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Independent Auditors’ Report
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ASUSTEK
COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the
related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of
cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements
based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of certain consolidated
subsidiaries and investments accounted for under equity method, which statements
reflect total assets of $1,735,638 thousand and $31,695,458 thousand (including
investments accounted for under equity method amounting to $177,030 thousand and
$214,397 thousand), constituting 0.49% and 10.71% of consolidated total assets as of
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, total operating revenues of $3,851,121
thousand and $81,300,970 thousand, constituting 0.81% and 17.55% of consolidated
operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively,
and the share of profit and other comprehensive income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for under equity method of $23,580 thousand and $1,188,573
thousand for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The
financial statements of these investee companies were audited by other auditors
whose reports thereon have been furnished to us and our opinion expressed herein,
insofar as it relates to the amounts included in the consolidated financial statements
and information disclosed relative to these consolidated subsidiaries and investments
accounted for under equity method, is based solely on the reports of other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the
Examination of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants” and generally
accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China. Those rules and standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes