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102
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
Notes to Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of New Taiwan dollars unless otherwise stated)
(2) The Company issued 29,824,561 new shares to acquire 51,000,000 common shares of
Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. The date for the share swap was September 13, 2007.
Please refer to Note IV.15.(4) for details. After the share swap, the Company had
control over Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. and accounted for this investment under the
equity method.
(3) The Company swapped a portion of its holding in ASUSTEK HOLDINGS LIMITED
with ASUSTEK HOLDINGS LIMITED to acquire the entire shares of PEGATRON
HOLDING LTD. and UNIHAN HOLDING LTD. on September 29, 2007. Please
refer to Note V.2.(13) for details.
(4) For the spin-off plan to restructure the Companys businesses into own-brand and OEM,
the Company transferred certain of its long-term investments accounted for under the
equity method to its related parties on January 1, 2008. Please refer to Note V.2.(15)
for details.
(5) The Company recognized its investment income, including the adjustment for gain or loss
on the redemption of bonds acquired by the subsidiaries, in accordance with its equity
investees current financial statements. The investment income for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 amounted to $9,039,978 thousand and $13,457,553
thousand, respectively.
(6) On December 31, 2008, the Company had deferred credits of $455,350 thousand,
including the unrealized gross profit of $298,337 thousand and long-term investment
credit-ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL of $157,013 thousand.
On December 31, 2007, the Company had deferred credits of $1,494,504 thousand,
including the unrealized gross profit of $1,308,371 thousand and long-term investment
credit-ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL of $186,133 thousand.
(7) According to the R.O.C. SFAS No. 7 Consolidated Financial Statements, those
investees over which the Company has control have been included in the consolidated
financial statements for 2008 and 2007, respectively.
(8) Long-term investments under the equity method are not pledged as collateral.