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As of December 31, 2007, the Company has various lease agreements that are recognized as operating leases. Related rental
payments amounting to 73,508 million (2006: 61,188 million) are charged to current operations for the year ended December
31, 2007.
The minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, are as follows:
As of December 31, 2007, SEC has credit insurance against its approved foreign customers on behalf of its affiliates and
subsidiaries with Korea Export Insurance Corporation.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has forward exchange contracts to manage the exposure to changes in currency
exchanges rates in accordance with its foreign currency risk management policy. The use of foreign currency forward contracts
allows the Company to reduce its exposure to the risk that it may be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates.
In addition, the Company has interest rate swap contracts and foreign currency swap contracts to reduce the impact of changes in
floating rates on long-term debt and borrowings, and interest rate swap contracts and foreign currency swap contracts to reduce
the impact of changes in the fair-value risk on fixed rate long-term debt.
As of December 31, 2007, SEC and its domestic subsidiaries have been insured against future contract commitments of up
to 122,377 million. In addition, Samsung Card Co., Ltd. has been provided payment guarantee amounting to US$5 million from
Woori Bank, in relation to a payment guarantee to AMEX.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has technical assistance agreements with certain companies requiring payment for use of
the technology or from sales of products manufactured using such technology.
The Company leases certain property, plant and equipment under various finance lease arrangements. Assets recorded
under capitalized lease agreements are included in property, plant and equipment with a net book value of 41,787 million
(2006: 24,029 million). Depreciation expense for the finance lease assets amounted to 2,986 million (2006: 1,442 million) for
the year ended December 31, 2007.
The minimum lease payments and their present value as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won)
Within one year
7,837
6,240
4,386
3,833
From one year to five years 26,678 20,576 17,544 14,575
More than five years 55,297 31,489 43,420 24,212
89,812 65,350
Present value adjustment (31,507) (22,730)
Financing lease liabilities
58,305
58,305
42,620
42,620
Within one year
83,903
59,156
From one year to five years 192,918 133,373
More than five years 70,242 51,418
347,063
243,947
2007 2006
(In millions of Korean won)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
Minimum Lease Present Values Minimum Lease Present Values
Payments Payments
2007 2006