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Note: Own brand business included: ASUS TECHNOLOGY PTE. LIMITED, ASUS TECHNOLOGY
INCORPORATION, ASUSTEK COMPUTER (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD., ASUS COMPUTER
INTERNATIONAL, ASUSTEK Computer (Chongqing) CO., LTD., ACBZ IMPORTACAO E
COMERCIO LTDA., ASUS JAPAN INCORPORATION, ASUS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
and ASUS COMPUTER GMBH.
VI. Risk analysis and evaluation in recent years and up to the date of the annual report
printed:
(I) The impact of interest rate, exchange rate, and inflation on the company’s income and
expense and the responsive measures:
1. The impact of interest rate on the company’s income and expense and the responsive
measures:
The net interest income in 2012 amounted to less than 0.05% of total operating
income; therefore, the impact of interest rate on the company was insignificant.
2. The impact of exchange rate on the company’s income and expense and the
responsive measures:
The exchange gain recognized in 2012 amounted to 0.39% of total operating
income; therefore, the impact of exchange rate on the company was insignificant.
3. The impact of inflation on the company’s income and expense and the responsive
measures:
There was no inflation issued in 2012.
(II) Conducting high-risk and high-leverage investment, granting loans to others, endorsement
& guarantee and directives policy, root cause of profit and loss, and the responsive
measures:
The company has granted loans to others, endorsement & guarantee, and directives
trade processed in accordance with the “Assets Acquisition and/or Disposition
Procedure” and “Loans and Endorsement & Guarantee Procedure” of the company and
the responsive measures. The company has granted no loan to others in 2012 and the
year-end balance of external endorsement and guarantee only accounted for 1.15% of
the total company net profits without major impact.
(III) R&D plans and budgeted R&D expense:
ASUS cannot stress enough the importance of R&D team cultivation and training since
the incorporation. ASUS is able to have the key technology of products controlled to
secure the timing of mass production. ASUS will base on the said fine tradition to
reinforce the R&D capability of the company and add it with market movement to
have unique and innovative information products developed.
1. Products development planned in 2012:
(1) Digital control wireless transmission technology dual core CPU MB
(2) Advanced 3D image display and wireless TV transmission graphic card
(3) Multi-functional, three-in-one smartphone & Padfone Note & FonePad
(4) Ultra Mobile PC
(5) High-speed router / exchanger / firewall / VPN
(6) New-generation advanced server
(7) Professional LED display
(8) All In One PCǵTransformer AIO
(9) Transformer Pad
(10) Touch Windows Notebook & Tablet
2. R&D budget in 2012: NT$8 billion