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ACER INCORPORATED 2010 ANNUAL REPORT
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ACER’S WINNING FORMULA
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5.5 Important Contracts
Nature of
Contracts Contracting Parties Beginning and Ending Dates of Contracts Major Content Restrictive Clauses
Software License
Agreement
Microsoft Inc. The effective date is Aug
1 of each calendar year
and renewed annually or
periodically
Obtain license from Microsoft for
using certain software
Confidential
Non-assignable
Patent License
Agreement
IBM Corporation Oct. 29, 2003~Dec. 31,
2012/ Nov 22, 2006 until the
expiration of related patents
Cross license arrangements for
certain patents
Confidential
Non-assignable
Lucent Technologies GRL,
LLC
Jul 31, 2010~Jul 30, 2013 Cross license arrangements for
certain patents
Confidential
Non-assignable
MPEG LA, LLC Jun 1, 1994 until the expiration
of all MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio
Obtain license for MPEG-2
encoding/decoding patents
Confidential
Non-assignable
Hewlett-Packard
Development L.P.
Jun 13, 2008~Jun 12 2014 Cross license arrangements for
certain patents
Confidential
Non-assignable
Consultant Service
Agreement
ID SoftCapital Inc. Feb 1, 2005~Jan 31, 2010 Obtain consulting services from
IDS in investment management
Confidential
Non-assignable
Credit Facility
Agreement
Coordinating Arranger:
Citibank N.A., Taipei
Branch
Oct 11, 2007-Oct 11, 2012 The syndicated financing in the
amount of up to NT$19.8 billion
Confidential
Non-assignable
Sale Agreement National Center for High-
performance Computing
Oct 28,2010~
Mar 27, 2014
construct a high-performance
computing system and provide
competent after-service
Confidential,
Non-assignable
some essential improvements for the overall Company and immediate managers’ people management skills,
respectively.
5.4.8 Acer Employee Management
To ensure business growth on a healthy and comprehensive management system, the mutual rights and obligations
between the Company and employees are explicitly specified as follows:
． Authority Management
According to the levels of management responsibilities, “The Table of Authority Approval”, “Regulations on
Delegated Deputy”, and the “Scheme of Job Categories and Titles” are regulated to assure well-functioned in all
layers of directive operations, and furthermore, to provide staff with a sound roadmap for career development
paths.
． Standards of Business Conduct
For enhancing the overall corporate competitiveness and playing a responsible role in the social, economic, and
environmental conduct of our operations, the Standards of Business Conduct of Acer are thus updated. By the
guidance of the Standards of Business Conduct, we strengthen our corporate culture aiming to protect Acer’s
legitimate business interests around the world, and further assure the service quality of our customers, suppliers,
and other business partners as well as the communities in which we operate.
Following are the essences of the Acer’s Standards of Business Conduct.
1. Create work environment with care, respect, and fairness.
2. Continue to promote technological innovation and provide high quality-assured products and service.
3. Comply with the laws for maintaining free and fair competition.
4. Promote research and development of advanced technologies and products that will benefit the
environment.
5. Comply with all intellectual property rights laws and regulations.
6. Prohibit any employees from engaging in any activities that lead to illegal or improper business
interactions.
7. Employ a fair and objective evaluation process for selecting the business partners.
8. Conduct corporate communication based on integrity and objective facts.
9. Ensure the advertisements are truthful and accurate.
10. Comply in full with all accounting laws and regulations
11. Obey the laws regarding with lenders and export credit.
12. Refrain employees from receiving improper personal benefits
13. Forbid illegal or improper payments unaccepted by local business laws or sound business practices.
14. Prohibit employees from accepting inappropriate value of gifts or customary business amenities beyond a
reasonable level.
15. Protect company assets (including physical assets, intellectual property rights, and information assets).
16. Safeguard the confidential and proprietary information and avoid using such information for pursuing
personal interests.
17. Ban the use, sale, or possession of illegal drugs
18. Undertake all activities in harmony with the community and provide voluntary services.
19. No political contributions shall be made unless permitted by the applicable laws in locals
． Sexual Harassment Prevention Measures
The Company is dedicated to ensuring sex equality and human dignity in workplace, securing work environment
free from sexual harassment and discrimination. With the promise, the Prevention Measures and Disciplinary
Actions on Sexual Harassment is enacted, which specifies the reporting channels, dealing procedures, and
disciplines.
． Declaration of Secrecy and Intellectual Property Rights
The Company places extreme importance on the protection of intellectual properties rights. All staff are required
to have the Declaration on Non-Disclosure Agreement signed when onboard, which declares the obligations to
protect confidential information and the restrictions on use of the confidential information during the employment
period and employment termination.