.25% basis point increase or decrease was used when reporting interest rate risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in interest rates.

If interest rates had been 0.25% basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held constant, the Company’s pre-tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2013 would decrease/increase by $2,662 thousand, which was mainly attributable to the Company’s exposure to interest rates on its floating rate bank deposits and bank borrowings.

2) Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Company. As at the end of the reporting period, the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a financial loss to the Company due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties and financial guarantees provided by the Company is arising from the carrying amount of the respective recognized financial assets as stated in the balance sheets.

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3) Liquidity risk

The Company manages liquidity risk by monitoring and maintaining a level of cash and cash equivalents deemed adequate to finance the Company’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash flows. In addition, management monitors the utilization of bank borrowings and ensures compliance with loan covenants.

The Company relies on bank borrowings as a significant source of liability. As of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the Company had available unutilized overdraft and short-term bank loan facilities of approximately $2,827,117 thousand, $2,699,721 thousand and $2,871,204 thousand, respectively.

a) Liquidity and interest risk rate tables

The following table details the Company’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities with agreed repayment periods. The tables had been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities from the earliest date on which the Company can be required to pay. The tables included both interest and principal cash flows.

To extend that interest flows are floating rate, the undiscounted amount was derived from the interest rate curve at the end of the reporting period.

December 31, 2013

Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Accounts payable - $ 1,259,288 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 1,259,288
Other payables - 530,848 - - - 530,848
Other current liabilities - 13,685 - - - 13,685
Bonds payable - - 765,337 - - 765,337
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.96-1.255 492,498 862,500 25,000 - 1,379,998
Guarantee deposits received - - 28,328 - - 28,328
December 31, 2012
Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Accounts payable - $ 1,453,477 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 1,453,477
Other payables - 487,069 - - - 487,069
Other current liabilities - 19,259 - - - 19,259
Bonds payable - 556,079 - - - 556,079
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.96-1.255 584,270 1,200,000 237,500 - 2,021,770
Guarantee deposits received - - 26,829 - - 26,829
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January 1, 2012

Weighted
Interest
Average
Effective Rate Less Than
(%) 1 Year 2-3 Years 4-5 Years 5+ Years Total
Non-derivative financial
liabilities
Note payable - $ 73,999 $
-
$
-
$ - $ 73,999
Accounts payable - 1,264,648 - - - 1,264,648
Other payables - 493,838 - - - 493,838
Other current liabilities - 12,497 - - - 12,497
Bonds payable - - 789,367 - - 789,367
Variable interest rate
(liabilities) 0.6-1.25 522,169 698,938 387,500 - 1,608,607
Guarantee deposits received - - 11,664 - - 11,664

The amounts included above for variable interest rate instruments for both non-derivative financial assets and liabilities was subject to change if changes in variable interest rates differ from those estimates of interest rates determined at the end of the reporting period.

b) Liquidity and interest risk rate tables for derivative financial liabilities

The following table detailed the Company’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments. The table was based on the undiscounted contractual net cash inflows and outflows on derivative instruments that settle on a net basis, and the undiscounted gross inflows and outflows on those derivatives that require gross settlement.

December 31, 2013

On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (10,708)
$ (6,621)
$ -

December 31, 2012
On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (20,907)
$ (5,112)
$ -

January 1, 2012
On Demand
or Less than
1 Month
1-3 Months
3 Months to
1 Year
Net settled
Foreign exchange forward contracts
$ (7,253)
$ (665)
$ 160
1-5 Years
$ -

1-5 Years
$ -

1-5 Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -
5+ Years
$ -
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32. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related parties and their relationships with the Corporation:

  • a. Trading transactions
Sales of goods
Subsidiaries
Associates
Purchase of goods
Subsidiaries
Associates
Consulting fees
Subsidiaries
Operating expenses
Subsidiaries
Associates
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31









2013
$ 250,137


37,681

$ 287,818

$ 2,594,013


207

$ 2,594,220




$ 95,604


$ -


440

$ 440
2012
$ 203,737

31,563
$ 235,300
$ 2,559,501

275
$ 2,559,776
$ 102,432
$ 484

3,128
$ 3,612

In 2013 and 2012, the selling price and purchasing price were not significantly different from those with third parties, except those for NGB, GPT, CKG, Ningbo Jingyu and TXC HK whose trading price depends on its function within the group.

  • b. Receivable from and payable to related parties
December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Accounts receivable from related parties
Subsidiaries $ 103,800 $ 44,244 $ 41,903
Associates 9,473 10,551 6,183
Less: Allowance for impairment loss
(57)
(85) (31)
$ 113,216 $ 54,710 $ 48,055

The outstanding trade receivables from related parties are unsecured.

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c.
d.
December 31,
2013
Notes payable from related parties
Associates
$ -
Account payable to related parties
Subsidiaries
$ 855,083
Associates

177
$ 855,260
The outstanding trade payables from related parties are unsecured.
December 31,
2013
Other payable from related parties
Subsidiaries
$ -
Associates

1,027
$ 1,027
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Associates
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
2013
The Price
Gain/Loss
Subsidiaries
$ 34,148
$ -
December 31,
2013
Notes payable from related parties
Associates
$ -
Account payable to related parties
Subsidiaries
$ 855,083
Associates

177
$ 855,260
The outstanding trade payables from related parties are unsecured.
December 31,
2013
Other payable from related parties
Subsidiaries
$ -
Associates

1,027
$ 1,027
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Associates
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
2013
The Price
Gain/Loss
Subsidiaries
$ 34,148
$ -
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ -
$ 285
$ 725,416
$ 595,854

2,054

-
$ 727,470
$ 595,854

December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 74
$ -

12

-
$ 86
$ -
For the Year Ended December 31
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ -
$ 285
$ 725,416
$ 595,854

2,054

-
$ 727,470
$ 595,854

December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 74
$ -

12

-
$ 86
$ -
For the Year Ended December 31
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ -
$ 285
$ 725,416
$ 595,854

2,054

-
$ 727,470
$ 595,854

December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 74
$ -

12

-
$ 86
$ -
For the Year Ended December 31
December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ -
$ 285
$ 725,416
$ 595,854

2,054

-
$ 727,470
$ 595,854

December 31,
2012
January 1, 2012
$ 74
$ -

12

-
$ 86
$ -
For the Year Ended December 31
2013
$ 759

2012
2012
$ 692
The Price
Gain/Loss
$ 34,148
$ -
The Price
$ 26,550
Gain/Loss
$ -
  • e. Compensation of Key Management Personnel

The remuneration of directors and other members of key management personnel for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

Short-term benefits
Post-employment benefits
For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31 For the Year Ended December 31


2013
$ 79,239

2,154

$ 81,393
2012
$ 85,861

1,943
$ 87,804

The remuneration of directors and key executives was determined by the remuneration committee having regard to the performance of individuals and market trends.

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33. ASSETS PLEDGED AS COLLATERAL OR FOR SECURITY

The following assets were provided as collateral for bank borrowings, the tariff of imported raw materials guarantees or the deposit for hiring foreign workers:

December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2013 2012 January 1, 2012
Land $ 573,770 $ 573,770 $ 573,770
Building equipment, net 1,111,598 1,193,664 1,236,306
$ 1,685,368 $ 1,767,434 $ 1,810,076

34. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNIZED COMMITMENTS

In addition to those disclosed in other notes, significant commitments and contingencies of the Company as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were as follows:

Unused letters of credit amounted to approximately JPY275,956 thousand, JPY189,462 thousand and EUR99 thousand, JPY358,459 thousand as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company unrecognized commitments are as follows:

Acquisition of equipment
Contract
Amount
Paid Amount Unpaid Amount
$ 1,620
$ 486
$ 1,134

35. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER REPORTING PERIOD: NONE

36. EXCHANGE RATE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

The significant financial assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies were as follows:

December 31, 2013

Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $
90,502
29.805 (USD:NTD) $ 2,697,406
JPY 755,098 0.2839 (JPY:NTD)
214,372
(Continued)
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Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Investments accounted for using equity
method
USD $
453
29.805 (USD:NTD) $
13,491
JPY 42,315 0.2839 (JPY:NTD) 12,013
RMB 866,932 4.8885 (RMB:NTD) 4,237,999
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 35,137 29.805 (USD:NTD) 1,047,245
JPY 1,212,052 0.2839 (JPY:NTD) 344,102
(Concluded)
December 31, 2012
Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $
119,729
29.136 (USD:NTD) $ 3,488,424
JPY 148,631 0.3375 (JPY:NTD) 50,163
Investments accounted for using equity
method
USD 391 29.136 (USD:NTD) 11,378
JPY 34,125 0.3375 (JPY:NTD) 11,517
RMB 805,593 4.66 (RMB:NTD) 3,754,064
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 39,464 29.136 (USD:NTD) 1,149,823
JPY 1,185,853 0.3375 (JPY:NTD) 400,225
January 1, 2012
Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $
99,906
30.29 (USD:NTD) $ 3,026,153
JPY 287,359 0.3905 (JPY:NTD) 112,214
(Continued)
  • 216 -
Foreign Carrying
Currencies Exchange Rate Amount
Investments accounted for using equity
method
USD $
427
30.29 (USD:NTD) $
12,942
JPY 38,062 0.3905 (JPY:NTD) 14,863
RMB 685,704 4.807 (RMB:NTD) 3,296,177
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 35,481 30.29 (USD:NTD) 1,074,719
JPY 1,395,595 0.3905 (JPY:NTD) 544,980
(Concluded)

37. SEPARATELY DISCLOSED ITEMS

  • a. Information on significant transactions and information on investees:

  • 1) Lending funds to others. (None)

  • 2) Providing endorsements or guarantees for others. (None)

  • 3) Holding of securities at the end of the period. (Table 1)

  • 4) Aggregate purchases or sales of the same securities reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 2)

  • 5) Acquisition of real estate reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (None)

  • 6) Disposal of real estate reaching NT$300 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (None)

  • 7) Purchases or sales of goods from or to related parties reaching NT$100 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 3)

  • 8) Trade receivables from related parties reaching NT$100 million or 20 percent of paid-in capital or more. (Table 4)

  • 9) Trading in derivative instruments. (Table 5 and Note 7)

  • 10) Others: The business relationship between the parent and the subsidiaries and between each subsidiary, and the circumstances and amounts of any significant transactions between them. (Table 6)

  • b. Information on investments in mainland China

  • 1) Information on any investee company in mainland China, showing the name, principal business activities, paid-in capital, method of investment, inward and outward remittance of funds, shareholding ratio, investment gain or loss, carrying amount of the investment at the end of the period, repatriated investment gains, and limit on the amount of investment in the mainland China area. (Table 7)

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  • 2) Any of the following significant transactions with investee companies in mainland China, either directly or indirectly through a third area, and their prices, payment terms, and unrealized gains or losses: (TABLE 8)

  • a) The amount and percentage of purchases and the balance and percentage of the related payables at the end of the period.

  • b) The amount and percentage of sales and the balance and percentage of the related receivables at the end of the period.

  • c) The amount of property transactions and the amount of the resultant gains or losses.

  • d) The balance of negotiable instrument endorsements or guarantees or pledges of collateral at the end of the period and the purposes.

  • e) The highest balance, the end of period balance, the interest rate range, and total current period interest with respect to financing of funds.

  • f) Other transactions that have a material effect on the profit or loss for the period or on the financial position, such as the rendering or receiving of services.

38. FIRST-TIME ADOPTION OF IFRSs

The Company’s date of transition to the Regulations was January 1, 2012. The impact of the transition to the Regulations on the Company’s balance sheets and statements of comprehensive income is stated as follows:

  • a. Reconciliation of balance sheet as of January 1, 2012
Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs Note
Assets
Deferred tax assets - current $ 1,614 $
(1,614)
$ - e. 1)
Financial assets measured at cost - 245,445 (47,200) 198,245 e. 4)
noncurrent
Available-for-sale financial assets - - 47,200 47,200 e. 4)
noncurrent
Investments accounted for using equity 3,327,467 (3,485) 3,323,982 e. 2)
method
Property, plant and equipment 3,450,973 (128,952) 3,322,021 d. 3), e. 6)
Investment property - 7,636 7,636 e. 5)
Deferred tax assets - noncurrent - 92,805 92,805 e. 1) 2) 3)
Prepayment for equipment - 119,998 119,998 e. 6)
Other noncurrent assets 24,972 (7,636) 17,336 e. 5)
(Continued)
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b. ROC GAAP
Effect of
Transition to
IFRSs
IFRSs
Note
Liabilities
Other payables
$ 479,350
$ 14,488
$ 493,838
e. 2)
Accrued pension cost
9,349
16,242
25,591
e. 3)
Deferred tax Liabilities
46,514
83,308
129,882
e. 1)
Reserve for land value increment tax
3,512
(3,512)
-
d. 3)
Equity
Cumulative translation
adjustments/foreign currency
translation reserve
264,762
(264,762)
-
d. 5), e. 7)
Retained earnings
2,545,465
222,793
2,768,258
d. 5), e. 2)
3)
Unrealized revaluation increment
5,442
(5,442)
-
d. 3)
Net loss not recognized as pension
costs
(15,637)
15,637
-
e. 3)
(Concluded)
Reconciliation of balance sheet as of December 31, 2012
ROC GAAP
Effect of
Transition to
IFRSs
IFRSs
Note
Assets
Deferred tax assets - current
$ 5,697
$ (5,697)
$ -
e. 1)
Financial assets measured at cost -
noncurrent
253,242
(54,997)
198,245
e. 4)
Available-for-sale financial assets -
noncurrent
-
54,997
54,997
e. 4)
Investments accounted for using equity
method
3,780,330
(3,371)
3,776,959
e. 2)
Property, plant and equipment
3,394,698
(150,802)
3,243,896
d. 3), e. 6)
Investment property
-
6,807
6,807
e. 5)
Deferred tax assets - noncurrent
-
45,558
45,558
e. 1), 2), 3)
Prepayment for equipment
-
141,848
141,848
e. 6)
Other noncurrent assets
18,424
(6,807)
11,617
e. 5)
Liabilities
Other payables
471,434
15,549
486,983
e. 2)
Accrued pension cost
14,028
17,394
31,422
e. 3)
Deferred tax Liabilities
98,874
32,086
130,960
e. 1)
Reserve for land value increment tax
3,512
(3,512 )
-
d. 3)
(Continued)
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Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs Note
Equity
Cumulative translation $ 167,431 $ (264,762 ) $
(97,331 )
d. 5), e. 7)
adjustments/foreign currency
translation reserve
Retained earnings 3,029,417 213,415
3,242,832 d. 5), e. 2)
3)
Unrealized revaluation increment 5,442 (5,442 ) - d. 3)
Net loss not recognized as pension (22,808 )
22,808
- e. 3)
costs

(Concluded)

  • c. Reconciliation of statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2012
Effect of
Transition to
ROC GAAP IFRSs IFRSs Note
Operating expenses $ (841,785) $
643
$ (841,142) e. 2), 3)
Share of profits of associates and joint 359,392 114 359,506 e. 2)
venture
Income tax expenses (109,817) (108) (109,925) e. 2), 3)
Other comprehensive income
Exchange differences on translating - (97,331) (97,331) d. 5), e. 7)
foreign operations
Actuarial loss from defined benefit - (10,026) (10,026) e. 3)
plans

d. Exemptions from IFRS 1

IFRS 1 establishes the procedures for the Company’s first financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRSs. According to IFRS 1, the Company is required to determine the accounting policies under IFRSs and retrospectively apply those accounting policies in its opening balance sheet at the date of transition to IFRSs, January 1, 2012; except for optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions to such retrospective application provided under IFRS 1. The major optional exemptions the Company adopted are summarized as follows:

  • 1) Investment on subsidiaries, associates and joint venture

The Company elected to take the balanced amounts of investment on subsidiaries, associates and joint venture at December 31, 2011 which applying ROC GAAP, as the amount of January 1, 2012 in the financial statement.

  • 2) Share-based payment transactions

The Company elected to take the optional exemption from applying IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment” retrospectively for the shared-based payment transactions granted and vested before the date of transition.

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3) Deemed cost

At the date of transition to IFRSs, the Corporation should measure property, plant and equipment and intangible properties at cost in accordance with IFRSs. The relevant regulations should be retrospectively adopted.

As of January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, the amounts reclassified from land - revaluation increment in the amount of $8,954 thousand was credited to reserve for land value increment tax were $3,512 thousand and unrealized revaluation increment $5,442 thousand.

4) Employee benefits

The Company elected to recognize all cumulative actuarial gains and losses in retained earnings as of the date of transition. In addition, the Company elected to apply the exemption disclosure requirement provided by IFRS 1, in which the experience adjustments are determined for each accounting period prospectively from the transition date.

  • 5) Cumulative translation differences

The Company elected to reset to zero, the cumulative translation differences at the date of transition to IFRSs, and adjusted retained earnings by the amount of the cumulative translation difference that existed prior to the reset. Gains or losses of a subsequent disposal of any foreign operations will exclude the translation differences that arose before the date of transition to IFRSs.

e. Explanations of significant reconciling items in the transition to IFRSs

Material differences between the accounting policies under ROC GAAP and the accounting policies adopted under IFRSs were as follows:

1) Deferred tax assets/liabilities

Under ROC GAAP, a deferred tax asset or liability is classified as current or noncurrent in accordance with the classification of its related asset or liability. However, if a deferred income tax asset or liability does not relate to an asset or liability in the financial statements, it is classified as either current or noncurrent based on the expected length of time before it is realized or settled. Under IFRSs, a deferred tax asset or liability is classified as noncurrent asset or liability.

As of December 31 and January 1, 2012, the amount reclassified from current deferred income tax assets to non-current assets was $5,697 thousand and $1,614 thousand. Deferred tax liabilities are reclassified to deferred income tax assets respectively in $32,086 thousand and $83,308 thousand.

2) Employee benefits - accumulated compensated absences

Accumulated compensated absences account is not addressed in existing ROC GAAP; thus, the Corporation has not recognized the expected cost of employee benefits in the form of accumulated compensated absences at the end of reporting periods. However, under IFRSs, when the employees render services that increase their entitlement to future compensated absences, an entity should recognize the expected cost of employee benefits at the end of reporting periods.

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the IFRS adjustment increased accrued expenses by $15,549 thousand and $14,488 thousand; Investment accounted for using equity method decreased by $3,371 thousand and $3,485 thousand; deferred income tax assets - noncurrent increased by $2,643 thousand and $2,463 thousand. Retained earnings decreased by $16,277 thousand and $15,510 thousand. Salaries for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $1,061 thousand, share of profits of associates and joint venture increased by $114 thousand, income tax expense decreased by $180 thousand.

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  • 3) Employee benefits - defined benefit plans

The Corporation had previously applied an actuarial valuation on its defined benefit obligation and recognized the related pension cost and retirement benefit obligation in conformity with ROC GAAP. Under IFRSs, the Company should carry out actuarial valuation on defined benefit obligation in accordance with IAS No. 19, “Employee Benefits.”

In addition, under ROC GAAP, it is not allowed to recognize actuarial gains and losses from defined benefit plans directly to equity; instead, actuarial gains and losses should be accounted for under the corridor approach which requires in the deferral of gains and losses. When using the corridor approach, actuarial gains and losses should be amortized over the expected average remaining working lives of the participating employees.

Under IAS No. 19, “Employee Benefits,” the Corporation elects to recognize actuarial gains and losses immediately in full in the period in which they occur, as other comprehensive income. The subsequent reclassification to earnings is not permitted.

At the transition date, the Corporation performed the actuarial valuation under IAS No. 19 - “Employee Benefits,” and recognized the valuation difference directly in retained earnings under the requirement of IFRS 1. As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 the IFRSs adjustment increased accrued pension cost by $17,394 thousand and $16,242 thousand, and decreased net loss not recognized as pension cost by 22,808 thousand and $15,637 thousand, and increased deferred income tax assets - noncurrent by $5,132 thousand and $5,420 thousand, and decreased retained earnings by $35,070 thousand and 26,459 thousand, Another 2012 decreased salary by $1,704 thousand, increase income tax expense 288 thousand, increased actuarial loss adjustment by $10,026 thousand.

  • 4) Financial assets carried at cost

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 the amounts reclassified from financial assets carried at costs to available-for-sale financial assets were $54,997 thousand and 47,200 thousand.

  • 5) Classification of investment property

Under ROC GAAP, the property that is held by a lessor under an operating lease is classified under property, plant and equipment. Under IFRSs, the property held to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both should be classified as investment property.

As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 are amounted to $6,807 thousand and $7,636 thousand, respectively.

  • 6) Prepayments for equipment

Under IFRSs, prepayments for equipment should be classified to other assets. Advance purchase of equipment be classified to prepayments. Generally classified as non-current assets, As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012 are amounted to $141,848 thousand and $119,998 thousand, respectively.

  • 7) Cumulative translation adjustments reset to zero

As of December 31, 2012, March 31, 2012 and the date transferred to IFRS, cumulative translation adjustments all decreased by $264,762 thousand; therefore, unappropriated earnings all increased by $222,793. Under IFRS, cumulative translation adjustments was $(97,331) thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012.

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  • f. Significant reconciliation differences in statements of cash flows.

According to ROC GAAP, interest paid and received and dividends received are classified as operating activities while dividends paid are classified as financing activities. Additional disclosure is required for interest expenses when reporting cash flow using indirect method. However, under IAS 7” Statement of Cash Flow”, cash flows from interest and dividends received and paid shall each be disclosed separately. Each shall be classified in a consistent manner from period to period as operating, investing or financing activities. Therefore, interests received by the Company of $4,697 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and dividends received by the Company of $3,954 thousand were presented separately at the date of transition to IFRSs.

Except for the above differences, there are no other significant differences between ROC GAAP and IFRSs in the statement of cash flows.

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TABLE 1

TXC CORPORATION

MARKETABLE SECURITIES HELD DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Holding Company Marketable Securities Type and Issuer/Name Security Issuer’s
Relationship with
the Holding
Company
Financial Statement Account December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 Note
Shares/Units Carrying Amount Percentage of
Ownership
Market Value or
Net Asset Value
TXC Corporation
NGB
Mutual fund
Shin Kong Cross Strait Selective Fund
Shin Kong China Growth Fund
Stock - emerging company
Win Win Precision Technology Co., Ltd.
Stock - unlisted company
Marson Technology Co., Ltd.
Guandong Failong Crystal Technology Co., Ltd.
UPI Semiconductor Corp.
Si-Time Corporation
Financial bonds
Chinatrust unsecured priority financial bond
Stock - unlisted company
TSE Technology Co.
Mutual fund
China GuangFa Money Market Fund
EFund Money Market Fund
Southern Cash Fund
China Merchants Fund
None
None
None
None
None
The director of the
board is the
Company’s
chairman.
None
None
Subsidiary
None
None
None
None
Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets
- noncurrent
Financial assets carried at cost



Held-to-maturity financial assets
- noncurrent
Investment accounted for by the
equity method
Financial instruments at FVTPL -
current



2,691
2,177

1,300
414
RMB 10,096
2,000
1,750
RMB 10,000
RMB 10,064
RMB 30,000
RMB 16,500
RMB 30,000
RMB 13,000











$ 27,578

21,836
$ 49,414
$ 44,510
$ 3,000
46,478
98,000

50,767
$ 198,245
$ 47,840
$ 61,747
$ 149,107
82,604
149,504

63,727
$ 444,942
-
-
3
5
8
2
1
-
23
-
-
-
-
$ 27,578

21,836
$ 49,414
$ 44,510
No market value



$ 47,840
No market value
$ 149,107
82,604
149,504

63,727
$ 444,942
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TABLE 2

TXC CORPORATION

MARKETABLE SECURITIES ACQUIRED AND DISPOSED OF AT COSTS OR PRICES OF AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Company Name Marketable
Securities Type
and Name
Financial Statement
Account
Counterparty Nature of
Relationship
Beginning Balance Beginning Balance Acquisition Acquisition Disposal Disposal Disposal Disposal Equity in Net
Gain (Loss)
(Note)
Ending Balance Ending Balance
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
(Note 1)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Carrying Value
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Gain (Loss) on
Disposal
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
Shares/Units
(In Thousands)
Amount
(Foreign
Currencies in
Thousands)
TXC (Ningbo)
Corporation
Structure deposits

Financial instruments
at FVTPL - current

First Sino Bank
Ningbo Bank
HSBC
None

-
-
-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
$ 728,121
385,504
452,485
-
-
-
$ 730,927
387,389
452,963
$ 730,927
387,389
452,963
$ -
-
-
$ 2,806
1,885
478
-
-
-
$ -
-
-

Note: The investment loss recognized under equity method and the charge in translation adjustments were included in equity in net gain (loss).

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TABLE 3

TXC CORPORATION

TOTAL PURCHASES FROM OR SALES TO RELATED PARTIES OF AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Company Name Related Party Nature of Relationship Transaction Details Transaction Details Abnormal Transaction Abnormal Transaction Notes/Accounts Payable
or Receivable
Notes/Accounts Payable
or Receivable
Note
Purchase/
Sale
Amount % to
Total
Payment Terms
(Note)
Unit Price Payment Terms Ending Balance % to
Total
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Purchase
Sale
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
$ 2,338,090
240,664
124,454
105,551
629,240
227,348
38
3
2
2
37
10
Note




Its trading price depends on
its function within the
Company




Note




$ (807,860)
102,319
(612)
(39,053)
(260,504)
(177,509)
(64)
4
-
3
(35)
(24)

Note: The terms of purchases from related parties were not significantly different from those with third parties.

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TABLE 4

TXC CORPORATION

RECEIVABLES FROM RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Specified Otherwise)

Company Name Related Party Nature of Relationship Balance of Accounts
Receivable -
Related Party

Turnover Rate
Overdue Amount Received in
Subsequent Period

Allowance for
Bad Debt
Amount Action Taken
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Growing Profits Trading Ltd
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
$ 102,319
807,860
260,504
177,509
2.35
3.13
2.42
1.28
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 58,154
554,012
118,270
44,382
$ -
-
-
-
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TABLE 5

TXC CORPORATION

TRADING IN DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2013 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

TXC (Ningbo) Corporation entered into the trading derivative instruments to manage its exposure to interest rate risks of foreign bonds and borrowings.

As of December 31, 2013, unexpired forward contract was below:

Contract Amount (In Thousand of Currency Expired Period New Taiwan Dollar) December 31, 2013 Sell the forward contract USD/RMB 2014.01.10-2014.06.26 USD20,100/RMB122,736

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TABLE 6

TXC CORPORATION

NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND RELATED INFORMATION OF INVESTEES ON WHICH THE COMPANY EXERCISES SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

Investor Company Investee Company Location Main Businesses and Products Original Investment Amount Original Investment Amount Balance as of December 31, 2013 as of December 31, 2013 Net Income
(Losses) of the
Investee
Equity in the
Earnings
(Losses)
Note
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Shares (In
Thousands)
Percentage of
Ownership
Carrying
Value
TXC Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology
International Ltd.
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK)
Limited
Taiwan Crystal Technology
International Ltd.
TXC Technology Inc.
TXC Japan Corporation
Taiwan Crystal Technology (HK)
Limited
Growing Profit Trading Ltd.
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
TXC (HK) Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Corporation
Chongqing All Sun Company Limited
Ningbo Jingyu Company Limited
TXC (Chongqing) Limited
Western Samoa
U.S.A.
Japan
Hong Kong
B.V.I.
Ningbo
Hong Kong
Chongqing
Chongqing
Ningbo
Chongqing
Investment
Marketing activities
Marketing activities
Investment
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
Market activities
International trading
Manufacture and sales of electronics products
$ 1,390,461
9,879
6,172
298,362
1,691
1,487,211
-
396,903
312,644
4,807
298,362
$ 1,390,461

9,879

6,172

298,776

1,691

1,487,211

846

201,823

312,644

4,807

298,362

42,835

300

2

10,080

50

45,835

-

82,710

66,000

1,000

10,080
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
-
56.73
100.00
100.00
43.27
$ 3,943,223
13,491
12,013
294,776
245,108
3,737,510
-
385,928
322,685
7,216
294,361
$ 320,342

1,963

2,556

(5,214)

46,901

271,167

-

(15,435)

549

432

(15,435)
$ 316,118

1,963

2,556

(5,214)

46,901

271,167

-

(9,673)

549

432

(5,762)
Difference from
upstream transactions
$4,560 thousand





Note



Note: TXC (HK) Limited was liquidation and change of registration in 2013.

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TABLE 7

TXC CORPORATION

INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars or U.S. Dollars)

  1. Name of the investees in Mainland China, main businesses and products, paid-in capital, method of investment, information on inflow or outflow of capital, percentage of ownership, investment income or loss, ending balance of investment, dividends remitted by the investee, and the limit of investment in Mainland China:
Investee Company Main Businesses and Products Total Amount
of Paid-in
Capital
Method of Investment Accumulated
Outflow of
Investment
from Taiwan as
of
January 1,
2013 (US$ in
Thousand)
Investment Flows Investment Flows Accumulated
Outflow of
Investment
from Taiwan as
of
December 31,
2013 (US$ in
Thousand)

Investee
Company
Current Net
Income
Percentage of
Ownership
Investment
Income (Loss)
Recognized
(Note)
Carrying
Amount as of
December 31,
2013
Accumulated
Inward
Remittance of
Earnings as of
December 31,
2013

Outflow
Inflow
TXC (Ningbo) Corporation
Guandong Failong Crystal
Technology Co., Ltd.
TSE Technology (Ningbo)
Co., Ltd.
TXC (Chongqing)
Corporation
Chongqing All Suns
Company Limited
Ningbo Jingyu Company
Limited
Manufacturing and sales of crystal
and crystal oscillator
Manufacturing and sales of new
electronic components
Manufacturing and sales of
electronic devices and hardware
components
Manufacturing and sales of
electronic devices and hardware
components
Real estate intermediary service,
real estate management and
electronic product wholesale
Purchasing and selling electronic
component

$ 1,487,211
580,947

139,177

695,265
312,644
4,807
Indirect investment of
the Corporation in
Mainland China
through the
Corporation’s
subsidiary in a third
region
Direct investment of the
Corporation in
Mainland China
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland
China
Indirect investment of
the Corporation in
Mainland China
through the
Corporation’s
subsidiary in a third
region
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland
China
Other investment of the
Corporation Mainland
China
$ 1,427,630
46,478

-
298,362

-

-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,427,630
46,478
-
298,362
-
-
$ 271,167
-
58,460
(15,435)
549
432
100.00
8.00
23.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
$ 271,167
-
13,446
(15,435)
549
432
$ 3,737,510
46,478
61,747

680,289
322,685
7,216
$ 256,146
-
-
-
-
-
(Continued)
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  • The limited amounts of the investment in Mainland China

(Concluded)

Accumulated Investment in Mainland China
as of December 31, 2013
(US$ in Thousand)

Investment Amounts Authorized by
Investment Commission, MOEA
(US$ in Thousand)
Upper Limit on Investment
$ 1,772,470 $ 1,832,878 $ 4,994,930

Note: The investment in Mainland China is limited to 60% of stockholders’ equity or stockholders’ equity whichever is higher.

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TABLE 8

TXC CORPORATION

SIGNIFICAN TRANSACTIONS WITH INVESTEE COPANIES IN MAINLAND CHINA, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH A THIRD AREA, AND THEIR PRICES, PAYMENT TERMS, AND UNREALIZED GAINS OR LOSSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

  1. Significant direct or indirect transactions with the investees, prices and terms of payment, unrealized gain or loss:
Company Name Related Party Nature of
Relationship
Transaction Details Transaction Details Transaction Details Transaction Details Transaction Details Accounts/Notes
Receivable/Payable
Accounts/Notes
Receivable/Payable
Unrealized
Gain or Loss
Purchase/Sale Percentage (%) Price Payment Term Compared with Terms of
Third Parties
Balance %
TXC Corporation
GPT
NGB
CKG
NGB
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Subsidiary
Purchase
$2,338,090
Sale
240,664
Purchase
124,454
Sale
629,240
38
3
2
48
Its trading price depends on its
function within the Company.


Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Similar with third parties
Its trading price depends on its
function within the Company.


$ (807,860)
102,319
(612)
260,504
64
4
-
68
$ 38,101
1,546
-
-
  1. Endorsements guarantees or collateral directly or indirectly provided to the investees: None

  2. Financings directly or indirectly provided to the investees: None

  3. Other transactions that significantly impacted current year’s profit or loss or financial position: None

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