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FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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36. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER REPORTING PERIOD
In February 2014, the Company and Nokia Corporation reached a settlement to dismiss all pending patent
litigations between them and entered into a patent technology collaboration agreement. For more details,
please refer to Note 35.
The Company had repurchased company shares from the open market for transferring to employees and
some of them had not been transferred before the expiry time. The Board of Directors approved the
retirement of 1,998 thousand shares of treasury stock on February 10, 2014.
37. EXCHANGE RATES OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
The significant financial assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies were as follows:
December 31, 2013 December 31, 2012 January 1, 2012
Foreign
Currencies Exchange Rate
Foreign
Currencies Exchange Rate
Foreign
Currencies Exchange Rate
Financial assets
Monetary items
USD $1,520,256 29.93 $2,687,730 29.13 $3,018,210 30.28
EUR 286,200 41.27 301,870 38.42 485,148 39.19
JPY 3,007,500 0.2851 9,903,351 0.3383 150,186 0.3906
RMB 1,337,371 4.94 1,432,210 4.68 1,126,526 4.77
Investments
accounted for by
the equity method
USD 376,021 29.93 409,395 29.13 412,799 30.28
SGD 1,313,548 23.67 1,191,511 23.85 996,626 23.32
Financial liabilities
Monetary items
USD 1,899,417 29.93 3,122,686 29.13 3,266,412 30.28
EUR 254,630 41.27 302,928 38.42 590,266 39.19
JPY 4,834,941 0.2851 17,002,616 0.3383 434,508 0.3906
RMB 843,809 4.94 702,614 4.68 678,211 4.77
38. SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTS
The Company specializes in the research, design, manufacture and sale of smart mobile devices. To enhance the
quality of its products and manufacturing technologies, the Company has patent agreements, as follows:
Contractor Contract Term Description
Apple, Inc. November 11, 2012 - November 10, 2022 The scope of this license agreement covers both
the current and future patents held by the parties
as agreed upon and specifically set forth in the
agreement, with royalty payable as prescribed.
Microsoft February 1, 2009 - March 31, 2015 Authorization to use embedded operating system;
royalty payment based on agreement.
Qualcomm Incorporated. December 20, 2000 to the following dates:
a. If the Company materially breaches any
agreement terms and fails to take remedial
action within 30 days after Qualcomm's
issuance of a written notice, the Company
will be prohibited from using Qualcomm's
property or patents.
b. Any time when the Company is not using
any of Qualcomm's intellectual property,
the Company may terminate this agreement
upon 60 days' prior written notice to
Qualcomm.
Authorization to use CDMA technology to
manufacture and sell units; royalty payment based
on agreement.
Nokia Corporation January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2016
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018
Authorization to use wireless technology, like GSM;
royalty payment based on agreement.
Patent and technology collaboration; payment for
use of implementation patents based on agreement.
InterDigital Technology
Corporation
December 31, 2003 to the expiry dates of these
patents stated in the agreement.
Authorization to use TDMA and CDMA technologies;
royalty payment based on agreement.
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS
ELECTRONICS N.V.
January 5, 2004 to the expiry dates of these
patents stated in the agreement.
GSM/DCS 1800/1900 patent license; royalty
payment based on agreement.
MOTOROLA, Inc. December 23, 2003 to the latest of the
following dates:
a. Expiry dates of patents stated in the
agreement.
b. Any time when the Company is not using
any of Motorola's intellectual properties.
TDMA, NARROWBAND CDMA, WIDEBAND CDMA
or TD/CDMA standards patent license or technology;
royalty payment based on agreement.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft July 2004 to the expiry dates of these patents
stated in the agreement.
Authorization to use GSM, GPRS or EDGE patent
license or technology; royalty payment based on
agreement.
IV International Licensing
Netherlands, B.V.
November 2010 - June 2020 Authorization to use wireless technology; royalty
payment based on agreement.
39. FIRST-TIME ADOPTION OF THE REGULATIONS
The Company's date of transition to the Regulations was January 1, 2012. The impact of the transition to
the Regulations on the Company's balance sheets and statements of comprehensive income is stated as
follows: