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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, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated
statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years
ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. 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 $9,815,422 thousand and $1,735,638
thousand (including investments accounted for under equity method amounting to $97,879
thousand and $177,030 thousand), constituting 2.94% and 0.49% of consolidated total assets
as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, total operating revenues of $31,921,137
thousand and $3,851,121 thousand, constituting 6.76% and 0.81% of consolidated operating
revenues for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and the share of
profit and other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures accounted for under
equity method of ($3,509) thousand and $23,580 thousand for the years ended December 31,
2015 and 2014, 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 standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of