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The 2015 net foreign exchange gain recognized by the Group accounted the ratio to
2015 revenue was -0.75%, and therefore variance in foreign exchange rate did not have
any significant impact on the Group.
3. The impact of inflation on the company’s income and expense and the responsive
measures:
The global major economies in 2015 did not have significant inflation after evaluation
and hence did not have any significant impact on the Group. The company will continue
to pay close attention to this issue in the future.
(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 Group engages in borrowing funds to others, endorsement guarantee and derivate
products transactions according to the policies and countermeasures developed from
“Acquisition or Disposition of Information Asset Process” and “Endorsement and
Guarantee Operation Procedure. The Group follows the procedures with prudent execution.
(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 capable of owning key technology of products controlled to
secure the schedule 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 2016:
(1) Digital control wireless transmission technology CPU MB
(2) Advanced 3D image display and wireless TV transmission graphic card
(3) Smartphone
(4) Ultra Mobile PC
(5) High-speed router / exchanger / firewall / VPN
(6) New-generation advanced server
(7) Professional LED display
(8) All-In-One PC, Transformer AIO
(9) Transformer Pad
(10) Touch Windows Notebook & Tablet
(11) Wearable electronic products
(12) VR(Virtual Reality) / AR(Augmented Reality)
(13) Robot
2. R&D budget in 2016: NT$12~13 billion
(IV) The impact of domestic and international policies and law change on the company’s
finance and the responsive measures: None.
(V) The impact of technology change and industrial change on the company’s finance and
the responsive measures:
ASUS constantly strives to be an integrated 3C solution provider (Computer,
Communications, Consumer electronics). Technology change provides the company with
business opportunity for new products. The company was with 3.48 times of inventory
turnover in 2015; apparently, there was not any significant negative impact on finance.
(VI) The impact of industrial image change on business risk management and the responsive
measures: