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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2018

 

 

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-dearo, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul 07336, The Republic of Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒                Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ☐                No  ☒

 

 

 


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Submission of Audit Report

 

1. Name of external auditor: Samjong Accounting Corporation (KPMG)

 

2. Date of receiving external audit report: February 28, 2018

 

3. Auditor’s opinion

 

     FY 2017    FY 2016

Audit Report on Separate Financial Statements

   Unqualified    Unqualified

 

4. Financial Highlights of Separate Financial Statements

 

Items

   FY 2017     FY 2016  

Total Assets

     25,409,414,917,455       21,812,749,906,988  

Total Liabilities

     11,580,156,338,761       9,577,303,892,341  

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     13,829,258,578,694       12,235,446,014,647  

Capital Stock

     1,789,078,500,000       1,789,078,500,000  

Revenues

     25,591,081,976,906       24,419,295,408,297  

Operating Income

     1,536,730,251,186       709,138,337,951  

Ordinary Income

     2,039,866,795,326       1,237,766,281,393  

Net Income

     1,779,721,318,741       967,077,258,240  

Total Shareholders’ Equity / Capital Stock

     773.0     683.9


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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

(With Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon)


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Contents

 

     Page  

Independent Auditors’ Report

     1  

Separate Statements of Financial Position

     3  

Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income

     4  

Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

     5  

Separate Statements of Cash Flows

     6  

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

     8  

Independent Accountants’ Review Report on Internal Accounting Control System

     90  

Report on the Operation of Internal Accounting Control System

     91  


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Independent Auditors’ Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

We have audited the accompanying separate financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) which comprise the separate statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related separate statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these separate financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”), and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of separate financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these separate financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the separate financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the separate financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the separate financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the separate financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the separate financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the separate financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the separate financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and its separate financial performance and its separate cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with K-IFRS.

Other matter

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to audit such separate financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

February 22, 2018


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This report is effective as of February 22, 2018, the audit report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the audit report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying separate financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the audit report should understand that the above audit report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Financial Position

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(In millions of won)    Note      December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     4, 26      W 566,408      259,467

Deposits in banks

     4, 26        580,770      1,076,520

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     5, 14, 26, 28        4,673,570      5,128,925

Other accounts receivable, net

     5, 26        687,109      403,744

Other current financial assets

     6, 26        13,499      7,696

Inventories

     7        1,682,245      1,706,983

Other current assets

     5        177,473      129,240
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

        8,381,074      8,712,575

Deposits in banks

     4, 26        11      13

Investments

     8        2,683,941      2,656,026

Other non-current financial assets

     6, 26        64,772      52,649

Property, plant and equipment, net

     9        12,487,001      8,757,973

Intangible assets, net

     10        731,373      673,966

Deferred tax assets

     24        727,248      653,613

Other non-current assets

     5        333,995      305,935
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        17,028,341      13,100,175
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

      W 25,409,415      21,812,750
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Trade accounts and notes payable

     26, 28      W 2,391,493      2,738,383

Current financial liabilities

     11, 26        1,060,735      667,735

Other accounts payable

     26        2,701,823      1,921,141

Accrued expenses

        755,062      590,129

Income tax payable

        235,593      155,641

Provisions

     13        73,685      54,040

Advances received

     14        142,700      18,944

Other current liabilities

     13        33,514      30,331
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        7,394,605      6,176,344

Non-current financial liabilities

     11, 26        3,165,413      3,185,449

Non-current provisions

     13        28,312      8,155

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     12        94,535      142,212

Long-term advances received

     14        830,335      —    

Other non-current liabilities

     13        66,956      65,143
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        4,185,551      3,400,959
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        11,580,156      9,577,303
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity

        

Share capital

     15        1,789,079      1,789,079

Share premium

        2,251,113      2,251,113

Retained earnings

     16        9,789,067      8,195,255
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

        13,829,259      12,235,447
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      W 25,409,415      21,812,750
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note      2017     2016  

Revenue

     17, 28      W 25,591,082     24,419,295

Cost of sales

     7, 18, 28          (21,718,047     (21,748,952
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        3,873,035     2,670,343

Selling expenses

     19        (666,891     (414,053

Administrative expenses

     19        (473,477     (428,862

Research and development expenses

        (1,195,937     (1,118,290
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit

        1,536,730     709,138
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

     22        763,489     462,504

Finance costs

     22        (119,534     (141,765

Other non-operating income

     21        790,476     1,254,374

Other non-operating expenses

     21        (931,294     (1,046,484
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit before income tax

        2,039,867     1,237,767

Income tax expense

     23        260,146     270,689
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit for the year

        1,779,721     967,078
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities

     12, 23        (16,260     155,346

Related income tax

     12, 23        9,259     (37,594
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (7,001     117,752

Items that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

     22, 23        —         (77

Related income tax

     22, 23        —         19
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        —         (58
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year, net of income tax

 

     (7,001     117,694
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

      W 1,772,720     1,084,772
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share (In won)

       

Basic earnings per share

     25      W 4,974     2,703
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

     25      W 4,974     2,703
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(In millions of won)    Share
capital
     Share
premium
     Retained
earnings
    Reserves     Total
equity
 

Balances at January 1, 2016

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      7,289,333     58     11,329,583
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

            

Profit for the year

     —          —          967,078     —         967,078

Other comprehensive income (loss)

            

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

     —          —          —         (58     (58

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          117,752     —         117,752
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     —          —          117,752     (58     117,694
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

   W —          —          1,084,830     (58     1,084,772
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

            

Dividends to equity holders

     —          —          (178,908     —         (178,908
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2016

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      8,195,255     —         12,235,447
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2017

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      8,195,255     —         12,235,447
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

            

Profit for the year

     —          —          1,779,721     —         1,779,721

Other comprehensive income (loss)

            

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          (7,001     —         (7,001
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

     —          —          (7,001     —         (7,001
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

   W —          —          1,772,720     —         1,772,720
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

            

Dividends to equity holders

     —          —          (178,908     —         (178,908
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2017

   W   1,789,079      2,251,113      9,789,067     —         13,829,259
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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Separate Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2017     2016  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit for the year

      W 1,779,721     967,078

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense

     23        260,146     270,689

Depreciation

     9, 18        1,732,901     1,864,164

Amortization of intangible assets

     10, 18        391,580     349,095

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (143,514     (205,891

Loss on foreign currency translation

        143,022     105,240

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     12, 20        196,853     220,784

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (139,053     (58,142

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        11,620     6,428

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

        (308     (900

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        30     75

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        1,809     138

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (35     —    

Warranty expenses

        217,198     130,582

Finance income

        (761,617     (455,587

Finance costs

        80,995     126,555

Other income

        (17,127     (15,546

Other expenses

        2,293     9,592
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        1,976,793     2,347,276

Changes in

       

Trade accounts and notes receivable

        316,119     (710,920

Other accounts receivable

        (63,844     (3,121

Inventories

        24,738     143,230

Other current assets

        14,807     47,946

Other non-current assets

        (112,015     (91,028

Trade accounts and notes payable

        (272,656     (504,825

Other accounts payable

        161,337     32,688

Accrued expenses

        166,035     (19,505

Provisions

        (177,439     (124,256

Other current liabilities

        (6,883     (8

Defined benefit liabilities, net

        (260,790     (276,449

Long-term advances received

        1,020,470     —    

Other non-current liabilities

        6,368     18,109
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        816,247     (1,488,139

Cash generated from operating activities

        4,572,761     1,826,215

Income taxes paid

        (232,477     (43,470

Interests received

        25,017     32,315

Interests paid

        (93,487     (95,434
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      W 4,271,814     1,719,626
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(In millions of won)      Note        2017     2016  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      W 409,015     538,935

Increase in deposits in banks

        (1,334,015     (2,326,520

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        1,826,523     2,682,102

Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

     —         (1,500

Acquisition of available-for-sale financial assets

        (7     —    

Proceeds from disposal of available-for-sale financial assets

        917     487

Acquisition of investments

        (81,780     (131,357

Proceeds from disposal of investments

        13,128     30,125

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (4,859,831     (2,549,822

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        199,769     331,534

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (437,290     (396,581

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        1,674     1,166

Government grants received

        1,859     4,425

Receipt from settlement of derivatives

        2,592     4,008

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        1,118     6,070

Increase in long-term loans

        (13,930     (27,300

Increase in deposits

        (1,388     (200

Decrease in deposits

        1,185     914

Proceeds from disposal of emission rights

        6,090     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (4,264,371     (1,833,514
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

     27       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        —         107,345

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (105,864     —    

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

        497,959     597,573

Proceeds from long-term debt

        630,000     1,103,221

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt and debentures

 

     (544,557     (1,363,920

Payment guarantee fee received

        868     —    

Dividends paid

        (178,908     (178,908
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

        299,498     265,311
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

        306,941     151,423

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        259,467     108,044
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

      W 566,408     259,467
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Organization and Description of Business

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 and the Company is a public corporation listed in the Korea Exchange since 2004. The main business of the Company is to manufacture and sell displays and its related products. As of December 31, 2017, the Company operates Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) and Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) panel manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju and China and TFT-LCD and OLED module manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju, China, Poland and Vietnam. The Company is domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. As of December 31, 2017, LG Electronics Inc., a major shareholder of the Company, owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Company’s common stock.

The Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of December 31, 2017, there are 357,815,700 shares of common stock outstanding. The Company’s common stock is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) under the symbol “LPL”. One ADS represents one-half of one share of common stock. As of December 31, 2017, there are 24,581,448 ADSs outstanding.

 

2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

In accordance with the Act on External Audits of Stock Companies, these separate financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”).

These financial statements are separate financial statements prepared in accordance with K-IFRS No.1027, Separate Financial Statements, presented by a parent, an investor in an associate or a venture in a joint ventures, in which the investments are accounted for on the basis of the direct equity interest rather than on the basis of the reported results and net assets of the investees.

The separate financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on January 22, 2018, which will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 15, 2018.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

The separate financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the following material items in the separate statements of financial position:

 

    derivative instruments, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value, and

 

    net defined benefit liabilities are recognized as the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The separate financial statements are presented in Korean won, which is the Company’s functional currency.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates and Judgments

The preparation of the separate financial statements in conformity with K-IFRSs requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.

Information about critical judgments in applying accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the separate financial statements is included in the following notes:

 

    Classification of financial instruments (note 3.(e))

Information about assumptions and estimation uncertainties that have a significant risk of resulting in a material adjustment within the next 12 months is included in the following notes:

 

    Recognition and measurement of provisions (note 3.(k), 13 and 14.(a))

 

    Measurement of defined benefit obligations (note 12)

 

    Deferred tax assets and liabilities (note 24)

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Company in preparation of its separate financial statements are as follows:

 

  (a) Interest in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures

These separate financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with K-IFRS No.1027, Separate Financial Statements. The Company applied the cost method to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in accordance with K-IFRS No.1027. Dividends from subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures are recognized in profit or loss when the right to receive the dividend is established.

 

  (b) Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the respective functional currencies of the Company at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate on the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are measured at fair value are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate at the date that the fair value was originally determined. Foreign currency differences arising on retranslation are recognized in profit or loss, except for differences arising on available-for-sale equity instruments and a financial asset and liability designated as a cash flow hedge, which are recognized in other comprehensive income. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the original transaction. Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items or on translating monetary items at rates different from those at which they were translated on initial recognition are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise. Foreign currency differences arising from assets and liabilities in relation to the investing and financing activities including loans, bonds and cash and cash equivalents are recognized in finance income (costs) in the separate statement of comprehensive income and foreign currency differences arising from assets and liabilities in relation to activities other than investing and financing activities are recognized in other non-operating income (expense) in the separate statement of comprehensive income. Relevant foreign currency differences are presented in gross amounts in the separate statement of comprehensive income.

 

  (c) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all cash balances and short-term highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash.

 

  (d) Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The cost of inventories is based on the weighted-average method, and includes expenditures incurred in acquiring the inventories, production or conversion costs and other costs incurred in bringing them to their existing location and condition. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated selling expenses. In the case of manufactured inventories and work-in-process, cost includes an appropriate share of production overheads based on the actual capacity of production facilities. However, the normal capacity is used for the allocation of fixed production overheads if the actual level of production is lower than the normal capacity.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e) Financial Instruments

(i) Non-derivative financial assets

The Company initially recognizes loans and receivables and deposits on the date they are originated. All other non-derivative financial assets, including financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), are recognized in the separate statement of financial position when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

The Company derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows of the financial asset in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred. Any interest in transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Company is recognized as a separate asset or liability. If a transfer does not result in derecognition because the Company has retained substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the transferred asset, the Company continues to recognize the transferred asset and recognizes a financial liability for the consideration received. In subsequent periods, the Company recognizes any income on the transferred assets and any expense incurred on the financial liability.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the separate statement of financial position when, and only when, the Company has a legal right to offset the amounts and intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The Company has the following non-derivative financial assets: financial assets at FVTPL, loans and receivables and available-for-sale financial assets.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

A financial asset is classified at FVTPL if it is classified as held for trading or is designated as such upon initial recognition. If a contract contains one or more embedded derivatives, the Company designates the entire hybrid (combined) contract as a financial asset at FVTPL unless: the embedded derivative(s) does not significantly modify the cash flows that otherwise would be required by the contract; or it is clear with little or no analysis when a similar hybrid (combined) instrument is first considered that separation of the embedded derivative(s) is prohibited. Upon initial recognition, attributable transaction costs are recognized in profit or loss as incurred. Financial assets at FVTPL are measured at fair value, and changes therein are recognized in profit or loss.

Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. When loans and receivables are recognized initially, the Company measures them at their fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial asset. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses. Loans and receivables comprise trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available-for-sale or that are not classified as financial assets at FVTPL, held-to-maturity financial assets or loans and receivables. The Company’s investments in equity securities and certain debt securities are classified as available-for-sale financial assets. Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured at fair value and changes therein, other than impairment losses and foreign currency differences on available-for-sale equity instruments, are recognized in other comprehensive income and presented within equity in the fair value reserve. When an investment in available-for-sale financial assets is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss in other comprehensive income is transferred to profit or loss.

Investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured and whose derivatives are linked to and must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instruments are measured at cost.

(ii) Non-derivative financial liabilities

The Company classifies financial liabilities into two categories, financial liabilities at FVTPL and other financial liabilities, in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangement and the definitions of financial liabilities, and recognizes them in the separate statement of financial position when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL include financial liabilities held for trading or designated as such upon initial recognition at FVTPL. After initial recognition, financial liabilities at FVTPL are measured at fair value, and changes therein are recognized in profit or loss. Upon initial recognition, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

Non-derivative financial liabilities other than financial liabilities classified as FVTPL are classified as other financial liabilities and measured initially at fair value minus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities. Subsequent to initial recognition, these financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2017, non-derivative financial liabilities comprise borrowings, bonds and others.

The Company derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled or expired.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(iii) Share Capital

The Company only issued common stocks and they are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issuance of common stocks are recognized as a deduction from equity, net of tax effects. Capital contributed in excess of par value upon issuance of common stocks is classified as share premium within equity.

(iv) Derivative financial instruments

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition, derivatives are measured at fair value, and changes therein are accounted for as described below.

Hedge Accounting

If necessary, the Company designates derivatives as hedging items to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments (a fair value hedge) and foreign currency risk of highly probable forecasted transactions or firm commitments (a cash flow hedge).

On initial designation of the hedge, the Company’s management formally designates and documents the relationship between the hedging instrument(s) and hedged item(s), including the risk management objectives and strategy in undertaking the hedge transaction, together with the methods that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the hedging relationship, both at the inception of the hedge relationship as well as on an ongoing basis.

i) Fair value hedges

Change in the fair value of a derivative hedging instrument designated as a fair value hedge and the hedged item is recognized in profit or loss, respectively. The gain or loss from remeasuring the hedging instrument at fair value and the gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in profit or loss in the same line item of the statement of comprehensive income. The Company discontinues fair value hedge accounting if it does not designate the derivative hedging instrument and the hedged item as the hedge relationship between them anymore or if the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, or if the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting. Any adjustment arising from gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk is amortized to profit or loss from the date the hedge accounting is discontinued.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e) Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(iv) Derivative financial instruments, Continued

 

ii) Cash flow hedges

When a derivative designated as a cash flow hedging instrument meets the criteria of cash flow hedge accounting, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized in other comprehensive income and the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized in profit or loss. The Company discontinues cash flow hedge accounting if it does not designate the derivative hedging instrument and the hedged item as the hedge relationship between them any more or if the hedging instruments expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, or if the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting. The cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument that has been recognized in other comprehensive income is reclassified to profit or loss in the periods during which the forecasted transaction occurs. If the forecasted transaction is no longer expected to occur, then the balance in other comprehensive income is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Embedded derivative

Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract and the embedded derivative are not closely related, a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, and the combined instrument is not measured at FVTPL. Changes in the fair value of separable embedded derivatives are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Other derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments are measured at fair value and changes of them not designated as a hedging instrument or not effective for hedging are recognized in profit or loss.

 

  (f) Property, Plant and Equipment

(i) Recognition and measurement

Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes an expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials and direct labor, any costs directly attributable to bringing the assets to a working condition for their intended use, the costs of dismantling and removing the items and restoring the site on which they are located and borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

The gain or loss arising from the derecognition of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the net disposal proceeds, if any, and the carrying amount of the item and recognized in other non-operating income or other non-operating expenses.

(ii) Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditure on an item of property, plant and equipment is recognized as part of its cost only if it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The costs of the day-to-day servicing of property, plant and equipment are recognized in profit or loss as incurred

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f) Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

(iii) Depreciation

Depreciation is recognized in profit or loss on a straight-line basis, reflecting the pattern in which the asset’s future economic benefits are expected to be consumed by the Company. The residual value of property, plant and equipment is zero. Land is not depreciated.

Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

 

     Useful lives (years)

Buildings and structures

   20, 40

Machinery

   4, 5

Furniture and fixtures

   4

Equipment, tools and vehicles

   4, 12

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate and any changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates. There were no such changes for all periods presented.

 

  (g) Borrowing Costs

The Company capitalizes borrowing costs, which includes interests and exchange differences arising from foreign currency borrowings to the extent that they are regarded as an adjustment to interest costs, directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset as part of the cost of that asset. A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale. To the extent that the Company borrows funds specifically for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the Company determines the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization as the actual borrowing costs incurred on that borrowing during the period less any investment income on the temporary investment of those borrowings. The Company immediately recognizes other borrowing costs as an expense.

 

  (h) Government Grants

In case there is reasonable assurance that the Company will comply with the conditions attached to a government grant, the government grant is recognized as follows:

(i) Grants related to the purchase or construction of assets

A government grant related to the purchase or construction of assets is deducted in calculating the carrying amount of the asset. The grant is recognized in profit or loss over the life of a depreciable asset as a reduced depreciation expense and cash related to grant received is presented in investing activities in the statement of cash flows.

(ii) Grants for compensating the Company’s expenses incurred

A government grant that compensates the Company for expenses incurred is recognized in profit or loss as a deduction from relevant expenses on a systematic basis in the periods in which the expenses are recognized.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (h) Government Grants, Continued

 

(iii) Other government grants

A government grant that becomes receivable for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the Company with no compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or no future related costs is recognized as income of the period in which it becomes receivable.

 

  (i) Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. Subsequently, intangible assets are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses.

(i) Goodwill

Goodwill arising from business combinations is recognized as the excess of the acquisition cost of investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures over the Company’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Any deficit is a bargain purchase that is recognized in profit or loss. Goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

(ii) Research and development

Expenditure on research activities, undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific or technical knowledge and understanding, is recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

Development activities involve a plan or design of the production of new or substantially improved products and processes. Development expenditure is capitalized only if the Company can demonstrate all of the following:

 

    the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or sale,

 

    its intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it,

 

    its ability to use or sell the intangible asset,

 

    how the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits. Among other things, the Company can demonstrate the existence of a market for the output of the intangible asset or the intangible asset itself or, if it is to be used internally, the usefulness of the intangible asset,

 

    the availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset, and

 

    its ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development.

The expenditure capitalized includes the cost of materials, direct labor, overhead costs that are directly attributable to preparing the asset for its intended use, and borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

(iii) Other intangible assets

Other intangible assets include intellectual property rights, software, customer relationships, technology, memberships and others.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i) Intangible Assets, Continued

 

(iv) Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditure is capitalized only when it increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific intangible asset to which it relates. All other expenditure, including expenditure on internally generated goodwill and brands, is recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

(v) Amortization

Amortization is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets, other than goodwill, from the date that they are available for use. The residual value of intangible assets is zero. However, as there are no foreseeable limits to the periods over which condominium and golf club memberships are expected to be available for use, these intangible assets are regarded as having indefinite useful lives and not amortized.

 

     Estimated useful lives (years)

Intellectual property rights

   5, 10

Rights to use electricity, water and gas supply facilities

   10

Software

   4

Customer relationships

   7, 10

Technology

   10

Development costs

   (*)

Condominium and golf club memberships

   Not amortized

 

(*) Capitalized development costs are amortized over the useful life considering the life cycle of the developed products. Amortization of capitalized development costs is recognized in research and development expenses in the separate statement of comprehensive income.

Amortization periods and the amortization methods for intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end. The useful lives of intangible assets that are not being amortized are reviewed each period to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support indefinite useful life assessments for those assets. If appropriate, the changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (j) Impairment

(i) Financial assets

A financial asset not carried at FVTPL is assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it is impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably.

Objective evidence that financial assets are impaired can include default or delinquency in interest or principal payments by an issuer or a debtor, for economic reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, granting to the borrower a concession that the Company would not otherwise consider, or the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset. In addition, for an investment in an equity security, objective evidence of impairment includes significant financial difficulty of the issuer and a significant or prolonged decline in its fair value below its cost.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j) Impairment, Continued

 

(i) Financial assets, Continued

 

The Company’s management considers evidence of impairment for loans and receivables at both a specific asset and collective level. All individually significant loans and receivables are assessed for specific impairment. All individually significant receivables found not to be specifically impaired are then collectively assessed for any impairment that has been incurred but not yet identified. Loans and receivables that are not individually significant are collectively assessed for impairment by grouping together receivables with similar risk characteristics.

In assessing collective impairment the Company uses historical trends of the probability of default, timing of recoveries and the amount of loss incurred, adjusted for management’s judgment as to whether current economic and credit conditions are such that the actual losses are likely to be greater or less than suggested by historical trends.

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss and reflected in an allowance account against loans and receivables.

The amount of the impairment loss on financial assets including equity securities carried at cost is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed.

When a decline in the fair value of an available-for-sale financial asset has been recognized in other comprehensive income, the amount of the cumulative loss that is reclassified from equity to profit or loss is the difference between the acquisition cost and current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognized in profit or loss.

In a subsequent period, for the financial assets recorded at fair value, if the fair value increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed. The amount of the reversal in financial assets carried at amortized cost and a debt instrument classified as available for sale is recognized in profit or loss. However, impairment loss recognized for an investment in an equity instrument classified as available-for-sale is reversed through other comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j) Impairment, Continued

 

(ii) Non-financial assets

The carrying amounts of the Company’s non-financial assets, other than assets arising from employee benefits, inventories and deferred tax assets, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. For goodwill, and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives or that are not yet available for use, irrespective of whether there is any indication of impairment, the recoverable amount is estimated each year at the same time.

For the purpose of impairment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or groups of assets (the “cash-generating unit”, or “CGU”). The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is determined as the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Fair value less costs to sell is based on the best information available to reflect the amount that the Company could obtain from the disposal of the asset in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, after deducting the costs of disposal.

An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss. Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. Impairment losses recognized in respect of a CGU are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit, and then to reduce the carrying amounts of the other assets in the unit on a pro rata basis.

In respect of other assets, impairment losses recognized in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date for any indications that the loss has decreased or no longer exists. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of accumulated depreciation or amortization, if no impairment loss had been recognized. An impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k) Provisions

A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation.

The risks and uncertainties that inevitably surround events and circumstances are taken into account in reaching the best estimate of a provision. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are determined at the present value of the expected future cash flows. The unwinding of the discount is recognized as finance cost.

Provisions are reviewed at the end of each reporting period and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate. If it is no longer probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, the provision is reversed.

The Company recognizes a liability for warranty obligations based on the estimated costs expected to be incurred under its basic limited warranty. This warranty covers defective products and is normally applicable for eighteen months from the date of purchase. These liabilities are accrued when product revenues are recognized. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liability include historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims on those repairs and cost per claim to satisfy the Company’s warranty obligation. Warranty costs primarily include raw materials and labor costs. As these factors are impacted by actual experience and future expectations, management periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. Accrued warranty obligations are included in the current and non-current provisions.

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, and penalties and other sources, are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment and/or remediation can be reasonably estimated.

 

  (l) Employee Benefits

(i) Short-term employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits that are due to be settled within twelve months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service are recognized in profit or loss on an undiscounted basis. The expected cost of profit-sharing and bonus plans and others are recognized when the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation to make payments as a result of past events and a reliable estimate of the obligation can be made.

(ii) Other long-term employee benefits

The Company’s net obligation in respect of long-term employee benefits other than pension plans is the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return for their service in the current and prior periods.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l) Employee Benefits, Continued

 

(iii) Defined contribution plan

A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined contribution pension plans are recognized as an employee benefit expense in profit or loss in the periods during which services are rendered by employees.

(iv) Defined benefit plan

A defined benefit plan is a post-employment benefit plan other than defined contribution plans. The Company’s net obligation in respect of its defined benefit plan is calculated by estimating the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return for their service in the current and prior periods; that benefit is discounted to determine its present value. The fair value of any plan assets is deducted.

The calculation is performed annually by an independent actuary using the projected unit credit method. The discount rate is the yield at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds that have maturity dates approximating the terms of the Company’s obligations and that are denominated in the same currency in which the benefits are expected to be paid. The Company recognizes all actuarial gains and losses arising from defined benefit plans in retained earnings immediately.

The Company determines the net interest expense (income) on the net defined benefit liability (asset) for the period by applying the discount rate used to measure the defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the annual period to the then-net defined benefit liability (asset), taking into account any changes in the net defined benefit liability (asset) during the period as a result of contributions and benefit payments. Consequently, the net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) now comprises: interest cost on the defined benefit obligation, interest income on plan assets, and interest on the effect on the asset ceiling.

When the benefits of a plan are changed or when a plan is curtailed, the resulting change in benefit that relates to past service or the gain or loss on curtailment is recognized immediately in profit or loss. The Company recognizes gains and losses on the settlement of a defined benefit plan when the settlement occurs.

 

  (m) Revenue

Revenue from the sale of goods in the course of ordinary activities is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of estimated returns, earned trade discounts, volume rebates and other cash incentives paid to customers. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence exists that the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer, generally on delivery and acceptance at the customers’ premises, recovery of the consideration is probable, the associated costs and possible return of goods can be estimated reliably, there is no continuing management involvement with the goods, and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. If it is probable that discounts will be granted and the amount can be measured reliably, then the discount is recognized as a reduction of revenue when the sales are recognized. Sales taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and therefore are excluded from revenues in the separate statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (n) Operating Segments

In accordance with K-IFRS No. 1108, Operating Segments, entity wide disclosures of geographic and product revenue information are provided in the consolidated financial statements.

 

  (o) Finance Income and Finance Costs

Finance income comprises interest income on funds invested (including available-for-sale financial assets), dividend income, gains on the disposal of available-for-sale financial assets, changes in the fair value of financial assets at FVTPL, and gains on hedging instruments that are recognized in profit or loss. Interest income is recognized as it accrues in profit or loss, using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recognized in profit or loss on the date that the Company’s right to receive payment is established.

Finance costs comprise interest expense on borrowings, unwinding of the discount on provisions, changes in the fair value of financial assets at FVTPL, impairment losses recognized on financial assets, and losses on hedging instruments that are recognized in profit or loss. Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized as part of the cost of that asset.

 

  (p) Income Tax

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination, or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income.

(i) Current tax

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable profit or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years. The taxable profit is different from the accounting profit for the period since the taxable profit is calculated excluding the temporary differences, which will be taxable or deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) of future periods, and non-taxable or non-deductible items from the accounting profit.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (p) Income Tax, Continued

 

(ii) Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized, using the liability method, in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. However, deferred tax is not recognized for taxable temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of goodwill.

The Company recognizes a deferred tax liability for all taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates, and interests in joint ventures, except to the extent that the Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future. A deferred tax asset is recognized for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that the differences relating to investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures will reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary difference can be utilized.

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realized.

The Company offsets deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities if, and only if, the Company has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and the deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority.

 

  (q) Earnings Per Share

The Company presents basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) data for its common stocks. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is determined by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding, adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential common stocks such as convertible bonds and others.

 

  (r) Business Combinations

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method when control is transferred to the Company. The consideration transferred in the acquisition is generally measured at fair value, as are the identifiable net assets acquired. Any goodwill that arises is tested annually for impairment. Any gain on a bargain purchase is recognized in profit or loss immediately. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred, except if related to the issue of debt or equity securities in accordance with K-IFRS No. 1032 and K-IFRS No. 1039.

The consideration transferred does not include amounts related to the settlement of pre-existing relationships. Such amounts are generally recognized in profit or loss

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (s) Changes in Accounting Policies

The Company has consistently applied the accounting policies to the separate financial statements for 2017 and 2016 except for the new amendments effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 as mentioned below.

(i) K-IFRS No. 1007, Statement of Cash Flows

The Company has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1007, Statement of Cash Flows, since January 1, 2017. The amendment to K-IFRS No. 1007 is part of the disclosure initiative to improve presentation and disclosure in financial statements and requires an entity to provide disclosures that enable users of financial statements to evaluate changes in liabilities arising from financing activities including both changes due to cash flows and non-cash changes such as changes from financing cash flows, changes arising from obtaining or losing control of subsidiaries or other businesses, the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates and changes in fair value and other changes. The Company has applied the amendment and disclosed changes in liabilities arose from financing activities including both changes due to cash flows and non-cash changes in note 27.

(ii) K-IFRS No. 1012, Income Taxes

The Company has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1012, Income Taxes, since January 1, 2017. The amendments clarify that an entity needs to consider whether tax law restricts the sources of taxable profits against which it may make deductions on the reversal of that deductible temporary difference. Furthermore, the amendment provide guidance on how an entity should determine future taxable profits and explain the circumstances in which taxable profit may include the recovery of some assets for more than their carrying amount. There is no impact of applying this amendment on the separate financial statements.

 

  (t) New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted

The following new standards and amendments to existing standards have been published and are mandatory for the Company for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2017, and the Company has not early adopted them.

(i) K-IFRS No. 1109, Financial Instruments

K-IFRS No. 1109, Financial Instruments, published on September 25, 2015 which will replace K-IFRS No. 1039, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, is effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company plans to adopt K-IFRS No. 1109 in its separate financial statements for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2018.

Adoption of K-IFRS No. 1109 will generally be applied retrospectively, except as described below.

 

    Advantage of exemption allowing the Company not to restate comparative information for prior periods with respect to classification, measurement and impairment changes.

 

    Prospective application of new hedge accounting except for those specified in K-IFRS No. 1109 for retrospective application such as accounting for the time value of options and others.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (t) New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted, Continued

 

Key features of K-IFRS No. 1109 are a) new classification and measurement approach for financial assets that reflects the business model in which assets are managed and their cash flow characteristics, b) impairment model based on changes in expected credit losses, and c) new approach to hedge qualification and methods for assessing hedge effectiveness.

Adoption of K-IFRS No. 1109 necessitates the assessment on the potential impact on the Company’s separate financial statements resulting from the application of new standards, revision of its accounting process and internal controls related to reporting financial instruments. The quantitative impact of adopting K-IFRS No. 1109 on the Company’s separate financial statements in 2018 may differ because it will be dependent on the financial instruments that the Company holds and economic conditions at that time as well as accounting elections and judgments that it will make in the future.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company modified the internal controls and the accounting system in preparation of adoption of K-IFRS No. 1109. Management believes that the adoption of the amendment is expected to have no significant impact on the separate financial statements of the Company. The potential general impact on its separate financial statements resulting from the application of new standards are as follows:

Classification and Measurement of Financial Assets

K-IFRS No. 1109 contains three principal classification categories for financial assets: measured at amortized cost, fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”) and fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), based on the business model in which assets are managed and their cash flow characteristics. However, derivatives embedded in contracts where the host is a financial assets in the scope of the standard are never bifurcated. Instead, the hybrid financial instrument as a whole is assessed for classification.

 

   

Contractual cash flow characteristics

Business model assessment

 

Solely payments of

principal and interest

  

Others

Hold to collect contractual cash flows   Amortized cost(*1)   
Hold to collect contractual cash flows and sell financial assets   FVOCI    FVTPL(*2)
Hold to sell financial assets and others   FVTPL   

 

(*1) The Company may irrevocably designate a financial asset as measured at FVTPL using the fair value option at initial recognition if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces accounting mismatch.
(*2) The Company may irrevocably designate an equity investment that is not held for trading as measured at FVOCI using the fair value option.

The requirements to classify financial assets as amortized cost or FVOCI under K-IFRS No. 1109 are more restrictive than them under K-IFRS No. 1039. Accordingly, increase in proportion of financial assets classified as FVTPL may result in increase of volatility in profit or loss of the Company. As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized W6,580,886 million of loans and receivable, W2,859 million of available-for-sale financial assets and W1,552 million of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (t) New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted, Continued

 

A debt investment is measured at amortized cost if it meets both of the following conditions:

 

    The asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by collecting contractual cash flows; and

 

    The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flow that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized W6,580,886 million of loans and receivables and measured at amortized cost.

A debt investment is measured at FVOCI if it meets both of the following conditions:

 

    The asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets; and

 

    The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flow that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized W162 million of debt instruments classified as available-for-sale financial assets.

Equity investment that are not held for trading may be irrevocably designated as FVOCI on initial recognition and they are not subsequently recycled to profit or loss. As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized W2,697 million of equity investment classified as available-for-sale financial assets.

A financial asset is measured at FVTPL, if:

 

    The asset’s contractual cash flows do not represent solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding;

 

    Debt instrument is held for trading; or

 

    Equity instrument is not designated as FVOCI.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized W1,552 million of debt instrument classified as FVTPL.

Based on the evaluation to date, upon adoption of K-IFRS No.1109, W2,697 million of available-for-sale financial assets is expected to be classified as FVTPL.

Classification and Measurement of Financial Liabilities

Under K-IFRS No. 1109, the amount of change in the fair value of liabilities designated as at FVTPL that is attributable to changes in the credit risk of the liability is not presented in the item of profit or loss, but in OCI and they are not subsequently recycled to profit or loss. However, if accounting mismatch is created or enlarged as a result of this accounting treatment, the amount of change in the credit risk of the financial liabilities is also recognized as profit or loss.

Adoption of K-IFRS No. 1109 may result in decrease of profit or loss in relation to evaluation of financial liabilities as some of change in the fair value of financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL is presented in OCI. As of December 31, 2017, there was no financial liabilities measured at FVTPL.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (t) New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted, Continued

 

Impairment: Financial assets and contract assets

Impairment loss is recognized if there is any objective evidence that a financial asset or group of financial asset is impaired according to ‘incurred loss model’ under K-IFRS No. 1039. However, K-IFRS No. 1109 replaces the incurred loss model in K-IFRS No. 1039 with an ‘expected credit loss impairment model’ which applies to debt instruments measured at amortized cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income, lease receivable, loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts.

Under K-IFRS No. 1109, loss allowance is classified into three stages below in accordance with increase of credit risk after initial recognition of financial assets and measured on the 12-month expected credit loss (“ECL”) or lifetime ECL basis. Under K-IFRS No. 1109, loss allowances are recognized based on the following method, the timing of which is earlier than that under K-IFRS 1039.

 

Classification

  

Loss allowances

Stage 1    No significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition    12-month expected credit losses: the expected credit losses that result from default events that are possible within 12 months after the reporting date.
Stage 2    Significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition    Lifetime expected credit losses: the expected credit losses that result from all possible default events over the expected life of the financial instrument.
Stage 3    Objective evidence of credit risk impairment   

Under K-IFRS No. 1109, cumulative change in lifetime expected credit loss since initial recognition is recognized as a loss allowance for financial asset, if it was credit-impaired at initial recognition. As of December 31, 2017, under K-IFRS No.1039, the Company

recognized W1,662 million of loss allowances for W6,582,548 million of debt instrument measured at amortized cost including loans and receivables.

Hedge accounting

K-IFRS No. 1109 maintains mechanics of hedge accounting including fair value hedges, cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation while replacing complex and regulation based requirements of hedge accounting in K-IFRS No. 1039 with principle based method for assessing hedge effectiveness by focusing on the risk management strategy of the Company. K-IFRS No. 1109 enlarges the risk management objectives and strategy and mitigates hedge accounting requirements including elimination of assessment to determine if it actually to have been highly effective throughout the financial reporting periods for which the hedge was designated and quantified guidance (80-125 percent).

By complying with the hedging rules in K-IFRS 1109, the Company can apply hedge accounting for transactions that do not meet the hedging criteria under K-IFRS 1039 thereby reducing volatility in the profit or loss.

When initially applying K-IFRS 1109, the Company may choose as its accounting policy to continue to apply hedge accounting requirements under K-IFRS 1039 instead of the requirements in K-IFRS 1109.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (t) New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted, Continued

 

(ii) K-IFRS No. 1115, Revenue from contracts with customers

K-IFRS No. 1115, Revenue from contracts with customers, published on November 6, 2015 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. K-IFRS No. 1115 replaces existing revenue recognition guidance, including K-IFRS No. 1018, Revenue, K-IFRS No. 1011, Construction Contracts, K-IFRS No. 2031, Revenue: Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services, K-IFRS No. 2113, Customer Loyalty Programmes, K-IFRS No. 2115, Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate and K-IFRS No. 2118, Transfers of Assets from Customers. Regarding transition to K-IFRS No.1115, the Company has decided to apply the cumulative effect method, i.e. recognizing the cumulative effect of applying K-IFRS No. 1115 at the date of initial application, which is January 1, 2018, without restatement of the comparative periods presented. In doing so, the Company also decided to apply the practical expedients as allowed by K-IFRS No. 1115 by applying the new standard only to those contracts that are not considered as completed contracts at the date of initial application.

Revenue recognition criteria in K-IFRS No. 1018 are applied separately to each transaction including sale of goods, rendering of services, interest, royalties, dividends and construction contracts. However, K-IFRS No. 1115 establishes a single new revenue recognition standard for contracts with customers and introduces a five-step model for determining whether, how much and when revenue is recognized.

The steps in five-step model are as follows:

a) Identify the contract with a customer.

b) Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

c) Determine the transaction price.

d) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

e) Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company assessed the financial impact of the adoption of K-IFRS No. 1115 on its separate financial statements. As a result, the potential general impact on its separate financial statements resulting from the application of the new standard is as follows:

Variable Consideration

The consideration received from customers may be variable as the Company allows its customers to return their products according to the contracts. The Company shall estimate an amount of variable consideration by using the expected value or the most likely amount, depending on which method the entity expects to better predict the amount of consideration to which it will be entitled and include in the transaction price some or all of an amount of variable consideration estimated only to the extent that is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when return period expires. The Company shall recognize refund liability measured at the amount of consideration received (or receivable) to which the Company does not expect to be entitled and a new asset for the right to recover returned goods. As a result of this change, it is expected that the refund liability and a new asset for the right to recover returned goods will be increased by W9,789 million, respectively, as of January 1, 2018.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continue

 

(iii) K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases

K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases, published on May 22, 2017 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. K-IFRS No. 1116 replaces existing leases guidance including K-IFRS No. 1017, Leases, K-IFRS No.2014, Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, K-IFRS No.2015, Operating Leases—Incentives and K-IFRS No.2027, Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease.

At inception of a contract, the Company assesses whether the contract is, or contains, a lease and reassess whether a contract is, or contains, a lease at the date of initial application. However, as a practical expedient, the Company is not required to reassess for contracts entered into, or changed, on or before January 1, 2019. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact on its separate financial statements resulting from the application of K-IFRS No. 1116.

(iv) K-IFRS No. 2112, Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration

According to the new interpretation, K-IFRS No. 2112, Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration, the date of the transaction for the purpose of determining the exchange rate to use on initial recognition of the related asset, expense or income (or part of it) is the date on which an entity initially recognizes the non-monetary asset or non-monetary liability arising from the payment or receipt of advance consideration. If there are multiple payments or receipts in advance, the entity shall determine a date of the transaction for each payment or receipt of advance consideration. K-IFRS No. 2122 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. Management believes that the adoption of the amendment is expected to have no significant impact on the separate financial statements of the Company.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

4. Cash and Cash Equivalents and Deposits in Banks

Cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Demand deposits

   W 566,408        259,467  

Deposits in banks

     

Time deposits

   W 507,930        1,004,134  

Restricted cash (*)

     72,840        72,386  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 580,770        1,076,520  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Deposits in banks

     

Restricted cash (*)

   W 11        13  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,147,189        1,336,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Restricted cash includes mutual growth fund to aid LG Group’s second and third-tier suppliers, pledge to enforce investment plans related to received subsidies from Gumi city and Gyeongsangbuk-do and others.

 

5. Receivables and Other Current Assets

 

  (a) Trade accounts and notes receivable at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Trade, net

   W 355,332        275,413  

Due from related parties

     4,318,238        4,853,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,673,570        5,128,925  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Other accounts receivable at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current assets

     

Non-trade receivable, net

   W 678,454        395,534  

Accrued income

     8,655        8,210  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 687,109        403,744  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due from related parties included in other accounts receivable, as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are W567,996 million and W308,756 million, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

5. Receivables and Other Assets, Continued

 

  (c) The aging of trade accounts and note receivable, other accounts receivable and long-term non-trade receivable at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017  
     Book value      Impairment loss  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable(*)
     Long-term
non-trade
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
    Other
accounts
receivable(*)
    Long-term
Non-trade
receivable
 

Not past due

   W   4,673,660        686,837        15,115        (570     (686     —    

Past due 1-15 days

     341        482        —          —         (3     —    

Past due 16-30 days

     135        53        —          —         (1     —    

Past due 31-60 days

     —          207        —          —         (2     —    

Past due more than 60 days

     4        622        —          —         (400     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 4,674,140        688,201        15,115        (570     (1,092     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) Other accounts receivable includes non-trade receivable and accrued income.

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2016  
     Book value      Impairment loss  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable(*)
     Long-term
non-trade
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
    Other
accounts
receivable(*)
    Long-term
non-trade
receivable
 

Not past due

   W   5,128,853        400,829        2,354        (520     (380     (23

Past due 1-15 days

     113        2,281        —          —         (20     —    

Past due 16-30 days

     394        309        —          —         —         —    

Past due 31-60 days

     63        639        —          —         (6     —    

Past due more than 60 days

     22        490        —          —         (398     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 5,129,445        404,548        2,354        (520     (804     (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

5. Receivables and Other Assets, Continued

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade accounts and notes receivable, other accounts receivable and long-term non-trade receivable for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2017     2016  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Long-term
non-trade
receivable
    Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
    Other
accounts
receivable
     Long-term
non-trade
receivable
 

Balance at the beginning of the period

   W 520        804        23       600       406        52  

(Reversal of) bad debt expense

     50        288        (23     (80     398        (29
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at the reporting date

   W   570        1,092        —         520       804        23  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

5. Receivables and Other Assets, Continued

 

  (d) Other assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current assets

     

Advance payments

   W 3,597        7,240  

Prepaid expenses

     76,129        65,842  

Value added tax refundable

     95,769        56,158  

Emission Right

     1,978        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 177,473        129,240  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Long-term prepaid expenses

   W 333,995        304,935  

Long-term advanced payment

     —          1,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   333,995        305,935  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

6. Other Financial Assets

 

  (a) Other financial assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current assets

     

Available-for-sale financial assets

   W 6        —    

Short-term loans

     13,493        7,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     13,499        7,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

   W 1,552        1,382  

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,853        5,708  

Deposits

     13,638        13,422  

Long-term loans

     30,772        29,562  

Long-term non-trade receivable

     15,115        2,331  

Derivatives(*)

     842        244  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   64,772        52,649  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other financial assets of related parties as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are W2,750 million and W3,488 million, respectively.

 

(*) Represents interest rate swap contracts related to borrowings with variable interest rate.

 

  (b) Available-for-sale financial assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current assets

     

Debt securities

     

Government bonds

   W 6        —    

Non-current assets

     

Debt securities

     

Government bonds

   W 156        154  

Equity securities

     

Intellectual Discovery, Ltd.

   W 729        729  

Kyulux, Inc.

     1,968        3,266  

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     —          1,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,697        5,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   2,859        5,708  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

7. Inventories

Inventories at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Finished goods

   W 491,330        527,658  

Work-in-process

     675,324        633,422  

Raw materials

     286,934        312,013  

Supplies

     228,657        233,890  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   1,682,245        1,706,983  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales, inventory write-downs and reversal and usage of inventory write-downs included in cost of sales are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2017      2016  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   W   21,718,047        21,748,952  

Including: inventory write-downs

     184,139        185,454  

Including: reversal and usage of inventory write-downs

     (185,454      (342,623

There were no significant reversals of inventory write-downs recognized during 2017 and 2016.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

8. Investments

 

  (a) Investments in subsidiaries consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)               December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Overseas Subsidiaries

  Location     Business     Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
value
    Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
Value
 

LG Display America, Inc.

   

San Jose,

U.S.A.

 

 

   

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100   W 36,815       100   W 36,815  

LG Display Germany GmbH

   
Eschborn,
Germany
 
 
   

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     19,373       100     19,373  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

    Tokyo, Japan      

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     15,686       100     15,686  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

    Taipei, Taiwan      

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     35,230       100     35,230  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

    Nanjing, China      

Manufacture

Display products

 

 

    100     593,726       100     593,726  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

    Shanghai, China      

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     9,093       100     9,093  

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

    Wroclaw, Poland      

Manufacture

Display products

 

 

    100     194,992       100     194,992  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

    Guangzhou, China      

Manufacture

Display products

 

 

    100     293,557       100     293,557  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

    Shenzhen, China      

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     3,467       100     3,467  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

    Singapore      

Sell Display

products

 

 

    100     1,250       100     1,250  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

   

Fujian,

China

 

 

   

Manufacture LCD
module and LCD
monitor sets
 
 
 
    51     10,123       51     10,123  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

   

Yantai,

China

 

 

   

Manufacture

Display products

 

 

    100     169,195       100     169,195  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

   

Gumi,

South Korea

 

 

    Janitorial services       100     800       100     800  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

    Guangzhou, China      
Manufacture and Sell
Display products
 
 
    51     723,086       51     723,086  

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

   
Wilmington,
U.S.A.
 
 
   
Manage intellectual
property
 
 
    100     9,489       100     9,489  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

    Guangzhou, China       Sell Display products       100     218       100     218  

Global OLED Technology LLC

   

Herndon,

U.S.A

 

 

   
Manage OLED
intellectual property
 
 
    100     164,322       100     164,322  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

   
Haiphong,
Vietnam

 
   
Manufacture
Display Products

 
    100     117,378       100     117,378  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

   

Suzhou,

China

 

 

   

Manufacture and sell
LCD module and
LCD monitor sets
 
 
 
    100     121,640       100     121,640  

MMT(*)

    Seoul, Korea       Money Market Trust       100     61,471       —         —    
       

 

 

     

 

 

 
        W 2,580,911       W 2,519,440  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(*) For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company acquired W61,471 million of Money Market Trust.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

8. Investments, Continued

 

  (b) Investments in associates consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)           December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Associates

  Location   Business   Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
Value
    Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
Value
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  Paju,

South Korea

  Manufacture electric

glass for FPDs

    40   W 45,089       40   W 45,089  

New Optics Ltd.(*1)

  Yangju,

South Korea

  Manufacture back light
parts for TFT-LCDs
    —         —         46     14,221  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

  Seongnam,

South Korea

  Develop and manufacture
the equipment for FPDs
    13     6,330       13     6,330  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

  Ansan,

South Korea

  Manufacture LED back
light unit packages
    14     10,268       14     10,268  

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (*2)

  Seoul,

South Korea

  Invest in small and middle
sized companies and
benefit from M&A
opportunities
    31     434       31     2,510  

Can Yang Investments Limited (*1,3)

  Hong Kong   Develop, manufacture and
sell LED parts
    —         —         9     7,568  

YAS Co., Ltd.(*4)

  Paju,

South Korea

  Develop and manufacture
deposition equipment for
OLEDs
    15     10,000       18     10,000  

Narenanotech Corporation (*1)

  Yongin,

South Korea

  Manufacture and sell FPD
manufacturing equipment
    —         —         23     30,000  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

  Daegu,

South Korea

  Process and sell electric
glass for FPDs
    17     10,600       17     10,600  

Arctic Sentinel, Inc.

  Los Angeles
U.S.A.
  Develop and manufacture
tablet

for kids

    10     —         10     —    

CYNORA Gmbh(*5)

  Bruchsal

Germany

  Develop organic emitting
materials for displays and
lighting devices
    14     20,309       —         —    
       

 

 

     

 

 

 
                  W103,030           W136,586  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(*1) During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company disposed of the entire investments in New Optics Ltd., Can Yang Investments Limited and Narenanotech Corporation.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

8. Investments, Continued

 

(*2) The Company is a member of a limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (“the Fund”). During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company received W2,076 million, respectively, from the Fund as capital distribution. In conjunction with this recovery, there were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in the Fund. On the other hand, a resolution to dissolve the fund was approved at the general meeting and the fund is in process of liquidation as of December 31, 2017.
(*3) In 2017, the Company recognized an impairment loss of W5,505 million as finance cost for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in Can Yang Investments Limited.
(*4) In 2017, the Company’s ownership percentage in YAS Co., Ltd. decreased from 18% to 15% as the Company did not participate in the capital increase of YAS Co., Ltd.
(*5) In September 2017, the Company invested W20,309 million in cash and acquired 88,584 shares of preferred stock with voting rights in CYNORA GmbH. As of December 31, 2017, the Company‘s ownership percentage in CYNORA GmbH is 14% and the Company has the right to appoint a director to the board of directors of the investee.

For the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of received dividends from subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates are W612,132 million and W409,798 million, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

9. Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (a) Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
    Land     Buildings and
structures
    Machinery
and
equipment
    Furniture
and
fixtures
    Construction-
in-progress (*1)
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2017

  W   461,483       4,730,093       33,536,183       637,918       2,680,073       134,488       42,180,238  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2017

    —         (1,999,023     (30,772,830     (560,513     —         (87,609     (33,419,975

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2017

    —         —         (2,290     —         —         —         (2,290
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2017

  W 461,483       2,731,070       2,761,063       77,405       2,680,073       46,879       8,757,973  

Additions

    —         —         —         —         5,544,771       —         5,544,771  

Depreciation

    —         (222,663     (1,460,085     (40,484     —         (9,669     (1,732,901

Disposals

    (1,042     (6,727     (70,068     (24     —         (3,122     (80,983

Others (*2)

    70       137,792       2,435,447       54,742       (2,640,052     12,001       —    

Government grants received

    —         (548     (3,150     —         1,839       —         (1,859
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2017

  W 460,511       2,638,924       3,663,207       91,639       5,586,631       46,089       12,487,001  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2017

  W 460,511       4,857,328       33,969,092       622,955       5,586,631       139,774       45,636,291  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2017

  W —         (2,218,404     (30,303,595     (531,316     —         (93,685     (33,147,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2017

  W —         —         (2,290     —         —         —         (2,290
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) As of December 31, 2017, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.
(*2) Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

9. Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (b) Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
    Land     Buildings and
structures
    Machinery
and
equipment
    Furniture
and
fixtures
    Construction-
in-progress (*1)
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2016

  W   462,787       4,727,833       33,400,868       672,540       775,841       145,727       40,185,596  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2016

    —         (1,777,001     (29,996,827     (584,891     —         (104,699     (32,463,418

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2016

    —         —         (3,156     —         —         —         (3,156
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2016

  W 462,787       2,950,832       3,400,885       87,649       775,841       41,028       7,719,022  

Additions

    —         —         —         —         3,208,435       —         3,208,435  

Depreciation

    —         (222,889     (1,595,161     (36,559     —         (9,555     (1,864,164

Disposals

    (1,304     (2,743     (295,974     (14     —         (860     (300,895

Others (*2)

    —         6,508       1,253,214       26,329       (1,302,317     16,266       —    

Government grants received

    —         (638     (1,901     —         (1,886     —         (4,425
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2016

  W 461,483       2,731,070       2,761,063       77,405       2,680,073       46,879       8,757,973  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2016

  W 461,483       4,730,093       33,536,183       637,918       2,680,073       134,488       42,180,238  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2016

  W —         (1,999,023     (30,772,830     (560,513     —         (87,609     (33,419,975
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2016

  W —         —         (2,290     —         —         —         (2,290
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) As of December 31, 2016, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.
(*2) Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

9. Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (c) Capitalized borrowing costs and capitalization rate for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2017     2016  

Capitalized borrowing costs

   W   46,033       16,909  

Capitalization rate

     1.91     2.91

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

10. Intangible Assets

 

  (a) Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                                            
    Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Member-
ships
    Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
(software)
    Customer
relationships
    Technology     Good-
will
    Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2017

  W 627,998       733,030       51,407       1,433,791       17,782       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,077       3,019,923  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2017

    (506,117     (605,247     —         (1,177,451     —         (26,678     (7,382     —         (13,071     (2,335,946

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2017

    —         —         (10,011     —         —         —         —         —         —         (10,011
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2017

  W 12,881       127,783       41,396       256,340       17,782       32,498       3,692       72,588       6       673,966  

Additions - internally developed

    —         —         —         336,208       —         —         —         —         —         336,208  

Additions - external purchases

    20,295       —         4,819       —         90,835       —         —         —         —         115,949  

Amortization (*1)

    (22,632     (67,388     —         (295,788     —         (4,660     (1,107     —         (5     (391,580

Disposals

    (4     —         (1,392     —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,396

Impairment loss

    —         —         (1,809     —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,809

Reversal of impairment loss

    —         —         35       —         —         —         —         —         —         35  

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —         77,895       —         —         (77,895     —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2017

  W 119,540       138,290       43,049       296,760       30,722       27,838       2,585       72,588       1       731,373  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2017

  W 665,645       810,270       54,834       1,769,998       30,722       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,077       3,487,384  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2017

  W (546,105     (671,980     —         (1,473,238     —         (31,338     (8,489     —         (13,076     (2,744,226
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2017

  W —         —         (11,785     —         —         —         —         —         —         (11,785
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) The Company has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses, and research and development expenses.
(*2) Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

10. Intangible Assets, Continued

 

  (b) Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                                            
    Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Member-
ships
    Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
(software)
    Customer
relationships
    Technology     Good-
will
    Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2016

  W 624,263       626,343       50,943       1,111,503       2,627       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,076       2,571,593  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2016

    (502,476     (488,517     —         (924,273     —         (19,731     (6,275     —         (13,050     (1,954,322

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2016

    —         —         (9,873     —         —         —         —         —         —         (9,873
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2016

  W 121,787       137,826       41,070       187,230       2,627       39,445       4,799       72,588       26       607,398  

Additions - internally developed

    —         —         —         322,288       —         —         —         —         —         322,288  

Additions - external purchases

    21,159       —         800       —         71,895       —         —         —         —         93,854  

Amortization (*1)

    (21,060     (66,783     —         (253,178     —         (6,947     (1,107     —         (20     (349,095

Disposals

    (5     —         (336     —         —         —         —         —         —         (341

Impairment loss

    —         —         (138     —         —         —         —         —         —         (138

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —         56,740       —         —         (56,740     —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2016

  W 121,881       127,783       41,396       256,340       17,782       32,498       3,692       72,588       6       673,966  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2016

  W 627,998       733,030       51,407       1,433,791       17,782       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,077       3,019,923  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2016

  W (506,117     (605,247     —         (1,177,451     —         (26,678     (7,382     —         (13,071     (2,335,946
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2016

  W —         —         (10,011     —         —         —         —         —         —         (10,011
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1) The Company has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses, and research and development expenses.
(*2) Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

10. Intangible Assets, Continued

 

  (c) Development of new projects are divided into research activities and development activities. Expenditures on research activities are recognized in profit or loss and development expenditures are capitalized, respectively.

 

  (d) Development costs as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

  (i) As of December 31, 2017

 

(In millions of won and in years)                   

Classification

   Product      Book Value      Remaining
Useful life

Development completed

     Mobile      W 79,372      0.6
     TV        36,038      0.6
     Notebook        14,311      0.5
     Others        12,444      0.4
     

 

 

    
             Sub-Total      W 142,165     
     

 

 

    

Development in process

     Mobile      W 117,222     
     TV        30,670     
     Notebook        2,356     
     Others        4,347     
     

 

 

    
     Sub-Total      W 154,595     
     

 

 

    

Total

      W 296,760     
     

 

 

    

 

  (ii) As of December 31, 2016

 

(In millions of won and in years)                     

Classification

   Product      Book Value      Remaining
Useful life
 

Development completed

     Mobile      W 54,405        0.5  
     TV        50,223        0.6  
     Notebook        16,207        0.6  
     Others        20,032        0.6  
     

 

 

    
             Sub-Total      W 140,867     
     

 

 

    

Development in process

     Mobile      W 45,496     
     TV        22,392     
     Notebook        21,950     
     Others        25,635     
     

 

 

    
     Sub-Total      W 115,473     
     

 

 

    

Total

      W 256,340     
     

 

 

    

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

11. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   W —          113,209  

Current portion of long-term debt

     1,058,985        554,526  

Current portion of Payment guarantee Liabilities

     1,750        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,060,735        667,735  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   W 1,251,258        821,922  

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     401,775        851,993  

Bonds

     1,506,003        1,511,062  

Payment guarantee Liabilities

     6,377        —    

Derivatives(*)

     —          472  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,165,413        3,185,449  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Represents interest rate swap contracts related to borrowings with variable interest rate.

 

  (b) Short-term borrowings of the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                

Lender

   Annual interest rate as of
December 31, 2017 (%)
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited

     —        W —          113,209  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

 

     —        USD   94  

 

  (c) Won denominated long-term borrowings at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                   

Lender

  

Annual interest rate as of

December 31, 2017 (%)

   December 31, 2017      December 31,
2016
 

Woori Bank

   3-year Korean Treasury Bond rate - 1.25, 2.75    W 1,922        2,991  

Shinhan Bank

   CD rate (91days) + 0.30      200,000        200,000  

Korea Development Bank and others

   CD rate (91days)+ 0.64~ 0.74, 2.28 ~ 3.07      1,250,000        620,000  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

        (200,664      (1,069
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 1,251,258        821,922  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

11. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Foreign currency denominated long-term borrowings at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)            

Lender

  Annual interest rate as of
December 31, 2017 (%)(*)
  December 31, 2017     December 31,
2016
 

The Export-Import Bank and Others

  3ML+0.55 ~1.04   W 755,337       1,027,225  

Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited

      —         8,469  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

    USD  705     USD  857  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

      (353,562     (183,701
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    W 401,775       851,993  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) ML represents Month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rates).

 

  (e) Details of bonds issued and outstanding at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                       
     Maturity      Annual interest rate as
of
December 31, 2017
(%)
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Won denominated bonds(*)

           

Publicly issued bonds

    

Mar 2018~

Oct 2022

 

 

     1.73~3.73      W 2,015,000        1,885,000  

Less discount on bonds

           (4,238      (4,182

Less current portion

           (504,759      (369,756
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 1,506,003        1,511,062  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Principal of the won denominated bonds is to be repaid at maturity and interests are paid quarterly in arrears.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

12. Employee Benefits

The Company’s defined benefit plans provide a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Company or certain subsidiaries.

The defined benefit plans expose the Company to actuarial risks, such as the risk associated with expected periods of service, interest rate risk, market (investment) risk, and others.

 

  (a) Net defined benefit liabilities recognized at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   W 1,560,525        1,400,621  

Fair value of plan assets

     (1,465,990      (1,258,409
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 94,535        142,212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Opening defined benefit obligations

   W 1,400,621        1,381,073  

Current service cost

     194,462        210,504  

Interest cost

     40,844        39,420  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (114      (161,082

Benefit payments

     (75,822      (65,089

Transfers from (to) related parties

     534        (4,205
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing defined benefit obligations

   W 1,560,525        1,400,621  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2017, and 2016 are 14.0 years and 14.3 years, respectively.

 

  (c) Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Opening fair value of plan assets

   W 1,258,409        1,027,850  

Expected return on plan assets

     38,453        29,140  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (16,374      (5,736

Contributions by employer directly to plan assets

     250,000        265,000  

Benefit payments

     (64,498      (57,845
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing fair value of plan assets

   W 1,465,990        1,258,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

12. Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (d) Plan assets at the reporting date are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Guaranteed deposits in banks

   W   1,465,990        1,258,409  

As of December 31, 2017, the Company maintains the plan assets with Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd., Shinhan Bank and others.

The Company’s estimated additional contribution to the plan assets for the year ending December 31, 2018 is W129,138 million.

 

  (e) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Current service cost

   W   194,462        210,504  

Net interest cost

     2,391        10,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 196,853        220,784  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses are recognized in the following line items in the separate statements of comprehensive income.

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Cost of sales

   W 158,419        177,652  

Selling expenses

     10,810        12,335  

Administrative expenses

     15,202        16,486  

Research and development expenses

     12,422        14,311  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   196,853        220,784  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

12. Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (f) Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Included in other comprehensive income

     

Balance at January 1

   W (163,133      (280,885

Remeasurements

     

Actuarial profit or loss arising from:

     

Experience adjustment

     (48,890      70,258  

Demographic assumptions

     (7,702      (4,605

Financial assumptions

         56,706        95,429  

Return on plan assets

     (16,374      (5,736
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (16,260      155,346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

   W 9,259        (37,594
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W (170,134      (163,133
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (g) Principal actuarial assumptions at the reporting date (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Expected rate of salary increase

     4.7     4.7

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     3.2     3.0

Assumptions regarding future mortality are based on published statistics and mortality tables. The current mortality underlying the values of the liabilities in the defined benefit plans are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Teens

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Twenties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Thirties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.01     0.01

Forties

   Males      0.03     0.03
   Females      0.02     0.02

Fifties

   Males      0.05     0.05
   Females      0.02     0.02

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

12. Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (h) Reasonably possible changes to respective relevant actuarial assumptions would have affected the defined benefit obligations by the following amounts as of December 31, 2017:

 

(In millions of won)             
     Defined benefit obligation  
     1% increase     1% decrease  

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     W  (190,224)       229,954  

Expected rate of salary increase

     224,578       (189,818

 

13. Provisions and Other Liabilities

 

  (a) Changes in provisions for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Litigations and
claims
     Warranties
(*)
     Others      Total  

Balance at January 1, 2017

   W —          60,530        1,665        62,195  

Additions

     43        217,198        170        217,411  

Usage and reclassification

     —          (177,609      —          (177,609
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

   W 43        100,119        1,835        101,997  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

   W 43        71,807        1,835        73,685  

Non-current

   W —          28,312        —          28,312  

 

(*) The provision for warranties covers defective products and is normally applicable for 18 months from the date of purchase. The warranty liability is calculated by using historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, and costs per claim to satisfy the Company’s warranty obligation.

 

  (b) Other liabilities at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Current liabilities

     

Withholdings

   W 23,948        24,840  

Unearned revenues

     9,566        5,491  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   33,514        30,331  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

     

Long-term accrued expenses

   W 66,956        61,615  

Long-term other accounts payable

     —          3,528  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 66,956        65,143  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

14. Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

 

  (a) Legal Proceedings

Delaware Display Group LLC and Innovative Display Technologies LLC (“DDG” and “IDT”)

In December 2013, Delaware Display Group LLC and Innovative Display Technologies LLC filed a patent infringement case (“First Case”) against the Company and LG Display America, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and “DDG” and “IDT” filed a new patent infringement case against the Company and LG Display America, Inc. over the three patents that were dismissed without prejudice from the First Case in December 2015. Additionally, in August 2016, Innovative Display Technologies LLC filed a new patent infringement case against the Company and LG Display America, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas with respect to two new patents. In March 2017, the parties reached settlements in principle through mediation. In April 2017, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal and amicably settled all claims asserted in the above-mentioned patent litigations.

Surpass Tech Innovation LLC

In March 2014, Surpass Tech Innovation LLC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against the Company and LG Display America, Inc. for alleged patent infringement. In April 2017, the case was terminated pursuant to a stipulation of dismissal filed by Surpass Tech Innovation LLC.

Anti-trust litigations

Argos Limited and affiliated companies (“Argos”) filed a Notice of Claim against the Company and LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. in the High Court of Justice in London alleging infringement of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Agreement on the European Economic Area. Prior to Argos’ filing of Particulars of Claim and service, the Company and LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. reached a settlement in principle in December 2017. The parties expect to execute a settlement agreement in early 2018.

Others

The Company is defending against various claims in addition to pending proceedings described above. The Company does not have a present obligation for these matters and has not recognized any provision at December 31, 2017.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

14. Contingent Liabilities and Commitments, Continued

 

  (b) Commitments

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

The Company has agreements with Korea Development Bank and several other banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,743 million (W1,867,964 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2017, no short-term borrowings were outstanding in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts mentioned about, the Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

The Company has a credit facility agreement with Shinhan Bank and several other banks pursuant to which the Company could sell its accounts receivables up to an aggregate of W347,136 million in connection with its domestic and export sales transactions and, as of December 31, 2017, no accounts and notes receivable sold to Shinhan Bank were outstanding in connection with the agreement. In connection with the contract above, the Company has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

Letters of credit

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has agreements in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 30 million (W32,142 million) with KEB Hana Bank, USD 80 million (W85,712 million) with Bank of China and USD 50 million (W53,570 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Payment guarantees

The Company provides a payment guarantee in connection with the term loan credit facilities of LG Display Vietnam Haiphong, Co., Ltd. amounting to USD 495 million (W530,343 million) for principals.

In addition, the Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 900 million (W964,260 million) from KEB Hana Bank and others for advance received related to the long-term supply agreements and USD 8.5 million (W9,107 million) from Shinhan bank for value added tax payments in Poland.

License agreements

As of December 31, 2017, in relation to its LCD business, the Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others and has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp.

Long-term supply agreement

As of December 31, 2017, in connection with long-term supply agreements with customers, the Company recognized USD 900 million (W964,260 million) in advances received. The advances received will be offset against outstanding accounts receivable balances after a given period of time, as well as those arising from the supply of products thereafter. The Company received payment guarantees amounting to USD 900 million (W964,260 million) from KEB Hana Bank and other various banks relating to advance received.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

15. Share Capital

The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value W5,000), and as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.

 

16. Retained earnings

 

  (a) Retained earnings at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Legal reserve

   W 194,267        176,376  

Other reserve

     68,251        68,251  

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss

     (170,134      (163,133

Retained earnings

     9,696,683        8,113,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   9,789,067        8,195,255  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, details of the Company’s appropriations of retained earnings are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, except for cash dividend per common stock)              
     2017      2016  

Retained earnings before appropriations

     

Unappropriated retained earnings carried over from prior year

   W 7,916,962        7,146,683  

Profit for the year

     1,779,721        967,078  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     9,696,683        8,113,761  

Appropriation of retained earnings (*)

     

Earned surplus reserve

     17,891        17,891  

Cash dividend

(Dividend per common stock (%): 2017: W500 (10%))

     178,908        178,908  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     196,799        196,799  

Unappropriated retained earnings carried forward to the following year

   W   9,499,884        7,916,962  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the date of appropriation is March 15, 2018 and March 23, 2017, respectively.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

17. Revenue

Details of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Sales of goods

   W   25,541,281        24,371,340  

Royalties

     17,236        14,009  

Others

     32,565        33,946  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   25,591,082        24,419,295  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

18. The Nature of Expenses and Others

The classification of expenses by nature for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Changes in inventories

   W 24,738        143,230  

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     10,140,086        10,345,816  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,124,481        2,213,259  

Outsourcing fees

     5,372,293        5,207,463  

Labor costs

     2,696,869        2,492,498  

Supplies and others

     1,011,035        888,473  

Utility

     716,354        715,600  

Fees and commissions

     486,939        482,598  

Shipping costs

     124,303        121,842  

Advertising

     230,453        67,299  

Warranty expenses

     217,198        130,582  

Travel

     81,731        64,229  

Taxes and dues

     48,043        47,341  

Others

     812,902        834,224  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   24,087,425        23,754,454  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses consist of cost of sales, selling, administrative, research and development expenses and other non-operating expenses, excluding foreign exchange differences.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

19. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Salaries

   W 220,300        182,201  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     26,012        28,821  

Other employee benefits

     49,769        46,415  

Shipping costs

     97,666        97,817  

Fees and commissions

     112,035        123,645  

Depreciation

     88,665        82,671  

Taxes and dues

     2,449        3,743  

Advertising

     230,453        67,299  

Warranty expenses

     217,198        130,582  

Rent

     10,004        9,891  

Insurance

     6,620        6,081  

Travel

     19,812        16,051  

Training

     13,862        12,710  

Others

     45,523        34,988  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   1,140,368        842,915  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

20. Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Salaries and wages

   W 2,314,935        2,045,215  

Other employee benefits

     312,816        303,597  

Contributions to National Pension plan

     73,061        69,588  

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     196,853        220,784  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   2,897,665        2,639,184  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

21. Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Foreign currency gain

   W 642,208        1,172,207  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     139,053        58,142  

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

     308        900  

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     35        —    

Rental income

     3,514        3,433  

Others

     5,358        19,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   790,476        1,254,374  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Foreign currency loss

   W 898,221        1,002,187  

Other bad debt expense

     2,180        369  

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     11,620        6,428  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     30        75  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,809        138  

Donations

     16,991        22,047  

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     443        15,240  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   931,294        1,046,484  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

22. Finance Income and Finance Costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   W 25,561        27,371  

Dividend income

     612,132        409,798  

Foreign currency gain

     116,085        7,443  

Gain on disposal of investments

     4,203        13,221  

Gain on transaction of derivatives

     3,106        4,427  

Gain on valuation of derivatives

     1,070        244  

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets

     8        —    

Gain on valuation of Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     170        —    

Others

     1,154        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   763,489        462,504  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

     

Interest expense

   W 47,294        82,919  

Foreign currency loss

     39,639        51,320  

Loss on disposal of investments

     22,490        —    

Loss on impairment of investments

     5,505        1,632  

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     46        4  

Loss on valuation of Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     —          118  

Loss on impairment of available-for-sale financial assets

     1,948        3,757  

Loss on transaction of derivatives

     514        334  

Loss on valuation of derivatives

     —          472  

Others

     2,098        1,209  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 119,534        141,765  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   W  —          (77

Tax effect

     —          19  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance income (costs) recognized in other comprehensive income or loss after tax

   W  —          (58
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

23. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Current tax expense

     

Current year

   W 324,522        190,371  

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

   W (52,668      7,640  

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets

     (11,708      72,678  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (64,376      80,318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   W   260,146        270,689  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Income taxes recognized directly in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2017     2016  
     Before
tax
    Tax
benefit
     Net of tax     Before
tax
    Tax benefit
(expense)
    Net of tax  

Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

   W —         —          —         (77     19       (58

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

     (16,260     9,259        (7,001     155,346       (37,594     117,752  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W (16,260     9,259        (7,001     155,269       (37,575     117,694  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (c) Reconciliation of the actual effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2017      2016  

Profit for the year

   W        1,779,721           967,078  

Income tax expense

        260,146           270,689  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Profit before income tax

        2,039,867           1,237,767  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Income tax expense using the Company’s statutory tax rate

     24.20%        493,648        24.20%        299,539  

Non-deductible expenses

     2.63%        53,671        2.64%        32,715  

Tax credits

     (11.81%)        (240,788)        (10.33%)        (127,948)  

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets

     (0.57%)        (11,708)        5.87%        72,678  

Effect on change in tax rate (Note 24(d))

     (1.69%)        (34,455)        —          —    

Others

     (0.01%)        (222)        (0.51%)        (6,295)  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Actual income tax expense

   W        260,146           270,689  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Actual effective tax rate

        12.75%           21.87%  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

24. Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

 

  (a) Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities

As of December 31, 2017, in relation to the temporary differences on investments in subsidiaries amounting to W209,877 million, the Company did not recognize deferred tax liabilities since the Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

  (b) Unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized

Realization of deferred tax assets related to tax credit carryforwards is dependent on whether sufficient taxable income will be generated prior to their expiration. As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized deferred tax assets of W268,926 million, in relation to tax credit carryforwards, to the extent that management believes the realization is probable.

 

(In millions of won)                              
     December 31,
2018
     December 31,
2019
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2022
 

Tax credit carryforwards

   W —          —          —          58,391        91,862  

 

  (c) Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
     December 31,
2017
    December 31,
2016
    December 31,
2017
    December 31,
2016
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W —          —          (1,378     (1,190     (1,378     (1,190

Inventories, net

     30,688        32,150        —         —         30,688       32,150  

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     2,375        10,817        —         —         2,375       10,817  

Accrued expenses

     179,112        119,952        —         —         179,112       119,952  

Property, plant and equipment

     206,900        177,833        —         —         206,900       177,833  

Intangible assets

     1,249        744        —         —         1,249       744  

Provisions

     27,018        15,051        —         —         27,018       15,051  

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     13        11        —         —         13       11  

Others

     12,345        10,845        —         —         12,345       10,845  

Tax credit carryforwards

     268,926        287,400        —         —         268,926       287,400  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 728,626        654,803        (1,378     (1,190     727,248       653,613  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

24. Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                            
     January 1,
2016
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
income
    December 31,
2016
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
income
     December 31,
2017
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W (2,388     1,198       —         (1,190     (188     —          (1,378

Inventories, net

     43,170       (11,020     —         32,150       (1,462     —          30,688  

Available-for-sale financial assets

     (19     —         19       —         —         —          —    

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     58,962       (10,551     (37,594     10,817       (17,701     9,259        2,375  

Accrued expenses

     120,359       (407     —         119,952       59,160       —          179,112  

Property, plant and equipment

     137,393       40,440       —         177,833       29,067       —          206,900  

Intangible assets

     817       (73     —         744       505       —          1,249  

Provisions

     14,152       899       —         15,051       11,967       —          27,018  

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     11       —         —         11       2       —          13  

Others

     14,032       (3,187     —         10,845       1,500       —          12,345  

Tax credit carryforwards

     385,017       (97,617     —         287,400       (18,474     —          268,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W   771,506       (80,318     (37,575     653,613       64,376       9,259        727,248  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Company is 24.2% for the year-ended December 31, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2017, certain amendments to corporate income tax rules in Korea were enacted and effective on January 1, 2018 that resulted in application of 27.5% for taxable income in excess of W 300,000 million. Accordingly, the Company recorded the impact from the amendment in 2017.

 

25. Earnings per Share

 

  (a) Basic earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2017      2016  

Profit for the period

   W 1,779,721,318,741        967,077,258,240  

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

     357,815,700        357,815,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share

   W 4,974        2,703  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common stocks used for calculating earnings per share.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

25. Earnings per Share, Continued

 

  (b) Diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are not calculated since there was no potential common stock.

 

26. Financial Risk Management

The Company is exposed to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risks. The Company identifies and analyzes such risks, and controls are implemented under a risk management system to monitor and manage these risks at below a threshold level.

 

  (a) Market risk

Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices will affect the Company’s income or the value of its holdings of financial instruments. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimizing the return.

 

  (i) Currency risk

The Company is exposed to currency risk on sales, purchases and borrowings that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Company, Korean won (KRW). The currencies in which these transactions primarily are denominated are USD, JPY, etc.

Interest on borrowings is denominated in the currency of the borrowing. Generally, borrowings are denominated in currencies that match the cash flows generated by the underlying operations of the Company, primarily KRW and USD.

In respect of other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, the Company adopts policies to ensure that its net exposure is kept to an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates when necessary to address short-term imbalances.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  i) Exposure to currency risk

The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2017  
     USD     JPY     CNY     PLN     EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     482       77       —         2       —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,840       1,960       —         —         —    

Non-trade receivable

     73       1,674       1,085       —         9  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (1,337     (13,659     —         —         —    

Other accounts payable

     (170     (12,582     (1,059     (10     (2

Debt

     (705     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     2,183       (22,530     26       (8     7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2016  
     USD     JPY     CNY     PLN     EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     20       268       —         2       —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,929       1,315       —         —         —    

Non-trade receivable

     90       4,222       1,312       —         3  

Long-term non-trade receivable

     2       —         —         —         —    

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —         51       —         —         —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (1,442     (14,940     —         —         —    

Other accounts payable

     (120     (7,161     (1     (12     (1

Debt

     (951     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     1,528       (16,245     1,311       (10     2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

Average exchange rates applied for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the exchange rates at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2017      2016      December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

USD

   W 1,131.08        1,159.83      W 1,071.40        1,208.50  

JPY

     10.09        10.67        9.49        10.37  

CNY

     167.52        174.40        163.65        173.26  

PLN

     299.98        294.41        306.07        287.62  

EUR

     1,277.01        1,283.95        1,279.25        1,267.60  

 

  ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Company’s assets or liabilities denominated in a foreign currency as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Company considers to be reasonably possible as of the end of the reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, would remain constant. The changes in equity and profit or loss would have been as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  
     Equity      Profit
or loss
     Equity      Profit
or loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   W 88,643        88,643      W 69,986        69,986  

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (8,104      (8,104      (6,383      (6,383

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     161        161        8,609        8,609  

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     (93      (93      (109      (109

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     339        339        96        96  

A stronger won against the above currencies as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 would have had the equal but opposite effect on the above currencies to the amounts shown above, on the basis that all other variables remain constant.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (ii) Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk arises principally from the Company’s debentures and borrowings. The Company establishes and applies its policy to reduce uncertainty arising from fluctuations in the interest rate and to minimize finance cost and manages interest rate risk by monitoring of trends of fluctuations in interest rate and establishing plan for countermeasures.

 

  i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Company’s interest-bearing financial instruments at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  
       

Fixed rate instruments

     

Financial assets

   W 1,147,340        1,336,141  

Financial liabilities

     (2,962,671      (2,203,378
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (1,815,331      (867,237
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

     

Financial liabilities

   W (1,255,350      (1,649,334

 

  ii) Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for the respective following years. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, remain constant.

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Equity      Profit or loss  
     1%
increase
     1%
decrease
     1%
increase
     1%
decrease
 

December 31, 2017

           

Variable rate instruments(*)

   W (6,863      6,863        (6,863      6,863  

December 31, 2016

           

Variable rate instruments(*)

   W (9,849      9,849        (9,849      9,849  

 

(*) Financial instruments subject to interest rate swap not qualified for hedging are excluded.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (b) Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises principally from the Company’s receivables from customers.

The Company’s exposure to credit risk of trade and other receivables is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. However, management believes that the demographics of the Company’s customer base, including the default risk of the country in which customers operate, do not have a significant influence on credit risk since the majority of the customers are global electronic appliance manufacturers operating in global markets.

The Company establishes credit limits for each customer and each new customer is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively before determining whether to utilize third party guarantees, insurance or factoring as appropriate.

The Company does not establish allowances for receivables under insurance or receivables from customers with a high credit rating. For the rest of the receivables, the Company establishes an allowance for impairment of trade and other receivables that have been individually or collectively evaluated for impairment and estimated on the basis of historical loss experience for assets.

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 566,408        259,467  

Deposits in banks

     580,781        1,076,533  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     4,673,570        5,128,925  

Non-trade receivable, net

     678,454        395,534  

Accrued income

     8,655        8,210  

Available-for-sale financial assets

     162        154  

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     1,552        1,382  

Deposits

     13,638        13,422  

Short-term loans

     13,493        7,696  

Long-term loans

     30,772        29,562  

Long-term non-trade receivable

     15,115        2,331  

Derivatives

     842        244  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   6,583,442        6,923,460  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition to the financial assets above, as of December 31, 2017, the Company provides a payment guarantee of USD 495 million (W530,343 million), for its subsidiary.

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises primarily from the sales and investing activities. Trade accounts and notes receivables are insured in order to manage credit risk and uninsured trade accounts and notes receivables are managed in accordance with the Company’s management policy.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (c) Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company’s reputation.

The Company has historically been able to satisfy its cash requirements from cash flows from operations and debt and equity financing. To the extent that the Company does not generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet its capital requirements, the Company may rely on other financing activities, such as external long-term borrowings and offerings of debt securities, equity-linked and other debt securities. In addition, the Company maintains a line of credit with various banks.

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of December 31, 2017.

 

(In millions of won)           Contractual cash flows  
     Carrying
amount
     Total      6 months
or less
     6-12
months
     1-2
years
     2-5
years
     More than
5 years
 

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                    

Unsecured bank loans

   W 2,207,259        2,304,276        25,868        576,819        843,725        819,736        38,128  

Unsecured bond issues

     2,010,762        2,124,147        413,307        134,829        592,031        983,980        —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

     2,391,493        2,391,493        2,391,493        —          —          —          —    

Other accounts payable

     2,701,823        2,701,823        2,701,456        367        —          —          —    

Payment guarantee(*)

     8,127        579,344        6,141        14,476        44,790        356,361        157,576  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 9,319,464        10,101,083        5,538,265        726,491        1,480,546        2,160,077        195,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Contractual cash flows of payment guarantee is identical to timing of principal payment and represent the maximum amount that the Company could be required to pay the guarantee amount.

It is not expected that the cash flows included in the maturity analysis could occur significantly earlier, or at significantly different amounts.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (d) Capital Management

Management’s policy is to maintain a capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. Liabilities to equity ratio, net borrowings to equity ratio and other financial ratios are used by management to achieve an optimal capital structure. Management also monitors the return on capital as well as the level of dividends to ordinary shareholders.

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Total liabilities

   W   11,580,156        9,577,303  

Total equity

     13,829,259        12,235,447  

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     1,147,178        1,335,987  

Borrowings (including bonds)

     4,218,021        3,852,712  

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     84%        78%  

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     22%        21%  

 

(*1) Cash and deposits in banks consist of cash and cash equivalents and current deposit in banks.
(*2) Net borrowings to equity ratio is calculated by dividing total borrowings (including bonds) less cash and current deposits in banks by total equity.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (e) Determination of fair value

 

  (i) Measurement of fair value

A number of the Company’s accounting policies and disclosures require the determination of fair value, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Fair values have been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the following methods. When applicable, further information about the assumptions made in determining fair values is disclosed in the notes specific to that asset or liability.

i) Other current financial assets and liabilities

The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

ii) Trade Receivables and Other Receivables

The fair value of trade and other receivables is estimated as the present value of future cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at the reporting date. This fair value is determined for disclosure purposes. The carrying amounts of short-term receivables approximate fair value.

iii) Investments in Equity and Debt Securities

The fair value of marketable available-for-sale financial assets is determined by reference to their quoted closing bid price at the reporting date. The fair value of non-marketable securities is determined using valuation methods.

iv) Non-derivative Financial Liabilities

Fair value, which is determined for disclosure purposes, except for the liabilities at FVTPL, is calculated based on the present value of future principal and interest cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at the reporting date.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (e) Determination of fair value, Continued

 

  (ii) Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the separate statement of financial position, are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
    Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   W 162        162       154        154  

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     1,552        1,552       1,382        1,382  

Derivatives

     842        842       244        244  

Assets carried at amortized cost

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 566,408           (*)      259,467           (*) 

Deposits in banks

     580,781           (*)      1,076,533           (*) 

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,673,570           (*)      5,128,925           (*) 

Non-trade receivable

     678,454           (*)      395.534           (*) 

Accrued income

     8,655           (*)      8,210           (*) 

Deposits

     13,638           (*)      13,422           (*) 

Short-term loans

     13,493           (*)      7,696           (*) 

Long-term loans

     30,772           (*)      29,562           (*) 

Long-term non-trade receivable

     15,115           (*)      2,331           (*) 

Liabilities carried at fair value

          

Derivatives

   W —          —         472        472  

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

          

Unsecured bank loans

   W 2,207,259        2,212,474       1,971,894        1,975,284  

Unsecured bond issues

     2,010,762        2,016,086       1,880,818        1,903,863  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     2,391,493           (*)      2,738,383           (*) 

Other accounts payable

     2,701,823        2,702,033       1,921,141        1,921,562  

Long-term other accounts payable

     —          —         3,528        3,891  

Payment guarantee

     8,127           (*)      —          —    

 

(*) Excluded from disclosures as the carrying amount approximates fair value.

 

  (iii) Financial Instruments measured at cost

Available-for-sale financial assets measured at cost as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

   W 729        729  

Kyulux Inc.

     1,968        3,266  

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     —          1,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,697        5,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

The movement in the available-for-sale financial assets for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     December 31, 2017  
     January 1,
2017
     Acquisition      Disposal and
others
    Impairment     December 31,
2017
 

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

   W 729        —          —         —         729  

Kyulux Inc.

     3,266        —          —         (1,298     1,968  

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     1,559        —          (909     (650     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,554        —          (909     (1,948     2,697  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions of won)  
     December 31, 2016  
     January 1,
2016
     Acquisition      Disposal and
others
     Impairment     December 31,
2016
 

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

   W 2,673        —          —          (1,944     729  

Kyulux Inc.

     3,266        —          —          —         3,266  

Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.

     3,372        —          —          (1,813     1,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     9,311        —          —          (3,757     5,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Available-for-sale-financial assets consist of investments in equity securities and the fair value of some investments in equity securities are measured at cost because the range of reasonable fair value measurements is significant and the probabilities of the various estimates cannot be reasonably assessed since they do not have a quoted price in an active market for an identical instruments.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (iv) Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

 

  i) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value based on the input variables used in the valuation method to measure fair value of assets and liabilities. The different levels have been defined as follows:

 

• Level 1:   quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
• Level 2:   inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
• Level 3:   inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data

 

  ii) Financial instruments measured at fair value

Fair value hierarchy classifications of the financial instruments that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2017

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   W 162        —          —          162  

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     —          —          1,552        1,552  

Derivatives

     —          —          842        842  
(In millions of won)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2016

           

Assets

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   W   154        —          —          154  

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     —          —          1,382        1,382  

Derivatives

     —          —          244        244  

Liabilities

           

Derivatives

     —          —          472        472  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

26. Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  iii) Financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed

Fair value hierarchy classifications, valuation technique and inputs for fair value measurements of the financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2017      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3        

Liabilities

              

Unsecured bank loans

   W   —                 2,212,474       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Unsecured bond issues

     —                 2,016,086       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Other accounts payable

     —                 2,702,033       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2016      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3        

Liabilities

              

Unsecured bank loans

   W   —          —          1,975,284       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Unsecured bond issues

     —          —          1,903,863       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Other accounts payable

     —          —          1,921,562       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Long-term other accounts payable

     —          —          3,891       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

The interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value at the reporting date are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2017   December 31, 2016
Debentures, loans and others    1.57~2.92%   1.48~2.68%

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

27. Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

 

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                              
     January 1,
2017
           Non-cash transactions         
        Cash flows from
financing activities
    Reclassification     Exchange rate
effect
    Effective
interest
adjustment
     Others      December 31,
2017
 

Short-term borrowings

   W 113,209        (105,864     —         (7,345     —          —          —    

Current portion of long-term debt

     554,526        (544,557     1,103,870       (55,456     602        —          1,058,985  

Payment Guarantee

     —          868       —         —         —          7,259        8,127  

Long-term borrowings

     1,673,915        630,000       (599,469     (51,413     —          —          1,653,033  

Bonds

     1,511,062        497,959       (504,401     —         1,383        —          1,506,003  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   3,852,712        478,406       —         (114,214     1,985        7,259        4,226,148  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others

 

  (a) Related parties

Related parties for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

Description

Subsidiaries(*)    LG Display America, Inc. and others
Associates(*)    Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. and others
Subsidiaries of Associates    AVATEC Electronics Yantai Co., Ltd. and others
Entity that has significant influence over the Company    LG Electronics Inc.
Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company    Subsidiaries of LG Electronics Inc.

 

(*) Details of subsidiaries and associates are described in note 8.

Related parties that have transactions such as sales or balance of trade accounts and notes receivable and payable with the Company excluding subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

December 31, 2017

  

December 31, 2016

Subsidiaries of associates      

New Optics USA, Inc.

     

NEWOPTIX RS. SA DE CV

Entity that has significant influence over the Company   

LG Electronics Inc.

  

LG Electronics Inc.

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company   

Hiplaza Co., Ltd.

  

Hiplaza Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

  

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

  

Hanuri Co., Ltd.

  

Hanuri Co., Ltd.

  

Hi M Solutek

  

Hi M Solutek

  

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

  

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital

Communication Co., Ltd.

  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital

Communication Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

  

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.

  

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.

  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

  

  

LG Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

  

LG Electronics Nanjing New Technology co., LTD.

  

LG Electronics Nanjing New Technology co., LTD.

  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (a) Related parties, Continued

 

Classification

  

December 31, 2017

  

December 31, 2016

  

LG Electronics Singapore PTE LTD.

  

LG Electronics Singapore PTE LTD.

  

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

  

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

  

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

  

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

  

LG Electronics Almaty Kazakhstan

  

LG Electronics Almaty Kazakhstan

  

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

  

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Mexicali S.A.DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Mexicali S.A.DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V.

  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

  

—  

  

LG Electronics Shenyang Inc.

  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E

  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E

  

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. Z o.o

  

LG Electronics Wroclaw Sp. Z o.o

  

LG Electronics Ticaret A.S.

  

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (b) Significant transactions such as sales of goods and purchases of raw material and outsourcing service and others, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
     2017  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and others      Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries

                 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 11,080,713        11,060        —          —          —          25  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     2,468,424        3,438        —          —          —          52  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     1,804,786        4,365        —          —          —          7,395  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     1,489,786        3,161        —          —          —          1,031  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     17,585        60,292        —          —          525,508        —    

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     1,273,823        11,783        —          —          —          366  

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     314        —          —          —          34,540        34  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     34,051        363,086        7,826        —          2,156,897        10,152  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     1,842,778        4,988        —          —          —          7  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     36,628        128,998        15,342        373        2,027,508        25,890  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     68,794        10,079        1,552,070        —          —          —    

LG Display Singapore Pte LTD.

     960,332        1,917        —          —          —          668  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     453,757        —          15        —          —          793  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     95        —          —          —          —          18,528  

Global OLED Technology LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          6,030  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     586,062        326        —          —          —          180  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     4,321        —          —          —          148,758        —    

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     207,280        —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   22,329,529        603,493        1,575,253        373        4,893,211        71,151  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)                                          
     2017  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and Others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Associates and their subsidiaries

                 

New Optics Ltd. (*)

   W 1        —          —          —          4        6  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          —          —          175  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

     —          —          1,862        37,296        —          2,255  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —          530        —          —          90,785        720  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          8,109        380,815        —          —          4,225  

Narenanotech Corporation(*)

     —          —          279        12,251        —          177  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          —          6,347        69,242        —          2,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1        8,639        389,303        118,789        90,789        10,032  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W   1,677,434        —          46,765        696,628        —          108,639  

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2017  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 71,597        —          —          —          —          163  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     205,934        —          —          —          —          198  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V.

     76,277        —          —          —          —          1,926  

LG Electronics Almaty Kazakhstan

     14,079        —          —          —          —          53  

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

     14,155        —          —          —          —          25  

LG Electronics Mexicalli, S.A. DE C.V.

     29,115        —          —          —          —          186  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     3,941        —          —          —          —          963  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     14,836        —          185,464        —          —          5,245  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          314,645        —          —    

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     110,310        —          —          —          —          —    

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     77,355        —          —          —          —          —    

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          —          —          27,449  

Others

     3,121        —          3        —          —          8,252  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 620,720        —          185,467        314,645        —          44,460  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   24,627,684        612,132        2,196,788        1,130,435        4,984,000        234,282  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Represents transactions occurred prior to disposal of the entire investments

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2016  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries

                 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 10,517,238        43,571        —          —          —          300  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     1,833,605        19,309        —          —          —          39  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     1,983,357        4,412        —          —          —          9,407  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     1,567,439        2,565        —          —          —          955  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     40,836        29,079        —          68        447,108        1  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     1,525,967        6,077        —          —          —          152  

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     2,080        —          —          —          44,791        34  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     45,637        147,477        7,767        —          1,975,996        12,512  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     1,853,041        1,594        —          —          —          28  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     25,565        71,025        25,894        —          2,215,835        38,631  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     1,808        18,119        693,790        —          —          —    

LG Display Singapore Pte LTD.

     972,649        —          —          —          —          6  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     465,983        6,749        26        —          —          849  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     51        —          —          —          —          10,788  

Global OLED Technology LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          6,015  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     380,979        —          —          —          —          —    

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     93,033        —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   21,309,268        349,977        727,477        68        4,683,730        79,717  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

 

(In millions of won)    2016  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and Others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Joint Venture

                 

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.(*1)

   W 59,388        29,902        —          —          —          543  

Associates and their subsidiaries

                 

New Optics Ltd.

   W 2,469        —          50,372        —          7,569        255  

NEW OPTICS USA, Inc

     —          —          —          —          509        —    

NEWOPTIX RS. SA DE CV

     33        —          —          —          —          —    

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          —          —          32  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

     54        —          1,429        24,128        —          197  

TLI Inc.(*2)

     —          101        57,429        —          —          2,238  

AVACO Co., Ltd.(*2)

     —          128        703        4,964        —          849  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —          265        —          —          70,196        1,027  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          21,030        453,463        —          —          3,674  

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16

     —          8,394        —          —          —          —    

Narenanotech Corporation

     17        —          513        16,258        —          536  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     44        —          2,075        80,836        —          1,758  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,617        29,918        565,984        126,186        78,274        10,566  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W   1,560,575        —          22,059        443,328        —          101,120  

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2016  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales
and others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other costs  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 75,591        —          —          —          —          45  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     162,893        —          —          —          —          108  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V.

     75,692        —          —          —          —          1,655  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     6,188        —          —          —          —          354  

LG Electronics Almaty Kazakhstan

     15,953        —          —          —          —          33  

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

     21,236        —          —          —          —          39  

LG Electronics Mexicalli, S.A. DE C.V.

     11,871        —          —          —          —          77  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     10,476        —          —          —          —          1,042  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     11,503        —          193,489        —          —          9,527  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          159,173        —          —    

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     247,038        —          —          —          —          5  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     38,756        —          —          —          —          —    

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          —          —          25,365  

Others

     1        —          3        —          —          5,488  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 677,198        —          193,492        159,173        —          43,738  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   23,609,046        409,797        1,509,012        728,755        4,762,004        235,684  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1) Represents transactions occurred prior to exchange of equity interests.
(*2) Represents transactions occurred prior to disposal of the entire investments.

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (c) Trade accounts and notes receivable and payable as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)      
    Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
    Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016     December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Subsidiaries

       

LG Display America, Inc.

  W 1,795,757       1,931,420       —         —    

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

    230,804       254,322       2       —    

LG Display Germany GmbH

    497,677       606,323       —         477  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

    436,943       589,400       106       —    

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

    176       19,610       85,646       40,201  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

    176,816       317,386       74       3  

LG Display Poland Sp. z o. o

    73       1,775       5,480       6,972  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

    345,212       141,946       189,996       259,962  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

    88,876       110,817       —         —    

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

    217,542       244,500       —         6  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

    123,059       68,405       30,397       455,597  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

    55,309       2,793       150,933       51,389  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

    187,420       286,265       1       1  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

    57,545       83,074       177,487       211,092  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

    —         —         2,453       1,538  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

    9,119       —         58,666       —    

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

    21,110       31,445       36,919       37,593  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W   4,243,438       4,689,481       738,160       1,064,831  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)      
    Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
    Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016     December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Associates and their subsidiaries

       

New Optics Ltd.(*)

  W —         1,000       —         8,616  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

    —         —         61       —    

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

    2,375       833       18,523       6,436  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

    —         —         2,949       5,190  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

    —         —         60,141       71,685  

Narenanotech Corporation(*)

    —         300       —         2,812  

YAS Co., Ltd.

    375       833       6,474       3,531  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W 2,750       2,966       88,148       98,270  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

       

LG Electronics Inc.

  W   550,101       355,826       206,616       153,195  

 

(*) Excluded from related parties due to disposal of equity investments during period 2017.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)      
    Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
    Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016     December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

       

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

  W 407       1,070       58,741       47,286  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.

    —         —         154,079       100,193  

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.

    —         —         4,854       4,080  

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd

    20,953       46,091       —         5  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V

    11,494       10,292       82       259  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

    3,030       4,651       —         —    

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

    36,017       35,121       1       —    

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

    2,400       5,941       4       3  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

    9       5,016       80       —    

Others

    18,385       9,301       1,309       1,744  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W 92,695       117,483       219,150       153,570  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W   4,888,984       5,165,756       1,252,074       1,469,866  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (d) Details of significant cash transactions such as loans and collection of loans, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     Loans(*1)  

Associates

   January 1,
2017
     Increase      Decrease      December 31,
2017
 

New Optics Ltd.(*2)

   W 1,000        —          125        875  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

     833        2,000        458        2,375  

Narenanotech Corporation(*2)

     300        —          75        225  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     833        —          458        375  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   2,966        2,000        1,116        3,850  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1) Loans are presented based on nominal amounts.
(*2) Excluded from related parties due to disposal of equity investments during the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(In millions of won)  
     Loans(*)  

Associates

   January 1,
2016
     Increase      Decrease      December 31,
2016
 

New Optics Ltd.

   W —          1,000        —          1,000  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

     1,000        —          167        833  

Narenanotech Corporation

     300        —          —          300  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     1,000        —          167        833  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   2,300        1,000        334        2,966  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Loans are presented based on nominal amounts.

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (e) Conglomerate Transactions

Transactions, trade accounts and notes receivable and payable, and others between the Company and certain companies and their subsidiaries, which are included in LG Group, one of conglomerates according to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows. These entities are not affiliates according to K-IFRS No. 1024, Related Party Disclosures.

 

(In millions of won)  
    For the year ended December 31, 2017     December 31, 2017  
    Sales
and others
    Purchase and
others
    Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
    Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LG Chem Ltd.

  W 16,903       869,579       8,660       127,415  

Serveone Co., Ltd.

    677       1,378,727       21,565       489,855  

Serveone (Nanjing).Co., Ltd.

    —         11,595       —         1,864  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

    —         624,127       —         120,031  

LG CNS Co., Ltd.

    323       200,952       —         74,378  

LG N-Sys Inc.

    —         23,281       —         15,810  

LG International Corp.

    16,962       9,127       5,637       1,663  

LG International (America), Inc.

    22,883       161,435       4,992       65,352  

LG International (Japan) Ltd.

    —         1,044,766       115       100,763  

LG International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

      571,387       3,575       100,042       2,706  

LG International (Deutschland) GmbH.

    —         19,938       —         2,353  

Pantos Logistics Co., Ltd.

    41       95,285       —         10,597  

 

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28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)  
    For the year ended December 31, 2017     December 31, 2017  
    Sales
and others
    Purchase and
others
    Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
    Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

Pantos Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

  W —         17,319       —         3,060  

LG Management Development Institute

    —         10,221       3,480       699  

HS Ad Inc.

    —         8,664       —         5,009  

GIIR America, Inc.

    —         76,244       —         8,503  

LG Corp.

    —         60,756       4,700       1,523  

Others

    1,861       16,537       —         3,187  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W     631,037       4,632,128       149,191       1,034,768  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)  
    For the year ended December 31, 2016     December 31, 2016  
    Sales
and others
    Purchase and
others
    Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
    Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LG Chem Ltd.

  W 65       901,206       30       98,185  

Serveone Co., Ltd.

    657       1,037,278       19,626       377,967  

Serveone (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.

    —         14,017       —         3,183  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

    409       583,508       13       106,313  

LG CNS Co., Ltd.

    550       179,326       —         87,574  

LG N-Sys Inc.

    —         13,618       —         9,259  

LG International Corp.

    17,706       9,831       16,951       1,114  

LG International (America), Inc.

    20,940       48,551       3,587       20,449  

LG International (Japan) Ltd.

    804       602,292       3,054       121,790  

LG International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

    425,025       1,810       31,071       —    

LG International (Deutschland) GmbH.

    —         8,848       —         4,935  

Pantos Logistics Co., Ltd.

    20       72,721       —         8,183  

Pantos Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

    —         16,522       —         1,819  

LG Management Development Institute

    —         9,720       3,480       376  

HS Ad Inc.

    —         5,219       —         1,465  

LG Corp.

    —         59,038       7,937       —    

Other

    1,891       24,762       3       881  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W   468,067       3,588,267       85,752       843,493  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

28. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (f) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Short-term benefits

   W 3,724        2,323  

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     488        897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W   4,212          3,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Key management refers to the registered directors who have significant control and responsibilities over the Company’s operations and business.

 

29. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2017      2016  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

     

Changes in other accounts payable arising from the purchase of property, plant and equipment

   W   638,907        641,704  

 

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Independent Accountants’ Review Report on Internal Accounting Control System

English translation of a Report Originally Issued in Korean

To the President of

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

We have reviewed the accompanying Report on the Operation of Internal Accounting Control System (“IACS”) of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017. The Company’s management is responsible for designing and maintaining effective IACS and for its assessment of the effectiveness of IACS. Our responsibility is to review management’s assessment and issue a report based on our review. In the accompanying report of management’s assessment of IACS, the Company’s management stated: “Based on the assessment on the operations of the IACS, the Company’s IACS has been effectively designed and is operating as of December 31, 2017, in all material respects, in accordance with the IACS Framework issued by the Internal Accounting Control System Operation Committee.”

We conducted our review in accordance with IACS Review Standards, issued by the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the review to obtain assurance of a level less than that of an audit as to whether Report on the Operations of Internal Accounting Control System is free of material misstatement. Our review consists principally of obtaining an understanding of the Company’s IACS, inquiries of company personnel about the details of the report, and tracing to related documents we considered necessary in the circumstances. We have not performed an audit and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

A company’s IACS is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of separate financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, however, IACS may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that Report on the Operations of Internal Accounting Control System as of December 31, 2017 is not prepared in all material respects, in accordance with IACS Framework issued by the Internal Accounting Control System Operation Committee.

This report applies to the Company’s IACS in existence as of December 31, 2017. We did not review the Company’s IACS subsequent to December 31, 2017. This report has been prepared for Korean regulatory purposes, pursuant to the External Audit Law, and may not be appropriate for other purposes or for other users.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

February 22, 2018

Notice to Readers

This report is annexed in relation to the audit of the separate financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and the review of internal accounting control system pursuant to Article 2-3 of the Act on External Audit for Stock Companies of the Republic of Korea.

 

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Report on the Operation of Internal Accounting Control System

English translation of a Report Originally Issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of LG Display Co., Ltd.

We, as the Internal Accounting Control System (“IACS”) Officer and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of LG Display (“the Company”), assessed the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s ICFR as of December 31, 2017.

The Company’s management, including myself, is responsible for designing and operating an IACS. We assessed the design and operational effectiveness of the IACS in the prevention and detection of an error or fraud which may cause a misstatement in the preparation and disclosure of reliable separate financial statements. We followed the IACS Framework to evaluate the effectiveness of the IACS design and operation.

Based on the assessment results, we believe that the Company’s IACS, as of December 31, 2017, is effectively designed and operating, in all material respects, in conformity with the IACS Framework issued by the Internal Accounting Control System Operation Committee.

January 19, 2018

Sangdon Kim

Internal Control over Financial Reporting Officer

Sang Beom Han

Chief Executive Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

    LG Display Co., Ltd.
    (Registrant)

Date: February 28, 2018

    By: /s/ Heeyeon Kim
      (Signature)
      Name: Heeyeon Kim
      Title:   Head of IR / Vice President