6-K 1 d121254d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K
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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 March 2021

 

 

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07336, 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.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submission to furnish a report or other document that the registration foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

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: March 3, 2021

 

3.

Auditor’s opinion    

 

     FY 2020      FY 2019  

Audit Report on Separate Financial Statements

     Unqualified        Unqualified  

 

4.

Financial Highlights of Separate Financial Statements    

 

Items

   FY 2020     FY 2019  

Total Assets

     26,705,202,140,567       27,382,680,412,328  

Total Liabilities

     16,441,966,765,904       16,716,587,564,651  

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     10,263,235,374,663       10,666,092,847,677  

Capital Stock

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

Revenues

     22,799,272,740,610       21,658,329,317,337  

Operating Income

     -812,979,310,716       -1,784,245,041,499  

Ordinary Income

     -1,202,769,369,862       -3,344,780,911,234  

Net Income

     -513,262,046,420       -2,639,892,599,202  

Total Shareholders’ Equity / Capital Stock

     574     596


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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

(With Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon)


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Independent Auditors’ Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Opinion

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, 2020 and 2019, the related separate statements of comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the separate financial statements comprising significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion, the accompanying separate financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the separate financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and its separate financial performance and its separate cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”).

We also have audited, in accordance with the Standards on Auditing, the Company’s Internal Control over Financial Reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating Internal Control over Financial Reporting issued by the Operating Committee of Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Korea, and our report dated March 3, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Separate Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the separate financial statements in the Republic of Korea, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the separate financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the separate financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

(i) Impairment test for Display CGU

As discussed in Notes 3(j), 9 and 10 to the separate financial statements, the goodwill of W14,593 million is allocated to the Company’s Display CGU. The Company’s non-financial assets as of December 31, 2020 amount to W12,624,104 million, and a large portion of which are related to the Display CGU. The recoverable amount used by the Company in impairment test of the Display CGU is value in use based on discounted cash flow model. As a result of impairment test for Display CGU, the Company concluded that recoverable amount exceeds the carrying amount.

We identified impairment test for Display CGU as a key audit matter. Revenue and operating expenditures for the forecast period, growth rates for subsequent years (“terminal growth rate”), and discount rate used to estimate value in use for impairment test of Display CGU involve significant judgement and minor changes would have a significant effect on the results of the Company’s impairment test of Display CGU.


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The primary procedures we performed to address the impairment test for Display CGU include followings:

 

   

We tested certain internal controls over the Company’s non-financial assets impairment test process, including controls related to development of the revenue and operating expenditures forecasts, terminal growth rate and discount rate assumptions for Display CGU.

 

   

We compared the Company’s historical revenue and operating expenditures forecasts to actual results to assess the Company’s ability to accurately forecast.

 

   

We evaluated the revenue and operating expenditures forecasts used to determine the value in use by comparison with the financial budgets approved by the board of directors.

 

   

We performed sensitivity analysis over the terminal growth rate and discount rate assumptions to assess their impact on the Company’s impairment test.

 

   

We involved our valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge who assisted us in the following:

 

   

testing discount rate by comparing them against independently developed rates using publicly available market data for comparable entities; and

 

   

testing revenue, operating expenditures forecasts and terminal growth rate by comparing them against analyst reports, and industry reports.

(ii) Assessment of recognition of deferred tax assets

As discussed in Note 24 to the separate financial statements, the deferred tax assets arise primarily due to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as, unused tax losses and tax credit carryforwards. The assessment of the recognition of these deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income of the Company. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had W1,971,787 million of deferred tax assets in the separate statement of financial position and W230,768 million of unrecognized tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2020.

We identified the assessment of the recognition of the deferred tax assets as a key audit matter because it involves high degree of subjective management judgment in estimating future taxable profits over the periods in which the above mentioned differences become deductible and within the periods before the unused tax losses and tax credit forwards expire and the feasibility of planned tax strategies. The subjectivity is primarily driven by the Company’s assumptions in revenue, operating expenditures and subsidiaries’ dividend distribution, which are used to estimate the forecasted taxable income in the future.

The primary procedures we performed to address the assessment of recognition of deferred tax assets include followings:

 

   

We tested certain internal controls relating to the Company’s deferred tax assets recognition process, including controls related to the development of assumptions in determining the future taxable income and subsidiaries’ dividend distribution for each year.

 

   

We analyzed the Company’s estimates of taxable income, including analyzing the Company’s forecasted revenue and operating expense by comparing them with the financial budgets approved by the board of directors and historical performance.

 

   

We compared the forecasts of taxable income and timing of utilization of tax losses and tax credit carryforwards in prior years to actual results to assess the Company’s ability to accurately forecast.

 

   

We also evaluated the Company’s assessment on the history of realizing deferred tax assets in connection with the unused tax losses carryforwards and collecting declared subsidiaries’ dividends in connection with the development of assumptions in determining subsidiaries’ dividend distribution.

 

   

We involved tax professionals with specialized skills and knowledge who assisted in assessing the feasibility of planned tax strategies when recognizing deferred tax assets.

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.

 

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Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Separate Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these separate financial statements in accordance with 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 misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing these separate financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Separate Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether theses separate financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance’ is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these separate financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

 

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the separate financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal control.

 

   

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.

 

   

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

 

   

Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, then we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the separate financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

 

   

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the separate financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the separate financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

 

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We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the separate financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report is Sang Hyun Han.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea    

March 3, 2021

 

This report is effective as of March 3, 2021, 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, 2020 and 2019

 

(In millions of won)    Note    December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

   4, 26    W 1,220,098      1,105,245

Deposits in banks

   4, 26      76,852      77,257

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   5, 14, 26, 29      3,797,248      3,565,860

Other accounts receivable, net

   5, 26      141,332      439,940

Other current financial assets

   6, 26      43,151      55,665

Inventories

   7      1,418,122      1,526,299

Prepaid income tax

        110,388      111,129

Other current assets

        140,863      199,833
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

        6,948,054      7,081,228

Deposits in banks

   4, 26      11      11

Investments

   8      4,784,828      4,958,308

Other non-current accounts receivable, net

   5, 26      5,797      19,899

Other non-current financial assets

   6, 26      29,133      74,203

Property, plant and equipment, net

   9,27      11,736,673      12,764,175

Intangible assets, net

   10      887,431      708,047

Deferred tax assets

   24      1,971,787      1,367,714

Defined benefits assets, net

   12      224,997      127,252

Other non-current assets

        116,491      281,843
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        19,757,148      20,301,452
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

      W 26,705,202      27,382,680
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Trade accounts and notes payable

   26, 29    W 4,591,319      2,682,403

Current financial liabilities

   11, 26, 27      2,162,989      1,474,589

Other accounts payable

   26      2,373,730      3,329,040

Accrued expenses

        499,610      520,395

Provisions

   13      196,107      188,238

Advances received

   14      312,790      898,447

Other current liabilities

        44,115      47,371
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        10,180,660      9,140,483

Non-current financial liabilities

   11, 26, 27      6,072,225      7,094,405

Non-current provisions

   13      89,633      67,118

Long-term advances received

   14      —          328,677

Other non-current liabilities

        99,449      85,904
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        6,261,307      7,576,104
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        16,441,967      16,716,587
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity

        

Share capital

   15      1,789,079      1,789,079

Share premium

        2,251,113      2,251,113

Retained earnings

   16      6,223,043      6,625,901
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

        10,263,235      10,666,093
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      W 26,705,202      27,382,680
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Comprehensive Loss

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    2020     2019  

Revenue

   17, 29    W 22,799,273     21,658,329

Cost of sales

   7, 18, 29      (21,566,984     (20,834,648
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        1,232,289     823,681

Selling expenses

   19      (517,023     (728,695

Administrative expenses

   19      (447,738     (674,650

Research and development expenses

        (1,080,507     (1,204,581
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

        (812,979     (1,784,245
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   22      304,344     204,966

Finance costs

   22      (519,501     (371,856

Other non-operating income

   21      1,265,604     835,514

Other non-operating expenses

   21      (1,440,237     (2,229,160
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income tax

        (1,202,769     (3,344,781

Income tax benefit

   23      (689,507     (704,888
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss for the year

        (513,262     (2,639,893
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income(loss)

       

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities

   12, 23      148,436     128,640

Related income tax

   12, 23      (38,032     (35,235
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income for the period, net of income tax

        110,404     93,405
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

      W (402,858     (2,546,488
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share (In won)

       

Basic and diluted loss per share

   25    W (1,434     (7,378
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

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, 2020 and 2019

 

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

Balances at January 1, 2019

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      9,172,389     13,212,581
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

          

Loss for the year

     —          —          (2,639,893     (2,639,893

Other comprehensive income(loss)

          

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          93,405     93,405
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

   W —        —          (2,546,488     (2,546,488
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2019

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      6,625,901     10,666,093
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2020

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      6,625,901     10,666,093
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

          

Loss for the year

     —          —          (513,262     (513,262

Other comprehensive income(loss)

          

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          110,404     110,404
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

   W —        —          (402,858     (402,858
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      6,223,043     10,263,235
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.    

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.    

Separate Statements of Cash Flows    

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019    

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2020     2019  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Loss for the year

      W (513,262     (2,639,893

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax benefit

     23        (689,507     (704,888

Depreciation and amortization

     9, 10, 18        2,519,199     2,549,770

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (234,185     (60,963

Loss on foreign currency translation

        175,434     140,683

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     12, 20        158,793     161,056

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (43,155     (54,756

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        58,852     25,851

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        11,482     1,140,760

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

        —         (552

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        368     18

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        79,593     240,816

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (1,110     (960

Expense on increase of provisions

        276,670     366,771

Finance income

        (277,087     (172,260

Finance costs

        458,358     331,475

Other income

        (11,000     (20,432

Other expenses

        —         9,078
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,482,705     3,951,467

Changes in

       

Trade accounts and notes receivable

        (756,684     (830,210

Other accounts receivable

        38,701     (66,057

Inventories

        108,177     424,856

Other current assets

        56,883     (14,579

Other non-current assets

        (57,421     (37,761

Trade accounts and notes payable

        2,101,690     (447,803

Other accounts payable

        (1,152,368     2,115,555

Accrued expenses

        (12,299     (23,461

Provisions

        (246,285     (240,734

Advances received

        (410,811     (216,079

Other current liabilities

        (3,958     8,046

Defined benefit liabilities, net

        (108,102     (63,855

Long-term advances received

        —         63,672

Other non-current liabilities

        12,535     7,174
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (429,942     678,764

Cash generated from operating activities

        1,539,501     1,990,338

Income taxes refunded

        48,143     25,342

Interests received

        9,364     13,481

Interests paid

        (285,194     (236,936
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      W 1,311,814     1,792,225
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Separate Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2020     2019  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      W 8,239     18,622

Increase in deposits in banks

        (76,852     (114,257

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        77,257     114,200

Acquisition of financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

        (200     —    

Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

        —         (21

Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

        6     107

Acquisition of investments

        (7,241     (1,224,836

Proceeds from disposal of investments

        194,553     16,738

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (1,249,208     (2,173,535

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        450,239     384,506

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (331,423     (511,661

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        16,705     2,349

Government grants received

        —         3,979

Receipt from settlement of derivatives

        24,468     21,752

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        13,720     19,881

Increase in short-term loans

        —         (8,725

Increase in long-term loans

        —         (6,465

Increase in deposits

        (566     (4,949

Decrease in deposits

        1,286     5,244

Proceeds from disposal of other assets

        11,000     20,416
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (868,017     (3,436,655
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

     28       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        1,075,095     1,264,915

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (1,070,356     (928,335

Proceeds from issuance of bonds

        49,949     1,323,251

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

        741,166     1,669,148

Repayments of current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

        (1,119,579     (1,043,649

Payment guarantee fee received

        7,154     5,068

Repayments of lease liabilities

        (12,373     (14,006
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

        (328,944     2,276,392
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

        114,853     631,962

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        1,105,245     473,283
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

      W 1,220,098     1,105,245
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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, 2020, the Company is operating 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 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, 2020, 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, 2020, 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, 2020, there are 23,525,460 ADSs outstanding.

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a)

Statement of Compliance

In accordance with the Act on External Audits of Stock Companies, Etc., 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 26, 2021, which will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 23, 2021.

 

  (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 statement of financial position:

 

   

derivative financial instruments at fair value, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss(“FVTPL”), financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”), financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss(“FVTPL”), and

 

   

net defined benefit liabilities (defined benefit assets) recognized at the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

 

  (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:

 

   

Financial instruments (Note 3(e))

 

   

Impairment assessment of non-financial assets (Note 3(j), 10)

 

   

Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Note3(q), 24)

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:

 

   

Provisions (Note 3(l), 13)

 

   

Inventories (Note 3(d), 7)

 

   

Property, plant and equipment (Note 9)

 

   

Intangible assets (Impairment assessment of non-financial assets) (Note 10)

 

   

Employee benefits (Note 12)

 

   

Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Note 24)

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting policies applied in these separate financial statements are the same as those applied in the Company’s separate financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the 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. Dividends from subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures are recognized in profit or loss when the right to receive the dividend is established.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (b)

Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the functional currency 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 an investment in equity instruments designated as at FVOCI and a financial asset and liability designated as a cash flow hedge, which are recognized in other comprehensive income. 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 borrowings, bonds and cash and cash equivalents are recognized in finance income (costs) in the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss) 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 (loss). Foreign currency differences are presented in gross amounts in the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss).

 

  (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.

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments

(i) Non-derivative financial assets

Recognition and initial measurement

Trade receivables and debt instruments issued are initially recognized when they are originated. All other financial assets are recognized in statement of financial position when, and only when, the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

A financial asset (unless it is a trade receivable without a significant financing component) is initially measured at fair value plus, for an item not at FVTPL, transaction costs that are directly attributable to its acquisition or issue. A trade receivable without a significant financing component is initially measured at the transaction price.

Classification and subsequent measurement

i) Financial assets

On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at: amortized cost; FVOCI – debt investment; FVOCI – equity investments; or FVTPL. Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition unless the Company changes its business model for managing financial assets, in which case all affected financial assets are reclassified on the first day of the subsequent reporting period following the change in the business model.

A financial asset is measured as at amortized cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

 

   

it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows; and

 

   

its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

A debt investment is measured at FVOCI if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

 

   

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

 

   

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

On initial recognition of an equity investments that is not held for trading, the Company may irrevocably elect to present subsequent changes in the investment’s fair value in OCI. This election is made on an investment-by-investment basis.

All financial assets not classified as measured at amortized cost or FVOCI as described above are measured as at FVTPL. This includes all derivative financial assets. At initial recognition, the Company may irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be measured at amortized cost or at FVOCI as at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

ii) Financial assets: business model

The Company makes an assessment of the objective of the business model in which a financial asset is held at a portfolio level because this best reflects the way the business is managed and information is provided to management. The information considered includes:

 

   

the stated policies and objectives for the portfolio and the operation of those policies in practice (these include whether management’s strategy focuses on earning contractual interest income, maintaining a particular interest rate profile, matching the duration of the financial assets to the duration of any related liabilities or expected cash outflows or realizing cash flows through the sale of the assets);

 

   

how the performance of the portfolio is evaluated and reported to the Company’s management;

 

   

the risks that affect the performance of the business model (and the financial assets held within that business model) and how those risks are managed; and

 

   

the frequency, volume and timing of sales of financial assets in prior periods, the reasons for such sales and expectations about future sales activity.

Transfers of financial assets to third parties in transaction that do not qualify for derecognition are not considered sale for this purpose.

A financial asset that is held for trading or is managed and whose performance is evaluated on a fair value basis is measured at FVTPL.

iii) Financial assets: Assessment whether contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest

For the purpose of the assessment, “principal” is defined as the fair value of the financial asset on initial recognition. ‘Interest’ is defined as consideration for the time value of money and for the credit risk associated with the principal amount outstanding during a particular period of time and for other basic lending risks and cost (e.g. liquidity risk and administrative costs), as well as profit margin.

In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest, the Company considers the contractual terms of the instrument. This includes assessing whether the financial asset contains a contractual term that could change the timing or amount of contractual cash flows such that it would not meet this condition. In making this assessment, the Company considers.

 

   

contingent events that would change the amount or timing of cash flows:

 

   

terms that may adjust the contractual coupon rate, including variable-rate features;

 

   

prepayment and extension features; and

 

   

terms that limit the Company’s claim to cash flows from specified assets (e.g. non-recourse features)

A prepayment feature is consistent with the solely payments of principal and interest criterion if the prepayment amount substantially represents unpaid amounts of principal and interest or the principal amount outstanding, which may include reasonable additional compensation for early termination of the contract.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Additionally, for a financial asset acquired at a discount or premium to its contractual par amount, a feature that permits or requires prepayment at an amount that substantially represents the contractual par amount plus accrued but unpaid contractual interest (which may also include reasonable additional compensation for early termination) is treated as consistent with this criterion if the fair value of the prepayment feature is insignificant at initial recognition.

iv) Financial assets: Subsequent measurement and gains and losses

 

Financial assets at

  FVTPL

   These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend income, are recognized in profit or loss.

Financial assets at

  amortized cost

   These assets are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The amortized cost is reduced by impairment losses. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is recognized in profit or loss.

Debt investments at

  FVOCI

   These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognized in OCI. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in OCI are reclassified to profit or loss.

Derecognition

The Company derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, 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, or it transfers or does not retain substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred asset, and does not retain control of the transferred asset.

If the Company has retained substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the transferred asset, the Company continues to recognize the transferred asset.

Offset

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount is 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(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 at 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, 2020, non-derivative financial liabilities comprise borrowings, bonds, trade accounts and notes payable, other accounts payable and others.

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

(iii) Share Capital

The Company 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (e)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

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 (loss). 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; if the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; or if the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting.

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 anymore; 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 host contract is not a financial asset and certain criteria are met.

Other derivative financial instruments

Other derivative financial instruments are measured at fair value and changes of their fair value are recognized in profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (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.

(iii) Depreciation

Land is not depreciated and depreciation of other items of property, plant and equipment 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.

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

   2, 4, 12

Right-of-use assets

   (*)

 

  (*)

The Company depreciates the right-of-use assets from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term.

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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (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.

(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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (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 a business over 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 as intangible assets 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 usefulness of the intangible asset by existence of a market for the output of the intangible asset or the intangible asset itself if it is to be used internally),

 

   

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.

Development projects are divided into research activities and development activities. Expenditures on research activities are recognized in profit or loss and qualifying development expenditures on development activities are capitalized.

The expenditure capitalized includes the cost of materials, direct labor and 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, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i)

Intangible Assets, Continued

 

(iv) Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditures are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific intangible asset to which they relate. All other expenditures, including expenditures on internally generated goodwill and brands, are 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, (*1)

Rights to use electricity, water and gas supply facilities

   10

Software

   4, (*1)

Customer relationships

   7, 10

Technology

   10

Development costs

   (*2)

Condominium and golf club memberships

   Indefinite

 

  (*1)

Software license and patent royalty are amortized over the useful lives considering the contract period.

 

  (*2)

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

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 with indefinite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Impairment

(i) Financial assets

Financial instruments and contract assets

The Company recognizes loss allowance for financial assets measured at amortized cost and debt investments at FVOCI at the ‘expected credit loss’ (ECL).

The Company recognizes a loss allowance for the life-time expected credit losses except for following, which are measured at 12-month ECLs:

 

   

debt instruments that are determined to have low credit risk at the reporting date; and

 

   

other debt instruments and bank deposits for which credit risk (i.e. the risk of default occurring over the expected life of the financial instrument) has not increased significantly since initial recognition.

When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and when estimating ECLs, the Company considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue cost or effort. This includes both qualitative and quantitative information and analysis, based on the Company’s historical experience and informed credit assessment including forward-looking information.

Lifetime ECLs are the ECLs that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument.

12-month ECLs are the portion of the ECLs that result from default events that are possible within the 12 months after the reporting date (or a shorter period if the expected life of the instrument is less than 12 months).

The maximum period considered when estimating ECLs is the maximum contractual period over which the Company is exposed to credit risk.

Estimation of expected credit losses

Expected credit losses are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses. Credit losses are measured using the present value of the difference between the contractual cash flows and the expected contractual cash flows. The expected credit losses are discounted using effective interest rate of the financial assets.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Impairment, Continued

 

Credit-impaired financial assets

At each reporting period-end, the Company assesses whether financial assets carried at amortized cost and debt instruments at FVOCI are credit-impaired. A financial asset is ‘credit-impaired’ when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred.

Evidence that a financial asset is credit-impaired includes the following observable data:

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

   

the lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not otherwise consider;

 

   

it is probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization; or

 

   

the disappearance of an active market for a security because of financial difficulties.

Presentation of loss allowance for ECL in the statement of financial position

Loss allowances for financial assets measured at amortized cost are deducted from the gross carrying amount of the assets. For debt instruments at FVOCI, the loss allowance is charged to profit or loss and is recognized in OCI instead of reducing the carrying amount of financial assets in the separate statement of financial position.

Write-off

The gross carrying amount of a financial asset is written off when the Company has no reasonable expectations for recovering the financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. The Company assess whether there are reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flows from customers and individually assess the timing and amount of write-off. The Company expects no significant recovery from the amount written-off. However, financial assets that are written off could still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply with the Company’s procedures for recovery of amounts due.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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.

Recoverable amount is estimated for the individual asset. If it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of the individual asset, the Company determines the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit (“CGU”) is the smallest group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. Goodwill arising from a business combination is allocated to CGUs or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. 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 or CGU. 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. 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 assets other than goodwill, 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 from the acquisition cost. 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, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Leases

A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

(i) As a lessee

At commencement or on modification of a contract that contains a lease component, the Company allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease and non-lease component on the basis of its relative stand-alone price. For certain leases, the Company accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component by applying the practical expedient not to separate non-lease components.

The Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and lease liability at the lease commencement date. The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for any lease payments made at of before the commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs to dismantle and remove the underlying asset or to restore the underlying asset or the site on which it is located less any lease incentives received.

The right-of-use asset is subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method from the commencement date to the end of the lease term, unless the lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the Company by the end of the lease term or the cost of the right-of-use asset reflects that the Company will exercise a purchase option. In that case, the right-of-use asset will be depreciated over the useful life of the underlying asset, which is determined on the same basis as those of property and equipment. In addition, the right-of-use asset is periodically reduced by impairment losses, if any, and adjusted for certain remeasurements of the lease liability.

The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. Generally, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate.

The Company determines its incremental borrowing rate by obtaining interest rates from various external financing sources and makes certain adjustments to reflect the terms of the lease and type of the asset leased.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Lease, Continued

 

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following:

 

   

fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments;

 

   

variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date;

 

   

amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee; and

 

   

the exercise price under a purchase option that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, lease payments in an optional renewal period if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise an extension option, and penalties for early termination of a lease unless the Company is reasonably certain not to terminate early.

The lease liability is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. It is remeasured when there is a change in future lease payments arising from a change in an index or rate, if there is a change in the Company’s estimate of the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee, if the Company changes its assessment of whether it will exercise a purchase, extension or termination option or if there is a revised in-substance fixed lease payment.

When the lease liability is remeasured the Company recognizes the amount of the remeasurement of the lease liability as an adjustment to the right-of-use asset. However, if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset is reduced to zero and there is a further reduction in the measurement of the lease liability, the Company recognizes any remaining amount of the remeasurement in profit or loss.

The Company presents right-of-use assets in ‘property, plant and equipment’ and lease liabilities in ‘financial liabilities’ in the separate statement of financial position.

The Company has elected not to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases of low-value assets and short-term leases. The Company recognizes the lease payments associated with these leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

(ii) As a lessor

When the Company acts as a lessor, it determines at lease inception whether each lease is a finance lease or an operating lease.

To classify each lease, the Company makes an overall assessment of whether the lease transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset. If the lease transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset, then the lease is a finance lease; if not, then it is an operating lease. As part of this assessment, the Company considers certain indicators such as whether the lease is for the major part of the economic life of the asset.

When the Company is an intermediate lessor, it accounts for its interests in the head lease and the sub-lease separately. It assesses the lease classification of a sub-lease with reference to the right-of-use asset arising from the head lease, not with reference to the underlying asset. If a head lease is a short-term lease to which the Company applies the exemption described above, then it classifies the sub-lease as an operating lease.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Lease, Continued

 

If an arrangement contains lease and non-lease components, then the Company applies K-IFRS No. 1115 to allocate the consideration in the contract.

At the commencement date, the Company recognizes assets held under a finance lease in its statement of financial position and present them as a receivable at an amount equal to the net investment in the lease and recognize finance income over the lease term, based on a pattern reflecting a constant periodic rate of return on the lessor’s net investment in the lease.

The Company recognizes lease payments received under operating leases as income on a straight-line basis over the lease term as part of ‘other revenue’.

 

  (l)

Provisions

A provision is recognized, as a result of a past event, if 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 a warranty period 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, 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

 

  (m)

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.

(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 period 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 (employee benefits 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 (employee benefits asset), taking into account any changes in the net defined benefit liability (employee benefits asset) during the period as a result of contributions and benefit payments. Consequently, the net interest on the net defined benefit liability (defined benefit 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (m)

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

(v) Termination benefits

The Company recognizes expense for termination benefits at the earlier of the date when the entity can no longer withdraw the offer of those benefits and when the entity recognizes costs for a restructuring involving the payment of termination benefits. If the termination benefits are not expected to be settled wholly before twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period, the Company measures the termination benefit with present value of future cash payments.

 

  (n)

Revenue from contracts with customers

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, trade discounts, volume rebates and other cash incentives paid to customers.

The Company recognizes revenue according to the five-stage revenue recognition model (① Identifying the contractg ② Identifying performance obligationsg ③ Determining transaction priceg ④ Allocating the transaction price to performance obligationsg ⑤ Recognizing revenue for performance obligations).

The Company generates revenue primarily from sale of display panels. Product revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control over the Company’s products, which typically occurs upon shipment or delivery depending on the terms of the contracts with the customer.

The Company includes return option in the sales contract of display panels with its customers and the consideration receivable from the customer is subject to change due to returns. The Company estimates an amount of variable consideration by using the expected value method which the Company expects to better predict the amount of consideration. The Company includes in the transaction price an amount of variable consideration estimated only to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur during the return period when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. The Company recognizes a refund liability and an asset for its right to recover products from customers if the Company receives consideration from a customer and expects to refund some or all of that consideration to the customer. Sales taxes or value-added taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and are excluded from revenues in the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss).

 

  (o)

Operating Segments

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

 

  (p)

Finance Income and Finance Costs

Finance income comprises interest income on funds invested (including debt instruments measured at FVOCI), dividend income, gains on disposal of debt instruments measured at FVOCI, changes in 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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (p)

Finance Income and Finance Costs, Continued

 

Finance costs comprise interest expense on borrowings, unwinding of the discount on provisions, gain and losses from financial assets measured 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.

 

  (q)

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 comprises 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 amount of current tax payable or receivable is the best estimate of the tax amount expected to be paid or received that reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any. 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.

(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.

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.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (r)

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

The Company presents basic and diluted earnings (loss) 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.

 

  (s)

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 and the identifiable net assets acquired from business combinations are measured at fair value. If the consideration transferred exceeds the fair value of identifiable net asset, the Company recognizes goodwill; if not, then the Company recognizes gain on a bargain purchase. Any goodwill that arises is tested annually for impairment. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred, except if related to the issue of debt or equity instruments in accordance with K-IFRS No. 1032 and K-IFRS No. 1109. The consideration transferred does not include amounts related to the settlement of pre-existing relationships. Such amounts are generally recognized in profit or loss.

 

  (t)

New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted

A number of amended standards are effective for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2020 and earlier application is permitted; however, the Company has not early adopted the amended standards in preparing these separate financial statements.

 

  (i)

Interest Rate Benchmark Reform – Phase 2 (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1109, Financial Instruments, K-IFRS No. 1039, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, K-IFRS No. 1107, Financial Instruments: Disclosures, K-IFRS No. 1104, Insurance Contracts and K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases)

The amendments clarify the following accounting requirements according to market-wide reform of an interest rate:

 

   

application of practical expedient to account for a change in the basis;

 

   

temporary exceptions from applying specific hedge accounting requirements; and

 

   

additional disclosures related to interest rate benchmark reform.

 

  (ii)

COVID-19-Related Rent Concessions (Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases)

The amendment provides a practical expedient that permits a lessee not to assess whether rent concessions that occur as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic are lease modification if they meet the following conditions:

   

any reduction in lease payments affects only payments originally due on or before 30 June 2021;

 

   

the change in lease payments results in revised consideration for the lease that is substantially the same as, or less than, the consideration for the lease immediately preceding the change; and

 

   

there is no substantive change to other terms and conditions of the lease.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (t)

New Standards and Amendments Not Yet Adopted, Continued

 

(iii) Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, Property, Plant and Equipment);

This amendments require an entity to recognize the proceeds from selling items produced in the manner intended by management (such as samples produced when testing whether the asset is functioning properly) and the cost of those items in profit or loss and prohibit an entity from deducting the proceeds from selling items produced before that asset is available for use from the cost of an items of property, plant and equipment.

(iv) Amendment of Reference to the Definition of an Asset and a Liability in the Conceptual Framework (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1103, Business Combinations);

These amendments replace the reference to the definitions of an asset and a liability in the Conceptual Framework issued in 2007 to 2018 and added an exception to the recognition principle in K-IFRS No. 1103, Business Combinations, for liabilities and contingent liabilities that would be within the scope of K-IFRS No. 1037, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, and K-IFRS No. 2121, Levies, to apply the recognition criteria specified in those standards.

(v) Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements)

These amendments clarify that an entity has a right to defer settlement of the liability at the end of the reporting period if it complies with the conditions at that date and classification of a liability is unaffected by the likelihood that the entity will exercise its right to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period.

(vi) Onerous Contracts – Cost of Fulfilling a Contract (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1037, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets)

These amendments specify the scope of “the unavoidable costs of meeting the obligations under the contract” is “the costs that relate directly to the contracts” (the incremental costs of fulfilling the contract and an allocation of other costs that relate directly to fulfilling contracts).

The Company is currently assessing the impacts of adoption of above amended standards on the Company’s financial position and business performance and management believes that the adoption of the amended standards are expected to have no significant impact on the separate financial statements of the Company, except for the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, Property, Plant and Equipment.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

4.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Deposits in Banks

Cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Demand deposits

   W 1,220,098        1,105,245  

Deposits in banks

     

Restricted deposits (*)

   W 76,852        77,257  

Non-current assets

     

Deposits in banks

     

Restricted deposits (*)

   W 11        11  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,296,961        1,182,513  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Includes funds deposited under agreements on mutually beneficial cooperation to aid LG Group companies’ suppliers, restricted deposits pledged to enforce the Company’s investment plans upon the receipt of grants from Gumi city and Gyeongsangbuk-do, and others.

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable and Other Accounts Receivable

 

  (a)

Trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Due from third parties

   W 201,640        221,243  

Due from related parties

     3,595,608        3,344,617  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,797,248        3,565,860  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Current assets

     

Non-trade receivables, net

   W 130,217        438,659  

Accrued income

     11,115        1,281  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 141,332        439,940  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Long-term non-trade receivables

   W 5,797        19,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 147,129        459,839  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due from related parties included in other accounts receivable, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are W59,620 million and W45,518 million, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable and Other Accounts Receivable, Continued

 

  (c)

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020  
     Book value      Allowance for impairment  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Current

   W 3,796,830        146,153        (27      (1,466

1-15 days past due

     415        919        —          (7

16-30 days past due

     30        521        —          —    

31-60 days past due

     —          782        —          (8

More than 60 days past due

     —          257        —          (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,797,275        148,632        (27      (1,503
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2019  
     Book value      Allowance for impairment  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Current

   W 3,565,795        184,991        (5      (2,952

1-15 days past due

     70        3,488        —          (1

16-30 days past due

     —          94        —          —    

31-60 days past due

     —          61        —          —    

More than 60 days past due

     —          274,183        —          (25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,565,865        462,817        (5      (2,978
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020      2019  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Balance at the beginning of the year

   W 5        2,978        5        989  

(Reversal of) bad debt expense

     22        (411      —          1,989  

Write-off

     —          (1,064      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at the end of the year

   W 27        1,503        5        2,978  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

6.

Other Financial Assets

Other financial assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Derivatives(*)

   W 9,252        34,036  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 24        6  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Short-term loans

   W 28,491        21,623  

Deposits

     5,384        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 43,151        55,665  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Equity instruments

   W 1,381        2,997  

Convertible bonds

     1,289        1,544  

Derivatives(*)

     111        15,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,781        20,181  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 48        70  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Deposits

   W 12,405        13,125  

Long-term loans

     13,899        40,827  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 26,304        53,952  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 29,133        74,203  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Represents valuation gain from cross currency interest rate swap related to foreign currency denominated borrowings and bonds. The contracts are not designated as hedging instruments.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

7.

Inventories

Inventories as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Finished goods

   W 372,864        394,069  

Work-in-process

     539,747        696,993  

Raw materials

     411,165        341,004  

Supplies

     94,346        94,233  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,418,122        1,526,299  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales including inventory write-downs and usage of inventory write-downs are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
   2020      2019  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   W 21,566,984        20,834,648  

Inventory write-downs

     178,155        408,567  

Usage of inventory write-downs

     (408,567      (280,323

There were no significant reversals of inventory write-downs recognized during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

8.

Investments

 

  (a)

Investments in subsidiaries consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)                                        
                   December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

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.(*1)

     Wroclaw, Poland       
Manufacture display
products
 
 
     —         —          100     160,361  

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 and
sell 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
 
 
    
Provide 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

    

Sterling,

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     672,658        100     672,658  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

    

Suzhou,

China

 

 

    


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

LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC(*2)

    
Wilmington,
U.S.A
 
 
    

Invest in venture
business and acquire
technologies
 
 
 
     100     13,564        100     6,322  

LG Display High-Tech (China) Co.,
Ltd.(*3)

    
Guangzhou,
China
 
 
    
Manufacture and
sell display products
 
 
     69     1,794,547        74     1,794,547  

Money Market Trust

    

Seoul,

Korea

 

 

     Money market trust        100     11,300        100     34,700  
          

 

 

      

 

 

 
           W 4,699,139        W 4,875,658  
          

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

8.

Investments, Continued

 

  (*1)

In May 2020, LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o. completed the liquidation process and the Company recognized a gain on disposal of investments of W8,392 million.

  (*2)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company contributed W7,242 million in cash for the capital increase of LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC. There was no change in the Company’s ownership percentage in LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC as a result of this additional investment.

  (*3)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, non-controlling shareholders contributed W172,966 million in cash for the stocks issued by LG Display High-Tech (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCO”). The Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCO decreased from 74% to 69% as a result.

 

(b)

Investments in associates consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)                                  
               December 31, 2020    December 31, 2019

Associates

  

Location

  

Business

   Percentage of
ownership
    

Book

Value

   Percentage of
ownership
    

Book

Value

Paju Electric Glass
Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

   Manufacture glass for display      40    W45,089      40    W45,089

WooRee E&L Co.,
Ltd.(*1)

  

Ansan,

South Korea

   Manufacture LED back light unit packages      14    10,540      14    7,310

YAS Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

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

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

  

Daegu,

South Korea

   Process and sell glass for display      14    8,000      14    8,000

Arctic Sentinel, Inc.

   Los Angeles, U.S.A.    Develop and manufacture tablet for kids      10    —        10    —  

Cynora GmbH(*2)

  

Bruchsal

Germany

   Develop organic emitting materials for displays and lighting devices      12    2,609      12    4,714

Material Science Co., Ltd.(*3)

  

Seoul,

South Korea

   Develop, manufacture and sell material for display      10    3,791      10    2,354

Nanosys Inc.(*4)

  

Milpitas,

U.S.A.

   Develop, manufacture and sell material for display      3    5,660      4    5,183
           

 

     

 

            W85,689       W82,650
           

 

     

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

8.

Investments, Continued

 

  (*1)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W3,230 million as finance income for the investments in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

  (*2)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized an impairment loss of W2,105 million as finance cost for the investments in Cynora GmbH. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s ownership percentage in Cynora GmbH decreased from 12.2% to 11.6% as the Company did not participate in the rights issue.

  (*3)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W1,437 million as finance income for the investments in Material Science Co., Ltd.

  (*4)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W477 million as finance income for the investments in Nanosys Inc. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s ownership percentage in Nanosys Inc. decreased from 4% to 3% as the Company did not participate in the rights issue.

Dividends income recognized from subsidiaries and associates for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 amounted to W8,239 million and W18,622 million, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

9.

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (a)

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

   W 454,035       4,839,806       36,694,704       668,956       4,491,455       19,078       632,773       47,800,807  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2020

     —         (2,596,845     (30,263,872     (601,071     —         (12,354     (400,341     (33,874,483

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

     —         (68,091     (986,297     (5,037     (75,474     (309     (26,941     (1,162,149
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

   W 454,035       2,174,870       5,444,535       62,848       4,415,981       6,415       205,491       12,764,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

     —         —         —         —         1,319,984       11,193       —         1,331,177  

Depreciation

     —         (205,736     (1,708,850     (32,711     —         (12,176     (187,148     (2,146,621

Disposals

     (11,266     (32,519     (104,997     (3,024     —         —         (48,770     (200,576

Impairment loss

     —         1,074       (4,203     8       (3,424     —         (4,937     (11,482

Others(*2)

     53       36,079       373,823       43,658       (712,690     —         259,077       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

   W 442,822       1,973,768       4,000,308       70,779       5,019,851       5,432       223,713       11,736,673  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

   W 442,822       4,816,013       36,778,107       492,022       5,096,488       27,680       762,013       48,415,145  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2020

   W —         (2,775,252     (31,787,378     (416,215     —         (22,001     (515,671     (35,516,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

   W —         (66,993     (990,421     (5,028     (76,637     (247     (22,629     (1,161,955
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

As of December 31, 2020, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.

(*2)

Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

9.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (b)

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2019

   W 461,828       4,860,942       34,433,030       652,723       8,469,901       —         479,594       49,358,018  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2019

     —         (2,444,534     (31,062,229     (569,823     —         —         (250,977     (34,327,563

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2019

     —         —         (28,001     —         (17,890     —         —         (45,891
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2019

   W 461,828       2,416,408       3,342,800       82,900       8,452,011       —         228,617       14,984,564  

Recognition of right-of-use assets on initial application of K-IFRS No. 1116

     —         —         —         —         —         16,332       —         16,332  

Adjusted book value as of January 1,2019,

     461,828       2,416,408       3,342,800       82,900       8,452,011       16,332       228,617       15,000,896  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

     —         —         —         —         1,647,209       3,874       —         1,651,083  

Depreciation

     —         (210,827     (1,700,851     (39,222     —         (13,482     (190,220     (2,154,602

Disposals

     (7,844     (4,947     (557,241     (1,519     —         —         (16,912     (588,463

Impairment loss(*2)

     —         (72,902     (960,587     (5,037     (74,984     (309     (26,941     (1,140,760

Others(*3)

     51       47,138       5,324,621       25,726       (5,608,483     —         210,947       —    

Government grants received

     —         —         (4,207     —         228       —         —         (3,979
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2019

   W 454,035       2,174,870       5,444,535       62,848       4,415,981       6,415       205,491       12,764,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2019

   W 454,035       4,839,806       36,694,704       668,956       4,491,455       19,078       632,773       47,800,807  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2019

   W —         (2,596,845     (30,263,872     (601,071     —         (12,354     (400,341     (33,874,483
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2019

   W —         (68,091     (986,297     (5,037     (75,474     (309     (26,941     (1,162,149
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

As of December 31, 2019, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.

(*2)

During 2019, Display(AD PO) and Lighting CGUs were assessed for impairment, and impairment losses amounting to W1,108,500 million(W986,579 million and W121,921 million for Display(AD PO) and Lighting CGUs, respectively) were recognized as other non-operating expenses.

(*3)

Others are mainly amounts transferred from construction-in-progress.

 

(c)

Capitalized borrowing costs and capitalization rate for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2020     2019  

Capitalized borrowing costs

   W 77,087       135,004  

Capitalization rate

     2.85     2.88

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-current Asset Impairment

 

  (a)

Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

  W 715,104       975,739       55,988       2,580,777       14,203       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,079       4,497,728  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2020

    (593,155     (809,994     —         (2,073,881     —         (37,491     (10,704     —         (13,079     (3,538,304

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

    (21,690     (7,733     (10,561     (131,713     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (251,377
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

  W 100,259       158,012       45,427       375,183       14,203       —         370       14,593       —         708,047  

Additions - internally developed

    —         —         —         284,487       —         —         —         —         —         284,487  

Additions - external purchases

    304,252       7,788       —         —         50,988       —         —         —         3       363,031  

Amortization (*1)

    (23,860     (69,546     —         (278,799     —         —         (370     —         (3     (372,578

Disposals

    —         —         (17,073     —         —         —         —         —         —         (17,073

Impairment loss (*3)

    —         (675     —         (78,918     —         —         —         —         —         (79,593

Reversal of impairment loss

    —         —         1,110       —         —         —         —         —         —         1,110  

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —         55,074       —         —         (55,074     —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

  W 380,651       150,653       29,464       301,953       10,117       —         —         14,593       —         887,431  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

  W 979,514       1,041,468       38,915       2,865,264       10,117       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,082       5,091,198  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2020

  W (577,290     (882,407     —         (2,352,680     —         (37,491     (11,704     —         (13,082     (3,874,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

  W (21,573     (8,408     (9,451     (210,631     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (329,743
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*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.

(*3)

The Company recognized an impairment loss amounting to W78,918 million for development projects with low feasibility to result in revenue generation after the impairment review.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-current Asset Impairment, Continued

 

  (b)

Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2019

  W 686,707       895,186       56,959       2,142,832       33,867       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,077       3,971,466  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2019

    (570,476     (739,211     —         (1,775,922     —         (34,854     (9,597     —         (13,077     (3,143,137

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2019

    —         —         (11,521     —         —         —         —         —         —         (11,521
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2019

  W 116,231       155,975       45,438       366,910       33,867       24,322       1,477       72,588       —         816,808  

Additions - internally developed

    —         —         —         437,945       —         —         —         —         —         437,945  

Additions - external purchases

    28,397       —         845       —         60,889       —         —         —         2       90,133  

Amortization (*1)

    (22,679     (70,783     —         (297,959     —         (2,637     (1,107     —         (2     (395,167

Disposals

    —         —         (1,816     —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,816

Impairment loss (*3)(*4)

    (21,690     (7,733     —         (131,713     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (240,816

Reversal of impairment loss

    —         —         960       —         —         —         —         —         —         960  

Transfer from construction-in-progress

    —         80,553       —         —         (80,553     —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2019

  W 100,259       158,012       45,427       375,183       14,203       —         370       14,593       —         708,047  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2019

  W 715,104       975,739       55,988       2,580,777       14,203       59,176       11,074       72,588       13,079       4,497,728  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2019

  W (593,155     (809,994     —         (2,073,881     —         (37,491     (10,704     —         (13,079     (3,538,304
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2019

  W (21,690     (7,733     (10,561     (131,713     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (251,377
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-current Asset Impairment, Continued

 

  (*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.

  (*3)

During 2019, Display(AD PO) and Lighting CGUs were assessed for impairment, and the impairment losses amounting to W122,994 million(W17,650 million and W105,344 million for Display(AD PO) and Lighting CGUs, respectively) were recognized as other non-operating expenses. The impairment amount is reduced in goodwill, customer relationships and others.

  (*4)

The Company recognized an impairment loss amounting to W117,822 million for development projects with low feasibility to result in revenue generation after the impairment review.

 

  (c)

Development costs as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

  (i)

As of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won and in years)

 

Classification

   Product type      Book Value  

Development completed

     TV      W 20,803  
     IT        51,784  
     Mobile        33,097  
     

 

 

 
      W 105,684  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

     TV      W 49,773  
     IT        42,762  
     Mobile        103,734  
     

 

 

 
      W 196,269  
     

 

 

 
   W 301,953  
     

 

 

 

 

(ii) As of December 31, 2019

 

 

(In millions of won and in years)

 

Classification

   Product type      Book Value  

Development completed

     TV      W 22,597  
     IT        26,834  
     Mobile        53,350  
     

 

 

 
      W 102,781  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

     TV      W 42,587  
     IT        72,332  
     Mobile        157,483  
     

 

 

 
      W 272,402  
     

 

 

 
   W 375,183  
     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-current Asset Impairment, Continued

 

  (d)

Impairment assessment on CGU with allocated goodwill

As of December 31, 2020, goodwill is allocated to the Company’s Display CGU which has a large portion of the Company’s non-current financial assets. The carrying amount of goodwill allocated to Display CGU is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Display CGU

   W 14,593        14,593  

The recoverable amount of Display CGU is estimated based on its value in use. Value in use is calculated using the estimated pre-tax cash flow based on 5-year business plan approved by management. The estimated sales of the Company’s products used in the forecast was determined considering external sources and the Company’s past experience. Management estimated the future pre-tax cash flows based on its past performance and forecasts on market growth. The key assumptions used in the estimation of value in use for Display CGU include revenue and operating expenditures for the forecast period, growth rates for subsequent years (“terminal growth rate”), and discount rate. For Display CGU, the terminal growth rate and the discount rate in the estimation of value in use as of December 31, 2020 are as follows.

 

(In millions of won)

    
     Discount rate(*)     Terminal growth rate  

Display CGU

   W 7.0     1.0

 

(*)

The discount rate was calculated using the weighted average cost of equity capital and debt and the beta of equity capital was calculated as the average of five global listed companies in the same industry and the Company. Cost of debt was calculated using the yield rate of non-guaranteed corporate bond considering the Company’s credit rating and debt ratio was determined using the average of the debt ratios of the five global listed companies in the same industry and the Company.

As a result of impairment test, the Company concluded that there was no impairment to Display CGU. The value in use determined for this CGU is sensitive to the discount rate and terminal growth rate used in the discounted cash flow model.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

11. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a)

Financial liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   W 326,400        347,340  

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

     1,769,735        1,117,218  

Current portion of payment guarantee

liabilities

     4,576        5,674  

Derivatives(*)

     58,875        —    

Lease liabilities

     3,403        4,357  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,162,989        1,474,589  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   W 2,435,000        2,692,560  

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     1,572,160        1,626,709  

Bonds

     1,948,541        2,741,516  

Payment guarantee liabilities

     5,797        10,828  

Derivatives(*)

     108,750        20,592  

Lease liabilities

     1,977        2,200  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,072,225        7,094,405  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Represents cross currency interest rate swap contracts and others entered into by the Company to hedge currency and interest rate risks with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and bonds. The contracts are not designated as hedging instruments.

 

  (b)

Short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows.

 

(In millions of won and USD)                     

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2020 (%)(*)
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited

     12ML + 0.98      W 326,400        347,340  

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 300        USD 300  

 

(*)

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (c)

Won denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won)

       

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2020 (%)(*)
    December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

Woori Bank

     2.75     W 60        608  

Korea Development Bank and others

    

CD rate (91days) +

1.00~1.60, 2.21~3.40

 

 

    3,272,500        3,330,000  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

       (837,560      (638,048
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     W 2,435,000        2,692,560  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

CD represents certificate of deposit.

 

  (d)

Foreign currency denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won and USD)

        

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2020 (%)
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea and others

    

3ML+0.75 ~ 2.40

6ML+1.25 ~1.35

 

 

   W 1,680,960        1,696,177  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 1,545        USD 1,465  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

        (108,800      (69,468
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 1,572,160        1,626,709  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (e)

Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won and USD)

 

        
     Maturity      Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2020 (%)
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

Won denominated bonds at amortized cost(*1)

           

Publicly issued bonds

    

February 2021~

February 2024

 

 

     1.95~2.95      W 1,320,000        1,730,000  

Privately issued bonds

    

May 2022~

May 2033

 

 

     3.25~4.25        160,000        110,000  

Less discount on bonds

           (1,798      (3,404

Less current portion

           (499,796      (409,702
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 978,406        1,426,894  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency denominated bonds at amortized cost(*2)

           

Publicly issued bonds

     November 2021        3.88      W 326,400        347,340  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Privately issued bonds

     April 2023        3ML+1.47        108,800        115,780  

Foreign currency equivalent

           USD 400        USD 400  

Less discount on bonds

           (3,161      (6,883

Less current portion

           (323,579      —    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 108,460        456,237  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Foreign currency

denominated convertible bonds

     August 2024        1.50      W 861,675        858,385  

Foreign currency

equivalent

           USD 792        USD 741  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 1,948,541        2,741,516  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

Principal of the won denominated bonds is to be repaid at maturity and interests are paid quarterly.

(*2)

Principal of the foreign currency denominated bonds is to be repaid at maturity and interests are paid quarterly or semi-annually.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (f)

Details of the convertible bonds issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In won, USD)
    

Description

Type   

Unsecured foreign currency denominated convertible bonds

Issuance amount   

USD 687,800,000

Annual interest rate (%)   

1.50

Issuance date   

August 22, 2019

Maturity date   

August 22, 2024

Interest payment   

Payable semi-annually in arrear until maturity date

Principal redemption   

1.  Redemption at maturity:

 

Redeemed on the maturity date, at their outstanding principal amount, which has not been early redeemed or converted.

 

2.  Early redemption:

 

The Company has a right to redeem before maturity (call option) or the bondholders have a right to require the Company to redeem before maturity (put option). At exercise of each option, the outstanding principal amount together with accrued but unpaid interest are to be redeemed.

Conversion price   

W 19,845 per common share (subject to adjustment based on diluted effects of certain events)

Conversion period    From August 23, 2020 to August 12, 2024
Redemption at the option of the issuer (Call option)   

-   On or at any time after 3 years from the issuance, if the closing price of the shares for any 20 trading days out of the 30 consecutive trading days is at least 130% of the applicable conversion price

 

-   The aggregate principal amount of the convertible bonds outstanding is less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount originally issued, or

 

-   In the event of certain changes in laws and other directives resulting in additional taxes for the holders

Redemption at the option of the bondholders (Put option)    On the day of third anniversary from issuance date

The Company designated the convertible bonds as financial liabilities at fair value through profit of loss and recognized the change in fair value in profit or loss. The Company measures the convertible bond at fair value using the market price of convertible bonds disclosed on Bloomberg. The number of convertible shares as of December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)       
     December 31, 2020  

Aggregate outstanding amount of the convertible bonds

   W 813,426,670,000  

Conversion price

   W 19,845  

Number of common shares to be issued at conversion

     40,988,998  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

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.

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 (defined benefit plan assets) recognized as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   W 1,392,293        1,476,866  

Fair value of plan assets

     (1,617,290      (1,604,118
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (224,997      (127,252
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020      2019  

Defined benefit obligations at January 1

   W 1,476,866        1,592,366  

Current service cost

     161,898        192,528  

Past service cost

     —          (32,006

Interest cost

     35,490        42,360  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (155,700      (137,464

Benefit payments

     (123,616      (95,099

Curtailment of plans

     —          (80,470

Net transfers from (to) related parties

     (2,645      (5,349
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Defined benefit obligations at December 31

   W 1,392,293        1,476,866  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are 15.06 years and 15.12 years, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

 

  (c)

Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
   2020      2019  

Fair value of plan assets at January 1

   W 1,604,118        1,548,179  

Expected return on plan assets

     38,595        41,826  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (7,264      (8,824

Contributions by employer directly to plan assets

     100,000        185,000  

Benefit payments

     (118,159      (81,876

Net transfers from (to) related parties

     —          280  

Curtailment of plans

     —          (80,467
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at December 31

   W 1,617,290        1,604,118  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (d)

Plan assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)

     
   December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Guaranteed deposits in banks

   W 1,617,290        1,604,118  

As of December 31, 2020, the Company maintains the plan assets primarily with Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., Ltd., KB Insurance Co., Ltd. and others.

 

  (e)

Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)

     
   2020      2019  

Current service cost

   W 161,898        192,528  

Past service cost

     —          (32,006

Net interest cost

     (3,105      534  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 158,793        161,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses are recognized as following in the separate statements of comprehensive income (loss):

 

(In millions of won)

     
   2020      2019  

Cost of sales

   W 122,245        119,147  

Selling expenses

     8,129        10,221  

Administrative expenses

     16,499        16,798  

Research and development expenses

     11,920        14,890  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 158,793        161,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

(f)

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020      2019  

Balance at January 1

   W (72,208      (165,613

Remeasurements

     

Actuarial profit or loss arising from:

     

Experience adjustment

     36,769        43,644  

Demographic assumptions

     (2,584      (19,952

Financial assumptions

     121,515        113,772  

Return on plan assets

     (7,264      (8,824
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 148,436        128,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

   W (38,032      (35,235
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 38,196        (72,208
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g)

Principal actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2020     December 31, 2019  

Expected rate of salary increase

     2.9     3.4

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     2.6     2.4

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, 2020     December 31, 2019  

Teens

  

Males

Females

    

0.00

0.00


   

0.00

0.00


Twenties

  

Males

Females

    

0.01

0.00


   

0.01

0.00


Thirties

  

Males

Females

    

0.01

0.00


   

0.01

0.00


Forties

  

Males

Females

    

0.02

0.01


   

0.02

0.01


Fifties

  

Males

Females

    

0.04

0.02


   

0.04

0.02


 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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, 2020:

 

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

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

   W (182,556      221,953  

Expected rate of salary increase

     218,924        (183,720

 

13.

Provisions

Changes in provisions for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Warranties (*)      Others      Total  

Balance at January 1, 2020

   W 228,975        26,381        255,356  

Additions (reversal)

     277,448        (10,697      266,751  

Usage

     (235,589      (778      (236,367
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

   W 270,834        14,906        285,740  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

   W 181,201        14,906        196,107  

Non-current

   W 89,633        —          89,633  

 

(*)

Product warranties on defective products are normally applicable for warranty periods from the date of customer’s purchase. The provision is calculated by using historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims and costs per claim to satisfy the Company’s warranty obligation.

 

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14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

 

  (a)

Legal Proceedings

Anti-trust litigations

Some individual claimants filed “follow-on” damages claims against the Company and other TFT-LCD manufacturers alleging violations of EU competition law. While the Company continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, as of December 31, 2020, the Company cannot reliably estimate the timing and amount of outflows of resources embodying economic benefits relating to the proceedings.

Solas OLED Ltd. Litigations

Solas OLED Ltd. filed patent infringement actions in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the Mannheim District Court in Germany in April 2019, in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in China in May 2019 and in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in September 2020 against the Company, television manufacturers and others. In November 2020, the Mannheim District Court issued a decision in favor of the plaintiff and at the same month the Company appealed Mannheim District Court’s November decision. The Company reached an agreement with the plaintiff for the above lawsuits in December 2020, and they are expected to be withdrawn in early 2021 through follow-up procedures.

Others

The Company is involved in various lawsuits and disputes in addition to pending proceedings described above. The Company cannot reliably estimate the timing and amount of outflows of resources embodying economic benefits relating to the disputes.

 

  (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 1,115 million (W1,213,120 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2020, there are no short-term borrowings that are outstanding but past due in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, 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 W602,040 million in connection with its domestic and export sales transactions and, as of December 31, 2020, W86,956 million 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.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments, Continued

 

Letters of credit

As of December 31, 2020, the Company entered into agreements with financial institutions in relation to the opening of letters of credit and the respective credit limits under the agreements are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)              
     Contractual amount      KRW equivalent  

KEB Hana Bank

     USD 150      W 163,200  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

     USD 50        54,400  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     USD 100        108,800  

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

     USD 200        217,600  

Shinhan Bank

     USD 200        217,600  

KB Kookmin Bank

     USD 100        108,800  

MUFG Bank

     USD 100        108,800  

The Export–Import Bank of Korea

     USD 200        217,600  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     USD 1,100      W 1,196,800  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Payment guarantees

The Company provides payment guarantees to LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd. in connection with the principal amount of term loan credit facilities amounting to USD 1,197 million (W1,302,810 million).

In addition, the Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 338 million (W367,200 million) from KB Kookmin Bank and others for advances received related to the long-term supply agreements. The Company also obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 306 million (W332,724 million) from Korea Development Bank for foreign currency denominated bonds and USD 2 million (W2,176 million) from Shinhan Bank for value added tax payments in Poland.

License agreements

As of December 31, 2020, the Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others in relation to its LCD business and patent cross license agreement with Universal Display Corporation in relation to its OLED business. Also, the Company has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp. and other intellectual property license agreements with various companies as of December 31, 2020.

Long-term supply agreement

As of December 31, 2020, in connection with long-term supply agreements with customers, the Company recognized USD 200 million (W217,600 million) in advances received. The advances received are 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 338 million (W367,200 million) from KB Kookmin Bank and other various banks relating to advances received (see note 14(b) payment guarantees).

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020.

 

16.

Retained earnings

 

  (a)

Retained earnings as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Legal reserve

   W 212,158        212,158  

Other reserve

     68,251        68,251  

Defined benefit plan actuarial income (loss)

     38,196        (72,208

Unappropriated retained earnings

     5,904,438        6,417,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,223,043        6,625,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, details of the Company’s appropriations of retained earnings are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, except for cash dividend per common stock)              
     2020      2019  

Retained earnings before appropriations

     

Unappropriated retained earnings carried over from prior year

   W 6,417,700        9,057,593  

Loss for the year

     (513,262      (2,639,893
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unappropriated retained earnings carried forward to the following year

   W 5,904,438        6,417,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the date of appropriation is March 23, 2021 and March 20, 2020, respectively.

 

17.

Revenue

Details of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Sales of goods

   W 22,719,575        21,593,333  

Royalties

     50,681        40,271  

Others

     29,017        24,725  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 22,799,273        21,658,329  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

18.

The Nature of Expenses and Others

The classification of expenses by nature for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Changes in inventories

   W 108,177        424,856  

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     8,539,506        8,616,802  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,519,199        2,549,770  

Outsourcing

     7,612,513        6,377,774  

Labor

     2,116,004        2,398,422  

Supplies and others

     643,432        615,620  

Utility

     664,869        711,890  

Fees and commissions

     370,041        466,415  

Shipping

     55,959        65,986  

Advertising

     112,678        192,333  

Warranty

     277,448        365,993  

Travel

     57,210        85,091  

Taxes and dues

     57,199        58,899  

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

     11,482        1,140,760  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     79,593        240,816  

Others

     545,996        560,225  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 23,771,306        24,871,652  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

19.

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Salaries(*)

   W 191,932        410,355  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     24,697        27,109  

Other employee benefits

     42,475        47,976  

Shipping

     38,106        48,256  

Fees and commissions

     125,125        129,209  

Depreciation

     88,315        107,571  

Taxes and dues

     3,099        2,478  

Advertising

     112,678        192,333  

Warranty

     277,448        365,993  

Insurance

     7,806        6,026  

Travel

     6,070        17,338  

Training

     6,941        9,535  

Others

     40,069        39,166  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 964,761        1,403,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Expenses recognized in relation to employee termination benefits for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 amount to W1,380 million and W218,826 million, respectively.

 

20.

Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2020      2019  

Salaries and wages

   W 1,765,366        2,062,943  

Other employee benefits

     257,427        285,794  

Contributions to National Pension plan

     67,241        73,149  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans(*)

     159,409        161,848  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,249,443        2,583,734  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Expenses recognized in relation to employee defined contribution plan for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 amount to W616 million and W792 million, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

21.

Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a)

Details of other non-operating income for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2020      2019  

Foreign currency gain

   W 1,204,657        752,629  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     43,155        54,756  

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

     —          552  

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,110        960  

Rental income

     1,692        1,832  

Others

     14,990        24,785  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,265,604        835,514  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Details of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2020      2019  

Foreign currency loss

   W 1,281,183        800,082  

Other bad debt expense

     —          1,349  

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     58,852        25,851  

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

     11,482        1,140,760  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     368        18  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     79,593        240,816  

Donations

     378        592  

Others

     8,381        19,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,440,237        2,229,160  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

22.

Finance Income and Finance Costs

Finance income and costs recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   W 8,614        13,633  

Dividend income

     8,239        18,622  

Foreign currency gain

     243,071        77,502  

Gain on disposal of investments

     8,392        5,408  

Reversal of impairment loss on investments

     5,144        2,564  

Gain on transaction of derivatives

     24,759        21,752  

Gain on valuation of derivatives

     —          59,781  

Gain on valuation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     58        402  

Others

   W 6,067        5,302  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     304,344        204,966  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

     

Interest expense

   W 221,131        134,894  

Foreign currency loss

     65,404        104,153  

Loss on repayment of borrowings

     794        —    

Impairment loss on investments

     2,104        39,884  

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     1,870        1,769  

Loss on valuation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     2,130        4,531  

Loss on valuation of financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

     36,798        56,384  

Loss on transaction of derivatives

     291        —    

Loss on valuation of derivatives

     187,344        17,999  

Others

     1,635        12,242  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 519,501        371,856  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

23.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

  (a)

Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2020      2019  

Current tax expense (benefit)

     

Current year

   W 5,172        9,328  

Adjustment for prior years

     (52,574      (163,203
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (47,402      (153,875

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     

Origination and reversal of temporary differences and others

   W (361,075      (875,314

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*)

     (281,030      324,301  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (642,105      (551,013
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

   W (689,507      (704,888
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

The 2020 amount includes tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards due to amendments to tax laws (extension of tax credit carry forward period from 5 years to 10 years and others) resulting in increase of probability for utilization of tax credits.

 

  (b)

Income taxes recognized directly in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020      2019  
     Before tax      Tax
expense
    Net of
tax
     Before
tax
     Tax
expense
    Net of
tax
 

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

   W 148,436        (38,032     110,404        128,640        (35,235     93,405  

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

23.

Income Taxes, Continued

 

  (c)

Reconciliation of the actual effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020      2019  

Loss for the year

   W       (513,262        (2,639,893

Income tax benefit

       (689,507        (704,888
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Loss before income tax

       (1,202,769        (3,344,781
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income tax benefit using the Company’s statutory tax rate

     25.53     (307,067      25.67     (858,605

Non-deductible expenses (Non-taxable income)

     0.27     (3,270      (0.53 %)      17,870  

Tax credits

     6.06     (72,884      1.35     (45,237

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*1)

     22.18     (266,771      (9.70 %)      324,301  

Adjustment for prior years(*2)

     3.93     (47,229      4.88     (163,203

Effect on change in tax rate

     (0.61 %)      7,386        (0.66 %)      22,201  

Others

     (0.03 %)      328        0.07     (2,215
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

   W       (689,507        (704,888
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

       (*3)          (*3)  

 

(*1)

The 2020 amount includes tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards due to amendments to tax laws (extension of tax credit carry forward period from 5 years to 10 years and others) resulting in increase of probability for utilization of tax credits.

(*2)

Adjustment for prior years in 2020 consist of additional use of tax credits in amended tax returns and others. Adjustment for prior years in 2019 consist of additional use of tax credits in amended tax returns and expected amount of income tax refund in relation to the transfer price investigation and others.

(*3)

Actual effective tax rate are not calculated due to loss before income tax.

 

  (d)

Tax uncertainties

In relation to transfer price investigations conducted in subsidiaries located in China, the mutual agreement procedures between tax authorities of the Republic of Korea and China are in progress since 2019. Upon completion of the above process, double taxation is expected to be eliminated. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized current tax assets of W109,222 million in connection with the above and there is no change for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

 

  (a)

Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities

As of December 31, 2020, in relation to the taxable temporary differences on investments in subsidiaries amounting to W308,402 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 and planned tax strategies are feasible. As of December 31, 2020, the amount of unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized and their expiration dates are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
     Total      December 31,
2026
     December 31,
2027
     December 31,
2028
     December 31,
2029
     December 31,
2030
 

Tax credit carryforwards

   W 230,768        10,278        48,578        48,293        82,707        40,912  

 

  (c)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
     December 31,
2020
    December 31,
2019
    December 31,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W —          —          (13     (4,364     (13     (4,364

Inventories, net

     38,700        78,730        —         —         38,700       78,730  

Defined benefit liabilities

     —          —          (35,617     —         (35,617     —    

Accrued expenses

     115,762        120,854        —         —         115,762       120,854  

Property, plant and equipment

     476,162        465,883        —         —         476,162       465,883  

Intangible assets

     16,226        19,422        —         —         16,226       19,422  

Provisions

     70,125        59,875        —         —         70,125       59,875  

Other temporary differences

     81,585        52,293        (2,045     —         79,540       52,293  

Tax loss carryforwards

     819,133        536,684        —         —         819,133       536,684  

Tax credit carryforwards

     391,769        38,337        —         —         391,769       38,337  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 2,009,462        1,372,078        (37,675     (4,364     1,971,787       1,367,714  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d)

Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    January 1,
2019
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
loss
    December 31,
2019
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
loss
    December 31,
2020
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W (1,013     (3,351     —         (4,364     4,351       —         (13

Inventories, net

     53,882       24,848       —         78,730       (40,030     —         38,700  

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     —         35,235       (35,235     —         2,415       (38,032     (35,617

Accrued expenses

     121,508       (654     —         120,854       (5,092     —         115,762  

Property, plant and equipment

     191,073       274,810       —         465,883       10,279       —         476,162  

Intangible assets

     925       18,497       —         19,422       (3,196     —         16,226  

Provisions

     32,468       27,407       —         59,875       10,250       —         70,125  

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     13       (13     —         —         —         —         —    

Others

     17,932       34,361       —         52,293       27,247       —         79,540  

Tax loss carryforwards

     126,755       409,929       —         536,684       282,449       —         819,133  

Tax credit carryforwards

     308,393       (270,056     —         38,337       353,432       —         391,769  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 851,936       551,013       (35,235     1,367,714       642,105       (38,032     1,971,787  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

25.

Loss per Share

 

  (a)

Basic loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2020      2019  

Loss for the year

   W (513,262,046,420      (2,639,892,599,202

Weighted-average number of common stocks

outstanding

     357,815,700        357,815,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic loss per share

   W (1,434      (7,378
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common stocks used for calculating basic loss per share.

 

  (b)

Diluted loss per share is not different from basic loss per share. As of December 31, 2020, 40,988,998 shares of potential common stock to be issued from conversion were excluded from the calculation of weighted-average number of common stocks due to antidilution.

 

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 an acceptable 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 accrued 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. Meanwhile, the Company entered into cross currency interest rate swap contracts to hedge currency risk with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and bonds.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  i)

Exposure to currency risk

The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2020  
     USD     JPY     CNY     PLN      EUR     GBP  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,112       7       41       2        —         —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,425       1,782       —         —          —         —    

Non-trade receivables

     79       90       —         —          6       —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (3,035     (8,853     —         —          —         —    

Other accounts payable

     (266     (4,765     (25     —          (1     (2

Financial liabilities

     (3,034     —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,719     (11,739     16       2        5       (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

     2,225       —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     506       (11,739     16       2        5       (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2019  
     USD     JPY     CNY      PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     907       3       2        1        2  

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,880       3,974       —          —          —    

Non-trade receivables

     306       452       —          —          —    

Trade accounts and

notes payable

     (1,035     (7,346     —          —          —    

Other accounts payable

     (145     (3,619     —          —          (9

Financial liabilities

     (2,900     —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     13       (6,536     2        1        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

     2,085       —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     2,098       (6,536     2        1        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the exchange rates at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2020      2019      December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

USD

   W 1,180.46        1,165.46      W 1,088.00        1,157.80  

JPY

     11.05        10.70        10.54        10.63  

CNY

     170.90        168.56        166.96        165.74  

PLN

     302.95        303.62        292.02        304.87  

EUR

     1,345.71        1,304.52        1,338.24        1,297.43  

GBP

     1,513.48        1,487.46        1,482.40        1,420.32  

 

  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, 2020 and 2019, 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 at 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, 2020      December 31, 2019  
     Equity      Profit or
loss
     Equity      Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   W 19,957        19,957      W 88,054        88,054  

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (4,486      (4,486      (2,520      (2,520

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     97        97        12        12  

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     21        21        11        11  

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     243        243        (329      (329

GBP (5 percent weakening)

     (107      (107      —          —    

A stronger won against the above currencies as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 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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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (ii)

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk arises principally from the Company’s variable interest-bearing bonds 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. Meanwhile, the Company entered into cross currency interest rate swap contracts amounting to USD 1,925 million (W2,094,400 million) and interest rate swap contracts amounting to W170,000 million in notional amount to hedge interest rate risk with respect to variable interest bearing borrowings.

 

  i)

Profile

The interest rate profile of the Company’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Fixed rate instruments

     

Financial assets

   W 1,297,022        1,182,579  

Financial liabilities

     (5,792,416      (6,066,554
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (4,495,394      (4,883,975
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

     

Financial liabilities

   W (2,259,420      (2,458,789

 

  ii)

Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, 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 each 12-month period following the reporting dates. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, remain constant.

 

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

December 31, 2020

           

Variable rate instruments (*)

   W (2,333      2,333        (2,333      2,333  

December 31, 2019

           

Variable rate instruments (*)

   W (2,847      2,847        (2,847      2,847  

 

(*)

Financial instruments related to non-hedging interest rate swaps are excluded.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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 default risk of the country in which each customer operates, 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.

In relation to the impairment of financial assets subsequent to initial recognition, the Company recognizes the changes in expected credit loss (“ECL”) in profit or loss at each reporting date.

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposures to credit risk as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2019
 

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 1,220,098        1,105,245  

Deposits in banks

     76,863        77,268  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     3,797,248        3,565,860  

Non-trade receivables

     130,217        438,659  

Accrued income

     11,115        1,281  

Deposits

     17,789        13,125  

Short-term loans

     28,491        21,623  

Long-term loans

     13,899        40,827  

Long-term non-trade receivables

     5,797        19,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 5,301,517        5,283,787  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Convertible bonds

   W 1,289        1,544  

Derivatives

     9,363        49,676  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 10,652        51,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

   W 72        76  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 5,312,241        5,335,083  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

In addition to the financial assets above, as of December 31, 2020, the Company provides payment guarantees in connection with the principal amount of credit facilities amounting to USD 1,197 million (W1,302,810 million) (see note 14).

Trade accounts and notes receivable are insured in order for the Company to manage credit risk if they do not meet the Company’s internal credit ratings. Uninsured trade accounts and notes receivables are managed by continuous monitoring of internal credit rating standards established by the Company and seeking insurance coverage, if necessary.

 

  (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 other financial assets. 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 instruments, equity-linked and other debt instruments. In addition, the Company maintains a line of credit with various banks.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of December 31, 2020.

 

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                    

Borrowings

   W 5,279,920        5,536,931        1,130,998        256,362        1,451,352        2,698,219        —    

Bonds

     2,771,916        2,786,822        327,489        551,540        1,379,750        435,757        92,286  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,591,319        4,591,319        4,472,817        118,502        —          —          —    

Other accounts

payable

     1,295,580        1,295,580        1,295,580        —          —          —          —    

Other accounts payable (enterprise procurement cards) (*1)

     1,078,150        1,078,150        473,511        604,639        —          —          —    

Payment guarantee (*2)

     10,373        1,338,654        112,049        165,928        402,090        658,587        —    

Security deposits received

     12,350        12,350        —          1,430        10,920        —          —    

Lease liabilities

     5,380        5,483        2,144        1,376        1,532        431        —    

Derivative financial liabilities

                    

Derivatives

   W 167,625        153,487        26,332        22,861        39,277        65,017        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 15,212,613        16,798,776        7,840,920        1,722,638        3,284,921        3,858,011        92,286  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

Represents liabilities payable to credit card companies for utility expenses and others paid using enterprise procurement cards and the outstanding payables are settled at the end of the billing cycle. The Company presented the payable to credit card companies as other accounts payable and disclosed related cash flow as operating activities since the Company is using the enterprise procurement cards through agreements with suppliers for transactions arising from purchasing of goods and services, the payment term is within a year from the purchase, as part of the normal operating cycle, and no security is provided in connection with the above agreement. Change in liabilities related to procurement cards for the year ended December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                     
     January 1, 2020      Change
(Cash flows from
operation activities)
     December 31, 2020  

Other accounts payable (enterprise procurement cards)

   W 2,353,355        (1,275,205      1,078,150  

 

(*2)

Contractual cash flows of payment guarantee is identical to timing of principal and interest 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, 2020 and 2019

 

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, 2020     December 31, 2019  

Total liabilities

   W 16,441,967       16,716,587  

Total equity

     10,263,235       10,666,093  

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     1,296,950       1,182,502  

Borrowings (including bonds)

     8,051,836       8,525,343  

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     160     157

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     66     69

 

  (*1)

Cash and deposits in banks consist of cash and cash equivalents and current deposits in banks.

  (*2)

Net borrowings to equity ratio is calculated by dividing total borrowings (including bonds and excluding lease liabilities and others) less cash and current deposits in banks by total equity.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

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)

Current assets and liabilities

The carrying amounts approximate their 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 current receivables approximate their fair value.

 

  iii)

Investments in equity and debt instruments

The fair value of marketable financial assets at FVTPL and at FVOCI is determined by reference to their quoted closing bid price at the reporting date. The fair value of non-marketable instruments is determined using the results of fair value assessment performed by external valuation institution and others.

 

  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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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, 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 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020     December 31, 2019  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
    Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 1,220,098        ( *)      1,105,245        ( *) 

Deposits in banks

     76,863        ( *)      77,268        ( *) 

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,797,248        ( *)      3,565,860        ( *) 

Non-trade receivables

     130,217        ( *)      438,659        ( *) 

Accrued income

     11,115        ( *)      1,281        ( *) 

Deposits

     17,789        ( *)      13,125        ( *) 

Short-term loans

     28,491        ( *)      21,623        ( *) 

Long-term loans

     13,899        ( *)      40,827        ( *) 

Long-term non-trade receivables

     5,797        ( *)      19,899        ( *) 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

          

Equity instruments

   W 1,381        1,381       2,997        2,997  

Convertible bonds

     1,289        1,289       1,544        1,544  

Derivatives

     9,363        9,363       49,676        49,676  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive  income

          

Debt instruments

   W 72        72       76        76  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

          

Derivatives

   W 167,625        167,625       20,592        20,592  

Convertible bonds

     861,675        861,675       858,385        858,385  

Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

          

Borrowings

   W 5,297,920        5,311,440       5,374,125        5,438,952  

Bonds

     1,910,241        1,923,517       2,292,833        2,345,867  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,591,319        ( *)      2,682,403        ( *) 

Other accounts payable

     2,373,730        ( *)      3,329,040        ( *) 

Long-term other accounts payable

     —          ( *)      1,062        ( *) 

Payment guarantee liabilities

     10,373        ( *)      16,502        ( *) 

Security deposits received

     12,350        ( *)      11,000        ( *) 

Lease liabilities

     5,380        ( *)      6,557        ( *) 

 

  (*)

Excluded from disclosures as the carrying amount approximates fair value.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (iii)

Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

 

  i)

Fair value hierarchy

Financial instruments carried at fair value are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques. 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, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          1,381        1,381  

Convertible bonds

     —          —          1,289        1,289  

Derivatives

     —          —          9,363        9,363  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 72        —          —          72  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          —          167,625        167,625  

Convertible bonds

     861,675        —          —          861,675  

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2019  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          2,997        2,997  

Convertible bonds

     —          —          1,544        1,544  

Derivatives

     —          —          49,676        49,676  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 76        —          —          76  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          —          20,592        20,592  

Convertible bonds

     858,385        —          —          858,385  

 

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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, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

              

Borrowings

   W —          —          5,311,440       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Bonds

     —          —          1,923,517       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2019      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

              

Borrowings

   W —          —          5,438,952       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Bonds

     —          —          2,345,867       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

 

  iv)

The interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2020   December 31, 2019
Borrowings, bonds and others    2.15~4.46%   1.87~3.56%

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

27.

Leases

The Company leases buildings, vehicles, machinery and equipment and others. Information about leases for which the Company is a lessee is presented below.

 

  (i)

Right-of-use assets

Right-of-use assets are presented as property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2020 and December 2019(see Note 9(a)).

Changes in right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)

            
     2020  
     Buildings     Land     Machinery and
equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

   W 922       1       1,180       4,282       30       6,415  

Additions

     7,748       39       1,163       2,241       2       11,193  

Depreciation

     (7,988     (4     (1,130     (3,022     (32     (12,176
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 682       36       1,213       3,501       —         5,432  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions of won)                                     
     2019  
     Buildings     Land     Machinery and
equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

   W 9,338       —         1,021       5,922       51       16,332  

Additions

     307       2       1,271       2,253       41       3,874  

Depreciation

     (8,602     (1     (1,091     (3,726     (62     (13,482

Impairment

     (121     —         (21     (167     —         (309
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 922       1       1,180       4,282       30       6,415  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (ii)

Amounts recognized in profit or loss not from right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Interest on lease liabilities

   W (590      (357

Expenses relating to short-term leases

     (976      (417

Expenses relating to leases of low-value assets

     (70      (257

 

  (iii)

Changes in lease liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Balance at January 1

   W 6,557        16,332  
Additions      10,606        3,874  
Interest expense      590        357  
Repayment of liabilities      (12,373      (14,006
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 5,380        6,557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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28.

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
    January 1,
2020
          Non-cash transactions        
    Cash flows from
financing activities
    Reclassification     Gain or loss on
foreign currency
translation
    Effective interest
adjustment
    Others     December 31,
2020
 

Short-term borrowings

  W 347,340       4,739       —         (25,679     —         —         326,400  

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

    1,117,218       (1,119,579     1,781,141       (10,602     763       794       1,769,735  

Payment guarantee liabilities

    16,502       7,154       —         —         —         (13,283     10,373  

Long-term borrowings

    4,319,269       741,166       (953,340     (99,935     —         —         4,007,160  

Bonds

    2,741,516       49,949       (827,801     (72,129     20,207       36,799       1,948,541  

Lease liabilities

    6,557       (12,373     —         —         —         11,196       5,380  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  W 8,548,402       (328,944     —         (208,345     20,970       35,506       8,067,589  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

29.

Related Parties and Others

 

  (a)

Related parties

Related parties as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

Description

Subsidiaries(*)    LG Display America, Inc. and others
Associates(*)    Paju Electric Glass 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.

 

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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, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   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 11,375,998        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     1,905,919        —          —          —          —          12  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     1,427,576        —          —          —          —          6,006  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     1,423,566        —          —          —          —          972  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     10,276        —          5,319        650        1,444,703        26,526  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     758,404        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     8,392        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     14,805        —          9,554        —          1,859,853        29,725  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     550,715        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     146        —          10,469        622        930,420        28,359  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     4,937        —          1,569,563        3,564        —          2,189  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     1,159,958        —          —          —          —          624  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     330,760        —          —          —          —          439  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     208        —          —          —          —          18,745  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          5,472  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     1,361,805        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     17,355        —          67,607        —          1,743,814        24,378  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     272,678        —          21,680        —          —          —    

LG Display High-Tech (China) Co., Ltd.

     39,488        —          2,627        —          1,292,870        6,251  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 20,662,986        —          1,686,819        4,836        7,271,660        149,698  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   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

   W                 

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     —          —          50        —          —          35  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     22        200        80        —          74,070        1,112  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          7,739        299,739        —          —          2,862  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          300        6,648        11,981        —          3,790  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          93        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 22        8,239        306,610        11,981        74,070        7,799  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 641,579        —          9,644        76,947        —          137,921  

 

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Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   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 53,441        —          —          —          —          173  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     332,977        —          —          —          —          1,125  

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

     —          —          —          —          —          1,044  

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

     29,565        —          —          —          —          52  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          303  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     69,853        —          —          —          —          375  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     4,599        —          664        —          —          76,530  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     7,065        —          —          —          —          —    

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     157,820        —          —          —          —          164  

Others

     26,673        —          12        —          —          10,911  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 681,993        —          676        —          —          90,677  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 21,986,580        8,239        2,003,749        93,764        7,345,730        386,095  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2019  
                   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 9,425,243        —          —          —          —          6  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     2,229,825        —          —          —          —          5  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     1,676,418        —          —          —          —          4,452  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     1,433,672        —          —          —          —          595  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     9,791        —          3,671        —          1,423,501        28,206  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     978,886        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     47        —          —          —          7,535        1,717  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     111,242        —          11,987        —          2,105,906        33,014  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     407,115        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     2,156        —          14,047        —          1,250,772        11,175  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     15        11,120        1,399,183        —          —          2,550  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     1,133,923        —          —          —          —          1,305  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     355,887        —          2        —          —          1,119  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     191        —          —          —          —          22,001  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          5,859  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     1,181,187        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     18,797        —          122,807        —          1,114,903        26,668  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     158,065        —          239        —          —          —    

LG Display High-Tech (China) Co., Ltd.

     40,951        —          1,190        —          41,612        182  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     W19,163,411      11,120      1,553,126      —        5,944,229      138,854  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2019  
                   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

                 

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W —          —          27        —          —          5  

INVENIA Co., Ltd.(*1)

     —          180        1,024        8,700        —          297  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     2,639        265        —          —          73,323        891  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          6,057        342,958        —          —          4,416  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          1,000        6,764        13,949        —          3,655  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          59        —          —          313  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,639        7,502        350,832        22,649        73,323        9,577  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 942,455        —          10,568        224,854        —          138,789  

 

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29. Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2019  
                   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 87,116        —          —          —          —          194  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     277,743        —          —          —          —          924  

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

     —          —          —          —          —          1,155  

LG Electronics S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

     2,384        —          —          —          —          21  

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

     1,848        —          —          —          —          85  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     770        —          —          —          —          1,698  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     97,359        —          —          —          —          241  

LG Electronics (Kunshan) Computer Co., Ltd.

     385        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     6,954        —          34,194        —          —          79,155  

LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd.(*2)

     —          —          —          68,282        —          —    

Inspur LG Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

     36,182        —          —          —          —          —    

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co.,

Ltd.

     21,377        —          —          —          —          —    

Hi Entech Co., Ltd.(*2)

     47        —          —          —          —          21,576  

Others

     41,662        —          —          —          —          12,155  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 573,827        —          34,194        68,282        —          117,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 20,682,332        18,622        1,948,720        315,785        6,017,552        404,424  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

Represents transactions occurred prior to the Company’s disposal of the entire investments

(*2)

Represents transactions occurred prior to LG Electronics Inc.’s disposal of the entire investments

 

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(c) Trade accounts and notes receivable and payable as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes receivable
and others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Subsidiaries

           

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 1,341,210        937,409        5        —    

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     344,276        274,964        12        5  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     287,359        382,463        7        2,794  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     296,556        454,563        95        104  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     2,465        1,358        385,925        220,327  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     319,033        172,259        11        3  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     1,337        12,465        341,389        313,756  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     498,483        351,322        —          —    

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     27,327        116,494        —          2  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     —          —          140,076        149,715  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     1,394        22        314,934        112,053  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     218,280        298,132        10        21  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     41,971        46,375        149,845        199,349  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     —          —          1,773        3,866  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     16,632        24,385        605,531        395,429  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     46,760        24,830        16,047        46  

LG Display High-Tech (China) Co., Ltd.

     10,821        1,722        388,053        54,662  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     W3,453,904      3,098,763      2,343,713      1,452,132  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

29.

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, 2020      December 31, 2019      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Associates

           

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W —          —          18        8  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —          —          2,714        1,029  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          —          84,095        62,853  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          —          9,134        4,533  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          —          8  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W —          —          95,961        68,431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

           

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 93,749        208,870        75,290        110,784  

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

29.

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, 2020      December 31, 2019      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2019  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

           

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

   W 80        4        25,330        29,613  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V

     —          —          50        62  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

     3,697        6,113        —          —    

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     36,417        47,740        16        29  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     —          —          —          67  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E

     13,359        9,432        —          —    

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     —          6,456        —          —    

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     48,677        7,696        —          16  

Others

     5,345        5,061        1,197        1,752  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 107,575        82,502        26,593        31,539  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,655,228        3,390,135        2,541,557        1,662,886  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (d)

Details of significant financing transactions such as grant and collection of loans, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     Loans (*1)  

Associates

   January 1,
2019
     Increase      Decrease (*2)     December 31,
2019
 

INVENIA Co., Ltd.

   W 2,000        1,000        (3,000     —    

 

(*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, 2019.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

29.

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 included in LG Group, a conglomerates according to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows. These entities are not related parties according to K-IFRS No. 1024, Related Party Disclosures.

 

(In millions of won)  
     For the year ended December 31, 2020      December 31, 2020  
     Sales
and others
     Purchase and
others
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LG International Corp. and its subsidiaries

   W 376,848        88,437        81,353        13,104  

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,121        —          151  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     1,071        440,577        2        81,929  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries

     324        180,027        5,864        56,014  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

     36        460,009        —          74,419  

LG Corp.

     —          57,200        6,799        1,417  

LG Management Development Institute

     —          8,294        3,480        351  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     228        144,408        251        79,708  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          63        —          —    

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          38,487        —          8,851  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          1,132        —          814  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 378,507        1,420,755        97,749        316,758  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)  
     For the year ended December 31, 2019      December 31, 2019  
     Sales
and others
     Purchase and
others
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
     Trade accounts and notes
payable and others
 

LG International Corp. and its subsidiaries

   W 625,575        113,913        93,622        45,363  

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,352        —          208  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     149        594,264        23        53,428  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries(*)

     867        360,023        21,307        85,312  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

     92        671,822        —          88,355  

LG Corp.

     —          55,059        8,781        —    

LG Management Development Institute

     —          8,606        3,480        231  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          166,820        —          58,967  

LG Hausys Ltd.

     3        1        —          —    

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          72,639        —          29,540  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          2,155        —          —    

Others(*)

     11        106,045        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 626,697        2,153,699        127,213        361,404  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (*)

Due to S&I Corp.’s disposal of partial investments in Serveone in May 2019, Serveone was reclassified from one of the S&I Corp.’s subsidiaries to associates. Accordingly, transactions with S&I Corp. after the disposal are classified as others. In addition, due to LG Electronics Inc.’s disposal of entire investments in HiEntech Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries and LG Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd. in September 2019, transactions after the disposal are presented as others.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (f)

Key management personnel compensation    

Compensation costs of key management for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Short-term benefits

   W 2,233        2,664  

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     346        553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,579        3,217  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

30.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2020      2019  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

     

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

   W (8,824      (661,330

Changes in other receivable arising from the investments of dividends received from subsidiaries

     —          (177,509

Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities

     11,193        3,874  

 

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Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the Internal Control over Financial Reporting (“ICFR”) of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020, based on the criteria established in Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating ICFR issued by the Operating Committee of ICFR.

In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective ICFR as of December 31, 2020, based on the criteria established in Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating ICFR issued by the Operating Committee of ICFR in the Republic of Korea.

We also have audited, in accordance with Korean Standards on Auditing (“KSAs”), the separate statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, the related separate statements of comprehensive loss, changes in equity, and cash flows for the year then ended and notes including significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (collectively, the separate financial statements), and our report dated March 3, 2021 expressed an unmodified opinion on those separate financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with KSAs. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the ICFR section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the ICFR in the Republic of Korea, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Internal Control over Financial

Reporting

Management is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining effective ICFR, and for its assessment about the effectiveness of ICFR, included in the accompanying Report on the Operation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company’s ICFR.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s ICFR based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with KSAs. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective ICFR was maintained in all material respects.

An audit of ICFR involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about whether a material weakness exists. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks that a material weakness exists. An audit includes obtaining an understanding of ICFR and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of ICFR based on the assessed risk.

 

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Definition and Inherent Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

An entity’s ICFR is a process effected by those charged with governance, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the preparation of reliable separate financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”). An entity’s ICFR includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the entity; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of separate financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS and that receipts and expenditures of the entity are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and those charged with governance; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention, or timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the entity’s assets that could have a material effect on the separate financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, ICFR may not prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements. Also, projections of any assessment 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.

The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report is Han, Sang Hyun.

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

March 3, 2021

 

This report is effective as of March 3, 2021, 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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting. 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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Report on the Operation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

English translation of a Report Originally Issued in Korean

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

We, as the Internal Control over Financial Reporting (“ICFR”) 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, 2020.

The Company’s management, including myself, is responsible for designing and operating an IACS.

We assessed the design and operational effectiveness of the ICFR 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 used the ‘Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating Internal Control over Financial Reporting’ established by the Operating Committee of Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Korea (the “ICFR Committee”) as the criteria for design and operation of the Company’s ICFR. And, we conducted an evaluation of ICFR based on the ‘Management Guideline for Evaluating and Reporting Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting’ established by the ICFR Committee.

Based on our assessment, we concluded that the Company’s ICFR is effectively designed and operated as of December 31, 2020, in all material respects, in accordance with the ‘Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

We certify that this report does not contain any untrue statement of a fact, or omit to state a fact necessary to be presented herein. We also certify that this report does not contain or present any statements which might cause material misunderstandings of the readers, and we have reviewed and verified this report with sufficient care.

January 22, 2021

Ho Young Jeong

Chief Executive Officer

Dong Hee Seo

Internal Control over Financial Reporting 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: March 4, 2021     By:     /s/ Daniel Lee                                                                                
    (Signature)
    Name: Daniel Lee
    Title:  Head of IR / Vice President