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Acer Incorporated 2008 Annual Report120
Risk Management
Acer Incorporated 2008 Annual Report 121
Board of Directors
Chairman & Acer Group CEO
CEO & Corporate President
Auditors
Global Finance
Treasury
Finance
Legal Other Units
Risk Management
Accounting
8.1 Annual Investment Policy: Reasons of Gain or Loss and Improvement Plan
Description
Item
Amount
(Note) Business Type Year 2008
P&L
Main reason of
Gain or Loss
The Plan for
Improvement
Investment
Plan for
Next Year
Acer Digital
Service Co. 1,504,342 Investing and holding
company 429,672
Recognized
Investment gain and
Disposal gain for stock
Not
applicable
Not
applicable
Acer European
Holdings N.V. 30,687,579
Sales and maintenance
of "Acer" brand-name
information technology
products
7,593,643 Growth Stably in
Europe
Acer Holdings
International,
Incorporated
6,012,549
Sales and maintenance
of "Acer" brand-name
information technology
products
1,825,499 Growth Stably in Asia
Pacic
Boardwalk Capital
Holding Limited 22,281,994
Sales and maintenance
of "Acer" brand-name
information technology
products
(1,578,360)
Recognized the
restructuring provision
for Gateway
Acer Worldwide
Incorporated 2,909,273 Investing and holding
company (649,954)
Recognized Debt
forgiveness loss for
ADSBH
E-TEN
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS CO.,
LTD.
7,458,457 PDA manufacturing and
sale (220,193) Operating expenses
Cross Century
Investment Limited 2,275,616 Investing and holding
company 414,855 Recognized Disposal
Stock Gain
Acer CyberCenter
Services Ltd. 1,788,607 Data storage and
processing company 72,464 Gain on operating
activity
Wistron
Corporation 1,665,372
Investing on industry of
manufacturing computer
and information
technology products
434,187 Gain on operating
activity
(Note) Disclose the amount excess the 5% of Acer Inc. Capital
8.2 Important Notices for Risk Management and Evaluation
Risk Management Organization
‧ Board of directors – review and approve the risk management policy and the authority for decision
‧ The head and top management of Business Units – oversee risk management activities with periodic monitoring
and evaluation
‧ Auditors – provide annual auditing plan; review the Company’s internal execution and control of risk management
‧ Legal – review legal contracts and agreements; manage lawsuit and litigation affairs
‧ Treasury – manage nancial hedging and deals
‧ Accounting – oversee monetary transactions, ensure consistency with booking keeping and accuracy of nancial
reporting