Commission File Number 001-16125
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Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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26 Chin Third Road
Nantze Export Processing Zone
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Republic of China
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
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Yes o No x
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ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR
ENGINEERING, INC. |
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Date: April 30, 2015
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By:
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/s/ Joseph Tung
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Name:
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Joseph Tung
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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Michelle Jao, Manager
mjao@iselabs.com
Tel: +1.510.687.2481
http://www.aseglobal.com
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Grace Teng, Manager
grace_teng@aseglobal.com
Tel: +886.2.6636.5678
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Net revenue contribution from packaging operations, testing operations, EMS operations, substrates sold to third parties and others each represented approximately 45%, 10%, 44%, 1% and 0%, respectively, of total net revenues for the quarter.
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Cost of revenue was NT$52,349 million for the quarter, up by 18% year-over-year and down from NT$60,233 million in the previous quarter.
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Raw material cost totaled NT$30,185 million during the quarter, representing 47% of total net revenues, compared with NT$36,981 million and 48% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Labor cost totaled NT$8,695 million during the quarter, representing 13% of total net revenues, compared with NT$8,922 million and 12% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Depreciation, amortization and rental expenses totaled NT$7,106 million during the quarter, up by 16% year-over-year and up by 4% sequentially.
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Gross margin decreased 2.4 percentage points to 19.0% in 1Q15 from 21.4% in 4Q14.
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Total operating expenses during 1Q15 were NT$6,021 million, including NT$2,547 million in R&D and NT$3,474 million in SG&A, compared with total operating expenses of NT$6,565 million in 4Q14. Total operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 9% in 1Q15, down from 10% in 1Q14 and remained the same as 4Q14.
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Operating income for the quarter totaled NT$6,292 million, down from NT$9,846 million in 4Q14. Operating margin was 9.7% in 1Q15 compared to 12.8% in 4Q14.
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In terms of non-operating items:
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Net interest expense was NT$526 million, down from NT$546 million in 4Q14.
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Net foreign exchange gain of NT$540 million was primarily attributable to the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the NT dollar.
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Loss on valuation of financial assets and liabilities was NT$969 million.
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Other net non-operating income of NT$165 million was primarily related to miscellaneous income. Total non-operating expenses for the quarter were NT$786 million, compared to total non-operating expenses of NT$786 million for 1Q14 and total non-operating expenses of NT$267 million for 4Q14.
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Income before tax was NT$5,506 million for 1Q15, compared to NT$9,579 million in 4Q14. We recorded income tax expenses of NT$856 million during the quarter, compared to NT$1,475 million in 4Q14.
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In 1Q15, net income attributable to shareholders of the parent was NT$4,469 million, compared to net income attributable to shareholders of the parent of NT$3,450 million for 1Q14 and net income attributable to shareholders of the parent of NT$7,864 million for 4Q14.
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Our total number of shares outstanding at the end of the quarter was 7,887,881,546, including treasury stock owned by our subsidiaries. Our 1Q15 basic earnings per share of NT$0.58 (or US$0.092 per ADS) were based on 7,706,554,578 weighted average number of shares outstanding in 1Q15. Our 1Q15 diluted earnings per share of NT$0.56 (or US$0.089 per ADS) were based on 7,868,151,106 weighted average number of shares outstanding in 1Q15.
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Net revenue contribution from IC ATM operations was NT$38,605 million for the quarter, up by 12% year-over-year and down by 12% sequentially. Net revenue contribution from packaging operations, testing operations, substrates sold to third parties and others was NT$31,546 million, NT$6,180 million, NT$861 million, and NT$18 million, respectively, and each represented approximately 82%, 16%, 2%, and 0%, respectively, of total net revenues for the quarter.
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Cost of revenues was NT$28,610 million for the quarter, up by 10% year-over-year and down by 5% sequentially.
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Raw material cost totaled NT$8,585 million during the quarter, representing 22% of total net revenues, compared with NT$9,137 million and 21% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Labor cost totaled NT$7,386 million during the quarter, representing 19% of total net revenues, compared with NT$7,804 million and 18% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Depreciation, amortization and rental expenses totaled NT$6,581 million during the quarter, up by 13% year-over-year and up by 2% sequentially.
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Gross margin decreased 5.5 percentage points to 25.9% in 1Q15 from 31.4% in 4Q14.
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Total operating expenses during 1Q15 were NT$4,449 million, including NT$1,909 million in R&D and NT$2,540 million in SG&A, compared with total operating expenses of NT$4,841 million in 4Q14. Total operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 12% in 1Q15, remained the same as 1Q14 and up from 11% in 4Q14.
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Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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Operating income for the quarter totaled NT$5,546 million, down from NT$8,931 million in 4Q14. Operating margin was 14.4% in 1Q15 compared to 20.4% in 4Q14.
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Net revenue contribution from EMS operations for the quarter was NT$28,344 million, up by 33% year-over-year and down by 24% sequentially.
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Cost of revenues for the quarter was NT$26,079 million, up by 35% year-over-year and down by 24% sequentially.
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Raw material cost totaled NT$21,610 million during the quarter, representing 76% of total net revenues, compared with NT$27,855 million and 75% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Labor cost totaled NT$1,310 million during the quarter, representing 5% of total net revenues, compared with NT$1,118 million and 3% of total net revenues in 4Q14.
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Depreciation, amortization and rental expenses totaled NT$553 million during the quarter, up by 106% year-over-year and up by 49% sequentially.
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Gross margin increased to 8.0% in 1Q15 from 7.9% in 4Q14.
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Total operating expenses during 1Q15 were NT$1,575 million, including NT$661 million in R&D and NT$914 million in SG&A, compared with total operating expenses of NT$1,700 million in 4Q14. Total operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 6% in 1Q15, remained the same as in 1Q14 and up from 5% in 4Q14.
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Operating income for the quarter totaled NT$690 million, down from NT$1,227 million in 4Q14. Operating margin decreased to 2.4% in 1Q15 from 3.3% in 4Q14.
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As of March 31, 2015, our cash and current financial assets totaled NT$54,924 million, compared to NT$58,216 million as of December 31, 2014.
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Capital expenditures in 1Q15 totaled US$138 million, of which US$67 million were used for packaging, US$52 million for testing, US$16 million for EMS and US$3 million for interconnect materials.
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As of March 31, 2015, we had total debt of NT$93,656 million, compared to NT$99,387 million as of December 31, 2014. Total debt consisted of NT$36,661 million of short-term borrowings, NT$1,151 million of the current portion of long-term borrowings and capital lease obligations and NT$55,844 million of bonds payable, long-term borrowings and capital lease obligations. Total unused credit lines amounted to NT$149,964 million.
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Current ratio as of March 31, 2015 was 1.48, compared to 1.44 as of December 31, 2014. Net debt to equity ratio was 0.25 as of March 31, 2015.
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Total number of employees was 68,599 as of March 31, 2015, compared to 60,513 as of March 31, 2014 and 68,100 as of December 31, 2014.
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Net revenues generated from our packaging operations were NT$31,546 million during the quarter, up by NT$3,759 million, or by 14% year-over-year, and down by NT$4,813 million, or by 13% sequentially.
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Net revenues from advanced packaging accounted for 33% of our total packaging net revenues during the quarter, down by 5 percentage points from 4Q14. Net revenues from IC wirebonding accounted for 58% of our total packaging net revenues during the quarter, up by 5 percentage points from 4Q14. Net revenues from discrete and others accounted for 9% of our total packaging net revenues during the quarter, remained the same as 4Q14.
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Gross margin for our packaging operations during the quarter was 23.7%, up by 2.0 percentage points year-over-year and down by 5.9 percentage points from 4Q14.
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Capital expenditures for our packaging operations amounted to US$67 million during the quarter, of which US$31 million were used for purchases of wafer bumping and flip chip packaging equipment and US$36 million for common equipment purchases, including SiP equipment purchases.
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As of March 31, 2015, there were 15,772 wirebonders in operation. 15 wirebonders were added and 35 wirebonders were disposed of during the quarter.
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Net revenues generated from our testing operations were NT$6,180 million during the quarter, up by NT$395 million, or by 7% year-over-year, and down by NT$483 million, or by 7% sequentially.
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Final testing accounted for 74% of our total testing net revenues, down by 1 percentage point from the previous quarter. Wafer sort accounted for 21% of our total testing net revenues, remained the same as 4Q14. Engineering testing accounted for 5% of our total testing net revenues, up by 1 percentage point from 4Q14.
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Depreciation, amortization and rental expense associated with our testing operations amounted to NT$1,701 million during the quarter, up from NT$1,642 million in 1Q14 and up from NT$1,669 million in 4Q14.
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In 1Q15, gross margin for our testing operations was 34.3%, up by 2.0 percentage points year-over-year and down by 4.6 percentage point from the previous quarter.
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Capital expenditures for our testing operations amounted to US$52 million during the quarter.
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As of March 31, 2015, there were 3,339 testers in operation. 121 testers were added and 49 testers were disposed of during the quarter.
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Net revenues generated from our EMS operations were NT$28,344 million during the quarter, up by NT$6,968 million, or by 33% year-over-year, and down by NT$8,876 million, or by 24% sequentially.
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Communications products accounted for 47% of our total net revenues from EMS operations for the quarter, down by 20 percentage points from 4Q14. Computing products accounted for 17% of our total net revenues from EMS operations, up by 4 percentage points from 4Q14. Consumer products accounted for 18% of our total net revenues from EMS operations, up by 11 percentage point from 4Q14. Industrial products accounted for 11% of our total net revenues from EMS operations, up by 3 percentage points from 4Q14. Automotive products accounted for 6% of our total net revenues from EMS operations, up by 1 percentage point from the previous quarter.
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In 1Q15, gross margin for our EMS operations was 8.0%, down by 1.6 percentage points year-over-year and up by 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter.
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Capital expenditures for our EMS operations amounted to US$16 million during the quarter.
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PBGA substrate manufactured by ASE amounted to NT$2,172 million during the quarter, up by NT$86 million, or by 4% year-over-year, and down by NT$111 million, or by 5% from 4Q14. Of the total output of NT$ 2,172 million, NT$861 million was from sales to external customers.
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Gross margin for substrate operations was 17.1% during the quarter, up by 0.4 percentage points year-over-year and down by 2.1 percentage points from 4Q14.
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In 1Q15, our internal substrate manufacturing operations supplied 28% (by value) of our total substrate requirements.
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Our five largest customers together accounted for approximately 37% of our total net revenues in 1Q15, compared to 34% in 1Q14 and 42% in 4Q14. One customer accounted for more than 10% of our total net revenues in 1Q15.
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Our top 10 customers contributed 53% of our total net revenues during the quarter, compared to 47% in 1Q14 and 56% in 4Q14.
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Our customers that are integrated device manufacturers, or IDMs, accounted for 33% of our total net revenues during the quarter, compared to 36% in 1Q14 and 31% in 4Q14.
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Our five largest customers together accounted for approximately 77% of our total net revenues in 1Q15, compared to 73% in 1Q14 and 78% in 4Q14. One customer accounted for more than 10% of our total net revenues in 1Q15.
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Our top 10 customers contributed 89% of our total net revenues during the quarter, compared to 86% in 1Q14 and 88% in 4Q14.
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IC ATM production capacity will be up 2%; blended IC ATM utilization should be flat to up 2%;
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IC ATM gross margin should stay relatively unchanged from the previous quarter;
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EMS business should reach a level between the results of the last two quarters;
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EMS gross margin might be slightly lower than the normalized margin in the previous quarter due to customer supply chain issues.
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Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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Amounts in NT$ Millions
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1Q/15
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4Q/14
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1Q/14
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Net Revenues
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38,605
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43,884
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34,351
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Revenues by Application
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Communication
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55%
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58%
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52%
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Computer
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11%
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11%
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12%
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Automotive and Consumer
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34%
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31%
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36%
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Others
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0%
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0%
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0%
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Revenues by Region
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North America
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64%
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65%
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60%
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Europe
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10%
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9%
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11%
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Taiwan
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16%
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16%
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17%
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Japan
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5%
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5%
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7%
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Other Asia
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5%
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5%
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5%
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Amounts in NT$ Millions
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1Q/15
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4Q/14
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1Q/14
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Net Revenues
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31,546
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36,359
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27,787
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Revenues by Packaging Type
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Advanced Packaging
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33%
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38%
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27%
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IC Wirebonding
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58%
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53%
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64%
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Discrete and Others
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9%
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9%
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9%
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Capacity
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CapEx (US$ Millions)*
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67
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65
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65
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Number of Wirebonders
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15,772
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15,792
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15,375
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Amounts in NT$ Millions
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1Q/15
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4Q/14
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1Q/14
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Net Revenues
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6,180
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6,663
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5,785
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Revenues by Testing Type
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Final test
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74%
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75%
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79%
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Wafer sort
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21%
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21%
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19%
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Engineering test
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5%
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4%
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2%
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Capacity
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CapEx (US$ Millions)*
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52
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26
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27
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Number of Testers
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3,339
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3,267
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3,155
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Amounts in NT$ Millions
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1Q/15
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4Q/14
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1Q/14
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Net Revenues
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28,344
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37,220
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21,376
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Revenues by End Application
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Communication
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47%
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67%
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48%
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Computer
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17%
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13%
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22%
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Consumer
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18%
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7%
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10%
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Industrial
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11%
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8%
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12%
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Automotive
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6%
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5%
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7%
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Others
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1%
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0%
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1%
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Capacity
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CapEx (US$ Millions)*
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16
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55
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16
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For the three months ended
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Mar. 31
2015
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Dec. 31
2014
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Mar. 31
2014
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Net revenues:
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Packaging
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29,321 | 31,942 | 26,722 | |||||||||
Testing
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6,180 | 6,663 | 5,785 | |||||||||
Direct Material
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861 | 861 | 779 | |||||||||
EMS
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28,300 | 37,178 | 21,365 | |||||||||
Others
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Total net revenues
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64,662 | 76,644 | 54,700 | |||||||||
Cost of revenues
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(52,349 | ) | (60,233 | ) | (44,340 | ) | ||||||
Gross profit
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12,313 | 16,411 | 10,360 | |||||||||
Operating expenses:
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Research and development
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(2,547 | ) | (2,769 | ) | (2,292 | ) | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative
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(3,474 | ) | (3,796 | ) | (2,983 | ) | ||||||
Total operating expenses
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(6,021 | ) | (6,565 | ) | (5,275 | ) | ||||||
Operating income
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6,292 | 9,846 | 5,085 | |||||||||
Net non-operating (expenses) income:
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Interest expense - net
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(526 | ) | (546 | ) | (531 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
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540 | (1,051 | ) | (668 | ) | |||||||
Gain (loss) on equity-method investments
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4 | (28 | ) | (64 | ) | |||||||
Gain (loss) on valuation of financial assets and liabilities
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(969 | ) | 1,190 | 304 | ||||||||
Others
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165 | 168 | 173 | |||||||||
Total non-operating income (expenses)
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(786 | ) | (267 | ) | (786 | ) | ||||||
Income before tax
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5,506 | 9,579 | 4,299 | |||||||||
Income tax expense
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(856 | ) | (1,475 | ) | (730 | ) | ||||||
Income from continuing operations and before noncontrolling interest
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4,650 | 8,104 | 3,569 | |||||||||
Noncontrolling interest
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(181 | ) | (240 | ) | (119 | ) | ||||||
Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent
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4,469 | 7,864 | 3,450 | |||||||||
Per share data:
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Earnings (losses) per share
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$ | NT0.58 | $ | NT1.02 | $ | NT0.45 | ||||||
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$ | NT0.56 | $ | NT0.99 | $ | NT0.44 | ||||||
Earnings (losses) per equivalent ADS
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– Basic
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$ | US0.092 | $ | US0.167 | $ | US0.075 | ||||||
– Diluted
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$ | US0.089 | $ | US0.162 | $ | US0.073 | ||||||
Number of weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation (in thousands)
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7,868,151 | 8,192,428 | 7,790,716 | |||||||||
Exchange rate (NT$ per US$1)
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31.52 | 30.61 | 30.15 |
For the three months ended
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Mar. 31
2015
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Dec. 31
2014
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Mar. 31
2014
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Net revenues:
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Packaging
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31,546 | 36,359 | 27,787 | |||||||||
Testing
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6,180 | 6,663 | 5,785 | |||||||||
Direct Material
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861 | 862 | 779 | |||||||||
Others
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18 | - | - | |||||||||
Total net revenues
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38,605 | 43,884 | 34,351 | |||||||||
Cost of revenues
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(28,610 | ) | (30,112 | ) | (26,098 | ) | ||||||
Gross profit
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9,995 | 13,772 | 8,253 | |||||||||
Operating expenses:
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Research and development
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(1,909 | ) | (2,137 | ) | (1,835 | ) | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative
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(2,540 | ) | (2,704 | ) | (2,196 | ) | ||||||
Total operating expenses
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(4,449 | ) | (4,841 | ) | (4,031 | ) | ||||||
Operating income
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5,546 | 8,931 | 4,222 | |||||||||
Net non-operating (expenses) income:
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Interest expense - net
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(530 | ) | (547 | ) | (553 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
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532 | (1,005 | ) | (685 | ) | |||||||
Gain (loss) on equity-method investments
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616 | 634 | 557 | |||||||||
Gain (loss) on valuation of financial assets and liabilities
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(1,129 | ) | 1,094 | 298 | ||||||||
Others
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195 | 167 | 214 | |||||||||
Total non-operating income (expenses)
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(316 | ) | 343 | (169 | ) | |||||||
Income before tax
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5,230 | 9,274 | 4,053 | |||||||||
Income tax expense
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(709 | ) | (1,344 | ) | (573 | ) | ||||||
Income from continuing operations and before noncontrolling interest
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4,521 | 7,930 | 3,480 | |||||||||
Noncontrolling interest
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(52 | ) | (66 | ) | (30 | ) | ||||||
Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent
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4,469 | 7,864 | 3,450 | |||||||||
Per share data:
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Earnings (losses) per share
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– Basic
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$ | NT0.58 | $ | NT1.02 | $ | NT0.45 | ||||||
– Diluted
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$ | NT0.56 | $ | NT0.99 | $ | NT0.44 | ||||||
Number of weighted average shares used in
diluted EPS calculation (in thousands)
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7,868,151 | 8,192,428 | 7,790,716 |
For the three months ended
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Mar. 31
2015
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Dec. 31
2014
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Mar. 31
2014
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Net revenues:
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Total net revenues
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28,344 | 37,220 | 21,376 | |||||||||
Cost of revenues
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(26,079 | ) | (34,293 | ) | (19,319 | ) | ||||||
Gross profit
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2,265 | 2,927 | 2,057 | |||||||||
Operating expenses:
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Research and development
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(661 | ) | (660 | ) | (480 | ) | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative
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(914 | ) | (1,040 | ) | (741 | ) | ||||||
Total operating expenses
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(1,575 | ) | (1,700 | ) | (1,221 | ) | ||||||
Operating income
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690 | 1,227 | 836 | |||||||||
Net non-operating (expenses) income:
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Total non-operating income
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216 | 114 | 55 | |||||||||
Income before tax
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906 | 1,341 | 891 | |||||||||
Income tax expense
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(156 | ) | (140 | ) | (165 | ) | ||||||
Income from continuing operations and before noncontrolling interest
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750 | 1,201 | 726 | |||||||||
Noncontrolling interest
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(130 | ) | (175 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||||
Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent
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620 | 1,026 | 636 |
As of Mar. 31, 2015
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As of Dec. 31, 2014
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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49,414
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51,694
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Financial assets – current
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5,510
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6,522
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Notes and accounts receivable
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43,009
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52,921
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Inventories
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47,605
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44,150
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Others
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4,068
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4,668
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Total current assets
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149,606
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159,955
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Financial assets – non current & Investments – equity method
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2,475
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2,434
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Property plant and equipment
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150,055
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151,587
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Intangible assets
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11,914
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11,913
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Prepaid lease payments
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2,520
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2,586
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Others
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5,920
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5,510
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Total assets
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322,490
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333,985
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Current liabilities:
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Short-term borrowings
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36,661
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41,176
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Current portion of bonds payable
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||
Current portion of long-term borrowings & capital lease obligations
|
1,151
|
2,835
|
||||||||
Notes and accounts payable
|
31,706
|
35,411
|
||||||||
Others
|
31,239
|
31,777
|
||||||||
Total current liabilities
|
100,757
|
111,199
|
||||||||
Bonds payable
|
31,093
|
31,270
|
||||||||
Long-term borrowings & capital lease obligations
|
24,751
|
24,106
|
||||||||
Other liabilities
|
9,241
|
8,972
|
||||||||
Total liabilities
|
165,842
|
175,547
|
||||||||
Shareholders of the parent
|
148,329
|
150,219
|
||||||||
Noncontrolling interest
|
8,319
|
8,219
|
||||||||
Total liabilities & shareholders’ equity
|
322,490
|
333,985
|
||||||||
Current Ratio
|
1.48
|
1.44
|
||||||||
Net Debt to Equity
|
0.25
|
0.26
|