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ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Declaration of Internal Control
Date: April 22, 2009
The internal control system for the period of January 1 ~ December 31, 2008 is with the following
declarations made in accordance with the self-inspection conducted:
1. We understand it is the responsibility of the company’ s management to have internal control system
established, enforced, and maintained. The company has the internal control system established to
provide a reasonable assurance for the realization of operating effect and efficiency (including profits,
performance, and assets safety), the reliability of financial report, and the obedience of relevant
regulations.
2. Internal control system is designed with limitations; therefore, no matter how perfect it is designed, an
effective internal control system is to ensure the realization of the aforementioned three objectives. Due
to the change of environment and condition, the effectiveness of an internal control system could change
at any time. Our internal control system is designed with self-monitoring mechanism; therefore, we are
able to have corrective actions initiated upon identifying any nonconformity.
3. We have based on the internal control criteria of “Governing Rules for handling internal control system
by public offering companies” (referred to as “the Governing Rules” hereinafter) to determine the
effectiveness of internal control design and enforcement. The internal control criteria of the “Governing
Rules” is the management control process and with the internal control divided into five elements: 1.
Environment control, 2. Risk analysis, 3. Control process, 4. Information and communication, and 5.
Supervision. Each element is subdivided into several items. Please refer to the “Governing Rules” for
the details of the said items.
4. We have based on the aforementioned internal control criteria to inspect the effectiveness of internal
control design and enforcement.
5. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the internal control system
(including the supervision and management over the subsidiaries) including the fulfillment of business
performance and efficiency, the reliability of financial statements and the obedience of governing
regulations, and the design and enforcement of internal control system is free of material misstatement
and is able to ensure the realization of the aforementioned objectives.
6. The Declaration of Internal Control is the content of our annual report and prospectus for the
information of the public. For any forgery and concealment of the aforementioned information to the
public, we will be held responsible by law in accordance with Securities Transaction Regulation No. 20,
No. 32, No. 171, and NO. 174.
7. We hereby declared that the Declaration of Internal Control was approved by the Board of Directors on
April 22, 2009 unanimously by the directors at the meeting
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Chairman: Jonney Shih
President: Jerry Shen