Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2013

 

 

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, Republic of Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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

Form 20-F  x            Form 40-F  ¨

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

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

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ¨            No  x

 

 

 


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QUARTERLY REPORT

(From January 1, 2013 to September 30, 2013)

THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT ORIGINALLY PREPARED IN KOREAN AND IS IN SUCH FORM AS REQUIRED BY THE KOREAN FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION.

IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS, SOME PARTS OF THE REPORT WERE REFORMATTED, REARRANGED OR SUMMARIZED AND CERTAIN NUMBERS WERE ROUNDED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READERS. REFERENCES TO “Q1”, “Q2” AND “Q3” OF A FISCAL YEAR ARE REFERENCES TO THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, JUNE 30 AND SEPTEMBER 30, RESPECTIVELY, OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR. REFERENCES TO “Q1~Q3” OF A FISCAL YEAR ARE REFERENCES TO THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30 OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR.

UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PRESENTED ON A CONSOLIDATED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH KOREAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS, OR K-IFRS, WHICH DIFFER IN CERTAIN RESPECTS FROM GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. K-IFRS ALSO DIFFERS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AS ISSUED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. WE HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY OR QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF THESE DIFFERENCES IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Contents

 

1.   Company      4   
  A.  

Name and contact information

     4   
  B.  

Domestic credit rating

     4   
  C.  

Capitalization

     5   
  D.  

Voting rights

     6   
  E.  

Dividends

     6   
2.   Business      7   
  A.  

Business overview

     7   
  B.  

Industry

     7   
  C.  

New businesses

     9   
3.   Major Products and Raw Materials      10   
  A.  

Major products

     10   
  B.  

Average selling price trend of major products

     11   
  C.  

Major raw materials

     11   
4.   Production and Equipment      11   
  A.  

Production capacity and output

     11   
  B.  

Production performance and utilization ratio

     12   
  C.  

Investment plan

     12   
5.   Sales      12   
  A.  

Sales performance

     12   
  B.  

Sales route and sales method

     13   
6.   Market Risks and Risk Management      14   
  A.  

Market risks

     14   
  B.  

Risk management

     14   
7.   Derivative Contracts      14   
  A.  

Currency risks

     14   
  B.  

Interest rate risks

     15   

 

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8.   Major Contracts      15   
9.   Research & Development      15   
  A.  

Summary of R&D-related expenditures

     15   
  B.  

R&D achievements

     16   
10.   Intellectual Property      22   
11.   Environmental Matters      22   
12.   Financial Information      25   
  A.  

Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS)

     25   
  B.  

Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS)

     27   
  C.  

Consolidated subsidiaries

     29   
  D.  

Status of equity investment

     29   
13.   Audit Information      30   
  A.  

Audit service

     30   
  B.  

Non-audit service

     30   
14.   Board of Directors      30   
  A.  

Members of the board of directors

     30   
  B.  

Committees of the board of directors

     31   
  C.  

Independence of directors

     31   
15.   Information Regarding Shares      31   
  A.  

Total number of shares

     31   
  B.  

Shareholder list

     32   
16.   Directors and Employees      32   
  A.  

Directors

     32   
  B.  

Employees

     33   

Attachment: 1. Financial Statements in accordance with K-IFRS

 

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1. Company

 

  A. Name and contact information

The name of our company is “EL-GI DISPLAY CHUSIK HOESA,” which shall be “LG Display Co., Ltd.” in English.

Our principal executive office is located at LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, Republic of Korea, and our telephone number is +82-2-3777-1010. Our website address is http://www.lgdisplay.com.

 

  B. Domestic credit rating

 

Subject
instruments

  

Month of rating

   Credit
rating
  

Rating agency

(Rating range)

Commercial

Paper

 

 

   January 2006    A1   

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

(A1 ~ D)

   June 2006      
   December 2006      
   June 2007      
   December 2007      
   September 2008      
   December 2008          
   June 2006    A1   

Korea Investors Service, Inc.

(A1 ~ D)

   January 2007      
   June 2007      
   December 2007      
   September 2008      

Corporate

Debenture

   June 2006    AA-   

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

(AAA ~ D)

   December 2006      
   June 2007    A+   
   September 2008        
   July 2009    AA-   
   October 2009    AA-   
   February 2010      
   May 2010      
   December 2010      
   August 2011      
   June 2012      
   October 2012      
  

March 2013

 

     

 

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   June 2013          
   June 2006    AA-   
   January 2007      
   June 2007    A+   
   September 2008        
   July 2009   

AA-

  

Korea Investors Service, Inc.

(AAA ~ D)

   December 2009      
   February 2010      
   May 2010      
   August 2010      
   February 2011      
   April 2011      
   August 2011      
   October 2011      
   June 2012      
   October 2012      
   June 2013        
  

 

October 2009

  

AA-

  

Korea Ratings Corporation

(AAA ~ D)

   December 2009      
   August 2010      
   December 2010      
   February 2011      
   April 2011      
  

July 2011

     
   October 2011      
   June 2012      
   March 2013      
     June 2013      

 

  C. Capitalization

 

  (1) Change in capital stock (as of September 30, 2013)

There were no changes to our issued capital stock during the nine-month reporting period ended September 30, 2013.

 

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  (2) Convertible bonds

Not applicable.

 

  D. Voting rights (as of September 30, 2013)

(Unit: share)

 

Description

   Number of shares  

A. Total number of shares issued:

   Common shares      357,815,700   
   Preferred shares      —     

B. Shares without voting rights:

   Common shares      —     
   Preferred shares      —     

C. Shares subject to restrictions on voting rights pursuant to our

   Common shares      —     

articles of incorporation:

   Preferred shares      —     

D. Shares subject to restrictions on voting rights pursuant to regulations:

   Common shares      —     
   Preferred shares      —     

E. Shares with restored voting rights:

   Common shares      —     
   Preferred shares      —     

Total number of issued shares with voting rights (=A – B – C – D + E):

   Common shares      357,815,700   
   Preferred shares      —     

 

  E. Dividends

Dividends for the three most recent fiscal years

 

Description (unit)

   2012      2011     2010  

Par value (Won)

     5,000         5,000        5,000   

Profit (loss) for the period (million Won) (1)

     28,549         (991,032     1,002,648   

Earnings per share (Won) (2)

     80         (2,770     2,802   

Total cash dividend amount for the period (million Won)

     —           —          178,908   

Total stock dividend amount for the period (million Won)

     —           —          —     

Cash dividend payout ratio (%)

     —           —          17.8   

Cash dividend yield (%) (3)

     —           —          1.3   

Stock dividend yield (%)

     —           —          —     

Cash dividend per share (Won)

     —           —          500   

Stock dividend per share (share)

     —           —          —     

 

(1) Profit (loss) for the period based on separate K-IFRS.
(2) Earnings per share is based on par value of ₩5,000 per share and is calculated by dividing net income by weighted average number of common stock.

 

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(3) Cash dividend yield is the percentage that is derived by dividing cash dividend by the arithmetic average of the daily closing prices of our common stock during the one-week period ending two trading days prior to the closing of the register of shareholders for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to receive annual dividends.

 

2. Business

 

  A. Business overview

We were incorporated in February 1985 under the laws of the Republic of Korea. LG Electronics and LG Semicon transferred their respective LCD business to us in 1998, and since then, our business has been focused on the research, development, manufacture and sale of display panels, applying technologies such as TFT-LCD and OLED.

As of September 30, 2013, we operated TFT-LCD and OLED production facilities and a research center in Paju, Korea and TFT-LCD production facilities in Gumi, Korea. We have also established subsidiaries in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

As of September 30, 2013, our business consisted of the manufacture and sale of display and display related products utilizing TFT-LCD, OLED and other technologies under a single reporting business segment.

2013 Q1~Q3 consolidated operating results highlights

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

2013 Q1~Q3

   Display business  

Sales Revenue

     19,954   

Gross Profit

     2,657   

Operating Profit (Loss)

     906   

 

  B. Industry

 

  (1) Industry characteristics and growth potential

 

   

TFT-LCD display panels are one of the most widely used type of display panels in flat panel display products, and the entry barriers to manufacture TFT-LCD display panels are relatively high due to the technology and capital intensive nature of the mass manufacturing process that is required to achieve economies of scale, among other factors.

 

   

While growth in the market for displays used in notebook computer, monitor and other traditional IT products has stagnated or declined, the market for displays used in tablet and smartphone products in the rapidly evolving IT environment has been growing very quickly. The display market for televisions has shown steady growth mainly due to growing demand from developing countries as well as from consumers in general for larger sized display panels. As for displays used in industrial, automobile and other value added products, we expect to see growth in these markets.

 

  (2) Cyclicality

 

   

The TFT-LCD business is highly cyclical and sensitive to fluctuations in the general economy. The industry experiences periodic volatility caused by imbalances between supply and demand due to capacity expansion and changing production utilization rates within the industry.

 

   

Macroeconomic factors and other causes of business cycles can affect the rate of growth in demand for display panels. Accordingly, if supply exceeds demand, average selling prices of display panels may decrease. Conversely, if growth in demand outpaces growth in supply, average selling prices may increase.

 

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  (3) Market conditions

 

   

Since 2011, due to a slowdown in growth in the TFT-LCD industry, TFT-LCD panel makers have slowed their respective rates of production capacity growth, while a number of them are pursuing other strategic alternatives such as mergers or formation of new alliances.

 

   

Most TFT-LCD panel makers are located in Asia.

a. Korea: LG Display, Samsung Display, Hydis Technologies, etc.

b. Taiwan: AU Optronics, Innolux, CPT, HannStar, etc.

c. Japan: Japan Display, Sharp, Panasonic LCD, etc.

d. China: BOE, CSOT, etc.

 

  (4) Market shares

 

   

Our worldwide market share of large-sized TFT-LCD panels (i.e., TFT-LCD panels that are 9 inches or larger) based on revenue is as follows:

 

     2013 Q1~Q3 (1)    2012(2)    2011 (3)

Panels for Notebook Computers (4)

   37.8%    34.5%    34.9%

Panels for Monitors

   35.3%    32.3%    28.3%

Panels for Televisions (5)

   23.4%    25.2%    24.7%

Total

   28.1%    28.4%    27.3%

 

(1) Source: 2013 Q3 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report.
(2) Source: 2012 Q4 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report.
(3) Source: 2011 Q4 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report (advanced version with LED backlight).
(4) Includes panels for netbooks and tablets.
(5) Includes panels for public displays.

 

  (5) Competitiveness

 

   

Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside our control, including product pricing, our relationship with customers, successful and timely investment and product development, cost competitiveness, success in marketing to our end-brand customers, component and raw material supply costs, foreign exchange rates and general economic and industry conditions.

 

   

In order to compete effectively, it is critical to be cost competitive and maintain stable and long-term relationships with customers which will enable us to be profitable even in a buyer’s market.

 

   

A substantial portion of our sales is attributable to a limited number of end-brand customers and their designated system integrators. The loss of these end-brand customers, as a result of customers entering into strategic supplier arrangements with our competitors or otherwise, would result in reduced sales.

 

   

Developing new products and technologies that can be differentiated from those of our competitors is critical to the success of our business. It is important that we take active measures to protect our intellectual property internationally by obtaining patents and undertaking monitoring activities in our major markets. It is also necessary to recruit and retain experienced key managerial personnel and skilled line operators.

 

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As a leading technology innovator in the display industry, we continue to focus on delivering differentiated value to our customers by developing new technologies and products, including in the categories of three-dimensional (“3D”), touch screens and next generation displays. With respect to 3D technology, we have commenced mass production of high definition 3D panels with reduced degrees of “crosstalk,” or the degree of 3D image overlapping, of less than 1% (which is less than what the human eye can perceive). We have also acquired the technical skills and have established a supply chain management system that enables us to provide one-stop solutions to our customers with respect to touch module products. In addition, we have shown that we are technologically a step ahead of the competition by developing products such as 10.1-inch flexible LCDs, 2.6 mm thin televisions (the thinnest in the world at the time) and 19-inch flexible e-papers. With respect to OLED display technology, in January 2013, we were the first to supply a 55-inch OLED 3D television display panel to customers, which was also the largest at the time.

 

   

Moreover, we entered into long-term sales contracts with major global firms to secure customers and expand partnerships for technology development.

 

  C. New businesses

 

   

In order to meet the rapidly increasing market demand for large TFT-LCD panels, we commenced mass production at P83, an eighth generation fabrication line located in our P8 facility, and P9, a new eighth generation production facility, in March 2011 and June 2012, respectively.

 

   

We also plan to strengthen our market position in future display technologies by strengthening our OLED business, accelerating the development of flexible display technologies and maintaining our leadership position in the LED backlight LCD market.

 

   

We are making an effort to increase our competitiveness, including in the LCD component parts market, by forming cooperative relationships with suppliers and purchasers of our products. As part of this effort, in March 2005, we established a joint venture company, Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd., with Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. We invested ₩14.4 billion in return for a 40% interest in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. In November 2010 and April 2011, we invested an additional ₩14.8 billion and ₩4.4 billion, respectively, in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. but the additional investments did not change our percentage interest in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

 

   

As part of our strategy to expand our production capacity overseas, we signed an investment agreement and a joint venture agreement in November 2009 with the City of Guangzhou, China, to build an eighth-generation panel fabrication facility in China and held a groundbreaking ceremony in May 2012. In December 2012, we established a joint venture company, LG Display (China) Co., Ltd., with Guangzhou GET Technologies Development Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen SKYWORTH-RGB Electronics Co., Ltd. to manufacture and sell eighth-generation panels. We made an initial investment of US$28 million and acquired a 70% equity interest in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. In March, September and October 2013, we made additional investments of US$112 million, US$60 million and US$140 million, respectively, but the additional investments did not change our percentage interest in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

 

   

In December 2009, we acquired a 30.6% limited partnership interest in LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16. Under the limited partnership agreement, we agreed to invest a total amount of ₩30 billion in the fund, and as of December 31, 2010, we had invested ₩8.3 billion in the fund. By becoming a limited partner of this fund, our aim is to seek direct investment opportunities as well as to receive benefits from the investment. In February 2011, we received a distribution of ₩1.4 billion from the fund, and in March and April 2011, we invested an additional ₩1.9 billion and ₩3.1 billion, respectively, in the fund. In June 2011, we received a further distribution of ₩0.7 billion as return of principal and ₩0.9 billion as dividends and we invested an additional ₩1.2 billion in the fund. In December 2011, we invested an additional ₩2.0 billion in the fund. In April, July and September 2012, we received distributions of ₩1.0 billion, ₩0.8 billion and ₩1.8 billion from the fund, respectively. In each of September, November and December 2012, we invested an additional ₩1.5 billion in the fund. In March and May 2013, we received distributions of ₩1.1 billion and ₩0.3 billion from the fund, respectively, and in each of June and September 2013, we invested an additional ₩1.5 billion in the fund. The additional investments did not change our investment commitment amount of ₩30 billion or our limited partnership interest in the fund, which remained at 30.6%.

 

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In November 2010, in order to build Backlight-Module-System (BMS) lines that would help differentiate our technical skills from those of our competitors and increase our cost competitiveness, we entered into a joint venture with Compal Electronics, Inc., a Taiwanese company, and established LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd. in Kunshan, China. We invested US$2.3 million and acquired a 51% equity interest in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd. In February and April 2011, we invested an additional US$3.1 million and US$2.3 million, respectively, in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd., but the additional investments did not change our percentage interest in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd.

 

   

In April 2011, in order to enhance the product quality and assist the local development of coaters, a component used in our TFT-LCD products, we invested ₩20 billion and acquired a 16.6% interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation, a Korean equipment manufacturer. In June 2011, we invested an additional ₩10.0 billion and acquired a further 7.7% interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation. As of September 30, 2013, we held a 23% equity interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation.

 

   

In November 2011, in order to improve our cost competitiveness with respect to the glass substrate etching stage of our TFT-LCD panel manufacturing process, we invested ₩10.6 billion and acquired a 20.3% interest in Avatec Co., Ltd., a third party glass substrate etching processor. Avatec Co., Ltd. increased its paid-in capital in October 2012 and January 2013. We did not subscribe to additional equity on those occasions and, as a result, our equity interest in Avatec Co., Ltd. was diluted to 16.3% after the January 2013 paid-in capital increase.

 

   

In December 2011, in order to expand our module production capacity, we established LG Display U.S.A. Inc. in Texas, United States, and LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V. in Reynosa, Mexico. We invested in the form of paid-in capital ₩12.4 billion and ₩92 million in LG Display U.S.A. Inc. and LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V., respectively. We currently own a 100% interest in LG Display U.S.A. Inc. and a 1% interest in LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V. LG Display U.S.A. Inc. owns the remaining 99% interest in LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

 

   

In April 2012, in order to improve our cost competitiveness with respect to tempered glass used for touch screens, we invested ₩2.0 billion and acquired a 19.8% interest in Glonix Co., Ltd.

 

3. Major Products and Raw Materials

 

  A. Major products

We manufacture TFT-LCD panels, of which a significant majority is exported overseas.

(Unit: In billions of Won, except percentages)

 

Business

area

   Sales
type
   Items (Market)  

Usage

   Major
trademark
        Sales in 2013 Q1~Q3 (%)  

Display

   Product/
Service/
Other Sales
   TFT-LCD
(Overseas
 (1))
 

Panels for notebook computers,

monitors, televisions, smartphones, tablets, etc.

   LG Display           17,851 (89.5%)     
      TFT-LCD
(Korea
(1))
 

Panels for notebook computers,

monitors, televisions, smartphones, tablets, etc.

   LG Display           2,103 (10.5%)     

Total

                   19,954 (100.0%)   

 

 

Period: January 1, 2013 ~ September 30, 2013.

 

(1) Based on ship-to-party.

 

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  B. Average selling price trend of major products

The average selling price of LCD panels per square meter of net display area shipped in the third quarter of 2013 increased by approximately 3% from the second quarter of 2013, largely as a result of improved product mix due to an increase in the shipment of small- to medium-sized products. There is no assurance that the average selling prices of LCD panels will not fluctuate in the future due to imbalances in supply and demand.

(Unit: US$ / m2)

 

Description

   2013 Q3      2013 Q2      2013 Q1      2012 Q4  

TFT-LCD panel (1)(2)

     678         657         770         802   

 

(1) Quarterly average selling price per square meter of net display area shipped.
(2) Excludes semi-finished products in the cell process.

 

  C. Major raw materials

Prices of major raw materials depend on fluctuations in supply and demand in the market as well as on change in size and quantity of raw materials due to the increased production of large-sized panels.

(Unit: In billions of Won, except percentages)

 

Business area

   Purchase
type
   Items    Usage    Cost (1)      Ratio
(%)
 

Display

   Raw
Materials
   Glass    LCD panel

manufacturing

     1,693         14.9
      Backlight         3,115         27.3
      Polarizer         1,853         16.3
      Others         4,735         41.5

Total

              11,396         100.0

 

 

Period: January 1, 2013 ~ September 30, 2013.

 

(1) Based on total cost for purchase of raw materials which includes manufacturing and development costs, etc.

 

4. Production and Equipment

 

  A. Production capacity and output

 

  (1) Production capacity

 

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The table below sets forth the production capacity of our Gumi and Paju facilities in the periods indicated.

(Unit: 1,000 Glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items      Location of facilities      2013 Q1~Q3 (1)      2012 (2)      2011 (2)  

Display

     TFT-LCD         Gumi, Paju         6,391         9,195         8,376   

 

(1) Calculated based on the maximum monthly input capacity (based on glass input substrate size for eighth generation glass sheets) during the period multiplied by the number of months in the period (i.e., 9 months).
(2) Calculated based on the maximum monthly input capacity (based on glass input substrate size for eighth generation glass sheets) during the year multiplied by the number of months in a year (i.e., 12 months).

 

  (2) Production output

The table below sets forth the production output of our Gumi and Paju facilities in the periods indicated.

(Unit: 1,000 Glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items      Location of facilities      2013 Q1~Q3      2012      2011  

Display

     TFT-LCD         Gumi, Paju         5,707         7,853         6,850   

 

 

Based on glass input substrate size for eighth generation glass sheets.

 

  B. Production performance and utilization ratio

(Unit: Hours, except percentages)

 

Production facilities

   Available working hours
in 2013 Q1~Q3
   Actual working hours
in 2013 Q1~Q3
   Average
utilization ratio
Gumi    6,552 (1)
(273 days) (2)
   6,428 (1)

(267.8 days) (2)

   98.1%
Paju    6,552 (1)

(273 days) (2)

   6,512 (1)

(271.3 days) (2)

   99.4%

 

(1) Based on the assumption that all 24 hours in a day have been fully utilized.
(2) Number of days is calculated by averaging the number of working days for each facility.

 

  C. Investment plan

In 2013, we expect that our capital expenditures on a cash out basis will be not more than approximately ₩4 trillion or, on a delivery basis, approximately ₩3 trillion, mainly to fund the expansion of our OLED and LTPS-based panel production capacities and other expansions and improvements to our existing facilities. Such amount is subject to change depending on business conditions and market environment.

 

5. Sales

 

  A. Sales performance

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

Business area

   Sales types      Items (Market)   2013 Q1~Q3      2012      2011  

Display

     Products, etc.         TFT-LCD       Overseas (1)     17,851         27,280         22,328   
         Korea  (1)     2,103         2,150         1,963   
         Total     19,954         29,430         24,291   

 

(1) Based on ship-to-party.

 

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  B. Sales route and sales method

 

  (1) Sales organization

 

   

As of September 30, 2013, each of our Television Business Unit and IT/Mobile Business Unit had individual sales and customer support functions.

 

   

Sales subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore perform sales activities and provide local technical support to customers.

 

  (2) Sales route

Sales of our products take place through one of the following two routes:

 

   

LG Display HQ and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries g Overseas sales subsidiaries (USA/Germany/Japan/Taiwan/China/Singapore), etc. g System integrators and end-brand customers g End users

 

   

LG Display HQ and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries g System integrators and end-brand customers g End users

 

  (3) Sales methods and sales terms

 

   

Direct sales and sales through overseas subsidiaries, etc. Sales terms are subject to change depending on the fluctuation in the supply and demand of LCD panels.

 

  (4) Sales strategy

 

   

As part of our sales strategy, we have secured stable sales to major personal computer makers and leading consumer electronics makers globally, strengthened sales of high-resolution, IPS, narrow bezel and other high-end display panels in the tablet, notebook computer and monitor markets, led the television market with our differentiated television panels and increased the proportion of sales of our premium television panels, such as our ultra-high definition (“Ultra HD”) and large OLED television panels, in our product mix.

 

   

In the smartphone, industrial products (including aviation and medical equipment) and automobile displays segment, we have continued to build a strong and diversified business portfolio by expanding our business with customers with a global reach on the strength of our high-end products applying IPS technology.

 

  (5) Purchase orders

 

   

Customers generally place purchase orders with us one month prior to delivery. Our customary practice for procuring orders from our customers and delivering our products to such customers is as follows:

 

   

Receive order from customer (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.) g Headquarter is notified g Manufacture product g Ship product (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.) g Sell product (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.)

 

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6. Market Risks and Risk Management

 

  A. Market risks

Our industry continues to experience continued declines in the average selling prices of display panels irrespective of cyclical fluctuations in the industry, and our margins would be adversely impacted if prices decrease faster than we are able to reduce our costs.

The TFT-LCD industry is highly competitive. We have experienced pressure on the prices and margins of our major products due largely to additional industry capacity from panel makers in Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan. Our main competitors in the industry include Samsung Display, Hydis Technologies, AU Optronics, Innolux, CPT, HannStar, Japan Display, Sharp, Panasonic LCD, BOE and CSOT.

Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside our control, including product pricing, performance and reliability, successful and timely investment and product development, success or failure of our end-brand customers in marketing their brands and products, component and raw material supply costs, and general economic and industry conditions. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to compete successfully with our competitors on these fronts and, as a result, we may be unable to sustain our current market position.

Our results of operations are subject to exchange rate fluctuations. To the extent that we incur costs in one currency and generate sales in a different currency, our profit margins may be affected by changes in the exchange rates between the two currencies. Our sales of display panels are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars, whereas our purchases of raw materials are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars and Japanese Yen. Our risk management policy regarding foreign currency risk is to minimize the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on our foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

 

  B. Risk management

The average selling prices of display panels have declined in general and could continue to decline with time irrespective of industry-wide cyclical fluctuations. Certain contributing factors for this decline will be beyond our ability to control and manage. However, in anticipation of such price decline we have continued to develop new technologies and have implemented various cost reduction measures. In addition, in order to manage our risk against foreign currency fluctuations, we may from time to time enter into cross-currency interest rate swap contracts and foreign currency forward contracts.

 

7. Derivative Contracts

 

  A. Currency risks

 

   

We are exposed to currency risks on sales, purchases and borrowings that are denominated in currencies other than in Won, our functional currency. These currencies are primarily the U.S. dollar, the Japanese Yen and the Euro.

 

   

We generally use forward exchange contracts with a maturity of less than one year to hedge against currency risks.

 

   

Interest on borrowings is denominated in the currency of the borrowing. Generally, borrowings are denominated in currencies that match the cash flows generated by our underlying operations, primarily in Won and the U.S. dollar.

 

   

In respect of other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, we ensure that our net exposure is kept to an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates, when necessary, to address short-term imbalances. In addition, we also adjust the factoring volumes of foreign currency denominated receivables and utilize usances as means of settling accounts payable relating to capital expenditures for our facilities, in response to currency fluctuations.

 

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  B. Interest rate risks

 

   

Our exposure to interest rate risks relates primarily to our long term debt obligations. As of September 30, 2013, we had no interest swap contracts outstanding.

 

8. Major contracts

Our material contracts, other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, are set forth below:

 

Type of agreement

  

Name of party

  

Term

  

Content

Technology licensing

agreement

   Semiconductor Energy Laboratory    October 2005 ~    Patent licensing of LCD and OLED related technology
  

Fergason Patent

Properties

   October 2007 ~    Patent licensing of LCD driving technology
     Hewlett-Packard    January 2011 ~    Patent licensing of semi-conductor device technology

Technology

licensing/supply

agreement

  

Chunghwa Picture

Tubes

   November 2007 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
  

HannStar Display

Corporation

   November 2009 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
  

AU Optronics

Corporation

   August 2011~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
   Innolux Corporation    July 2012 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology, etc.

 

9. Research & Development

 

  A. Summary of R&D-related expenditures

(Unit: In millions of Won, except percentages)

 

Items

   2013 Q1~Q3     2012     2011  

Material Cost

     421,202        494,422        550,200   

Labor Cost

     395,497        412,805        365,375   

Depreciation Expense

     250,419        259,467        217,874   

Others

     197,349        206,093        180,582   

Total R&D-Related Expenditures

     1,264,467        1,372,787        1,314,031   

Accounting Treatment (1)

   Selling & Administrative Expenses      257,323        301,239        248,328   
   Manufacturing Cost      911,191        873,323        942,015   
   Development Cost (Intangible Assets)      95,953        198,225        123,688   

R&D-Related Expenditures / Revenue Ratio

(Total R&D-Related Expenditures ÷ Revenue for the period × 100)

     6.3     4.7     5.4

 

(1) For accounting purposes, R&D-related expenditures are recognized in accordance with their respective sources of cost.

 

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  B. R&D achievements

Achievements in 2011

 

  1) Introduction of glass-free mobile 3D product (4.3-inch WVGA)

 

   

Development and preparation for mass production of our first glass-free 3D product (utilizing barrier cell)

 

  2) Introduction of the world’s first 12.5-inch AH-IPS notebook product

 

   

Development of the world’s first 12.5-inch notebook utilizing AH-IPS technology

 

   

Achievement of a maximum circuit logic power of 1.0W

 

   

Development of a slim and light AH-IPS model (development of a model that utilizes IPS and flat PCB)

 

  3) Introduction of an integrated 14.0-inch touch panel notebook product

 

   

Development of a 14.0-inch touch panel notebook product as part of our plan to develop and expand our integrated touch panel products portfolio

 

  4) Introduction of our 15.6-inch dream color IPS notebook product

 

   

Development of a notebook utilizing H-IPS technology

 

   

Realization of a 100% color reproduction rate by applying RGB LED technology

 

   

Realization of 1.073G color by applying 10-bit color depth technology

 

  5) Development and mass production of 9.7-inch LCD panels for tablets

 

   

Application of AH-IPS and slim LCD technology

 

   

Decreased thickness by 20% and weight by 7% compared to LCD panel for conventional tablets

 

  6) Development of the world’s first 3D FPR 23-inch full high-definition (“FHD”) TN monitor product

 

   

Minimization of flicker / crosstalk by applying FPR technology

 

   

Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

   

Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  7) Introduction of our first 50-inch Cinema TV product

 

   

Application of 21:9 screen display ratio (2560 x 1080 resolution)

 

   

Application of 960ch + EPI source driver integrated circuits (“D-IC”) for optimal high-resolution

 

   

Application of scanning technology under the Horizontal 2Edge structure

 

  8) Development of the world’s first 3D FPR 23-inch IPS FHD monitor product

 

   

Minimization of flicker / crosstalk by applying FPR technology

 

   

Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

   

Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

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  9) Development and introduction of the world’s first 15.6-inch HD FPR 3D notebook product

 

   

Realization of the world’s first 15.6-inch HD FPR 3D product

 

   

Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from notebooks utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

   

Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

  10) Development and introduction of the world’s first 17.3-inch Dream Color AH-IPS notebook product

 

   

Development of the world’s first 17.3-inch notebook computer applying AH-IPS

 

   

Realization of Dream Color (100% color reproduction rate) by applying RGB LED

 

   

Realization of 1.073G color by applying Color Depth 10-bit technology

 

   

Realization of 89 degrees viewing angle (up/down/left/right) by applying IPS technology

 

  11) Development and introduction of a 15.6-inch HD product with the world’s lowest (at the time) power consumption from logic circuit (0.5W).

 

   

Application of DRD Z-inversion, HVDD and low voltage process

 

   

Application of high intensity LED (2.3cd) and Vcut light guide plate

 

   

Increase in battery life due to logic circuit power consumption reduction

 

  12) Development of the world’s smallest (at the time) Narrow Bezel Notebook Model

 

   

The first in the world to apply 4.5 mm narrow bezel

 

   

Formation of camera hole by B/M mask patterning

 

  13) Development of a new 10.1-inch WX smartbook LCD

 

   

Development of the our first 10.1-inch WXGA LCD following in the footsteps of our 9.7-inch XGA model

 

   

Realization of reduced power consumption, high permeability and increased viewing angle by application of IPS technology.

 

  14) Development of a 42-inch FHD product applying COT technology

 

   

Simplifying panel production process by applying COT (Color Filter on TFT) technology

 

   

Luminance increased by 10%

 

  15) Development of 42-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch direct slim LCD TV

 

   

Development of the world’s first direct-mounted 11.0 mm depth ultra-slim liquid crystal display module (“LCM”) model

 

   

Application of 96 block local dimming and M240Hz technology

 

  16) Development of a 47-inch super narrow public display panel

 

   

Development of our first super narrow bezel (seam 6.9 mm) product for application in public display panels

 

  17) Introduction of the world’s first 15.6-inch FHD AH-IPS notebook product

 

   

Development of the world’s first 15.6-inch FHD model applying AH-IPS technology

 

   

Development of slim & light AH-IPS model (thickness: 3.4 mm; weight: 330g)

 

   

Achieving the following viewing angles by applying IPS technology; 178° from top to bottom; 178° from left to right

 

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  18) Development of a 15.6-inch FHD notebook applying a new backlight arrangement

 

   

Optimization of light placement by application of New Concept LED Backlight

 

   

Reduction in the number of LED integrated circuits (78ea g 10ea) by application of mid-power LED

 

   

Reduced energy consumption pursuant to a reduction in the number of LED integrated circuits (7.4W g 5.9W)

 

  19) Development of the world’s first 215/25/27 FHD TN and 215 FHD IPS 3D monitor

 

   

Minimization of flicker/crosstalk by application of FPR technology

 

   

Minimization of cost increase by applying one-layered 3D film

 

   

Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  20) Development of a 4.5-inch true HD AH-IPS display smartphone product

 

   

For 4G LTE smartphones (introduced in September 2011)

 

   

Application of true HD720 resolution and AH-IPS technology

 

  21) Development of the world’s first 14.0-inch HD 3D FPR notebook product

 

   

Realization of the world’s first 14.0-inch 3D FPR display

 

   

Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from notebook panels utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  22) Development of the world’s first AH-IPS GIP / DRD column inversion technology

 

   

Development of AH-IPS GIP / DRD by application of shrink GIP technology

 

   

Realization of TN-equivalent panel size through reduced panel load

 

   

Achieved TN-equivalent logic energy consumption levels

Achievements in 2012

 

  1) Introduction of the world’s first 13.3-inch high definition plus (“HD+”) AH-IPS notebook product

 

   

Development of the world’s first 13.3-inch HD+ model applying AH-IPS technology

 

  2) Development and introduction of a 14.0-inch HD product with the world’s lowest (at the time) rate of logic circuit energy consumption (0.4W)

 

   

Application of DRD Z-inversion, HVDD and low voltage process

 

   

Application of high intensity LED (2.3cd) and Vcut light guiding plate

 

   

Increase in battery life due to reduced logic circuit energy consumption

 

  3) Introduction of a 14.0-inch HD+ notebook product with a high color reproduction rate

 

   

Development of a 14.0-inch HD+ 72% color reproduction rate model

 

   

Development of a slim model applying 0.3 mm glass etching

 

  4) Introduction of a 15.6-inch FHD glasses-free 3D notebook product

 

   

Development of the first notebook product applying switchable barrier type 3D technology that does not require the use of glasses

 

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  5) Development of the world’s first 23-inch FHD monitor product applying AH-IPS 4Mask technology

 

   

Increased display panel luminance by application of AH-IPS technology (20% more luminance compared to display panels applying conventional IPS technology)

 

   

Simplified panel production process by application of AH-IPS 4Mask technology

 

   

30% reduction in energy consumption resulting from increased efficiency of LED and circuit components

 

   

Increased productivity in the manufacture of circuit and mechanical components resulting from increased standardization

 

  6) Development of TN monitor products (20-inch HD+, 21.5-inch FHD and 23-inch FHD) applying new LED

 

   

20% reduction in energy consumption resulting from increased efficiency of LED and circuit components (based on 23W power consumption models)

 

   

Increased productivity in the manufacture of circuit and mechanical components resulting from increased standardization

 

  7) Development of products with new edge backlight unit (32-inch, 37-inch and 42-inch FHD)

 

   

Vertical 2Bar LED backlight unit g Vertical 1Bar LED backlight unit

 

   

Reduced energy consumption by 25% resulting from a reduction in the number of LED integrated (based on 32-inch display panel)

 

  8) Development of 42-inch FHD product with new direct backlight unit

 

   

Development of LED Lens through the improvement of LED Beam spread angle ( 72ea based on 42-inch display panel)

 

   

Same thickness as conventional edge LED lighting lamp (35.5 mm)

 

  9) Development of products with the world’s narrowest bezels of 3.5 mm (47-inch and 55-inch FHD)

 

   

Narrow set design possible using 3.5 mm bezel

 

  10) Development of the world’s first panel products without borders on three sides (32-inch, 42-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch FHD)

 

   

Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides

 

  11) Development of monitor products without borders on three sides (21.5-inch, 23-inch and 27-inch FHD)

 

   

Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides, and application of double-sided adhesive to secure the position of the panel and backlight

 

   

Used double guide panels to reduce light leakage issues in IPS panels

 

  12) Development of 12.5-inch HD AH-IPS slim and light notebook display panels

 

   

Achieved thickness of 2.85t

 

   

Reduced the number of LEDs required by using high intensity LEDs (2.5cd)

 

  13) The world’s first GF2 Touch Tablet Product Development (10.1WXGA LCM + Touch)

 

   

Touch Concept: GF2, Touch IC In-House

 

   

Reduced cost by applying TMIC

 

   

Reduced power consumption by applying 6 in 1 (Buck version) PMIC

 

   

Reduced cost and power consumption by applying AH-IPS + DRD-Z

 

   

Reduced cost by applying Taper LGP

 

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  14) Development of Automotive 9.2WV product that applies wide temperature AH5-IPS technology

 

   

For use in Center Information Displays and Rear Seat Entertainment Displays mounted on K9 model Kia cars

 

   

Wide temperature materials/components used and AH5-IPS technology applied

 

  15) Application and introduction of the world’s first large multi-model on a glass (“MMG”) type product (60-inch FHD and 32-inch HD)

 

   

Increased glass efficiency by successfully applying large MMG technology for the first time in the industry

 

   

Developed three sided and six sided chamfers for eighth generation 60-inch FHD panels and 32-inch HD panels, respectively

 

  16) Development of the world’s first 84-inch Ultra HD display panel product

 

   

a-Si based 1G 1D Ultra HD panel with steady charging

 

   

Developed extra-large edge LED with rigid heat resistant structure

 

  17) Development of 2000 nit bright public display panel for outdoor use (47-inch FHD)

 

   

Use of optimal-temperature panel prevents any blackening effect when exposed to direct sunlight

 

   

Use of quarter-wave plate (applying FPR technology) allows viewers wearing polarized sunglasses to view the public display panel with ease

 

   

Applied heat resistant structure without heat sink

 

   

Improved bright room contrast ratio by applying Shine Out ARC POL technology

 

  18) Development of seam (AtA) 5.6 mm super-narrow bezel (“SNB”) public display panel (55-inch FHD)

 

   

Bezel thickness minimized (2.9 mm for pad, 1.6 mm for non-pad)

 

   

Developed SNB structure technology

 

  19) Development of 47-inch and 55-inch display panel products applying vertical 1Bar structure

 

   

Our first 47-inch and 55-inch display panel products applying vertical 1Bar LED backlight units

 

   

Reduced number of LEDs needed, resulting in reduced energy consumption (for example, energy consumption for the 47-inch display panel was reduced from 65.5W to 55.8W)

 

  20) Development of the world’s first 29-inch 21:9 ratio three-side borderless monitor product

 

   

Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides

 

   

Double-sided adhesive used to secure the position of the panel and backlight

 

   

Double guide panels used to resolve light leakage issues in IPS panels

 

  21) Development of the world’s first 12.9-inch high-resolution slim AH-IPS display panel

 

   

Ultra-high resolution WQSXGA+ (239 PPI)

 

   

Achieved 400 nit brightness by improving panel luminance and applying high intensity LED PKG and new 1Bar structure

 

   

Developed 2.95 mm slim model through glass etching and application of rigid PCB

 

  22) Development of the world’s first ultra-slim all-in-one product applying G2 Touch technology (4.67WXGA)

 

   

320 PPI high resolution AH-IPS display panel

 

   

Ultra-slim LCM by applying G2 Touch and OCR Direct Bonding technologies

 

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  23) Development of the world’s first TV product applying DRD technology (32-inch, 37-inch HD)

 

   

Simplified circuit structure for HD TV by applying DRD technology (source D-IC reduced from 4ea g 2ea)

 

  24) Development of customer co-designed TV (32-inch to 55-inch FHD)

 

   

Co-designed TV model that integrates LCM and the front cover in a single body

 

   

Differentiated set bezel design

 

  25) Development of the world’s first borderless TV product with 7.8 mm bezel (47-inch FHD)

 

   

Borderless on the top and left/right sides with a borderless like bottom design

 

  26) Development of the world’s largest, at the time, 55-inch FHD OLED TV product

 

   

Utilizes WRGB OLED technology with a thickness of 4.45 mm

 

  27) Development of the first touch notebook product with direct bonding of touch screen module (“TSM”) (12.5-inch FHD)

 

   

Applied direct bonding between LCM and TSM to reduce thickness (4.8 mm)

 

   

Direct bonding multi-sourcing in response to customer demand

 

  28) Development of 23.8-inch desktop monitor product

 

   

Developed new display panel size for desktop monitor products

 

   

Narrower bezels (8 mm for the top and left/right sides) compared to conventional bezels

 

  29) Development of the world’s first clear borderless (borderless on all four sides) monitor product (27-inch FHD)

 

   

Applied Narrow Bezel Vertical LED Structure technology by changing the LED backlight structure

 

   

Developed even black matrix structure on all four sides

Achievements in 2013

 

  1) Developed 19.5-inch desktop monitor product

 

   

Developed new display panel size for desktop monitor products

 

   

Increased yield of glass panel area per glass substrate by cutting glass substrates at 19.5 inches

 

  2) Developed 11.6-inch Tab Book product applying GF2 touch technology

 

   

Applied GF2 direct bonding process

 

  3) Developed 5.0-inch and 5.5-inch high resolution (over 400 PPI) smartphone products applying AH-IPS technology

 

   

Luminance increased by 10% compared to conventional panels (5.0-inch FHD panel has 403 PPI and 5.5-inch FHD panel has 440 PPI)

 

   

Developed new source D-IC to drive 4 lanes of MIPI with speeds of up to 1 Gbps per lane

 

  4) Developed the world’s first 60-inch three-side borderless product

 

   

Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides with a borderless like bottom design

 

  5) Developed the world’s first 47-inch and 55-inch FHD TV product with 2.3 mm narrow bezels

 

   

Achieved optimal slim design by minimizing bezel width to 2.3 mm

 

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  6) Developed 55-inch and 65-inch Ultra HD products with narrow bezels

 

   

Ultra HD (55-inch model has 80 PPI and 65-inch model has 68 PPI)

 

   

Achieved high transmittance panel by applying 1 Gate 1 Data structure

 

   

Achieved narrow bezels (55-inch model has 6.9 mm and 65-inch has 7.5 mm) by optimizing panel and mechanical design

 

  7) Developed 42-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch FHD three-side borderless products with direct backlight units

 

   

Borderless design made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides

 

  8) Developed 5-inch HD smartphone product utilizing oxide cell technology

 

   

Reduced energy consumption and achieved narrower bezels by using indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) cell technology (energy consumption reduced by 26.7% and bezel size reduced by 23.0% compared to products utilizing conventional silicon (a-Si) cell technology)

 

  9) Developed FHD a-Si AH-IPS technology for use in smartphone products (more than 400 PPI)

 

   

Improved structure and technology compared to conventional FHD panels (luminance increased by 30%, achieved 443 PPI in 5.0-inch FHD panel)

 

   

Developed new D-IC and IC bonding materials and processes

 

  10) Developed new line of 19.5-inch HD+ monitor products with IPS technology

 

   

Developed new line of display panels for desktop monitor products

 

   

Increased yield of glass panel area per glass substrate by cutting glass substrates at 19.5 inches

 

  11) Developed 19.5-inch HD+ ultra-light monitor product

 

   

The world’s lightest (at the time) 19.5-inch HD+ IPS monitor product with slim concept design

 

   

Reduced weight by 55% from 1520g to 830g and thickness from 7.6t to 5.4t compared to a conventional 19.5-inch HD+ IPS monitor product

 

  12) Developed the world’s first borderless monitor product with 3.5 mm narrow bezel (23.8-inch FHD)

 

   

Developed 23.8-inch FHD Neo Blade1 monitor product with the world’s narrowest (at the time) bezel (3.5 mm)

 

  13) Introduced 9.2-inch WXGA high resolution / high luminance automotive display product

 

   

The first automotive display product to apply EPI interface (800Mbps high speed transmission with Real 8it)

 

   

High luminance (800 nit) and high color gamut (70%)

 

   

Developed T-con with improved reliability and resolution

 

10. Intellectual Property

As of September 30, 2013, our cumulative patent portfolio (including patents that have already expired) included a total of 23,127 patents, consisting of 11,200 in Korea and 11,927 in other countries.

 

11. Environmental Matters

We are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations, and we may be subject to fines or restrictions that could cause our operations to be interrupted. Our manufacturing processes generate worksite waste, including water and air pollutants, at various stages in the manufacturing process, and we are subject to relevant laws and regulations in each area of the environment, including with respect to the treatment of chemical by-products. We have installed various types of anti-pollution equipment, consistent with environmental standards, for the treatment of chemical waste and equipment for the recycling of treated waste water at our various facilities. However, we cannot provide assurance that environmental claims will not be brought against us or that the local or national governments will not take steps toward adopting more stringent environmental standards. Any failure on our part to comply with any present or future environmental regulations could result in the assessment of damages or imposition of fines against us, suspension of production or a cessation of operations. In addition, environmental regulations could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant compliance expenses that may materially and negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We have also voluntarily agreed to reduce emission of greenhouse gases, such as triflouride oxide and perfluoro compounds, or PFCs, including sulfur hexafluoride, or SF6, gases, by installing abatement systems to meet voluntary emissions targets for the TFT-LCD industry for 2010. As part of our voluntary activities to reduce emission of greenhouse gases, we installed triflouride oxide abatement systems at all of our production lines.

We also installed an SF6 abatement system in P1 in April 2005, and have taken steps to install additional SF6 abatement systems through the use of Clean Development Mechanism, or CDM, projects. We manage our CDM projects jointly with LG International Corp. On July 10, 2010, after becoming the first TFT-LCD company to receive the UNFCCC CDM Executive Board’s approval of our CDM project, we installed an SF6 abatement system in P6. We received a total of 343,971 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of certified emission reduction credits, or CERs, from the UN for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 during the period from August 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, all of which was sold in December 2011. We also received a total of 579,583 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of CERs for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 during the period from January 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012. In August 2011, we commenced the installation of an SF6 abatement system in P7 through the implementation of CDM projects which became operational in February 2012. We received a total of 222,270 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of CERs from the UN for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 and P7 during the period from February 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012. We intend to ask a third party accreditation agency to examine the reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions since April 1, 2012 as part of our application for receiving CERs from the UN.

In 2010, we were designated by the Korean government as one of the companies subject to greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption targets under the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth. As a result, we may need to invest in additional equipment and there may be other costs associated with meeting reduction targets, which may have a negative effect on our profitability or production activities. In addition, if we fail to meet a reduction target and are unable to comply with the government’s subsequent enforcement notice relating to such failure, we may be subject to fines.

In connection with the greenhouse gas emission and energy reduction target system, we submitted a statement of our domestic emissions and energy usage for the year 2012 to the Korean government (i.e., the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) in March 2013 after it was certified by the Korean Foundation for Quality, a government-designated certification agency.

The table below sets forth yearly levels of our greenhouse gases emissions and energy usage in the statement submitted to the Korean government:

(Unit: thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent; Tetra Joules)

 

Category

   2012      2011      2010  

Greenhouse gases

     6,161         5,928         5,576   

Energy

     61,169         53,223         45,841   

In addition, in order to improve the efficiency and reliability of measuring our greenhouse gas emission reduction activities, we have implemented improvements to our Plant Energy & Environment System (our electronic greenhouse gas inventory system) in 2012.

 

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Operations at our manufacturing plants are subject to regulation and periodic scheduled and unscheduled on-site inspections by the Korean Ministry of Environment and local environmental protection authorities. We believe that we have adopted adequate anti-pollution measures and have minimized our impact on the environment by improving existing and developing new technologies for the effective maintenance of environmental protection standards consistent with local industry practice. In addition, we have continually monitored, and we believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with, the applicable environmental laws and regulations in Korea. Expenditures related to such compliance may be substantial. Such expenditures are generally included in capital expenditures. As required by Korean law, we employ licensed environmental specialists for each environmental area, including air quality, water quality, toxic materials and radiation. We currently have ISO 14001 certifications with respect to the environmental record for P1 through P98, our OLED production facility in Gumi, Korea, our Gumi module production plant and our Paju module production plant, as well as our module production plants in Nanjing, Yantai and Guangzhou, China.

In addition, with respect to P1 through P98 and our module production plants in Gumi and Paju, we have established and are currently operating a new green management system, which was certified by BSI Group Korea in November 2011. Furthermore, we have been certified by the Korean Ministry of Environment as a “Green Company”, with respect to our environmental record for P1 and our module production plant in Gumi since 1997, with respect to our operations at P2 and P3 since 2006, and with respect to our operations at P4, P5 and P6 since 2008. Also, we received certification to self-inspect designated waste products with respect to our Paju plant by the Ministry of Environment in 2011, which was recertified in 2013. In addition, in recognition of our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we were awarded a commendation from the Minster of Environment in the efforts against climate change category in the 2013 Green Management Awards, which was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

We also have an internal monitoring system to control the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of our products as we are committed to compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, including European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU, and restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment.

In addition, as part of our commitment to purchase environment-friendly raw materials, we have implemented a green purchasing system that prevents the introduction of hazardous materials at the purchasing stage. The green purchasing system has been a key component in our efforts to comply with RoHS and other applicable environmental laws and regulation.

In October 2005, we became the first TFT-LCD company to receive accreditation as an International Accredited Testing Laboratory by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, which is operated by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy. In September 2006, we received international accreditation from TUV SUD, EU’s German accreditation agency, as a RoHS testing laboratory. Our efforts to keep pace with the increasingly stringent accreditation standards and to receive and maintain such accreditations are part of our on-going efforts to systematically monitor environmentally controlled substances in our component parts inventory. Moreover, we participated in reforming IEC 62321, an international testing standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission and used by RoHS, and the commission adopted our halogen-free combustion ion chromatography method in as IEC 62321-3-2, which was published in June 2013.

 

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12. Financial Information

 

  A. Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS)

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of September  30,
2013
    As of December  31,
2012
    As of December  31,
2011
     As of December  31,
2010
    As of December 31,
2009 (1)
 

Current assets

     8,017,102        8,914,685        7,858,065         8,840,433        8,226,142   

Quick assets

     5,600,279        6,524,678        5,540,695         6,625,216        6,558,362   

Inventories

     2,416,823        2,390,007        2,317,370         2,215,217        1,667,780   

Non-current assets

     14,329,101        15,540,826        17,304,866         15,017,225        11,477,335   

Investments in equity accounted investees

     415,724        402,158        385,145         325,532        282,450   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     12,070,699        13,107,511        14,696,849         12,815,401        9,596,497   

Intangible assets

     458,685        497,602        535,114         539,901        352,393   

Other non-current assets

     1,383,993        1,533,555        1,687,758         1,336,391        1,245,995   

Total assets

     22,346,203        24,455,511        25,162,931         23,857,658        19,703,477   

Current liabilities

     7,095,356        9,206,158        9,911,434         8,881,829        6,495,071   

Non-current liabilities

     4,597,856        5,009,173        5,120,469         3,914,862        3,168,657   

Total liabilities

     11,693,212        14,215,331        15,031,903         12,796,691        9,663,728   

Share capital

     1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079         1,789,079        1,789,079   

Share premium

     2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113         2,251,113        2,251,113   

Reserves

     (58,034     (69,370     12,181         (35,298     (51,005

Retained earnings

     6,590,167        6,238,989        6,063,359         7,031,163        6,050,562   

Non-controlling interest

     80,666        30,369        15,296         24,910        0   

Total equity

     10,652,991        10,240,180        10,131,028         11,060,967        10,039,749   

 

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(Unit : In millions of Won, except for per share data and number of consolidated entities)

 

Description

  For the nine months
ended September 30,
2013
    For the nine months
ended September 30,
2012
    For the nine months
ended September 30,
2011
    For the nine months
ended September 30,
2010
    For the nine months
ended September 30,
2009 (1)
 

Revenue

    19,954,023        20,687,093        17,681,311        19,028,172        14,132,558   

Operating profit (loss)

    906,363 (2)      325,087 (3)      (608,812 )(3)      1,831,747 (3)      745,397 (3) 

Operating profit from continuing operations

    348,157        (83,383     (781,641     1,427,606        615,654   

Profit (loss) for the period

    348,157        (83,383     (781,641     1,427,606        615,654   

Profit (loss) attributable to:

         

Owners of the Company

    354,576        (81,024     (776,337     1,426,462        615,654   

Non-controlling interest

    (6,419     (2,359     (5,304     1,144        —     

Basic earnings (loss) per share

    991        (226     (2,170     3,987        1,721   

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

    991        (226     (2,170     3,892        1,721   

Number of consolidated entities

    19        20        18        16        11   

 

(1) Although our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 were audited by our independent auditors in accordance with K-IFRS, our interim financial statements were not reviewed by our independent auditors.
(2) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001 Presentation of Financial Statements adopted in the presentation of operating profit. After adoption of the amendment, operating profit or loss is presented as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Prior to the adoption of the amendment, other income and other expenses were included in the presentation of operating profit or loss.
(3) Reclassified to conform to the presentation for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

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  B. Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS)

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of September  30,
2013
    As of December 31,
2012
    As of December 31,
2011
    As of December 31,
2010
    As of December 31,
2009 (1)
 

Current assets

     7,422,308        8,432,253        7,326,764        8,499,873        7,973,355   

Quick assets

     5,441,100        6,484,308        5,414,054        6,739,908        6,687,050   

Inventories

     1,981,208        1,947,945        1,912,710        1,759,965        1,286,305   

Non-current assets

     14,056,608        15,369,335        16,947,200        14,658,125        11,283,512   

Investments

     1,654,674        1,468,778        1,386,313        1,279,831        1,075,229   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     10,681,963        12,004,435        13,522,553        11,688,061        8,730,263   

Intangible assets

     453,491        488,663        479,510        483,260        340,885   

Other non-current assets

     1,266,480        1,407,459        1,558,824        1,206,973        1,137,135   

Total assets

     21,478,916        23,801,588        24,273,964        23,157,998        19,256,867   

Current liabilities

     7,097,286        9,132,943        9,485,333        8,453,869        6,120,663   

Non-current liabilities

     4,596,411        5,007,525        5,101,714        3,833,454        3,102,006   

Total liabilities

     11,693,697        14,140,468        14,587,047        12,287,323        9,222,669   

Share capital

     1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079   

Share premium

     2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113   

Reserves

     (465     (893     (3,944     (7,795     (17,366

Retained earnings

     5,745,492        5,621,821        5,650,669        6,838,278        6,011,372   

Total equity

     9,785,219        9,661,120        9,686,917        10,870,675        10,034,198   

 

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(Unit: In millions of Won, except for per share data)

 

Description

  For the nine months
ended September 30, 2013
    For the nine months
ended September 30, 2012
    For the nine months
ended September 30, 2011
    For the nine months
ended September 30, 2010
    For the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 (1)
 

Revenue

    19,140,049        20,174,069        17,022,421        18,793,301        14,194,396   

Operating profit (loss)

    625,344 (2)      190,575 (3)      (704,980 )(3)      1,588,933 (3)      787,744 (3) 

Operating profit (loss) from continuing operations

    123,561        (158,642     (834,324     1,305,635        662,199   

Profit (loss) for the period

    123,561        (158,642     (834,324     1,305,635        662,199   

Basic earnings (loss) per share

    345        (443     (2,332     3,649        1,851   

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

    345        (443     (2,332     3,558        1,851   

 

(1) Although our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 were audited by our independent auditors in accordance with K-IFRS, our interim financial statements were not reviewed by our independent auditors.
(2) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001 Presentation of Financial Statements adopted in the presentation of operating profit. After adoption of the amendment, operating profit or loss is presented as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Prior to the adoption of the amendment, other income and other expenses were included in the presentation of operating profit or loss.
(3) Reclassified to conform to the presentation for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

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  C. Consolidated subsidiaries (as of September 30, 2013)

 

Company

   Primary Business      Location      Equity
Interest
 

LG Display America, Inc.

     Sales         U.S.A.         100

LG Display Germany GmbH

     Sales         Germany         100

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     Sales         Japan         100

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     Sales         Taiwan         100

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     Sales         China         100

LG Display Poland Sp. zo.o.

     Manufacturing and sales         Poland         80

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         90

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     Sales         China         100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     Sales         Singapore         100

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         70

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited

     Manufacturing and sales         China         100

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

     Manufacturing and sales         U.S.A.         100

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

     Manufacturing         Mexico         100

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     Workplace services         Korea         100

 

  D. Status of equity investment (as of September 30, 2013)

 

Company

   Investment Amount      Initial Equity
Investment Date
     Equity
Interest
 

LG Display America, Inc.

     US$300,000,000         September 24, 1999         100

LG Display Germany GmbH

     EUR960,000         November 5, 1999         100

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     ¥95,000,000         October 12, 1999         100

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     NT$115,500,000         May 19, 2000         100

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     CNY2,834,206,315         July 15, 2002         100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     CNY4,138,650         January 16, 2003         100

LG Display Poland Sp. zo.o.

     PLN410,327,700         September 6, 2005         80

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     CNY895,904,754         August 7, 2006         90

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     CNY3,775,250         August 28, 2007         100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     SGD1,400,000         January 12, 2009         100

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

     CNY41,785,824         January 5, 2010         51

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Co., Ltd.

     CNY59,197,026         January 5, 2010         51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     CNY525,016,000         April 19, 2010         100

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited

     CNY54,387,360         October 25, 2010         100

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

     CNY50,353,677         December 27, 2010         51

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

     US$10,920,000         December 8, 2011         100

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

     MXN111,998,058         December 30, 2011         100

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     ₩800,000,000         March 19, 2012         100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (1)

     CNY1,251,165,149         December 27, 2012         70

 

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Company

   Investment Amount      Initial Equity
Investment Date
     Equity
Interest
 

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. (2)

     CNY636,973,649         October 7, 2008         51

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     ₩33,648,000,000         March 25, 2005         40

TLI Co., Ltd.

     ₩14,073,806,250         May 16, 2008         10

AVACO Co., Ltd.

     ₩6,172,728,120         June 9, 2008         16

Guangzhou New Vision Technology Research and Development Limited

     CNY25,000,000         July 11, 2008         50

NEW OPTICS, Ltd.

     ₩12,199,600,000         July 30, 2008         42

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.

     ₩6,330,000,000         February 24, 2009         13

Wooree E&L Co., Ltd. (formerly Wooree LED Co., Ltd.)

     ₩11,900,000,000         May 22, 2009         21

Global OLED Technology LLC

     US$45,170,000         December 23, 2009         33

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16 (3)

     ₩17,177,282,659         December 7, 2009         31

Can Yang Investment Ltd.

     US$15,300,000         January 27, 2010         9

YAS Co., Ltd.

     ₩10,000,000,000         September 16, 2010         19

Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

     US$4,000,000         September 28, 2010         20

Narae Nanotech Corporation

     ₩30,000,000,000         April 22, 2011         23

Avatec Co., Ltd.

     ₩10,600,000,000         December 6, 2011         16

Glonix Co., Ltd.

     ₩2,000,000,000         April 10, 2012         20

 

(1) In September and October 2013, we invested CNY372 million and CNY858 million, respectively, in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. The investment did not affect our percentage interest.
(2) In September 2013, we invested CNY68 million in Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. The investment did not affect our percentage interest.
(3) In September 2013, we invested ₩1.5 billion in LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16. The investment did not affect our percentage interest.

 

13. Audit Information

 

  A. Audit service

(Unit: In millions of Won, hours)

 

Description

   2013 Q1~Q3   2012   2011

Auditor

   KPMG Samjong   KPMG Samjong   KPMG Samjong

Activity

   Audit by independent
auditor
  Audit by independent
auditor
  Audit by independent
auditor

Compensation (1)

   910 (325) (2)   850 (285) (2)   850 (285) (2)

Time required

   9,375   16,792   16,154

 

(1) Compensation amount is the contracted amount for the full fiscal year.
(2) Compensation amount in (    ) is for Form 20-F filing and SOX 404 audit.

 

  B. Non-audit service

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Fiscal
year

  

Contract date

  

Service description

  

Service period

   Compensation

2013

   July 29, 2013    Advisory services in establishing a compliance system in connection with our disclosure obligations under the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission’s conflict mineral rule.   

July 2013 to October

2013

   126

 

14. Board of Directors

 

  A. Members of the board of directors

As of September 30, 2013, our board of directors are two non-outside directors, one non-standing director and four outside directors.

 

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(As of September 30, 2013)

 

Name

 

Date of birth

 

Position

 

Experience (including current
position)

 

First elected

Sang Beom Han   June 18, 1955  

Representative

Director (non-outside), Chief Executive Officer and President

  Head of LG Display TV Business Division   March 9, 2012
James (Hoyoung) Jeong   November 2, 1961   Director (non-outside), Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President   Chief Financial Officer of LG Electronics   February 29, 2008
Yu Sig Kang   November 3, 1948   Director (non-standing)   Representative Director of LG Corp.   March 11, 2011
Tae Sik Ahn   March 21, 1956   Outside Director   Professor, School of Business Administration, Seoul National University   March 12, 2010
Jin Jang   November 28, 1954   Outside Director   Chair Professor, Department of Information Display, Kyung Hee University   March 11, 2011
Dong Il Kwon   February 5, 1957   Outside Director   Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University   March 9, 2012
Joon Park   October 30, 1954   Outside Director   Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University   March 8, 2013

 

  B. Committees of the board of directors

As of September 30, 2013, we have the following committees that serve under our board of directors: Audit Committee, Outside Director Nomination Committee and Management Committee.

(as of September 30, 2013)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

Audit Committee    3 outside directors    Tae Sik Ahn, Joon Park, Jin Jang
Outside Director Nomination   

1 non-outside director and

2 outside directors

   James (Hoyoung) Jeong, Dong Il Kwon, Jin Jang
Management Committee    2 non-outside directors    Sang Beom Han, James (Hoyoung) Jeong

 

  C. Independence of directors

 

   

Outside director: Independent

 

   

Non-outside director: Not independent

 

   

Each of our outside directors meets the applicable independence standards set forth under the applicable laws and regulations. Each of our outside directors was nominated by the Outside Director Nomination Committee, was approved by the board of directors and was appointed at the general meeting of shareholders. None of our outside directors has or had any business transaction or any related party transactions with us.

 

15. Information Regarding Shares

 

  A. Total number of shares

 

  (1) Total number of shares authorized to be issued (as of September 30, 2013): 500,000,000 shares.

 

  (2) Total shares issued and outstanding (as of September 30, 2013): 357,815,700 shares.

 

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  B. Shareholder list

 

  (1) Largest shareholder and related parties as of September 30, 2013:

 

Name

   Relationship    Number of Shares of Common Stock    Equity Interest

LG Electronics

   Largest
Shareholder
   135,625,000    37.9%

Sang Beom Han

   Related

Party

   4,204    0.0%

 

  (2) Shareholders who are known to us to own 5% or more of our shares as of September 30, 2013:

 

Beneficial Owner

   Number of Shares of Common Stock    Equity Interest

LG Electronics

   135,625,000    37.9%

National Pension Service

   25,237,480    7.1%

 

16. Directors and Employees

 

  A. Directors

 

  (1) Remuneration for directors in 2013 Q1~Q3

(Unit: person, in millions of Won)

 

Classification

  

No. of
directors (1)

    

Amount
paid (2)

   

Per capita average

remuneration paid  (4)

 

Non-outside directors

     3         1,343 (3)      448   

Outside directors who are not audit committee members

     1         50        50   

Outside directors who are audit committee members

     3         147        49   

Total

     7         1,540        —     

 

(1) Number of directors as at September 30, 2013.
(2) Amount paid is calculated on the basis of amount of cash actually paid.
(3) Among the non-outside directors, Yu Sig Kang does not receive any remuneration.
(4) Per capita average remuneration paid is calculated by dividing total amount paid by the average number of directors for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

  (2) Stock options

Not applicable.

 

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B. Employees

As of September 30, 2013, we had 34,237 employees (excluding our executive officers). On average, our male employees have served 6.0 years and our female employees have served 4.1 years. The total amount of salary paid to our employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 based on income tax statements submitted to the Korean tax authority in accordance with Article 20 of the Income Tax Act was ₩967,672 million for our male employees and ₩291,311 million for our female employees. The following table provides details of our employees as of September 30, 2013:

(Unit: person, in millions of Won, year)

 

     Number of
employees  (1)
     Total salary in 2013 Q1~Q3 (2) (3) (4)      Total salary
per capita  (5)
     Average years of
service
 

Male

     24,208         967,672         40         6.0   

Female

     10,029         291,311         28         4.1   

Total

     34,237         1,258,983         36         5.4   

 

(1) Includes part-time employees.
(2) Welfare benefits and retirement expenses have been excluded. Total welfare benefit provided to our employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was ₩247,307 million and the per capita welfare benefit provided was ₩7.2 million.
(3) Based on income tax statements, which are submitted to the Korean tax authority in accordance with Article 20 of the Income Tax Act.
(4) Includes incentive payments to employees who have transferred from our affiliated companies.
(5) Calculated using the average number of employees (male: 24,241, female: 10,315) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2013 and 2012

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

 

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     Page  

Independent Auditors’ Review Report

     36   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position

     38   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     39   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

     40   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

     41   

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

     43   

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Group”) which comprise the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position as of September 30, 2013 and the condensed consolidated interim statements of comprehensive income (loss) for each of the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and statements of changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

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

Auditors’ Responsibility

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

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

Conclusion

Based on our reviews, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed consolidated interim financial statements referred to above are not presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting.

Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in note 17 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the Group has been or is under investigations by antitrust authorities in several countries with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) industry and named as defendants in a number of individual lawsuits and class actions in the United States and Canada, respectively, in connection with alleged antitrust violations concerning the sale of LCD panels. The Group estimated and recognized losses related to these investigations and alleged violations. However, actual losses are subject to change in the future based on new developments in each matter, or changes in circumstances, which could be materially different from those estimated and recognized by the Group.

 

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As discussed in note 2 (e) to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expense, and research and development expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) since the annual reporting for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Group applied this change in accounting policies retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012.

Other Matters

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed consolidated interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries. Accordingly, this report and the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for use by those knowledgeable about Korean review standards and their application in practice.

We audited the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2012 and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this review report, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea, and our report thereon, dated February 15, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2012, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us from which it was derived in all material respects.

/s/ KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

October 31, 2013

 

This report is effective as of October 31, 2013, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited)

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   9    2,081,341       2,338,661  

Deposits in banks

   9      565,160       315,092  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   9,16,19      2,608,742       3,334,341  

Other accounts receivable, net

   9      74,791       199,007  

Other current financial assets

   9      3,852       3,828  

Inventories

   5      2,416,823       2,390,007  

Prepaid income taxes

        4,773       8,483  

Other current assets

        261,620       325,266  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        8,017,102       8,914,685  

Investments in equity accounted investees

   6      415,724       402,158  

Other non-current financial assets

   9      49,154       86,432  

Deferred tax assets

   21      1,160,179       1,294,813  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   7,20      12,070,699       13,107,511  

Intangible assets, net

   8,20      458,685       497,602  

Other non-current assets

        174,660       152,310  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        14,329,101       15,540,826  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      22,346,203       24,455,511  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   9,19    3,145,804       4,147,036  

Current financial liabilities

   9,10      663,179       1,015,272  

Other accounts payable

   9,19      1,797,327       2,811,161  

Accrued expenses

        602,666       412,055  

Income tax payable

        56,191       56,521  

Provisions

   17      164,264       250,984  

Advances received

        637,219       485,468  

Other current liabilities

        28,706       27,661  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        7,095,356       9,206,158  

Non-current financial liabilities

   9,10      3,345,342       3,440,585  

Non-current provisions

        4,521       6,515  

Deferred tax liabilities

   21      432       —    

Employee benefits

   14      295,919       180,640  

Long-term advances received

   16      570,068       1,049,678  

Other non-current liabilities

        381,574       331,755  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        4,597,856       5,009,173  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        11,693,212       14,215,331  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   18      1,789,079       1,789,079  

Share premium

        2,251,113       2,251,113  

Reserves

   18      (58,034 )     (69,370 )

Retained earnings

        6,590,167       6,238,989  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Controlling Company

        10,572,325       10,209,811  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

        80,666       30,369  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        10,652,991       10,240,180  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      22,346,203       24,455,511  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    For the three-month periods
ended September 30
    For the nine-month periods
ended September 30
 
          2013     2012     2013     2012  

Revenue

   19,20    6,578,735       7,593,045     19,954,023       20,687,093  

Cost of sales

   5,11,19      (5,590,949 )     (6,791,821 )     (17,297,081 )     (18,787,668 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        987,786       801,224       2,656,942       1,899,425  

Selling expenses

   12      (187,553 )     (193,267 )     (536,452 )     (629,693 )

Administrative expenses

   12      (129,856 )     (126,857 )     (396,585 )     (373,545 )

Research and development expenses

        (281,184 )     (183,961 )     (817,542 )     (571,100 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit

        389,193       297,139       906,363       325,087  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   15      64,905       104,317       147,537       204,558  

Finance costs

   15      (75,904 )     (125,939 )     (303,794 )     (316,098 )

Other non-operating income

   13      322,203       283,750       870,844       767,684  

Other non-operating expenses

   13      (306,802 )     (331,396 )     (1,038,962 )     (1,051,022 )

Equity income on investments, net

        8,933       2,275       23,622       25,346  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

        402,528       230,146       605,610       (44,445 )

Income tax expense

   21      (163,111 )     (71,953 )     (257,453 )     (38,938 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the period

        239,417       158,193       348,157       (83,383 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

           

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

           

Defined benefit plan actuarial losses

   14      (98 )     (71,076 )     (247 )     (70,825 )

Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

        20       17,207       (35 )     17,101  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (78 )     (53,869 )     (282 )     (53,724 )

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

           

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   15      42       8,997       302       16,331  

Cumulative translation differences

        (119,267 )     (30,527 )     12,812       (29,825 )

Share of loss from sale of treasury stocks by associates

        (6 )     (125 )     (113 )     —    

Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified to profit or loss

        (317 )     (1,752 )     (134 )     (3,580 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (119,548 )     (23,407 )     12,867       (17,074 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of income tax

        (119,626 )     (77,276 )     12,585       (70,798 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

      119,791       80,917     360,742       (154,181 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) attributable to:

           

Owners of the Controlling Company

      244,997       158,615       354,576       (81,024 )

Non-controlling interests

        (5,580 )     (422 )     (6,419 )     (2,359 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the period

      239,417       158,193     348,157       (83,383 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:

           

Owners of the Controlling Company

      130,831       81,748       365,630       (151,292 )

Non-controlling interests

        (11,040 )     (831 )     (4,888 )     (2,889 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

      119,791       80,917     360,742       (154,181 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

           

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

   22    685       443     991       (226 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

    Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company              
(In millions of won)   Share
capital
    Share
premium
    Share of gain  from
sale of treasury stocks
by associates
    Fair value
reserve
    Translation
reserve
    Retained
earnings
    Non-controlling
interests
    Total
equity
 

Balances at January 1, 2012

  1,789,079       2,251,113       596       (3,856 )     15,441       6,063,359       15,296       10,131,028  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

               

Loss for the period

    —         —         —         —         —         (81,024 )     (2,359 )     (83,383 )

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

    —         —         —         12,773       —         —         —         12,773  

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         (53,724 )     —         (53,724 )

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         (29,317 )     —         (530 )     (29,847 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         —         12,773       (29,317 )     (53,724 )     (530 )     (70,798 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

    —         —         —         12,773       (29,317 )     (134,748 )     (2,889 )     (154,181 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2012

  1,789,079       2,251,113       596       8,917       (13,876 )     5,928,611       12,407       9,976,847  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2013

  1,789,079       2,251,113       548       (66 )     (69,852 )     6,238,989       30,369       10,240,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

               

Profit (loss) for the period

    —         —         —         —         —         354,576       (6,419 )     348,157  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

    —         —         —         166       —         —         —         166  

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         (282 )     —         (282 )

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         11,283       —         1,531       12,814  

Share of loss from sale of treasury stocks by associates, net of tax

    —         —         (113 )     —         —         —         —         (113 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         (113 )     166       11,283       (282 )     1,531       12,585  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

    —         —         (113 )     166       11,283       354,294       (4,888 )     360,742  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

               

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests and others

    —         —         —         —         —         (3,116 )     55,185       52,069  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2013

  1,789,079       2,251,113       435       100       (58,569 )     6,590,167       80,666       10,652,991  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit (loss) for the period

      348,157       (83,383 )

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense

   21      257,453       38,938  

Depreciation

   11      2,782,570       3,044,408  

Amortization of intangible assets

   11      184,975       198,131  

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (137,952 )     (120,748 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        148,675       67,696  

Costs related to defined benefit plans

   14      118,207       104,009  

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        848       —    

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        1,513       37,720  

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (296 )     —    

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (6,451 )     (4,343 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        773       3,168  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        168       704  

Finance income

        (34,963 )     (68,032 )

Finance costs

        129,654       146,521  

Equity in income of equity method accounted investees, net

        (23,622 )     (25,346 )

Other income

        (498 )     (6,761 )

Other expenses

        275,804       392,671  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        3,696,858       3,808,736  

Change in trade accounts and notes receivable

        278,115       (894,483 )

Change in other accounts receivable

        139,480       39,835  

Change in other current assets

        73,059       (124,331 )

Change in inventories

        (26,816 )     (429,440 )

Change in other non-current assets

        (60,470 )     (44,299 )

Change in trade accounts and notes payable

        (880,371 )     812,930  

Change in other accounts payable

        (291,277 )     (202,749 )

Change in accrued expenses

        177,251       173,547  

Change in other current liabilities

        (13,883 )     353,671  

Change in long-term advances received

        —         789,670  

Change in other non-current liabilities

        184       2,369  

Change in provisions

        (235,357 )     (313,204 )

Change in defined benefit liabilities

        (2,781 )     (29,073 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (842,866 )     134,443  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash generated from operating activities

        3,202,149       3,859,796  

Income taxes paid

        (119,177 )     (67,400 )

Interest received

        29,638       27,048  

Interest paid

        (131,079 )     (146,152 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      2,981,531       3,673,292  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      14,582       686  

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        1,254,209       812,000  

Increase in deposits in banks

        (1,505,439 )     (550,339 )

Acquisition of investments in equity accounted investees

        (14,983 )     (3,533 )

Proceeds from disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

        1,483       3,938  

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (2,510,750 )     (3,316,048 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        18,314       13,514  

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (140,313 )     (242,009 )

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        1,902       —    

Grants received

        1,744       2,173  

Payment for settlement of derivatives

        —         (211 )

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        2       —    

Increase in short-term loans

        —         (31 )

Acquisition of other non-current financial assets

        (4,844 )     (54,070 )

Proceeds from disposal of other non-current financial assets

        39,924       11,089  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (2,844,169 )     (3,322,841 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        1,393,121       3,259,471  

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (1,394,460 )     (3,115,712 )

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

        288,820       —    

Proceeds from long-term debt

        162,405       494,000  

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt and debentures

        (902,137 )     (558,317 )

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

        52,039       —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

        (400,212 )     79,442  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        (262,850 )     429,893  

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        2,338,661       1,517,977  

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

        5,530       (813 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at September 30

      2,081,341       1,947,057  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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1. Reporting Entity

 

  (a) Description of the Controlling Company

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Controlling Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 under its original name of LG Soft, Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. In 1998, LG Electronics Inc. and LG Semicon Co., Ltd. transferred their respective Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) related business to the Controlling Company. The main business of the Controlling Company and its subsidiaries is to manufacture and sell TFT-LCD panels. The Controlling Company is a stock company (“Jusikhoesa”) domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. In July 1999, LG Electronics Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) entered into a joint venture agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Controlling Company changed its name to LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. However, the Controlling Company changed its name to LG Display Co., Ltd. as a result of the decrease in Philips’s share interest in the Controlling Company and the possibility of its business expansion to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) and Flexible Display products. As of September 30, 2013, LG Electronics Inc. owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Controlling Company’s common shares.

As of September 30, 2013, the Controlling Company has its TFT-LCD manufacturing plants, OLED manufacturing plant and Research & Development Center in Paju and TFT-LCD manufacturing plants in Gumi. The Controlling Company has overseas subsidiaries located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Controlling Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of September 30, 2013, there are 357,815,700 shares of common stock outstanding. The Controlling Company’s common stock is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) under the symbol “LPL”. One ADS represents one-half of one share of common stock. As of September 30, 2013, there are 18,195,154 ADSs outstanding.

 

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1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (b) Consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2013

 

(In millions)                              

Subsidiaries

  

Location

  

Percentage

of ownership

  

Fiscal year end

  

Date of
incorporation

  

Business

  

Capital stocks

LG Display America, Inc. (*1)

  

San Jose,

U.S.A.

   100%    Dec. 31    Sep. 24, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    USD 300

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   Tokyo, Japan    100%    Dec. 31    Oct. 12, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    JPY 95

LG Display Germany GmbH

   Ratingen, Germany    100%    Dec. 31    Nov. 5, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    EUR 1

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   Taipei, Taiwan    100%    Dec. 31    Apr. 12, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    NTD 116

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

   Nanjing, China    100%    Dec. 31    Jul. 15, 2002    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 2,834

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

   Shanghai, China    100%    Dec. 31    Jan. 16, 2003    Sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 4

LG Display Poland Sp. zo. o.

   Wroclaw, Poland    80%    Dec. 31    Sep. 6, 2005    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    PLN 511

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

   Guangzhou, China    90%    Dec. 31    Jun. 30, 2006    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 992

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

   Shenzhen, China    100%    Dec. 31    Aug. 28, 2007    Sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 4

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Singapore    100%    Dec. 31    Jan. 12, 2009    Sell TFT-LCD products    SGD 1.4

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Limited

  

Xiamen,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Jan. 5, 2010    Manufacture LCD module and TV sets    CNY 82

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

  

Fujian,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Jan. 5, 2010    Manufacture LCD Module and monitor sets    CNY 116

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

  

Yantai,

China

   100%    Dec. 31    Apr. 19, 2010    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 525

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited (*2)

  

Dongguan,

China

   100%    Dec. 31    Sep. 26, 2010   

Manufacture and

sell e-Book devices

   CNY 71

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

  

Kunshan,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Dec. 15, 2010    Manufacture notebook borderless hinge-up    CNY 99

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

   McAllen, U.S.A.    100%    Dec. 31    Oct. 26, 2011    Manufacture TFT-LCD products    USD 11

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

   Reynosa, Mexico    100%    Dec. 31    Nov. 4, 2011    Manufacture TFT-LCD products    MXN 112

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

  

Gumi,

South Korea

   100%    Dec. 31    Mar. 21, 2012    Janitorial services    KRW 800

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (*3)

   Guangzhou, China    70%    Dec. 31    Dec. 10, 2012    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 1,628

 

(*1) In June 2013, the Controlling Company invested ₩44,768 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”). There were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDUS as a result of this additional investment.

 

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1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

(*2) In April and June 2013, the Controlling Company invested an aggregate of ₩6,730 million in cash to participate in the disproportionate capital increase of L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited and acquired the remaining interest from non-controlling interests. As of September 30, 2013, L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited, which is in liquidation, is wholly owned by the Controlling Company.
(*3) In March and September 2013, the Controlling Company contributed ₩186,878 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCA”). There were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCA as a result of the additional investments.

In July 2013, I&M, which was a subsidiary of the Controlling Company, completed liquidation.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRSs”) No.1034, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for full annual consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Group as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on October 16, 2013.

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the following material items in the statements of financial position:

 

   

derivative financial instruments measured at fair value;

 

   

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value;

 

   

available-for-sale financial assets measured at fair value; and

 

   

liabilities for defined benefit plans recognized as the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in Korean won, which is the Controlling Company’s functional currency. All amounts in Korean won are in millions unless otherwise stated.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates and Judgments

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

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied in its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in accounting policies

(i) Presentation of Operating Profit or Loss in the Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Group has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and has presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales and selling and administrative expense including research and development expenses on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) from the year ended December 31, 2012.

The Group has applied the amendment retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative condensed consolidated interim statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012. The impact upon adoption of the amendment for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2012  
     For the three-month
period ended September 30
    For the nine-month
period ended September 30
 

Operating profit before adoption of the amendment

   253,407        49,699   

Deductions:

    

Rental income

     (1,904     (5,288

Foreign currency gain

     (276,374     (745,402

Reversal of impairment loss on assets

     —          (3

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     (1,612     (4,343

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     (213     (508

Commission earned

     (1,683     (3,098

Others

     (1,962     (8,983
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (283,748     (767,625
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions:

    

Foreign currency loss

     252,086        690,865   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     1,262        3,168   

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     94        704   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     37        37,720   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     74,001        310,556   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     327,480 1        1,043,013   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Restated operating profit after adoption of the amendment

   297,139        325,087   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Group in the preparation of its condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those followed by the Group in its preparation of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012, except for the application of K-IFRS No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and the amended or new accounting standards explained below:

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies

 

  (i) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1001, Presentation of Financial Statements

The Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013, by classifying other comprehensive income by nature into “items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss” and “items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss”.

 

  (ii) K-IFRS No.1110, Consolidated Financial Statements

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1110, Consolidated Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013. The standard defines the principle of control and establishes control as the basis for determining which entities are consolidated in the consolidated financial statements. A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the investor or the subsidiary of the investor. An investor or the subsidiary of the investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

  (iii) K-IFRS No.1111, Joint Arrangement

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1111, Joint Arrangement, effective January 1, 2013. The standard classifies joint arrangements into two types: joint operations and joint ventures. A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint operators) have rights to the assets and obligations for the liabilities relating to the arrangement. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint venturers) have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The standard requires a joint operator to recognize and measure the assets and liabilities (and recognize the related revenues and expenses) in relation to its interest in the arrangement in accordance with relevant K-IFRSs applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. The standard requires a joint venturer to recognize an investment and to account for that investment using the equity method. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (iv) K-IFRS No.1112, Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1112, Disclosures of Interests in Other Entities, effective January 1, 2013. The standard brings together into a single standard all the disclosure requirements about an entity’s interests in subsidiaries, joint arrangements, associates and unconsolidated structured entities. The standard requires an entity to disclose information that enables users of financial statements to evaluate the nature of and risks associated with its interests in other entities and the effects of those interests on its financial position, financial performance and cash flows. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

  (v) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1019, Employee Benefits

The Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No.1019, Employee Benefits, effective January 1, 2013. The revised standard requires the Group to calculate the expected return on plan assets based on the discount rate that is used to measure the present value of defined benefit obligation.

 

  (b) New Standards and Interpretations Not Yet Adopted

Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation

The amendment improves application guidance of K-IFRS No.1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation, to clarify criterion of offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities. The amendment will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and has not been adopted early in preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

Management is in the process of evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this standard on its financial position and results of operations.

 

4. Financial Risk Management

The objectives and policies on financial risk management followed by the Group are consistent with those disclosed in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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5. Inventories

Inventories as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Finished goods

   946,098         1,044,125   

Work-in-process

     800,987         653,260   

Raw materials

     332,664         370,653   

Supplies

     337,074         321,969   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,416,823         2,390,007   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales and inventory write-downs is as follows;

 

(In millions of won)    2013      2012  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   17,297,081         18,787,668   

Including: valuation loss of inventories

     180,470         118,187   

 

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6. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees

Associates and joint ventures (equity method investees) as of September 30, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                

Associates and jointly

controlled entities

  

Location

  

Percentage

of ownership

  

Fiscal year end

  

Date of
incorporation

  

Business

   Carrying
amount
 

Suzhou Raken Technology Ltd. (*1)

   Suzhou, China    51%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

2008

  

Manufacture and sell

LCD modules and

LCD TV set

   133,204   

Guangzhou New Vision Technology Research and Development Limited

   Guangzhou, China    50%    Dec. 31   

Jul.

2008

  

R&D on design of

LCD modules and

LCD TV set

     3,657   

Global OLED Technology LLC

   Virginia, U.S.A.    33%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

2009

  

Manage and license

OLED patents

     33,298   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

   40%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2005

  

Manufacture electric

glass for FPDs

     83,839   

TLI Inc. (*2,3)

  

Seongnam,

South Korea

   10%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

1998

  

Manufacture and sell

semiconductor parts

     5,438   

AVACO Co., Ltd. (*2)

  

Daegu,

South Korea

   16%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2001

  

Manufacture and sell

equipment for FPDs

     11,287   

New Optics Ltd.

  

Yangju,

South Korea

   42%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2005

  

Manufacture back

light parts for TFT-

LCDs

     35,123   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd. (*2)

  

Seongnam,

South Korea

   13%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2001

  

Develop and

manufacture

equipment for FPDs

     2,181   

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd. (*4)

  

Ansan,

South Korea

   21%    Dec. 31   

Jun.

2008

  

Manufacture LED

back light unit

packages

     26,986   

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16 (*5)

  

Seoul,

South Korea

   31%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

2009

  

Invest in small and

middle sized

companies and benefit

from M&A

opportunities

     17,070   

Can Yang Investments Limited (*2)

   Hong Kong    9%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2010

  

Develop, manufacture

and sell LED parts

     12,187   

YAS Co., Ltd. (*2)

  

Paju,

South Korea

   19%    Dec. 31   

Apr.

2002

  

Develop and

manufacture

deposition equipment

for OLEDs

     9,487   

Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

   Suzhou, China    20%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2010

  

Manufacture LED

packages

     1,842   

Narenanotech Corporation

  

Yongin,

South Korea

   23%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

1995

  

Manufacture and sell

FPD manufacturing

equipment

     25,682   

Avatec. Co., Ltd. (*2,6)

  

Daegu,

South Korea

   16%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2000

  

Manufacture and sell

glass for FPDs

     14,443   

Glonix Co., Ltd. (*7)

  

Gimhae,

South Korea

   20%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

2006

  

Manufacture and sell

LCD

     —     
                 

 

 

 
                  415,724   
                 

 

 

 

 

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6. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

(*1) In September 2013, the Controlling Company invested ₩11,917 million in cash for the capital increase of Suzhou Raken Technology Ltd (“Raken”). There were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in Raken as a result of this additional investment.
(*2) Although the Controlling Company’s share interests in TLI Inc., Avaco Co., Ltd., LIG ADP Co., Ltd., Can Yang Investments Limited, YAS Co., Ltd., and Avatec Co., Ltd. are below 20%, the Controlling Company is able to exercise significant influence through its right to assign a director to the board of directors of each investee and, accordingly, the investments in these investees have been accounted for using the equity method.
(*3) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in TLI Inc. was reduced from 12% to 10% due to the shares issued in relation to the exercise of warrants.
(*4) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd. was reduced from 30% to 21% because the Controlling Company did not participate in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.’s capital increase.
(*5) The Controlling Company is a member of limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (“the Fund”). In March and May 2013, the Controlling Company received ₩1,116 million and ₩260 million, respectively, from the Fund as a capital distribution and made additional cash investment of ₩1,533 million in the Fund in June and September 2013, respectively. There were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in the Fund and the Controlling Company is committed to making future investments of up to an aggregate of ₩30,000 million.
(*6) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in Avatec Co., Ltd. was reduced from 17% to 16% due to the shares issued in relation to the exercise of stock options.
(*7) The Controlling Company’s share of net assets of Glonix Co., Ltd. (“Glonix”) was reduced below zero and, accordingly, the Controlling Company discontinued the recognition of its share of losses of the Glonix. The Controlling Company’s unrecognized share of losses of the Glonix amounts to ₩86 million.

In August 2013, Dynamic Solar Design Co., Ltd. completed liquidation.

Dividends received from associates and jointly controlled entities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 amounted to ₩14,276 million and ₩204 million, respectively.

 

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7. Property, Plant and Equipment

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Group purchased property, plant and equipment of ₩1,849,812 million and ₩2,293,716 million, respectively. The capitalized borrowing costs and the annualized capitalization rate were ₩15,860 million and 4.68%, and ₩22,353 million and 3.23% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Also for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Group disposed of property, plant and equipment with carrying amounts of ₩12,636 million and ₩12,339 million, respectively, and recognized ₩6,451 million and ₩773 million as gain and loss, respectively, on disposal of property, plant and equipment for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 (gain and loss for the nine-month period ended on September 30, 2012: ₩4,343 million and ₩3,168 million, respectively).

 

8. Intangible Assets

The Group capitalizes expenditures related to development activities, such as expenditures incurred on designing, manufacturing and testing of products that are ultimately selected for production. The balances of capitalized development costs as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are ₩162,741 million and ₩169,176 million, respectively.

 

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9. Financial Instruments

 

  (a) Credit risk

 

  (i) Exposure to credit risk

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Cash and cash equivalents

   2,081,341         2,338,661   

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     2,608,742         3,334,341   

Other accounts receivable, net

     74,791         199,007   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,838         2,838   

Other non-current financial assets

     8,575         11,262   

Deposits

     27,731         62,862   

Deposits in banks

     565,160         315,092   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   5,369,178         6,264,063   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts and notes receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by geographic region is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Domestic

   355,176         205,454   

Euro-zone countries

     377,159         415,664   

Japan

     188,954         79,564   

United States

     681,295         1,392,303   

China

     514,943         881,018   

Taiwan

     297,093         166,839   

Others

     194,122         193,499   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,608,742         3,334,341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (ii) Impairment loss

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
    Book
value
     Impairment
loss
 

Not past due

   2,600,869         (391     3,298,888         (1,007

Past due 1-15 days

     2,981         (1     18,307         (5

Past due 16-30 days

     2,039         (1     12,152         (2

Past due 31-60 days

     208         (1     2,829         (3

Past due more than 60 days

     3,044         (5     3,184         (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,609,141         (399     3,335,360         (1,019
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of receivables during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Balance at the beginning of the period

   1,019        663   

Bad debt expense (reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts)

     (620     356   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the reporting date

   399        1,019   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (b) Liquidity risk

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of September 30, 2013:

 

(In millions of won)           Contractual cash flows  
     Carrying
amount
     Total      6 months
or less
     6-12
months
     1-2 years      2-5 years      More than
5 years
 

Non-derivative financial liabilities :

                    

Secured bank loan

   53,780         54,675         27,487         27,188         —           —           —     

Unsecured bank loans

     1,619,757         1,750,374         136,231         228,736         615,894         768,044         1,469   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,334,984         2,565,016         51,187         347,872         613,171         1,552,786         —     

Trade accounts and notes payables

     3,145,804         3,145,804         3,145,804         —           —           —           —     

Other accounts payable

     1,607,693         1,607,693         1,607,693         —           —           —           —     

Other non-current liabilities

     26         26         —           —           —           26         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   8,762,044         9,123,588         4,968,428         603,796         1,229,065         2,320,830         1,469   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

It is not expected that the cash flows included in the maturity analysis could occur significantly earlier, or at significantly different amounts.

 

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  (c) Currency risk

 

  (i) Exposure to currency risk

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    September 30, 2013  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     SGD  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,694        10,788        369        10        23        73        1   

Deposits in banks

     —          —          —          —          30        —          —     

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     1,940        4        1,695        4        —          19        —     

Other accounts receivable

     6        —          84        2        6        —          —     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —          —          —          3        —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        170        18        10        —          —          1   

Trade accounts payable

     (1,702     (24,192     (1,912     (65     —          —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (63     (7,658     (1,173     (6     (31     (6     —     

Debts

     (752     —          (31     —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     1,124        (20,888     (950     (42     28        86        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2012  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     SGD  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,466        7,540        536        2        61        2        —     

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,656        433        1,223        —          95        37        —     

Other accounts receivable

     66        95        340        —          1        —          —     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —          —          —          3        —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        178        20        11        —          —          1   

Trade accounts payable

     (2,234     (31,162     (1,847     (463     (67     —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (109     (12,948     (725     (8     (38     (8     —     

Debts

     (898     —          (33     —          (5     —          —     

Bonds

     (349     —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     599        (35,864     (486     (455     47        31        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the exchange rates at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2013      2012      September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

USD

   1,105.68         1,138.99       1,075.60         1,071.10   

JPY

     11.45         14.36         10.99         12.48   

CNY

     179.29         179.90         175.75         171.88   

TWD

     37.20         38.33         36.42         36.90   

EUR

     1,455.87         1,459.88         1,451.31         1,416.26   

PLN

     346.65         347.14         343.65         348.21   

SGD

     883.59         904.97         855.65         875.48   

 

  (ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Group’s financial assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currency as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Group considers to be reasonably possible as of the end of reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, would remain constant. The changes in equity and profit or loss would be as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Equity     Profit or
loss
    Equity     Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

     43,728        52,411        21,637        32,664   

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (9,668     (5,656     (17,921     (13,935

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     (8,359     (5     (4,176     —     

TWD (5 percent weakening)

     (74     (5     (838     (5

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     1,351        2,381        2,491        2,629   

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     1,178        919        537        8   

SGD (5 percent weakening)

     44        —          16        —     

A stronger won against the above currencies as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 would have had the equal but opposite effect on the above currencies to the amounts shown above, on the basis that all other variables remain constant.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (d) Interest rate risk

 

  (i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Group’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Fixed rate instruments

    

Financial assets

   2,649,339        2,656,591   

Financial liabilities

     (3,170,080     (3,077,467
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (520,741     (420,876
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

    

Financial liabilities

   (838,441     (1,378,390

 

  (ii) Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for each 12-month period following the reporting dates. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, would remain constant.

 

(In millions of won)    Equity      Profit or loss  
     1%p
increase
    1%p
decrease
     1%p
increase
    1%p
decrease
 

September 30, 2013

         

Variable rate instruments

   (6,355     6,355         (6,355     6,355   

December 31, 2012

         

Variable rate instruments

   (10,448     10,448         (10,448     10,448   

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair values

 

  (i) Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position, are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   14,026         14,026         13,463         13,463   

Assets carried at amortized cost

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   2,081,341         2,081,341         2,338,661         2,338,661   

Deposits in banks

     565,160         565,160         315,092         315,092   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,608,742         2,608,742         3,334,341         3,334,341   

Other accounts receivable

     74,791         74,791         199,007         199,007   

Other non-current financial assets

     8,575         8,575         11,262         11,262   

Deposits

     27,731         27,731         62,862         62,862   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   5,366,340         5,366,340         6,261,225         6,261,225   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

           

Secured bank loans

   53,780         53,780         53,555         53,555   

Unsecured bank loans

     1,619,757         1,661,208         1,783,698         1,823,514   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,334,984         2,395,129         2,618,604         2,677,038   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     3,145,804         3,145,804         4,147,036         4,147,036   

Other accounts payable

     1,607,693         1,607,693         2,641,958         2,641,901   

Other non-current liabilities

     26         26         30         30   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   8,762,044         8,863,640         11,244,881         11,343,074   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The basis for determining fair values above by the Group are consistent with those disclosed in the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (ii) Interest rates used for determining fair value

The significant interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value at the reporting date are as follows:

 

     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Bonds, loans and borrowings

     2.99     3.69

 

  (iii) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. The different levels have been defined as follows: •

 

   

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

 

   

Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly

 

   

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

The financial instruments carried at fair value as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

September 30, 2013

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   14,026         —           —           14,026   

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2012

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,463         —           —           13,463   

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (f) Capital management

Management’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. Liabilities to equity ratio, net borrowings to equity ratio and other financial ratios are used by management to achieve an optimal capital structure. Management also monitors the level of dividends to ordinary shareholders. Equity, defined by K-IFRS, is identical to the definition of capital, managed by management.

 

(In millions of won)             
     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Total liabilities

   11,693,212        14,215,331   

Total equity

     10,652,991        10,240,180   

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     2,646,501        2,653,753   

Borrowings (including bonds)

     4,008,521        4,455,857   

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     110     139

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     13     18

 

(*1) Cash and deposits in banks consist of cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks.
(*2) Net borrowings to equity ratio is calculated by dividing borrowings (including bonds) less cash and deposits in banks by total equity.

 

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10. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   34,300         35,739   

Current portion of long-term debt

     628,879         979,533   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   663,179         1,015,272   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   804,588         807,005   

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     505,532         589,105   

Bonds

     2,035,222         2,044,475   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,345,342         3,440,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD and CNY)                   

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
September 30, 2013
   September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Bank of China and others

   1.50%~6.56%    34,300         35,739   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 27         USD 28   
        CNY 31         CNY 31   

 

  (c) Won denominated long-term debt as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
September 30, 2013
   September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Shinhan Bank and others

   3-year Korean Treasury Bond
rate less 1.25%, 2.75%
   13,188        16,629   

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and others

   4.51%~5.21%, 1-year bank

bond rate plus 1.40%

     846,239        845,072   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (54,839     (54,696
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      804,588        807,005   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Long-term debt denominated in currencies other than won as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD, CNY and EUR)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
September 30, 2013 (*)
   September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea

   —      —          26,777   

Kookmin Bank and others

   6ML+1.78%,

3ML+1.70%~2.25%

     779,810        905,080   

China Bank of Communications and others

   —        —          7,956   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (274,278     (350,708
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      505,532        589,105   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 725        USD 870   
        —          CNY 2   
        —          EUR 5   

 

(*) ML represents Month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rates).

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (e) Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)              
     Maturity      Annual interest
rate as of

September 30,
2013
    September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Won denominated bonds (*)

         

Publicly issued bonds

    

 

April 2014~

March 2018

  

  

     2.90%~5.89   2,340,000        2,250,000   

Less discount on bonds

          (5,016     (5,579

Less current portion

          (299,762     (199,946
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          2,035,222        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds denominated in currencies other than won

         

Floating-rate bonds

     —           —          —          374,885   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

          —          USD350   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less discount on bonds

          —          (702

Less current portion

          —          (374,183
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          —          —     
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,035,222        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) Principal of the won denominated bonds is to be repaid at maturity and interests are paid quarterly in arrears.

 

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11. The Nature of Expenses

The nature of expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                         
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Changes in inventories

   (21,163     (177,848     (26,816     (429,440

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     3,457,633        4,687,969        10,764,860        12,935,559   

Depreciation and amortization

     891,741        1,188,082        2,967,545        3,242,539   

Outsourcing fees

     150,885        117,551        385,350        225,155   

Labor costs

     687,870        631,988        2,060,709        1,884,932   

Supplies and others

     269,335        224,431        761,029        628,579   

Utility expense

     193,945        186,850        541,652        492,824   

Fees and commissions

     119,938        113,454        354,723        330,460   

Shipping costs

     62,606        101,323        216,035        338,202   

After-sale service expenses

     26,320        26,572        73,382        79,533   

Others

     429,427        274,844        1,181,852        993,820   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   6,268,537        7,375,216        19,280,321        20,722,163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses consist of cost of sales, selling, administrative, research and development expenses and other non-operating expenses, excluding foreign exchange differences.

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013, other non-operating income included exchange differences amounting to ₩315,107 million and ₩843,410 million, respectively (for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012: ₩276,374 million and ₩745,402 million, respectively), and other non-operating expenses included exchange differences amounting to ₩227,807 million and ₩806,301 million, respectively (for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012: ₩252,086 million and ₩690,865 million, respectively).

The expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013.

 

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12. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Salaries

   63,558         56,473         183,930         173,873   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     5,893         5,352         17,093         16,135   

Other employee benefits

     14,894         13,646         55,960         43,111   

Shipping costs

     51,618         82,216         171,363         281,116   

Fees and commissions

     50,421         47,629         152,699         146,848   

Depreciation and amortization

     23,395         27,571         72,144         81,007   

Taxes and dues

     6,559         8,463         24,473         20,003   

Advertising

     44,242         21,796         93,863         73,361   

After-sale service

     26,320         26,572         73,382         79,533   

Rent

     5,571         6,378         17,544         19,703   

Insurance

     2,288         2,336         9,237         7,778   

Travel

     5,849         5,363         16,016         15,347   

Training

     4,559         3,833         10,271         10,356   

Others

     12,242         12,496         35,062         35,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   317,409         320,124         933,037         1,003,238   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013.

 

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13. Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Rental income

   1,591         1,904         8,952         5,288   

Foreign currency gain

     315,107         276,374         843,410         745,402   

Reversal of impairment loss on assets

     296         —           296         3   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     839         1,612         6,451         4,343   

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     143         213         497         508   

Commission earned

     2,004         1,683         3,241         3,098   

Others

     2,223         1,964         7,997         9,042   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   322,203         283,750         870,844         767,684   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Foreign currency loss

   227,807         252,086         806,301         690,865   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     100         1,262         773         3,168   

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     —           94         168         704   

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

     71         —           848         —     

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     356         37         1,513         37,720   

Donations

     2,079         3,918         7,610         8,006   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     76,389         73,999         221,749         310,559   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   306,802         331,396         1,038,962         1,051,022   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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14. Employee Benefits

The Group’s primary defined benefit plan provides a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Group.

 

  (a) Recognized liabilities for defined benefit obligations as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
      September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   775,156        672,370   

Fair value of plan assets

     (479,237     (491,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   295,919        180,640   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (b) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Current service cost

   37,490         32,456         112,443         97,470   

Interest cost, net

     1,798         2,179         5,764         6,539   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   39,288         34,635         118,207         104,009   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c) Plan assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
      September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Deposits with financial institutions

   479,237         491,730   

As of September 30, 2013, plan assets mainly consist of deposits in banks, for which the payment of their principal and interest is guaranteed.

 

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  (d) Actuarial gain and loss recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                         
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss

   (98     (71,076     (247     (70,825

Income tax

     20        17,207        (35     17,101   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of income tax

   (78     (53,869     (282     (53,724
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

15. Finance income and costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit and loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Finance income

           

Interest income

   9,524         6,612         29,867         21,305   

Dividend income

     —           482         306         482   

Foreign currency gain

     55,343         97,223         114,075         179,793   

Gain on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

     38         —           3,289         2,978   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   64,905         104,317         147,537         204,558   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

           

Interest expense

   37,174         55,346         124,538         139,707   

Foreign currency loss

     33,769         56,093         161,616         143,290   

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,900         8,108         15,901         25,185   

Loss on redemption of debentures

     —           —           —           1,524   

Loss on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

     61         —           1,739         —     

Impairment loss on valuation of available-for-sale securities

     —           6,392         —           6,392   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   75,904         125,939         303,794         316,098   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                         
      For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   42        8,997        302        16,331   

Tax effect

     (199     (1,729     (136     (3,558
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income (costs) recognized in other comprehensive income after tax

   (157     7,268        166        12,773   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

16. Commitments

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

The Controlling Company has agreements with Korea Development Bank and several other banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,713 million (₩1,843,019 million) and JPY 5,000 million (₩54,934 million) in connection with the Controlling Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2013, no short-term borrowings were outstanding in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Controlling Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

 

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In June 2009 and January 2011, LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Controlling Company’s subsidiary, entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 250 million (₩268,900 million) and USD 100 million (₩107,560 million), respectively, and as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 250 million (₩268,891 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement with Standard Chartered Bank, and no accounts and notes receivable were sold, but not past due under the agreement with Citibank. In June 2009 and 2011 and July 2011, LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Taishin International Bank, BNP Paribas and Chinatrust Commercial Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,006 million (₩1,082,054 million), USD 65 million (₩69,914 million) and USD 160 million (₩172,096 million), respectively, and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 296 million (₩318,864 million) and USD 61 million (₩65,393 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreements with Taishin International Bank and Chinatrust Commercial Bank, respectively. In addition, in December 2010, LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank and, in December 2012, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 222 million (₩238,783 million), USD 280 million (₩301,168 million), and USD 100 million (₩107,560 million), respectively, and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 44 million (₩47,684 million), USD 12 million (₩12,792 million), and USD 27 million (₩28,547 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due, respectively. In December 2010 and 2012, and May 2013, LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with BNP Paribas, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. and Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 130 million (₩139,828 million) , USD 200 million (₩215,120 million) and USD 50 million (₩53,780 million), respectively, and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 107 million (₩114,900 million) and USD 109 million (₩117,461 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreements with BNP Paribas and Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., respectively. In July 2009, LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd. and LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Bank of China Limited, and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 85 million (₩91,712 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In addition, in May and September 2013, LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. and Standard Chartered Bank, and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 15 million (₩16,017 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement with Standard Chartered Bank. In June 2010, LG Display Germany GmbH entered into an agreement with Citibank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 307 million (₩330,209 million), and, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 130 million (₩139,333 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In addition, in September, 2011, LG Display Germany GmbH started forfaiting and accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 14 million (₩15,462 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In March 2011, LG Display America, Inc. entered into agreements with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 80 million (₩86,048 million) and USD 50 million (₩53,780 million), respectively, and, as of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivable were sold, but not past due under the agreements. In addition, in June 2011 and September 2013, LG Display America, Inc. entered into agreements with Citibank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 200 million (₩215,120 million) and USD 180 million (₩193,608 million), respectively, as of September 30, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 196 million (₩210,322 million) and USD 155 million (₩166,255 million) were sold, respectively, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In August 2011, LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. entered into an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 90 million (₩96,804 million) and, as of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivable were sold, but not past due under the agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. The Controlling Company has a credit facility agreement with Shinhan Bank pursuant to which the Controlling Company could sell its accounts and notes receivable up to an aggregate of ₩100,000 million in connection with its domestic sales transactions and, as of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivable were sold, but not past due under the agreement with Shinhan bank. In addition, the Controlling Company entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to USD 50 million (₩53,780 million) and USD 23 million (₩24,739 million) in April 2011 and November 2012, respectively and, as of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivables sold to Standard Chartered Bank were outstanding in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Group has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

 

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16. Commitments, Continued

 

Letters of credit

As of September 30, 2013, the Controlling Company has agreements with Korea Exchange Bank in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 15 million (₩16,134 million), USD 15 million (₩16,134 million) with China Construction Bank, JPY 1,500 million (₩16,480 million) with Woori Bank, USD 100 million (₩107,560 million) with Bank of China, USD 60 million (₩64,536 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, USD 30 million (₩32,268 million) with Hana Bank and USD 30 million (₩32,268 million) with Shinhan Bank.

Payment guarantees

The Controlling Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 8.5 million (₩9,143 million) and EUR 215 million (₩312,032 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland and other various banks for a number of occasions including value added tax payments in Poland.

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries are provided with payment guarantees from the Bank of

Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and other various banks amounting to USD 7 million (₩7,529 million), JPY 700 million (₩7,691 million), CNY 1,400 million (₩246,050 million), TWD 10 million (₩364 million) and PLN 0.2 million (₩69 million) respectively, for their local tax payments.

Credit facility

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries have entered into short-term credit facility agreements of up to USD 60 million (₩64,536 million) and JPY 8,000 million (₩87,894 million) in total, with Mizuho Corporate Bank and other various banks.

 

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License agreements

As of September 30, 2013, in relation to its TFT-LCD business, the Controlling Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others and has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp.

Long-term supply agreement

In connection with long-term supply agreements, as of September 30, 2013, the Controlling Company’s balance of advances received from a customer amount to USD 1,080 million (₩1,161,648 million) in aggregate. The advances received will be offset against outstanding accounts receivable balances after a given period of time, as well as those arising from the supply of products thereafter. The Controlling Company received a payment guarantee amounting to USD 220 million (₩236,632 million) from the Industrial Bank of Korea relating to advances received.

Pledged Assets

Regarding the secured bank loan amounting to USD 50 million (₩53,780 million) from the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Controlling Company provided part of its OLED machinery as pledged assets.

 

17. Contingencies

Anvik Corporation’s lawsuit for infringement of patent

In 2007, Anvik Corporation filed a patent infringement case against the Group, along with other LCD manufacturing companies in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY district court”), in connection with the usage of photo-masking equipment manufactured by Nikon Corporation. The court granted Nikon Corporation’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the patents-in-suit and entered a judgment in favor of Nikon Corporation, the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. and other TFT-LCD manufacturing companies, dismissing the case in April 2012. In April 2012, Anvik Corporation appealed the court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”). The CAFC has reversed the SDNY district court’s summary judgment ruling and remanded the case back to the district court for further proceedings.

Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan’s action for patent infringement

In 2012, the United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”) granted a motion by Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (“ITRI”) to add the Controlling Company and LG Display America as additional respondents in an investigation under Section 337 of the United States Tariff Act (In the Matter of Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-805). ITRI is seeking an exclusion order which prohibits the importation of televisions and monitors incorporating the Controlling Company’s products into the United States for alleged patent infringement. On October 22, 2012, USITC issued a Notice of Initial Determination finding that the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. did not infringe the asserted patent of ITRI. On May 17, 2013, USITC issued a final determination finding that the patent was invalid and the Controlling Company and LG Display America had not infringed ITRI’s patents. Meanwhile, ITRI appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

 

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Patent Infringement Litigations and Invalidity Proceedings Between the Controlling Company and Samsung Display Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In September 2012, the Controlling Company filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (“SSD”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“SSE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display technology and relevant manufacturing methods and seeking monetary compensation. As a response, SSD requested for an invalidity proceeding over the identical seven patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Furthermore, in December 2012, SSD filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against the Controlling Company and LG Electronics Co., Ltd. (“LGE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) technology and seeking monetary compensation, and of which the Controlling Company responded by requesting for an invalidity proceeding over such LCD patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. For the amicable settlement, the settlement proceeded under the arbitration of the government and, on September 23, 2013, the Controlling Company and Samsung Display withdrew the entire patent infringement litigations and invalidity proceedings and agreed to seek patent cooperation measures through conversation.

Request for arbitration of Arkema France and its subsidiary regarding termination of a contract with the Controlling Company

In October 2012, Arkema France (“Arkema”) and its subsidiary filed a request for arbitration in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce regarding termination of a contract with the Controlling Company. The Controlling Company is currently defending against Arkema’s claims.

Anti-trust investigations and litigations

In December 2006, the Controlling Company received notices of investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the European Commission with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the TFT-LCD industry. The Controlling Company subsequently received similar notices from the Canadian Bureau of Competition Policy, the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico, the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil and the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.

In November 2008, the Controlling Company executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) whereby the Controlling Company and its U.S. subsidiary, LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”), pleaded guilty to a Sherman Antitrust Act violation and agreed to pay a single total fine of USD 400 million.

In December 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accepted the terms of the plea agreement and entered a judgment against the Controlling Company and LGDUS and ordered the payment of USD 400 million. The agreement resolved all federal criminal charges against the Controlling Company and LGDUS in the United States in connection with this matter.

In December 2010, the European Commission (“the EC”) issued a decision finding that the Controlling Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry in violation of European competition laws and imposed a fine of EUR 215 million. In February 2011, the Controlling Company filed with the European Union General Court an application for partial annulment and reduction of the fine imposed by the EC. To date the European Union General Court has not ruled on the Controlling Company’s application. In November 2011, the Controlling Company received an additional Request for Information from the EC relating to the alleged anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry and is responding to the request.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

In November 2009, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission terminated its investigation without any finding of violations or levying of fines. Also, in February 2012, the Competition Bureau of Canada terminated its investigation against the Controlling Company without any finding of violations or levying of fines. To date no decision has been issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and we believe the statutory time period by which the Commission was required to have issued a decision has already lapsed. To date investigations by the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico and the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil are ongoing.

In August 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission issued an Examination Report finding that the Controlling Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in violation of Korean fair trade laws and a hearing was held in October 2011. In December 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission imposed a fine on the Controlling Company and certain of its subsidiaries of approximately ₩31,378 million, and the Controlling Company filed an appeal of the decision with the Seoul High Court in December 2011. To date the Seoul High Court has not ruled on the Controlling Company’s appeal.

Subsequent to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of class action complaints were filed against the Controlling Company and other TFT-LCD panel manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada alleging violation of respective antitrust laws and related laws. The class action lawsuits in the U.S. were transferred to the Northern District of California for pretrial proceedings (“MDL Proceedings”). In March 2010, the court certified the class action complaints filed by direct purchasers and indirect purchasers. Seventy-eight entities (including groups of affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the direct purchaser class. The time period for submitting requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class expired on April 13, 2012 and ten entities (including groups and affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class. In addition, since 2010, the attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed complaints against the Controlling Company, alleging similar antitrust violations as alleged in the MDL Proceedings. In June 2011, the Controlling Company reached a settlement with the direct purchaser class, which the federal district court approved in December 2011. In July 2012, the Controlling Company reached a settlement with the indirect purchaser class and with the state attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, which was approved by the federal district court in April 2013. In March 2013, the Oklahoma attorney general dismissed its action as to the Company pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Apart from the direct and indirect purchaser class actions, individual plaintiffs filed complaints in various state or federal courts in the United States alleging violation of the respective antitrust laws and related laws by various LCD panel manufacturers. To date the Controlling Company is defending against twenty Direct Action Plaintiffs including Motorola Mobility, Inc., Electrograph Technologies Corp. and its affiliates, TracFone Wireless Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Office Depot, Inc., Interbond Corp. of America (BrandsMart), P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp., MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc., ABC Appliance (ABC Warehouse), Schultze Agency Services, LLC (Tweeter), AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust for All American Semiconductor Inc., Tech Data Corp. and its affiliate, CompuCom Systems, Inc., NECO Alliance LLC, Proview Technology, Inc. and its affiliates, and the attorneys general of Illinois, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class action complaints filed by the direct and indirect purchasers in May 2011. The Controlling Company is pursuing an appeal of the decision as well as defending the on-going class actions in Quebec and British Columbia.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

While the Group continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, there is a possibility that one or more proceedings may result in an unfavorable outcome to the Company. For certain cases described above, management is not able to estimate the potential loss if the final outcome of the cases is unfavorable to the Group as the cases are in early stage and management does not have sufficient information to estimate the amount of possible loss. Otherwise the Group has established provisions with respect to certain of the contingencies, considering factors such as the nature of the litigation, claim, or assessment, the progress of the case and the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers. These estimates have been based on our assessment of the facts and circumstances and are subject to change materially based upon new information, intervening events and the final outcome of the cases.

 

18. Capital and Reserves

 

  (a) Share capital

The Controlling Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value ₩5,000), and as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

 

  (b) Reserves

Reserves consist mainly of the following:

Translation reserve

The translation reserve comprises all foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.

Fair value reserve

The fair value reserve comprises the cumulative net change in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets until the investments are derecognized or impaired.

 

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19. Related Parties

 

  (a) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended  September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended  September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Short-term benefits

   664         443         2,278         1,328   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     72         39         1,068         135   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   736         482         3,346         1,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Key management refers to the registered directors who have significant control and responsibilities over the Controlling Company’s operations and business.

 

  (b) Significant transactions with related companies

Significant transactions such as sales of goods and purchases of raw material and outsourcing service and others, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

  (i) Sales and others

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Joint ventures

   142,512         127,211         393,029         506,668   

Associates

     112         6,186         5,881         6,397   

LG Electronics

     1,500,493         1,585,044         4,810,684         4,436,085   

Other related parties(*)

     1,640         6,117         5,680         8,241   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,644,757         1,724,558         5,215,274         4,957,391   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (ii) Purchases and others

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Joint ventures

   42,564         67,799         137,152         104,209   

Associates

     498,237         646,446         1,481,726         1,853,410   

LG Electronics

     108,044         54,357         243,770         188,044   

Other related parties(*)

     153,769         125,016         421,139         324,244   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   802,614         893,618         2,283,787         2,469,907   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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19. Related Parties, Continued

 

Account balances with related parties as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Trade accounts and
notes receivable and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and others
 
     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Joint ventures

   80,838         92,870         140,968         168,620   

Associates

     3,361         521         443,939         610,427   

LG Electronics

     699,240         658,516         131,485         67,867   

Other related parties(*)

     627         743         137,393         125,746   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   784,066         752,650         853,785         972,660   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) The significant transactions for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and the account balances as of December 31, 2012 were restated because a related party restated its consolidated financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS No.1110, Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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20. Geographic and Other Information

The Group manufactures and sells TFT-LCD and Active Matrix (“AM”)-OLED products. Sales of AM-OLED products are insignificant to total sales. Sales in countries other than South Korea represent approximately 89% of total sales for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

The following is a summary of sales by region based on the location of the customers for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

 

  (a) Revenue by geography

 

(In millions of won)                            
     For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 

Region

   2013      2012      2013      2012  

Domestic

   706,177         538,039         2,102,989         1,540,513   

Foreign

           

China

     3,675,881         4,260,474         10,797,325         11,333,172   

Asia (excluding China)

     767,649         842,684         2,221,099         2,138,412   

United States

     599,161         910,691         2,059,599         2,373,356   

Europe

     829,867         1,041,157         2,773,011         3,301,640   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub total

   5,872,558         7,055,006         17,851,034         19,146,580   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   6,578,735         7,593,045         19,954,023         20,687,093   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales to Company A and Company B constituted 27% and 21% of total revenue, respectively, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 (the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012: 23% and 19%, respectively). The Group’s top ten end-brand customers together accounted for 76% of sales for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 (the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012: 69%).

 

  (b) Non-current assets by geography

 

(In millions of won)                            
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Region

   Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible assets      Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible assets  

Domestic

   10,680,522         453,506         12,002,578         488,678   

Foreign

           

China

     1,241,069         4,084         939,929         7,499   

Others

     149,108         1,095         165,004         1,425   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub total

     1,390,177         5,179         1,104,933         8,924   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   12,070,699         458,685         13,107,511         497,602   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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20. Geographic and Other Information, Continued

 

  (c) Revenue by product

 

(In millions of won)              

Product

   For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
   2013      2012      2013      2012  

Panels for:

           

Notebook computers

   1,397,361         1,927,047         4,148,770         4,738,917   

Desktop monitors

     1,290,760         1,203,113         4,057,037         3,682,485   

TFT-LCD televisions

     2,911,337         3,583,798         9,176,470         9,791,750   

Mobile and others

     979,277         879,087         2,571,746         2,473,941   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,578,735         7,593,045         19,954,023         20,687,093   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

21. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of Income tax expense (benefit) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Current tax expense

   70,726         6,166         122,556         46,242   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     92,385         65,787         134,897         (7,304
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   163,111         71,953         257,453         38,938   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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21. Income Taxes, Continued

 

  (b) Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the deferred tax assets at the reporting date will be realized with the Group’s estimated future taxable income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     2013      2012      2013     2012     2013     2012  

Other accounts receivable, net

   —           —           (1,844     (2,063     (1,844     (2,063

Inventories, net

     15,839         10,075         —          —          15,839        10,075   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     149         285         —          —          149        285   

Defined benefit obligation

     63,464         38,573         —          —          63,464        38,573   

Investments in equity accounted investees

     7,935         7,619         —          —          7,935        7,619   

Accrued expenses

     76,846         81,802         —          —          76,846        81,802   

Property, plant and equipment

     172,587         171,881         —          —          172,587        171,881   

Intangible assets

     —           2,488         (1,381     —          (1,381     2,488   

Provisions

     10,825         12,979         —          —          10,825        12,979   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     417         5,340         (957     (958     (540     4,382   

Others

     15,686         34,344         (524     (220     15,162        34,124   

Tax loss carryforwards

     170,679         233,139         —          —          170,679        233,139   

Tax credit carryforwards

     630,026         699,529         —          —          630,026        699,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   1,164,453         1,298,054         (4,706     (3,241     1,159,747        1,294,813   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Controlling Company is 24.2% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Controlling Company remeasured the possibility of realization of the amount of tax credit related deferred tax assets considering the change in the minimum tax rate and other factors, and, accordingly, the unused tax credit for which no deferred tax asset is recognized increased by ₩104,418 million.

 

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22. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

  (a) Basic earnings (loss) per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won and number of shares)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

   244,996,534,865         158,614,921,979         354,576,160,420         (81,024,495,100

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     357,815,700         357,815,700         357,815,700         357,815,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

   685         443         991         (226
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common shares used for calculating earnings (loss) per share.

 

  (b) Diluted earnings per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 are not calculated since there are no potential common stocks. In addition, there are no effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares due to the Controlling Company’s net loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012.

 

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Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2013 and 2012

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

 

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     86   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Financial Position

     89   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     90   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

     91   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows

     92   

Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

     94   

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) which comprise the condensed separate interim statement of financial position as of September 30, 2013, the condensed separate interim statements of comprehensive income (loss) for each of the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and statements of changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

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

Auditors’ Responsibility

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

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

Conclusion

Based on our reviews, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed separate interim financial statements referred to above are not presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting.

 

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Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in note 17 to the condensed separate interim financial statements, the Company has been or is under investigations by antitrust authorities in several countries with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) industry and named as defendants in a number of individual lawsuits and class actions in the United States and Canada, respectively, in connection with alleged antitrust violations concerning the sale of LCD panels. The Company estimated and recognized losses related to these investigations and alleged violations. However, actual losses are subject to change in the future based on new developments in each matter, or changes in circumstances, which could be materially different from those estimated and recognized by the Company.

 

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As discussed in note 2 (e) to the condensed separate interim financial statements, the Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expense, and research and development expenses in the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss) since the annual reporting for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company applied this change in accounting policies retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative condensed separate statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012.

Other Matters

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed separate interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries. Accordingly, this report and the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements are for use by those knowledgeable about Korean review standards and their application in practice.

We audited the separate statement of financial position as of December 31, 2012, and the related separate statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this review report, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea, and our report thereon, dated February 15, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed separate statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2012, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us from which it was derived in all material respects.

/s/ KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

October 31, 2013

 

This report is effective as of October 31, 2013, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited)

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   9    489,221       1,400,566  

Deposits in banks

   9      564,913       315,000  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   9, 16, 19      4,170,116       4,548,459  

Other accounts receivable, net

   9      63,072       101,337  

Other current financial assets

   9      2,975       2,976  

Inventories

   5      1,981,208       1,947,945  

Prepaid income taxes

        3,156       3,699  

Other current assets

        147,647       112,271  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        7,422,308       8,432,253  

Investments

   6      1,654,674       1,468,778  

Other non-current financial assets

   9      43,796       80,318  

Deferred tax assets

   20      1,051,087       1,186,704  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   7      10,681,963       12,004,435  

Intangible assets, net

   8      453,491       488,663  

Other non-current assets

        171,597       140,437  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        14,056,608       15,369,335  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      21,478,916       23,801,588  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   9, 19    3,585,708       4,386,383  

Current financial liabilities

   9, 10      628,879       971,577  

Other accounts payable

   9, 19      1,484,915       2,618,171  

Accrued expenses

        589,009       418,047  

Provisions

   17      163,218       249,755  

Advances received

        617,824       462,614  

Other current liabilities

        27,733       26,396  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        7,097,286       9,132,943  

Non-current financial liabilities

   9, 10      3,345,342       3,440,585  

Non-current provisions

        4,521       6,515  

Employee benefits

   14      295,530       180,302  

Long-term advances received

   16      570,068       1,049,678  

Other non-current liabilities

        380,950       330,445  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        4,596,411       5,007,525  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        11,693,697       14,140,468  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   18      1,789,079       1,789,079  

Share premium

        2,251,113       2,251,113  

Reserves

   18      (465 )     (893 )

Retained earnings

        5,745,492       5,621,821  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        9,785,219       9,661,120  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      21,478,916       23,801,588  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of Won, except earnings per share)    Note    For the three-month periods
ended  September 30
    For the nine-month periods
ended September 30
 
          2013     2012     2013     2012  

Revenue

   19    6,301,509       7,451,133     19,140,049       20,174,069  

Cost of sales

   5,11,19      (5,579,263 )     (6,768,085 )     (17,018,882 )     (18,690,274 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        722,246       683,048       2,121,167       1,483,795  

Selling expenses

   12      (126,038 )     (139,484 )     (379,170 )     (428,532 )

Administrative expenses

   12      (103,065 )     (101,193 )     (305,198 )     (302,023 )

Research and development expenses

        (279,095 )     (180,015 )     (811,455 )     (562,665 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit

        214,048       262,356       625,344       190,575  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   15      74,216       49,672       51,120       131,003  

Finance costs

   15      (68,696 )     (66,555 )     (201,833 )     (210,638 )

Other non-operating income

   13      277,905       210,123       687,537       563,142  

Other non-operating expenses

   13      (261,886 )     (257,429 )     (866,398 )     (813,886 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

        235,587       198,167       295,770       (139,804 )

Income tax expense

   20      (116,683 )     (66,495 )     (172,209 )     (18,838 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the period

        118,904       131,672       123,561       (158,642 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

           

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

           

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss)

   14      (82 )     (71,091 )     145       (70,650 )

Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

        20       17,207       (35 )     17,101  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (62 )     (53,884 )     110       (53,549 )

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

           

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   15      823       7,148       564       14,702  

Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified to profit or loss

        (199 )     (1,729 )     (136 )     (3,558 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        624       5,419       428       11,144  

Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of income tax

        562       (48,465 )     538       (42,405 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

      119,466       83,207     124,099       (201,047 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

           

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

   21    332       368     345       (443 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

     Share      Share      Fair value     Retained     Total  
(In millions of won)    capital      premium      reserve     earnings     equity  

Balances at January 1, 2012

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (3,944 )     5,650,669       9,686,917  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

            

Loss for the period

     —          —          —         (158,642 )     (158,642 )

Other comprehensive income (loss)

            

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

     —          —          11,144       —         11,144  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain, net of tax

     —          —          —         (53,549 )     (53,549 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     —          —          11,144       (53,549 )     (42,405 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

     —          —          11,144       (212,191 )     (201,047 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

     —          —          —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2012

   1,789,079        2,251,113        7,200       5,438,478       9,485,870  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2013

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (893 )     5,621,821       9,661,120  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

            

Profit for the period

     —          —          —         123,561       123,561  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

            

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

     —          —          428       —         428  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain, net of tax

     —          —          —         110       110  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

     —          —          428       110       538  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

     —          —          428       123,671       124,099  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

     —          —          —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2013

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (465 )     5,745,492       9,785,219  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit (loss) for the period

      123,561       (158,642 )

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense

   20      172,209       18,838  

Depreciation

   11      2,611,620       2,860,707  

Amortization of intangible assets

   11      180,512       193,522  

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (116,539 )     (97,423 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        134,359       50,051  

Costs related to defined benefit plans

   14      117,808       103,672  

Reversal of stock compensation expense

        —         (3 )

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (5,581 )     (4,395 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        191       1,166  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        168       —    

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        1,478       1,063  

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (296 )     —    

Finance income

        (38,560 )     (114,698 )

Finance costs

        140,720       185,477  

Other income

        (3,556 )     (7,231 )

Other expenses

        275,987       392,704  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        3,470,520       3,583,450  

Change in trade accounts and notes receivable

        (56,891 )     (1,450,247 )

Change in other accounts receivable

        37,217       1,177  

Change in other current assets

        (20,471 )     (28,319 )

Change in inventories

        (33,263 )     (357,976 )

Change in other non-current assets

        (60,124 )     (44,054 )

Change in trade accounts and notes payable

        (698,941 )     943,038  

Change in other accounts payable

        (215,141 )     (19,435 )

Change in accrued expenses

        155,438       126,813  

Change in other current liabilities

        (10,133 )     361,493  

Change in long-term advances received

        —         789,670  

Change in provisions

        (235,357 )     (313,204 )

Change in defined benefit liabilities

        (2,435 )     (28,941 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (1,140,101 )     (19,985 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash generated from operating activities

        2,453,980       3,404,823  

Income taxes refund (paid)

        (36,221 )     2,588  

Interest received

        23,920       23,709  

Interest paid

        (130,036 )     (143,446 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      2,311,643       3,287,674  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

(Unaudited)

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      14,582       55,800  

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        1,254,206       812,000  

Increase in deposits in banks

        (1,505,284 )     (212,000 )

Acquisition of investments

        (253,359 )     (148,072 )

Proceeds from disposal of investments

        9,978       3,571  

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (2,215,149 )     (3,101,353 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        16,761       18,945  

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (139,740 )     (238,295 )

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        1,902       —    

Grants received

        1,744       2,173  

Payment for settlement of derivatives

        —         (211 )

Acquisition of other non-current financial assets

        (4,844 )     (54,069 )

Proceeds from disposal of other non-current financial assets

        39,171       10,257  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (2,780,032 )     (2,851,254 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        1,123,130       3,157,641  

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (1,123,130 )     (3,045,913 )

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

        288,820       —    

Proceeds from long-term debt

        162,405       494,000  

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt and debentures

        (894,181 )     (502,527 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

        (442,956 )     103,201  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        (911,345 )     539,621  

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        1,400,566       604,890  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at September 30

      489,221       1,144,511  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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1. Organization and Description of Business

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 under its original name of LG Soft, Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. In 1998, LG Electronics Inc. and LG Semicon Co., Ltd. transferred their respective Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) related business to the Company. The main business of the Company is to manufacture and sell TFT-LCD panels. The Company is a stock company (“Jusikhoesa”) domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. In July 1999, LG Electronics Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) entered into a joint venture agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company changed its name to LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. However, the Company changed its name to LG Display Co., Ltd. as a result of the decrease in Philips’s share interest in the Company and the possibility of its business expansion to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) and Flexible Display products. As of September 30, 2013, LG Electronics Inc. owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Company’s common shares.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company has its TFT-LCD manufacturing plants, OLED manufacturing plant and Research & Development Center in Paju and TFT-LCD manufacturing plants in Gumi. The Company has overseas subsidiaries located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of September 30, 2013, there are 357,815,700 shares of common stock outstanding. The Company’s common stock is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) under the symbol “LPL”. One ADS represents one-half of one share of common stock. As of September 30, 2013, there are 18,195,154 ADSs outstanding.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

The condensed separate interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRSs”) No.1034, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

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

The condensed separate interim financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on October 16, 2013.

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

The condensed separate interim financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the following material items in the statements of financial position:

 

   

derivative financial instruments measured at fair value;

 

   

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value;

 

   

available-for-sale financial assets measured at fair value; and

 

   

liabilities for defined benefit plans recognized as the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The condensed separate interim financial statements are presented in Korean won, which is the Company’s functional currency. All amounts in Korean won are in millions unless otherwise stated.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates and Judgments

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

In preparing these condensed separate interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied in its financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in accounting policies

(i) Presentation of Operating Profit or Loss in the Condensed Separate Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and has presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales and selling and administrative expense including research and development expenses on the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss) from the year ended December 31, 2012.

The Company has applied the amendment retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative condensed separate interim statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012. The impact upon adoption of the amendment for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2012  
     For the three-month
period ended
September  30
    For the nine-month
period ended
September 30
 

Operating profit (loss) before adoption of the amendment

   218,931        (52,683

Deductions:

    

Rental income

     (1,015     (3,360

Foreign currency gain

     (199,972     (545,709

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     (1,337     (4,395

Commission earned

     (1,682     (3,093

Others

     (6,100     (6,100
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (210,106     (562,657
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions:

    

Other bad debt expense

     143        101   

Foreign currency loss

     178,851        493,315   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     834        1,166   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     —          1,063   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     73,703        310,270   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     253,351        805,915   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Restated operating profit after adoption of the amendment

   262,356        190,575   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the preparation of its condensed separate interim financial statements are the same as those followed by the Company in its preparation of the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012, except for the application of K-IFRS No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and the amended accounting standards explained below:

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies

(i) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1001, Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013, by classifying other comprehensive income by nature into “items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss” and “items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss.”

(ii) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1019, Employee Benefits

The Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1019, Employee Benefits, effective January 1, 2013. The revised standard requires the Company to calculate the expected return on plan assets based on the discount rate that is used to measure the present value of defined benefit obligation.

 

  (b) New Standards and Interpretations Not Yet Adopted

Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation

The amendment improves application guidance of K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation, to clarify criterion of offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities. The amendment will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and has not been adopted early in preparing these condensed separate interim financial statements.

Management is in the process of evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this standard on its financial position and results of operations.

 

4. Financial Risk Management

The objectives and policies on financial risk management followed by the Company are consistent with those disclosed in the separate financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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5. Inventories

Inventories as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Finished goods

   631,316         690,468   

Work-in-process

     751,087         620,175   

Raw materials

     304,825         354,240   

Supplies

     293,980         283,062   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,981,208         1,947,945   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales and inventory write-downs is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2013      2012  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   17,018,882         18,690,274   

Including: valuation loss of inventories

     152,089         100,918   

 

6. Investments

 

  (a) Investments in subsidiaries

In March and September 2013, the Company invested ₩186,878 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCA”). There were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCA as a result of the additional investments.

In April and June 2013, the Company invested an aggregate of ₩6,730 million in cash to participate in the disproportionate capital increase of L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited and acquired the remaining interest from non-controlling interests. As of September 30, 2013, L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited, which is in liquidation process, is wholly owned by the Company.

In July 2013, the Company collected ₩8,494 million from the investment of Image & Materials, which completed liquidation, and recognized difference from the carrying amount as finance cost.

In June 2013, the Company invested ₩44,768 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display America Inc. (“LGDUS”). There were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in LGDUS as a result of this additional investment.

The Company recognized an impairment loss of ₩8,027 million as finance costs for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in subsidiaries in 2013.

 

  (b) Investments in associates

In September 2013, the Company invested ₩11,917 million in cash for the capital increase of Suzhou Raken Technology Ltd. (“Raken”). There were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in Raken as a result of this additional investment.

 

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6. Investments, Continued

 

The Company is a member of limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (“the Fund”). In March and May 2013, the Company received ₩1,116 million and ₩260 million, respectively, from the Fund as capital distribution and made additional cash investment of ₩1,533 million in the Fund in June and September 2013, respectively. There were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in the Fund and the Company is committed to making future investments of up to an aggregate of ₩30,000 million.

In 2013, the Company recognized an impairment loss of ₩2,727 million for the difference between the carrying amount of and the recoverable amount of the investment in Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., which manufactures LED Package.

In 2013, the Company recognized an impairment loss of ₩2,000 million for the difference between the carrying amount of and the recoverable amount of the investment in Glonix Co., Ltd., which manufactures and sells LCD.

In 2013, the Company collected ₩107 million from the investment of Dynamic Solar Design Co., Ltd., which completed liquidation, and recognized ₩38 million of difference between the carrying amount and the recovered amount as finance cost.

 

  (c) Dividends

Dividends received from subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 amounted to ₩14,276 million and ₩55,318 million, respectively.

 

7. Property, Plant and Equipment

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company purchased property, plant and equipment of ₩1,405,083 million and ₩2,087,365 million, respectively. The capitalized borrowing costs and the annualized capitalization rate were ₩12,528 million and 4.68%, and ₩22,353 million and 3.23% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Also for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company disposed of property, plant and equipment with carrying amounts of ₩11,371 million and ₩15,716 million, respectively, and recognized ₩5,581 million and ₩191 million, respectively, as gain and loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 (gain and loss for the nine-month period ended on September 30, 2012: ₩4,395 million and ₩1,166 million, respectively).

 

8. Intangible Assets

The Company capitalizes expenditures related to development activities, such as expenditures incurred on designing, manufacturing and testing of products that are ultimately selected for production. The balances of capitalized development costs as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, are ₩162,741 million and ₩169,176 million, respectively.

 

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9. Financial Instruments

 

  (a) Credit risk

 

  (i) Exposure to credit risk

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Cash and cash equivalents

   489,221         1,400,566   

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     4,170,116         4,548,459   

Other accounts receivable, net

     63,072         101,337   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,838         2,838   

Other non-current financial assets

     8,575         11,259   

Deposits

     21,616         56,019   

Deposits in banks

     564,913         315,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   5,320,351         6,435,478   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition to the financial assets above, as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company provides payment guarantees of ₩7,529 million and ₩15,124 million, respectively, in connection with its subsidiaries’ loans.

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts and notes receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by geographic region is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Domestic

   355,176         205,454   

Euro-zone countries

     500,299         529,138   

Japan

     334,711         167,242   

United States

     1,239,554         1,790,401   

China

     976,974         1,307,759   

Taiwan

     517,949         257,793   

Others

     245,453         290,672   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   4,170,116         4,548,459   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (ii) Impairment loss

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
    Book
value
     Impairment
loss
 

Not past due

   4,167,468         (10     4,528,302         (235

Past due 1-15 days

     86         (1     5,927         (2

Past due 16-30 days

     1,948         (1     9,531         (1

Past due 31-60 days

     201         (1     2,154         (3

Past due more than 60 days

     430         (4     2,788         (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   4,170,133         (17     4,548,702         (243
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of receivables during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Balance at the beginning of the period

   243        54   

Bad debt expense (reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts)

     (226     189   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the reporting date

   17        243   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (b) Liquidity risk

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of September 30, 2013:

 

(In millions of won)           Contractual cash flows  
     Carrying
amount
     Total      6 months
or less
     6-12
months
     1-2 years      2-5 years      More than
5 years
 

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                    

Secured bank loan

   53,780         54,675         27,487         27,188         —           —           —     

Unsecured bank loans

     1,585,457         1,715,998         101,855         228,736         615,894         768,044         1,469   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,334,984         2,565,016         51,187         347,872         613,171         1,552,786         —     

Trade accounts and notes payable

     3,585,708         3,585,708         3,585,708         —           —           —           —     

Other accounts payable

     1,334,890         1,334,890         1,334,890         —           —           —           —     

Payment guarantee

     —           7,529         7,529         —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   8,894,819         9,263,816         5,108,656         603,796         1,229,065         2,320,830         1,469   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

It is not expected that the cash flows included in the maturity analysis could occur significantly earlier, or at significantly different amounts.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (c) Currency risk

 

  (i) Exposure to currency risk

The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    September 30, 2013  
     USD     JPY     PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     312        10,763        5         13   

Deposits in banks

     —          —          —           30   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,582        7,022        —           15   

Other accounts receivable

     14        —          —           —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —          51        —           —     

Trade accounts payable

     (2,425     (24,215     —           —     

Other accounts payable

     (120     (6,894     —           (7

Debts

     (725     —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     638        (13,273     5         51   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2012  
     USD     JPY     CNY     PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     696        7,508        5        1         47   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,002        6,400        —          —           38   

Other accounts receivable

     17        1        —          —           —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —          51        —          —           —     

Trade accounts payable

     (2,857     (31,162     —          —           —     

Other accounts payable

     (248     (12,262     (5     —           (7

Debts

     (870     —          —          —           —     

Bonds

     (349     —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     391        (29,464     —          1         78   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and the exchange rates at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2013      2012      September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

USD

   1,105.68         1,138.99       1,075.60         1,071.10   

JPY

     11.45         14.36         10.99         12.48   

CNY

     179.29         179.90         175.75         171.88   

PLN

     346.65         347.14         343.65         348.21   

EUR

     1,455.87         1,459.88         1,451.31         1,416.26   

 

  (ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Company’s financial assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currency as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Company considers to be reasonably possible as of the end of reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, would remain constant. The changes in equity and profit or loss would be as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Equity     Profit or
loss
    Equity     Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   26,008        26,008        15,873        15,873   

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (5,527     (5,527     (13,931     (13,931

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     65        65        13        13   

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     2,805        2,805        4,187        4,187   

A stronger won against the above currencies as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 would have had the equal but opposite effect on the above currencies to the amounts shown above, on the basis that all other variables remain constant.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (d) Interest rate risk

 

  (i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Company’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Fixed rate instruments

    

Financial assets

   1,056,972        1,718,404   

Financial liabilities

     (3,135,780     (3,044,050
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (2,078,808     (1,325,646
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

    

Financial liabilities

   (838,441     (1,368,112

 

  (ii) Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for each 12-month period following the reporting dates. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, would remain constant.

 

(In millions of won)    Equity      Profit or loss  
     1%p
increase
    1%p
decrease
     1%p
increase
    1%p
decrease
 

September 30, 2013

         

Variable rate instruments

   (6,355     6,355         (6,355     6,355   

December 31, 2012

         

Variable rate instruments

   (10,370     10,370         (10,370     10,370   

 

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  (e) Fair values

 

  (i) Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the condensed separate interim statements of financial position, are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,906         13,906         13,343         13,343   

Assets carried at amortized cost

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   489,221         489,221         1,400,566         1,400,566   

Deposits in banks

     564,913         564,913         315,000         315,000   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,170,116         4,170,116         4,548,459         4,548,459   

Other accounts receivable

     63,072         63,072         101,337         101,337   

Other non-current financial assets

     8,575         8,575         11,259         11,259   

Deposits

     21,616         21,616         56,019         56,019   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   5,317,513         5,317,513         6,432,640         6,432,640   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

           

Secured bank loans

   53,780         53,780         53,555         53,555   

Unsecured bank loans

     1,585,457         1,626,923         1,740,003         1,779,819   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,334,984         2,395,129         2,618,604         2,677,038   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     3,585,708         3,585,708         4,386,383         4,386,383   

Other accounts payable

     1,334,890         1,334,890         2,479,772         2,479,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   8,894,819         8,996,430         11,278,317         11,376,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The basis for determining fair values above by the Company are consistent with those disclosed in the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (ii) Interest rates used for determining fair value

The significant interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value at the reporting date are as follows:

 

     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Bonds, loans and borrowings

     2.99     3.69

 

  (iii) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. The different levels have been defined as follows:

 

   

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

 

   

Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly

 

   

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

The financial instruments carried at fair value as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

September 30, 2013

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,906         —           —           13,906   
(In millions of won)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2012

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,343         —           —           13,343   

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (f) Capital management

Management’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. Liabilities to equity ratio, net borrowings to equity ratio and other financial ratios are used by management to achieve an optimal capital structure. Management also monitors the level of dividends to ordinary shareholders. Equity, defined by K-IFRS, is identical to the definition of capital, managed by management.

 

(In millions of won)             
     September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Total liabilities

   11,693,697        14,140,468   

Total equity

     9,785,219        9,661,120   

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     1,054,134        1,715,566   

Borrowings (including bonds)

     3,974,221        4,412,162   

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     120     146

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     30     28

 

(*1) Cash and deposits in banks consist of cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks.
(*2) Net borrowings to equity ratio is calculated by dividing borrowings (including bonds) less cash and deposits in banks by total equity.

 

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10. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Current

     

Current portion of long-term debt

   628,879         971,577   

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   804,588         807,005   

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     505,532         589,105   

Bonds

     2,035,222         2,044,475   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,345,342         3,440,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Won denominated long-term debt as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
September 30, 2013
   September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Shinhan Bank and others

   3-year Korean Treasury

Bond rate less

1.25%, 2.75%

   13,188        16,629   

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and others

   4.51%~5.21%,

1-year bank bond rate

plus 1.4%

     846,239        845,072   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (54,839     (54,696
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      804,588        807,005   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (c) Long-term debt denominated in currencies other than won as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
September 30, 2013 (*)
   September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea

   —      —          26,777   

Kookmin Bank and others

   6ML+1.78%,
3ML+1.70%~2.25%
     779,810        905,080   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD725        USD870   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (274,278     (342,752
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      505,532        589,105   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) ML represents Month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rates).

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                          
     Maturity      Annual interest
rate as  of
September 30,
2013
    September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Won denominated bonds (*)

         

Publicly issued bonds

    

 

April 2014~

March 2018

  

  

     2.90%~5.89   2,340,000        2,250,000   

Less discount on bonds

          (5,016     (5,579

Less current portion

          (299,762     (199,946
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          2,035,222        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds denominated in currencies other than won

         

Floating-rate bonds

     —           —          —          374,885   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

          —          USD350   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less discount on bonds

          —          (702

Less current portion

          —          (374,183
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          —          —     
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,035,222        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) Principal of the won denominated bonds is to be repaid at maturity and interests are paid quarterly in arrears.

 

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11. The Nature of Expenses

The nature of expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Changes in inventories

   (36,786     (123,127     (33,263     (357,977

Purchase of raw material, merchandise and others

     2,934,615        3,708,318        8,866,138        10,848,331   

Depreciation and amortization

     844,675        1,125,918        2,792,132        3,054,229   

Outsourcing fee

     849,366        1,220,228        2,573,412        2,742,277   

Labor costs

     583,462        517,177        1,728,623        1,535,017   

Supplies and others

     244,432        191,944        682,298        541,547   

Utility expense

     184,649        175,112        513,686        458,594   

Fees and commissions

     95,271        93,207        287,390        264,058   

Shipping costs

     44,349        93,197        187,429        287,694   

After-sale service expenses

     21,939        20,161        60,594        58,615   

Others

     396,099        245,220        1,085,897        871,680   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   6,162,071        7,267,355        18,744,336        20,304,065   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses consist of cost of sales, selling, administrative, research and development expenses and other non-operating expenses, excluding foreign exchange differences.

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013, other non-operating income included exchange differences amounting to ₩269,997 million and ₩671,221 million, respectively (for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012: ₩199,972 million and ₩545,709 million, respectively), and other non-operating expenses included exchange differences amounting to ₩187,276 million and ₩636,767 million, respectively (for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012: ₩178,851 million and ₩493,315 million, respectively).

The expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013.

 

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12. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Salaries

   42,093         34,725         120,864         104,054   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     5,336         4,789         16,008         15,014   

Other employee benefits

     6,941         6,418         22,924         19,048   

Shipping costs

     34,193         75,779         146,141         234,905   

Fees and commissions

     34,900         35,270         110,157         102,310   

Depreciation and amortization

     19,681         23,304         60,340         70,888   

Taxes and dues

     474         650         1,732         1,832   

Advertising

     44,225         21,770         93,831         73,294   

After-sale service

     21,939         20,161         60,594         58,615   

Rent

     2,106         2,195         7,069         6,911   

Insurance

     811         640         3,638         4,233   

Travel

     3,966         3,229         10,639         9,416   

Training

     4,118         3,512         9,207         9,404   

Others

     8,320         8,235         21,224         20,631   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   229,103         240,677         684,368         730,555   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013.

 

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13. Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Rental income

   1,065         1,015         3,172         3,360   

Foreign currency gain

     269,997         199,972         671,221         545,709   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     947         1,337         5,581         4,395   

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     296         —           296         —     

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     75         —           63         —     

Commission earned

     2,002         1,699         3,247         3,161   

Others

     3,523         6,100         3,957         6,517   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   277,905         210,123         687,537         563,142   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Other bad debt expense

   —           143         —           101   

Foreign currency loss

     187,276         178,851         636,767         493,315   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     1         834         191         1,166   

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     —           —           168         —     

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     321         —           1,478         1,063   

Donations

     2,065         3,898         7,386         7,971   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     72,223         73,703         220,408         310,270   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   261,886         257,429         866,398         813,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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14. Employee Benefits

The Company’s primary defined benefit plan provides a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Company.

 

  (a) Recognized liabilities for defined benefit obligations as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    September 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   774,767        672,032   

Fair value of plan assets

     (479,237     (491,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   295,530        180,302   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (b) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Current service cost

   37,348         32,378         112,044         97,132   

Interest cost, net

     1,798         2,179         5,764         6,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   39,146         34,557         117,808         103,672   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c) Plan assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     September 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Deposits with financial institutions

   479,237         491,730   

As of September 30, 2013, plan assets mainly consist of deposits in banks, for which the payment of their principal and interest is guaranteed.

 

  (d) Actuarial gain and loss recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended  September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss)

   (82     (71,091     145        (70,650

Income tax

     20        17,207        (35     17,101   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss), net of income tax

   (62     (53,884     110        (53,549
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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15. Finance Income and Costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit and loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Finance income

           

Interest income

   7,244         4,506         22,875         16,564   

Dividend income

     12,805         482         14,582         55,800   

Foreign currency gain

     54,129         44,684         13,625         58,639   

Gain on disposal of investments

     38         —           38         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   74,216         49,672         51,120         131,003   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

           

Interest expense

   37,931         54,368         125,774         135,864   

Foreign currency loss

     28,031         2,024         63,172         23,835   

Loss on redemption of debentures

     —           —           —           1,524   

Loss on disposal of investments

     1         —           1         —     

Impairment loss on investments

     2,726         3,741         12,754         42,813   

Impairment loss on valuation of available-for-sale securities

     —           6,392         —           6,392   

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     7         30         132         210   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   68,696         66,555         201,833         210,638   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended  September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   823        7,148        564        14,702   

Tax effect

     (199     (1,729     (136     (3,558
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   624        5,419        428        11,144   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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16. Commitments

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

The Company has agreements with Korea Development Bank and several other banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,713 million (₩1,843,019 million) and JPY 5,000 million (₩54,934 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2013, no short-term borrowings were outstanding in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

The Company has a credit facility agreement with Shinhan Bank pursuant to which the Company could sell its accounts and notes receivable up to an aggregate of ₩100,000 million in connection with its domestic sales transactions and, as of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivable were sold but not past due under the agreement with Shinhan bank. In addition, the Company entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to USD 50 million (₩53,780 million) and USD 23 million (₩24,739 million) in April 2011 and November 2012, respectively. As of September 30, 2013, no accounts and notes receivables sold to Standard Chartered Bank were outstanding in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Company has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

Letters of credit

As of September 30, 2013, the Company has agreements with Korea Exchange Bank in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 15 million (₩16,134 million), USD 15 million (₩16,134 million) with China Construction Bank, JPY 1,500 million (₩16,480 million) with Woori Bank, USD 100 million (₩107,560 million) with Bank of China, USD 60 million (₩64,536 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, USD 30 million (₩32,268 million) with Hana Bank, and USD 30 million (₩32,268 million) with Shinhan Bank.

Payment guarantees

The Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 8.5 million (₩9,143 million) and EUR 215 million (₩312,032 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland and other various banks for a number of occasions including value added tax payments in Poland. In addition, the Company provides a payment guarantee in connection with the term loan credit facilities of LG Display America, Inc. with an aggregate amount of USD 7 million (₩7,529 million) for principals and related interests.

License agreements

As of September 30, 2013, in relation to its TFT-LCD business, the Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others and has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp.

Long-term supply agreement

In connection with long-term supply agreements, as of September 30, 2013, the Company’s balance of advances received from a customer amount to USD 1,080 million (₩1,161,648 million) in aggregate. The advances received will be offset against outstanding accounts receivable balances after a given period of time, as well as those arising from the supply of products thereafter. The Company received a payment guarantee amounting to USD 220 million (₩236,632 million) from the Industrial Bank of Korea relating to advances received.

 

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16. Commitments, Continued

 

Pledged Assets

Regarding the secured bank loan amounting to USD 50 million (₩53,780 million) from the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Company provided part of its OLED machinery as pledged assets.

 

17. Contingencies

Anvik Corporation’s lawsuit for infringement of patent

In 2007, Anvik Corporation filed a patent infringement case against the Company, along with other LCD manufacturing companies in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY district court”), in connection with the usage of photo-masking equipment manufactured by Nikon Corporation. The court granted Nikon Corporation’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the patents-in-suit and entered a judgment in favor of Nikon Corporation, the Company and LG Display America, Inc. and other TFT-LCD manufacturing companies, dismissing the case in April 2012. In April 2012, Anvik Corporation appealed the court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”). The CAFC has reversed the SDNY district court’s summary judgment ruling and remanded the case back to the district court for further proceedings.

Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan’s action for patent infringement

In 2012, the United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”) granted a motion by Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (“ITRI”) to add the Company and LG Display America as additional respondents in an investigation under Section 337 of the United States Tariff Act (In the Matter of Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-805). ITRI is seeking an exclusion order which prohibits the importation of televisions and monitors incorporating the Company’s products into the United States for alleged patent infringement. On October 22, 2012, USITC issued a Notice of Initial Determination finding that the Company and LG Display America, Inc. did not infringe the asserted patent of ITRI. On May 17, 2013, USITC issued a final determination finding that the patent was invalid and the Company and LG Display America had not infringed ITRI’s patents. Meanwhile, ITRI appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Patent Infringement Litigations and Invalidity Proceedings Between the Company and Samsung Display Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In September 2012, the Company filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (“SSD”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“SSE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display technology and relevant manufacturing methods and seeking monetary compensation. As a response, SSD requested for an invalidity proceeding over the identical seven patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Furthermore, in December 2012, SSD filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against the Company and LG Electronics Co., Ltd. (“LGE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) technology and seeking monetary compensation, and of which the Company responded by requesting for an invalidity proceeding over such LCD patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. For the amicable settlement, the settlement proceeded under the arbitration of the government and, on September 23, 2013, the Company and Samsung Display withdrew the entire patent infringement litigations and invalidity proceedings and agreed to seek patent cooperation measures through conversation.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

Request for arbitration of Arkema France and its subsidiary regarding termination of a contract with the Company

In October 2012, Arkema France (“Arkema”) and its subsidiary filed a request for arbitration in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce regarding termination of a contract with the Company. The Company is currently defending against Arkema’s claims.

Anti-trust investigations and litigations

In December 2006, the Company received notices of investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the European Commission with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the TFT-LCD industry. The Company subsequently received similar notices from the Canadian Bureau of Competition Policy, the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico, the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil and the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.

In November 2008, the Company executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) whereby the Company and its U.S. subsidiary, LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”), pleaded guilty to a Sherman Antitrust Act violation and agreed to pay a single total fine of USD 400 million. In December 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accepted the terms of the plea agreement and entered a judgment against the Company and LGDUS and ordered the payment of USD 400 million. The agreement resolved all federal criminal charges against the Company and LGDUS in the United States in connection with this matter.

In December 2010, the European Commission (“the EC”) issued a decision finding that the Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry in violation of European competition laws and imposed a fine of EUR 215 million. In February 2011, the Company filed with the European Union General Court an application for partial annulment and reduction of the fine imposed by the EC. To date the European Union General Court has not ruled on the Company’s application. In November 2011, the Company received an additional Request for Information from the EC relating to the alleged anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry and is responding to the request.

In November 2009, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission terminated its investigation without any finding of violations or levying of fines. Also, in February 2012, the Competition Bureau of Canada terminated its investigation against the Company without any finding of violations or levying of fines. To date no decision has been issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and we believe the statutory time period by which the Commission was required to have issued a decision has already lapsed. To date investigations by the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico and the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil are ongoing.

In August 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission issued an Examination Report finding that the Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in violation of Korean fair trade laws and a hearing was held in October 2011. In December 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission imposed a fine on the Company and certain of its subsidiaries of approximately ₩31,378 million, and the Company filed an appeal of the decision with the Seoul High Court in December 2011. To date the Seoul High Court has not ruled on the Company’s appeal.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

Subsequent to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of class action complaints were filed against the Company and other TFT-LCD panel manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada alleging violation of respective antitrust laws and related laws. The class action lawsuits in the U.S. were transferred to the Northern District of California for pretrial proceedings (“MDL Proceedings”). In March 2010, the court certified the class action complaints filed by direct purchasers and indirect purchasers. Seventy-eight entities (including groups of affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the direct purchaser class. The time period for submitting requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class expired on April 13, 2012 and ten entities (including groups and affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class. In addition, since 2010, the attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed complaints against the Company, alleging similar antitrust violations as alleged in the MDL Proceedings. In June 2011, the Company reached a settlement with the direct purchaser class, which the federal district court approved in December 2011. In July 2012, the Company reached a settlement with the indirect purchaser class and with the state attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, which was approved by the federal district court in April 2013. In March 2013, the Oklahoma attorney general dismissed its action as to the Company pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Apart from the direct and indirect purchaser class actions, individual plaintiffs filed complaints in various state or federal courts in the United States alleging violation of the respective antitrust laws and related laws by various LCD panel manufacturers. To date the Company is defending against twenty Direct Action Plaintiffs including Motorola Mobility, Inc., Electrograph Technologies Corp. and its affiliates, TracFone Wireless Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Office Depot, Inc., Interbond Corp. of America (BrandsMart), P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp., MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc., ABC Appliance (ABC Warehouse), Schultze Agency Services, LLC (Tweeter), AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust for All American Semiconductor Inc., Tech Data Corp. and its affiliate, CompuCom Systems, Inc., NECO Alliance LLC, Proview Technology, Inc. and its affiliates, and the attorneys general of Illinois, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class action complaints filed by the direct and indirect purchasers in May 2011. The Company is pursuing an appeal of the decision as well as defending the on-going class actions in Quebec and British Columbia.

While the Company continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, there is a possibility that one or more proceedings may result in an unfavorable outcome to the Company. For certain cases described above, management is not able to estimate the potential loss if the final outcome of the cases is unfavorable to the Company as the cases are in early stage and management does not have sufficient information to estimate the amount of possible loss. Otherwise the Company has established provisions with respect to certain of the contingencies, considering factors such as the nature of the litigation, claim, or assessment, the progress of the case and the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers. These estimates have been based on our assessment of the facts and circumstances and are subject to change materially based upon new information, intervening events and the final outcome of the cases.

 

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18. Capital and Reserves

 

  (a) Share capital

The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value ₩5,000), and as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

 

  (b) Reserve

Reserve is comprised of the fair value reserve which is the cumulative net change in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets until the investments are derecognized or impaired.

 

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19. Related Parties

 

  (a) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended  September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Short-term benefits

   664         443         2,278         1,328   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     72         39         1,068         135   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   736         482         3,346         1,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Key management refers to the registered directors who have significant control and responsibilities over the Company’s operations and business.

 

  (b) Significant transactions with related companies

Significant transactions such as sales of goods and purchases of raw material and outsourcing service and others, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

  (iii) Sales and others

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Subsidiaries

   5,433,094         6,660,712         16,437,096         18,101,819   

Joint ventures

     142,512         127,211         393,029         506,668   

Associates

     —           1         1,472         211   

LG Electronics

     437,110         241,489         1,264,416         723,259   

Other related parties(*)

     2,580         6,117         5,680         8,241   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,015,296         7,035,530         18,101,693         19,340,198   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (iv) Purchases and others

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Subsidiaries

   891,351         1,042,797         2,595,746         2,733,036   

Joint ventures

     42,564         67,799         137,152         104,209   

Associates

     292,767         364,096         866,332         1,087,142   

LG Electronics

     108,000         54,718         243,232         187,924   

Other related parties(*)

     152,424         117,909         417,067         312,513   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,487,106         1,647,319         4,259,529         4,424,824   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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19. Related Parties, Continued

 

Account balances with related parties as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Trade accounts and
notes receivable and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and others
 
     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Subsidiaries

   3,545,115         3,979,211         1,298,431         1,139,362   

Joint ventures

     80,838         92,870         140,968         168,620   

Associates

     1         —           251,519         363,654   

LG Electronics

     365,110         198,972         131,485         67,867   

Other related parties(*)

     627         563         136,532         124,826   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,991,691         4,271,616         1,958,935         1,864,329   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) The significant transactions for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and the account balances as of December 31, 2012 were restated because a related party restated its consolidated financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS No.1110, Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

20. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
    For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012     2013      2012  

Current tax expense (benefit)

   35,517         (1,237     36,763         2,471   

Deferred tax expense

     81,166         67,732        135,446         16,367   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   116,683         66,495        172,209         18,838   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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20. Income Taxes, Continued

 

  (b) Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the deferred tax assets at the reporting date will be realized with the Company’s estimated future taxable income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     2013      2012      2013     2012     2013     2012  

Other accounts receivable, net

   —           —           (1,844     (2,063     (1,844     (2,063

Inventories, net

     14,583         8,903         —          —          14,583        8,903   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     149         285         —          —          149        285   

Defined benefit obligation

     63,464         38,573         —          —          63,464        38,573   

Accrued expenses

     74,808         79,321         —          —          74,808        79,321   

Property, plant and equipment

     81,430         81,832         —          —          81,430        81,832   

Intangible assets

     —           2,488         (1,381     —          (1,381     2,488   

Provisions

     10,825         12,979         —          —          10,825        12,979   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     417         5,340         (957     (958     (540     4,382   

Others

     8,888         27,336         —          —          8,888        27,336   

Tax loss carryforwards

     170,679         233,139         —          —          170,679        233,139   

Tax credit carryforwards

     630,026         699,529         —          —          630,026        699,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   1,055,269         1,189,725         (4,182     (3,021     1,051,087        1,186,704   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Company is 24.2% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company remeasured the possibility of realization of the amount of tax credit related deferred tax assets considering the change in the minimum tax rate and other factors, and, accordingly, the unused tax credit for which no deferred tax asset is recognized increased by ₩104,418 million.

 

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21. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

  (a) Basic earnings (loss) per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won and number of shares)    For the three-month
periods ended September 30,
     For the nine-month
periods ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Profit (loss) for the period

   118,904,828,096         131,671,194,923         123,561,356,547         (158,642,314,821

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     357,815,700         357,815,700         357,815,700         357,815,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

   332         368         345         (443
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common shares used for calculating earnings (loss) per share.

 

  (b) Diluted earnings per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 are not calculated since there are no potential common stocks. In addition, there are no effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares due to the Company’s net loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  LG Display Co., Ltd.
  (Registrant)
Date: November 14, 2013   By:  

/s/ Heeyeon Kim

    (Signature)
  Name:  

Heeyeon Kim

  Title:   Vice President / IR Division

 

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