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 February, 2015

 

 

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

LG Twin Towers, 128, Yeoui-daero, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-721, The 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):  ¨

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

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

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

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

Yes  ¨            No   x

 

 

 


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Submission of Audit Report

 

1. Name of external auditor: Samjong Accounting Corporation (KPMG)

 

2. Date of receiving external audit report: February 25, 2015

 

3. Auditor’s opinion

 

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FY 2014

  

FY 2013

Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements    Unqualified    Unqualified

 

4. Financial Highlights of Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Items

   FY 2014     FY 2013  

Total Assets

     22,967,023,114,809        21,715,284,280,303   

Total Liabilities

     11,183,613,517,482        10,917,864,108,133   

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     11,783,409,597,325        10,797,420,172,170   

Capital Stock

     1,789,078,500,000        1,789,078,500,000   

Revenues

     26,455,529,417,365        27,033,035,359,626   

Operating Income

     1,357,254,860,433        1,163,314,395,279   

Ordinary Income

     1,241,957,392,702        830,305,253,506   

Net Income

     917,403,742,427        418,973,183,815   

Total Shareholders’ Equity / Capital Stock

     658.6     603.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013
(With Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon)


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     Page  

Independent Auditors’ Report

     1   

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

     3   

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

     4   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

     5   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     6   

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

     8   


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Independent Auditors’ Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”), and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with K-IFRS.

Emphasis of Matter

Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to the following:

As discussed in note 20 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group has been or is 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 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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Other Matters

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Group as of December 31, 2013 and for the year then ended were audited by us in accordance with the previous auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea.

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

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

February 17, 2015

 

This report is effective as of February 17, 2015, the audit report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the audit report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the audit report should understand that the above audit 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

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(In millions of won)    Note    December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   6, 13    889,839       1,021,870  

Deposits in banks

   6, 13      1,526,482       1,301,539  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   7, 13, 19, 22      3,444,477       3,128,626  

Other accounts receivable, net

   7, 13      119,478       89,545  

Other current financial assets

   9, 13      3,250       919  

Inventories

   8      2,754,098       1,933,241  

Prepaid income taxes

        6,340       4,066  

Other current assets

   7      496,665       251,982  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        9,240,629       7,731,788  

Deposits in banks

   6,13      8,427       13  

Investments in equity accounted investees

   10      407,644       406,536  

Other non-current financial assets

   9,13      33,611       46,246  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   11,23      11,402,866       11,808,334  

Intangible assets, net

   12,23      576,670       468,185  

Deferred tax assets

   29      1,036,507       1,037,000  

Other non-current assets

   7      260,669       217,182  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        13,726,394       13,983,496  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      22,967,023       21,715,284  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   13, 22    3,391,635       2,999,522  

Current financial liabilities

   13, 14      967,909       907,942  

Other accounts payable

   13      1,508,158       1,454,339  

Accrued expenses

        740,492       491,236  

Income tax payable

        227,714       46,777  

Provisions

   18      193,884       200,731  

Advances received

   19      488,379       656,775  

Other current liabilities

   18      31,385       31,597  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        7,549,556       6,788,919  

Non-current financial liabilities

   13, 14      3,279,477       2,994,837  

Non-current provisions

   18      8,014       5,005  

Defined benefit liabilities, net

   17      324,180       319,087  

Long-term advances received

   19      —         427,397  

Deferred tax liabilities

   29      245       119  

Other non-current liabilities

   18      22,141       382,500  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        3,634,057       4,128,945  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        11,183,613       10,917,864  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   21      1,789,079       1,789,079  

Share premium

        2,251,113       2,251,113  

Reserves

   21      (63,843 )     (91,674 )

Retained earnings

        7,455,063       6,662,655  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

        11,431,412       10,611,173  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

        351,998       186,247  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        11,783,410       10,797,420  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      22,967,023       21,715,284  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    2014     2013  

Revenue

   22, 23, 24    26,455,529       27,033,035  

Cost of sales

   8, 22        (22,667,134 )     (23,524,851 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

  3,788,395     3,508,184  

Selling expenses

16   (746,686 )   (731,521 )

Administrative expenses

16   (520,160 )   (517,622 )

Research and development expenses

  (1,164,294 )   (1,095,727 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit

  1,357,255     1,163,314  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

27   105,443     185,011  

Finance costs

27   (215,536 )   (381,851 )

Other non-operating income

25   1,071,903     1,108,754  

Other non-operating expenses

25   (1,095,071 )   (1,268,588 )

Equity in income of equity accounted investees, net

  17,963     23,665  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit before income tax

  1,241,957     830,305  

Income tax expense

28   (324,553 )   (411,332 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit for the year

  917,404     418,973  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities

17,28   (147,633 )   998  

Related income tax

17,28   35,773     (334 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (111,860 )   664  

Items that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss

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

27,28   982     826  

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

27,28   37,739     (22,100 )

Share of loss from sale of treasury stocks by associates

28   (1,360 )   (802 )

Related income tax

28   (119 )   (225 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  37,242     (22,301 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of income tax

  (74,618 )   (21,637 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

842,786     397,336  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) attributable to:

Owners of the Controlling Company

  904,268     426,118  

Non-controlling interests

  13,136     (7,145 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit for the year

917,404     418,973  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:

Owners of the Controlling Company

  820,239     404,478  

Non-controlling interests

  22,547     (7,142 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

842,786     397,336  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share (In won)

Basic earnings per share

30 2,527     1,191  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

30 2,527     1,191  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

    Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company              
(In millions of won)   Share
capital
    Share
premium
    Share of gain(loss)
from sale of
treasury stocks

by associates
    Fair value
reserve
    Translation
reserve
    Retained
earnings
    Non-controlling
interests
    Total
equity
 

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 year

               

Profit (loss) for the year

    —         —         —         —         —         426,118       (7,145 )     418,973  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

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

    —         —         —         638       —         —         —         638  

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         (22,140 )     —         3       (22,137 )

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         664       —         664  

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

    —         —         (802 )     —         —         —         —         (802 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         (802 )     638       (22,140 )     664       3       (21,637 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

  —         —         (802 )     638       (22,140 )     426,782       (7,142 )     397,336  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

               

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests, and others

    —         —         —         —         —         (3,116 )     163,020       159,904  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2013

    1,789,079       2,251,113       (254 )     572       (91,992 )     6,662,655       186,247       10,797,420  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2014

  1,789,079       2,251,113       (254 )     572       (91,992 )     6,662,655       186,247       10,797,420  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

               

Profit for the year

    —         —         —         —         —         904,268       13,136       917,404  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

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

    —         —         —         796       —         —         —         796  

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         28,395       —         9,411       37,806  

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         (111,860 )     —         (111,860 )

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

    —         —         (1,360 )     —         —         —         —         (1,360 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         (1,360 )     796       28,395       (111,860 )     9,411       (74,618 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

  —         —         (1,360 )     796       28,395       792,408       22,547       842,786  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

               

Decrease of share interest in non-controlling interests

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (2,955 )     (2,955 )

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

    —         —         —         —         —         —         146,159       146,159  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2014

  1,789,079       2,251,113       (1,614 )     1,368       (63,597 )     7,455,063       351,998       11,783,410  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2014     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit for the year

      917,404       418,973  

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense

   28      324,553       411,332  

Depreciation

   11, 15      3,222,085       3,598,472  

Amortization of intangible assets

   12, 15      270,226       236,046  

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (63,626 )     (76,111 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        89,453       55,870  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

   17, 26      196,756       159,453  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (8,989 )     (9,620 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        2,173       1,639  

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        8,097       853  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        672       452  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        492       1,661  

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        —         (296 )

Finance income

        (55,655 )     (52,862 )

Finance costs

        148,129       163,183  

Equity in income of equity method accounted investees, net

   10      (17,963 )     (23,665 )

Other income

        (14,508 )     (412 )

Other expenses

        277,128       351,953  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  4,379,023     4,817,948  

Change in trade accounts and notes receivable

  (921,433 )   (251,752 )

Change in other accounts receivable

  (14,195 )   133,734  

Change in other current assets

  (219,599 )   89,456  

Change in inventories

  (823,497 )   456,766  

Change in other non-current assets

  (93,987 )   (120,054 )

Change in trade accounts and notes payable

  390,046     (1,110,098 )

Change in other accounts payable

  (229,679 )   (289,441 )

Change in accrued expenses

  245,373     68,162  

Change in other current liabilities

  (18,242 )   (7,846 )

Change in other non-current liabilities

  18,248     9,808  

Change in provisions

  (187,021 )   (315,266 )

Change in defined benefit liabilities, net

  (339,482 )   (19,627 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (2,193,468 )   (1,356,158 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash generated from operating activities

  3,102,959     3,880,763  

Income taxes paid

  (110,720 )   (159,286 )

Interests received

  39,452     36,686  

Interests paid

  (167,170 )   (173,390 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

2,864,521     3,584,773  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2014        2013   

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      1,340       14,582  

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        1,651,176       1,657,082  

Increase in deposits in banks

        (1,884,533 )     (2,644,204 )

Acquisition of investments in equity accounted investees

        (324 )     (18,744 )

Proceeds from disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

        8,832       5,023  

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (2,982,549 )     (3,473,059 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        39,647       39,838  

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (353,298 )     (184,754 )

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        —         1,902  

Government grants received

        49,424       59,629  

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        8       2  

Proceeds from disposal of other financial assets

        82       —    

Acquisition of other non-current financial assets

        (5,129 )     (5,410 )

Proceeds from disposal of other non-current financial assets

        15,500       43,792  

Net cash inflow from disposal of subsidiaries, net of cash transferred

        8,545       —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

    (3,451,279 )   (4,504,321 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

  219,839     1,430,041  

Repayments of short-term borrowings

  (14,747 )   (1,444,717 )

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

  597,563     587,603  

Proceeds from long-term debt

  846,759     372,785  

Repayments of long-term debt

  (503,618 )   (301,229 )

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt and debentures

  (887,296 )   (1,195,340 )

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

  146,159     159,873  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  404,659     (390,984 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

  (182,099 )   (1,310,532 )

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

  1,021,870     2,338,661  

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

  50,068     (6,259 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

889,839     1,021,870  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

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, in February 2008, the Controlling Company changed its name to LG Display Co., Ltd. considering the decrease of Philips’s share interest in the Controlling Company and the possibility of its business expansion to other display products including Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) and Flexible Display products. As of December 31, 2014, LG Electronics Inc. owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Controlling Company’s common stock.

As of December 31, 2014, the Controlling Company has TFT-LCD manufacturing plants, an OLED manufacturing plant and a Research & Development Center in Paju and TFT-LCD manufacturing plants in Gumi. The Controlling Company has overseas subsidiaries located in North America, Europe and Asia.

The Controlling Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of December 31, 2014, 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 December 31, 2014, there are 22,485,216 ADSs outstanding.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (b) Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014

 

(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   December 31    September 24,
1999
   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   USD 411   

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   Tokyo,
Japan
     100   December 31    October 12,
1999
   Sell TFT-LCD

Products

   JPY 95   

LG Display Germany GmbH

   Ratingen,
Germany
     100   December 31    November 5,
1999
   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   EUR 1   

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   Taipei,
Taiwan
     100   December 31    April 12,

1999

   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   NTD 116   

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd. (*2)

   Nanjing,
China
     100   December 31    July 15,

2002

   Manufacture
and sell TFT-
LCD
products
   CNY    2,937   

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

   Shanghai,
China
     100   December 31    January 16,
2003
   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   CNY 4   

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.(*3)

   Wroclaw,
Poland
     100   December 31    September 6,
2005
   Manufacture
and sell TFT-
LCD
products
   PLN 511   

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd. (*4)

   Guangzhou,
China
     100   December 31    June 30,

2006

   Manufacture
and sell TFT-
LCD
products
   CNY 1,655   

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

   Shenzhen,
China
     100   December 31    August 28,
2007
   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   CNY 4   

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Singapore      100   December 31    January 12,
2009
   Sell TFT-LCD
products
   SGD 1.4   

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Limited

   Xiamen,

China

     51   December 31    January 5,

2010

   Manufacture
LCD module
and TV sets
   CNY 82   

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

   Fujian,

China

     51   December 31    January 5,

2010

   Manufacture
LCD module
and monitor
sets
   CNY 116   

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd. (*5)

   Yantai,

China

     100   December 31    April 19,

2010

   Manufacture
and sell TFT-
LCD
products
   CNY 956   

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (b) Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014, Continued

 

(In millions)                                 

Subsidiaries

   Location    Percentage
of ownership
    Fiscal
year end
   Date of
incorporation
   Business    Capital
stocks
 

LG Display U.S.A., Inc.

   McAllen,
U.S.A.
     100   December 31    October 26,

2011

   Manufacture and
sell TFT-LCD
products
   USD 11   

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

   Gumi,

South Korea

     100   December 31    March 21,

2012

   Janitorial
services
   KRW 800   

LG Display China Co., Ltd. (*6)

   Guangzhou,
China
     70   December 31    December 10,

2012

   Manufacture and
sell TFT-LCD
products
   CNY 6,103   

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC (*7)

   Wilmington,

U.S.A

     100   December 31    March 12,

2014

   Manage
intellectual
property
   USD 9   

Money Market Trust

   Seoul,
South Korea
     100   December 31    —      Money market
trust
   KRW   18,100   

 

(*1) In June 2014, the Controlling Company invested ₩36,815 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”). There was no change in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDUS as a result of this additional investment.
(*2) In December 2014, the Controlling Company invested ₩18,112 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd. (“LGDNJ”). There was no change in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDNJ as a result of this additional investment.
(*3) Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”) acquired 20% of LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o. (“LGDWR”) in December 2007 through a stock purchase agreement. With the acquisition of the 20% interest, Toshiba and the Controlling Company and LGDWR entered into a derivative contract with LGDWR’s equity shares as its underlying assets. According to the contract, the Controlling Company or LGDWR has a call option to buy Toshiba’s 20% interest in LGDWR and Toshiba has a put option to sell its 20% interest in LGDWR to the Controlling Company or LGDWR under the same terms: the exercise price of the call is equal to the price of the put option which is the total amount of Toshiba’s investment at cost. Toshiba’s investment in LGDWR had been regarded as financing due to the options and recorded as other accounts payable in the consolidated statement of financial position of LG Display Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”). Accordingly, LGDWR had been consolidated as a wholly owned subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements prior to the exercise of the options. In November 2014, Toshiba exercised its put option in whole at ₩37,128 million.
(*4) In December 2014, the Controlling Company invested ₩119,400 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd. (“LGDGZ”). There was no change in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDGZ as a result of this additional investment.
(*5) In June 2014, the Controlling Company invested in ₩71,281 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd. (“LGDYT”). There was no change in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDYT as a result of this additional investment.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (b) Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014, Continued

 

(*6) In May 2014, the Controlling Company invested ₩220,740 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCA”). In addition, in January, April and September 2014, LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd. (“LGDGZ”), a subsidiary of the Controlling Company, invested an aggregate of ₩105,297 million in cash for the capital increase of LGDCA. In 2014, the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCA decreased from 64% to 56% and LGDGZ’s ownership percentage in LGDCA increased from 6% to 14%.
(*7) In March 2014, the Controlling Company established Unified Innovative Technology, LLC (“UNIT”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Controlling Company, for the management of intellectual property, with an investment of ₩4,283 million. In April 2014, the Controlling Company invested ₩5,206 million in cash for the capital increase of UNIT.

In June 2014, the Controlling Company disposed of the entire investments in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited at ₩3,383 million and recognized ₩276 million for the difference between the disposal amount and the carrying amount as finance income. In December 2014, the Controlling Company disposed of the entire investments in LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V. at ₩6,484 million and recognized ₩4,157 million for the difference between the disposal amount and the carrying amount as finance cost.

Dividends received from consolidated subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 amounted to ₩430,534 million and zero, respectively.

 

  (c) Cash flows from loss of control of the subsidiaries and carrying amount of assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries upon disposal

(i) LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

 

(In millions of won)    Amount  

Total consideration received

   3,383   

Cash and cash equivalents held by the subsidiary at disposal

     (974
  

 

 

 

Net cash flow

  2,409   

Assets of the disposed subsidiary:

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

  24,105   

Inventories

  2,640   

Property, plant and equipment, net

  4,101   

Intangible assets, net

  514   

Other assets

  1,000   

Liabilities of the disposed subsidiary:

Trade accounts and notes payable

  23,874   

Borrowings

  2,719   

Other liabilities

  649   

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (c) Cash flows from loss of control of the subsidiary and carrying amount of assets and liabilities of the subsidiary upon disposal, Continued

 

(ii) LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

 

(In millions of won)    Amount  

Total consideration received

     6,484   

Cash and cash equivalents held by the subsidiary at disposal

     (348
  

 

 

 

Net cash flow

  6,136   

Assets of the disposed subsidiary:

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

5,559   

Property, plant and equipment, net

  2,414   

Other assets

  2,719   

Liabilities of the disposed subsidiary:

Other liabilities

  399   

 

  (d) Summary of financial information of subsidiaries at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014     2014  

Subsidiaries

   Total
assets
     Total
liabilities
     Total
shareholders’
equity
(deficit)
    Sales      Net
income

(loss)
 

LG Display America, Inc.

   1,867,934         1,823,178         44,756        9,019,130         3,142   

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     171,716         153,741         17,975        1,608,510         1,675   

LG Display Germany GmbH

     448,851         443,062         5,789        2,955,383         1,770   

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     399,524         389,753         9,771        2,195,670         2,374   

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     709,192         82,789         626,403        396,246         32,917   

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     553,749         514,407         39,342        2,372,405         5,873   

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     199,585         11,308         188,277        76,023         30,293   

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     1,959,569         1,092,161         867,408        2,277,400         164,663   

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     306,757         291,645         15,112        2,056,861         1,481   

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     251,422         250,199         1,223        1,209,181         1,947   

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Limited

     6,531         24,617         (18,086     —           (335

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     314,948         251,941         63,007        1,187,511         17,446   

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     1,346,589         1,032,278         314,311        1,049,993         76,860   

LG Display U.S.A., Inc.

     23,191         10,117         13,074        131,622         (3,672

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     2,567         1,305         1,262        9,538         406   

LG Display China Co., Ltd.

     2,208,485         1,123,609         1,084,876        689,102         16,511   

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

     9,118         19         9,099        —           (762
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  10,779,728      7,496,129      3,283,599      27,234,575      352,589   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2013     2013  

Subsidiaries

   Total
assets
     Total
liabilities
     Total
shareholders’
equity
(deficit)
    Sales      Net
income

(loss)
 

LG Display America, Inc.

     1,272,929         1,272,334         595        8,030,701         8,710   

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     151,181         133,310         17,871        2,004,733         1,374   

LG Display Germany GmbH

     388,814         359,765         29,049        3,612,780         3,019   

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     452,776         408,623         44,153        2,085,437         6,605   

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     639,429         55,164         584,265        449,192         32,819   

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     831,345         798,556         32,789        2,799,815         3,790   

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     246,709         63,895         182,814        85,602         2,855   

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     1,936,297         1,066,976         869,321        2,307,006         225,690   

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     359,703         346,335         13,368        2,262,882         1,593   

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     276,481         264,601         11,880        1,412,794         5,269   

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Limited

     23,375         40,850         (17,475     —           (12,163

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     307,933         263,776         44,157        1,196,005         6,593   

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     555,966         398,520         157,446        550,482         29,762   

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

     26,531         19,633         6,898        66,491         (3,134

LG Display U.S.A., Inc.(*)

     32,932         16,444         16,488        138,052         3,318   

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     1,852         997         855        6,034         257   

LG Display China Co., Ltd.

     804,561         238,666         565,895        —           (9,441
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
8,308,814      5,748,445      2,560,369      27,008,006      306,916   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) The financial information of LG Display U.S.A., Inc. includes the financial information of LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (e) Associates and Joint ventures (Equity Method Investees) as of December 31, 2014

 

(In millions of won)                           

Associates and joint ventures

   Location    Percentage
of ownership
    Fiscal
year end
   Date of
incorporation
  

Business

   Carrying
amount
 
          2014     2013                       

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. (*1)

   Suzhou,
China
     51     51   December 31    October

2008

   Manufacture and sell LCD modules and LCD TV sets      138,912   

Global OLED Technology LLC

   Herndon,
U.S.A
     33     33   December 31    December

2009

   Managing and licensing OLED patents      28,733   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   Paju,

South Korea

     40     40   December 31    January

2005

   Manufacture electric glass for FPDs      77,162   

TLI Inc. (*2)

   Seongnam,

South Korea

     10     10   December 31    October

1998

   Manufacture and sell semiconductor parts      5,400   

AVACO Co., Ltd. (*2)

   Daegu,

South Korea

     16     16   December 31    January

2001

   Manufacture and sell equipment for FPDs      11,680   

New Optics Ltd.

   Yangju,

South Korea

     46     46   December 31    August

2005

   Manufacture back light parts for TFT-LCDs      41,199   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd. (*2)

   Seongnam,

South Korea

     13     13   December 31    January

2001

   Develop and manufacture equipment for FPDs      2,094   

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   Ansan,

South Korea

     21     21   December 31    June

2008

   Manufacture LED back light unit packages      23,111   

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16 (*3)

   Seoul,

South Korea

     31     31   December 31    December

2009

   Invest in small and middle sized companies and benefit from M&A opportunities      14,396   

Can Yang Investments Limited (*2)

   Hong Kong      9     9   December 31    January

2010

   Develop, manufacture and sell LED parts      9,467   

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

1. Reporting Entity, Continued

 

(In millions of won)                           

Associates and joint ventures

   Location    Percentage
of ownership
    Fiscal
year end
   Date of
incorporation
  

Business

   Carrying
amount
 
          2014     2013                       

YAS Co., Ltd. (*2)

   Paju,

South
Korea

     19     19   December 31    April

2002

   Develop and manufacture deposition equipment for OLEDs    11,019   

Narenanotech Corporation

   Yongin,

South
Korea

     23     23   December 31    December
1995
   Manufacture and sell FPD manufacturing equipment      25,503   

AVATEC Co., Ltd. (*2)

   Daegu,

South
Korea

     16     16   December 31    August

2000

   Process and sell glass for FPDs      18,773   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

   Gimhae,

South
Korea

     20     20   December 31    October

2006

   Manufacture and sell LCD      195   
                  

 

 

 
  407,644   
                  

 

 

 

 

(*1) Despite its 51% ownership, management concluded that the Controlling Company does not have control of Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. because the Controlling Company and AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd., which has a 49% equity interest of the investee, jointly control the board of directors of the investee through equal voting powers. Accordingly, investment in Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. was accounted as an equity method 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 appoint a director to the board of directors of each investee and the transactions between the Controlling Company and the investees are significant. Accordingly, the investments in these investees have been accounted for using the equity method.
(*3) The Controlling Company is a member of limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (“the Fund”). In January, March, September and December 2014, the Controlling Company received ₩1,035 million, ₩921 million, ₩1,596 million and ₩3,646 million, respectively, from the Fund as capital distribution and made an additional cash investment of ₩324 million in the Fund in March 2014. There was no change 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.

In March 2014, the Controlling Company disposed of the entire investments in Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., acquired for manufacturing LED Package, for ₩1,634 million and recognized ₩156 million for the difference between the disposal amount and the carrying amount as finance cost.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

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

The consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on January 27, 2015, which will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 13, 2015.

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

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

 

    available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value, and

 

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

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The consolidated 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 consolidated 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.

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.

Information about critical judgments in applying accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements is included in the following notes:

 

    Classification of financial instruments (note 3.(d))

 

    Estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment (note 3.(e))

Information about assumptions and estimation uncertainties that have a significant risk of resulting in a material adjustment within the next 12 months is included in the following notes:

 

    Recognition and measurement of provisions (note 3.(j), 18 and 20)

 

    Net realizable value of inventories (note 8)

 

    Measurement of defined benefit obligations (note 17)

 

    Deferred tax assets and liabilities (note 29)

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in accounting policies

Except for the changes below, the Group has consistently applied the accounting policies set out in Note 3 to all periods presented in the consolidated financial statements.

The following amendments to standards and an interpretation were adopted with a date of initial application of January 1, 2014 are as follows.

 

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

 

    Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1036, Impairment of Assets, and

 

    K-IFRS No. 2121, Levies

The nature and effects of the changes are explained below.

(i) Presentation of financial instruments

The Group has adopted amendments to K-IFRS No.1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation, since January 1, 2014. The amendments clarify the meaning of ‘currently has a legally enforceable right of set-off’. According to the amendments, the right to set off should not be contingent on a future event, and legally enforceable in the normal course of business, in the event of default, and in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the entity and all of the counterparties. The amendments also state that some gross settlement systems would be considered equivalent to net settlement if they eliminate or result in insignificant credit and liquidity risk and process receivables and payables in a single settlement process or cycle. There is no impact of applying this amendment on the consolidated financial statements.

(ii) Disclosure of the recoverable amount

The Group has adopted amendments to K-IFRS No. 1036, Impairment of Assets, since January 1, 2014. The amendments require the disclosure of information about the recoverable amount of impaired assets, if that amount is based on fair value less costs of disposal. They also require the disclosure of additional information about that fair value measurement. In addition, if the recoverable amount of impaired assets based on fair value less costs of disposal was measured using a present value technique, the amendments also require the disclosure of the discount rates that have been used in the current and previous measurements. There is no significant impact of applying this amendment on the consolidated financial statements.

(iii) Levies

The Group has adopted K-IFRS No. 2121, Levies, since January 1, 2014. K-IFRS No. 2121 is an Interpretation of K-IFRS No. 1037, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, on the accounting for levies imposed by governments. K-IFRS No. 1037 sets out criteria for the recognition of a liability, one of which is the requirement for the entity to have a present obligation as a result of a past event (or “obligating event”). K-IFRS No. 2121 clarifies that the obligating event that gives rise to a liability to pay a levy is the activity described in the relevant legislation that triggers the payment of the levy. The interpretation does not provide guidance on the accounting for the costs arising from recognizing the liability to pay a levy. Other K-IFRSs should be applied to determine whether the recognition of a liability to pay a levy gives rise to an asset or an expense. There is no impact of applying this interpretation on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Group in preparation of its consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

  (a) Consolidation

(i) Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed, or has right to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which control commences until the date on which control ceases.

(ii) Non-controlling interests

Non-controlling interests (“NCI”) are measured at their proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets at the acquisition date.

Changes in the Group’s interest in subsidiaries that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions.

(iii) Loss of Control

If the Controlling Company loses control of subsidiaries, the Controlling Company derecognizes the assets and liabilities of the former subsidiaries from the consolidated statement of financial position and recognizes the gain or loss associated with the loss of control attributable to the former controlling interest. Meanwhile, the Controlling Company recognizes any investment retained in the former subsidiaries at its fair value when control is lost.

(iv) Associates and joint ventures (equity method investees)

Associates are those entities in which the Group has significant influence, but not control or joint control, over the financial and operating policies. A joint venture is an arrangement in which the Group has joint control, whereby the Group has rights to the net assets of the arrangement, rather than rights to its assets and obligations for its liabilities.

Investments in associates and joint ventures are initially recognized at cost and subsequently accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The carrying amount of investments in associates and joint ventures is increased or decreased to recognize the Group’s share of the profits or losses and changes in the Group’s proportionate interest of the investee after the date of acquisition. Distributions received from an investee reduce the carrying amount of the investment.

If an associate or joint ventures uses accounting policies different from those of the Controlling Company for like transactions and events in similar circumstances, appropriate adjustments are made to the consolidated financial statements. As of and during the periods presented in the consolidated financial statements, no adjustments were made in applying the equity method.

When the Group’s share of losses exceeds its interest in an equity accounted investee, the carrying amount of that interest, including any long-term investments, is reduced to nil, and the recognition of further losses is discontinued except to the extent that the Group has an obligation or has made payments on behalf of the investee.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a) Consolidation, Continued

 

(v) Transactions eliminated on consolidation

Intra-group balances and transactions, including income and expenses and any unrealized income and expenses and balance of trade accounts and notes receivable and payable arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated. Unrealized gains arising from transactions with equity-accounted investees are eliminated against the investment to the extent of the Group’s interest in the investee. Unrealized losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

 

  (b) Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the respective functional currencies of the Group at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate on the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are measured at fair value are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate at the date that the fair value was originally determined. Foreign currency differences arising on retranslation are recognized in profit or loss, except for differences arising on available-for-sale equity instruments and a financial asset and liability designated as a cash flow hedge, which are recognized in other comprehensive income. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the original transaction. Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items or on translating monetary items at rates different from those at which they were translated on initial recognition are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise. Foreign currency differences arising from assets and liabilities in relation to the investing and financing activities including loans, bonds and cash and cash equivalents are recognized in finance income (costs) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income and foreign currency differences arising from assets and liabilities in relation to activities other than investing and financing activities are recognized in other non-operating income (expense) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Relevant foreign currency differences are presented in gross amounts in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

If the presentation currency of the Group is different from a foreign operation’s functional currency, the financial position and financial performance of the foreign operation are translated into the presentation currency using the following methods. The assets and liabilities of foreign operations, whose functional currency is not the currency of a hyperinflationary economy, including goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on acquisition, are translated to the Group’s functional currency at exchange rates at the reporting date. The income and expenses of foreign operations are translated to the Group’s functional currency at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Foreign currency differences are recognized in other comprehensive income. However, if the operation is a non-wholly-owned subsidiary, then the relevant proportionate share of the translation difference is allocated to the non-controlling interests. When a foreign operation is disposed of in its entirety or partially such that control, significant influence or joint control is lost, the cumulative amount in the translation reserve related to that foreign operation is reclassified to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on disposal. If the Group disposes part of its interest in a subsidiary but retains control, then the relevant proportion of the cumulative amount is reattributed to NCI. When the Group disposes of only part of an associate or joint venture while retaining significant influence or joint control, the relevant proportion of the cumulative amount is reclassified to profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition of that foreign operation is treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation. Thus, they are expressed in the functional currency of the foreign operation and translated at the at each reporting date’s exchange rate.

 

  (c) Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The cost of inventories is based on the weighted-average method, and includes expenditures incurred in acquiring the inventories, production or conversion costs and other costs incurred in bringing them to their existing location and condition. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated selling expenses. In the case of manufactured inventories and work-in-process, cost includes an appropriate share of production overheads based on the actual capacity of production facilities. However, the normal capacity is used for the allocation of fixed production overheads if the actual level of production is lower than the normal capacity.

 

  (d) Financial Instruments

(i) Non-derivative financial assets

The Group initially recognizes loans and receivables and deposits on the date they are originated. All other non-derivative financial assets, including financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), are recognized in the consolidated statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

The Group derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows of the financial asset in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred. Any interest in transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Group is recognized as a separate asset or liability. If a transfer does not result in derecognition because the Group has retained substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the transferred asset, the Group continues to recognize the transferred asset and recognizes a financial liability for the consideration received. In subsequent periods, the Group recognizes any income on the transferred assets and any expense incurred on the financial liability.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the consolidated statement of financial position when, and only when, the Group has a legal right to offset the amounts and intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The Group has the following non-derivative financial assets: financial assets at FVTPL, loans and receivables and available-for-sale financial assets.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

A financial asset is classified at FVTPL if it is classified as held for trading or is designated as such upon initial recognition. If a contract contains one or more embedded derivatives, the Group designates the entire hybrid (combined) contract as a financial asset at FVTPL unless: the embedded derivative(s) does not significantly modify the cash flows that otherwise would be required by the contract; or it is clear with little or no analysis when a similar hybrid (combined) instrument is first considered that separation of the embedded derivative(s) is prohibited. Upon initial recognition, attributable transaction costs are recognized in profit or loss as incurred. Financial assets at FVTPL are measured at fair value, and changes therein are recognized in profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(i) Non-derivative financial assets, Continued

 

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all cash balances and short-term highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash.

Deposits in banks

Deposits in banks are those with maturity of more than three months and less than one year and are held for cash management purposes.

Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. When loans and receivables are recognized initially, the Group measures them at their fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial asset. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses. Loans and receivables comprise trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable.

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available-for-sale or that are not classified as financial assets at FVTPL, held-to-maturity financial assets or loans and receivables. The Group’s investments in equity securities and certain debt securities are classified as available-for-sale financial assets. Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured at fair value and changes therein, other than impairment losses and foreign currency differences on available-for-sale equity instruments, are recognized in other comprehensive income and presented within equity in the fair value reserve. When an investment in available-for-sale financial assets is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss in other comprehensive income is transferred to profit or loss.

Investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and whose derivatives are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are measured at cost.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(ii) Non-derivative financial liabilities

The Group classifies financial liabilities into two categories, financial liabilities at FVTPL and other financial liabilities, in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangement and the definitions of financial liabilities, and recognizes them in the consolidated statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL include financial liabilities held for trading or designated as such upon initial recognition at FVTPL. After initial recognition, financial liabilities at FVTPL are measured at fair value, and changes therein are recognized in profit or loss. Upon initial recognition, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

Non-derivative financial liabilities other than financial liabilities classified as FVTPL are classified as other financial liabilities and measured initially at fair value minus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities. Subsequent to initial recognition, these financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2014, non-derivative financial liabilities comprise borrowings, bonds and others.

The Group derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled or expired.

(iii) Share Capital

The Group only issued common stocks and they are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issuance of common stocks are recognized as a deduction from equity, net of tax effects. Capital contributed in excess of par value upon issuance of common stocks is classified as share premium within equity.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(iv) Derivative financial instruments, including hedge accounting

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition, derivatives are measured at fair value, and changes therein are recognized in profit or loss except in the case where the derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges and the hedge is determined to be an effective hedge.

If necessary, the Group designates derivatives as hedging items to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments (a fair value hedge) and foreign currency risk of highly probable forecasted transactions or firm commitments (a cash flow hedge).

On initial designation of the hedge, management formally documents the relationship between the hedging instrument(s) and hedged item(s), including the risk management objectives and strategy in undertaking the hedge transaction, together with the methods that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the hedging relationship. Management makes an assessment, both at the inception of the hedge relationship as well as on an ongoing basis, whether the hedging instruments are expected to be “highly effective” in offsetting the changes in the fair value or cash flows of the respective hedged items during the period for which the hedge is designated, and whether the actual results of each hedge are within a range of 80-125 percent. For a cash flow hedge of a forecasted transaction, the transaction should be highly probable to occur and should present an exposure to variations in cash flows that could ultimately affect reported net income.

Cash flow hedges

When a derivative is designated as a hedge of the variability in cash flows attributable to a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecasted transaction that could affect profit or loss, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized in other comprehensive income and presented in the hedging reserve in equity. The amount recognized in other comprehensive income is removed and included in profit or loss in the same period the hedged cash flows affect profit or loss under the same line item in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Any ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

If the hedging instrument no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, expires or is sold, terminated, exercised, or the designation is revoked, then hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. The cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in other comprehensive income and presented in the hedging reserve in equity remains there until the forecasted transaction affects profit or loss. When the hedged item is a non-financial asset, the amount recognized in other comprehensive income is transferred to the carrying amount of the asset when the asset is recognized. If the forecasted transaction is no longer expected to occur, then the balance in other comprehensive income is recognized immediately in profit or loss. In other cases the amount recognized in other comprehensive income is transferred to profit or loss in the same period that the hedged item affects profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(iv) Derivative financial instruments, including hedge accounting, Continued

 

Embedded derivative

Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract and the embedded derivative are not closely related, a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, and the combined instrument is not measured at FVTPL. Changes in the fair value of separable embedded derivatives are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

 

  (e) Property, Plant and Equipment

(i) Recognition and measurement

Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes an expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials and direct labor, any costs directly attributable to bringing the assets to a working condition for their intended use, the costs of dismantling and removing the items and restoring the site on which they are located and borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

The gain or loss arising from the derecognition of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the net disposal proceeds, if any, and the carrying amount of the item and recognized in other non-operating income or other non-operating expenses.

(ii) Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditure on an item of property, plant and equipment is recognized as part of its cost only if it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The costs of the day-to-day servicing of property, plant and equipment are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

(iii) Depreciation

Depreciation is recognized in profit or loss on a straight-line basis method, reflecting the pattern in which the asset’s future economic benefits are expected to be consumed by the Group. The residual value of property, plant and equipment is zero. Land is not depreciated.

Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

 

     Useful lives (years)

Buildings and structures

   20, 40

Machinery

   4, 5

Furniture and fixtures

   3~5

Equipment, tools and vehicles

   3~5, 12

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate and any changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates. There were no such changes for all periods presented.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f) Borrowing Costs

The Group capitalizes borrowing costs, which includes interests and exchange differences arising from foreign currency borrowings to the extent that they are regarded as an adjustment to interest costs, directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset as part of the cost of that asset. A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale. To the extent that the Group borrows funds specifically for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the Group determines the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization as the actual borrowing costs incurred on that borrowing during the period less any investment income on the temporary investment of those borrowings. The Group immediately recognizes other borrowing costs as an expense.

 

  (g) Government Grants

In case there is reasonable assurance that the Group will comply with the conditions attached to a government grant, the government grant is recognized as follows:

(i) Grants related to the purchase or construction of assets

A government grant related to the purchase or construction of assets is deducted in calculating the carrying amount of the asset. The grant is recognized in profit or loss over the life of a depreciable asset as a reduced depreciation expense and cash related to grant received is presented in investing activities in the statement of cash flows.

(ii) Grants for compensating the Group’s expenses incurred

A government grant that compensates the Group for expenses incurred is recognized in profit or loss as a deduction from relevant expenses on a systematic basis in the periods in which the expenses are recognized.

(iii) Other government grants

A government grant that becomes receivable for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the Group with no compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or no future related costs is recognized as income of the period in which it becomes receivable.

 

  (h) Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. Subsequently, intangible assets are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses.

(i) Goodwill

Goodwill arising from business combinations is recognized as the excess of the acquisition cost of investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures over the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Any deficit is a bargain purchase that is recognized in profit or loss. Goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (h) Intangible Assets, Continued

 

(ii) Research and development

Expenditure on research activities, undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific or technical knowledge and understanding, is recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

Development activities involve a plan or design of the production of new or substantially improved products and processes. Development expenditure is capitalized only if the Group can demonstrate all of the following:

 

    the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or sale,

 

    its intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it,

 

    its ability to use or sell the intangible asset,

 

    how the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits. Among other things, the Group can demonstrate the existence of a market for the output of the intangible asset or the intangible asset itself or, if it is to be used internally, the usefulness of the intangible asset,

 

    the availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset, and

 

    its ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development.

The expenditure capitalized includes the cost of materials, direct labor, overhead costs that are directly attributable to preparing the asset for its intended use, and borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

(iii) Other intangible assets

Other intangible assets include intellectual property rights, software, customer relationships, technology, memberships and others.

(iv) Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditure is capitalized only when it increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific intangible asset to which it relates. All other expenditure, including expenditure on internally generated goodwill and brands, is recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (h) Intangible Assets, Continued

 

(v) Amortization

Amortization is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets, other than goodwill, from the date that they are available for use. The residual value of intangible assets is zero. However, as there are no foreseeable limits to the periods over which condominium and golf club memberships are expected to be available for use, these intangible assets are regarded as having indefinite useful lives and not amortized.

 

     Estimated useful lives (years)

Intellectual property rights

   5, 10

Rights to use electricity, water and gas supply facilities

   10

Software

   4

Customer relationships

   7

Technology

   10

Development costs

   (*)

Condominium and golf club memberships

   Not amortized

 

(*) Capitalized development costs are amortized over the useful life considering the life cycle of the developed products. Amortization of capitalized development costs is recognized in research and development expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Amortization periods and the amortization methods for intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end. The useful lives of intangible assets that are not being amortized are reviewed each period to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support indefinite useful life assessments for those assets. If appropriate, the changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (i) Impairment

(i) Financial assets

A financial asset not carried at FVTPL is assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it is impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably.

Objective evidence that financial assets are impaired can include default or delinquency in interest or principal payments by an issuer or a debtor, for economic reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, granting to the borrower a concession that the Group would not otherwise consider, or the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset. In addition, for an investment in an equity security, objective evidence of impairment includes significant financial difficulty of the issuer and a significant or prolonged decline in its fair value below its cost.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i) Impairment, Continued

 

(i) Financial assets, Continued

 

Management considers evidence of impairment for loans and receivables at both a specific asset and collective level. All individually significant loans and receivables are assessed for specific impairment. All individually significant receivables found not to be specifically impaired are then collectively assessed for any impairment that has been incurred but not yet identified. Loans and receivables that are not individually significant are collectively assessed for impairment by grouping together receivables with similar risk characteristics.

In assessing collective impairment the Group uses historical trends of the probability of default, timing of recoveries and the amount of loss incurred, adjusted for management’s judgment as to whether current economic and credit conditions are such that the actual losses are likely to be greater or less than suggested by historical trends.

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss and reflected in an allowance account against loans and receivables.

The amount of the impairment loss on financial assets including equity securities carried at cost is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed.

When a decline in the fair value of an available-for-sale financial asset has been recognized in other comprehensive income the amount of the cumulative loss that is reclassified from equity to profit or loss is the difference between the acquisition cost and current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognized in profit or loss.

In a subsequent period, for the financial assets recorded at fair value, if the fair value increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed. The amount of the reversal in financial assets carried at amortized cost and a debt instrument classified as available for sale is recognized in profit or loss. However, impairment loss recognized for an investment in an equity instrument classified as available-for-sale is reversed through other comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i) Impairment, Continued

 

(ii) Non-financial assets

The carrying amounts of the Group’s non-financial assets, other than assets arising from employee benefits, inventories and deferred tax assets, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. For goodwill, and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives or that are not yet available for use, irrespective of whether there is any indication of impairment, the recoverable amount is estimated each year at the same time.

For the purpose of impairment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or groups of assets (the “cash-generating unit”, or “CGU”). The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is determined as the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Fair value less costs to sell is based on the best information available to reflect the amount that the Group could obtain from the disposal of the asset in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, after deducting the costs of disposal.

An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss. Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. Impairment losses recognized in respect of a CGU are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit, and then to reduce the carrying amounts of the other assets in the unit on a pro rata basis.

In respect of other assets, impairment losses recognized in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date for any indications that the loss has decreased or no longer exists. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of accumulated depreciation or amortization, if no impairment loss had been recognized. An impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j) Provisions

A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation.

The risks and uncertainties that inevitably surround events and circumstances are taken into account in reaching the best estimate of a provision. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are determined at the present value of the expected future cash flows. The unwinding of the discount is recognized as finance cost.

Provisions are reviewed at the end of each reporting period and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate. If it is no longer probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, the provision is reversed.

The Group recognizes a liability for warranty obligations based on the estimated costs expected to be incurred under its basic limited warranty. This warranty covers defective products and is normally applicable for eighteen months from the date of purchase. These liabilities are accrued when product revenues are recognized. Factors that affect the Group’s warranty liability include historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims on those repairs and cost per claim to satisfy the Group’s warranty obligation. Warranty costs primarily include raw materials and labor costs. As these factors are impacted by actual experience and future expectations, management periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. Accrued warranty obligations are included in the current and non-current provisions.

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, and penalties and other sources, are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment and/or remediation can be reasonably estimated.

 

  (k) Employee Benefits

(i) Short-term employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits that are due to be settled within twelve months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service are recognized in profit or loss on an undiscounted basis. The expected cost of profit-sharing and bonus plans and others are recognized when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation to make payments as a result of past events and a reliable estimate of the obligation can be made.

(ii) Other long-term employee benefits

The Group’s net obligation in respect of long-term employee benefits other than pension plans is the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return for their service in the current and prior periods.

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k) Employee Benefits, Continued

 

(iii) Defined contribution plan

A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined contribution pension plans are recognized as an employee benefit expense in profit or loss in the periods during which services are rendered by employees.

(iv) Defined benefit plan

A defined benefit plan is a post-employment benefit plan other than defined contribution plans. The Group’s net obligation in respect of its defined benefit plan is calculated by estimating the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return for their service in the current and prior periods; that benefit is discounted to determine its present value. The fair value of any plan assets is deducted.

The calculation is performed annually by an independent actuary using the projected unit credit method. The discount rate is the yield at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds that have maturity dates approximating the terms of the Group’s obligations and that are denominated in the same currency in which the benefits are expected to be paid. The Group recognizes all actuarial gains and losses arising from defined benefit plans in retained earnings immediately.

The Group determines the net interest expense (income) on the net defined benefit liability (asset) for the period by applying the discount rate used to measure the defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the annual period to the then-net defined benefit liability (asset), taking into account any changes in the net defined benefit liability (asset) during the period as a result of contributions and benefit payments. Consequently, the net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) now comprises: interest cost on the defined benefit obligation, interest income on plan assets, and interest on the effect on the asset ceiling.

When the benefits of a plan are changed or when a plan is curtailed, the resulting change in benefit that relates to past service or the gain or loss on curtailment is recognized immediately in profit or loss. The Group recognizes gains and losses on the settlement of a defined benefit plan when the settlement occurs.

 

  (l) Revenue

Revenue from the sale of goods in the course of ordinary activities is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of estimated returns, earned trade discounts, volume rebates and other cash incentives paid to customers. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence exists that the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer, generally on delivery and acceptance at the customers’ premises, recovery of the consideration is probable, the associated costs and possible return of goods can be estimated reliably, there is no continuing management involvement with the goods, and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. If it is probable that discounts will be granted and the amount can be measured reliably, then the discount is recognized as a reduction of revenue when the sales are recognized. Sales taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and therefore are excluded from revenues in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (m) Operating Segments

An operating segment is a component of the Group that: 1) engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with other components of the group, 2) whose operating results are reviewed regularly by the Group’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in order to allocate resources and assess its performance, and 3) for which discrete financial information is available. Management has determined that the CODM of the Group is the Board of Directors. The CODM does not receive and therefore does not review discrete financial information for any component of the Group. Consequently, no operating segment information is included in these consolidated financial statements. Entity wide disclosures of geographic and product revenue information are provided in note 23 to these consolidated financial statements.

 

  (n) Finance Income and Finance Costs

Finance income comprises interest income on funds invested (including available-for-sale financial assets), dividend income, gains on the disposal of available-for-sale financial assets, changes in the fair value of financial assets at FVTPL, and gains on hedging instruments that are recognized in profit or loss. Interest income is recognized as it accrues in profit or loss, using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recognized in profit or loss on the date that the Group’s right to receive payment is established.

Finance costs comprise interest expense on borrowings, unwinding of the discount on provisions, changes in the fair value of financial assets at FVTPL, impairment losses recognized on financial assets, and losses on hedging instruments that are recognized in profit or loss. Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized as part of the cost of that asset.

 

  (o) Income Tax

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination, or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income.

(i) Current tax

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable profit or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years. The taxable profit is different from the accounting profit for the period since the taxable profit is calculated excluding the temporary differences, which will be taxable or deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) of future periods, and non-taxable or non-deductible items from the accounting profit.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (o) Income Tax, Continued

 

(ii) Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized, using the liability method, in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. However, deferred tax is not recognized for taxable temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of goodwill.

The Group recognizes a deferred tax liability for all taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates, and interests in joint ventures, except to the extent that the Group is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future. A deferred tax asset is recognized for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that the differences relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures will reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary difference can be utilized.

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realized.

The Group offsets deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities if, and only if the Group has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and the deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realize the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

 

  (p) Earnings Per Share

The Group presents basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) data for its common stocks. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Controlling Company by the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is determined by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding, adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential common stocks, which comprise convertible bonds.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

4. Determination of Fair Value

A number of the Group’s accounting policies and disclosures require the determination of fair value, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Fair values have been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the following methods. When applicable, further information about the assumptions made in determining fair values is disclosed in the notes specific to that asset or liability.

 

  (a) Current Assets and Liabilities

The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

 

  (b) Trade Receivables and Other Receivables

The fair value of trade and other receivables is estimated as the present value of future cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at the reporting date. This fair value is determined for disclosure purposes. The carrying amounts of short-term receivables approximate fair value.

 

  (c) Investments in Equity and Debt Securities

The fair value of marketable available-for-sale financial assets is determined by reference to their quoted closing bid price at the reporting date. The fair value of non-marketable securities is determined using valuation methods.

 

  (d) Non-derivative Financial Liabilities

Fair value, which is determined for disclosure purposes, except for the liabilities at FVTPL, is calculated based on the present value of future principal and interest cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at the reporting date.

 

5. Risk Management

 

  (a) Financial Risk Management

The Group is exposed to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risks. The Group identifies and analyzes such risks, and controls are implemented under a risk management system to monitor and manage these risks at below a threshold level.

(i) Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers.

The Group’s exposure to credit risk of trade and other receivables is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. However, management believes that the demographics of the Group’s customer base, including the default risk of the country in which customers operate, do not have a significant influence on credit risk since the majority of the customers are global electronic appliance manufacturers operating in global markets.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

5. Risk Management, Continued

 

The Group establishes credit limits for each customer and each new customer is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively before determining whether to utilize third party guarantees, insurance or factoring as appropriate.

The Group does not establish allowances for receivables under insurance or receivables from customers with a high credit rating. For the rest of the receivables, the Group establishes an allowance for impairment of trade and other receivables that have been individually or collectively evaluated for impairment and estimated on the basis of historical loss experience for assets.

(ii) Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Group’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Group’s reputation.

The Group has historically been able to satisfy its cash requirements from cash flows from operations and debt and equity financing. To the extent that the Group does not generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet its capital requirements, the Group may rely on other financing activities, such as external long-term borrowings and offerings of debt securities, equity-linked and other debt securities. In addition, the Group maintains a line of credit with various banks.

(iii) Market risk

Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices, will affect the Group’s income or the value of its holdings of financial instruments. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimizing the return.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

5. Risk Management, Continued

 

  (a) Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

i) Currency risk

The Group is exposed to currency risk on sales, purchases and borrowings that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Group, Korean won (KRW). The currencies in which these transactions primarily are denominated are USD, EUR, JPY, etc.

Interest on borrowings is denominated in the currency of the borrowing. Generally, borrowings are denominated in currencies that match the cash flows generated by the underlying operations of the Group, primarily KRW and USD.

In respect of other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, the Group adopts policies to ensure that its net exposure is kept to an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates when necessary to address short-term imbalances.

ii) Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk arises principally from the Group’s debentures and borrowings. The Group establishes and applies its policy to reduce uncertainty arising from fluctuations in the interest rate and to minimize finance cost and manages interest rate risk by monitoring of trends of fluctuations in interest rate and establishing plan for countermeasures.

 

  (b) Capital Management

Management’s policy is to maintain a 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 return on capital as well as 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)             
     December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  

Total liabilities

     11,183,613        10,917,864   

Total equity

     11,783,410        10,797,420   

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     2,416,321        2,323,409   

Borrowings (including bonds)

     4,247,386        3,902,779   

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     95     101

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     16     15

 

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

6. Cash and Cash Equivalents and Deposits in Banks

Cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Demand deposits

   889,839         1,021,870   

Deposits in banks

     

Time deposits

     1,453,677         1,231,539   

Restricted cash (*)

     72,805         70,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
1,526,482      1,301,539   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

Deposits in banks

Restricted cash (*)

  8,427      13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
2,424,748      2,323,422   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Restricted cash includes mutual growth fund to aid LG Group’s second and third-tier suppliers, and others.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

7. Receivables and Other Current Assets

 

  (a) Trade accounts and notes receivable at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Trade, net

     2,572,880         2,441,087   

Due from related parties

     871,597         687,539   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
3,444,477      3,128,626   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Other accounts receivable at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current assets

     

Non-trade accounts receivable, net

     101,027         79,055   

Accrued income

     18,451         10,482   

Short-term loans

     —           8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
119,478      89,545   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due from related parties included in other accounts receivable, as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are ₩13,694 million and ₩5,005 million, respectively.

 

  (c) Other assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current assets

     

Advance payments

   11,960         10,854   

Prepaid expenses

     48,858         50,234   

Value added tax refundable

     435,847         187,337   

Others

     —           3,557   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  496,665      251,982   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

Long-term prepaid expenses

257,769      213,682   

Others

  2,900      3,500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
260,669      217,182   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

8. Inventories

Inventories at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Finished goods

     1,200,592         733,987   

Work-in-process

     745,614         605,718   

Raw materials

     426,380         261,947   

Supplies

     381,512         331,589   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
2,754,098      1,933,241   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales, inventory write-downs and reversal and usage of inventory write-downs included in cost of sales is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

     22,667,134         23,524,851   

Including: inventory write-downs

     332,699         211,363   

Including: reversal and usage of inventory write downs

     (211,363      (135,720

There were no significant reversals of inventory write-downs recognized during 2014 and 2013.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

9. Other Financial Assets

 

  (a) Other financial assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current assets

     

Deposits

   681         919   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,569         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
3,250      919   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

Available-for-sale financial assets

6,831      16,908   

Deposits

  18,921      20,520   

Long-term other accounts receivable

  7,859      8,818   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  33,611      46,246   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Available-for-sale financial assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current assets

     

Debt securities

     

Government bonds

   2,569         —     

Non-current assets

     

Debt securities

     

Government bonds

   668         2,838   

Equity securities

     

Intellectual Discovery, Ltd.

     2,673         2,673   

Siliconworks Co., Ltd.

     —           11,281   

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     3,372         —     

Other

     118         116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,163      14,070   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
9,400      16,908   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

10. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees

 

  (a) Investments in equity accounted investees consist of the following:

 

(in millions of won)              
     Carrying value  

Company

   December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

   138,912         134,508   

Global OLED Technology LLC

     28,733         31,162   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     77,162         79,417   

TLI Inc. (*)

     5,400         5,596   

AVACO Co., Ltd. (*)

     11,680         8,892   

New Optics Ltd.

     41,199         34,095   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.(*)

     2,094         1,523   

WooRee E&L Co. Ltd (*)

     23,111         27,273   

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16

     14,396         19,483   

Can Yang Investments Limited

     9,467         11,754   

YAS Co., Ltd.

     11,019         9,826   

Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

     —           1,830   

Narenanotech Corporation

     25,503         25,497   

AVATEC Co., Ltd.(*)

     18,773         15,680   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

     195         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
407,644      406,536   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Based on quoted market prices at December 31, 2014, the fair values of the investments in TLI Inc., AVACO Co., Ltd., LIG ADP Co., Ltd., WooRee E&L Co.Ltd., and AVATEC Co., Ltd., which are listed companies on the Korea Exchange, are ₩6,891 million, ₩10,437 million, ₩12,630 million, ₩14,688 million and ₩31,270 million, respectively.

Dividends received from equity accounted investees for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 amounted to ₩1,058 million and ₩14,276 million, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

10. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (b) Summary of financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 of significant joint venture are as follows.

(i) Summary of financial information

 

    Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Total assets

   473,486         624,546   

Current assets

     373,640         513,044   

Non-current assets

     99,846         111,502   

Total liabilities

     199,313         360,146   

Current liabilities

     199,313         360,146   
(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Revenue

     1,177,261         1,789,364   

Profit for the year

     5,452         8,077   

Other comprehensive income

     4,321         3,024   

Total comprehensive income

     9,773         11,101   

(ii) Additional financial information

 

    Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Cash and cash equivalents

     18,648         28,165   
(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Depreciation

   9,611         11,607   

Amortization

     531         619   

Interest income

     4,043         2,323   

Interest expense

     17         307   

Income tax expense

     2,704         2,070   

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

10. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (c) Reconciliation from financial information of significant joint ventures to their carrying value in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

(i) As of December 31, 2014

 

(In millions of won)                                 

Company

   Net
asset
     Ownership
interest
    Net asset
(applying
ownership
interest)
     Intra-group
transaction
    Book value  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

     274,173         51     139,828         (916     138,912   

(ii) As of December 31, 2013

 

(In millions of won)                                 

Company

   Net
asset
     Ownership
interest
    Net asset
(applying
ownership
interest)
     Intra-group
transaction
    Book value  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

     264,400         51     134,844         (336     134,508   

 

  (d) Book value of individually non-significant joint ventures and associates in aggregate is as follows:

(i) As of December 31, 2014

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Book value      Net profit (loss) of joint ventures and associates
(applying ownership interest)
 
      Profit (loss)
for the year
     Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
     Total
comprehensive
income (loss)
 

Individually non-significant joint venture

   28,733         (3,461      1,032         (2,429

Individually non-significant associates

       239,999         19,224         (10,369      8,855   

(ii) As of December 31, 2013

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Book value      Net profit (loss) of joint ventures and associates
(applying ownership interest)
 
      Profit (loss)
for the year
     Other
comprehensive
loss
     Total
comprehensive
income (loss)
 

Individually non-significant joint venture

   31,162         (4,388      (554      (4,942

Individually non-significant associates

       240,866         22,952         (20,773      2,179   

 

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10. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in investments in equity accounted investees for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                                  
          2014  

Company

        January 1      Acquisition/
Disposal
    Dividends
received
    Equity income
(loss) on
investments
    Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    Other
gain (loss)
     December 31  

Joint venture

  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

   134,508         —          —          2,200        2,204        —           138,912   

Associates

  

Individually non- significant joint venture

     31,162         —          —          (3,461     1,032        —           28,733   
  

Individually non- significant associates

     240,866         (8,664     (1,058     19,224        (10,369     —           239,999   
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  406,536      (8,664   (1,058   17,963      (7,133   —        407,644   
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
(In millions of won)                                                  
          2013  

Company

        January 1      Acquisition/
Disposal
    Dividends
received
    Equity income
(loss) on
investments
    Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    Other
gain (loss)
     December 31  

Joint venture

  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

   128,751         11,918        (12,804     5,101        1,542        —           134,508   

Associates

  

Individually non- significant joint venture

     39,760         (3,656     —          (4,388     (554     —           31,162   
  

Individually non- significant associates

     233,647         5,381        (1,472     22,952        (20,773     1,131         240,866   
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  402,158      13,643      (14,276   23,665      (19,785   1,131      406,536   
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

11. Property, Plant and Equipment

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                           
     Land     Buildings
and
structures
    Machinery
and
equipment
    Furniture
and
fixtures
    Construction-
in-progress

(*1)
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2014

     438,375        5,620,915        31,533,365        785,971        2,745,587        269,320        41,393,533   

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2014

     —          (1,570,196     (27,108,971     (686,312     —          (218,867     (29,584,346

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2014

   —          —          (839     (1     —          (13     (853
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2014

  438,375      4,050,719      4,423,555      99,658      2,745,587      50,440      11,808,334   

Additions

  —        —        —        —        2,868,331      —        2,868,331   

Depreciation

  —        (269,049   (2,878,246   (55,090   —        (19,700   (3,222,085

Impairment loss

  —        —        (8,097   —        —        —        (8,097

Disposals

  (3,778   (9,507   (14,786   (124   (4,414   (222   (32,831

Change due to disposal of a subsidiary

  —        —        (3,280   (2,453   —        (782   (6,515

Others (*2)

  4      336,522      4,052,158      66,809      (4,477,903   22,410      —     

Effect of movements in exchange rates

  —        5,814      47,454      317      (8,852   420      45,153   

Subsidy received

  —        —        (49,424   —        —        —        (49,424
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2014

434,601      4,114,499      5,569,334      109,117      1,122,749      52,566      11,402,866   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2014

434,601      5,952,542      35,359,577      833,458      1,122,749      236,323      43,939,250   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2014

—        (1,838,043   (29,782,076   (724,340   —        (183,744   (32,528,203
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2014

—        —        (8,167   (1   —        (13   (8,181
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) As of December 31, 2014, construction-in-progress relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.
(*2) Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

11. Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                           
     Land     Buildings
and
structures
    Machinery
and
equipment
    Furniture
and
fixtures
    Construction-
in-progress

(*1)
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2013

     440,992        5,546,497        31,490,302        755,948        966,902        256,806        39,457,447   

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2013

     —          (1,299,436     (24,228,377     (624,950     —          (197,173     (26,349,936

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2013

   —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2013

  440,992      4,247,061      7,261,925      130,998      966,902      59,633      13,107,511   

Additions

  —        —        —        —        2,390,259      —        2,390,259   

Depreciation

  —        (268,494   (3,244,953   (65,210   —        (19,815   (3,598,472

Impairment loss

  —        —        (839   (1   —        (13   (853

Disposals

  (3,579   (8,521   (18,873   (478   —        (406   (31,857

Others (*2)

  962      82,952      434,039      34,434      (563,453   11,066      —     

Effect of movements in exchange rates

  —        (535   (7,744   (85   9,764      (25   1,375   

Subsidy received

  —        (1,744   —        —        (57,885   —        (59,629
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2013

438,375      4,050,719      4,423,555      99,658      2,745,587      50,440      11,808,334   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2013

438,375      5,620,915      31,533,365      785,971      2,745,587      269,320      41,393,533   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2013

—        (1,570,196   (27,108,971   (686,312   —        (218,867   (29,584,346
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2013

—        —        (839   (1   —        (13   (853
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) As of December 31, 2013, construction-in-progress relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.
(*2) Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

The capitalized borrowing costs and capitalization rate for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2014     2013  

Capitalized borrowing costs

     35,771        26,144   

Capitalization rate

     4.23     4.56

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

12. Intangible Assets

Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)   Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Member-
ships
    Develop-
ment
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
(software)
    Customer
relation-
ships
    Tech-
nology
    Good-
will
    Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2014

  561,400        524,759        50,258        617,355        10,704        24,011        11,074        14,593        13,089        1,827,243   

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2014

    (467,707     (398,752     —          (454,112     —          (12,591     (4,065     —          (12,581     (1,349,808

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2014

  —          —          (9,250     —          —          —          —          —          —          (9,250
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2014

    93,693        126,007        41,008        163,243        10,704        11,420        7,009        14,593        508        468,185   

Additions - internally developed

    —          —          —          267,081        —          —          —          —          —          267,081   

Additions - external purchases

    26,160        —          —          —          84,797        —          —          —          —          110,957   

Amortization (*1)

    (17,754     (70,802     —          (176,700     —          (3,428     (1,106     —          (436     (270,226

Disposals

    (672     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (672

Change due to disposal of a subsidiary

    —          (514     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (514

Impairment loss

    —          —          (492     —          —          —          —          —          —          (492

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —          90,274        —          —          (90,274     —          —          —          —          —     

Effect of movements in exchange rates

    —          2,331        —          —          20        —          —          —          —          2,351   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2014

  101,427        147,296        40,516        253,624        5,247        7,992        5,903        14,593        72        576,670   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2014

    587,068        611,149        50,258        884,436        5,247        24,011        11,074        14,593        13,089        2,200,925   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2014

  (485,641     (463,853     —          (630,812     —          (16,019     (5,171     —          (13,017     (1,614,513
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2014

  —          —          (9,742     —          —          —          —          —          —          (9,742
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) The Group has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses and research and development expenses.
(*2) Others mainly consist of rights to use of electricity and gas supply facilities.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

12. Intangible Assets, Continued

 

Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)   Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Member-
ships
    Develop-
ment
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
(software)
    Customer
relation-
ships
    Tech-
nology
    Good-
will
    Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2013

  542,952        470,074        50,233        529,349        2,222        24,011        11,074        23,912        13,077        1,666,904   

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2013

    (456,756     (311,216     —          (332,873     —          (9,164     (2,958     —          (11,788     (1,124,755

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2013

  —          —          (7,928     (27,300     —          —          —          (9,319     —          (44,547
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2013

    86,196        158,858        42,305        169,176        2,222        14,847        8,116        14,593        1,289        497,602   

Additions - internally developed

    —          —          —          123,271        —          —          —          —          —          123,271   

Additions - external purchases

    22,996        —          1,248        —          62,709        —          —          —          3        86,956   

Amortization (*1)

    (15,214     (87,164     —          (128,350     —          (3,427     (1,107     —          (784     (236,046

Disposals

    (285     —          (1,215     (854     —          —          —          —          —          (2,354

Impairment loss

    —          (35     (1,330     —          —          —          —          —          —          (1,365

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —          54,227        —          —          (54,227     —          —          —          —          —     

Effect of movements in exchange rates

    —          121        —          —          —          —          —          —          —          121   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2013

  93,693        126,007        41,008        163,243        10,704        11,420        7,009        14,593        508        468,185   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2013

    561,400        524,759        50,258        617,355        10,704        24,011        11,074        14,593        13,089        1,827,243   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2013

  (467,707     (398,752     —          (454,112     —          (12,591     (4,065     —          (12,581     (1,349,808
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2013

  —          —          (9,250     —          —          —          —          —          —          (9,250
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) The Group has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses and research and development expenses.
(*2) Others mainly consist of rights to use of electricity and gas supply facilities.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. 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 at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Cash and cash equivalents

   889,839         1,021,870   

Deposits in banks

     1,534,909         1,301,552   

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     3,444,477         3,128,626   

Other accounts receivable, net

     119,478         89,545   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     3,237         2,838   

Other non-current financial assets

     7,859         8,818   

Deposits

     19,602         21,439   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,019,401      5,574,688   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts and notes receivable at the reporting date by geographic region is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Domestic

   406,163         264,703   

Euro-zone countries

     309,296         302,920   

Japan

     135,972         111,397   

United States

     1,300,700         1,048,005   

China

     746,111         784,597   

Taiwan

     378,272         438,929   

Others

     167,963         178,075   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,444,477      3,128,626   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(ii) Impairment loss

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
 

Not past due

   3,412,933         (762      3,091,184         (317

Past due 1-15 days

     26,220         (30      30,005         (8

Past due 16-30 days

     4,130         (13      7,504         (1

Past due 31-60 days

     1,830         (18      82         (1

Past due more than 60 days

     189         (2      181         (3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,445,302      (825   3,128,956      (330
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of receivables for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Balance at the beginning of the year

   330         1,019   

(Reversal of) Bad debt expense

     495         (689
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at the end of the year

  825      330   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (b) Liquidity Risk

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of December 31, 2014.

 

(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

   649,140         720,878         9,927         10,092         20,073         680,786         —     

Unsecured bank loans

     1,003,563         1,021,287         266,552         99,823         393,746         260,548         618   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,594,683         2,799,414         249,662         454,352         1,060,631         1,034,769         —     

Trade accounts and notes payable

     3,391,635         3,391,635         3,391,635         —           —           —           —     

Other accounts payable

     1,494,095         1,494,208         1,481,243         12,965         —           —           —     

Other non-current liabilities

     12,924         14,092         —           —           10,760         3,332         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  9,146,040      9,441,514      5,399,019      577,232      1,485,210      1,979,435      618   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (c) Currency Risk

(i) Exposure to currency risk

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2014  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     BRL  

Cash and cash equivalents

     507        1,221        1,565        146        1        79        —     

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,737        682        962        —          —          —          —     

Other accounts receivable

     13        —          205        1        21        —          —     

Long-term other accounts receivable

     6        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        255        18        7        —          —          —     

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (1,750     (21,468     (1,233     —          —          —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (268     (6,056     (1,522     (128     (20     (11     (34

Long-term other accounts payable

     —          —          (1     —          —          —          —     

Debt

     (1,508     —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

  (262   (25,366   (6   26      2      68      (34
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
(In millions)    December 31, 2013  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     SGD  

Cash and cash equivalents

     710        1,961        1,108        20        20        38        —     

Deposits in banks

     —          —          —          —          20        —          —     

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,463        6,410        1,391        6        19        17        —     

Other accounts receivable

     5        —          160        —          2        —          —     

Long-term other accounts receivable

     8        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —          —          —          3        —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        170        20        8        —          —          1   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (1,858     (30,834     (1,858     (11     (15     —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (191     (4,404     (1,528     (12     (34     (8     —     

Debt

     (715     —          (31     —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

  423      (26,697   (738   14      12      47      1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Significant exchange rates applied during the reporting periods are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2014      2013      December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

USD

     1,052.70         1,094.79         1,099.20         1,055.30   

JPY

     9.96         11.23         9.20         10.05   

CNY

     170.83         178.06         176.81         174.09   

TWD

     34.73         36.89         34.69         35.32   

EUR

     1,398.37         1,453.39         1,336.52         1,456.26   

PLN

     334.20         346.39         312.49         351.11   

SGD

     830.71         875.08         831.75         832.75   

BRL

     448.16         509.26         413.62         446.75   

(ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Group’s assets or liabilities denominated in a foreign currency as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 the 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 have been as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  
     Equity      Profit or
loss
     Equity      Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   (15,674      3,829         15,198         22,224   

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (9,701      (6,169      (11,007      (7,526

CNY (5 percent weakening)

             197         (757      (6,267      (515

TWD (5 percent weakening)

     46         —           28         (4

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     (360      1,511         250         1,877   

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     981         242         669         494   

SGD (5 percent weakening)

     —           —           31         —     

BRL (5 percent weakening)

     (533      (533      —           —     

A stronger won against the above currencies as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 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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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (d) Interest Rate Risk

(i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Group’s interest-bearing financial instruments at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Fixed rate instruments

     

Financial assets

   2,427,972         2,326,247   

Financial liabilities

     (2,822,170      (3,156,590
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
(394,198   (830,343
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

Financial liabilities

(1,425,216   (746,189
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 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 the respective following years. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, remain constant.

 

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

December 31, 2014

           

Variable rate instruments

   (10,803      10,803         (10,803      10,803   

December 31, 2013

                               

Variable rate instruments

   (5,656      5,656         (5,656      5,656   

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. 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 consolidated statement of financial position, are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
    Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   3,237         3,237        14,235         14,235   

Assets carried at amortized cost

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   889,839            (*)      1,021,870            (*) 

Deposits in banks

       1,534,909            (*)      1,301,552            (*) 

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,444,477            (*)      3,128,626            (*) 

Other accounts receivable

     119,478            (*)      89,545            (*) 

Other non-current financial assets

     7,859            (*)      8,818            (*) 

Deposits

     19,602            (*)      21,439            (*) 

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

          

Secured bank loans

   649,140         649,140        26,383         26,383   

Unsecured bank loans

     1,003,563         1,003,590        1,241,981         1,266,521   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,594,683         2,667,092        2,634,415         2,689,697   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     3,391,635            (*)      2,999,522            (*) 

Other accounts payable

     1,494,095         1,493,869        1,374,664         1,374,719   

Other non-current liabilities

     12,924         13,376        9,879         9,959   

 

(*) Excluded from disclosures as the carrying amount approximates fair value.

The basis for determining fair values is disclosed in note 4.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair Values, Continued

(ii) Financial Instruments measured at cost

Available-for-sale financial assets measured at cost as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

   2,673         2,673   

ARCH Venture Fund Vill, L.P.

     118         —     

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     3,372         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,163      2,673   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(iii) Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

i) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value based on the input variables used in the valuation method to measure fair value of assets and liabilities. 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

ii) Financial instruments measured at fair value

Fair value hierarchy classifications of the financial instruments that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

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

December 31, 2014

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   3,237         —           —           3,237   
(In millions of won)                            
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2013

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

     14,235         —           —           14,235   

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

13. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair Values, Continued

iii) Financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed

Fair value hierarchy classifications, valuation technique and inputs for fair value measurements of the financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2014      Valuation
technique
   Input

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3        

Liabilities

              

Secured bank loan

     —           —           649,140       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Unsecured bank loans

     —           —           1,003,590       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Unsecured bond issues

     —           —           2,667,092       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Other accounts payable

     —           —           1,493,869       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Other non-current liabilities

     —           —           13,376       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2013      Valuation
technique
   Input

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3        

Liabilities

              

Secured bank loan

     —           —           26,383       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Unsecured bank loans

     —           —           1,266,521       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Unsecured bond issues

     —           —           2,689,697       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Other accounts payable

     —           —           1,374,719       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

Other non-current liabilities

     —           —           9,959       Discounted
cash flow
   Discount
rate

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

 

     December 31, 2014   December 31, 2013

Debentures, loans and others

   2.23%~2.60%   2.81%~3.84%

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

14. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   223,626         21,090   

Current portion of long-term debt

     744,283         886,852   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
967,909      907,942   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

Won denominated borrowings

4,452      503,968   

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

  1,289,837      495,991   

Bonds

  1,985,188      1,994,878   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,279,477      2,994,837   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Short-term borrowings at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD and CNY)                 

Lender

  Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2014 (%)
   December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  

Korea Development Bank and others (*)

  0.49~0.52    219,839        —     

Woori Bank

       —          90   

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and others

  0.66      3,787        21,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
USD 203    USD 15   

Foreign currency equivalent

  —      CNY 31   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  223,626      21,090   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) The Group recognized ₩3,993 million as interest expense in relation to the above short-term borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

14. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (c) Won denominated long-term debt at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                   

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2014 (%)
   December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Woori Bank and others

   3-year Korean Treasury
Bond rate less 1.25, 2.75
     7,336         11,932   

Korea Development Bank and others

   4.51~4.96      —           496,632   

Less current portion of long-term debt

        (2,884      (4,596
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
4,452      503,968   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (d) Foreign currency denominated long-term debt at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2014 (%)(*)
   December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

China Construction Bank and others

   3ML+0.90~2.80      1,421,741           738,710   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

USD 1,305    USD 700   

Less current portion of long-term debt

  (131,904   (242,719
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
1,289,837      495,991   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

14. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (e) Details of bonds issued and outstanding at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                        
     Maturity    Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2014
(%)
   December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Won denominated bonds (*)

           

Publicly issued bonds

   June 2015~

October
2019

   2.40~5.89        2,600,000         2,640,000   

Less discount on bonds

           (5,317      (5,585

Less current portion

           (609,495      (639,537
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
1,985,188      1,994,878   
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

15. The Nature of Expenses and Others

The classification of expenses by nature for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Changes in inventories

   (820,857      456,766   

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     14,384,289         14,293,048   

Depreciation and amortization

     3,492,311         3,834,518   

Outsourcing fees

     1,084,460         736,744   

Labor cost

     2,924,573         2,618,910   

Supplies and others

     1,021,469         1,025,938   

Utility

     785,129         730,174   

Fees and commissions

     498,192         465,902   

Shipping costs

     245,217         271,570   

Advertising

     106,509         144,847   

Warranty expenses

     187,771         116,766   

Travel

     74,968         59,946   

Taxes and dues

     70,523         75,983   

Others

     1,176,098         1,319,329   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(*)

  25,230,652      26,150,441   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

16. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Salaries

   256,869         232,362   

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     27,618         22,037   

Other employee benefits

     68,826         70,254   

Shipping costs

     199,853         215,017   

Fees and commissions

     182,548         197,237   

Depreciation

     90,180         96,115   

Taxes and dues

     25,370         33,998   

Advertising

     106,509         144,847   

Warranty expenses

     187,771         116,766   

Rent

     22,048         23,299   

Insurance

     11,518         11,887   

Travel

     23,772         22,564   

Training

     12,572         12,080   

Others

     51,392         50,680   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,266,846      1,249,143   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

17. Employee Benefits

The Controlling Company and certain subsidiaries’ defined benefit plans provide a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Controlling Company.

The defined benefit plans expose the Group actuarial risks, such as the risk associated with expected periods of service, interest rate risk, market (investment) risk, and others with the defined benefit plan.

 

  (a) Recognized net defined benefit liabilities at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

     1,114,689         807,738   

Fair value of plan assets

     (790,509      (488,651
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
324,180      319,087   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Opening defined benefit obligations

   807,738         672,370   

Current service cost

     159,239         149,979   

Past service cost

     21,990         —     

Interest cost

     34,596         26,019   

Remeasurements (before tax)

     144,100         (1,373

Benefit payments

     (54,555      (41,264

Transfers from related parties

     1,584         2,007   

Disposal of a subsidiary

     (3      —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing defined benefit obligations

  1,114,689      807,738   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are 13.7 years and 13.4 years, respectively.

 

  (c) Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Opening fair value of plan assets

   488,651         491,730   

Expected return on plan assets

     19,069         16,545   

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (3,722      6   

Contributions by employer directly to plan assets

     330,000         15,000   

Benefit payments

     (43,489      (34,630
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing fair value of plan assets

  790,509      488,651   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

17. Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (d) Plan assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Guaranteed deposits in banks

     790,509         488,651   

As of December 31, 2014, the Controlling Company maintains the plan assets with Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd., Shinhan Bank, etc.

The Controlling Company’s estimated contribution to the plan assets for the year ending December 31, 2015 is ₩107,291 million under the assumption that the Controlling Company continues to maintain the plan assets at 70% of the amount payable and all the employees of the Controlling Company would leave the Controlling Company on December 31, 2015.

 

  (e) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Current service cost

   159,239         149,979   

Past service cost

     21,990         —     

Net interest cost

     15,527         9,474   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  196,756      159,453   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses are recognized in the following line items in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income:

 

(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Cost of sales

   157,324         126,716   

Selling expenses

     11,872         10,478   

Administrative expenses

     15,252         11,559   

Research and development expenses

     12,308         10,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  196,756      159,453   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (f) Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014      2013  

Balance at January 1

   (85,860      (86,524

Remeasurements

     

Actuarial profit or loss arising from:

     

Experience adjustment

     (24,399      (33,447

Demographic assumptions

            7,016         (3,791

Financial assumptions

     (126,717      38,611   

Return on plan assets

     (3,722      6   

Share of associates regarding remeasurements

     189         (381
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (147,633   998   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

  35,773      (334
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

(197,720   (85,860
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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17. Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (g) Principal actuarial assumptions at the reporting date (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  

Expected rate of salary increase

     5.1     5.1

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     3.5     4.4

Assumptions regarding future mortality are based on published statistics and mortality tables. The current mortality underlying the values of the liabilities in the defined benefit plans are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  

Twenties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Thirties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.01     0.01

Forties

   Males      0.03     0.03
   Females      0.01     0.01

Fifties

   Males      0.06     0.06
   Females      0.03     0.03

 

  (h) Reasonably possible changes to respective relevant actuarial assumptions would have affected the defined benefit obligations by the amounts as of December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

     Defined benefit obligation  
     1% increase      1% decrease  

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     (132,479      162,165   

Expected rate of salary increase

     157,968         (131,892

 

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18. Provisions and Other Liabilities

 

  (a) Changes in provisions for the year ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Litigations
and claims
(*1)
     Warranties
(*2)
     Others      Total  

Balance of January 1, 2014

     156,557         47,336         1,843         205,736   

Additions

     46,681         187,771         —           234,452   

Usage and reclassification

     (54,935      (183,143      (212      (238,290
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

148,303      51,964      1,631      201,898   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

148,303      43,950      1,631      193,884   

Non-current

—        8,014      —        8,014   

 

(*1) The Group expects that the provision for litigation and claims will be utilized in the next year.
(*2) The provision for warranties covers defective products and is normally applicable for eighteen months from the date of purchase. The warranty liability is calculated by using historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, and costs per claim to satisfy the Group’s warranty obligation.

 

  (b) Other liabilities at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

Current liabilities

     

Withholdings

   18,991         26,865   

Unearned revenues

     12,394         4,732   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
31,385      31,597   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

Long-term accrued expenses

594      335,447   

Long-term other accounts payable

  12,924      39,559   

Long-term unearned revenues

  8,623      7,494   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  22,141      382,500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

19. 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 2,058 million (₩2,262,681 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2014, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 200 million (₩219,839 million) were sold but are not past due. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Controlling Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

The Controlling Company and oversea subsidiaries entered into agreements with financial institutions for accounts receivables sales negotiating facilities. Respective maximum amount of accounts receivables sales and the amount of sold accounts receivables before maturity by contract are as follows:

 

(In millions of USD and KRW)                     

Classification

  

Financial

institutions

   Maximum      Not yet due  
          Contractual
amount
     KRW
equivalent
     Amount      KRW
equivalent
 

Controlling Company

  

Shinhan Bank

   KRW   100,000         100,000         —           —     

Subsidiaries

              

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

  

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD   300         329,760       USD 56         61,363   
  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

     Not applicable       USD 181         198,595   

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

  

BNP Paribas

   USD 105         115,416       USD 28         30,655   
  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

   USD 150         164,880       USD 87         95,911   
  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

   USD 200         219,840       USD   139         152,212   

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

  

BNP Paribas

   USD 125         137,400       USD 91         99,429   
  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

   USD 58         64,182       USD 58         64,182   
  

Bank of China Limited

     Not applicable       USD 12         13,073   

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

  

Bank of China Limited

     Not applicable       USD 53         58,544   
  

Standard Chartered Bank

     Not applicable       USD 7         7,455   

 

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19. Commitments, Continued

 

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

 

(In millions of USD and KRW)

  

Financial

institutions

   Maximum      Not yet due  
          Contractual
amount
     KRW
equivalent
     Amount      KRW
equivalent
 

LG Display Germany GmbH

  

Citibank

   USD 200         219,840       USD 121         133,223   
  

BNP Paribas

   USD 132         145,094       USD 75         82,439   
  

Commerzbank AG, etc.

     Not applicable       USD 21         23,587   

LG Display America, Inc.

  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

   USD 500         549,600       USD 500         549,567   
  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

   USD 250         274,800       USD 105         115,845   

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

   USD 90         98,928       USD 3         3,398   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
USD   2,110      2,319,740    USD  1,537      1,689,478   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
USD 2,110      2,419,740    USD 1,537      1,689,478   
     

 

 

       

 

 

    
KRW   100,000    KRW —     
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In connection with all of the contracts in the above table, the Controlling Company has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

Letters of credit

As of December 31, 2014, the Controlling Company has agreements with Korea Exchange Bank in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 15 million (₩16,488 million), USD 15 million (₩16,488 million) with China Construction Bank, USD 80 million (₩87,936 million) with Bank of China, USD 60 million (₩65,952 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and USD 30 million (₩32,976 million) with Hana Bank.

Payment guarantees

The Controlling Company obtained payment guarantees from Korea Exchange Bank for borrowings amounting to USD 200 million (₩219,840 million) and USD 8.5 million (₩9,343 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland for 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 JPY 700 million (₩6,441 million), CNY 4,225 million (₩747,022 million), TWD 16 million (₩555 million) and PLN 0.2 million (₩62 million), respectively, for their local tax payments.

 

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19. Commitments, Continued

 

Credit facility agreements

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries have entered into short-term credit facility agreements of up to USD 60 million (₩65,952 million) and JPY 8,000 million (₩73,611 million) in total, with Mizuho Corporate Bank and other various banks.

License agreements

As of December 31, 2014, in relation to its TFT-LCD business, the Group 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 December 31, 2014, the Controlling Company’s balance of advances received from a customer amount to USD 405 million (₩445,183 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 140 million (₩153,888 million) from the Industrial Bank of Korea relating to advances received.

Pledged Assets

Regarding the secured bank loan amounting to USD 600 million (₩659,520 million) from China Construction Bank, as of December 31, 2014, the Group provided its property, plant and equipment and others with carrying amount of ₩1,447,607 million as pledged assets.

 

20. Legal proceedings

Delaware Display Group LLC and Innovative Display Technologies LLC

In December 2013, Delaware Display Group LLC and Innovative Display Technologies LLC filed a patent infringement case against the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Controlling Company does not have a present obligation for this matter and has not recognized any provision at December 31, 2014. It is not possible to reasonably estimate an amount of potential loss, if any, because the plaintiffs have not provided any information regarding damages.

Surpass Tech Innovation LLC

In March 2014, Surpass Tech Innovation LLC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. for alleged patent infringement. In November 2014, the case has been stayed by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware pending Inter Partes Review. The Controlling Company does not have a present obligation for this matter and has not recognized any provision at December 31, 2014. It is not possible to reasonably estimate an amount of potential loss, if any, because the plaintiffs have not provided any information regarding damages.

 

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20. Legal proceedings, Continued

 

Anti-trust litigations

Certain 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 currently defending against 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 affiliates, CompuCom Systems, Inc., NECO Alliance LLC and the attorney general of Illinois. The timing and amounts of outflows are uncertain and the outcomes depend upon the various court proceedings.

In Canada, class action complaints alleging violations of Canada competition laws were filed in 2007 against the Company and other TFT-LCD manufacturers in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. 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 class certification decision. The actions in Quebec and British Columbia are in abeyance. The timing and amount of outflows are uncertain and the outcome depends upon the court proceedings.

While the Group continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, management’s assessment of the facts and circumstances could change based upon new information, intervening events and the final outcome of the cases. Consequently, the actual results could be materially different from management’s current estimates.

 

21. 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 December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014.

 

  (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.

 

  (c) Dividends

The dividends of ₩178,908 million (₩500 won per share) are determined by the board of directors in 2015 but have not been paid yet. There are no income tax consequences.

 

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22. Related Parties

 

  (a) Related parties

Related parties for the year ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

Description

Associates and joint ventures(*)

  

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd. and others

Subsidiaries of Associates

  

ADP System Co., Ltd. and others

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

  

LG Electronics Inc.

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

  

Subsidiaries of LG Electronics Inc.

 

(*) Details of associates and joint ventures are described in note 1 and 10.

Related parties other than associates and joint ventures that have transactions such as sales or balance of trade accounts and notes receivable and payable with the Group for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

Classification

 

December 31, 2014

  

December 31, 2013

 

ADP System Co., Ltd.

  

ADP System Co., Ltd.

Subsidiaries of associates

 

Shinbo Electric Co., Ltd.

  

Shinbo Electric Co., Ltd.

 

AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd.

  

AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd.

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

 

LG Electronics Inc.

  

LG Electronics Inc.

    

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

 

Hi Business Logistics Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Business Logistics Co., Ltd.

 

Hiplaza Co., Ltd.

  

Hiplaza Co., Ltd.

 

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

 

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

 

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

 

Hanuri Co., Ltd.

  

Hanuri Co., Ltd.

 

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

 

LG Innotek Poland Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Innotek Poland Sp. z o.o.

 

LG Innotek (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Innotek (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

 

LG Innotek Huizhou Co., Ltd

  

-

 

LG Innotek USA, Inc.

  

-

 

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. z o.o.

 

LG Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.

 

LG Electronics Reynosa, S.A. DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Reynosa, S.A. DE C.V.

 

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

22. Related Parties, Continued

 

Classification

  

December 31, 2014

  

December 31, 2013

  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

  

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

  

LG Electronics Nanjing Display Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Nanjing Display Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Electronics Mexicali, S.A. DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Mexicali, S.A. DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

  

LG Electronics Air-Conditioning (Shandong) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Air-Conditioning (Shandong) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics (Kunshan) Computer Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics (Kunshan) Computer Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Polska Sp. z o.o.

  

-

  

LG Electronics Philippines Inc.

  

-

  

LG Electronics Singapore PTE LTD.

  

-

  

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

  

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Logistics Europe B.V.

  

Hi Logistics Europe B.V.

  

Hi Logistics (China) Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Logistics (China) Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Alabama Inc.

  

-

  

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

  

-

  

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.

  

-

  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

  

-

  

Hientech (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

  

-

  

Hi M Solutek

  

-

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

22. Related Parties, Continued

 

  (b) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Short-term benefits

     2,607         2,591   

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     355         1,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
2,962      3,730   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

  (c) 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 years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Joint Venture

           

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

     190,780         —           —           —           101,830         —     

Global OLED Technology LLC

     —           —           —           —           —           2,045   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
190,780      —        —        —        101,830      2,045   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2014  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Associates and their subsidiaries

           

New Optics Ltd.

   579         —           56,412         —           11,057         2,015   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.

     —           —           413         16,647         —           722   

TLI Inc.

     —           —           76,047         —           —           2,753   

AVACO Co., Ltd.

     41         —           1,520         202,915         —           3,754   

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —           265         143         —           92,353         360   

AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd.

     —           —           —           —           —           4,951   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —           —           600,655         —           —           3,097   

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16

     —           613         —           —           —           —     

Shibo Electric Co., Ltd.

     103,091         —           686,100         —           106,311         55   

Narenanotech Corporation

     —           180         519         8,873         —           1,403   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

     —           —           21,344         —           —           315   

ADP System Co., Ltd.

     —           —           1,810         4,418         —           497   

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —           —           734         21,614         —           460   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
103,711      1,058      1,445,697      254,467      209,721      20,382   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

LG Electronics Inc.

  2,157,472      —        60,002      267,212      —        73,255   

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2014  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

           

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

     117,075         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.

     36,204         —           —           —           —           2   

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

     68,212         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Nanjing Display Co., Ltd.

     342,474         —           —           —           —           1,719   

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     530,121         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     363,092         —           —           —           —           502   

LG Electronics (Kunshan) Computer Co., Ltd.

     15,968         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     3,514         —           509,352         —           —           13,082   

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     19,476         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

     —           —           —           29,993         —           —     

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     188,993         —           —           —           —           —     

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     114,458         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Mexicali, S.A. DE C.V.

     193,246         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

     571,252         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

     175,424         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

     28,177         —           —           —           —           —     

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2014  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

LG Electronics Reynosa, S.A. DE C.V.

   960,523         —           —           —           —           1,065   

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. z o.o.

     719,543         —           —           —           —           62   

Others

     50         —           810         —           —           67,149   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,447,802      —        510,162      29,993      —        83,581   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
6,899,765      1,058      2,015,861      551,672      311,551      179,263   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2013  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Joint Venture

                 

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

   480,897         12,804         —           —           166,571         2   

Associates and their subsidiaries

                 

New Optics Ltd.

   —           —           76,929         —           2,470         6,315   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.

     —           —           666         8,743         —           3,102   

TLI Inc.

     —           —           58,881         —           —           1,473   

AVACO Co., Ltd.

     —           —           665         45,067         —           4,762   

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —           292         23         —           61,738         3,897   

AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd.

     —           —           —           —           —           265   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —           —           734,714         —           —           4,713   

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16

     —           880         —           —           —           —     

Shibo Electric Co., Ltd.

     11,931         —           730,010         —           64,022         59   

Narenanotech Corporation

     —           300         328         2,061         —           412   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

     —           —           5,209         —           —           115   

ADP System Co., Ltd.

     —           —           924         1,524         —           692   

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —           —           1,941         82,483         —           855   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
11,931      1,472      1,610,290      139,878      128,230      26,660   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

LG Electronics Inc.

  1,971,781      —        39,237      208,531      —        38,450   

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2013  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

           

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   108,084         —           —           —           —           77   

LG Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.

     42,366         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

     69,674         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Nanjing Display Co., Ltd.

       437,771         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     632,009         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     308,432         —           —           —           —           —     

Hi Business Logistics Co., Ltd.

     41         —           —           —           —           30,611   

Hi Logistics Europe B.V.

     —           —           —           —           —           5,488   

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     6,139         —           448,794         —           —           5,109   

LG Innotek Poland Sp. z o.o.

     —           —           6,442         —           —           161   

LG Innotek (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

     —           —           5,937         —              151   

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

     —           —           —           29,344         —           406   

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     32,585         —           —           —           —           —     

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     59,715         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Mexicali, S.A. DE C.V.

     289,670         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

     365,054         —           —           —           —           —     

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2013  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

   156,577         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

     34,139         —           —           —           —           —     

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V.

     795,326         —           —           —           —           300   

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. z o.o.

     872,763         —           —           —           —           104   

Others

     132         —           2,229         —           —           3,703   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
4,210,477      —        463,402      29,344      —        46,110   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,675,086      14,276      2,112,929      377,753      294,801      111,222   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

22. Related Parties, Continued

 

  (d) Trade accounts and notes receivable and payable as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Joint Venture

           

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

   27,750         66,855         —           104,119   

Global OLED Technology LLC

     —           —           505         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
27,750      66,855      505      104,119   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Associates and their subsidiaries

New Optics Ltd.

440      —        14,785      8,998   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.

  —        —        2,471      1,649   

TLI Inc.

  —        —        14,086      10,418   

AVACO Co., Ltd.

  —        —        14,236      15,390   

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

  —        —        10,645      10,041   

AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd.

  —        —        247      1,122   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  —        —        82,792      108,379   

Shinbo Electric Co., Ltd.

  58,207      4,562      113,660      165,823   

Narenanotech Corporation

  —        —        1,532      1,766   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

  —        —        1,752      1,987   

ADP System Co., Ltd.

  —        —        1,941      1,410   

YAS Co., Ltd.

  —        —        7,300      17,156   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
58,647      4,562      265,447      344,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

LG Electronics Inc.

  385,403      278,165      114,291      74,085   

 

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22. Related Parties, Continued

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

           

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   13,825         7,414         —           —     

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     12,011         1,750         97         —     

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

     17,792         10,141         —           —     

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     71,912         91,018         —           —     

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     4         3         88,661         84,727   

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     68,754         24,671         —           —     

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     44,872         15,824         —           —     

LG Electronics Mexicali, S.A. DE C.V.

     5,389         1,649         —           —     

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

     68,397         55,908         —           —     

LG Electronics Nanjing Display Co., Ltd.

     23,342         79,978         575         216   

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

     15,659         25,578         —           —     

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

     5,394         3,334         —           —     

LG Electronics Reynosa, S.A. DE C.V.

     34,668         5,027         94         —     

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. z o.o.

     13,742         11,736         14         —     

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     13,491         —           —           —     

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

     —           —           7,079         1,867   

HiEntech Co., Ltd.

     —           —           5,954         1,176   

Others

     4,239         8,931         5,526         4,541   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
413,491      342,962      108,000      92,527   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  885,291      692,544      488,243      614,870   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

23. Geographic and Other Information

The following is a summary of sales by region based on the location of the customers for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

  (a) Revenue by geography

 

(In millions of won)              

Region

   2014      2013  

Domestic

   2,608,344         2,691,826   

Foreign

     

China

     15,773,847         15,229,822   

Asia (excluding China)

     3,050,652         3,039,652   

United States

     2,025,978         2,446,128   

Europe (excluding Poland)

     1,527,003         2,211,073   

Poland

     1,469,705         1,414,534   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  23,847,185      24,341,209   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
26,455,529      27,033,035   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales to Company A and Company B constituted 28% and 27% of total revenue, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2013: 23% and 26%). The Group’s top ten end-brand customers together accounted for 79% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2013: 76%).

 

  (b) Non-current assets by geography

 

(In millions of won)              

Region

   December 31, 2014  
   Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible
assets
 

Domestic

   8,699,862         548,086   

Foreign

     

China

     2,588,511         20,954   

Others

     114,493         7,630   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
2,703,004      28,584   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  11,402,866      576,670   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(In millions of won)              

Region

   December 31, 2013  
   Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible
assets
 

Domestic

   10,293,502         461,635   

Foreign

     

China

     1,367,276         5,440   

Others

     147,556         1,110   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
1,514,832      6,550   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  11,808,334      468,185   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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23. Geographic and Other Information, Continued

 

  (c) Revenue by product and services

 

(In millions of won)              

Product

   2014      2013  

Panels for:

     

TFT-LCD televisions

   10,415,105         11,779,116   

Desktop monitors

     4,660,151         5,255,564   

Tablet products

     3,541,607         3,574,812   

Notebook computers

     2,668,806         2,818,572   

Mobile and others

     5,169,860         3,604,971   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  26,455,529      27,033,035   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

24. Revenue

Details of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Sales of goods

   26,415,748         26,982,085   

Royalties

     14,582         19,405   

Others

     25,199         31,545   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  26,455,529      27,033,035   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Rental income

   6,549         10,373   

Foreign currency gain

     988,366         1,068,646   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     8,989         9,620   

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     —           296   

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     —           412   

Commission earned

     2,486         3,589   

Others (*)

     65,513         15,818   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,071,903      1,108,754   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) A gain amounting to ₩34,804 million as a result of the Controlling Company’s success in its appeal against the fining decision of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is included in 2014.

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Other bad debt expense

   531         —     

Foreign currency loss

     962,693         987,868   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     2,173         1,639   

Impairment loss on property, plant, and equipment

     8,097         853   

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     672         452   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     492         1,661   

Donations

     11,901         16,514   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     108,512         259,601   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,095,071      1,268,588   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

26. Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Salaries and wages

   2,351,306         2,084,579   

Other employee benefits

     408,073         410,253   

Contributions to National Pension plan

     64,078         61,788   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     196,756         159,453   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,020,213      2,716,073   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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27. Finance Income and Finance Costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   49,105         39,441   

Dividend income

     282         306   

Foreign currency gain

     55,000         141,975   

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets

     780         —     

Gain on disposal of investment in a subsidiary

     276         —     

Gain on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

     —           3,289   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
105,443      185,011   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

Interest expense

  109,776      158,818   

Foreign currency loss

  84,649      198,980   

Loss on disposal of investment in a subsidiary

  4,157      —     

Loss on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

  156      2,411   

Loss on early redemption of debt

  6,986      2,179   

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

  9,812      19,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
215,536      381,851   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     37,739         (22,100

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

     982         826   

Tax effect

     (119      (225
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

38,602      (21,499
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

28. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Current tax expense

     

Current year

     288,280         122,150   

Adjustment for prior years

     —           31,809   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
288,280      153,959   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

(55,976   42,004   

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets

  92,249      215,369   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  36,273      257,373   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

324,553      411,332   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Income taxes recognized directly in other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014  
     Before tax      Tax (expense)
benefit
     Net of tax  

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

   982         (186      796   

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

       (147,633      35,773         (111,860

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     37,739         67         37,806   

Share of loss from sale of treasury stock by associates

     (1,360      —           (1,360
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
(110,272   35,654      (74,618
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
(In millions of won)    2013  
     Before tax      Tax expense      Net of tax  

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

   826         (188      638   

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

     998         (334      664   

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     (22,100      (37      (22,137

Share of loss from sale of treasury stock by associates

     (802      —           (802
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
(21,078   (559   (21,637
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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28. Income Taxes, Continued

 

  (c) Reconciliation of the actual effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2014     2013  

Profit for the year

            917,404          418,973   

Income tax expense

       324,553          411,332   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Profit before income tax

  1,241,957      830,305   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income tax expense using the statutory tax rate of each country

  32.96   409,341      24.47   203,182   

Non-deductible expenses (benefits)

  (2.22 %)    (27,537   1.87   15,517   

Tax credits

    (10.39 %)    (129,026   (6.05 %)    (50,214

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets

  7.43   92,249      25.94   215,369   

Adjustment for prior years

  —        —        2.03   16,877   

Others

  (1.65 %)    (20,474   1.28   10,601   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Actual income tax expense

       324,553      411,332   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Actual effective tax rate

  26.13   49.54

From 2014, the Controlling Company has presented the above reconciliation by using the profit before tax and statutory tax rates of each Group entity instead of that of the Controlling Company. The amounts for the year ended December 31, 2013 have been re-presented to conform to 2014’s presentation.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

29. Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

 

  (a) Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities

As of December 31, 2014, in relation to the temporary differences on investments in subsidiaries amounting to ₩188,298 million, the Controlling Company did not recognize deferred tax liabilities since the Controlling Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

  (b) Unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized

Realization of deferred tax assets related to tax credit carryforwards is dependent on whether sufficient taxable income will be generated prior to their expiration. As of December 31, 2014, the Controlling Company recognized deferred tax assets of ₩397,105 million, in relation to tax credit carryforwards, to the extent that management believes the realization is probable. The amount of unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized and their expiration dates are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                   
     December 31,  
     2015      2016      2017      2018      2019  

Tax credit carryforwards

     156,178         120,893         20,455         21,715         6,005   

 

  (c) Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     December, 31,
2014
     December, 31,
2013
     December, 31,
2014
    December, 31,
2013
    December, 31,
2014
    December, 31,
2013
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   —           —           (3,440     (2,476     (3,440     (2,476

Inventories, net

     46,377         18,866         —          —          46,377        18,866   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —           98         (88     —          (88     98   

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     112,213         72,709         —          —          112,213        72,709   

Investments in equity accounted investees and subsidiaries

     29,839         2,972         —          —          29,839        2,972   

Accrued expenses

     177,163         83,571         —          —          177,163        83,571   

Property, plant and equipment

     236,848         189,422         —          —          236,848        189,422   

Intangible assets

     1,423         —           —          (1,207     1,423        (1,207

Provisions

     12,710         11,460         —          —          12,710        11,460   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     169         282         (1     (957     168        (675

Others

     26,212         13,473         (268     (171     25,944        13,302   

Tax losses carryforwards

     —           110,550         —          —          —          110,550   

Tax credit carryforwards

     397,105         538,289         —          —          397,105        538,289   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

  1,040,059      1,041,692      (3,797   (4,811   1,036,262      1,036,881   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

29. Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    January 1,
2013
    Profit
or loss
    Other
comprehensive
income
    December 31,
2013
    Profit
or loss
    Other
comprehensive
income
    December 31,
2014
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   (2,063     (413     —          (2,476     (964     —          (3,440

Inventories, net

     10,075        8,791        —          18,866        27,511        —          46,377   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     285        1        (188     98        —          (186     (88

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     38,573        34,470        (334     72,709        3,731        35,773        112,213   

Investments in equity accounted investees

     7,619        (4,647     —          2,972        26,867        —          29,839   

Accrued expenses

     81,802        1,769        —          83,571        93,592        —          177,163   

Property, plant and equipment

     171,881        17,541        —          189,422        47,426        —          236,848   

Intangible assets

     2,488        (3,695     —          (1,207     2,630        —          1,423   

Provisions

     12,979        (1,519     —          11,460        1,250        —          12,710   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     4,382        (5,057     —          (675     843        —          168   

Others

     34,124        (20,785     (37     13,302        12,575        67        25,944   

Tax losses carryforwards

     233,139        (122,589     —          110,550        (110,550     —          —     

Tax credit carryforwards

     699,529        (161,240     —          538,289        (141,184     —          397,105   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

  1,294,813      (257,373   (559   1,036,881      (36,273   35,654      1,036,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Controlling Company to calculate tax base and deferred tax expense is 24.2% for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

30. Earnings per Share

 

  (a) Basic earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2014      2013  

Profit attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

     904,267,992,399         426,118,222,180   

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

     357,815,700         357,815,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share

2,527      1,191   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common stocks used for calculating earnings per share from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014.

 

  (b) Diluted earnings per share are not calculated since there was no potential common stock for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

31. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2014      2013  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

     

Changes in other accounts payable arising from the purchase of property, plant and equipment

     (149,989      (1,108,944

 

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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: February 25, 2015

By:

/s/ Heeyeon Kim

(Signature)
Name: Heeyeon Kim
Title: Head of IR / Vice President