o | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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SHELL
COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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Commission
file number: 001-16125
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
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Title
of Each Class
Common
Shares, par value NT$10.00 each
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Name
of Each Exchange on which Registered
The
New York Stock Exchange*
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(a)
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company dated
April 30, 2007 (page F-1 to F-2).
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(b)
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets of the Company and subsidiaries as of December 31,
2005 and
2006 (page F-3).
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(c)
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Consolidated
Statements of Income of the Company and subsidiaries for the years
ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 (page F-4 to
F-6).
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(d)
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity of the Company and
subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(page
F-7).
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(e)
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows of the Company and subsidiaries for the
years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 (pages F-8 to
F-10).
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(f)
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and subsidiaries
(pages F-11 to F-72).
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1.
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Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant (English translation of
Chinese).*
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2.
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(a)
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Amended
and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of September 29, 2000 among
ASE
Inc., Citibank N.A., as depositary, and Holders and Beneficial
Holders of
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
issued thereunder, including the form of American Depositary Receipt
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to our registration statement
on
Form F-6 (File No. 333-108834) filed on September 16,
2003).
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(b)
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Letter
Agreement dated as of February 1, 2001 by and between ASE Inc.
and
Citibank N.A., as depositary for the sole purpose of accommodating
the
surrender of ASE Inc’s Rule 144A Global Depositary Shares, the issuance of
American Depositary Shares and the delivery of American Depositary
Receipts in the context of the termination of ASE Inc.’s Rule 144A
Depositary Receipts Facility (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
(b)(i)
to our registration statement on Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Form
F-6 (File No. 333-108834) filed on April 3,
2006).
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(c)
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Letter
Agreement dated as of September 25, 2003 by and between ASE Inc.
and
Citibank N.A., as depositary for the sole purpose of accommodating
the
issuance of American Depositary Shares upon ASE Inc.’s deposit of its
shares with the depositary following the conversion of certain
bonds
issued by ASE Inc. in accordance with, and subject to, the terms
and
conditions of the indenture governing such bonds (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit (b)(ii) to our registration statement on
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-6 (File No. 333-108834)
filed on
April 3, 2006).
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(d)
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Amendment
No. 1 to Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of April
6, 2006
among ASE Inc., Citibank N.A., as depositary, and Holders and Beneficial
Holders of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts issued thereunder, including the form of American Depositary
Receipt (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(ii) to our registration
statement on Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form F-6 (File No.
333-108834) filed on October 25,
2006).
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(e)
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Form
of Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among
ASE
Inc., Citibank N.A., as depositary, and Holders and Beneficial
Holders of
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
issued thereunder, including the form of American Depositary Receipt
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(iii) to our registration
statement on Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form F-6 (File No.
333-108834) filed on October 25,
2006).
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4.
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(a)
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Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of July 3, 1999 among ASE (Chung Li)
Inc., ASE
Inc., Motorola Electronics Taiwan, Ltd. and Motorola, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to ASE Test’s registration statement on Form
F-3 (File No. 333-10892) filed on September 27, 1999 (the “ASE Test 1999
Form-3”)).
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(b)
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Agreement
dated as of June 5, 2002 among ASE (Chung Li) Inc., ASE Inc., Motorola
Electronics Taiwan, Ltd. and Motorola, Inc. amending certain earn-out
arrangements provided for in Section 2.09(b)(ii)(D) of the Asset
Purchase
Agreement dated as of July 3, 1999 among the same parties (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4(b) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File
No.
001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed on June 30,
2003).
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(c)
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Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of July 3, 1999 among ASE Investment
(Labuan)
Inc., ASE Inc., Motorola Asia Ltd. and Motorola, Inc. relating to
the
purchase and sale of 100.0% of the common stock of Motorola Korea
Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the ASE Test 1999 Form
F-3).
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(d)†
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BGA
Immunity Agreement dated as of January 25, 1994 between ASE Inc.
and
Motorola, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
Form
F-1).
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(e)†
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Amendment
dated March 18, 2003 renewing the BGA Immunity Agreement dated as
of
January 25, 1994 between ASE Inc. and Motorola, Inc. (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4(g) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File
No.
001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on June 30,
2004).
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(f)
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Consent
dated June 10, 2004 to the Assignment of the BGA Immunity Agreement
between ASE Inc. and Motorola, Inc. dated January 25, 1994 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File
No.
001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on June 30,
2004).
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(g)
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Asset
Purchase Agreement by and among Flextronics Manufacturing (M) Sdn
Bhd, as
Buyer, ASE Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. as Company, dated as of October
3,
2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(g) to our annual report
on
Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2005
filed
on June 19, 2006).
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(h)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between ASE Electronics (M)
Sdn. Bhd.
and Gardex International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(l) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the
year
ended December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(i)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between ASE Test, Inc. and Gardex
International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(m)
to our
annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(j)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between ASE (Korea) Inc. and
Gardex
International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(n)
to our
annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(k)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc. and Gardex International Limited (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4(o) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File
No.
001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(l)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between ASE Inc. (Chung Li)
and
Gardex International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(p) to
our annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year
ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(m)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 between ASE Electronics (M)
Sdn.
Bhd. and Gardex International Limited (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 4(q) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125)
for
the year ended December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(n)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 between ASE Test, Inc. and
Gardex
International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(r)
to our
annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(o)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 between ASE (Korea) Inc. and
Gardex
International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(s)
to our
annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(p)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 between Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc. and Gardex International Limited (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4(t) to our annual report on Form 20-F (File
No.
001-16125) for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(q)
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Commission
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 between ASE Inc. (Chung Li)
and
Gardex International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(u) to
our annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-16125) for the year
ended
December 31, 2005 filed on June 19,
2006).
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(r)
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Joint
Venture Agreement dated as of July 14, 2006 among Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc. and Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. relating to the
establishment of, and our investment of 60.0% in, Power
ASE.*
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(s)
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Sale
and Purchase Agreement dated January 11, 2007 among J&R
Holding Limited and Seacoast Profits Limited relating to our acquisition
of 100% of GAPT.*
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8.
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List
of Subsidiaries.*
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12.
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(a)
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Certification
of Jason C.S. Chang, Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc. required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
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(b)
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Certification
of Joseph Tung, Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc. required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
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13.
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of
Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the
Exchange
Act and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States
Code.
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†
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Does
not contain portions for which confidential treatment has been
granted.
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* | Previously filed. |
ADVANCED
SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Joseph Tung
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Joseph Tung | |||
Chief Financial Officer |
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Consolidated
Financial Statements of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
and
Subsidiaries
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F-1
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F-3
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F-4
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F-7
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F-8
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F-11
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December
31
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December
31
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS
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NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
(Note 2)
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LIABILITIES
AND
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
(Note 2)
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||||||||||||||||||
Cash
(Note 4)
|
$ |
13,263,788
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$ |
15,730,075
|
$ |
482,666
|
Short-term
borrowings (Note 13)
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$ |
5,084,937
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$ |
2,868,138
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$ |
88,007
|
||||||||||||
Financial
assets at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 2, 3, 5
and
23)
|
4,330,733
|
1,557,903
|
47,803
|
Financial
liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 2,
3, 5 and
23)
|
202,729
|
352,583
|
10,819
|
||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
financial assets (Notes 2, 3, 6 and 23)
|
27,973
|
9,346,415
|
286,788
|
Derivative
financial liabilities for hedging (Notes 2, 3 and 23)
|
129,179
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Notes
receivable
|
83,936
|
109,912
|
3,373
|
Notes
payable and accounts payable
|
10,984,695
|
7,304,812
|
224,143
|
||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
(Notes 2 and 7)
|
15,501,680
|
11,344,961
|
348,112
|
Income
tax payable
(Note 2)
|
37,751
|
1,332,000
|
40,871
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
receivables
|
3,851,270
|
915,390
|
28,088
|
Accrued
expenses (Note 17)
|
4,005,290
|
3,108,175
|
95,372
|
||||||||||||||||||
Inventories
(Notes 2, 3 and 8)
|
7,757,077
|
5,674,010
|
174,103
|
Payable
for properties
|
3,659,836
|
3,082,384
|
94,581
|
||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
income tax assets, net
(Notes
2 and 21)
|
1,615,696
|
2,808,184
|
86,167
|
Current
portion of bonds payable (Notes 2, 14 and 23)
|
-
|
3,798,233
|
116,546
|
||||||||||||||||||
Pledged
time deposits
(Note 25)
|
62,505
|
-
|
-
|
Current
portion of long-term bank loans (Notes 15, 23 and 25)
|
5,232,529
|
1,292,040
|
39,645
|
||||||||||||||||||
Prepayments
and other
|
1,049,353
|
1,275,948
|
39,151
|
Temporary
receipts (Note 7)
|
1,005,057
|
2,503,125
|
76,806
|
||||||||||||||||||
Current
portion of capital lease obligations (Notes 2, 16 and 23)
|
205,662
|
540,736
|
16,592
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
47,544,011
|
48,762,798
|
1,496,251
|
Other
|
557,954
|
1,828,016
|
56,091
|
||||||||||||||||||
LONG-TERM
INVESTMENTS
|
Total
current liabilities
|
31,105,619
|
28,010,242
|
859,473
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity
financial assets (Notes 2, 3 and 23)
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
1,534
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
assets carried at cost (Notes 2, 3, 9 and 23)
|
1,272,311
|
1,595,597
|
48,960
|
LONG-TERM
DEBTS
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Equity
method investments (Notes 2 and 10)
|
3,494,371
|
4,088,949
|
125,466
|
Long-term
bonds payable (Notes 2, 14 and 23)
|
9,361,902
|
5,758,611
|
176,699
|
||||||||||||||||||
Prepayments
for long-term investments
|
81,375
|
-
|
-
|
Long-term
bank loans (Notes 15, 23 and 25)
|
33,298,508
|
23,571,786
|
723,283
|
||||||||||||||||||
Capital
leases obligations (Notes 2, 16 and 23)
|
201,700
|
67,903
|
2,083
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
long-term investments
|
4,898,057
|
5,734,546
|
175,960
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
long-term debts
|
42,862,110
|
29,398,300
|
902,065
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND
EQUIPMENT (Notes 2, 11, 16, 24 and 25)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
|
OTHER
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Land
|
2,255,006
|
2,284,577
|
70,101
|
Accrued
pension cost (Notes 2 and 17)
|
2,234,994
|
2,296,384
|
70,463
|
||||||||||||||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
26,257,236
|
30,508,824
|
936,141
|
Deferred
income tax liabilities (Notes 2 and 21)
|
-
|
25,888
|
794
|
||||||||||||||||||
Machinery
and equipment
|
104,206,962
|
100,838,100
|
3,094,142
|
Other
|
72,521
|
183,303
|
5,625
|
||||||||||||||||||
Transportation
equipment
|
149,143
|
165,665
|
5,083
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
2,698,066
|
2,951,547
|
90,566
|
Total
other liabilities
|
2,307,515
|
2,505,575
|
76,882
|
||||||||||||||||||
Leased
assets and leasehold
improvements
|
2,364,403
|
1,042,889
|
32,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
cost
|
137,930,816
|
137,791,602
|
4,228,033
|
Total
liabilities
|
76,275,244
|
59,914,117
|
1,838,420
|
||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(67,277,930 | ) | (71,608,252 | ) | (2,197,246 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
70,652,886
|
66,183,350
|
2,030,787
|
EQUITY
ATTRIBUTE TO
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PARENT |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction
in progress
|
3,690,175
|
3,678,333
|
112,867
|
Capital
stock - NT$10 par value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Machinery
in transit and
prepayments
|
4,843,303
|
3,682,071
|
112,982
|
Authorized
- 6,300,000 thousand
shares in 2005 and 7,000,000 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
impairment
|
(11,145,593 | ) |
-
|
-
|
thousand shares in 2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Issued
- 4,557,372 thousand shares in 2005 and 4,592,509 thousand
shares in
2006
|
45,573,723
|
45,925,086
|
1,409,177
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
property, plant and equipment
|
68,040,771
|
73,543,754
|
2,256,636
|
Capital
received in advance (Note 18)
|
156,228
|
384,428
|
11,796
|
||||||||||||||||||
Capital
surplus (Note 18)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
INTANGIBLE
ASSETS
|
Capital
in excess of par value
|
2,093,712
|
269,027
|
8,255
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Patents
(Note 2)
|
-
|
4,081
|
125
|
Treasury
stock transactions
|
237,503
|
16,768
|
514
|
||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill
(Notes 2 and 12)
|
2,843,022
|
2,831,274
|
86,876
|
Long-term
investment
|
3,585,077
|
3,519,973
|
108,008
|
||||||||||||||||||
Land
use rights (Note 2)
|
746,087
|
600,322
|
18,420
|
Total
capital surplus
|
5,916,292
|
3,805,768
|
116,777
|
||||||||||||||||||
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit) (Note 18)
|
(2,745,555 | ) |
16,985,043
|
521,174
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Total
intangible assets
|
3,589,109
|
3,435,677
|
105,421
|
Other
equity adjustments (Notes 2, 3 and 18)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustments
|
1,072,511
|
1,330,651
|
40,830
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
Unrecognized
pension cost
|
(17,421 | ) | (19,041 | ) | (584 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Guarantee
deposits (Note 23)
|
223,592
|
314,489
|
9,650
|
Unrealized
gain or loss on financial instruments
|
(199,093 | ) |
416,400
|
12,777
|
|||||||||||||||||
Deferred
charges, net (Note 2)
|
1,960,849
|
1,880,712
|
57,708
|
Total
other equity adjustments
|
855,997
|
1,728,010
|
53,023
|
||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
income tax assets, net
(Notes
2 and 21)
|
4,046,772
|
2,512,421
|
77,092
|
Treasury
stock - 184,713 thousand
shares (Notes 2 and 18)
|
(2,808,436 | ) | (2,808,436 | ) | (86,175 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Restricted
assets (Notes 23 and 25)
|
204,632
|
336,463
|
10,324
|
Total
equity attribute to
shareholders of the parent |
46,948,249
|
66,019,899
|
2,025,772
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
617,688
|
520,016
|
15,956
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN
CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES |
7,901,988
|
11,106,860
|
340,806
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
other assets
|
7,053,533
|
5,564,101
|
170,730
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
54,850,237
|
77,126,759
|
2,366,578
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$ |
131,125,481
|
$ |
137,040,876
|
$ |
4,204,998
|
TOTAL
|
$ |
131,125,481
|
$ |
137,040,876
|
$ |
4,204,998
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
NET
REVENUES (Note 2)
|
||||||||||||||||
Packaging
|
$ |
58,261,796
|
$ |
66,022,940
|
$ |
76,820,475
|
$ |
2,357,179
|
||||||||
Testing
|
16,473,924
|
17,121,986
|
21,429,584
|
657,551
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
501,966
|
890,872
|
2,173,588
|
66,695
|
||||||||||||
Total
net revenues
|
75,237,686
|
84,035,798
|
100,423,647
|
3,081,425
|
||||||||||||
COST
OF REVENUES (Note 20)
|
||||||||||||||||
Packaging
|
47,115,746
|
55,894,282
|
57,539,702
|
1,765,563
|
||||||||||||
Testing
|
12,141,233
|
12,688,893
|
12,701,354
|
389,732
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
384,101
|
934,829
|
1,402,211
|
43,025
|
||||||||||||
Total
cost of revenues
|
59,641,080
|
69,518,004
|
71,643,267
|
2,198,320
|
||||||||||||
GROSS
PROFIT
|
15,596,606
|
14,517,794
|
28,780,380
|
883,105
|
||||||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES (Notes 12 and 20)
|
||||||||||||||||
Selling
|
1,341,067
|
1,100,023
|
1,320,646
|
40,523
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
4,717,653
|
4,813,177
|
4,381,267
|
134,436
|
||||||||||||
Research
and development
|
2,581,089
|
2,785,432
|
2,632,036
|
80,762
|
||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
8,639,809
|
8,698,632
|
8,333,949
|
255,721
|
||||||||||||
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
6,956,797
|
5,819,162
|
20,446,431
|
627,384
|
||||||||||||
NON-OPERATING
INCOME AND GAINS
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
77,797
|
173,325
|
406,364
|
12,469
|
||||||||||||
Equity
in earnings of equity method investees (Notes 2 and 10)
|
-
|
74,292
|
315,654
|
9,685
|
||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange gain, net (Notes 3 and 23)
|
222,358
|
154,275
|
92,819
|
2,848
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on valuation of financial asset, net (Notes 5 and 23)
|
-
|
-
|
29,278
|
898
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on valuation of financial liability, net (Note 5 and 23)
|
-
|
20,919
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on insurance settlement and impairment recovery (Note 29)
|
-
|
-
|
4,574,451
|
140,364
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
396,182
|
324,132
|
961,041
|
29,489
|
||||||||||||
Total
non-operating income and gains
|
696,337
|
746,943
|
6,379,607
|
195,753
|
||||||||||||
NON-OPERATING
EXPENSES AND LOSSES
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense (Note 11)
|
972,188
|
1,571,058
|
1,620,294
|
49,718
|
||||||||||||
Loss
on valuation of financial liability (Notes 5 and 23)
|
370,502
|
-
|
289,847
|
8,894
|
||||||||||||
Loss
on inventory valuation and obsolescence
|
75,842
|
611,679
|
1,143,925
|
35,100
|
||||||||||||
Equity
in losses of equity method investees (Notes 2 and 10)
|
394,995
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Loss
on fire damage (Note 29)
|
-
|
8,838,079
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
investment loss (Notes 2 and 3)
|
512,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill (Notes 2, 3 and 12)
|
1,950,097
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
(Note 7)
|
414,593
|
1,219,135
|
1,520,548
|
46,657
|
||||||||||||
Total
non-operating expenses and losses
|
4,690,217
|
12,239,951
|
4,574,614
|
140,369
|
||||||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX
|
2,962,917
|
(5,673,846 | ) |
22,251,424
|
682,768
|
|||||||||||
INCOME
TAX BENEFIT (EXPENSE) (Notes 2 and 21)
|
1,397,003
|
118,656
|
(2,084,787 | ) | (63,970 | ) | ||||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
|
4,359,920
|
(5,555,190 | ) |
20,166,637
|
618,798
|
|||||||||||
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS (Note 28)
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense of NT$677
thousand
in 2004 and NT$2,147 thousand in 2005
|
568,222
|
120,962
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income tax expense
of
NT$1,920 thousand
|
-
|
232,737
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
$ |
568,222
|
$ |
353,699
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
|||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLE
|
4,928,142
|
(5,201,491 | ) |
20,166,637
|
618,798
|
|||||||||||
CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, NET OF TAX BENEFIT OF
NT$114,168 THOUSAND IN 2006 (Note 3)
|
(26,844 | ) |
-
|
(342,503 | ) | (10,509 | ) | |||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
$ |
4,901,298
|
$ | (5,201,491 | ) | $ |
19,824,134
|
$ |
608,289
|
|||||||
ATTRIBUTABLE
TO
|
||||||||||||||||
Shareholders
of parent company
|
$ |
4,209,690
|
$ | (4,691,187 | ) | $ |
17,416,151
|
$ |
534,402
|
|||||||
Minority
interest
|
691,608
|
(510,304 | ) |
2,407,983
|
73,887
|
|||||||||||
$ |
4,901,298
|
$ | (5,201,491 | ) | $ |
19,824,134
|
$ |
608,289
|
EARNINGS
(LOSS) PER SHARE (Note 22)
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings (loss) per share
|
||||||||||||||||
Before
income tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
0.71
|
(1.31 | ) |
4.33
|
0.13
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.13
|
0.08
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.01 | ) |
-
|
(0.10 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
0.83
|
(1.23 | ) |
4.23
|
0.13
|
|||||||||||
After
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
0.87
|
(1.15 | ) |
4.03
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.13
|
0.08
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.01 | ) |
-
|
(0.08 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
0.99
|
(1.07 | ) |
3.95
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
earnings (loss) per share
|
||||||||||||||||
Before
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
0.71
|
(1.31 | ) |
4.13
|
0.13
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.12
|
0.08
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.01 | ) |
-
|
(0.10 | ) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
0.82
|
(1.23 | ) |
4.03
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
After
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
0.85
|
(1.15 | ) |
3.84
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.12
|
0.08
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.01 | ) |
-
|
(0.07 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
0.96
|
(1.07 | ) |
3.77
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
EARNINGS
PER
EQUIVALENT ADS (Note
22)
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings (loss) per equivalent
ADS
|
||||||||||||||||
Before
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
3.50
|
(6.55 | ) |
21.65
|
0.66
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.67
|
0.41
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.03 | ) |
-
|
(0.52 | ) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
4.14
|
(6.14 | ) |
21.13
|
0.65
|
|||||||||||
After
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
4.30
|
(5.77 | ) |
20.16
|
0.62
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.67
|
0.40
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.03 | ) |
-
|
(0.39 | ) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
4.94
|
(5.37 | ) |
19.77
|
0.61
|
|||||||||||
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings (loss) per
equivalent
ADS
|
||||||||||||||||
Before
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
3.50
|
(6.55 | ) |
20.66
|
0.63
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.63
|
0.41
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.03 | ) |
-
|
(0.49 | ) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
4.10
|
(6.14 | ) |
20.17
|
0.62
|
|||||||||||
After
income
tax
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
4.22
|
(5.77 | ) |
19.22
|
0.59
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.62
|
0.40
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles
|
(0.03 | ) |
-
|
(0.37 | ) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common
shareholders
|
4.81
|
(5.37 | ) |
18.85
|
0.58
|
Retained
Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)
|
Other
Adjustments
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
Stock
|
Capital
Received in Advance
|
Capital
Surplus
|
Legal
Reserve
|
Unappropriated
Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)
|
Cumulative
Translation Adjustments
|
Unrecognized
Pension Cost
|
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on Financial Instruments
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Minority
Interest
|
Total
Shareholders' Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New
Taiwan dollars
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
JANUARY 1, 2004
|
$ |
35,802,800
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
4,046,774
|
$ |
1,051,665
|
$ |
2,756,771
|
$ |
1,559,599
|
$ | (16,137 | ) | $ | (68,833 | ) | $ | (10,037 | ) | $ |
10,077,575
|
$ |
55,200,177
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Appropriations
of 2003 earnings
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legal
reserve
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
274,279
|
(274,279 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
to directors and supervisors
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(49,320 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(49,320 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonus
to employees - cash
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(18,428 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(18,428 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonus
to employees - stock
|
154,272
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(154,272 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
dividends - 5.7%
|
2,219,774
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,219,774 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
received in advance from stock options exercised by
employees
|
-
|
42,759
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
42,759
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of ASE Inc. shares held by subsidiaries to treasury stock
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,798,399 | ) |
-
|
(2,798,399 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valuation
loss on derivatives financial instruments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(36,607 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(36,607 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
of equity in subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
15,332
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,427
|
(1,781 | ) |
-
|
-
|
24,978
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock through merger
|
2,823,154
|
-
|
3,153,342
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,976,496
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elimination
of long-term investment balance on consolidation
|
-
|
-
|
(242,792 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(242,792 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income in 2004
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,209,690
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
691,608
|
4,901,298
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in minority interest
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,364,357 | ) | (2,364,357 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(919,220 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(919,220 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
DECEMBER 31, 2004
|
41,000,000
|
42,759
|
6,972,656
|
1,325,944
|
4,250,388
|
640,379
|
(4,710 | ) | (107,221 | ) | (2,808,436 | ) |
8,404,826
|
59,716,585
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appropriations
of 2004 earnings
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legal
reserve
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
420,969
|
(420,969 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
to directors and supervisors
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(75,720 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(75,720 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonus
to employees - cash
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(9,536 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(9,536 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonus
to employees - stock
|
255,675
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(255,675 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends - 1%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(411,221 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(411,221 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
dividends - 6.99%
|
2,878,548
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,878,548 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
surplus transferred to common stock - 2.99%
|
1,233,663
|
-
|
(1,233,663 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
of equity in subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
18,043
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(12,711 | ) |
700
|
-
|
-
|
6,032
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valuation
gain on derivative financial instruments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36,607
|
-
|
-
|
36,607
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised by employees
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
205,837
|
(42,759 | ) |
159,256
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
322,334
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
received in advance
|
-
|
156,228
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
156,228
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss in 2005
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4,691,187 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(510,304 | ) | (5,201,491 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in minority interest
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7,466
|
7,466
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
432,132
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
432,132
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
DECEMBER 31, 2005
|
45,573,723
|
156,228
|
5,916,292
|
1,746,913
|
(4,492,468 | ) |
1,072,511
|
(17,421 | ) | (69,914 | ) | (2,808,436 | ) |
7,901,988
|
54,979,416
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effect
of adopting ROC SFAS No. 34
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(129,179 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(129,179 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offset
against deficit
|
-
|
-
|
(2,314,447 | ) | (1,746,913 | ) |
4,061,360
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on available-for-sale financial assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
16,827
|
-
|
-
|
16,827
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valuation
gain on derivative financial instruments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
129,179
|
-
|
-
|
129,179
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
of equity in subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
(65,104 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,620 | ) |
469,487
|
-
|
-
|
402,763
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised by employees
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
351,363
|
(156,228 | ) |
269,027
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
464,162
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
received in advance
|
-
|
384,428
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
384,428
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income in 2006
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17,416,151
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,407,983
|
19,824,134
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in minority interest
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
796,889
|
796,889
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
258,140
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
258,140
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
DECEMBER 31, 2006
|
$ |
45,925,086
|
$ |
384,428
|
$ |
3,805,768
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
16,985,043
|
$ |
1,330,651
|
$ | (19,041 | ) | $ |
416,400
|
$ | (2,808,436 | ) | $ |
11,106,860
|
$ |
77,126,759
|
||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Dollars
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
JANUARY 1, 2006
|
$ |
1,398,396
|
$ |
4,794
|
$ |
181,537
|
$ |
53,603
|
$ | (137,848 | ) | $ |
32,909
|
$ | (534 | ) | $ | (2,145 | ) | $ | (86,175 | ) | $ |
242,467
|
$ |
1,687,004
|
||||||||||||||||||
Effect
of adopting of ROC SFAS No. 34
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,964 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(3,964 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offset
against deficit
|
-
|
-
|
(71,017 | ) | (53,603 | ) |
124,620
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on available-for-sale financial assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
516
|
-
|
-
|
516
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valuation
gain on derivative financial instruments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,964
|
-
|
-
|
3,964
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
of equity in subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
(1,998 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(50 | ) |
14,406
|
-
|
-
|
12,358
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised by employees
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
10,781
|
(4,794 | ) |
8,255
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14,242
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
received in advance
|
-
|
11,796
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,796
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income in 2006
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
534,402
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
73,887
|
608,289
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in minority interest
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24,452
|
24,452
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7,921
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7,921
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
DECEMBER 31, 2006
|
$ |
1,409,177
|
$ |
11,796
|
$ |
116,777
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
521,174
|
$ |
40,830
|
$ | (584 | ) | $ |
12,777
|
$ | (86,175 | ) | $ |
340,806
|
$ |
2,366,578
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ |
4,901,298
|
$ | (5,201,491 | ) | $ |
19,824,134
|
$ |
608,289
|
|||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principle
|
-
|
-
|
342,503
|
10,509
|
||||||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
13,898,098
|
13,990,219
|
13,488,180
|
413,875
|
||||||||||||
Amortization
|
888,174
|
1,042,560
|
1,000,031
|
30,685
|
||||||||||||
Equity
in losses (earnings) of equity method investees, net of cash dividends
received
|
394,995
|
(74,292 | ) | (222,847 | ) | (6,838 | ) | |||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill
|
1,950,097
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
investment loss
|
512,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
interest on foreign convertible bonds
|
255,172
|
241,394
|
247,155
|
7,584
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
exchange loss (gain) on long-term foreign bonds payable and accrued
interest
|
(425,822 | ) |
215,762
|
(52,213 | ) | (1,602 | ) | |||||||||
Allowance
for inventory valuation
|
75,842
|
611,679
|
1,143,925
|
35,100
|
||||||||||||
Provision
(reversal) for doubtful accounts and sales allowances
|
151,358
|
115,200
|
(62,198 | ) | (1,908 | ) | ||||||||||
Loss
on disposal of properties
|
83,826
|
193,038
|
45,535
|
1,397
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations
|
-
|
(232,737 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Loss
on fire damage (gain on insurance settlement and impairment
recovery)
|
-
|
8,212,780
|
(4,574,451 | ) | (140,364 | ) | ||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(1,660,695 | ) | (481,310 | ) |
481,919
|
14,787
|
||||||||||
Amortization
of goodwill
|
877,582
|
528,943
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
pension cost
|
372,580
|
109,068
|
44,541
|
1,367
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
110,592
|
219,949
|
225,271
|
6,912
|
||||||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Financial
assets for trading
|
225,680
|
(1,782,863 | ) |
2,773,501
|
85,103
|
|||||||||||
Notes
and accounts receivable
|
(674,517 | ) | (2,024,569 | ) |
4,192,941
|
128,657
|
||||||||||
Other
receivable
|
(492,059 | ) | (621,283 | ) |
573,125
|
17,586
|
||||||||||
Inventories
|
(4,691,419 | ) |
87,290
|
1,363,885
|
41,850
|
|||||||||||
Prepayments
and other current assets
|
(469,247 | ) |
100,859
|
(228,740 | ) | (7,019 | ) | |||||||||
Financial
liabilities for trading
|
308,138
|
(80,852 | ) | (436,667 | ) | (13,399 | ) | |||||||||
Notes
and accounts payable
|
1,485,391
|
3,134,747
|
(3,679,883 | ) | (112,914 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
tax payable
|
62,727
|
(249,958 | ) |
1,294,249
|
39,713
|
|||||||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
1,059,138
|
705,200
|
(522,403 | ) | (16,029 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
7,729
|
(8,246 | ) |
28,526
|
876
|
|||||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
19,206,658
|
18,751,087
|
37,290,019
|
1,144,217
|
||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||||||
Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment
|
(28,521,375 | ) | (15,611,549 | ) | (17,764,237 | ) | (545,082 | ) | ||||||||
Acquisition
of available-for-sale financial assets
|
(1,347,213 | ) | (795,770 | ) | (16,652,840 | ) | (510,980 | ) | ||||||||
Disposal
of available-for-sale financial assets
|
995,256
|
1,503,175
|
7,518,738
|
230,707
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition
of financial assets carried at cost
|
-
|
-
|
(320,881 | ) | (9,846 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from insurance claims
|
-
|
2,300,000
|
5,768,000
|
176,987
|
||||||||||||
Decrease
(increase) in pledged time deposits and restricted assets
|
41,827
|
(4,198 | ) | (69,326 | ) | (2,127 | ) | |||||||||
Acquisition
of long-term equity method investments
|
(61,713 | ) | (104,738 | ) | (309 | ) | (10 | ) | ||||||||
Increase
in other assets
|
(2,006,620 | ) | (598,680 | ) | (815,006 | ) | (25,008 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of:
|
||||||||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment
|
628,508
|
1,119,132
|
413,540
|
12,689
|
||||||||||||
Others
|
505,546
|
82,171
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Purchase
of ASE Japan Co., Ltd. shares
|
(830,678 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Purchase
of ASE (U.S.) Inc. shares
|
(112,824 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Purchase
of ASE Test Limited shares
|
(339,644 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Proceeds
from disposal of discontinued operations
|
-
|
566,411
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in land use rights
|
-
|
(87,912 | ) | (182,187 | ) | (5,590 | ) | |||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(31,048,930 | ) | (11,631,958 | ) | (22,104,508 | ) | (678,260 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from (repayments of):
|
||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of domestic secured bonds
|
$ |
2,733,112
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Investment
payable
|
(2,309,960 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Foreign
convertible bonds
|
-
|
(502,748 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
2,695,984
|
3,638,444
|
(2,216,799 | ) | (68,021 | ) | ||||||||||
Commercial
papers and bank acceptances payable
|
(167,149 | ) | (908,816 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from long-term debts
|
19,246,822
|
24,514,627
|
16,148,800
|
495,514
|
||||||||||||
Repayments
of long-term debts
|
(13,251,715 | ) | (27,736,492 | ) | (29,894,517 | ) | (917,291 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options by employees
|
42,759
|
478,562
|
848,590
|
26,038
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in guarantee deposits received
|
-
|
-
|
261,754
|
8,032
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in collection of accounts receivable sold
|
-
|
887,354
|
1,491,110
|
45,754
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in minority interest
|
242,059
|
7,466
|
809,544
|
24,840
|
||||||||||||
Compensation
to directors and supervisors and bonus to employees
|
(67,748 | ) | (75,720 | ) | (9,536 | ) | (293 | ) | ||||||||
Cash
dividends
|
-
|
(394,453 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
9,164,164
|
(91,776 | ) | (12,561,054 | ) | (385,427 | ) | |||||||||
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES
|
90,786
|
261,332
|
(162,734 | ) | (4,994 | ) | ||||||||||
EFFECT
OF FIRST INCLUSION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF A SUBSIDIARY
|
-
|
-
|
4,564
|
140
|
||||||||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
|
(2,587,322 | ) |
7,288,685
|
2,466,287
|
75,676
|
|||||||||||
CASH,
BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
8,562,425
|
5,975,103
|
13,263,788
|
406,990
|
||||||||||||
CASH,
END OF YEAR
|
$ |
5,975,103
|
$ |
13,263,788
|
$ |
15,730,075
|
$ |
482,666
|
||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
paid (excluding capitalized interest)
|
$ |
951,281
|
$ |
1,759,546
|
$ |
1,689,075
|
$ |
51,828
|
||||||||
Income
tax paid
|
$ |
193,829
|
$ |
612,612
|
$ |
308,619
|
$ |
9,470
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for acquisition of property, plant and equipment
|
||||||||||||||||
Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment
|
$ | (30,588,311 | ) | $ | (12,957,405 | ) | $ | (17,730,935 | ) | $ | (544,060 | ) | ||||
Increase
(decrease) in payable
|
1,961,788
|
(2,891,017 | ) | (444,718 | ) | (13,646 | ) | |||||||||
Increase
in capital lease obligations
|
105,148
|
236,873
|
411,416
|
12,624
|
||||||||||||
$ | (28,521,375 | ) | $ | (15,611,549 | ) | $ | (17,764,237 | ) | $ | (545,082 | ) | |||||
Cash
received from disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
$ |
628,508
|
$ |
1,119,132
|
$ |
637,541
|
$ |
19,562
|
||||||||
Increase
in other receivables
|
-
|
-
|
(224,001 | ) | (6,873 | ) | ||||||||||
$ |
628,508
|
$ |
1,119,132
|
$ |
413,540
|
$ |
12,689
|
|||||||||
Cash
received from issuance of domestic secured bonds
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
|
$ |
2,750,000
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Issuance
expense
|
(16,888 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
$ |
2,733,112
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
|||||||||
Cash
received from disposal of discontinued operations
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
price
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
625,559
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Increase
in receivable
|
-
|
(59,148 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
$ |
-
|
$ |
566,411
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Total
assets acquired from acquisition of ASE Japan Co., Ltd.
|
$ |
2,162,468
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Less: Liabilities
assumed
|
(1,310,428 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Cash
paid
|
852,040
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Less: Cash
received at the date of acquisition
|
(21,362 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
cash outflow
|
$ |
830,678
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Total
assets acquired from acquisition of ASE (U.S.) Inc.
|
$ |
171,999
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Less: Liabilities
assumed
|
(16,240 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Cash
paid
|
155,759
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Less: Cash
received at the date of acquisition
|
(42,935 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
cash outflow
|
$ |
112,824
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
NON-CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of the ASE Inc. shares held by consolidated subsidiaries from long-term
investment to treasury stock
|
$ |
2,798,399
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Current
portion of long-term bank loans
|
2,011,673
|
5,232,529
|
1,292,040
|
39,645
|
||||||||||||
Current
portion of bonds payable
|
-
|
-
|
3,798,233
|
116,546
|
||||||||||||
Current
portion of capital lease obligations
|
198,831
|
205,662
|
540,736
|
16,592
|
Cash
|
$ |
4,564
|
||
Others
|
76,874
|
|||
Total
assets
|
81,438
|
|||
Liabilities
|
-
|
|||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
$ |
81,438
|
||
Allocated
to:
|
||||
Minority
interest in consolidated subsidiaries
|
$ |
8,145
|
||
Shareholders’
equity
|
73,293
|
|
Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (“ASE Inc. or including its subsidiaries,
collectively the “Company”), a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Republic of China (the “ROC”), is an independent provider of semiconductor
packaging and testing services and offers a comprehensive range of
advanced IC packaging service. The Company’s common shares are
traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol
“2311”. Since September 2000, the Company’s common shares have
been traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ASX” in the
form of American depositary shares (“ADS”). The Company and its
affiliates are together referred to as the “ASE
Group”.
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|
On
August 1, 2004, ASE (Chung Li) Inc. (“ASE Chung Li”) and ASE Material Inc.
(“ASE
Material”) were merged
into the
Company.
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|
As
of December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company had approximately 29,000
and
27,000 employees, respectively.
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|
Set
forth is a brief overview of the Company’s organizational
structure.
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1)
|
ASE
Holding Limited (incorporated in Bermuda in April 1990), which holds
shares in ASE Group companies;
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2)
|
ASE
Marketing Services Ltd. (incorporated in Hong Kong in February 1991),
which engages in trading
activities;
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|
3)
|
J&R
Holding Limited (incorporated in Bermuda in December 1995), which
holds
shares in ASE Group companies;
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|
4)
|
ASE
Marketing & Service Japan Co., Ltd. (incorporated in Japan in November
2003), which engages in marketing and provides sales services in
the
packaging and testing markets;
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|
5)
|
Innosource
Limited (“Innosource”) was a holding company incorporated in British
Virgin Islands in June 2004 through which the Company invested in
ASE (Kun
Shan) Inc. and ASE Modules (Shanghai) Inc. Due to an
organizational restructure, the Company transferred its investment
shareholding in ASE (Kun Shan) from Innosource to Omniquest Industrial
Limited (“Omniquest”), a subsidiary of the Company through direct and
indirect ownership, and invested an additional US$ 30,000 thousand
in
Omniquest. As of December 31, 2006, Innosource held a 20%
ownership interest in Omniquest;
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|
6)
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Ming-Jei
Technologies Inc. (formerly ASE - Compeq Technologies, Inc., incorporated
in the ROC in February 2004), which is engaged in the manufacturing
and
sale of electronic components. ASE – Compeq Technologies, Inc.
was renamed Ming-Jei Technologies Inc. in November 2005 and was dissolved
in May 2006.
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|
7)
|
ASE
Global, Inc. (incorporated in the ROC in May 2005), which is engaged
in
the manufacturing and sales of electronic materials and related
equipment. ASE Global, Inc. was dissolved in November
2006.
|
|
1)
|
99.5%
ownership interest in ASE Technologies, Inc. (incorporated in the
ROC in
June 1991), which is engaged in the research and development, manufacture
and sales of computers and related accessories. ASE
Technologies, Inc. is in the process of
liquidation;
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|
2)
|
90.0%
ownership interest in ASE Network Inc. (incorporated in the ROC in
January
2000), which had a 1.62% equity stake in Taiwan Fixed Network Co.,
Ltd;
and
|
|
3)
|
65.6%
direct ownership interest in Omniquest and the other 20% and 14.4%
were
held through Innosource and J&R Holding Limited,
respectively. The Company invested in ASE (Shanghai) Inc. and
ASE High-Tech (Shanghai) Inc. through Omniquest in September 1990
and
February 2006, respectively. As a result of an investment
restructure, the Company made new investments in ASE Corporation
(incorporated in the British Cayman Islands in August 2006 and had
two
wholly-owned subsidiaries, ASE Mauritius Inc. and ASE Labuan Inc.)
through
Omniquest. The Company then transferred the shareholding of ASE
(Shanghai) Inc. and ASE High-Tech (Shanghai) Inc. from Omniquest
to ASE
Mauritius Inc.
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|
ASE
(Shanghai) Inc. held a 90% ownership interest in Shanghai Ding Hui
Real
Estate Development Co., Ltd.
|
|
The
Company had 1% of direct ownership interest and through ASE Labuan
Inc.,
99% of indirect ownership interest in ASE Electronics Inc., which
was
incorporated in March 2006 in the ROC. As a result of an
organizational restructure, the Company transferred the operation,
assets
and liabilities of its material department to ASE Electronics Inc.
on
August 1, 2006.
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|
1)
|
ASEP
Realty Corporation (incorporated in the Philippines in December 1995),
which holds real estate of ASE Holding Electronics (Philippines),
and is
in the process of liquidation;
|
|
2)
|
ASE
Holding Electronics (Philippines) Incorporated (incorporated in the
Philippines in December 1995), which manufactures electronic products,
components and semiconductors, and is in the process of liquidation;
and
|
|
3)
|
70.0%
ownership interest in ASE Investment (Labuan) Inc. (incorporated
in
Malaysia in June 1999). ASE Investment (Labuan) Inc. holds
shares in ASE Korea Inc. (incorporated in Korea in 1999), which engages
in
the packaging and testing of semiconductors. In addition, ASE
Test Limited owned the remaining 30.0% ownership interest in ASE
Investment (Labuan) Inc.
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|
A
portion of the share capital of the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in
the Philippines is held by certain Filipino individuals, on behalf
of the
Company, in order to comply with the Philippine legal
requirements.
|
|
1)
|
100.0%
ownership interest in J&R Industrial Inc. (incorporated in the ROC in
April 1999), which is mainly engaged in the leasing of substrate,
packaging and testing equipment, to consolidated subsidiaries of
the
Company. J&R Industrial Inc. reduced its capital and
returned NT$2,953,000 thousand (US$90,058 thousand) to J&R Holding
Limited in June 2006;
|
|
2)
|
100.0%
ownership interest in Grand Innovation Co., Ltd. (incorporated in
the
British Virgin Islands in March 2001), which holds convertible preferred
stock of Integrated Programmable Communication, Inc. (“Integrated”)
representing 6.1% Integrated’s equity
interest;
|
|
3)
|
100%
ownership interest in ASE Japan Co., Ltd. (incorporated in Japan
in May
2004), which is engaged in the packaging and testing of
semiconductors;
|
|
4)
|
100%
ownership interest in ASE (U.S.) Inc. (incorporated in the USA in
December
1983), which is engaged in marketing and provides sales services
relating
to packaging and testing;
|
|
5)
|
57.9%
ownership interest in Power ASE Technology Holding Limited (incorporated
in the British Cayman Islands in December 2006), which is a holding
company that owned 95% of Power ASE Technology Inc. (incorporated
in the
ROC in June 2006). The Company directly owned the remaining 5%
ownership interest in Power ASE Technology Inc. Power ASE
Technology Inc. is engaged in the packaging and testing of memory;
and
|
|
6)
|
39.8%
ownership interest in ASE Test Limited (“ASE Test”) (incorporated in
Singapore in May 1996), which holds shares in ASE Group
companies. ASE Holding Limited owned another 11.1% ownership
interest in ASE Test. Since June 1996, shares of ASE Test have
been traded on the NASDAQ National Market in the United States under
the
symbol “ASTSF”. In addition, J&R Holding Limited offered
partial shares of ASE Test in the form of Taiwan Depositary Receipts
traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol
“9101”.
|
|
1)
|
ASE
Test, Inc. (incorporated in the ROC in December 1987 and wholly-owned
by
ASE Test Limited), which is engaged in the testing of
semiconductors;
|
|
2)
|
ASE
Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (incorporated in Singapore in December
1994), which is engaged in investing
activities;
|
|
3)
|
ASE
Test Holdings, Limited (“ASE Test Holdings”) (incorporated in Cayman
Islands in April 1999), which is engaged in investing activities;
and
|
|
4)
|
ASE
Test Finance Limited (“ASE Test Finance”) (incorporation in Mauritius in
June 1999), which is engaged in financing
activities.
|
|
ASE
Holding (Singapore) Pte Ltd. has a wholly-owned subsidiary, ASE
Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“ASE Test Malaysia”) (incorporated in Malaysia
in February 1991), which is engaged in the packaging and testing
of
semiconductors. ASE Test Malaysia disposed of its camera module
operations on October 3, 2005 (Note
28).
|
|
ASE
Test Holdings has a wholly-owned subsidiary, ISE Labs, Inc. (“ISE Labs”)
(incorporated in California, U.S.A. in November 1983). ISE Labs
and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, ISE Labs Hong Kong Limited, which
was
dissolved in 2005, ASE Singapore Pte Ltd., ISE Technology, Inc. and
Digital Testing Services Inc., are engaged in the front-end engineering
testing and final testing of
semiconductors.
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|
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in
conformity with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial
Reports by Securities Issuers, Business Accounting Law, Guidelines
Governing Business Accounting, and accounting principles generally
accepted in the Republic of China (“ROC GAAP”). Under these
law, guidelines and principles, the Company should reasonably estimate
the
amounts of allowances for doubtful accounts, allowance for sales
discounts, inventory valuations, depreciation of property, plant,
and
equipment, loss on impairment of assets, pension expenses, gain (loss)
on
valuation of financial instrument and allowance of deferred income
tax
assets. Actual results may differ from these
estimates. Significant accounting policies are summarized as
follows:
|
|
Basis
of Presentation
|
|
The
Company prepares its consolidated financial statements using the
aforementioned law, guidelines and principles with reconciliation
to
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America
(“U.S. GAAP”) (Note 31). The accompanying consolidated balance
sheets are presented as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, and the
accompanying consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’
equity and cash flows are presented for the three years ended December
31,
2004, 2005 and 2006.
|
|
Basis
of Consolidation
|
|
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and
all of the aforementioned subsidiaries. All significant
intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated upon
consolidation.
|
|
Current
and Noncurrent Assets and
Liabilities
|
|
Current
assets include cash, financial assets held for trading purposes and
assets
expected to be converted to cash, sold or consumed within one year
from
the balance sheet date. Current liabilities are obligations
incurred for trading purposes and obligations expected to be settled
within one year from the balance sheet date. Assets and
liabilities that are not classified as current are noncurrent assets
and
liabilities, respectively.
|
|
Financial
Assets/Liabilities at Fair Value Through Profit or
Loss
|
|
Financial
instruments at fair value through profit or loss consist of financial
assets or financial liabilities held for trading. These
financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value with
associated transaction costs expensed as incurred. The
financial instruments are subsequently remeasured at fair value,
and
changes in fair value are recognized in current income
(loss). A regular way purchase or sale of financial assets is
recognized and derecognized using settlement date
accounting.
|
|
Derivatives
which are not qualified for hedge accounting are recorded as financial
assets or liabilities held for trading. Fair value
of beneficiary certificates of open-end mutual funds and
derivatives with no active market fair value is estimated using the
net asset value
and valuation techniques,
respectively.
|
|
Available-for-Sale
Financial Assets
|
|
Available-for-sale
financial assets are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction
costs that are directly attributable to the
acquisition. Changes in fair value of financial assets are
reported in a separate component of shareholders’ equity. The
corresponding accumulated gains or losses are recognized in earnings
when
the financial asset is derecognized from the balance sheet. A
regular way purchase or sale of financial assets is accounted for
using
settlement date accounting.
|
|
Fair
value for beneficiary certificates of open-ended mutual funds and
publicly
traded stocks are determined
using the net asset value and closing-price at the balance sheet
date,
respectively.
|
|
If
certain objective evidence indicates that such available-for-sale
financial asset should be impaired, a loss should be recognized currently,
if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases,
for equity securities, the previously recognized impairment loss
is
reversed to the extent of the decrease and recorded as an adjustment
to
shareholders’ equity.
|
|
Revenue
Recognition, Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts
|
|
Revenues
from semiconductor packaging and testing services are recognized
upon
completion of the services or shipment. The Company does not
take ownership of: (i) bare semiconductor wafers received from
customers that the Company packages into finished semiconductors,
and (ii)
packaged semiconductors received from customers that the Company
tests as
to whether they meet certain performance specifications. The
title and risk of loss remain with the customer for those bare
semiconductors and/or packaged semiconductors. Accordingly, the
costs of customer-supplied semiconductors materials are not included
in
the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Other
criteria the Company uses to determine when to recognize revenue
are: (i)
existence of persuasive evidence of an arrangement, (ii) the selling
price
is fixed or determinable and (iii) collectibility is reasonably
assured.
|
|
Revenues
are determined using the fair value taking into account related sales
discounts agreed to by the Company and customers. Since the
receivables from sales are collectible within one year and such
transactions are frequent, the fair value of receivables is equivalent
to
the nominal amount of cash
received.
|
|
Allowance
for doubtful accounts is provided based on an evaluation of the
collectibility of receivables. The Company determines the
amount of allowance for doubtful receivables by examining the aging
analysis of the outstanding accounts receivable and current trends
in the
credit quality of its customers. An appropriate sales
allowance, based on historical experience, is recognized in the same
period the sale is recognized.
|
|
Accounts
Receivable Securitization
|
|
Accounts
receivable securitization is the transfer of a designated pool of
accounts
receivable to a bank which in turn issues beneficial securities or
asset-backed securities based on the accounts receivable. Under
ROC Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (ROC SFAS) No. 33
“Accounting for Transfers
of
Financial Assets
and
Extinguishments of Liabilities”, such transfer of financial assets
in which the transferor surrenders control over those assets is accounted
for as a sale to the extent that consideration other than beneficial
interests in the transferred assets is received in
exchange. The difference between the book value of accounts
receivable and total proceeds received is recorded as a gain or loss
on
the disposal of financial assets.
|
|
Inventories
|
|
Inventories
including raw materials (materials received from customers for processing,
mainly semiconductor wafers are excluded from inventories as title
and
risk of loss remain with the customers), supplies and spare parts,
work in
process, finished goods and supplies in transit are stated at the
lower of
cost or market value. Market value represents net realizable
value for finished goods and work in process, and replacement costs
for
raw materials, supplies and spare
parts.
|
|
Raw
materials, supplies and spare parts are recorded at moving average
cost;
others are recorded at standard cost and adjusted to the approximate
weighted average cost at the balance sheet date. Estimated
losses on scrap and slow-moving items are recognized and included
in the
allowance for losses.
|
|
Construction
in progress is accounted for using the completed-contract
method.
|
|
Held-to-Maturity
Financial Assets
|
|
Held-to-maturity
financial assets are carried at amortized cost under the effective
interest method. Those financial assets are initially
recognized at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly
attributable to the acquisition. Gains or losses are recognized
at the time of derecognition, impairment or
amortization.
|
|
If
certain objective evidence indicates that such held-to-maturity financial
asset is impaired, a loss should be recognized currently. If,
in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases
and
the decrease is clearly attributable to an event which occurred after
the
impairment loss was recognized, the previously recognized impairment
loss
is reversed to the extent of the decrease. The reversal may not
result in a carrying amount that exceeds the amortized cost that
would
have been determined as if no impairment loss had been
recognized.
|
|
Financial
Assets Carried at Cost
|
|
Investments
that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose
fair
value cannot be reliably measured are carried at their original cost,
such
as non-publicly traded stocks. If certain objective evidence
indicates that such financial asset is impaired, a loss should be
recognized. A subsequent reversal of such impairment loss is
not allowed.
|
|
Cash
dividends are recognized as investment income on declaration
date. Stock dividends not resulting in investment income are
recorded as an increase in the number of shares held and the cost
per
share is recalculated based on the new total number of
shares.
|
|
Equity
Method Investments
|
|
Investments
in companies of which the Company owns at least 20% of the outstanding
voting shares or where the Company exercises significant influence
over
the investee company’s operating and financial policy decisions are
accounted for using the equity method. Prior to January 1, 2006
the difference, if any, between the cost of investment and the Company’s
proportionate equity in the fair value of the net assets of the investees
at the time of investments or at the time the equity method of accounting
is first applied to a particular investment, is amortized on the
straight-line method over 10 years. Effective January 1, 2006,
pursuant to the revised ROC SFAS No. 5, “Long-term Investments under
Equity Securities” (SFAS No. 5), the cost of an investment shall be
analyzed and the difference between the cost of investment and the
fair
value of identifiable net assets acquired, representing goodwill,
shall
not be amortized and instead shall be tested for impairment
annually. The accounting treatment for the investment premiums
acquired before January 1, 2006 is the same as that for goodwill
which is
no longer being amortized.
|
|
When
the Company subscribes for additional investee’s shares at a percentage
different from its existing ownership percentage, the resulting carrying
amount of the investment in the investee differs from the amount
of the
Company’s share in the investee’s net equity. The Company
records such a difference as an adjustment to equity method investments
with the corresponding amount charged or credited to capital
surplus.
|
|
Gains
or losses on sales from the Company to equity method investees are
deferred in proportion to the Company’s ownership percentage in the
investees until such gains or losses are realized through transactions
with third parties. Gains or losses on sales from equity method
investees to the Company are deferred in proportion to the Company’s
ownership percentages in the investees until they are realized through
transactions with third parties.
|
|
On
the balance sheet date, the Company tests investments for
impairment. When an impairment is identified, the carrying
amount of the investments is reduced, with the related impairment
loss
recognized in earnings.
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment, except for machinery and equipment under operating
lease, are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated
impairment. Equipment held under capital leases is recorded as
an asset and an obligation at an amount equal to the lower
of: (i) the present value at the beginning of the lease term of
the minimum lease payments during the lease term (including the payment
called for under any bargain purchase option); or (ii) fair value
of the
leased equipment at the inception of the lease. Machinery in
transit, construction in progress and prepayments are stated at
cost. These include the cost of machinery, construction, down
payments and other direct costs plus interest charges attributable
to the
borrowings used to finance the acquisitions of these
assets. Major overhaul and improvements are capitalized, while
maintenance and repairs are expensed as
incurred.
|
|
Depreciation
is computed using the straight-line method over estimated service
lives,
which range as follows: buildings and improvements, 2 to 55
years; machinery and equipment, 2 to 10 years; furniture and fixtures,
2
to 15 years; transportation equipment, 1 to 10 years; and leased
assets
and leasehold improvements, 2 to 6 years. In the event that an
asset depreciated to its residual value is still in service, its
residual
value is depreciated over its re-estimated service
life.
|
|
When
properties are retired or disposed of, their costs and accumulated
depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is
credited or charged to income.
|
|
Intangible
Assets
|
|
Patents
are recorded at cost and amortized using straight-line method over
the
estimated useful lives of 2 years. Land use rights are
amortized over the contract terms of 50
years.
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
Goodwill
represents the excess of the consideration paid for an acquisition
over
the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired. Prior to
January 1, 2006, goodwill was amortized using the straight-line method
over the estimated life of 10 years. Effective January 1, 2006,
pursuant to the newly revised ROC SFAS No. 25, “Business
Combinations-Accounting Treatment under Purchase Method” (“SFAS No.25”),
goodwill is no longer amortized and instead is tested for impairment
annually.
|
|
The
Company regularly evaluates the carrying amount of goodwill according
to
its recoverable amount. If the carrying amount of goodwill is
determined to exceed its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is
recognized at an amount equal to that excess. Reversal of such
impairment loss is prohibited.
|
|
Asset
Impairment
|
|
The
Company evaluates whether or not there are indications that
assets (primarily property, plant and equipment, intangible assets,
assets leased to others and long-term investments) may be impaired
on the
balance sheet date. If there are indications, the Company
should estimate the recoverable amount for the asset. If an
asset’s recoverable amount is lower than its carrying amount, the carrying
amount of the asset should be reduced to its recoverable amount by
recording a charge to the accumulated impairment account of the asset
and
such reduction should be recognized as impairment loss in current
period
income. When the recoverable amount subsequently increases,
then the impairment loss previously recognized would be reversed
and
recorded as a gain. However, the carrying amount of an asset
(other than goodwill) after the reversal of impairment loss should
not
exceed the carrying amount of the asset that would have been determined
net of depreciation as if no impairment loss had been
recognized.
|
|
Deferred
Charges
|
|
Deferred
charges consist of certain intangibles and other assets, including
tools,
license fees, telecommunications and computer network systems, bond
issuance costs and the costs directly attribute to bringing the assets
to
be capable of operating. The amounts are amortized over 2 to 5
years.
|
|
Pension
Cost
|
|
For
employees under defined benefit pension plan, pension costs are recorded
based on actuarial calculations. Provisions for pension costs
are accrued based on actuarially determined amounts which include
service
costs, interest, amortization of unrecognized net obligation and
expected
return on pension assets.
|
|
For
employees under defined contribution pension plan, pension costs
are
recorded based on the actual contribution made to employee’s personal
pension accounts.
|
|
Convertible
Bonds
|
|
Prior
to the adoption of ROC SFAS No. 34 and No. 36 on January 1, 2006,
convertible bonds issued was recorded as financial
liability. The stated redemption price in excess of the face
value of bond is recognized as interest expense over a period starting
from the issuance date to the last date of the redemption period,
using
the effective interest rate method. Conversion of convertible
bonds into common shares is accounted for by the book value
method. Under this method, unamortized bond issuance costs and
accrued interest which is no longer payable, together with the carrying
amount of converted bonds are written off, and the common shares
issued
are recorded at their par value, and any excess is recorded as capital
surplus. No change in accounting treatment was required for
convertible bonds after the adoption of ROC SFAS No. 34 and No.
36.
|
|
Employee
Stock Options
|
|
All
stock-based compensation for awards granted or modified after January
1,
2004 is accounted for by the related Interpretations of the Accounting
Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) in ROC. The
compensation cost is measured based on the intrinsic value method,
for
which the compensation cost for stock options is measured as the
excess,
if any, of the quoted market price of the Company’s stock at the date of
the grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the
stock. The intrinsic value of the shares is recognized as
expense over the requisite service or vesting
period.
|
|
Treasury
Stock
|
|
The
Company’s shares held by its subsidiaries are accounted for as treasury
stock and, accordingly, the cost of such shares are reclassified
from
long-term investments to treasury stock upon
consolidation.
|
|
Shipping
and Handling Costs
|
|
Shipping
and handling costs are recorded as selling expense and the amounts
in
2004, 2005 and 2006 were NT$170,771 thousand, NT$156,043 thousand
and
NT$168,986 thousand (US$5,185 thousand),
respectively.
|
|
Research
and Development Costs
|
|
Research
and development costs are charged to expenses as
incurred.
|
|
Income
Taxes
|
|
The
Company applies intra-period and inter-period allocations for its
income
tax whereby (1) a portion of current income tax expense is allocated
to
the income from discontinued operations and the cumulative effect
of
changes in accounting principles; and (2) deferred income tax assets
and
liabilities are recognized for the tax effects of temporary differences,
loss carryforward and unused tax credits. Valuation allowances
are provided to the extent, if any, that it is more likely than not
that
deferred income tax assets will not be realized. 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 tax asset or liability does
not relate to an asset or liability in the financial statements,
then it
is classified as either current or noncurrent
|
|
Any
tax credits arising from purchases of machinery, equipment and technology,
research and development expenditures, and personnel training are
recognized in the year in which they are acquired and
expended.
|
|
Adjustments
of prior years’ income tax are added to or deducted from the current
year’s tax provision.
|
|
Income
tax on undistributed earnings is recorded by the Company and Taiwan-based
subsidiaries at the rate of 10% and is recorded as an expense in
the
subsequent year following the shareholders’
approval.
|
|
Foreign
Currency Transactions and Translation of Foreign-currency Financial
Statements
|
|
The
functional and reporting currency of the Company is N.T. dollars,
while
the functional currencies of its major subsidiaries are their local
currencies, namely, U.S. dollars,
Japanese Yen,
Korea Won,
China Yuan Renminbi and Malaysia Ringgits,
respectively.
|
|
Foreign
currency transactions, except for derivative transactions, are recorded
in
the local currencies at the rates of exchange in effect when the
transactions occur.
|
|
If
an investee’s functional currency is a foreign currency, translation
adjustments will result from the translation of the investee’s financial
statements into the reporting currency of the Company. Such
adjustments are accumulated and reported as a separate component
of
shareholders’ equity.
|
|
The
financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are translated into
New
Taiwan dollars at the following exchange rates: Assets and
liabilities - spot rates at year-end; shareholders’ equity - historical
rates; income and expenses - average rates during the year. The
resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component
of
shareholders’ equity.
|
|
Derivative
Financial
Instruments for
Hedging
|
|
Derivative
financial instruments
for hedging are stated at fair value. At
period-end, the balances
of derivative
financial instruments
are remeasured at fair
value and the resulting differences are charged to current
income, or
recorded
as unrealized
gain from
financial instruments
under
shareholders’
equity.
|
|
Cash
Flow Hedge
Accounting
|
|
Gains
or losses from hedging instruments that are determined to meet
the
criteria for hedge accounting shall be recognized directly in
shareholders’ equity.
|
|
If
a
hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in the recognition
of
a financial asset or a financial liability, the associated gains
or losses
that were recognized directly in equity shall be reclassified into
profit
or loss in the same period or periods during which the asset acquired
or
liability assumed affects profit or
loss.
|
|
If
a
hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in the recognition
of
a non-financial asset or a non-financial liability becomes a firm
commitment, then the entity shall reclassify the associated gains
and
losses as adjustment to acquisition cost or book value of the asset
or
liability.
|
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
|
|
In
July 2006, the ROC ARDF issued ROC SFAS No. 37 “Intangible Assets”, which
is required to be applied by the Company on January 1,
2007. The standard
provides
guidance on initial recognition and measurement, amortization,
presentation and
disclosure of intangible assets. An intangible asset
should be measured initially at cost. For an intangible asset
of a finite useful life; the carrying amount shall be amortized over
its
useful life. On the other hand, for an intangible asset with an
indefinite useful life, the carrying amount shall not be
amortized. Intangible assets shall be evaluated for impairment
at least
|
|
In
November 2006, ARDF issued ROC SFAS No. 38 “Non-current Assets Held for
Sale and Discontinued Operations” (ROC SFAS No. 38), which is also
required to be applied by the Company on January 1, 2007. Under
ROC SFAS No.38, assets classified as held-for-sale shall be measured
at
the lower of carrying values or fair values and ceased to be depreciated
or amortized. Any impairment loss shall be recognized in
current earnings. Assets classified as held-for-sale shall be
presented separately on the balance sheet. ROC SFAS No.38 also
requires the Company to disclose information of discontinued operations
separately on the statements of income and cash flow or in a
footnote. Upon adoption of the standard on January
1, 2007, the Company expects no significant impact on its current
accounting treatment.
|
|
U.S.
Dollar Amounts
|
|
The
Company prepares its
consolidated financial statements in N.T.
dollars. A translation
of the
2006
financial statements into
U.S.
dollars is included solely for
the convenience of the reader, and has been based on the U.S.
Federal Reserve Bank of
New York
noon buying rate of
NT$32.59
to US$1.00 in effect at December
31, 2006. The
translations should not be
construed as representations that the N.T.
dollars
amounts have been, could have
been, or could in the future be, converted into U.S.
dollars at this or any other rate
of exchange.
|
|
Reclassifications
|
|
Certain
accounts in the consolidated financial statements as of December
31, 2005
and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 have been reclassified
to conform to the consolidated financial statements as of and for
the year
ended December 31, 2006.
|
|
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the newly released SFAS No.
34,
“Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement” and No.
36, “Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation” and revisions of
previously released SFAS No. 5 and No.
25.
|
|
1)
|
The
Company had categorized its financial assets and liabilities upon
the
initial adoption of the newly released ROC SFAS No.34 and
No.36. The adjustments made to the carrying amounts of the
financial instruments categorized as financial assets or liabilities
at
fair value through profit or loss were included in the cumulative
effect
of changes in accounting principles; on the other hand, the adjustments
made to the carrying amounts of those categorized as available-for-sale
financial assets were recognized as adjustments to shareholders’
equity.
|
|
Deferred
exchange losses for cash flow hedges were reclassified as adjustments
to
shareholders’ equity.
|
|
The
effect of adopting the newly released SFASs is summarized as
follows:
|
Recognized
as Cumulative
Effect
of Changes
in Accounting
Principles
(Net of Tax)
|
Recognized
as a
Separate
Component
of
Shareholders’
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Financial
assets at fair value
through profit
or
loss
|
503
|
16
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Financial
liabilities at fair
value through
profit
or
loss
|
(343,006 | ) | (10,525 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Derivative
financial
liabilities for hedging
|
-
|
-
|
(129,179 | ) | (3,694 | ) | ||||||||||
(342,503 | ) | (10,509 | ) | (129,179 | ) | (3,694 | ) |
|
In
addition to the effect on cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles and shareholders’ equity shown above, the adoption of ROC SFAS
No. 34 and No. 36 also resulted in an increase in net income before
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles of NT$242,961
thousand (US$7,455 thousand), a decrease in net income of NT$99,542
thousand (US$3,054 thousand) (net of income tax of NT$33,181 thousand
(US$10,162 thousand), and a decrease in basic earnings per share (after
income tax) of NT$0.02 for the year ended December 31,
2006.
|
|
2)
|
The
Company adopted the newly revised SFAS No. 5 and SFAS No. 25, which
prescribe that investment premiums, representing goodwill, be ceased
from
amortization and be assessed for impairment at least on an annual
basis. Such a change in accounting principle resulted in an
increase in net income before cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles of NT$619,397 thousand (US$19,006 thousand) and an increase
in
basic earnings per share (after income tax) of NT$0.14 for the year
ended
December 31, 2006.
|
|
The
adoption of the Company for the newly released and revised SFAS resulted
in an aggregate increase in net income before cumulative effect of
changes
in accounting principles of NT$862,358 thousand (US$26,461 thousand),
an
increase in net income of NT$519,855 thousand (US$15,951 thousand),
an
increase in basic earnings per share (after income tax) of NT$0.12,
and
unrealized gain on financial instruments of NT$416,400 thousand (US$12,777
thousand) recognized under shareholders’ equity for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
|
|
Upon
the adoption of SFAS No. 34, certain accounts in the consolidated
financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and for the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2005 were reclassified to conform to the
consolidated financial statements as of and for the year end December
31,
2006. The previous issued consolidated financial statements as
of December 31, 2005 and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2005
were not required to be restated.
|
|
Certain
accounting policies prior to the adoption of the newly released SFASs
are
summarized as follows:
|
|
1)
|
Short-term
investments
|
|
Short-term
investments that were publicly-traded stock, mutual fund, or bonds
were
recorded at historical cost and are carried at the lower of cost
or market
value as of the balance sheet date. An allowance or decline in
value is provided and is charged to current income when the aggregate
carrying amount of the investments exceeds the aggregate market
value. A reversal of the allowance is recorded for a subsequent
recovery in the aggregate market
value.
|
|
2)
|
Long-term
Investments
|
|
Forward
exchange contracts, which the Company enters into as an economic
hedge of
foreign-currency denominated assets or liabilities, are initially
recorded
in N.T. dollars at the spot rates on the date of each forward
contract. The differences between the spot rates and the
forward rates are amortized over the contract periods and recognized
as
gains or losses. On the balance sheet date, the balances of the
forward exchange receivables or payables are restated based on the
prevailing exchange rates and the resulting adjustments are credited
or
charged to income. Any resulting gain or loss upon settlement
is credited or charged to income in the year of
settlement.
|
|
For
outstanding forward contracts as of the balance sheet date, the related
receivables and payables are netted with the resulting amount presented
as
either a current asset or
liability.
|
|
3)
|
Forward
exchange contracts
|
|
Forward
exchange contracts, which the Company enters into as an economic
hedge of
foreign-currency denominated assets or liabilities, are initially
recorded
in N.T. dollars at the spot rates on the date of each forward
contract. The differences between the spot rates and the
forward rates are amortized over the contract periods and recognized
as
gains or losses. On the balance sheet date, the balances of the
forward exchange receivables or payables are restated based on the
prevailing exchange rates and the resulting adjustments are credited
or
charged to income. Any resulting gain or loss upon settlement
is credited or charged to income in the year of
settlement.
|
|
For
outstanding forward contracts as of the balance sheet date, the related
receivables and payables are netted with the resulting amount presented
as
either an other receivable or
payable.
|
4)
|
Option
contracts
|
5)
|
Interest
rate swap contracts
|
|
Interest
rate swap contracts entered into to limit the impact of interest
rate
fluctuations on certain long-term debt are not recorded as assets
or
liabilities on the contract date. The difference between fixed
and variable rates to be paid or received on swaps is accrued as
an
interest rate change based on the contracts and is included in current
interest income or expense.
|
|
6)
|
Cross
currency swap contracts
|
|
The
Company enters into cross-currency swap contracts in order to manage
its
exposure to exchange rate fluctuations on foreign-currency denominated
assets and liabilities. The principal amount is recorded at
spot rates on the contract date. The difference in interest
between the contract starting date rate and the rate on each settlement
date or the balance sheet date is recorded as an adjustment to the
interest income or expense associated with the hedged
items.
|
|
At
the end of each year, the receivables or payables arising from outstanding
cross-currency swap contracts are restated at prevailing spot rates
and
the difference is charged to income or loss. In addition, the
receivables and payables under the contracts are presented on a net
basis
as either an asset or a liability.
|
|
The
reclassifications of the whole or a part of the account balances
of
certain accounts are summarized as
follows:
|
Before
Reclassification
|
After
Reclassification
|
|||||||||||||||
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
sheet as of
December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments
|
4,352,923
|
133,566
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
receivables
|
5,783
|
177
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
current
assets
|
129,179
|
3,964
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Long-term
investments - cost
method
|
1,272,311
|
39,040
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
long-term
investment
|
50,000
|
1,534
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
payable
|
177,128
|
5,435
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
financial liabilities -
noncurrent
|
154,780
|
4,749
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on long-term
investments
|
69,914
|
2,145
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Financial
assets at fair value
through profit or loss -current
|
-
|
-
|
4,330,733
|
132,885
|
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
financial
assets - current
|
-
|
-
|
27,973
|
857
|
||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity
financial
assets - noncurrent
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
1,534
|
||||||||||||
Financial
assets carried at
cost - noncurrent
|
-
|
-
|
1,272,311
|
39,040
|
||||||||||||
Financial
liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss
|
-
|
-
|
202,729
|
6,221
|
||||||||||||
Derivative
financial
liabilities for hedging
|
-
|
-
|
129,179
|
3,964
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on financial
instruments
|
-
|
-
|
199,093
|
6,109
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of income for
2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Exchange
gain,
net
|
175,194
|
5,376
|
154,275
|
4,734
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on valuation of financial
liability, net
|
-
|
-
|
20,919
|
642
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of income for
2004
|
||||||||||||||||
Exchange
gain (loss),
net
|
(148,144 | ) | (4,546 | ) |
222,358
|
6,823
|
||||||||||
Loss
on valuation of financial
liability, net
|
-
|
-
|
370,502
|
11,369
|
|
On
January 1, 2005, the Company adopted the newly revised SFAS No. 7,
“Consolidated Financial Statements”. Long-term investments of
which the Company owns less than 50% of the outstanding voting shares
but
where the Company exercises significant influence over the investee
company’s operations are accounted for as subsidiaries of the
Company. The adoption of ROC SFAS No. 7 did not have an effect
on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2005.
|
|
The
Company introduced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as part of
its
strategy to enhance operations to enhance its competitiveness as
well as
strengthen internal management and integrate resources. Thus,
at the beginning of 2004, the Company decided to change its method
for
pricing raw materials and supplies from the weighted-average method
to the
moving-average method. The cumulative effect of this accounting
change resulted in decrease of NT$26,844 thousand and NT$0.01 in
net
income and earnings per share, respectively, for the year ended December
31, 2004. The pro forma effects of this change in accounting
principle on the 2003 net income were
immaterial.
|
|
On
December 31, 2004, the Company adopted ROC SFAS No. 35 “Accounting for
Asset Impairment”. The adoption of ROC SFAS No. 35 resulted in
the decrease in the balance of long-term investments and goodwill
by
NT$512,000 thousand and NT$1,950,097 thousand,
respectively.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
|
2006
|
||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Cash
on hand
|
4,031
|
8,186
|
251
|
|||||||||
Checking
and saving
accounts
|
11,122,724
|
13,482,961
|
413,715
|
|||||||||
Time
deposits
|
2,137,033
|
2,238,928
|
68,700
|
|||||||||
13,263,788
|
15,730,075
|
482,666
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Financial
assets for
trading
|
||||||||||||
Beneficiary
Certificate of
funds
|
|
4,324,950
|
|
1,546,450
|
|
47,452
|
||||||
Forward
exchange
contracts
|
5,783
|
11,453
|
351
|
|||||||||
4,330,733
|
1,557,903
|
47,803
|
||||||||||
Financial
liabilities for
trading
|
||||||||||||
Cross
currency swap
contracts
|
154,780
|
274,421
|
8,421
|
|||||||||
Interest
rate swap
contracts
|
-
|
58,990
|
1,810
|
|||||||||
Forward
exchange
contracts
|
5,652
|
19,172
|
588
|
|||||||||
Foreign
currency option
contracts
|
42,297
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
202,729
|
|
352,583
|
|
10,819
|
|
The
Company entered into derivative contracts during the years ended
December
31, 2005 and 2006 to manage exposures to foreign exchange rates and
interest rates risk.
|
|
Information
on such derivative transactions is as
follows:
|
|
The
outstanding put forward
contracts on December 31, 2005 and 2006 are as
follows:
|
Contract
|
||
Amount
|
||
Currency
|
Maturity
Date
|
(in
Thousands)
|
December
31, 2006
|
||
USD/JPY
|
2007.01.09~2007.03.22
|
USD23,300/JPY2,718,849
|
USD/NTD
|
2007.01.11~2007.03.01
|
USD69,000/NTD2,229,074
|
USD/KRW
|
2007.01.09~2007.02.09
|
USD13,000/KRW12,408,440
|
December
31, 2005
|
||
USD/JPY
|
2006.03.02
|
USD172/JPY20,000
|
|
In
October 2003, the Company
entered into two cross-currency swap contracts with banks to manage
its
exposure to interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations
associated with its
long-term bonds payable, described
as
follows:
|
|
1)
|
The
terms of one of these
contracts provide for
a semi-annual
exchange of interest payments, whereby the
Company pays
an annual interest
rate of 1.7% and
receives an
annual interest
rate
of 2.7% on a
notional amount
of
US$157,000 thousand. In
April 2005, the nominal amount
of US$15,000 thousand was closed early because of partial redemption
of
foreign convertible bonds. The remaining of US$142,000 thousand
will expire in October
2007.
|
|
2)
|
The
Company got the agreement of
the terms to calculate interest with the bank. If the terms are
met once, the Company pays interests on a nominal amount of US$43,000
thousand in semi-annual payments. Otherwise, the bank pays
interests to the
Company with the same terms. This contract was closed early in
December 2005.
|
|
For
the year ended December
31, 2006, the effect of the
cross-currency swap contracts based on mark to market valuation and
the
fluctuation
of exchange rate of
bonds payable was
resulted in an increase in net income of NT$108,420 thousand (US$3,327
thousand), and was recognized as gain on valuation of financial liability
of NT$56,206 thousand (US$1,725 thousand) and exchange gain of NT$52,214
thousand (US$1,602 thousand),
respectively.
|
|
The
outstanding contracts on
December 31, 2005 and 2006 are as
follows:
|
Notional
Amount
|
||||||||
Contract
Date
|
Maturity
Date
|
NT$
(Thousand)
|
Interest
Receipt
|
Interest
Payment
|
||||
As
of December 31, 2005
|
||||||||
2003.12.19
|
2009.01.09
|
2,750,000
|
Based
on floating rate semi-annually
|
Based
on floating rate semi-annually
|
||||
2005.02.04
|
Note
|
Decreases
by every contract period; 1,000,000 in this period
|
Based
on floating rate quarterly
|
Computed
quarterly based on fixed rate specified in contract
|
||||
2005.02.23
|
Note
|
Decreases
by every contract period; 2,000,000 in this period
|
Based
on floating rate quarterly
|
Computed
quarterly based on fixed rate specified in contract
|
||||
2005.12.23
|
Note
|
2,000,000
|
Based
on floating rate quarterly
|
Based
on floating rate quarterly
|
||||
2005.12.23
|
Note
|
2,000,000
|
Based
on floating rate quarterly
|
Computed
quarterly based on fixed rate appointed by contract
|
||||
As
of December 31, 2006
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
2003.12.19
|
2009.01.09
|
2,750,000
|
Based
on floating rate semi-annually
|
Based
on floating rate semi-annually
|
||||
|
Note: The
contracts
were terminated in 2006.
|
Amount
|
||||
Contract
|
(In
Millions)
|
Strike
Price
|
Maturity
Date
|
|
Sell
USD Put/NTD
Call
|
US$185.00
|
$32.6~32.7
|
2006.08.21
|
|
Buy
USD Put/NTD
Call
|
185.00
|
33.2~33.3
|
2006.03.20
|
|
Buy
USD Put/JPY
Call
|
13.20
|
103.5
|
2006.01.05
- 2006.06.05
|
|
Sell
USD Call/JPY
Put
|
13.20
|
103.5
|
2006.01.05
- 2006.06.05
|
|
Buy
KRW Call/USD
Put
|
15.00
|
Note
|
2006.06.28
|
|
Sell
KRW Put/USD
Call
|
15.00
|
1,090
|
2006.06.28
|
|
Buy
KRW Call/USD
Put
|
0.150
|
990
|
2006.06.28
|
|
In
May 2004, the Company entered
into an
interest rate swaption contract
with a bank. According to the contract, if
the interest rate ever
reaches 3.65%, the bank has the right to request the Company to pay
a
floating interest rate from May 2005 to May 2006, and receives
a fixed annual
rate of 3.65%
on the notional
amount of US$20,000
thousand. The contract was early
terminated in May
2005.
|
|
In
April 2004, the
Company entered
into an
interest rate swaption contract
which will expire in October 2007. The terms
of the contract provide that if
the interest rate (USD 6 Month LIBOR fixing at 11 Am London time
and set on
London
Business Days) ever reaches 5 % before the expiration of the contract,
the
interest to be
paid to the
bank
during
the
contract period is calculated
based
on the arrangement of the
revised contract on the notional
amount of US$157,000
thousand. The contract
was
early terminated in March,
2006.
|
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006, gain on valuation of
financial
asset held for trading was NT$0 thousand and NT$29,278 thousand(US$898
thousand), respectively; the valuation of financial liability held
for
trading was net gain NT$20,919 thousand and net loss NT$289,847
thousand(US$8,894 thousand),
respectively.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Publicly-traded
stocks
|
27,973
|
117,421
|
3,603
|
|||||||||
Open-ended
mutual
funds
|
-
|
9,228,994
|
283,185
|
|||||||||
27,973
|
9,346,415
|
286,788
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
16,010,070
|
11,639,978
|
357,164
|
|||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
(Note 2)
|
(382,608 | ) | (244,366 | ) | (7,498 | ) | ||||||
Allowance
for sales allowances
(Note 2)
|
(125,782 | ) | (50,651 | ) | (1,554 | ) | ||||||
15,501,680
|
11,344,961
|
348,112
|
|
The
change in allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances are
as
follows:
|
Doubtful
|
Sales
|
|||||||
Accounts
|
Allowances
|
|||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
|||||||
Balance
at January 1,
2004
|
337,311
|
45,107
|
||||||
Additions
|
98,597
|
52,761
|
||||||
Write-offs
|
(7,132 | ) | (29,126 | ) | ||||
Balance
at December 31,
2004
|
428,776
|
68,742
|
||||||
Additions
|
35,712
|
79,488
|
||||||
Write-offs
|
(81,880 | ) | (22,448 | ) | ||||
Balance
at December 31,
2005
|
382,608
|
125,782
|
||||||
Additions
|
2,464
|
34,738
|
||||||
Reversal
|
(92,748 | ) | (6,652 | ) | ||||
Write-offs
|
(47,958 | ) | (103,217 | ) | ||||
Balance
at December 31,
2006
|
244,366
|
50,651
|
Doubtful
|
Sales
|
|||||||
Accounts
|
Allowances
|
|||||||
US$
|
US$
|
|||||||
Balance
at January 1,
2006
|
11,740
|
3,860
|
||||||
Additions
|
76
|
1,066
|
||||||
Reversal
|
(2,846 | ) | (204 | ) | ||||
Write-offs
|
(1,472 | ) | (3,168 | ) | ||||
Balance
at December 31,
2006
|
7,498
|
1,554
|
|
In
November 2005, the Company and ASE Test Inc. entered into a three-year
revolving accounts receivable securitization agreement with a bank
for
US$100 million and the credit line was increased to US$200 million
in June
2006.
|
|
Under
the agreement, the Company and ASE Test Inc. transferred a pool of
accounts receivable to the bank, who issued securities backed by
these
accounts receivable. Proceeds received from the bank were the
net carrying value of the pool of accounts receivable, less a deferred
purchase price receivable at 20% of accounts receivable sold, guarantee
deposit, program fee and other related expenses. The Company
lost control of these accounts receivable at the time of transfer
to the
bank, and therefore the transaction was accounted for as a sale of
accounts receivable, for which the book value of the accounts receivable
was derecognized and difference between the book value and the proceeds
received was recorded as non-operating loss. Loss from sale of
receivables was NT$13,374 thousand and $235,509 thousand (US$7,226
thousand) in 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
After
the transfer of the accounts receivable, the Company continues to
service,
administer, and collect these accounts receivable on behalf of the
bank. The Company collects on the initial receivables and
transfers certain new accounts receivable having similar value to
replace
the collected receivables. Collected receivables not yet
replaced by new accounts receivable due to timing difference are
recorded
as temporary receipts on the balance sheet, which amounted to NT$887,354
thousand and NT$ 2,378,464 thousand (US$72,981 thousand) as of December
31, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Total accounts receivable sold
was NT$3,915,034 thousand and NT$ 4,608,182 thousand (US$141,399
thousand)
as of December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Raw
materials
|
5,438,301
|
3,663,475
|
112,411
|
|||||||||
Supplies
and spare
parts
|
837,106
|
800,668
|
24,568
|
|||||||||
Work
in
process
|
1,227,920
|
526,680
|
16,161
|
|||||||||
Finished
goods
|
657,675
|
609,982
|
18,717
|
|||||||||
Supplies
in
transit
|
87,066
|
162,395
|
4,983
|
|||||||||
Construction
in
progress
|
-
|
484,805
|
14,876
|
|||||||||
8,248,068
|
6,248,005
|
191,716
|
||||||||||
Allowance
for obsolescence
(Note 2)
|
(490,991 | ) | (573,995 | ) | (17,613 | ) | ||||||
7,757,077
|
5,674,010
|
174,103
|
|
The
movement of allowance for obsolescence is as
follows:
|
NT$
|
||||
Balance
at January 1,
2004
|
313,559
|
|||
Additions
|
75,842
|
|||
Write-offs
|
(183,998 | ) | ||
Balance
at December 31,
2004
|
205,403
|
|||
Additions
|
678,590
|
|||
Write-offs
|
(393,002 | ) | ||
Balance
at December 31,
2005
|
490,991
|
|||
Additions
|
1,143,925
|
|||
Write-offs
|
(1,060,921 | ) | ||
Balance
at December 31,
2006
|
573,995
|
US$
|
||||
Balance
at January 1,
2006
|
15,066
|
|||
Additions
|
35,100
|
|||
Write-offs
|
(32,553 | ) | ||
Balance
at December 31,
2006
|
17,613
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
|
US$
|
|||||||||
Non-publicly
traded common
stocks
|
||||||||||||
Taiwan
Fixed Network Co.,
Ltd.
|
1,050,000
|
1,050,000
|
32,219
|
|||||||||
H&HH
Venture Investment
Corporation
|
50,000
|
65,790
|
2,019
|
|||||||||
Global
Strategic Investment,
Inc.
|
65,720
|
65,192
|
2,000
|
|||||||||
UC
Fund II
|
32,860
|
32,596
|
1,000
|
|||||||||
InveStar
Burgeon Venture
Capital, Inc.
|
4,508
|
7
|
-
|
|||||||||
Non-publicly
traded preferred
stock
|
||||||||||||
ID
Solutions,
Inc.
|
8,083
|
16,166
|
496
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Limited
Partnership
|
||||||||||||
Crimson
Velocity Fund,
L.P.
|
61,140
|
90,726
|
2,784
|
|||||||||
Ripley
Cable Holdings I,
L.P.
|
-
|
275,120
|
8,442
|
|||||||||
1,272,311
|
1,595,597
|
48,960
|
|
There
is no quoted price
from an active
market for
these investments
and
fair value is not readily
available. Therefore,
these investments are
carried at
cost.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||
%
of
|
%
of
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Direct
|
Direct
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Owner-
|
Owner-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
ship
|
NT$
|
US$
|
ship
|
||||||||||||||||
Publicly
traded
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Universal
Scientific
Industrial Co., Ltd.
|
2,762,233
|
23.7
|
3,074,221
|
94,330
|
19.8
|
|||||||||||||||
Hung
Ching Development &
Construction Co.
|
680,920
|
26.4
|
958,417
|
29,408
|
26.4
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-publicly
traded
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Hung
Ching Kwan
Co.
|
347,319
|
27.3
|
352,414
|
10,814
|
27.3
|
|||||||||||||||
Inprocomm,
Inc.
|
2,224
|
32.1
|
2,224
|
68
|
32.1
|
|||||||||||||||
Intergrated
Programmable
Communication, Inc.
|
1,824
|
26.5
|
1,822
|
56
|
26.5
|
|||||||||||||||
3,794,520
|
4,389,098
|
134,676
|
||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on sale of
land
|
(300,149 | ) | (300,149 | ) | (9,210 | ) | ||||||||||||||
3,494,371
|
4,088,949
|
125,466
|
|
The
market value of the publicly
traded stocks was NT$2,169,644 thousand and
NT$4,525,391
thousand (US$138,838 thousand) as of December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
The
Company acquired shares of
Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (“USI”)
from the open market
on the Taiwan Stock
Exchange. As of December
31, 2006,
the Company had
an accumulated total investment
cost of NT$3,838,677 thousand
(US$117,787
thousand)
and owned 19.8% of the
outstanding shares. The Company exercises significant influence over
USI,
therefore the investment was still accounted for equity method. USI
is engaged in the
manufacturing, processing and sale of computer peripherals, integrated
circuits, electrical parts, personal computers and related
accessories. USI declared stock and cash dividends in
2006 for
NT$0.4 and NT$0.4
per share, respectively.
As of December 31,
2006,
the market value of the shares
held in USI totaled NT$ 3,104,755
thousand (US$95,267
thousand).
The difference between the
cost of investment
and the
Company’s
share in the net equity of
USI amounted to
NT$371,436
thousand is
attributable to goodwill. Effective January
1, 2006, the
goodwill was no longer amortized and instead was tested for
impairment.
|
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company recorded an impairment
loss
of NT$512,000 thousand on its investment in USI, based on the difference
between the calculated recoverable amount and the book value of the
investment.
|
|
The
Company acquired shares of Hung
Ching Development & Construction Co. (“HCDC”)
from the Taiwan Stock
Exchange. As
of December
31, 2006,
the Company
had
an accumulated total investment
cost of NT$2,845,913
thousand (US$87,325
thousand). HCDC is engaged
in
the development and management of commercial, residential and industrial
real estate properties in Taiwan. HCDC
declared cash dividends
in 2006 for NT$ 0.35
per share.
|
|
The
Company acquired its 27.3%
equity interest in Hung Ching Kwan Co. (“HCKC”)
in 1992 by transferring HCKC a
parcel of land as an investment in HCKC at an agreed value of
NT$390,470
thousand. The resulting
gain of
NT$300,149
thousand, which
represents the excess of such value over the cost of the land plus
land
value increment tax, has been deferred until the disposal of this
investment. As of December 31, 2006,
the Company had
a 44.1%
effective interest in
HCKC, which
consisted
of a 27.3%
interest directly owned by the
Company, and a
16.8% interest
indirectly owned through HCDC (based on HCDC’s
63.5%
interest in
HCKC).
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006,
Inprocomm,
Inc. and Intergrated
Programmable
Communication, Inc.
are in liquidation.
|
|
The
Company recorded equity in losses
of equity method
investees
of NT$394,995
thousand in 2004, and equity in earnings of equity method investees
of
NT$74,292 thousand and NT$315,654 thousand (US$9,685 thousand)in 2005 and
2006, respectively,
from
its investments in the
aforementioned equity-method
investees.
|
|
Accumulated
depreciation consists of:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
|
2006
|
||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Buildings
and
improvements
|
5,859,410
|
7,035,205
|
215,870
|
|||||||||
Machinery
and
equipment
|
58,898,061
|
62,065,807
|
1,904,443
|
|||||||||
Transportation
equipment
|
75,185
|
80,112
|
2,458
|
|||||||||
Furniture
and
fixtures
|
1,720,872
|
1,916,860
|
58,818
|
|||||||||
Leased
assets and leasehold
improvements
|
724,402
|
510,268
|
15,657
|
|||||||||
67,277,930
|
71,608,252
|
2,197,246
|
|
Accumulated
impairment consists of:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Buildings
and
improvements
|
2,839,510
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Machinery
and
equipment
|
5,707,605
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Transportation
equipment
|
493
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Furniture
and
fixtures
|
50,351
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Leased
assets and leasehold
improvements
|
1,147,869
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Construction
in
progress
|
270,347
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Machinery
in transit and
prepayments
|
1,129,418
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
11,145,593
|
-
|
-
|
|
Interest
capitalized and included
as cost of properties amounted to NT$298,062
thousand, NT$258,960
thousand and
NT$241,188 thousand (US$7,401
thousand) for the years
ended December 31,
2004, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
As
discussed in Note 29, the Company reversed $2,190,583 thousand of
impairment loss previously recorded to accumulated
impairment. The remaining $8,955,010 thousand of impairment was
concluded not recoverable, and was netted against the corresponding
assets
in 2006 to reflect the new cost basis of these impaired
assets.
|
|
Goodwill
arose from purchases of the
following:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
ASE
Chung Li
shares
|
957,166
|
957,166
|
29,370
|
|||||||||
ISE
Labs
shares
|
678,398
|
672,948
|
20,649
|
|||||||||
ASE
Test
shares
|
575,117
|
570,496
|
17,505
|
|||||||||
ASE
Material
shares
|
423,664
|
423,664
|
13,000
|
|||||||||
ASE
Korea
shares
|
169,106
|
167,747
|
5,147
|
|||||||||
ASE
Japan
shares
|
23,679
|
23,489
|
721
|
|||||||||
ASE
(U.S.)
shares
|
15,892
|
15,764
|
484
|
|||||||||
2,843,022
|
2,831,274
|
86,876
|
|
As
discussed
in Note 3 and effective January
1, 2006,
goodwill was no longer amortized and instead is tested for impairment
at
least annually.
|
|
Amortization
of goodwill is
reflected in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated
statement of income and was NT$877,582
thousand and
NT$528,943 thousand
for the year
ended
December 31, 2004 and
2005,
respectively.
|
|
Revolving borrowings; annual
interest rates was
1.47%-6.50% and 1.80%-7.33% as
of December
31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Foreign
convertible
bonds
|
6,079,100
|
6,030,260
|
185,034
|
|||||||||
Accrued
interest
|
532,802
|
776,584
|
23,829
|
|||||||||
6,611,902
|
6,806,844
|
208,863
|
||||||||||
Current
portion
|
-
|
(3,798,233 | ) | (116,546 | ) | |||||||
6,611,902
|
3,008,611
|
92,317
|
||||||||||
Domestic
secured
bonds
|
2,750,000
|
2,750,000
|
84,382
|
|||||||||
9,361,902
|
5,758,611
|
176,699
|
|
Information
on the long-term bonds
payable is
as follows:
|
|
In
September 2003, the Company
issued US$200,000
thousand of unsecured zero coupon
convertible bonds due
September 2008, consisting of 200,000 units with face values of
US$1,000
each. The bonds
have an
implied interest rate of
3.75%. In
April 2005, the Company redeemed US$15,000 thousand of the bonds,
resulting in other loss of NT$7,012 thousand and an exchange gain
of
NT$34,614 thousand. Outstanding balance on the convertible
bonds was US$185,000 thousand as
of December 31, 2005
and 2006.
|
|
The
Company may redeem the bonds
at the early redemption price
if:
|
|
1)
|
On
or at any time after September
2007, the closing price of the common shares for a period of 20
consecutive trading days is higher than 130% of the conversion price
(NT$31.98 per share on December 31, 2006) in effect on each such
trading
day;
|
|
2)
|
At
least 90% of the bonds have already been converted, redeemed, or
purchased
and cancelled; or
|
|
3)
|
If
the applicable tax law is unfavorably changed, the Company may redeem
at
any time all, but not some, of the
bonds.
|
|
1)
|
Unless
the bonds have been previously redeemed, repurchased and cancelled,
or
converted, bondholders shall have the right to require the Company
to
purchase for cash the bonds at 116.02% of their outstanding principal
amount on September 25, 2007;
|
|
2)
|
Upon
the occurrence of change of control, bondholders shall have the option
to
require the Company to repurchase all (or any portion) of the holders’
bonds; or
|
|
3)
|
In
the event that the common share of the Company cease to be listed
or
admitted to trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, each holders have
the
right to require the Company to repurchase all (but not less than
all) of
such holders’ bonds at a price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal
amount.
|
|
Based
on the aforementioned stipulation, the holders of the bonds have
the right
to request the redemption of the bond on September
2007. However, the Company has obtained new long term credit lines to refinance
on a long-term basis before December 31, 2006. Therefore, some
of the bonds, amounted to NT$3,008,611 thousand (US$92,317 thousand),
were
classified as long-term debts.
|
|
In
January 2004, the Company issued NT$2.75 billion in domestic secured
bonds, due in January 2009. The bonds consisted of 275 units
with par value of NT$10 million each and are repayable in January
2008 and
2009 in two equal payments. The interest, payable semiannually,
was 0.27%-3.60% in 2005 and 0%-0.27% in 2006. The bank has
guaranteed the bonds and has the right to redeem the bonds early
in the
event the Company violates certain provisions of the bond
agreement.
|
|
Long-term
bank loans consist of the
following:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Revolving
bank
loans
|
22,879,566
|
17,356,844
|
532,582
|
|||||||||
Mortgage
bank loans for
purchase of building and machinery
|
5,371,568
|
2,605,248
|
79,940
|
|||||||||
Acceptances
payable
|
3,937,923
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Loans
for special
purpose
|
6,341,980
|
4,901,734
|
150,406
|
|||||||||
38,531,037
|
24,863,826
|
762,928
|
||||||||||
Current
portion
|
(5,232,529 | ) | (1,292,040 | ) | (39,645 | ) | ||||||
33,298,508
|
23,571,786
|
723,283
|
December
31
|
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Syndicated
bank loan - effective
interest rate was
2.68%-4.87%
in 2005
and 1.51%-6.16% in 2006
|
||||||||||||
ASE
|
15,250,000
|
9,600,000
|
294,569
|
|||||||||
ASE
Shanghai
|
2,595,940
|
3,878,924
|
119,022
|
|||||||||
ASE
Japan
|
-
|
1,096,000
|
33,630
|
|||||||||
Revolving
credit lines due April
2007 to August
2010
- effective
interest rate was 1.98%-5.29%
in
2005 and
2.25%-6.12% in 2006
|
||||||||||||
ASE
|
2,728,600
|
1,010,000
|
30,991
|
|||||||||
Other
|
2,305,026
|
1,771,920
|
54,370
|
|||||||||
22,879,566
|
17,356,844
|
532,582
|
|
The
loan agreements
contain the
following financial
and non-financial covenants:
|
|
1)
|
Without
the prior written consent
from the majority of the banks, the Company should not make
significant
operating change, provide
financing to any other
entity other than
in the normal course
of business, pledge its assets, assume liabilities or dispose of
assets in excess of 20% of total assets, unless the transaction involves
a
transfer of assets between
affiliates;
|
|
2)
|
The
Company should not merge with any other entity or make investments
in
excess of NT$10.0 billion or acquire material assets from another
entity;
|
|
3)
|
The
Company’s
tangible net worth,
as defined in a loan
agreement,
should not be less than
NT$45.0
billion;
and
|
4)
|
The
Company should maintain certain
financial ratios.
|
|
As
of December 31,
2006, the Company
was in compliance
with all of the
loan
covenants.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006, syndicated bank loans
of
ASE Shanghai also has covenants including negative pledge,
disposals, merger and certain financial
ratios.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2005, revolving bank loan of NT$690,000 thousand
was due
before the end of 2006. The Company has received permission
from the banks concerned to refinance these loans or obtain a new
long-term credit line to repay these
loans.
|
|
Mortgage
bank loans obtained by the Company, are repayable in quarterly or
in a
lump sum payment at maturity. The effective interest rates on
these loans ranged from 1.45% to 6.38% in 2005 and 2.50% to 6.80%
in 2006,
respectively.
|
Acceptance
payables
|
3,955,800
|
|||
Unamortized
discounts
|
(17,877 | ) | ||
3,937,923
|
||||
Interest
rate
|
2.27%-2.75 | % |
|
Loans
for special purpose
were restricted
for
use in the redemption of the other loans or purchase of machinery
and the
interest rate ranged from 5.45% to 5.73% in 2005 and 6.10% to 6.35%
in
2006, respectively.
|
|
The
loan for special
use agreement’s
covenants specify the tangible
net worth of ASE
Corporation should
not be less than US$200,000
thousand.
|
|
The
abovementioned bank loan
contracts have variable interest rates and are subject to adjustments
by
banks or changes in prime rate.
In addition,
several of the loan
agreements have
default provisions, whereby a default under one debt agreement may
also
trigger cross-defaults under
other debt
agreements.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006,
the maturities of long-term bonds payable and long-term bank loans
were as
follows:
|
Amount
|
||||||||
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||
Within
the following
year
|
5,090,273
|
156,191
|
||||||
During
the second
year
|
12,444,800
|
381,860
|
||||||
During
the third
year
|
9,498,230
|
291,446
|
||||||
During
the fourth
year
|
6,187,367
|
189,855
|
||||||
During
the fifth year and
thereafter
|
1,200,000
|
36,821
|
||||||
34,420,670
|
1,056,173
|
December
31
|
||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||
New
Taiwan
dollars
|
NT$ |
27,581,042
|
NT$ |
15,099,112
|
||||
U.S.
dollars
|
US$ |
592,699
|
US$ |
559,135
|
||||
Japanese
yen
|
¥ |
3,000,000
|
¥ |
4,000,000
|
|
The
Company lease machinery and equipment under certain non-cancelable
capital
lease agreements. The effective interest rates on obligations
under capital leases ranged from 4.16% to 11% in 2005 and 3.02% to
11% in
2006, respectively.
|
|
The
future minimum lease payments under the above-mentioned capital leases
as
of December 31, 2006 were as
follows:
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||
Within
the following
year
|
573,349
|
17,593
|
||||||
Within
the second
year
|
66,199
|
2,031
|
||||||
Within
the third
year
|
8,676
|
266
|
||||||
Within
the fourth
year
|
615
|
19
|
||||||
Within
the fifth
year
|
80
|
2
|
||||||
Total
minimum lease
payments
|
648,919
|
19,911
|
||||||
Imputed
interest
|
(40,280 | ) | (1,236 | ) | ||||
Present
value of future lease
obligations
|
608,639
|
18,675
|
||||||
Capital
lease obligation,
current
|
(540,736 | ) | (16,592 | ) | ||||
Capital
lease obligation,
long-term
|
67,903
|
2,083
|
|
Under
defined contribution plans, the Company recognized pension costs
of
NT$184,332 thousand and NT$403,572 thousand (US$12,383 thousand)
for the
year ended 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
The
related information of aforementioned defined benefit pension plan
is
summarized as follows:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Service
costs
|
455,912
|
488,610
|
366,314
|
11,240
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
88,090
|
98,144
|
91,386
|
2,804
|
||||||||||||
Projected
return on pension
assets
|
(26,179 | ) | (33,862 | ) | (35,408 | ) | (1,086 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
|
16,454
|
19,292
|
11,751
|
360
|
||||||||||||
534,277
|
572,184
|
434,043
|
13,318
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Benefit
obligations
|
||||||||||||
Vested
benefit
obligation
|
731,618
|
932,231
|
28,605
|
|||||||||
Non-vested
benefit
obligation
|
1,359,283
|
1,465,560
|
44,970
|
|||||||||
Accumulated
benefit
obligation
|
2,090,901
|
2,397,791
|
73,575
|
|||||||||
Additional
benefits based on
future salaries
|
1,915,699
|
2,077,171
|
63,736
|
|||||||||
Projected
benefit
obligation
|
4,006,600
|
4,474,962
|
137,311
|
|||||||||
Fair
value of
assets
|
(1,449,368 | ) | (1,657,132 | ) | (50,848 | ) | ||||||
Funded
status
|
2,557,232
|
2,817,830
|
86,463
|
|||||||||
Unrecognized
net transition
obligation
|
(82,727 | ) | (89,604 | ) | (2,749 | ) | ||||||
Unrecognized
prior service
cost
|
(13,795 | ) | (13,069 | ) | (401 | ) | ||||||
Unrecognized
net actuarial
loss
|
(249,813 | ) | (476,534 | ) | (14,622 | ) | ||||||
Additional
pension
cost
|
14,108
|
24,063
|
738
|
|||||||||
Portion
in accrued
expenses
|
(15,237 | ) | (9,669 | ) | (297 | ) | ||||||
Accrued
pension
cost
|
2,209,768
|
2,253,017
|
69,132
|
|||||||||
c. Vested
obligation
|
744,257
|
876,035
|
26,880
|
|||||||||
d. Actuarial
assumptions used
|
||||||||||||
Discount
rate
|
2.50%-4.40 | % | 2.25%-4.70 | % | ||||||||
Increase
in future salary
level
|
2.50%-5.00 | % | 2.50%-5.00 | % | ||||||||
Expected
rate of return on plan
assets
|
2.50%-2.75 | % | 2.50%-2.75 | % |
e.
|
The
Company
expects
to make
contributions of NT$133,770 thousand (US$4,105
thousand) to retirement funds
in
2007.
|
f.
|
Expected
benefit
payments:
|
Year
of
Payments
|
NT$
|
|||
2007
|
99,769
|
|||
2008
|
104,792
|
|||
2009
|
121,764
|
|||
2010
|
130,993
|
|||
2011
|
75,232
|
|||
2012
and
thereafter
|
1,101,117
|
|
Plan
assets and obligations reflected herein were measured as of December
31,
2006.
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
As
of December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company had“capital
received in advance” of NT$156,228 thousand and NT$384,428 thousand
(US$11,796 thousand) as a result of employees exercising their options
in
accordance with the 2002 Stock Option
Plan.
|
|
American
Depositary
Shares
|
|
In
July 1995, the Company issued
8,600,000 Global
Depositary Shares,
representing 43,000
thousand common
shares. In September 2000, the Company issued 20,000
thousand ADS, representing
100,000
thousand common
shares. In connection with the ADS offering in 2000, the
Company offered to exchange all outstanding GDS for ADS listed on
the New
York Stock Exchange.
|
|
The
ADS holders generally have the same rights and obligations as other
shareholders, subject to provisions of relevant laws. The
exercise of such rights and obligations shall comply with the related
regulations and the deposit agreement, which stipulate, among other
things, that the ADS holders can, through Citicorp Financial Services
Limited as the nominee holder: (a) exercise their voting rights;
(b) sell
their ADS; and (c) receive dividends declared and subscribe to the
issuance of new shares.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006, there were 19,608 thousand ADS outstanding
and
representing for approximately 98,042 thousand common shares of the
Company. As of December 31, 2006, outstanding ADS represented
2.13% of the Company’s total outstanding common shares (including treasury
stock).
|
|
Capital
Surplus
|
|
Under
the ROC Company Law, capital
surplus from paid-in capital in excess of par value and from treasury
stock
transactions can be
used to offset a deficit. In addition, such capital surplus may
be transferred to capital and is subject to a specified limit under relevant
regulations.
|
|
Capital
surplus from long-term
investments in shares of stock which are accounted for by the equity
method may not be used for any
purpose.
|
|
Appropriation
of Retained Earnings
|
|
The
Company’s
Articles of Incorporation
provide that
the
annual net income shall be appropriated in the order
as shown
below:
|
|
f.
|
The
remainder from e.
as dividends to
shareholders.
|
|
The
aforementioned
appropriations shall
be approved by the shareholders in the subsequent
year and given effect in the
financial statements in the year
of
shareholders’
approval.
|
|
Under
the ROC Company Law, the
appropriation for aforementioned legal reserve shall
be made until the reserve equals
the
Company’s
capital surplus.
The
reserve may
be used to offset a
deficit,
or be distributed as dividends
and bonuses for the portion in excess of 50% of the capital surplus
if the Company
has no unappropriated earnings
and the reserve balance has
exceeded 50% of
the
Company’s
paid-in capital. Also,
when the reserve has reached 50% of capital surplus,
up to 50% thereof may be
transferred to capital stock.
|
|
The
shareholders’
meeting was held in June 2006 and
approved to offset the deficit in 2005 with
NT$1,746,913
thousand (US$53,603 thousand) legal capital reserve and NT$2,314,447
thousand (US$71,017 thousand) capital
surplus.
|
|
The
appropriation of 2004 earnings
resolved at the Company’s
annual shareholders’
meeting and the
appropriation of 2006
to be resolved by the Company’s
annual shareholders’
meeting were as
follow:
|
2004
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Legal
reserve
|
420,969
|
1,698,504
|
52,117
|
|||||||||
Compensations
to directors and
supervisors
|
75,720
|
300,000
|
9,205
|
|||||||||
Bonus
to employees -
cash
|
9,536
|
535,029
|
16,417
|
|||||||||
Bonus
to employees -
stock
|
255,675
|
535,029
|
16,417
|
|||||||||
Stock
dividends - NT$0.699 in
2004 and NT$1.500 in 2006
|
2,878,548
|
6,941,011
|
212,980
|
|||||||||
Cash
dividends - NT$0.100 in
2004 and NT$0.150 in 2006
|
411,221
|
6,941,011
|
212,980
|
|||||||||
4,051,669
|
16,950,584
|
520,116
|
|
Should
the bonus to employees,
directors and supervisors be charged to expense of 2004, the basic
earnings per share (after income tax)
for the year ended
December 31, 2004 would decrease from NT$0.99 to
NT$0.91.
|
|
The
shares distributed as a bonus
to employees represented 25,567 thousand shares and 0.62% of the
company’s
total outstanding common shares
as of December 31, 2004.
|
|
The
above information about the appropriations of earnings is available
at the
Market Observation Post System
website.
|
|
Dividend
Policy
|
|
In
order to meet the needs of the
Company’s
present and future capital
expenditures, the Company’s
dividend distribution
shall be primarily in
the form of stock dividends. Cash dividends may also be
distributed under
certain
circumstances. However, the percentage of cash dividends
generally shall not exceed 50% of
any dividend
declared.
|
|
With
respect to the
percentage of
cash
dividends to be paid referred to in the preceding paragraph, the
Company
may decide the most suitable manner to distribute such dividends
in
accordance with its current operational status while
taking into consideration
its
plan for the following year. The board
of directors shall propose a profit distribution plan, which shall
be
submitted to the shareholders for approval before
implementation.
|
|
Imputation
Tax
System
|
|
Under
the Integrated Income Tax
System in the
ROC, which became
effective on
January 1,
1998, non-corporate
resident shareholders are allowed a tax credit for the income tax
paid or
payable by the Company on earnings generated in 1998 and
onwards. Non-resident
shareholders are
allowed only a tax credit from the 10% income tax on undistributed
earnings,
which can be used to deduct the withholding income tax on dividends
paid. An
Imputation Credit Account (“ICA”)
is maintained by the Company for
such income tax and the tax credit allocated to each
shareholder. The maximum credit available
for allocation to
each shareholder cannot exceed the balance shown in the ICA
on the date of distribution of
dividends.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006,
the creditable taxes aggregated
NT$134,500 thousand
(US$4,127
thousand). The
estimated
creditable ratio for the
distribution of earnings for 2006 was
4.70%.
|
|
Treasury
Stock
|
|
As
of December 31, 2005 and 2006,
the information on Company’s
shares held by its subsidiaries
is as follows:
|
Calculated
by the Company’s
Ownership
|
||||||||||||||||
Thousand
|
Thousand
|
Book
|
Market
|
|||||||||||||
Subsidiary
|
Shares
|
Shares
|
Value
(NT$)
|
Value
(NT$)
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
||||||||||||||||
ASE
Test
|
173,482
|
88,389
|
1,337,211
|
2,415,680
|
||||||||||||
J
&
R
Holding
Limited
|
92,936
|
92,936
|
1,405,334
|
2,539,939
|
||||||||||||
ASE
Test, Inc.
|
6,650
|
3,388
|
65,891
|
92,597
|
||||||||||||
273,068
|
184,713
|
2,808,436
|
5,048,216
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
ASE
Test
|
173,482
|
88,389
|
1,337,211
|
3,270,405
|
||||||||||||
J
&
R
Holding
Limited
|
92,936
|
92,936
|
1,405,334
|
3,438,630
|
||||||||||||
ASE
Test, Inc.
|
6,650
|
3,388
|
65,891
|
125,360
|
||||||||||||
273,068
|
184,713
|
2,808,436
|
6,834,395
|
Calculated
by
the
Company’s
Ownership
|
||||||||
Book
|
Market
|
|||||||
Subsidiary
|
Value
(US$)
|
Value
(US$)
|
||||||
2006
|
||||||||
ASE
Test
|
41,031
|
100,350
|
||||||
J
&
R
Holding
Limited
|
43,122
|
105,512
|
||||||
ASE
Test, Inc.
|
2,022
|
3,847
|
||||||
86,175
|
209,709
|
|
Stock
dividends and cash dividends received by the subsidiaries from the
Company
was 24,783 thousand shares and NT$16,768 thousand which was recorded
as
capital surplus in 2005, respectively. There was no change in
2006.
|
|
The
Company issued common shares in connection with the merger of ASE
Chung Li
and ASE Material. The Company reclassified the shares held by
its subsidiaries with a book value of NT$2,798,399 thousand, representing
234,089 thousand shares, from long-term investments to treasury
stock. The Company’s subsidiary, ASE Test, is a Singapore
incorporated company and may not acquire, directly or indirectly,
shares
in the Company under Singapore laws. In order to comply with
relevant regulations, a trust has been established to hold and dispose
of
the Company’s shares acquired by ASE Test in connection with the
merger. Pursuant to the trust agreement, ASE Test’s rights with
respect to the Company’s shares held in trust are limited to the right to
receive the proceeds from the sale of such common shares and any
cash
dividends declared while the shares remain in
trust.
|
|
Although
these shares are treated
as treasury stock in the consolidated
financial statements,
the
shareholders are entitled to exercise their rights on these shares,
except
for participation in additional capital increases through cash
payment. However, based
on
revised ROC Corporation Law, the shareholders of treasury stock
can not exercise
their rights to vote.
|
|
In
order to attract, retain and incentive employees, the Company adopted
two
employee stock option plans, the 2002 Plan and the 2004 Plan, which
were
approved in August 2002 and May 2004, respectively. The maximum
number of units authorized to be granted under 2002 Plan and 2004
Plan is
160,000 thousand and 140,000 thousand, respectively, with each unit
representing the right to purchase one share of common
stock. Under the terms of the plans, stock option rights are
granted at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s
common shares listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on the date of
grant. The option rights of both plans are valid for ten years
and exercisable at certain percentages subsequent to the second
anniversary of the grant date. Under the 2002 Plan, the number
of units authorized, including those which were never granted and
those
which had been granted and subsequently cancelled all expired as
of August
2004. Under the 2004 Plan, 124,917 thousand and 15,000 thousand
units were granted on June 30, 2004 and May 23, 2005,
respectively. The remaining 83 thousand units will never be
granted.
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006,
ASE Test
had three
stock option plans, the
1999, 2000
and
2004 Option Plans. Stock
options granted under these plans are exercisable for ASE Test ordinary
shares based on a vesting schedule and expire
ten years from
the grant date.
|
|
Information
on the outstanding stock options in 2004 and 2005 and 2006 is as
follows:
|
|
ASE
Inc. Option Plan
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Average
|
Exercise
|
Average
|
Exercise
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in
Thousand)
|
(NT$)
|
(NT$)
|
(in
Thousand)
|
(NT$)
|
(NT$)
|
(in
Thousand)
|
(NT$)
|
(NT$)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning
outstanding balance
|
146,752
|
$ |
18.30
|
260,047
|
$ |
19.50
|
227,341
|
$ |
19.80
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
granted
|
124,917
|
25.10
|
$ |
11.08
|
15,000
|
18.60
|
$ |
7.09
|
-
|
-
|
$ |
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
exercised
|
(2,402 | ) |
17.80
|
(27,761 | ) |
16.20
|
(44,999 | ) |
18.90
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
forfeited
|
(9,220 | ) |
19.20
|
(19,945 | ) |
20.10
|
(11,086 | ) |
20.70
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
expired
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending
outstanding balance
|
260,047
|
21.50
|
227,341
|
19.80
|
171,256
|
20.00
|
|
The
numbers of outstanding options and their exercise prices have been
adjusted to reflect the dilution attributable to the distribution
of stock
dividends in accordance with the terms of the
plans.
|
|
Information
on outstanding and exercisable option rights as of December 31, 2006
is as
follows:
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Remaining
|
Exercisable
|
Remaining
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Options
(in
|
Contractual
|
Options
(in
|
Contractual
|
||||||||||||||
Price
(NT$)
|
Thousands)
|
Life
(Years)
|
Thousands)
|
Life
(Years)
|
||||||||||||||
16.1
|
60,659
|
6.0
|
38,494
|
6.0
|
||||||||||||||
21.0
|
7,516
|
6.6
|
3,687
|
6.6
|
||||||||||||||
22.7
|
89,691
|
7.5
|
35,911
|
7.5
|
||||||||||||||
18.6
|
13,390
|
8.4
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
171,256
|
7.0
|
78,092
|
6.7
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006, the number of options that are expected to
vest was
79,414 thousand.
|
|
The
aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable options
was
NT$2,916,990 thousand and NT$1,377,038 thousand as of December 31,
2006,
respectively. Total intrinsic value of options exercised in the years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was NT$14,205 thousand, NT$177,938
thousand and NT$585,948 thousand,
respectively.
|
|
The
fair value of the common stock options issued was determined using
a
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions:
|
2004
|
2005
|
|
Expected
dividend yield
|
3.00%
|
3.00%
|
Expected
volatility
|
59%
|
47%
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
2.50%
|
1.80%
|
Expected
life
|
5
years
|
5
years
|
|
ASE
Test Option Plan
|
|
Information
regarding the stock options granted or modified after January 1,
2004 is
presented below:
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Average
|
Exercise
|
Average
|
Exercise
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in
Thousand)
|
(US$)
|
(US$)
|
(in
Thousand)
|
(US$)
|
(US$)
|
(in
Thousand)
|
(US$)
|
(US$)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning
outstanding balance
|
-
|
$ |
-
|
260
|
$ |
6.18
|
293
|
$ |
6.21
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
granted
|
260
|
6.18
|
$ |
6.18
|
33
|
6.50
|
$ |
6.50
|
130
|
9.60
|
$ |
9.60
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(9 | ) |
6.10
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option
expired
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending
outstanding balance
|
260
|
6.18
|
293
|
6.21
|
414
|
7.28
|
|
Above
options outstanding at December 31, 2006 and the related weighted
average
exercise price and remaining contractual life information is as
follows:
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||
Options
|
||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Outstanding
|
Remaining
|
Exercisable
|
average
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Options
(in
|
Contractual
|
Options
(in
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||||
Price
(US$)
|
Thousands)
|
Life
(Years)
|
Thousands)
|
Price
(US$)
|
||||||||||||||
5.50
|
60
|
7.6
|
24
|
5.50
|
||||||||||||||
6.10
|
51
|
7.8
|
15
|
6.10
|
||||||||||||||
6.50
|
173
|
7.6
|
77
|
6.50
|
||||||||||||||
9.79
|
115
|
9.3
|
12
|
9.79
|
||||||||||||||
8.10
|
15
|
9.6
|
7
|
8.10
|
||||||||||||||
414
|
135
|
|
The
fair value of the common stock options issued was determined using
a
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions:
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
Expected
dividend yield
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
Expected
volatility
|
78.28%
|
59.06%
|
59.95%-62.03%
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
3.50%-3.88%
|
3.88%
|
4.88%
|
Expected
life
|
5
years
|
5
years
|
3-5
years
|
|
For
purposes of pro forma disclosure below, the estimated fair values
of the
options is assumed to be amortized to expense over the option vesting
periods. Had the Company and ASE Test recorded compensation
costs based on the estimated grant date fair value, the Company’s net
income (loss) would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts below:
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) for calculation of basic EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
As
reported
|
4,209,690
|
(4,691,187 | ) |
17,416,151
|
534,402
|
|||||||||||
Pro
forma
|
3,784,386
|
(5,924,330 | ) |
16,301,168
|
500,189
|
|||||||||||
Net
Income (loss) for calculation of diluted EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
As
reported
|
4,373,239
|
(4,691,187 | ) |
17,582,151
|
539,495
|
|||||||||||
Pro
forma
|
3,947,935
|
(5,924,330 | ) |
16,467,168
|
505,283
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share (EPS):
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
EPS as reported
|
0.99
|
(1.07 | ) |
3.95
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
Pro
forma basic EPS
|
0.89
|
(1.36 | ) |
3.70
|
0.11
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
EPS as reported
|
0.96
|
(1.07 | ) |
3.77
|
0.12
|
|||||||||||
Pro
forma diluted EPS
|
0.87
|
(1.36 | ) |
3.53
|
0.11
|
Year
Ended December 31,
2005
|
Year
Ended December 31,
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of
|
Operating
|
Cost
of
|
Operating
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
Expenses
|
Total
|
Revenues
|
Expenses
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Personnel
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salary
|
10,661,821
|
3,314,091
|
13,975,912
|
11,247,354
|
3,401,115
|
14,648,469
|
449,477
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Pension
cost
|
676,226
|
181,192
|
857,418
|
748,437
|
191,233
|
939,670
|
28,833
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Labor
and health
insurance
|
823,231
|
226,243
|
1,049,474
|
862,163
|
242,791
|
1,104,954
|
33,905
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Others
|
955,882
|
346,502
|
1,302,384
|
1,175,983
|
395,931
|
1,571,914
|
48,233
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
13,117,160
|
4,068,028
|
17,185,188
|
14,033,937
|
4,231,070
|
18,265,007
|
560,448
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
13,286,081
|
704,138
|
13,990,219
|
12,736,924
|
751,256
|
13,488,180
|
413,875
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
|
687,178
|
884,325
|
1,571,503
|
576,102
|
423,929
|
1,000,031
|
30,685
|
|
The
ROC government enacted the Alternative Minimum Tax Act (the AMT Act),
which became effective on January 1, 2006. The alternative
minimum tax (AMT) imposed under the AMT Act is a supplemental tax
levied
at a rate of 10% which is payable if the income tax payable determined
pursuant to the Income Tax Law is below the minimum amount prescribed
under the AMT Act. The taxable income for calculating the AMT
includes most of the income that is exempted from income tax under
various
laws and statutes. The Company has considered the impact of the
AMT Act in the determination of its tax
liabilities.
|
a.
|
Income
tax expense (benefit) is summarized as
follows:
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Tax
(benefit) based on pre-tax accounting
income (loss) at statutory
rate
|
1,470,928
|
(1,038,061 | ) |
5,957,310
|
182,796
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principle
|
-
|
-
|
(114,168 | ) | (3,503 | ) | ||||||||||
Add
(less) tax effects of:
|
||||||||||||||||
Permanent
differences Tax-exempt income
|
(651,812 | ) |
-
|
(778,834 | ) | (23,898 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Equity
in losses (earnings) of equity
method investees
|
132,031
|
(18,573 | ) | (78,914 | ) | (2,421 | ) | |||||||||
Other
|
-
|
2,997
|
(10,516 | ) | (323 | ) | ||||||||||
Temporary
differences
|
||||||||||||||||
Other
investment loss
|
123,345
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Capital
tax credits
|
-
|
(104,856 | ) | (375,764 | ) | (11,530 | ) | |||||||||
Bond
interest payable
|
63,793
|
56,586
|
60,855
|
1,867
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
-
|
(36,969 | ) |
174,853
|
5,365
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
76,872
|
335,705
|
(409,395 | ) | (12,562 | ) | ||||||||||
1,215,157
|
(803,171 | ) |
4,425,427
|
135,791
|
||||||||||||
Operating
loss carryforwards
|
-
|
1,370,960
|
(1,246,641 | ) | (38,252 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
taxes on undistributed earnings
|
86,968
|
173,834
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Credits
for investments and research and
development
|
(1,081,023 | ) | (292,195 | ) | (1,697,397 | ) | (52,083 | ) | ||||||||
Net
change in deferred income tax for the
period
|
(1,660,695 | ) | (481,310 | ) |
367,751
|
11,284
|
||||||||||
Adjustment
of prior year’s income tax
|
42,590
|
(86,774 | ) |
121,479
|
3,727
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principle
|
-
|
-
|
114,168
|
3,503
|
||||||||||||
(1,397,003 | ) | (118,656 | ) |
2,084,787
|
63,970
|
b.
|
The
above-mentioned taxes on pre-tax accounting income (loss) based on
the
applicable statutory rates for both domestic and foreign entities
are
shown below:
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
|
|||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Domestic
entities in ROC (25%
statutory rate)
|
1,364,316
|
(1,255,167 | ) |
5,570,158
|
170,916
|
|||||||||||
Foreign
entities
|
||||||||||||||||
ASE
Korea (30.8% statutory rate)
|
(37,683 | ) |
41,159
|
97,499
|
2,992
|
|||||||||||
ASE
Japan (40% statutory rate)
|
101,429
|
182,148
|
182,372
|
5,596
|
||||||||||||
ISE
Labs (federal tax rate 35% and state
tax rate 6%)
|
(16,852 | ) | (2,963 | ) | (11,141 | ) | (342 | ) | ||||||||
ASE
Test Malaysia (28% statutory rate)
|
59,718
|
(3,238 | ) |
118,422
|
3,634
|
|||||||||||
1,470,928
|
(1,038,061 | ) |
5,957,310
|
182,796
|
c.
|
Deferred
income tax assets and liabilities are summarized as
follows:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Current
deferred income tax
assets
|
||||||||||||
Unused
tax
credits
|
1,339,206
|
2,405,057
|
73,797
|
|||||||||
Bond
interest
payable
|
-
|
160,675
|
4,930
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
carryforwards
|
1,257,792
|
6,904
|
212
|
|||||||||
Other
|
183,066
|
259,091
|
7,950
|
|||||||||
2,780,064
|
2,831,727
|
86,889
|
||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,164,368 | ) | (23,543 | ) | (722 | ) | ||||||
Net
current deferred income tax
assets
|
1,615,696
|
2,808,184
|
86,167
|
|||||||||
Non-current
deferred income tax
assets
|
||||||||||||
Unused
tax
credits
|
4,962,603
|
2,927,041
|
89,814
|
|||||||||
Accrued
pension
costs
|
531,545
|
261,000
|
8,009
|
|||||||||
Loss
carryforwards
|
305,401
|
267,157
|
8,198
|
|||||||||
Unused
capital tax
credits
|
-
|
204,833
|
6,285
|
|||||||||
Investment
income
|
(144,000 | ) | (144,000 | ) | (4,419 | ) | ||||||
Others
|
342,223
|
67,484
|
2,071
|
|||||||||
5,997,772
|
3,583,515
|
109,958
|
||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,951,000 | ) | (1,071,094 | ) | (32,866 | ) | ||||||
Non-current
deferred income tax
assets
|
4,046,772
|
2,512,421
|
77,092
|
|||||||||
Non-current
deferred income tax
liabilities
|
-
|
(25,888 | ) | (794 | ) | |||||||
5,662,468
|
5,294,717
|
162,465
|
In assessing the realizability of deferred income tax assets, the Company considers its future taxable earnings and expected timing of the reversal of temporary differences. In addition, in the event future taxable earnings do not materialize as forecasted, the Company will consider executing certain tax planning strategies available to realize the deferred income tax assets. The valuation allowance is provided to reduce the gross deferred income tax assets to an amount which the Company believes will more likely than not be realized. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are classified in the consolidated balance sheets based on the classification of the related assets or liabilities or the expected timing of the reversal of temporary differences. |
|
The
tax holidays for the Company are as
follow:
|
1) | A portion of the Company’s income from the packing of semiconductors is exempt from income tax for the five years ending 2007 and September 2009. A portion income of ASE Chung Li branch from the manufacturing, processing and testing of semiconductors is exempt from income tax for the five years ending 2007. |
|
2)
|
A
portion of ASE Test, Inc.’s income from the testing of semiconductors is
exempt from income tax for the five years ending December 2005 and
2010,
respectively.
|
|
3)
|
Under
the tax regulation in China, the income of ASE (Shanghai) Inc. was
wholly
exempt from income tax from 2006 to 2007 and half exempt from income
tax
from 2008 to 2010.
|
|
4)
|
ASE
Singapore Pte Ltd. has been granted pioneer status under the provisions
of
the Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act for
its
operation in Singapore for a qualifying period of 10 years commencing
September 1, 1998. During the qualifying period, all income
arising from pioneer status activities is wholly exempt from income
tax.
|
|
The
per share effect of this tax holiday was NT$0.15 in 2004, NT$0 in
2005 and NT$0.18 in 2006,
respectively.
|
d.
|
As
of December 31, 2006, unused tax credits which can be utilized to
offset
future income tax, are set forth
below:
|
Year
of
Expiry
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||
2007
|
1,838,601
|
56,416
|
||||||
2008
|
1,797,871
|
55,166
|
||||||
2009
|
823,390
|
25,265
|
||||||
2010
|
607,595
|
18,644
|
||||||
2011
and
thereafter
|
264,641
|
8,120
|
||||||
5,332,098
|
163,611
|
In
the ROC, the tax credits may be utilized to reduce up to 50% of
income tax
payable each year. In the year of expiration, any remaining
unused tax credits can be used entirely. Effective on January
1, 2006, the Company and its subsidiaries in Taiwan have to pay
a minimum
of 10% tax on their taxable income, including taxable income earned
during
tax holiday periods according to the new tax regulation of
ROC.
|
Income
tax returns of the company have been examined by the ROC tax authorities
through the 2002 (Income tax returns of ASE Material and ASE Chung
Li have
been examined through 2003). However, the Company was unwilling
to accept the examination in 2002, and the High Administrative
Court
judged against the Company in January 2007 though. For the High
Administrate Court award, the Company have recognized related income
tax
expense in 2006 and appealed this case to the Supreme Administrate
Court.
|
|
The
Company’s common shares corresponding to the employees’ stock options
issued by the Company and convertible bonds had a dilutive effect
on the
2004 and 2006 EPS calculation, while the employee stock options issued
by
ASE Test had a dilutive effect only on the 2006 EPS
calculation. The numerators and denominators used in the EPS
calculations were as follows:
|
a.
|
Numerator
- net income (loss)
|
2004
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||
Before
|
After
|
Before
|
After
|
|||||||||||||
Income
Tax
|
Income
Tax
|
Income
Tax
|
Income
Tax
|
|||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
|||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
2,985,244
|
3,668,312
|
(5,722,984 | ) | (5,044,886 | ) | ||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
568,899
|
568,222
|
357,766
|
353,699
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
(26,844 | ) | (26,844 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Basic
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common shareholders
|
3,527,299
|
4,209,690
|
(5,365,218 | ) | (4,691,187 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest,
net of tax, paid on convertible bonds
|
197,762
|
163,549
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) of parent company’s common shareholders
|
3,725,061
|
4,373,239
|
(5,365,218 | ) | (4,691,187 | ) |
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Before
Income
Tax
|
After
Income
Tax
|
|||||||||||||||
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
19,067,237
|
585,064
|
17,758,654
|
544,911
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
(456,671 | ) | (14,012 | ) | (342,503 | ) | (10,509 | ) | ||||||||
Basic
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
of parent company’s common shareholders
|
18,610,566
|
571,052
|
17,416,151
|
534,402
|
||||||||||||
Interest,
net of tax, paid on convertible bonds
|
213,079
|
6,538
|
168,993
|
5,185
|
||||||||||||
Employee
stock option from ASE Test issued
|
(2,993 | ) | (92 | ) | (2,993 | ) | (92 | ) | ||||||||
Diluted
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
of parent company’s common shareholders
|
18,820,652
|
577,498
|
17,582,151
|
539,495
|
b.
|
Denominator
- shares (in thousands)
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Weighted-average
number of common stock
|
3,580,280
|
4,100,661
|
4,566,952
|
|||||||||
Retroactive
adjustments for capitalization of retained earnings
|
631,744
|
436,789
|
-
|
|||||||||
Issuance
of common stock in connection with the merger
|
130,887
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Shares
issued in connection with stock options exercised
by employees
|
15
|
17,777
|
22,605
|
|||||||||
Shares
held by subsidiaries
|
(78,113 | ) | (184,713 | ) | (184,713 | ) | ||||||
Number
of shares used for purposes of the basic EPS calculation
|
4,264,813
|
4,370,514
|
4,404,844
|
|||||||||
Potential
number shares issuable upon exercise of options
|
68,909
|
-
|
62,632
|
|||||||||
Potential
number of outstanding shares assumed upon conversion
of convertible bonds
|
212,145
|
-
|
197,119
|
|||||||||
Number
of shares used in the diluted EPS calculation
|
4,545,867
|
4,370,514
|
4,664,595
|
|
For
purposes of the ADS calculation, the denominator represents the
above-mentioned weighted average outstanding shares divided by five
(one
ADS represents five common shares). The numerator was the
same.
|
a.
|
Fair
value of financial instruments was as
follows:
|
December
31
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Values
|
Fair
Values
|
Carrying
Values
|
Fair
Values
|
||||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||||||||||
Non-derivative
financial
instruments
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
assets at fair value
through profit or loss
|
4,324,950
|
4,325,568
|
1,546,450
|
47,452
|
1,546,450
|
47,452
|
|||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
financial
assets
|
27,973
|
43,686
|
9,346,415
|
286,788
|
9,346,415
|
286,788
|
|||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity
financial
assets
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
1,534
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
assets carried at
cost
|
1,272,311
|
1,595,597
|
48,960
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Guarantee
deposit-noncurrent
|
223,592
|
223,592
|
314,489
|
9,650
|
314,489
|
9,650
|
|||||||||||||||||
Restricted
assets
|
204,632
|
204,632
|
336,463
|
10,324
|
336,463
|
10,324
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Values
|
Fair
Values
|
Carrying
Values
|
Fair
Values
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
liabilities at fair value through
profit
or loss
|
202,729
|
202,729
|
352,583
|
10,819
|
352,583
|
10,819
|
||||||||||||||||||
Long-term
bonds payable
(included current
portion)
|
9,361,902
|
10,092,675
|
9,556,844
|
293,245
|
10,262,526
|
314,898
|
||||||||||||||||||
Long-term
bank loans (included
current
portion)
|
38,531,037
|
38,531,037
|
24,863,826
|
762,928
|
24,863,826
|
762,928
|
||||||||||||||||||
Capital
lease obligation
(included current
portion)
|
407,362
|
407,362
|
608,639
|
18,675
|
608,639
|
18,675
|
||||||||||||||||||
Derivative
financial
instruments
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency option
contracts
|
(171,476 | ) | (171,476 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate swap
contracts
|
-
|
(228,401 | ) | (58,990 | ) | (1,810 | ) | (58,990 | ) | (1,810 | ) | |||||||||||||
Cross
currency swap
contract
|
(154,780 | ) | (330,627 | ) | (274,421 | ) | (8,421 | ) | (274,421 | ) | (8,421 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest
rate swaption
contract
|
-
|
(53,094 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Forward
exchange
contracts
|
131
|
131
|
(7,719 | ) | (237 | ) | (7,719 | ) | (237 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Geographical
classify by
traded object
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taiwan
|
(327,076 | ) | (633,492 | ) | (334,956 | ) | (10,278 | ) | (334,956 | ) | (10,278 | ) | ||||||||||||
Outside
of Taiwan (including foreign agencies
operating
in Taiwan)
|
951
|
(149,975 | ) | (6,174 | ) | (190 | ) | (6,174 | ) | (190 | ) |
|
The
Company adopted the newly released SFAS No. 34 from
January 1, 2006. As a result, certain financial instruments
were not included in the consolidated financial statements for the
year
ended December 31, 2005. Please see Note 3 for the cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles and adjustments to
shareholders’ equity.
|
b.
|
Methods
and assumptions used in the determination of fair values of financial
instruments were as below:
|
|
1)
|
The
aforementioned financial instruments do not include cash, notes and
accounts receivable, pledged time deposits-current, other receivables,
short-term borrowings, notes and accounts payables, accrued expense,
payable for properties, and temporary receipts. These financial
instruments’ carrying amounts approximate their fair
values.
|
|
2)
|
Fair
values of financial assets or liabilities at fair value through profit
or
loss and available-for-sale financial assets were determined at their
quoted market prices. Fair values of derivatives were
determined using valuation techniques incorporating estimates and
assumptions that were consistent with prevailing market
conditions.
|
|
3)
|
The
fair value of financial assets carried at cost and held-to-maturity
financial assets were not measured, since they didn’t have active market
and quotation price or significant cost will be incurred to verify
the
fair value in practice.
|
|
4)
|
The
interest rate of long-term debts except bonds payable and some bank
loans
were floating, fair values approximate book values. Bonds
payable was based on their quoted market
price.
|
|
5)
|
The
carrying value of guarantee deposits and restricted assets reflects
their
fair value.
|
c.
|
Gain
or loss from changes of the fair value determined using valuation
techniques was gain NT$20,919 thousand and loss NT$260,569 thousand
(US$7,995 thousand) for the year ended December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
d.
|
As
of December 31, 2005 and 2006, financial assets exposed to fair value
interest rate risk were NT$378,514 thousand and NT$288,389 thousand
(US$8,849 thousand), respectively, financial liabilities exposed
to fair
value interest rate risk were NT$7,517,962 thousand and NT$7,428,267
thousand (US$227,931 thousand), respectively, financial assets exposed
to
cash flow interest rate risk were NT$11,115,658 thousand and NT$13,911,303
thousand (US$426,858 thousand), respectively, and financial liabilities
exposed to cash flow interest rate risk were NT$40,150,185 thousand
and
NT$26,960,168 thousand (US$827,252 thousand),
respectively.
|
e.
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Company recognized
interest income NT$77,797 thousand, NT$173,325 thousand and NT$406,364
thousand (US$12,469 thousand), and interest expense (including capitalized
interest) NT$1,125,141 thousand, NT$1,791,947 thousand and NT$1,841,401
thousand (US$56,502 thousand) for those financial assets or liabilities
that are not categorized as financial assets or liabilities at fair
value
through profit and loss.
|
|
f.
|
Strategy
for financial risk
|
|
The
derivative instrument employed by the company is to mitigate risks
arising
from the ordinary business operation. All derivative
transactions engaged by the company should be designated into two
purposes: hedging and speculating which are govern by separated internal
guidelines and controls. Derivative transactions enter for
hedging purpose must hedge the risk against fluctuation in foreign
exchange and interest rates arising from operating
activities. The currency and the amount of derivative
instrument held by the company must match company’s actual assets and
liabilities.
|
g.
|
Information
about financial risk
|
|
1)
|
Market
risk
|
|
All
derivative financial instruments are mainly used to hedge the exchange
rate fluctuations of foreign - currency - denominated assets and
liabilities and interest rate fluctuations on its floating rate long-term
loans. Exchange gains or losses on these derivative contracts
are likely to be offset by gains or losses on the hedged assets and
liabilities. Interest rate risks are also controlled because
the expected cost of capital is fixed. Thus, market price risks
are believed to be minimal.
|
|
2)
|
Credit
risk
|
|
Credit
risk represents the potential loss that would be incurred by the
Company
if the counter-parties or third-parties breached
contracts. Risk factors include the degree of concentration and
components and contract amounts of financial
instruments. Credit risk represents the positive fair values of
contracts as of the balance sheet date. The Company’s maximum
credit risk on financial instruments approximated the book value
as of
December 31, 2005 and 2006.
|
|
3)
|
Liquidity
risk
|
|
The
Company believes its liquidity risk is low because the Company’s working
capital, which includes investments in mutual funds and other marketable
securities that are readily convertible to cash at or near fair market
value, is sufficient to fulfill its obligations incurred in the
operation.
|
|
4)
|
Cash
flow interest rate risk
|
|
The
Company mainly engages in floating interest-rate
debts. Therefore, cash flows are expected to increase
NT$270,000 thousand (US$8,248 thousand) while the market interest
rate
increase 1%.
|
h.
|
Cash
flow hedging
|
|
The
Company entered into cash flow hedge transitions to manage its exposure
to
exchange rate fluctuations arising from commitments for the payment
of materials and capital expenditures in Japanese
yen.
|
|
The
outstanding European foreign currency option contracts as of December
31,
2005 were as follows:
|
Amount
|
|||
Contract
|
(In
Millions)
|
Strike
Price
|
Maturity
Date
|
Buy
USD Put/JPY
Call
|
US$34.8
|
$103.5
|
2006.01.05
- 2006.06.05
|
Sell
USD Call/JPY
Put
|
34.8
|
103.5
|
2006.01.05
- 2006.06.05
|
|
The
derivative financial liabilities for hedging amounted to NT$129,179
thousand (US$3,964 thousand) arising from above contracts based on
mark-to-market valuation on December 31,
2005.
|
|
The
name and relationship of related parties are the equity method investees
as disclosed in Note 10.
|
|
The
Company and ASE Test Inc. purchased real estate from HCDC for NT$930,745
thousand in 2005 and NT$1,311,429 thousand (US$40,240 thousand) in
2006
and the prices were based on fair market value of the assets as assessed
by the appraisers.
|
|
The
following assets have been pledged or mortgaged as collaterals for
bank
loans and as guarantees for the employment of foreign labor and the
leases
of property, plant and equipment,
etc.
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Land
|
511,644
|
507,534
|
15,573
|
|||||||||
Buildings
and improvements,
net
|
2,174,690
|
2,093,043
|
64,223
|
|||||||||
Machinery
and equipment,
net
|
5,714,003
|
2,542,862
|
78,026
|
|||||||||
Pledged
time deposits -
current
|
62,505
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Restricted
assets -
noncurrent
|
204,632
|
336,463
|
10,325
|
|||||||||
8,667,474
|
5,479,902
|
168,147
|
a.
|
The
Company and ASE Test, Inc. lease the land on which their buildings
are
situated under various operating lease agreements with the ROC
government
expiring on various dates through February 2016. The agreements
grant these entities the option to renew the leases and reserve
the right
for the lessor to adjust the lease payments upon an increase in
the
assessed value of the land and to terminate the leases under certain
conditions. In addition, the Company leases buildings and
machinery and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases which
will
expire through December 2010.
|
|
The
future minimum lease payments under the above-mentioned operating
leases
are as follows:
|
Operating
Leases
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||
2007
|
836,526
|
25,668
|
||||||
2008
|
375,173
|
11,512
|
||||||
2009
|
206,198
|
6,327
|
||||||
2010
|
133,323
|
4,091
|
||||||
2011
and
thereafter
|
41,485
|
1,273
|
||||||
Total
minimum lease
payments
|
1,592,705
|
48,871
|
b.
|
The
Company engages outside sales agencies to provide sales
services. Commissions and service fees were paid based on
monthly service-related costs and expenses incurred plus a certain
percentage, subject to specified limits, for costs and expenses incurred
or based on a certain percentage of net export
sales. Commissions and service fees paid in 2004, 2005 and 2006
were approximately NT$769,637 thousand, NT$231,874 thousand and
NT$320,503 thousand (US$9,834 thousand),
respectively.
|
c.
|
As
of December 31, 2006, unused letters of credit were approximately
NT$1,288,540 thousand (US$39,538
thousand).
|
d.
|
As
of December 31, 2006, commitments to purchase machinery and equipment
were
approximately NT$4,500,000 thousand (US$138,079 thousand), of which
NT$75,817 thousand (US$2,326 thousand) had been
prepaid.
|
e.
|
As
of December 31, 2006, outstanding commitments related to the construction
of buildings were approximately NT$4,000,000 thousand (US$122,737
thousand), of which NT$232,000 thousand (US$7,119 thousand) had been
prepaid.
|
f. |
The
Company entered into technology license agreements with foreign companies
which will expire on various dates through 2010. Pursuant to
the agreements, the Company shall pay royalties based on specified
percentages of sales volume, and licensing fees to the counter
parties. Royalties and licensing fees paid in 2004, 2005 and
2006 were approximately NT$163,975 thousand, NT$179,061 thousand
and
NT$282,329 thousand (US$8,663 thousand),
respectively.
|
g.
|
Tessera
Inc. (Tessera) filed a lawsuit in February 2006 against the Company
for
patent infringements. The Company has retained attorneys to
investigate this asserted claim. Tessera has not disclosed the
details of the alleged infringements, and therefore the outcome of
this
litigation cannot be determined at this
time.
|
a.
|
In
December 2006, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC approved the
Company’s investment to Global Advanced Packaging Technology Limited
(GAPT), which was incorporated in Shanghai, through a subsidiary
in the
Cayman Island. The Company subsequently increased its ownership
interest in GAPT to 100% on January 11, 2007. Total amount of
the investment was US$60,000 thousand. GAPT is engaged in
semiconductor wire bonding packaging and testing services. The
purpose of the investment was to promote competitive strengths and
achieve
the Company’s targeted long-term production
capacity.
|
b.
|
On
February 2, 2007, the Company and NXP Semiconductors (NXP), formerly
Philips Semiconductors, announced the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding to form a joint venture (JV) in Suzhou, China, focused
on
semiconductor testing and packaging. Terms of the agreement are
subject to final negotiations between NXP and the Company and the
receipt
of necessary approvals from regulatory authorities. The Company
plans to invest 60% in the JV.
|
ASE
Test Malaysia sold its camera module assembly operations in early
October
2005 for US$19,116 thousand, which covers the book value of the equipment
and inventory, plus an acquisition premium. As a result, the
Company reclassified the camera module assembly segment as discontinued
operations.
|
|
Summarized
below are operating results of the discontinued segment for the years
ended December 31, 2004 and 2005.
|
2004
|
From
January
1, 2005 to
October
3,
2005
|
|||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
|||||||
Net
revenues
|
6,474,958
|
2,095,835
|
||||||
Cost
of
revenues
|
5,806,058
|
1,885,492
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
668,900
|
210,343
|
||||||
Operating
expenses
|
74,540
|
44,909
|
||||||
Non-operating
expenses
|
25,461
|
42,325
|
||||||
Income
from discontinued
operations before income tax
|
568,899
|
123,109
|
||||||
Income
tax
expense
|
677
|
2,147
|
||||||
Income
from discontinued
operations
|
568,222
|
120,962
|
||||||
Gain
on disposal of
assets
|
-
|
234,657
|
||||||
Income
tax
expense
|
-
|
1,920
|
||||||
Gain
on disposal of
discontinued operations
|
-
|
232,737
|
||||||
568,222
|
353,699
|
|
Significant
Unusual Loss and gain
|
|
The
Company and its subsidiary, ASE Test, Inc., incurred fire damage
to its
production lines in Chung Li, Taiwan on May 1, 2005, and recognized
an
estimated loss of NT$13,479,079 thousand for damages to its inventories,
building, machinery and equipment. With the assistance of
external counsel, the Company submitted insurance claims of NT$4,641,000
thousand (US$142,406 thousand) to its insurers for compensation for
damages which the Company believes to be clearly identifiable and
reasonably estimated, and recorded such amount as an offset to fire
loss
in 2005.
|
|
The
Company reached final settlement with the insurers in June 2006 with
regards to the fire damage incurred to the production lines and facilities
in Chung Li. The final settlement amount of NT$8,068,000
thousand (US$247,561 thousand), offset by the NT$4,641,000 thousand
(US$142,406 thousand) recorded in 2005 and the related repair and
restoring expenses of NT$1,043,132 thousand (US$32,008 thousand),
was
recorded in the current period. The Company also reversed
NT$2,190,583 thousand (US$67,217 thousand) of impairment loss recognized
in 2005 after careful analysis of the increase in the estimated service
potential of the production line facilities by an external
specialist. Net amount of NT$4,574,451 thousand (US$140,364
thousand) was recognized as a gain on insurance settlement and loss
recovery in 2006. All of the insurance recoveries were received
in August 2006.
|
a.
|
Geographical
sales and long-lived assets
information
|
1)
|
Net
revenues:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
%
of
|
%
of
|
%
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Total
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
Revenues
|
NT$
|
Revenues
|
NT$
|
US$
|
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
America
|
41,094,054
|
55
|
43,294,394
|
52
|
53,280,483
|
1,634,872
|
53
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Taiwan
|
17,656,632
|
23
|
16,798,661
|
20
|
18,810,441
|
577,184
|
19
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Asia
|
9,821,205
|
13
|
13,649,326
|
16
|
15,752,825
|
483,365
|
16
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Europe
|
6,664,946
|
9
|
10,293,167
|
12
|
12,579,366
|
385,988
|
12
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
849
|
-
|
250
|
-
|
532
|
16
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
75,237,686
|
100
|
84,035,798
|
100
|
100,423,647
|
3,081,425
|
100
|
2)
|
Long-lived
assets:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
%
|
NT$
|
US$
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Taiwan
|
46,661,951
|
69
|
49,802,688
|
1,528,159
|
68
|
|||||||||||||||
Asia
|
20,996,335
|
31
|
23,307,342
|
715,169
|
32
|
|||||||||||||||
America
|
382,485
|
-
|
433,724
|
13,308
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
68,040,771
|
100
|
73,543,754
|
2,256,636
|
100
|
b.
|
Major
customers
|
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Company did
not have
a single customer to which the net revenues accounted for over 10%
of
total net revenues.
|
c.
|
Reported
segment information
|
|
The
Company has three reportable segments: packaging, testing and
investing. The Company packages bare semiconductors into
finished semiconductors with enhanced electrical and thermal
characteristics; provides testing services, including front-end
engineering testing, wafer probing and final testing services; and
engages
in investing activities. The accounting policies for segments
are the same as those described in Note 2. Segment information
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was as
follows:
|
Packaging
|
Testing
|
Investing
|
All
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from external
customer
|
NT$
|
58,261,796
|
NT$
|
16,473,924
|
NT$
|
-
|
NT$
|
501,966
|
NT$
|
75,237,686
|
||||||||||
Inter-segment
revenues
|
122,131
|
128,398
|
-
|
5,254,732
|
5,505,261
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
50,222
|
6,445
|
19,516
|
1,614
|
77,797
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(599,379 | ) | (132,320 | ) | (166,910 | ) | (73,579 | ) | (972,188 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
interest
expense
|
(549,157 | ) | (125,875 | ) | (147,394 | ) | (71,965 | ) | (894,391 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
|
7,487,669
|
6,220,398
|
431,492
|
1,257,197
|
15,396,756
|
|||||||||||||||
Impairment
on
assets
|
175,348
|
1,774,749
|
-
|
512,000
|
2,462,097
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment
profit
(loss)
|
5,035,031
|
691,150
|
(1,737,156 | ) | (1,026,108 | ) |
2,962,917
|
|||||||||||||
Segment
asset
|
75,714,335
|
35,200,341
|
4,239,422
|
18,796,778
|
133,950,876
|
|||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment
assets
|
16,756,713
|
7,769,043
|
-
|
6,062,555
|
30,588,311
|
|||||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
868,682
|
1,977,438
|
-
|
490,256
|
3,336,376
|
|||||||||||||||
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from external
customer
|
66,022,940
|
17,121,986
|
-
|
890,872
|
84,035,798
|
|||||||||||||||
Inter-segment
revenues
|
84,909
|
86,810
|
-
|
2,454,643
|
2,626,362
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
108,362
|
32,013
|
22,097
|
10,853
|
173,325
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(965,068 | ) | (194,310 | ) | (288,306 | ) | (123,374 | ) | (1,571,058 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
interest
expense
|
(856,706 | ) | (162,297 | ) | (266,209 | ) | (112,521 | ) | (1,397,733 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
|
8,351,842
|
5,786,034
|
179,911
|
1,096,059
|
15,413,846
|
|||||||||||||||
Loss
on fire
damage
|
(2,973,506 | ) | (2,420,339 | ) |
-
|
(3,444,234 | ) | (8,838,079 | ) | |||||||||||
Segment
profit
(loss)
|
791,286
|
(575,806 | ) | (495,164 | ) | (5,394,162 | ) | (5,673,846 | ) | |||||||||||
Segment
asset
|
77,135,982
|
30,547,884
|
2,511,894
|
20,929,721
|
131,125,481
|
|||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment
assets
|
6,359,429
|
2,527,322
|
-
|
4,070,654
|
12,957,405
|
|||||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
775,899
|
1,627,567
|
-
|
439,556
|
2,843,022
|
|||||||||||||||
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from external
customer
|
76,820,475
|
21,429,584
|
-
|
2,173,588
|
100,423,647
|
|||||||||||||||
Inter-segment
revenues
|
74,879
|
51,214
|
-
|
5,821,221
|
5,947,314
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
193,412
|
66,237
|
115,742
|
30,973
|
406,364
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(861,737 | ) | (145,669 | ) | (397,394 | ) | (215,494 | ) | (1,620,294 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
interest
expense
|
(668,325 | ) | (79,432 | ) | (281,652 | ) | (184,521 | ) | (1,213,930 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
|
8,245,204
|
4,889,792
|
11,202
|
1,342,013
|
14,488,211
|
|||||||||||||||
Gain
on insurance
settlement
and
impairment
recovery
|
1,758,957
|
1,637,709
|
-
|
1,177,785
|
4,574,451
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment
profit
(loss)
|
14,679,021
|
7,829,473
|
(247,276 | ) | (9,794 | ) |
22,251,424
|
|||||||||||||
Segment
asset
|
78,958,866
|
33,095,566
|
4,472,318
|
20,514,126
|
137,040,876
|
|||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment
assets
|
7,025,247
|
4,859,188
|
-
|
5,846,500
|
17,730,935
|
|||||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
772,148
|
1,619,698
|
-
|
439,428
|
2,831,274
|
|||||||||||||||
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from external
customer
|
US$
|
2,357,179
|
US$
|
657,551
|
US$
|
-
|
US$
|
66,695
|
US$
|
3,081,425
|
||||||||||
Inter-segment
revenues
|
2,298
|
1,571
|
-
|
178,620
|
182,489
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
5,935
|
2,033
|
3,551
|
950
|
12,469
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(26,442 | ) | (4,470 | ) | (12,194 | ) | (6,612 | ) | (49,718 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
interest
expense
|
(20,507 | ) | (2,437 | ) | (8,643 | ) | (5,662 | ) | (37,249 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
|
252,998
|
150,039
|
344
|
41,179
|
444,560
|
|||||||||||||||
Gain
on insurance
settlement
and
impairment
recovery
|
53,972
|
50,252
|
-
|
36,140
|
140,364
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment
profit
(loss)
|
450,415
|
240,240
|
(7,587 | ) | (300 | ) |
682,768
|
|||||||||||||
Segment
asset
|
2,422,794
|
1,015,513
|
137,230
|
629,461
|
4,204,998
|
|||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment
assets
|
215,564
|
149,101
|
-
|
179,395
|
544,060
|
|||||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
23,693
|
49,699
|
-
|
13,484
|
86,876
|
31.
|
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOLLOWED
BY THE COMPANY AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE
UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA
|
|
The
Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with ROC GAAP, which differ in the following respects
from U.S.
GAAP:
|
a.
|
Pension
benefits
|
|
The
Company adopted U.S. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(U.S.
SFAS) No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions” on January 1, 1987,
which requires the Company to determine the accumulated pension obligation
and the pension expense on an actuarial
basis.
|
|
U.S.
SFAS No. 87 was amended by U.S. SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” on September 29,
2006, which requires employers to recognize the overfunded or underfunded
status of a defined benefit pension plan as an asset or liability
in its
statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that
funded
status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive
income. The Company adopted U.S. SFAS No. 158 on December 31,
2006. U.S. SFAS No. 158 defines the funded status of a benefit
plan as the difference between the fair value of the plan assets
and the
projected benefit obligation. Previously unrecognized items
such as gains or losses, prior service credits and transition assets
or
liabilities will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive
income
and will be subsequently recognized through net periodic benefit
cost
pursuant to the provisions of U.S. SFAS No.
87.
|
|
ROC
SFAS No. 18 “Accounting for Pensions” is similar in many respects to U.S.
SFAS No. 87 and was adopted by the Company. in 1996. However,
ROC SFAS No. 18 does not require a company to recognize the overfunded
or
underfunded status of a defined benefit pension plan as an asset
or
liability in the statement of financial position. The
difference in the dates of adoption gives rise to a U.S. GAAP difference
in the actuarial computation for transition obligation pension expense
and
the related amortization.
|
b.
|
Marketable
securities
|
|
Under
ROC GAAP, prior to January 1, 2006, marketable securities are carried
at
the lower of aggregate cost or market, and debt securities are carried
at
cost, with only unrealized losses recognized. Effective January
1, 2006, the Company adopted ROC SFAS No. 34, “Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement”, and No. 36, “Financial Instruments:
Disclosure and Presentation”. Financial instrument including debt
securities and equity securities are recognized at fair value or
including
transaction costs and categorized as financial assets or liabilities
at
fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL), available-for-sale (AFS)
or
held-to-maturity (HTM) securities. FVTPL has two
sub-categories, financial asset designated on initial recognition
as one
to be measured at fair value with fair value changes in profit or
loss,
and those that are classified as held for trading. These
classifications are similar to those required by U.S. SFAS No. 115,
“Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities”.
|
c.
|
Bonuses
to employees, directors and
supervisors
|
|
According
to ROC regulations and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
a
portion of distributable earnings is required to be set aside as
bonuses
to employees, directors and supervisors. Bonuses to directors
and supervisors are always paid in cash. However, bonuses to
employees may be granted in cash or stock or both. All of these
appropriations, including stock bonuses which are valued at par value
of
NT$10, are charged against retained earnings under ROC GAAP after
such
appropriations are formally approved by the shareholders in the following
year.
|
|
Under
U.S. GAAP, such bonuses are charged against income in the year
earned. Shares issued as part of these bonuses are recorded at
fair market value. Since the amount and form of such bonuses
are not usually determinable until the shareholders’ meeting in the
subsequent year, the total amount of the aforementioned bonuses is
initially accrued based on management’s estimate regarding the amount to
be paid based on the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. Any
difference between the initially accrued amount and the fair market
value
of any shares issued as bonuses is recognized in the year of approval
by
the shareholders.
|
d.
|
Depreciation
of buildings
|
|
Under
ROC GAAP, buildings may be depreciated over their estimated life
or up to
40 years based on ROC practices and tax regulations. For U.S.
GAAP purposes, buildings are depreciated over their estimated economic
useful life of 25 years.
|
e.
|
Depreciation
on the excess of book value on transfer of buildings between consolidated
subsidiaries
|
|
ASE
Test, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, purchased buildings and
facilities from another subsidiary, ASE Technologies, in
1997. The purchase price was based on market value, which
represents the portion of the purchase price in excess of book value
NT$17,667 thousand was capitalized by ASE Test, Inc. as allowed under
ROC
GAAP. Under U.S. GAAP, transfers of assets between entities
under common control are recorded at historical
costs. Therefore, depreciation on the capitalized amount
recorded under ROC GAAP is reversed under U.S. GAAP until the buildings
and facilities are fully depreciated or
disposed.
|
f.
|
Gain
on sales of subsidiary’s stock
|
|
The
carrying value of stock investments in ASE Test by J&R Holding Limited
under ROC GAAP is different from that under U.S. GAAP mainly due
to the
differences in accounting for bonuses to employees, directors and
supervisors.
|
g.
|
Effects
of U.S. GAAP adjustments on equity-method
investments
|
|
The
carrying values of equity-method investments and the investment income
(loss) accounted for by the equity method in HCDC, HCKC, USI are
reflected in the consolidated financial statements under ROC
GAAP. The financial statements of these equity investees
prepared under ROC GAAP are different from the financial statements
of
such equity investees prepared under U.S. GAAP mainly due to the
differences in accounting for bonuses to employees, directors and
supervisors, stock options and the depreciation of
buildings. Therefore, the investment income (loss) has been
adjusted to reflect the differences between ROC GAAP and U.S. GAAP
in the
investees’ financial statements.
|
h.
|
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
|
On
December 31, 2004, the Company adopted ROC SFAS No. 35 to account
for
impairment of long-lived assets for ROC GAAP purposes. Similar
to U.S. SFAS No. 144 in principal, ROC SFAS No. 35 requires the Company
to
analyze for impairment when there is an indication. However,
ROC SFAS No. 35 differs from U.S. SFAS No. 144 in the following aspects:
(1) the determination of impairment is based on discounted cashflows
and
(2) previously recorded impairment can be reversed up to the net
book
value of the long-lived assets as if no impairment loss was
recorded.
|
|
As
discussed in Note 29, the Company reversed NT$2,190,583 thousand
(US$67,217 thousand) of impairment loss recognized in 2005 under
ROC GAAP
after a careful analysis of the increase in the estimated service
potential of the production line and facilities by an external
specialist. Reversal of the amount is prohibited under U.S.
GAAP. As such, differences in the cost basis of these damaged
machinery and equipment and associated depreciation expense between
ROC
and U.S. GAAP are reflected in the
reconciliation.
|
i.
|
Stock
dividends
|
|
Under
ROC GAAP, stock dividends are recorded at par value with a charge
to
retained earnings. Under U.S. GAAP, if the ratio of
distribution is less than 25 percent of the same class of shares
outstanding, the fair value of the shares issued should be charged
to
retained earnings. The difference for stock dividends paid in
2004 and 2005 is treated as an additional reduction to retained earnings
and an increase to capital surplus amounted to NT$3,285 million and
NT$3,944 million, respectively.
|
j.
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
Under
U.S. GAAP, stock-based compensation expense for the year ended December
31, 2006 includes compensation expense for all unvested stock-based
compensation awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 that are expected
to
vest, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance
with the
transition method and the original provision of U.S. SFAS No. 123,
“Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“U.S. SFAS No.
123”). Upon an employee’s termination, unvested awards
are forfeited, which affects the quantity of options to be included
in the
calculation of stock-based compensation expense. Forfeitures do
not include vested options that expire unexercised. Stock-based
compensation expense for all stock-based compensation awards granted
after
January 1, 2006 is based on the grant-date fair value estimate in
accordance with the provisions of U.S. SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based
Payment” (“U.S. SFAS No. 123R”). The Company recognizes these
compensation costs using the graded vesting method over the requisite
service period of the award, which is generally the option vesting
term of
five years. Prior to the adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 123R, the
Company recognized stock-based compensation expense in accordance
with
U.S. Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). See Note 32e a further discussion
on stock-based compensation.
|
|
Certain
characteristics of the stock option granted under the ASE 2002 Option
Plan
made the fair values of these options not reasonably estimable using
appropriate valuation methodologies as prescribed under U.S. SFAS
No. 123
and have been accounted for using the intrinsic value
method. Upon the adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 123R, the Company
continued to account for these stock options based on its intrinsic
value,
remeasured at each reporting date through the date of exercise or
other
settlement.
|
|
Under
ROC GAAP, employee stock option plans that are amended or have options
granted on or after January 1, 2004 must be accounted for by the
interpretations issued by the ARDF in Taiwan. The Company
adopted the intrinsic value method and any compensation expense determined
using this method is recognized over the vesting period. No
stock-based compensation expense was recognized under ROC GAAP for
the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006.
|
k.
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
|
Under
ROC GAAP, prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounts for certain
derivative instruments as cash flow hedges of certain forecasted
transactions and accordingly any gains or losses on such contracts
have
been recorded to other component of shareholder's
equity. Others are described in Note 3. Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted ROC SFAS No. 34 which required
derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recorded
as
“financial assets or liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
(FVTPL)” account at fair value as described in Note
2.
|
|
Under
U.S. GAAP, accounting for derivative instruments is covered under
U.S.
SFAS No. 133, as amended by U.S. SFAS No. 138, which requires that
all
companies recognize derivative instruments as assets and liabilities
in
the balance sheet at fair value. If certain conditions are met,
including certain rigorous documentation requirements, entities may
elect
to designate a derivative instrument as a hedge. Under U.S.
GAAP, the Company does not apply hedge accounting, and derivatives
have
historically been, and continue to be, recorded on the consolidated
balance sheet at fair value, with changes in fair values recorded
in
current period earnings.
|
l.
|
Goodwill
|
|
As
discussed in Note 3, effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted
ROC
SFAS No. 25 (revised 2005), “Business Combinations – Accounting Treatment
under Purchase Method” which is similar to U.S. SFAS No.
142. The Company reviews goodwill for impairment in accordance
with the provision of the standard and found no impairment as of
December
31, 2006.
|
|
Under
U.S. GAAP, the Company adopted U.S. SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets” (U.S. SFAS No. 142) on January 1, 2002, which requires
the Company to review for possible impairment goodwill existing at
the
date of adoption and perform subsequent impairment tests on at least
an
annual basis. In addition, existing goodwill and intangible
assets must be reassessed and classified consistently in accordance
with
the criteria set forth in U.S. SFAS No. 141 “Business
Combinations” and U.S. SFAS No. 142. As a result, the
Company ceased to amortize goodwill effective January 1,
2002. Definite-lived intangible assets continue to be amortized
over their estimated useful lives.
|
|
Under
U.S. GAAP, the determination of whether or not the goodwill is impaired
is
made by first estimating the fair value of the reporting unit and
comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount,
including goodwill. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit
exceeds its fair value, the Company calculates an implied fair value
of
the goodwill based on an allocation of the fair value reporting unit
to
the underlying assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. If
the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied
fair
value of that goodwill, an impairment loss shall be recognized in
an
amount equal to that excess.
|
m.
|
Undistributed
earnings tax
|
|
In
the ROC, a 10% tax is imposed on unappropriated earnings (excluding
earnings from foreign consolidated subsidiaries). For ROC GAAP
purposes, the Company records the 10% tax on unappropriated earnings
in
the year of shareholders’ approval. Starting from 2002, the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants International
Practices
Task Force (the "Task Force") concluded that in accordance with Emerging
Issues Task Force (EITF) 95-10, “Accounting for tax credits related to
dividends in accordance with SFAS 109,” the 10% tax on unappropriated
earnings should be accrued under U.S. GAAP during the period the
earnings
arise and adjusted to the extent that distributions are approved
by the
shareholders in the following year.
|
n.
|
Impairment
of long-term investments
|
|
ROC
GAAP and U.S. GAAP require an assessment of impairment of long-term
investments whenever events or circumstances indicate a decline in
value
may be other than temporary. The criteria for determining
whether on not an impairment charge is required are similar under
ROC GAAP
and U.S. GAAP; however, the methods to measure the amount of impairment
may be based on different estimates of fair values depending on the
circumstances. When impairment is determined to have occurred,
U.S. GAAP generally requires the market price to be used, if available,
to
determine the fair value of the long-term investment and measure
the
amount of impairment at the reporting date. Under ROC GAAP, if
the investments have an inactive market, another measure of fair
value may
be used. No impairment charge was incurred under U.S. GAAP in
2005 and 2006 as a result of the increase of the market price of
the stock
of investee companies. On December 31, 2004, the Company
adopted ROC SFAS No. 35 and, in accordance with this standard, determined
that an impairment charge of NT$512,000 thousand was
required. The Company recorded an additional NT$1,195,000
thousand for the impairment under U.S.
GAAP.
|
o.
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
Under
both ROC GAAP and U.S. GAAP, basic earnings per share is calculated
by
dividing net income by the average number of shares outstanding in
each
period. Other shares issued from unappropriated earnings, such
as stock bonuses to employees, are included in the calculation of
weighted-average number of shares outstanding from the date of
occurrence. For diluted earnings per share, unvested stock
options are included in the calculation using the treasury stock
method if
the inclusion of such
|
|
would
be dilutive.
U.S.
SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per share” provides guidance on applying the
treasury stock method for equity instruments granted in share-based
payment transactions in determining diluted earnings per share, which
states that the assumed proceeds shall be the sum of (a) the
exercise price, (b) the amount of compensation cost attributed
to future services and not yet recognized, and (c) the amount
of excess tax benefits that would be credited to additional paid-in
capital assuming exercise of the options. Prior to January 1,
2006, the Company used intrinsic value method to account for its
stock-based compensation under APB No. 25, and had no unrecognized
compensation costs to be included in the assumed proceeds
calculation. However, upon adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 123R, the
Company now has unrecognized compensation costs, and therefore, the
number
of diluted shares included in the diluted earnings per share calculation
under U.S. GAAP will be different from that under ROC
GAAP.
|
|
The
following schedule reconciles net income (loss) and shareholders’ equity
under ROC GAAP as reported in the consolidated financial statements
to the
approximate net income (loss) and shareholders’ equity amounts as
determined under U.S. GAAP, giving effect to adjustments for the
differences listed above.
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income
(loss)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) based on ROC
GAAP
|
4,209,690
|
(4,691,187 | ) |
17,416,151
|
534,402
|
|||||||||||
Adjustments:
|
||||||||||||||||
a.
Pension benefits
|
2,568
|
(14,748 | ) |
104,011
|
3,192
|
|||||||||||
b.
Marketable securities
|
(1,011 | ) |
12,145
|
(16,331 | ) | (501 | ) | |||||||||
c.
Bonuses to employees, directors and
supervisors
|
(609,008 | ) | (191,184 | ) | (1,656,438 | ) | (50,827 | ) | ||||||||
d.
Depreciation of buildings
|
(98,828 | ) | (2,517 | ) | (103,493 | ) | (3,175 | ) | ||||||||
e.
Depreciation on the excess of book value of building
transferred between
subsidiaries |
432
|
432
|
432
|
13
|
||||||||||||
g.
Effect of U.S. GAAP adjustments on
equity-method investees
|
436,619
|
100,868
|
(38,719 | ) | (1,188 | ) | ||||||||||
h.
Impairment loss reversal net
|
||||||||||||||||
Recoverable
amount
|
-
|
-
|
(2,190,583 | ) | (67,217 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
on recoverable
amount
|
-
|
-
|
85,631
|
2,628
|
||||||||||||
i.
Stock option compensation
|
238,602
|
(976,986 | ) | (635,041 | ) | (19,486 | ) | |||||||||
j.
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle for
adopting
U.S. SFAS No. 123R |
-
|
-
|
45,976
|
1,411
|
||||||||||||
k.
Derivative financial
instruments
|
(374,444 | ) | (216,037 | ) |
590,481
|
18,118
|
||||||||||
l.
Goodwill
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortization
|
877,582
|
528,943
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
loss
|
612,427
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
m.
Undistributed earnings tax
|
-
|
-
|
(300,438 | ) | (9,219 | ) | ||||||||||
n.
Net impact of impairment loss on equity-method
investees
|
(1,195,000 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Effect
of U.S. GAAP adjustments
on income tax
|
109,068
|
71,629
|
404,491
|
12,412
|
||||||||||||
Effect
of U.S. GAAP adjustments
on minority interest
|
88,376
|
(151,884 | ) |
416,566
|
12,782
|
|||||||||||
Net
decrease in net income (loss)
|
87,383
|
(839,339 | ) | (3,293,455 | ) | (101,057 | ) | |||||||||
Net
income (loss) based on U.S. GAAP
|
4,297,073
|
(5,530,526 | ) |
14,122,696
|
433,345
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
1.02
|
(1.27 | ) |
3.21
|
0.10
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
|
0.95
|
(1.27 | ) |
3.07
|
0.09
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per ADS (Note 32(i))
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
5.08
|
(6.35 | ) |
16.03
|
0.49
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
|
4.76
|
(6.35 | ) |
15.33
|
0.47
|
|||||||||||
Number
of weighted average shares outstanding (Note 32(i))
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
4,229,632,582
|
4,352,673,959
|
4,404,843,421
|
4,404,843,421
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
4,509,109,898
|
4,352,673,959
|
4,661,200,143
|
4,661,200,143
|
||||||||||||
Number
of ADS
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
845,926,516
|
870,534,792
|
880,968,684
|
880,968,684
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
901,821,980
|
870,534,792
|
932,240,029
|
932,240,029
|
||||||||||||
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
based on
ROC GAAP
|
51,311,759
|
46,948,249
|
66,019,899
|
2,025,772
|
||||||||||||
Adjustments:
|
||||||||||||||||
a. Pension
benefits (expenses) and additional liability
|
||||||||||||||||
Pension
benefits
(expenses)
|
(31,045 | ) | (45,793 | ) |
58,218
|
1,786
|
||||||||||
Unrecognized
pension cost on
adoption of U.S. SFAS No.158
|
-
|
-
|
(613,362 | ) | (18,820 | ) | ||||||||||
b. Marketable
securities
|
4,186
|
16,331
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
c. Bonuses
to employees, directors and supervisors
|
(244,345 | ) |
-
|
(1,656,438 | ) | (50,827 | ) | |||||||||
d. Depreciation
of buildings
|
(476,277 | ) | (478,794 | ) | (582,287 | ) | (17,867 | ) | ||||||||
e. Depreciation
on the excess of book value of building transferred between
subsidiaries
|
(14,463 | ) | (14,031 | ) | (13,599 | ) | (418 | ) | ||||||||
f. Adjustment
of carrying value of subsidiaries’ long-term investment
|
(8,619 | ) | (8,619 | ) | (8,619 | ) | (264 | ) | ||||||||
g. Effects
of U.S. GAAP adjustments on equity-method investees
|
548,855
|
649,723
|
611,004
|
18,748
|
||||||||||||
h. Impairment
loss reversal, net
|
-
|
-
|
(2,104,952 | ) | (64,589 | ) | ||||||||||
i. Stock
option compensation
|
(908,661 | ) | (908,661 | ) | (908,661 | ) | (27,882 | ) | ||||||||
k. Derivative
financial instruments
|
(337,837 | ) | (461,301 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
l. Goodwill
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortization
|
2,512,408
|
3,041,351
|
3,041,351
|
93,321
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
loss
|
(1,600,618 | ) | (1,600,618 | ) | (1,600,618 | ) | (49,114 | ) | ||||||||
m. Undistributed
earnings tax
|
-
|
-
|
(300,438 | ) | (9,219 | ) | ||||||||||
n. Impairment
loss on equity-method investments
|
(2,078,620 | ) | (2,078,620 | ) | (2,078,620 | ) | (63,780 | ) | ||||||||
Effect
of U.S. GAAP adjustments
on income tax
|
159,505
|
231,134
|
635,625
|
19,504
|
||||||||||||
Effect
on U.S. GAAP adjustments
on minority interest
|
(179,132 | ) | (331,016 | ) |
85,550
|
2,626
|
||||||||||
Net
decrease in shareholders‘
equity
|
(2,654,663 | ) | (1,988,914 | ) | (5,435,846 | ) | (166,795 | ) | ||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
based on
U.S. GAAP
|
48,657,096
|
44,959,335
|
60,584,053
|
1,858,977
|
||||||||||||
Changes
in shareholders’ equity
based on U.S. GAAP:
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
beginning of
year
|
42,093,464
|
48,657,096
|
44,959,335
|
1,379,543
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) for the
year
|
4,297,073
|
(5,530,526 | ) |
14,122,696
|
433,345
|
|||||||||||
Capital
received in
advance
|
42,759
|
156,228
|
384,428
|
11,796
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
for common shares
issued as bonuses to employees,
directors
and
supervisors
|
421,339
|
350,274
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
for stock option
compensation
|
(238,602 | ) |
976,986
|
635,041
|
19,486
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
accounting principle for adopting U.S. SFAS No. 123R.
|
-
|
-
|
(45,976 | ) | (1,411 | ) | ||||||||||
Translation
adjustment
|
(919,220 | ) |
432,132
|
258,140
|
7,921
|
|||||||||||
Adjustment
from changes in
ownership percentage of investees
|
15,332
|
18,043
|
(65,104 | ) | (1,998 | ) | ||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on financial
assets
|
-
|
-
|
486,314
|
14,922
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on
long-term investment
|
(1,781 | ) |
700
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Capital
increase through the
issuance of common stock through merger
|
5,976,496
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock from
stock option exercised by employees
|
-
|
322,334
|
464,162
|
14,242
|
||||||||||||
Cash
dividends
|
-
|
(411,221 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Elimination
of long-term
investment balance on consolidation
|
(242,792 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Purchase
of treasury
stock
|
(2,798,399 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Unrecognized
pension
cost
|
11,427
|
(12,711 | ) | (1,621 | ) | (49 | ) | |||||||||
Unrecognized
pension cost on
adoption of U.S. SFAS No.158
|
-
|
-
|
(613,362 | ) | (18,820 | ) | ||||||||||
Balance,
end of
year
|
48,657,096
|
44,959,335
|
60,584,053
|
1,858,977
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Financial
assets at fair value
through profit or loss
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
4,330,733
|
1,557,903
|
47,803
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
to fair
value
|
16,331
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
As
adjusted
|
4,347,064
|
1,557,903
|
47,803
|
|||||||||
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Long-term
investments
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
4,898,057
|
5,734,546
|
175,960
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Equity
investments
|
649,723
|
611,004
|
18,748
|
|||||||||
Impairment
loss
|
(2,078,620 | ) | (2,078,620 | ) | (63,780 | ) | ||||||
As
adjusted
|
3,469,160
|
4,266,930
|
130,928
|
|||||||||
Property,
plant and
equipment
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
68,040,771
|
73,543,754
|
2,256,636
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
of
buildings
|
(478,794 | ) | (582,287 | ) | (17,867 | ) | ||||||
Impairment
recovery,
net
|
-
|
(2,104,952 | ) | (64,589 | ) | |||||||
Depreciation
on the excess of
book value of building transferred between subsidiaries
|
(14,031 | ) | (13,599 | ) | (418 | ) | ||||||
As
adjusted
|
67,547,946
|
70,842,916
|
2,173,762
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
2,843,022
|
2,831,274
|
86,876
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
of carrying
value of subsidiaries’ long-term investments
|
(917,280 | ) | (917,280 | ) | (28,146 | ) | ||||||
Goodwill
amortization
|
3,041,351
|
3,041,351
|
93,321
|
|||||||||
Impairment
loss of
goodwill
|
(1,600,618 | ) | (1,600,618 | ) | (49,114 | ) | ||||||
As
adjusted
|
3,366,475
|
3,354,727
|
102,937
|
|||||||||
Deferred
income tax assets –
noncurrent
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
4,046,772
|
2,512,421
|
77,092
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Undistributed
earning
tax
|
-
|
(300,438 | ) | (9,219 | ) | |||||||
Effect
of U.S. GAAP adjustments
on income tax
|
231,134
|
635,625
|
19,504
|
|||||||||
As
adjusted
|
4,277,906
|
2,847,608
|
87,377
|
|||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
31,105,619
|
28,010,242
|
859,473
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Bonuses
to employees, directors
and supervisors
|
-
|
1,656,438
|
50,827
|
|||||||||
As
adjusted
|
31,105,619
|
29,666,680
|
910,300
|
|||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
||||||||||||
As
reported
|
2,307,515
|
2,505,575
|
76,882
|
|||||||||
U.S.
GAAP
adjustments
|
||||||||||||
Pension
benefits
|
45,793
|
(58,218 | ) | (1,786 | ) | |||||||
Unrecognized
pension cost on
adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 158
|
-
|
613,362
|
18,820
|
|||||||||
Derivative
financial
instruments
|
461,301
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
As
adjusted
|
2,814,609
|
3,060,719
|
93,916
|
|||||||||
|
As
a
result of the adjustments presented above, total assets under U.S.
GAAP
were NT$129,974,677 thousand and NT$133,731,062 thousand (US$4,103,438
thousand) as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Total
liabilities under U.S. GAAP were NT$76,782,338 thousand and NT$62,125,699
thousand (US$1,906,281 thousand) as of December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively. Minority interest under U.S. GAAP were
NT$8,233,004 thousand and NT$11,021,310 thousand (US$338,180 thousand)
as
of December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
In
February 2006, the FASB issued U.S. SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain
Hybrid Financial Instruments-an amendment of FASB Statements No.
133 and
140.” This Statement resolves issues addressed in Statement No. 133
Implementation Issue No. D1, “Application of Statement No. 133 to
Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.” U.S. SFAS No. 155
permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument
that
contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation,
clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are
not
subject to the requirements of Statement No. 133, establishes a
requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets
to
identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are
hybrid
financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring
bifurcation, clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the
form of
subordination are not embedded derivatives and amends Statement No.
140 to
eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special-purpose entity
from
holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial
interest other than another derivative financial
instrument. U.S. SFAS No. 155 is effective for all financial
instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity’s first
fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The fair
value election provided for in this U.S. SFAS No. 155 may also be
applied
upon adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 155 for hybrid financial instruments
that
had been bifurcated under paragraph 12 of Statement No. 133 prior
to the
adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 155. Earlier adoption is permitted as
of the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year, providing the entity has not
yet issued financial statements for any interim period for that fiscal
year. The Company does not expect the adoption of U.S. SFAS No.
155 to impact the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
|
|
In
March 2006, the FASB issued U.S. SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing
of Financial Assets” (U.S. SFAS No. 156), which (i) provides revised
guidance on when a servicing asset and servicing liability should
be
recognized, (ii) requires all separately recognized servicing assets
and
liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable,
and
(iii) permits an entity to elect to measure servicing assets and
liabilities at fair value each reporting date and report changes
in fair
value in earnings in the period in which the changes occur. The Company
believes that there is no impact on the results of operations and
financial position of the Company after adopting U.S. SFAS No.
156.
|
|
In
September 2006, the FASB issued U.S. SFAS No.157, “Fair Value
Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and
expands disclosures about fair value measurements. U.S. SFAS
No. 157 does not require any new fair value measurements, but brings
up guidance on how to measure fair value by providing a fair value
hierarchy used to classify the source of the information. This statement
is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2008. The Company
is
currently assessing the potential impact that the adoption of U.S.
SFAS
No.157 will have on the results of operations and financial position
of
the Company, and is not yet in a position to determine such
effects.
|
|
In
September 2006, the FASB issued U.S. SFAS No. 158,
“Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans—An Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106,
and 132R” (U.S. SFAS No. 158). Provisions with respect to the
recognition of an asset and liability related to the funded status
and the
changes in the funded status be reflected in comprehensive income
are
effective for fiscal years ended after December 15, 2006 and the
change in measurement date provisions is effective for fiscal years
ended
after December 15, 2008. U.S. SFAS No. 158 also requires the
measurement date of the plan’s funded status be the same as the Company’s
fiscal year-end. The Company adopted all requirements of U.S. SFAS
No. 158 its fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Upon the
adoption of U.S. SFAS No. 158, the Company recognized a decrease
to
accumulated other comprehensive income of NT$460,022 thousand (net
of tax
effect) as of December 31, 2006.
|
|
In
July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No.48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for
uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing the recognition threshold
a tax
position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial
statements. It also provides guidance on derecognition, classification,
interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure,
and
transition. FIN48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December15, 2006 and is required to be adopted by the Company in
fiscal
year 2007. The cumulative effects, if any, of applying FIN 48 will be
recorded as an adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning
of the
period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the effect
that
the adoption of FIN 48 will have on the results of operations and
financial position of the Company and is not yet in a position to
determine such effects.
|
|
In
September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No.108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year
Misstatements when Quantifying Current Year Misstatements”. SAB
No. 108 requires analysis of misstatements using both an income
statement (rollover) approach and a balance sheet (iron curtain)
approach
in assessing materiality and provides for a one-time cumulative effect
transition adjustment. SAB No. 108 is effective for the Company’s
fiscal year 2006 annual financial statements. The Company believes
that
there is no impact on the results of operations and financial position
of
the Company after adopting SAB No.
108.
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Components
of net periodic
benefit cost
|
||||||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
455,913
|
488,303
|
267,351
|
8,204
|
||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
88,087
|
98,268
|
89,761
|
2,754
|
||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan
assets
|
(25,961 | ) | (33,862 | ) | (34,777 | ) | (1,067 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of prior service
cost
|
13,670
|
16,187
|
7,697
|
236
|
||||||||||||
Curtailment
loss on
pension
|
-
|
18,036
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Net
periodic benefit
cost
|
531,709
|
586,932
|
330,032
|
10,127
|
||||||||||||
Changes
in benefit
obligation
|
||||||||||||||||
Benefit
obligation at beginning
of year
|
1,985,971
|
3,797,207
|
4,006,601
|
122,940
|
||||||||||||
Benefit
obligation from
acquisition from ASE Japan
|
1,133,061
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
455,913
|
488,303
|
376,027
|
11,538
|
||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
88,087
|
98,268
|
88,341
|
2,711
|
||||||||||||
Initial
adoption of U.S.
SFAS No. 158
|
-
|
-
|
31,691
|
972
|
||||||||||||
Curtailment
of settlement
gain
|
-
|
-
|
(29,327 | ) | (900 | ) | ||||||||||
Actuarial
loss
(gain)
|
142,752
|
(212,871 | ) |
250,851
|
7,697
|
|||||||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(52,649 | ) | (20,065 | ) | (285,063 | ) | (8,747 | ) | ||||||||
Exchange
loss
(gain)
|
44,072
|
(144,241 | ) |
35,841
|
1,100
|
|||||||||||
Benefit
obligation at end of
year
|
3,797,207
|
4,006,601
|
4,474,962
|
137,311
|
||||||||||||
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Change
in plan
assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of plan assets at
beginning
of year
|
619,358
|
1,051,460
|
1,421,105
|
43,606
|
||||||||||||
Acquire
from ASE -
Japan
|
299,142
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Actual
return on plan
assets
|
20,428
|
96,113
|
51,438
|
1,578
|
||||||||||||
Employer
contribution
|
138,320
|
350,226
|
223,136
|
6,847
|
||||||||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(25,788 | ) | (76,694 | ) | (38,547 | ) | (1,183 | ) | ||||||||
1,051,460
|
1,421,105
|
1,657,132
|
50,848
|
|||||||||||||
Funded
status
|
2,745,747
|
2,585,496
|
2,817,830
|
86,463
|
||||||||||||
Unrecognized
net transition
obligation
|
-
|
(6,803 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Unrecognized
prior service
cost
|
-
|
(276 | ) |
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Unrecognized
actuarial gain
(loss)
|
(597,363 | ) | (303,348 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Additional
pension
cost
|
8,867
|
12,259
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Net
amount recognized (recognized
as accrued
pension cost)
|
2,157,251
|
2,287,328
|
2,817,830
|
86,463
|
|
Actuarial
assumptions:
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
Discount
rate
|
2.50%
to 4.50 %
|
2.50%
to 4.40 %
|
2.25%
to 4.40 %
|
Rate
of compensation
increase
|
3.00%
to 5.00 %
|
2.50%
to 5.00 %
|
2.50%
to 5.00 %
|
Expected
return on plan
assets
|
2.50%
to 3.25 %
|
2.50%
to 2.75 %
|
2.50%
to 2.75 %
|
|
The
Company has no other post-retirement or post-employment benefit
plans.
|
|
At
December 31, 2005 and 2006, marketable securities by category are
as
follows. Certain investments as of December 31, 2005 carried at the
lower
of cost or market value under ROC GAAP were adjusted to fair market
value
as required under U.S. SFAS No.
115.
|
December
31
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carrying
Value |
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
|
CarryingValue
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Trading
- Beneficiary Certificate of funds
|
4,324,950
|
4,325,568
|
618
|
1,546,450
|
47,452
|
1,546,450
|
47,452
|
8,420
|
258
|
||||||||||||||||||
Available
for sale
- Publicly-trading stocks
|
27,973
|
43,686
|
15,713
|
117,421
|
3,603
|
117,421
|
3,603
|
42,728
|
1,311
|
||||||||||||||||||
4,352,923
|
4,369,254
|
16,331
|
1,663,871
|
51,055
|
1,663,871
|
51,055
|
51,148
|
1,569
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Tax
expense
(benefit)
|
134,811
|
(1,095,366 | ) |
2,842,198
|
87,211
|
|||||||||||
Net
change in deferred income tax
assets
(liabilities) for the period
|
(1,769,763 | ) | (552,939 | ) | (36,740 | ) | (1,128 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
carry
forward
|
-
|
1,370,960
|
(1,246,641 | ) | (38,252 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
tax on undistributed
earnings
|
86,968
|
173,834
|
300,438
|
9,219
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
of prior years’ income
taxes
|
42,590
|
(86,774 | ) |
121,479
|
3,727
|
|||||||||||
Income
tax expense
(benefit)
|
(1,505,394 | ) | (190,285 | ) |
1,980,734
|
60,777
|
|
A
reconciliation between the income tax calculated on pre-tax financial
statement income based on the statutory tax rate and the income tax
expense (benefit) which conforms to U.S. GAAP is as
follows:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Tax
(benefit) based on pre-tax
accounting
income (loss) at statutory
rate
|
1,391,754
|
(1,398,039 | ) |
5,107,933
|
156,733
|
|||||||||||
Add
(less) tax effects
of:
|
||||||||||||||||
Permanent
differences
|
||||||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
income
|
||||||||||||||||
Tax
holiday
|
(642,285 | ) |
-
|
(778,834 | ) | (23,898 | ) | |||||||||
Gain
from sale of
securities
|
(9,527 | ) | (8,829 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Investment
gain
|
(202,290 | ) | (53,909 | ) | (69,234 | ) | (2,124 | ) | ||||||||
Bonus
to employee and
directors
|
92,602
|
292,043
|
572,870
|
17,578
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
(22,094 | ) |
59,916
|
(114,765 | ) | (3,521 | ) | |||||||||
Credits
for investments and
research
and development
|
(1,081,023 | ) | (292,195 | ) | (1,697,397 | ) | (52,083 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
carry
forward
|
-
|
1,370,960
|
(1,246,641 | ) | (38,252 | ) | ||||||||||
Deferred
|
(1,162,089 | ) | (247,292 | ) | (215,115 | ) | (6,602 | ) | ||||||||
Income
taxes (10%) on
undistributed earnings
|
86,968
|
173,834
|
300,438
|
9,219
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
of prior year’s income
tax
|
42,590
|
(86,774 | ) |
121,479
|
3,727
|
|||||||||||
Income
tax expense
(benefit)
|
(1,505,394 | ) | (190,285 | ) |
1,980,734
|
60,777
|
|
The
abovementioned taxes on pretax accounting income (loss) at the statutory
rates for domestic and foreign entities are shown
below:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Domestic
entities in ROC (25%
statutory
rate)
|
1,287,255
|
(1,617,173 | ) |
4,720,781
|
144,853
|
|||||||||||
Foreign
entities
|
||||||||||||||||
ASE
Japan (40% statutory
rate)
|
101,429
|
182,148
|
182,372
|
5,596
|
||||||||||||
ASE
Test Malaysia (28%
statutory rate)
|
57,605
|
(1,210 | ) |
118,422
|
3,634
|
|||||||||||
Others
|
(54,535 | ) |
38,196
|
86,358
|
2,650
|
|||||||||||
1,391,754
|
(1,398,039 | ) |
5,107,933
|
156,733
|
|
Deferred
income tax assets and
liabilities as of December 31, 2005
and 2006
are summarized as
follows:
|
December
31
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||
Current
deferred income tax
assets
|
||||||||||||
Unused
tax
credits
|
1,339,206
|
2,405,057
|
73,797
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
carryforwards
|
1,257,792
|
6,904
|
212
|
|||||||||
Other
|
183,066
|
419,766
|
12,880
|
|||||||||
2,780,064
|
2,831,727
|
86,889
|
||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,164,368 | ) | (23,543 | ) | (722 | ) | ||||||
1,615,696
|
2,808,184
|
86,167
|
||||||||||
Non-current
deferred income tax
assets (liabilities)
|
||||||||||||
Unused
tax credits
|
4,962,603
|
2,927,041
|
89,814
|
|||||||||
Accrued
pension costs
|
531,545
|
261,000
|
8,009
|
|||||||||
Loss
carryforwards
|
305,401
|
267,157
|
8,198
|
|||||||||
Reinvestment
allowance
|
-
|
204,833
|
6,285
|
|||||||||
Investment
income
|
(144,000 | ) | (144,000 | ) | (4,419 | ) | ||||||
Others
|
573,357
|
402,671
|
12,356
|
|||||||||
6,228,906
|
3,918,702
|
120,243
|
||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,951,000 | ) | (1,071,094 | ) | (32,866 | ) | ||||||
4,277,906
|
2,847,608
|
87,377
|
||||||||||
Non-current
deferred income tax
liabilities
|
-
|
(25,888 | ) | (794 | ) |
|
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions
of U.S. SFAS No. 123R, using the modified prospective transition
method
and therefore has not restated results for prior periods. Under
this transition method, stock-based compensation expense for the
year
ended December 31, 2006 included stock-based compensation expense
for all
share-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as
of
January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in
accordance with the original provision of U.S. SFAS No. 123. In
addition, the stock-based compensation expense also includes intrinsic
value of certain outstanding share-based awards for which it was
not
possible to reasonable estimate their grant-date fair value under
the
requirement of U.S. SFAS No. 123. Stock-based compensation
expense for all share-based payment awards granted after January
1, 2006
is based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with
the
provision of U.S. SFAS
|
|
ASE
Inc. Option Plan
|
|
Information
regarding the Company’s employee stock option plans is provided in Note
19.
|
|
ASE
Test has three stock option plans, the 1999 Option Plan, the 2000
Option
Plan and the 2004 Option Plan. Up to 2,000,000 shares,
12,000,000, and 2,500,000 shares have been reserved for issuance
under the
1999, 2000 and 2004 option plans,
respectively.
|
|
The
1999, 2000 and 2004 Option Plans granted the following stock options
to
purchase ASE Test’s shares which vest ratably over a period of five years
from the date of grant until the expiration of options, to directors,
officers and key employees. If any granted shares are
forfeited, the shares may be granted again, to the extent of any
such
forfeiture.
|
|
The
exercise price under each of the aforementioned stock option plans
was
equal to the stock’s market price on the date of grant. Options
granted under the 1999, 2000 and 2004 Option Plans expire 5 or 10
years
after grant.
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Average
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Price
|
Grant
Date
|
Value
(In
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Fair
Values
|
thousand)
|
|||||||||||||
Beginning
outstanding balance -
January 1, 2004
|
13,301,418
|
$ |
11.80
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Option
granted
|
260,000
|
6.18
|
$ |
6.18
|
||||||||||||
Option
exercised
|
(512,815 | ) |
8.90
|
|||||||||||||
Option
forfeited
|
(417,815 | ) |
11.82
|
|||||||||||||
Option
expired
|
(1,753,340 | ) |
20.00
|
|||||||||||||
Ending
outstanding balance -
December 31, 2004
|
10,877,448
|
10.48
|
||||||||||||||
Option
granted
|
32,500
|
6.50
|
$ |
6.50
|
||||||||||||
Option
exercised
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Option
forfeited
|
(358,884 | ) |
10.97
|
|||||||||||||
Option
expired
|
(60,000 | ) |
25.00
|
|||||||||||||
Ending
outstanding balance -
December 31, 2005
|
10,491,064
|
10.37
|
||||||||||||||
Option
granted
|
130,000
|
9.60
|
$ |
9.60
|
||||||||||||
Option
exercised
|
(79,201 | ) |
8.56
|
|||||||||||||
Option
forfeited
|
(216,825 | ) |
11.60
|
|||||||||||||
Option
expired
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Ending
outstanding balance -
December 31, 2006
|
10,325,038
|
10.34
|
$ |
16,660
|
||||||||||||
Ending
exercisable balance -
December 31, 2006
|
9,025,838
|
10.18
|
$ |
15,479
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006, the number of options that are expected to
vest was
1,278,131.
|
|
Total
intrinsic value of options exercised in the years ended December
31, 2004
and 2006 was US$2,144 thousand and US$76 thousand,
respectively.
|
|
Options
outstanding on December 31, 2006, the related weighted average exercise
price and remaining contractual life information are as follows (in
U.S.
dollars):
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Remaining
|
Average
|
Remaining
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Life
(Years)
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Life
(Years)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Options
with exercise price
of:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
$20-$25
|
596,900
|
$ |
22.35
|
2.93
|
596,900
|
$ |
22.35
|
2.94
|
||||||||||||||||
$11.5-$12.95
|
2,139,450
|
12.81
|
6.48
|
1,176,450
|
12.70
|
6.69
|
||||||||||||||||||
$5.5-$9.79
|
7,588,688
|
8.70
|
4.34
|
7,252,488
|
8.77
|
4.17
|
||||||||||||||||||
10,325,038
|
4.47
|
9,025,838
|
4.39
|
|
The
Company has used the fair value based method (based on the Black-Sholes
model) to evaluate the options granted with the following
assumptions:
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||
Risk-free
interest
rate
|
3.50-3.88%
|
3.88%
|
4.88%
|
||||||
Expected
life
|
5
years
|
5
years
|
3-5
years
|
||||||
Expected
volatility
|
78.28%
|
59.06%
|
59.95%-62.03%
|
||||||
Expected
dividend
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
|
For
purposes of pro forma
disclosure, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized
to
expense over the option rights vesting periods. Had
the Company
and
ASE Test recorded
compensation costs based on the estimated grant date fair value, as defined
by U.S.
SFAS No. 123, the
Company’s
net income (loss) under U.S.
GAAP would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts
below.
|
Year
Ended December 31
|
||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
|||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
|||||||
Net
income (loss) based on U.S.
GAAP
|
4,297,073
|
(5,530,526 | ) | |||||
Stock
- based compensation
expense (net of tax)
|
(375,135 | ) | (424,746 | ) | ||||
Pro
forma net income (loss) based
on U.S. GAAP
|
3,921,938
|
(5,955,272 | ) | |||||
Report
EPS
|
||||||||
Basic
|
1.02
|
(1.27 | ) | |||||
Diluted
|
0.95
|
(1.27 | ) | |||||
Pro
forma EPS
|
||||||||
Basic
|
0.93
|
(1.37 | ) | |||||
Diluted
|
0.87
|
(1.37 | ) | |||||
Reported
EPS per
ADS
|
||||||||
Basic
|
5.08
|
(6.35 | ) | |||||
Diluted
|
4.76
|
(6.35 | ) | |||||
Pro
forma EPS per
ADS
|
||||||||
Basic
|
4.64
|
(6.84 | ) | |||||
Diluted
|
4.35
|
(6.84 | ) |
|
The
pro forma amounts reflect
compensation expense related to the Company’s
2004 option plan and ASE
Test’s 1999,
2000 and 2004
option plans granted and vested
only. In future years, the annual compensation expense may
increase relative to
the fair value of the options granted and vested in those future
years.
|
|
f.
|
In
accordance with U.S. SFAS No. 130 “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, the
statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December
31,
2004, 2005 and 2006 are presented
below:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) based on U.S.
GAAP
|
4,297,073
|
(5,530,526 | ) |
14,122,696
|
433,345
|
|||||||||||
Translation
adjustments on
subsidiaries,
net of income tax benefit (expense) of NT$229,805 thousand,NT$108,033
thousand NT$64,535
thousand in 2004, 2005
and 2006, respectively
|
(689,415 | ) |
324,099
|
193,605
|
5,941
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on financial assets
|
-
|
-
|
486,314
|
14,922
|
||||||||||||
Unrecognized
pension cost
|
11,427
|
(12,711 | ) | (1,621 | ) | (49 | ) | |||||||||
Comprehensive
income
(loss)
|
3,619,085
|
(5,219,138 | ) |
14,800,994
|
454,159
|
|
The
Company applies ROC SFAS No. 17, “Statement of Cash Flows”. Its objectives
and principles are similar to those set out in the U.S. SFAS No.
95,
“Statement of Cash Flows”. Summarized cash flow data by
operating, investing and financing activities in accordance with
U.S. SFAS
No. 95 are as follows:
|
Year
Ended December
31
|
||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
flows
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating
activities
|
19,138,910
|
18,675,367
|
37,280,483
|
1,143,924
|
||||||||||||
Net
cash used in investing
activities
|
(31,048,930 | ) | (11,631,958 | ) | (22,104,508 | ) | (678,260 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing
activities
|
9,231,912
|
(16,056 | ) | (12,551,518 | ) | (385,134 | ) | |||||||||
Net
decrease in
cash
|
(2,678,108 | ) |
7,027,353
|
2,624,457
|
80,530
|
|||||||||||
Cash,
beginning of
year
|
8,562,425
|
5,975,103
|
13,263,788
|
406,990
|
||||||||||||
Effect
of first inclusion for
consolidation
of the subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
4,564
|
140
|
||||||||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes
in cash
|
90,786
|
261,332
|
(162,734 | ) | (4,994 | ) | ||||||||||
Cash,
end of
year
|
5,975,103
|
13,263,788
|
15,730,075
|
482,666
|
|
The
significant reclassifications for U.S. GAAP cash flow statements
pertain
to the compensation to directors and supervisors and bonuses to employees
shown in the operating activity under U.S. GAAP as opposed to financing
activities under ROC GAAP.
|
|
On
January 1, 2002, the Company adopted U.S. SFAS No. 142, which requires
that goodwill no longer be amortized, and instead, be tested for
impairment on a periodic basis. In conjunction with the
implementation of U.S. SFAS No. 142, the Company completed a goodwill
impairment review as of January 1, 2002 using a fair-value based
approach
in accordance with the provision of the standard and found no
impairment.
|
|
The
Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test at December
31, 2002
and determined that it had impairment of NT$2,213,045 thousand relating
to
the remaining goodwill associated with its acquisition of ASE
Test. The Company also completed its annual goodwill impairment
test on December 31, 2004 and determined impairment of NT$1,337,670 thousand
of
the remaining
goodwill associated with its acquisition of ISE Labs. As of
December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company had goodwill of NT$3,366,475
thousand and NT$3,354,727 thousand (US$102,937 thousand) primarily
from
the reporting units of the testing operations,
respectively.
|
|
Changes
in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31,
2005
and 2006, by reportable segment, are as
follows:
|
Packaging
|
Testing
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December
31, 2004
|
844,940
|
1,974,375
|
511,571
|
3,330,886
|
101,551
|
|||||||||||||||
Translation
adjustment
|
(1,031 | ) |
36,155
|
465
|
35,589
|
1,085
|
||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December
31, 2005
|
843,909
|
2,010,530
|
512,036
|
3,366,475
|
102,636
|
|||||||||||||||
Translation
adjustment
|
(737 | ) | (10,883 | ) | (128 | ) | (11,748 | ) |
301
|
|||||||||||
Balance
as of December
31, 2006
|
843,172
|
1,999,647
|
511,908
|
3,354,727
|
102,937
|
|
U.S.
SFAS No. 128 requires the presentation of basic and diluted earnings
per
share. Basic net income per share is computed based on the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net income per share includes the effect of
diluted equivalent common shares (stock options issued during the
period
using the treasury stock method).
|
|
The
following table represents the computation of basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share for each of the years ended at December
31:
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
NT$
|
NT$
|
NT$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
(loss)
|
4,297,073
|
(5,530,526 | ) |
14,122,696
|
433,345
|
|||||||||||
Effect
of ASE Test’s
stock option plans
|
-
|
-
|
(1,663 | ) | (51 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest,
net of tax, paid on
convertible
bonds
|
163,549
|
-
|
168,993
|
5,185
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
(loss)
|
4,460,622
|
(5,530,526 | ) |
14,290,026
|
438,479
|
|||||||||||
Weighted
average shares
outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
4,229,632,582
|
4,352,673,959
|
4,404,843,421
|
4,404,843,421
|
||||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive
securities
|
279,477,316
|
-
|
256,356,722
|
256,356,722
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
4,509,109,898
|
4,352,673,959
|
4,661,200,143
|
4,661,200,143
|
|
Diluted
earnings per share exclude
227,341
thousand options
and
convertible bonds for
the year ended December 31, 2005 as a result of net loss, and
they could be dilutive in the
future. In 2004 and
2006, no options or
convertible bonds were excluded from the calculation of diluted
EPS.
|
|
The
denominator
used for
purposes of calculating earnings (loss) per ADS was the above-mentioned
weighted average outstanding shares divided by five (one ADS represents
five common shares). The numerator was the same as mentioned in
the above EPS calculation.
|