Commission
File Number 001-16125
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Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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(
Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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26
Chin Third Road
Nantze
Export Processing Zone
Kaoshiung,
Taiwan
Republic
of China
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Form
20-F X Form
40-F ___
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Yes
___ No
X
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ADVANCED
SEMICONDUCTOR
ENGINEERING, INC. |
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Date:
January 31,
2008
By:
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/s/
Joseph Tung
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Name:
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Joseph
Tung
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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ASE,
Inc.
Room
1901, No.
333, Section 1
Keelung
Road,
Taipei, Taiwan, 110
Tel:
+
886.2.8780.5489
Fax:
+
886.2.2757.6121
http://www.aseglobal.com
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Joseph
Tung, CFO / Vice President
Freddie
Liu, Vice President
ir@aseglobal.com
Clare
Lin, Director (US Contact)
clare.lin@aseus.com
Tel:
+
1.408.986.6524
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Net
revenues
contribution from IC packaging operations (including module assembly),
testing operations, and substrates sold to third parties were NT$22,561
million, NT$5,676 million and NT$739 million, respectively, and
each
represented approximately 78%, 20% and 2% respectively, of total
net
revenues for the quarter.
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Cost
of
revenues was NT$19,603 million, up 21% year-over-year and up 2%
sequentially.
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As
a
percentage of total net revenues, cost of revenues was 68% in 4Q07,
down
from 72% in 4Q06 and down from 70% in
3Q07.
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Raw
material
cost totaled NT$8,004 million during the quarter, representing
28% of
total net revenues, compared with NT$7,830 million and 28% of net
revenues
in the previous quarter.
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Depreciation,
amortization and rental expenses totaled NT$4,141 million during
the
quarter, up 9% year-over-year and up 1%
sequentially.
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Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
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Total
operating expenses during 4Q07 were NT$2,730 million, including
NT$1,128
million in R&D and NT$1,602 million in SG&A. Compared
with operating expense of NT$2,321 million in 3Q07, the sequential
increase was primarily attributable to the expansion of our R&D
function and the expenses incurred from our new initiatives in
China, as
well as the professional fees related to the privatization of ASE
Test. Total operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues
for the current quarter
were 9%,
down
from 10% in 4Q06
and up
from 8%
in 3Q07.
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Operating
profit for
the quarter
totaled
NT$6,643 million,
up
from NT$6,109
million in the previous
quarter. Operating margin increased
from
22%
in 3Q07
to
23%
in 4Q07.
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In
terms of non-operating
items,
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Net
interest expense was
NT$293
million,
slightly up from
NT$273 million
a quarter ago.
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Net
exchange gain of
NT$198 million
was primarily attributable
to the exchange
gain
from the appreciation of the
Renminbi against the U.S. dollar.
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Gain
on
long-term investment of NT$96 million was primarily attributed
to
investment income of NT$99 million from USI, investment income
of NT$1
million from Hung Ching Construction, and partially offset by investment
loss of other invested companies.
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Total
non-operating expenses totaled NT$987 million, compared to NT$185
million
for 4Q06 and NT$280 million for 3Q07. Due to the low
utilization of our build-up substrate operation, the company took
an asset
impairment loss and provision for inventory adjustment for a total
amount
of NT$853 million.
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Income
before
tax was NT$5,656 million for 4Q07, compared with NT$5,829 million
in the
previous quarter. We recorded an income tax expense of NT$1,165
million during the quarter, compared with an income tax expense
of
NT$1,008 million in 3Q07. Minority interest was NT$787 million
for 4Q07.
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In
4Q07, net
income was NT$3,704 million, compared to net income of NT$2,734
million
for 4Q06 and NT$4,225 million for 3Q07.
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Our
total
number of shares outstanding at the end of the quarter was 5,255,505,908,
excluding treasury stock. Our diluted EPS for 4Q07 was NT$0.66,
or US$0.102 per ADS, based on 5,559,851,477 weighted average number
of
shares outstanding during the fourth
quarter.
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Net
revenues
for the full year of 2007 amounted to NT$101,163 million, up 1%
from
2006. The revenue contribution from IC packaging operations
(including module assembly), testing operations, and others were
NT$78,517
million, NT$20,007 million, and NT$2,639 million, respectively,
and each
represented approximately 78%, 20% and 2% respectively, of total
net
revenues for the year.
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Costs
of
revenues for the full year of 2007 were NT$71,961 million, a slight
increase compared to 2006.
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As
a
percentage of net revenues, cost of revenues was 71% in 2007, relatively
unchanged compared to 2006.
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Depreciation,
amortization and rental expenses totaled NT$16,359 million during
the
year, up 8% compared to 2006. As a percentage of net revenues,
depreciation, amortization and rental expenses were 16% during
the year,
up from 15% in 2006. The increase in depreciation, amortization
and rental expense was primarily due to our new operations set
up in China
and Chung Li during
2007.
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Gross
profit
for the year was NT$29,202 million, up 1% compared to NT$28,780
million in
2006. Gross margin was 29% for the year, relatively unchanged
compared to 2006.
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Total
operating expenses during 2007 were NT$9,791 million, including
NT$3,284
million in R&D and NT$6,507 million in SG&A. Total
operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues was 10% in 2007,
up
from 8% in 2006.
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Operating
income for the year was NT$19,411 million, compared to income of
NT$20,446
for the previous year. Operating margin was 19% in 2007, which
decreased from 20% in 2006.
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Total
non-operating expenses for the year was NT$2,059 million, compared
to
non-operating income of NT$1,806 million for 2006. The
difference was primarily due to the insurance payment received
in 2006,
and the impairment loss recorded in 2007.
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Income
before
tax was NT$17,352 million for 2007. We recognized an income tax
expense of NT$3,358 million during the year. Minority interest
was NT$1,829 million.
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In
2007, net
income amounted to NT$12,165 million, compared with a net income
of
NT$17,416 in 2006.
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Our
total
shares outstanding at the end of the year were 5,255,505,908, excluding
treasury stock. Our diluted EPS for 2007 was NT$2.26, or
US$0.344 per ADS, based on 5,436,442,583 weighted average number
of shares
outstanding.
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As
of December
31, 2007, our cash and other financial assets totaled NT$28,216
million,
compared to NT$24,631 million on September 30, 2007.
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Capital
expenditures in 4Q07 totaled US$162 million, of which US$97 million
was
for IC packaging, US$60 million was for testing, and US$5 million
was for
interconnect materials.
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For
the full
year 2007, the Company spent US$446 million for capital expenditures,
including US$262 million for IC packaging, US$178 million for testing,
and
US$6 million for interconnect material.
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As
of December
30, 2007, we had total bank debts of NT$39,710 million, compared
to
NT$38,145 million as of September 30, 2007. Total bank debts
consisted of NT$9,072 million of revolving working capital loans,
NT$5,327
million of current portion of long-term debts, NT$1,375 million
of current
portion of bonds payable, NT$18,046 million of long-term debts
and
NT$5,890 million of long-term bonds payable. Total unused
credit lines were NT$57,471 million.
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Current
ratio
as of December 31, 2007 was 1.59, compared to 1.69 as of September
30,
2007 and net debt to equity ratio was 0.13 as of December 31,
2007.
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Total
number
of employees was 29,942 as of December 31,
2007.
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Net
revenues
generated from our IC packaging operations were NT$22,561 million
during
the quarter, up by NT$5,375 million or 31% year-over-year and up
by NT$917
million or 4% sequentially. On a sequential basis, the increase
in packaging net revenue was primarily due to volume
increase.
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Net
revenues
from advanced substrate and leadframe-based packaging accounted
for
83% of total IC packaging net revenues during the quarter, down
by two percentage points compared with the previous
quarter.
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Gross
margin
for our IC packaging operations was 28%, up by 3 percentage points
year-over-year and up by 2 percentage points sequentially.
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Capital
expenditure for our IC packaging operations amounted to US$97 million
during the quarter, of which US$78 million was for wirebonding
packaging
capacity, and US$19 million was for wafer bumping and flip chip
packaging
equipment.
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As
of December
31, 2007, there were 8,003 wirebonders in operation, of which 528
wirebonders were added and 174 wirebonders were disposed of during
the
quarter.
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Net
revenues
from flip chip packages and wafer bumping services accounted for
10% of
total packaging net revenues, relatively unchanged compared with
the
previous quarter.
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Net
revenues
generated from our testing operations were NT$5,676 million, up
by NT$879
million or 18% year-over-year and up by NT$394 million or 7%
sequentially. The increase in testing net revenues was
primarily due to an increase in testing volume.
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Final
testing
contributed 76% to total testing net revenues, relatively unchanged
compared with the previous quarter. Wafer sort contributed 22%
to total testing net revenues, up by one percentage point from
the
previous quarter. Engineering testing contributed 2% to total
testing net revenues, down by one percentage point from the previous
quarter.
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Depreciation,
amortization and rental expense associated with our testing operations
amounted to NT$1,538 million, down from NT$1,556 million in 4Q06
and up
from NT$1,517 million in 3Q07.
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In
4Q07, gross
margin for our testing operations was 45%, up by nine percentage
points
year-over-year and up by four percentage points
sequentially. The sequential increase in gross margin was
primarily due to the increase of sales and
utilization.
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Capital
spending on our testing operations amounted to US$60 million during
the
quarter.
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As
of December
31, 2007, there were 1,534 testers in operations, of which 56 testers
were
added and 102 testers were disposed of during the
quarter.
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PBGA
substrate
manufactured by ASE amounted NT$2,529 million for the quarter,
up by
NT$660 million or 35% from a year-ago quarter, and down by NT$83
million
or 3% from the previous quarter. Of the total output
of NT$2,529 million, NT$739 million was from sales to external
customers.
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Gross
margin
for substrate operations was 20% during the quarter, down by four
percentage points compared with the year-ago quarter and the previous
quarter.
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In
4Q07, the
Company’s internal substrate manufacturing operations supplied 56% (by
value) of our total substrate requirements.
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As
of December
31, 2007, the Company’s PBGA capacity was at 48 million units per
month.
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Our
five
largest customers together accounted for approximately 23% of our
total
net revenues in 4Q07, compared to 27% in 4Q06 and 26% in
3Q07. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our
total net revenues.
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Our
top 10
customers contributed 43% of our total net revenues during the
quarter,
relatively unchanged compared to 4Q06 and 3Q07.
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Our
customers
that are integrated device manufacturers, or IDMs, accounted for
42% of
our total net revenues in 4Q07, compared to 47% in 4Q06 and 38%
in
3Q07.
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Amounts
in NT$
Millions
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4Q/07
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3Q/07
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4Q/06
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Net
Revenues
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28,976
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27,733
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22,574
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Revenues
by End Application
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Communication
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43%
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44%
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38%
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Computer
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25%
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22%
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25%
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Automotive
and
Consumers
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31%
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33%
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37%
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Others
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1%
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1%
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0%
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Revenues
by Region
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North
America
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51%
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49%
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54%
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Europe
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13%
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13%
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13%
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Taiwan
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20%
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22%
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18%
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Japan
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7%
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8%
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10%
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Other
Asia
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9%
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8%
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5%
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Amounts
in NT$
Millions
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4Q/07
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3Q/07
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4Q/06
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Net
Revenues
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22,561
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21,644
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17,186
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Revenues
by Packaging
Type
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Advanced
substrate & leadframe based
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83%
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85%
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82%
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Traditional
leadframe based
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4%
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4%
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5%
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Module
assembly
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6%
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6%
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8%
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Others
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7%
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5%
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5%
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Capacity
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CapEx
(US$
Millions) *
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97
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83
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33
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Number
of
Wirebonders
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8,003
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7,649
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6,526
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Amounts
in NT$
Millions
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4Q/07
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3Q/07
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4Q/06
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Net
Revenues
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5,676
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5,282
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4,797
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Revenues
by Testing
Type
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Final
test
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76%
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76%
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77%
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Wafer
sort
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22%
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21%
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18%
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Engineering
test
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2%
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3%
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5%
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Capacity
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CapEx
(US$
Millions) *
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60
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55
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33
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Number
of
Testers
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1,534
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1,580
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1,305
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For
the three
months ended
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For
the period
ended
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Dec.
31
2007
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Sep.
30
2007
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Dec.
31
2006
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Dec.
31
2007
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Dec.
31
2006
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Net
revenues:
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IC
Packaging
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22,561
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21,644
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17,186
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78,517
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76,820
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Testing
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5,676
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5,282
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4,797
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20,007
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21,430
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Others
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739
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807
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591
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2,639
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2,174
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Total
net
revenues
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28,976
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27,733
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22,574
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101,163
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100,424
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Cost
of
revenues
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19,603
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19,303
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16,176
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71,961
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71,644
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Gross
profit
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9,373
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8,430
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6,398
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29,202
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28,780
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Operating
expenses:
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Research
and
development
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1,128
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748
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690
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3,284
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2,632
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Selling,
general and administrative
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1,602
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1,573
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1,485
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6,507
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5,702
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Total
operating expenses
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2,730
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2,321
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2,175
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9,791
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8,334
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Operating
income (loss)
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6,643
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6,109
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4,223
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19,411
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20,446
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Net
non-operating (income) expenses:
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Interest
expenses - net
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293
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273
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214
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1,225
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1,214
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Foreign
exchange loss (gain)
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(198)
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(39)
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(159)
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(403)
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(93)
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Loss
(gain) on
long-term investment
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(96)
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(111)
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(136)
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(348)
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(499)
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Others
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988
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157
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266
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1,585
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(2,428
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Total
non-operating (income) expenses
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987
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280
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185
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2,059
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(1,806)
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Income
(loss)
before tax
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5,656
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5,829
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4,038
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17,352
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22,252
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Income
tax
expense (benefit)
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1,165
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1,008
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766
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3,358
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2,085
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Income
(loss)
from continuing operations
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4,491
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4,821
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3,272
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13,994
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20,167
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Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
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-
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-
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-
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-
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343
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Income
(loss)
before minority interest
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4,491
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4,821
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3,272
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13,994
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19,824
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Minority
interest
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787
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596
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538
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1,829
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2,408
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Net
income
(loss)
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3,704
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4,225
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2,734
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12,165
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17,416
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Per
share
data:
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Earnings
(loss) per share
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–
Basic
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NT$0.71
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NT$0.81
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NT$0.53
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NT$2.34
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NT$3.41
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–
Diluted
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NT$0.66
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NT$0.79
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NT$0.51
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NT$2.26
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NT$3.25
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Earnings
(loss) per pro forma equivalent ADS
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–
Basic
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US$0.109
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US$0.123
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US$0.081
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US$0.356
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US$0.525
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–
Diluted
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US$0.102
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US$0.120
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US$0.077
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US$0.344
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US$0.500
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Number
of
weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation (in
thousands)
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5,559,851
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5,402,951
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5,441,561
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5,436,443
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5,407,829
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Exchange
rate
(NT$ per US$1)
|
32.44
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32.86
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32.84
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32.80
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32.48
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As
of Dec. 31,
2007
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As
of Sep. 30,
2007
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Current
assets:
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||||||||||
Cash
and cash
equivalents
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17,158
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16,990
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Financial
assets – current
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11,058
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7,641
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||||||||
Notes
and
accounts receivable
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18,765
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18,074
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Inventories
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5,597
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5,740
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Others
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4,328
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3,788
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Total
current
assets
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56,906
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52,233
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Financial
assets – non current
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4,850
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4,813
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Properties
–
net
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81,788
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80,056
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Other
assets
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8,872
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9,762
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Total
assets
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152,416
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146,864
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Current
liabilities:
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Short-term
debts – revolving credit
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9,072
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7,279
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Short-term
debts – current portion of long-term
debts
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5,327
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2,382
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Short-term
debts – current portion of bonds payable
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1,375
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0
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||||||||
Notes
and
accounts payable
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9,343
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9,709
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||||||||
Others
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10,669
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11,624
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Total
current
liabilities
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35,786
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30,994
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Long-term
debts
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18,046
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20,817
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||||||||
Long-term
bonds payable
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5,890
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7,667
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||||||||
Other
liabilities
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2,954
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3,097
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||||||||
Total
liabilities
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62,676
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62,575
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||||||||
Minority
interest
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14,567
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13,260
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||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
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75,173
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71,029
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||||||||
Total
liabilities & shareholders’ equity
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152,416
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146,864
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Current
Ratio
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1.59
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1.69
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Net
Debt to
Equity
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0.13
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0.16
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