6-K

1934 Act Registration No. 1-31731

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Dated March 8, 2017

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

21-3 Hsinyi Road Sec. 1,

Taipei, Taiwan, 100 R.O.C.

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

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

Yes  ☐            No  ☒

(If “Yes” is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable)

SIGNATURE

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

Date: March 8, 2017
		Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
	By:	/s/ Bo Yung Chen
	Name:	Bo Yung Chen
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2016 pursuant to International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by ROC (“Taiwan-IFRSs’) and Independent Auditors’ Report (Parent Company Only)
99.2	Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2016 pursuant to International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by ROC (“Taiwan-IFRSs’) and Independent Auditors’ Report

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Financial Statements for the

Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and

Independent Auditors’ Report

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (the Company), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant of the Republic of China, 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 financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

The descriptions of the key audit matters of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 are as follows:

Revenue Recognition on Mobile Service

Key audit matter:

As disclosed in Note 39 to the financial statements, mobile service revenue is the Company’s one source of main revenues and is also an important indicator for the public to evaluate competitiveness and growth potential of telecommunications companies. The calculation of the Company’s mobile services revenue highly relies on an automated computer environment in which the systems are complex due to combinations of the various mobile service price plans and process large volumes of data. Consequently, whether mobile services revenue is appropriately recognized is considered as one of the key audit matters.

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Corresponding audit procedures:

We tested the information systems relevant to the mobile services revenue and the mobile services revenue process from call records, rate calculations, and billing procedures to accounting information system so as to understand the Company’s revenue recognition process and perform procedures to test the design and operating effectiveness of the related internal controls.

Moreover, we performed the following audit procedures on a sample basis: (1) inspected mobile service customers’ contracts; (2) performed live call testing and re-calculated the call records on the basis of corresponding price plans; (3) checked that the calculations of call records agreed with customers’ bills; and (4) checked that the amounts transferred from the mobile service system agreed with the accounting information system.

Revenue Recognition on Project Business

Key audit matter:

The project business mainly provides customers with combinations of one or more equipment and/or services. When the Company provides a project business, part of the obligations or service may likely be outsourced to third parties. Hence, the judgment on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent is required in order to determine if revenue should be reported gross as principal versus net as agent. Please refer to Notes 3 and 4 to the financial statements for the details. Due to highly customized nature of the project business, whether project revenue is recognized appropriately is considered as one of the key audit matters.

Corresponding audit procedures:

We understood and tested the Company’s design and operating effectiveness of the project revenue’s internal controls, including, but not limited to, the authorized personnel’s exercise of judgment on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent, and then recognize revenue gross or net accordingly.

Moreover, we performed the following audit procedures on a sample basis: (1) inspected project contracts; (2) reviewed evaluation forms prepared by authorized personnel on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent; (3) re-calculated the project revenue and checked that they agreed with the accounting records; (4) obtained confirmations; and (5) checked the source documents and tested the amounts received.

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

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the 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, including the audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

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Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, 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 the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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.

2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.

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

4. 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, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the 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.

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

6. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision, and performance of the audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

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.

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

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From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 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 partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Mr. Hung Peng Lin and Mr. Ching Pin Shih.

/s/ Hung Peng Lin	/s/ Ching Pin Shih
Deloitte & Touche Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China March 7, 2017

Notice to Readers

The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China.

For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language independent auditors’ report and financial statements shall prevail.

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016				2015
ASSETS		Amount		%		Amount	%
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 3 and 6)	$	24,871,430		6	$	24,183,536	6
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 3 and 7)		—		—		14	—
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 3 and 8)		2,139,892		—		1,880,739	—
Hedging derivative financial assets (Notes 3 and 20)		—		—		498	—
Trade notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 3, 4 and 9)		29,029,997		7		24,733,620	6
Receivables from related parties (Note 35)		756,113		—		850,925	—
Inventories (Notes 3, 4 and 10)		2,387,212		1		3,715,936	1
Prepayments (Notes 11 and 35)		1,881,449		—		1,804,103	—
Other current monetary assets (Notes 12 and 25)		2,688,909		1		2,546,371	1
Other current assets (Note 19)		2,018,394		—		2,121,398	—
Total current assets		65,773,396		15		61,837,140	14
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Available-for-sale financial assets (Notes 3 and 13)		2,451,686		1		3,163,466	1
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 3 and 8)		—		—		2,139,801	—
Financial assets carried at cost (Notes 3 and 14)		2,123,780		—		2,135,647	—
Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 3 and 15)		13,404,532		3		13,072,205	3
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 3, 4, 16 and 35)		283,912,327		67		290,072,562	67
Investment properties (Notes 3, 4 and 17)		8,039,758		2		7,827,630	2
Intangible assets (Notes 3, 4 and 18)		46,726,067		11		49,798,429	11
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 3 and 29)		1,862,862		—		1,608,111	—
Net defined benefit assets (Notes 3, 4 and 25)		907,073		—		—	—
Prepayments (Notes 11 and 35)		2,038,724		—		2,259,583	1
Other noncurrent assets (Note 19)		4,704,975		1		5,273,925	1
Total noncurrent assets		366,171,784		85		377,351,359	86
TOTAL	$	431,945,180		100	$	439,188,499	100
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 3 and 7)	$	1,356		—	$	—	—
Hedging derivative financial liabilities (Notes 3 and 20)		586		—		—	—
Trade notes and accounts payable (Note 21)		14,721,192		3		12,414,507	4
Payables to related parties (Note 35)		4,730,395		1		4,085,634	1
Current tax liabilities (Notes 3 and 29)		2,180,615		1		4,531,290	1
Other payables (Note 22)		23,426,341		6		22,932,024	5
Provisions (Notes 3 and 23)		55,390		—		20,572	—
Advance receipts (Note 24)		8,889,760		2		8,497,065	2
Other current liabilities		1,342,358		—		1,512,012	—
Total current liabilities		55,347,993		13		53,993,104	13
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Deferred income tax liabilities (Notes 3 and 29)		1,417,653		—		96,931	—
Provisions (Notes 3 and 23)		65,942		—		58,158	—
Customers’ deposits (Note 35)		4,521,074		1		4,642,735	1
Net defined benefit liabilities (Notes 3, 4 and 25)		1,441,732		—		7,026,445	1
Deferred revenue (Note 3)		3,545,281		1		3,590,685	1
Other noncurrent liabilities (Note 35)		901,757		—		1,040,513	—
Total noncurrent liabilities		11,893,439		2		16,455,467	3
Total liabilities		67,241,432		15		70,448,571	16
EQUITY (Note 26)
Common stocks		77,574,465		18		77,574,465	18
Additional paid-in capital		168,542,486		39		168,095,615	38
Retained earnings
Legal reserve		77,574,465		18		77,574,465	18
Special reserve		2,675,419		—		2,675,419	—
Unappropriated earnings		38,342,317		10		42,551,245	10
Total retained earnings		118,592,201		28		122,801,129	28
Other adjustments		(5,404	)	—		268,719	—
Total equity		364,703,748		85		368,739,928	84
TOTAL	$	431,945,180		100	$	439,188,499	100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

	2016						2015
	Amount			%			Amount			%
REVENUES (Notes 27, 35 and 39)	$	201,636,805			100		$	201,993,986			100
OPERATING COSTS (Notes 10, 25, 28 and 35)		123,975,098			61			123,128,370			61
GROSS PROFIT		77,661,707			39			78,865,616			39
OPERATING EXPENSES (Notes 25, 28 and 35)
Marketing		24,489,697			12			23,142,382			11
General and administrative		3,477,387			2			3,495,107			2
Research and development		3,441,181			2			3,455,604			2
Total operating expenses		31,408,265			16			30,093,093			15
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES (Notes 16, 17 and 28)		(470,896	)		—			(28,898	)		—
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS		45,782,546			23			48,743,625			24
NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
Interest income		155,213			—			260,885			—
Other income (Notes 28 and 35)		888,754			—			532,527			—
Other gains and losses (Notes 28 and 35)		(437,508	)		—			(128,279	)		—
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method (Note 15)		1,381,354			1			1,385,675			1
Total non-operating income and expenses		1,987,813			1			2,050,808			1
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		47,770,359			24			50,794,433			25
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 3 and 29)		7,703,349			4			7,988,705			4
NET INCOME		40,067,010			20			42,805,728			21
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans (Note 25)		(2,016,383	)		(1	)		(226,028	)		—
Share of remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures (Note 15)		(51,194	)		—			(27,038	)		—
Income tax benefit relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss (Note 29)		342,785			—			38,425			—
		(1,724,792	)		(1	)		(214,641	)		—

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

	2016						2015
	Amount			%			Amount			%
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations	$	(112,470	)		—		$	26,254			—
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets (Note 26)		(134,447	)		—			(659,055	)		—
Cash flow hedges (Notes 20 and 28)		(1,085	)		—			781			—
Share of exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures (Note 15)		(18,719	)		—			4,561			—
Share of unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures (Notes 15 and 26)		(7,402	)		—			10,031			—
		(274,123	)		—			(617,428	)		—
Total other comprehensive loss, net of income tax		(1,998,915	)		(1	)		(832,069	)		—
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	38,068,095			19		$	41,973,659			21
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 30)
Basic	$	5.16					$	5.52
Diluted	$	5.16					$	5.50

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. (Concluded ) 

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

													Other Adjustments (Notes 20 and 26)
	Common Stocks (Note 26)		Additional Paid-in Capital (Note 26)		Retained Earnings (Note 26)								Exchange Differences Arising from the Translation of the Foreign Operations			Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for-sale Financial Assets			Cash Flow Hedges			Total Equity
					Legal Reserve		Special Reserve			Unappropriated Earnings
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2015	$	77,574,465	$	168,047,935	$	76,893,722	$	2,819,899		$	38,231,982		$	146,442		$	739,988		$	(283	)	$	364,454,150
Appropriation of 2014 earnings
Legal reserve		—		—		680,743		—			(680,743	)		—			—			—			—
Special reserve		—		—		—		(144,005	)		144,005			—			—			—			—
Cash dividends		—		—		—		—			(37,673,263	)		—			—			—			(37,673,263	)
Reversal of special reserve recognized from land disposal		—		—		—		(475	)		475			—			—			—			—
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		47,680		—		—			(62,298	)		—			—			—			(14,618	)
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—		—		—			42,805,728			—			—			—			42,805,728
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—		—		—			(214,641	)		30,815			(649,024	)		781			(832,069	)
Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—		—		—			42,591,087			30,815			(649,024	)		781			41,973,659
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2015		77,574,465		168,095,615		77,574,465		2,675,419			42,551,245			177,257			90,964			498			368,739,928
Appropriation of 2015 earnings
Cash dividends		—		—		—		—			(42,551,146	)		—			—			—			(42,551,146	)
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		446,871		—		—			—			—			—			—			446,871
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—		—		—			40,067,010			—			—			—			40,067,010
Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—		—		—			(1,724,792	)		(131,189	)		(141,849	)		(1,085	)		(1,998,915	)
Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—		—		—			38,342,218			(131,189	)		(141,849	)		(1,085	)		38,068,095
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2016	$	77,574,465	$	168,542,486	$	77,574,465	$	2,675,419		$	38,342,317		$	46,068		$	(50,885	)	$	(587	)	$	364,703,748

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016			2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income before income tax	$	47,770,359		$	50,794,433
Adjustments to reconcile income before income tax to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		28,572,318			29,800,486
Amortization		3,299,380			3,029,335
Provision for doubtful accounts		940,341			498,610
Interest income		(155,213	)		(260,885	)
Dividend income		(378,818	)		(207,419	)
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		(1,381,354	)		(1,385,675	)
Loss (gain) on disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		409			(7,409	)
Provision for inventory and obsolescence		172,328			163,221
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		595,408			138,093
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties		(147,527	)		(142,047	)
Impairment loss on available-for-sale financial assets		577,333			—
Impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost		—			77,018
Loss on disposal of financial instruments		136			—
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		23,015			32,852
Valuation loss (gain) on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, net		1,370			(14	)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange, net		(55,560	)		67,702
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in:
Trade notes and accounts receivable		(4,812,266	)		(732,636	)
Receivables from related parties		94,812			(156,755	)
Inventories		1,156,396			(2,457,915	)
Other current monetary assets		(204,429	)		(282,052	)
Prepayments		143,513			32,406
Other current assets		148,945			953,678
Increase (decrease) in:
Trade notes and accounts payable		2,295,451			(2,336,022	)
Payables to related parties		644,761			69,231
Other payables		(172,122	)		1,196,476
Provisions		42,602			(20,967	)
Advance receipts		405,147			210,089
Other current liabilities		8,563			(101,748	)
Deferred revenue		(45,404	)		148,934
Net defined benefit liabilities		(8,508,169	)		399,725
Cash generated from operations		71,031,725			79,520,745
Income tax paid		(8,645,268	)		(6,892,786	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		62,386,457			72,627,959

(Continued)

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016			2015
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of available-for-sale financial assets	$	(30,000	)	$	—
Proceeds from disposal of available-for-sale financial assets		29,784			—
Acquisition of negotiable certificate of deposits with maturities of more than three months		(1,603,297	)		(11,200,000	)
Proceeds from disposal of negotiable certificate of deposits with maturities of more than three months		1,650,000			11,200,000
Acquisition of held-to-maturity financial assets		—			(1,002,167	)
Proceeds from disposal of held-to-maturity financial assets		1,875,000			4,450,000
Acquisition of financial assets carried at cost		(22,980	)		(29,077	)
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets carried at cost		80			—
Capital reduction of financial assets carried at cost		34,847			37,672
Acquisition of investments accounted for using equity method		(89,641	)		—
Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		182,108			10,848
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment		(22,546,940	)		(24,626,617	)
Acquisition of investment properties		(52	)		—
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		39,386			—
Acquisition of intangible assets		(227,018	)		(10,310,517	)
Decrease in other noncurrent assets		107,246			118,315
Interest received		167,750			302,462
Cash dividends received from others		378,818			207,419
Cash dividends received from subsidiaries and associates accounted for using equity method		1,213,236			1,317,493
Net cash used in investing activities		(18,841,673	)		(29,524,169	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Decrease in customers’ deposits		(299,878	)		(90,137	)
Decrease in other noncurrent liabilities		(5,866	)		(162,770	)
Cash dividends		(42,551,146	)		(37,673,263	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(42,856,890	)		(37,926,170	)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		687,894			5,177,620
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR		24,183,536			19,005,916
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF THE YEAR	$	24,871,430		$	24,183,536

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. (Concluded ) 

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Stated Otherwise)

1. GENERAL

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) was incorporated on July 1, 1996 in the Republic of China (“ROC”) pursuant to the Article 30 of the Telecommunications Act. The Company is a company limited by shares and, prior to August 2000, was wholly owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (“MOTC”). Prior to July 1, 1996, the current operations of the Company were carried out under the Directorate General of Telecommunications (“DGT”). The DGT was established by the MOTC in June 1943 to take primary responsibility in the development of telecommunications infrastructure and to formulate policies related to telecommunications. On July 1, 1996, the telecom operations of the DGT were spun-off as the Company which continues to carry out the business and the DGT continues to be the industry regulator.

As the dominant telecommunications service provider of domestic and international fixed-line, Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”), and Third Generation (“3G”) in the ROC, the Company is subject to additional regulations imposed by the ROC.

Effective August 12, 2005, the MOTC completed the process of privatizing the Company by reducing the government ownership to below 50% in various stages. In July 2000, the Company received approval from the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) for a domestic initial public offering and its common stocks were listed and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (the “TWSE”) on October 27, 2000. Certain of the Company’s common stocks were sold, in connection with the foregoing privatization plan, in domestic public offerings at various dates from August 2000 to July 2003. Certain of the Company’s common stocks were also sold in an international offering of securities in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADS”) on July 17, 2003 and were listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The MOTC sold common stocks of the Company by auction in the ROC on August 9, 2005 and completed the second international offering on August 10, 2005. Upon completion of the share transfers associated with these offerings on August 12, 2005, the MOTC owned less than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company and completed the privatization plan.

The financial statements are presented in the Company’s functional currency, New Taiwan dollars.

2. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements were approved and authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on March 7, 2017.

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Statement of Compliance

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers (the “Regulations”).

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Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments that are measured at revalued amounts or fair values.

When preparing the accompanying financial statements, the Company used equity method to account for its investment in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. In order for the amounts of the net profit, other comprehensive income and total equity in the parent company only financial statements to be the same with those amounts attributable to the owner of the Company in its consolidated financial statements, adjustments arising from the differences in accounting treatment between parent company only basis and consolidated basis were made to the captions of “investments accounted for using equity method”, “share of profit (loss) of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method”, “share of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method” and related equity items, as appropriate, in the parent company only financial statements.

Current and Noncurrent Assets and Liabilities

Current assets include:

a. Assets held primarily for the purpose of trading;

b. Assets expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; and

c. Cash and cash equivalents unless the asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Current liabilities include:

a. Liabilities held primarily for the purpose of trading;

b. Liabilities due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; and

c. Liabilities for which the Company does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Assets and liabilities that are not classified as current are classified as noncurrent.

Foreign Currencies

In preparing the Company’s financial statements, transactions in currencies other than the Company’s functional currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.

At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences on monetary items arising from settlement or translation are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined and related exchange differences are recognized in profit or loss. Conversely, when the fair value changes were recognized in other comprehensive income, related exchange difference shall be recognized in other comprehensive income.

Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

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For the purposes of presenting financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign operations (including of the subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in other countries or currencies used different with the Company) are translated into New Taiwan dollars using exchange rates prevailing at the end of each reporting period. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Exchange differences arising, if any, are recognized in other comprehensive income.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include commercial paper, time deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit with original maturities within three months from the date of acquisition, highly liquid, readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. These cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (weighted-average cost) or net realizable value item by item, except for those that may be appropriate to group items of similar or related inventories. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price of inventories less all estimated costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale. The calculation of the cost of inventory is derived using the weighted-average method.

Investments Accounted for Using Equity Method

Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are accounted for using equity method.

a. Investment in subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are the entities controlled by the Company.

Under the equity method, the investment in subsidiaries is initially recognized at cost and the increase or decrease of carrying amount reflects the recognition of the Company’s share of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the subsidiaries after the date of acquisition. Besides, the Company also recognizes the Company’s share of the change in other equity of the subsidiaries.

Changes in the Company’s ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Company’s loss of control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. Any difference between the carrying amounts of the investment of the subsidiaries and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity.

The acquisition cost in excess of the acquisition-date fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill, which is included within the carrying amount of the investment and shall not be amortized. The acquisition-date fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired in excess of the acquisition cost is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Unrealized profits and losses from downstream transactions with a subsidiary are eliminated in full. Profits and losses from upstream transactions with a subsidiary and sidestream transactions between subsidiaries are recognized in the Company’s financial statements only to the extent of interests in the subsidiary that are not related to the Company.

b. Investments in associates and joint ventures

An associate is an entity over which the Company has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the Company and other parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement.

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Investments accounted for using the equity method include investments in associates and interests in joint ventures. Under the equity method, an investment in an associate or a joint venture is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Company’s share of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the associate and joint venture as well as the distribution received. The Company also recognizes its share in changes in the associates and joint ventures.

When the Company subscribes for new shares of the associate and joint venture at a percentage different from its existing ownership percentage, the resulting carrying amount of the investment differs from the amount of the Company’s proportionate interest in the associate and joint venture. The Company records such a difference as an adjustment to investments with the corresponding amount charged or credited to additional paid-in capital. When the adjustment should be debited to additional paid-in capital but the additional paid-in capital recognized from investments accounted for using equity method is insufficient, the shortage is debited to retained earnings.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Company’s share of the fair value of the identifiable net assets and liabilities of an associate or a joint venture at the date of acquisition is recognized as goodwill, which is included within the carrying amount of the investment and shall not be amortized. Any excess of the Company’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities over the cost of acquisition is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

When necessary, the entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount with its carrying amount. Any impairment loss recognized forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

When the Company transacts with its associate and joint venture, profits and losses resulting from the transactions with the associate and joint venture are recognized in the Company’s financial statements only to the extent of interests in the associate and joint venture that are not related to the Company.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss.

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is recognized using the straight-line method. Each significant part is depreciated separately. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at the end of each year, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

On derecognition of an item of property, plant and equipment, the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset is recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Investment Properties

Investment properties are properties held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation. Investment properties also include land held for a currently undetermined future use.

Investment properties are measured initially at cost, including transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment properties are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method.

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On derecognition of the investment properties, the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset is recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with finite useful lives that are acquired separately are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment loss. Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis. The estimated useful life, residual value, and amortization method are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate being accounted for on a prospective basis. The residual value of an intangible asset with a finite useful life shall be assumed to be zero unless the Company expects to dispose of the intangible asset before the end of its economic life.

Gains or losses arising from derecognition of an intangible asset, measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which is derecognized.

Impairment of Tangible and Intangible Assets

At the end of each reporting period, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. If the recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is reduced to its recoverable amount, with the resulting impairment loss recognized in profit or loss.

When an impairment loss is subsequently reversed, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent of the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset or cash-generating unit in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss.

Financial Instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

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a. Financial assets

All regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized and derecognized on a trade date basis.

1) Measurement category

a) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss (FVTPL)

Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at FVTPL.

Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss does not incorporate any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset.

b) Held-to-maturity financial assets

The Company invests in bank debentures and corporate bonds with specific credit ratings and the Company has positive intent and ability to hold to maturity, are classified as held-to-maturity investments.

Subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity financial assets are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method less any impairment loss.

c) Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS financial assets)

AFS financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated as AFS or are not classified as loans and receivables, held-to-maturity financial assets or financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

The Company invests in listed stocks and unlisted stocks. Among these investments, those that have a quoted market price in an active market are classified as AFS and measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period; the others that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less any identified impairment losses at the end of each reporting period by presenting in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in other comprehensive income. Any impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss.

Changes in the carrying amount of AFS monetary financial assets relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest income calculated using the effective interest method and dividends on AFS equity investments are recognized in profit or loss. Other changes in the carrying amount of AFS financial assets are recognized in other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to profit or loss when the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired.

Dividends on AFS equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Company’s right to receive the dividends is established.

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d) Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables (including cash and cash equivalents, trade notes and accounts receivable, receivables from related parties, other financial assets and refundable deposits) are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment loss, except for short-term receivables as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

2) Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those at FVTPL, are assessed to determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has occurred at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, such as held-to-maturity financial assets, assets that are individually assessed and not impaired are, in addition, assessed for impairment on a collective basis.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss recognized is mainly based on the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. However, since the discounted effect of short-term receivables is immaterial, the impairment loss is recognized on the difference between carrying amount and estimated future cash flow.

For financial assets measured at amortized cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

For AFS equity investments, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

When an AFS financial asset is considered to be impaired, cumulative gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss in the period.

In respect of AFS equity securities, impairment losses previously recognized in profit or loss are not reversed through profit or loss. Any increase in fair value subsequent to an impairment loss is recognized in other comprehensive income.

For financial assets that are carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is mainly measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss is not reversed in subsequent periods.

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade notes and accounts receivable and other receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. When a trade note and accounts receivable and other receivables are considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognized in profit or loss except for uncollectible trade notes and accounts receivable and other receivables that are written off against the allowance account.

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3) Derecognition of financial assets

The Company derecognizes a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity.

On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss.

b. Financial liabilities

1) Subsequent measurement

Except for financial liabilities at FVTPL, all the financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

2) Derecognition of financial liabilities

The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognized in profit or loss.

c. Derivative financial instruments

The Company enters into a variety of derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign exchange rate risks, including forward exchange contracts.

Derivatives are initially measured at fair value at the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. When the fair value of derivative financial instruments is positive, the derivative is recognized as a financial asset; when the fair value of derivative financial instruments is negative, the derivative is recognized as a financial liability.

Hedge Accounting

The Company designates some derivatives instruments as cash flow hedges.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized in other comprehensive income. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

The associated gains or losses that were recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified from equity to profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment in the line item relating to the hedged item in the same period when the hedged item affects profit or loss. If a hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in the recognition of a non-financial asset or a non-financial liability, the associated gains and losses that were recognized in other comprehensive income are removed from equity and are included in the initial cost of the non-financial asset or non-financial liability.

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Hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively when the Company revokes the designated hedging relationship, or when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or when it no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting. The cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument that has been previously recognized in other comprehensive income from the period when the hedge was effective remains separately in equity until the forecast transaction occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the gain or loss accumulated in equity is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Provisions

Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the Company’s obligation at the end of the reporting period, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. The provisions for warranties claims and trade-in right are made by management according to the sales agreements which represent the management’s best estimate of the future outflow of economic benefits. The provisions of warranties claims and trade-in right are recognized as operating cost and the reduction of revenue, respectively, in the period in which the goods are sold.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognized when all the following conditions are satisfied:

a. The Company has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;

b. The Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;

c. The amount of revenue can be measured reliably;

d. It is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Company; and

e. The costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts for goods sold in the normal course of business, net of sales discounts and volume rebates. For trade notes and accounts receivable due within one year from the balance sheet date, as the nominal value of the consideration to be received approximates its fair value and transactions are frequent, fair value of the consideration is not determined by discounting all future receipts using an imputed rate of interest.

Usage revenues from fixed-line services (including local, domestic long distance and international long distance telephone services), cellular services, Internet and data services, and interconnection and call transfer fees from other telecommunications companies and carriers are billed in arrears and are recognized based upon seconds or minutes of traffic processed when the services are provided in accordance with contract terms.

Other revenues are recognized as follows: (a) one-time subscriber connection fees (on fixed-line services) are deferred and recognized over the average expected customer service periods, (b) monthly fees (on fixed-line services, mobile, Internet and data services) are accrued every month, and (c) prepaid services (fixed-line, mobile, Internet and data services) are recognized as income based upon actual usage by customers.

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Where the Company enters into transactions which involve both the provision of telecommunications service bundled with products such as handsets, total consideration received from products and telecommunications service in these arrangements are allocated and measured using units of accounting within the arrangement based on their relative fair values limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of products.

Services revenue is recognized when service provided. Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognized by reference to the stage of completion of the contract.

Dividend income from investments is recognized when the stockholder’s right to receive payment has been established under the premises when it is probable that the economic benefit related to the transactions will flow to the Company and that the revenue can be reasonably measured.

Interest income from a financial asset is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits related to the transactions will flow to the Company and the amount of income can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable.

When another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the Company is acting as a principal when it has exposure to the significant risks and rewards associated with the sale of goods or the rendering of services; otherwise, the Company is acting as an agent. When the Company is acting as a principal, gross inflows of economic benefits arising from transactions is recognized as revenue. When the Company is acting as an agent, revenue is recognized in the amount of commission.

Leasing

a. The Company as lessor

Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

b. The Company as lessee

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Employee Benefits

a. Short-term employee benefits

Liabilities recognized in respect of short-term employee benefits are measured at the undiscounted amount of the benefits expected to be paid in exchange for the related service.

b. Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are recognized as an expense when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

Defined benefit costs (including service cost, net interest and remeasurement) under the defined benefit retirement benefit plans are determined using the projected unit credit method. Service cost (including current service cost and gains or losses on settlements) and net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) are recognized as employee benefits expense in the period they occur. Remeasurement, comprising (a) actuarial gains and losses; and (b) the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset), is recognized in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. Remeasurement recognized in other comprehensive income is reflected immediately in retained earnings and will not be reclassified to profit or loss.

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Net defined benefit liability (asset) represents the actual deficit (surplus) in the Company’s defined benefit plan. Any surplus resulting from this calculation is limited to the present value of any refunds from the plans or reductions in future contributions to the plans.

c. Other long-term employee benefits

Other long-term employee benefits are accounted for in the same way as the accounting required for defined benefit plan except that remeasurement is recognized in profit or loss.

Income Tax

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

a. Current tax

According to the Income Tax Law, an additional tax at 10% of unappropriated earnings is provided for as income tax in the year the stockholders approve to retain the earnings.

Adjustments of prior years’ tax liabilities are added to or deducted from the current year’s tax provision.

b. Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the Company’s financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognized for all deductible temporary differences and unused tax credits from purchases of machinery, equipment and technology and research and development expenditures to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilized.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Company is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. A previously unrecognized deferred tax asset is also reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized to the to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realized, 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 assets and liabilities 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.

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c. Current and deferred tax for the year

Current and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss, except when they relate to items that are recognized in other comprehensive income, in which case, the current and deferred tax are also recognized in other comprehensive income.

4. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY AND ASSUMPTION

In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, the management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions which are based on historical experience and other factors that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed by the management on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

a. Revenue recognition

The Company’s project agreements are mainly to provide one or more equipment or services to customers. In order to fulfill the agreements, another party may be involved in some agreements. The Company considers the following factors to determine whether the Company is a principal of the transaction: whether the Company is the primary obligation provider of the agreements, its exposures to inventory risks and the discretion in establishing prices, etc. The determination of whether the Company is a principal or an agent will affect the amount of revenue recognized by the Company. Only when the Company is acting as a principal, gross inflows of economic benefits arising from transactions is recognized as revenue.

b. Impairment of trade notes and accounts receivable

When there is objective evidence showed indications of impairment, the Company considers the estimation of future cash flows. The amount of impairment will be measured at the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted by the original effective interest rates of the financial assets. However, as the impact from the discount of short-term receivables is not material, the impairment of short-term receivables is measured at the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated undiscounted future cash flows. Where the actual future cash flows are lower than expected, a material impairment loss may arise.

c. Provision for inventory valuation and obsolescence

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is calculated as the estimated selling price less the estimated selling costs. Comparison of net realizable value and cost is determined on an item by item basis, except those similar items which could be categorized into the same groups. The Company uses the inventory holding period and turnover as the evaluation basis for inventory obsolescence losses.

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d. Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

When an indication of impairment is assessed with objective evidence, the Company considers whether the recoverable amount of an asset is less than its carrying amount and recognizes the impairment loss based on difference between the recoverable amount and its carrying amount. The estimate of recoverable amount would impact on the timing and the amount of impairment loss recognition.

e. Useful lives of property, plant and equipment

As discussed in Note 3, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Property, Plant and Equipment”, the Company reviews estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment at the end of each year.

f. Recognition and measurement of defined benefit plans

Net defined benefit liabilities and the resulting pension expense under defined benefit pension plans are calculated using the Projected Unit Credit Method. Actuarial assumptions comprise the discount rate, rate of employee turnover, and long-term average future salary increase. Changes in economic circumstances and market conditions will affect these assumptions and may have a material impact on the amount of the expense and the liability.

5. APPLICATION OF NEW AND REVISED STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS

a. Amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed and issued into effect by the FSC for application starting from January 1, 2017.

Rule No. 1050050021 and Rule No. 1050026834 issued by the FSC stipulated that starting January 1, 2017, the Company should apply the IFRS, IAS, IFRIC and SIC issued by the IASB and endorsed by the FSC for application starting from January 1, 2017 (collectively, “2017 Taiwan-IFRSs version) and the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 Cycle	July 1, 2014 (Note 2)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle	July 1, 2014
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 Cycle	January 1, 2016 (Note 3)
Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28	Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IFRS 11	Acquisitions of Interests in Joint Operations	January 1, 2016
IFRS 14	Regulatory Deferral Accounts	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 1	Disclosure Initiative	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38	Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortization	January 1, 2016

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New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41	Agriculture: Bearer Plants	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 19	Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions	July 1, 2014
Amendments to IAS 27	Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 36	Impairment of Assets: Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-financial Assets	January 1, 2014
Amendments to IAS 39	Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting	January 1, 2014
IFRIC 21	Levies	January 1, 2014

(Concluded)

Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above amendments and interpretations are effective for annual periods beginning on or after their respective effective dates.

Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 2 applies to share-based payment transactions with grant date on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 3 applies to business combinations with acquisition date on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 13 is effective immediately; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014.

Note 3: The amendment to IFRS 5 is applied prospectively to changes in a method of disposal that occur in annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016.

The Company does not anticipate the application of 2017 Taiwan-IFRSs version and related amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers would have material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

b. The IFRSs issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) but not yet endorsed by the FSC.

The Company has not applied the following IFRSs issued by the IASB but not yet endorsed by the FSC. In addition, the FSC announced that the public companies in Taiwan should apply IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 starting January 1, 2018. As of the date the financial statements were authorized for issue, the FSC has not announced the effective dates of other new, amended and revised standards and interpretations.

New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2014-2016 Cycle	Note 2
Amendments to IFRS 2	Classification and Measurement of Share-based Payment Transactions	January 1, 2018
IFRS 9	Financial Instruments	January 1, 2018

(Continued)

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New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7	Mandatory Effective Date of IFRS 9 and Transition Disclosures	January 1, 2018
Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28	Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture	To be determind by IASB
IFRS 15	Revenue from Contracts with Customers	January 1, 2018
Amendments to IFRS 15	Clarifications to IFRS 15	January 1, 2018
IFRS 16	Leases	January 1, 2019
Amendments to IAS 7	Disclosure Initiative	January 1, 2017
Amendments to IAS 12	Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets	January 1, 2017
Amendments to IAS 40	Transfers of Investment Property	January 1, 2018
IFRIC Interpretation 22	Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration	January 1, 2018

(Concluded)

Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above amendments and interpretations are effective for annual periods beginning on or after their respective effective dates.

Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 12 is retrospectively applied for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017; the amendment to IAS 28 is retrospectively applied for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

Except for the following items, the application of the above new, revised or amended standards and interpretations will not have material impact on the Company’s financial statements:

1) IFRS 15 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” and related amendments

IFRS 15 establishes principles for recognizing revenue that apply to all contracts with customers, and will supersede IAS 18 “Revenue”, IAS 11 “Construction Contracts” and a number of revenue-related interpretations.

When applying IFRS 15, the Company shall recognize revenue by applying the following steps:

a) Identify the contract with the customer;

b) Identify the performance obligations in the contract;

c) Determine the transaction price;

d) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contracts; and

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

Upon the application of IFRS 15 and its related amendments the Company will allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation identified in the contract on a relative stand-alone selling price basis.

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Where the Company enters into transactions which involve both the provision of telecommunications service bundled with products such as handsets, total consideration received from products and telecommunications service in these arrangements are allocated based on each performance obligation’s relative selling price. The amount of sales revenue recognized for products is no longer limited to the amount paid by the customer for the products. This will not change the total revenue recognized, but will change the timing of revenue recognition. The Company may recognize more revenue at the beginning of the contract period (i.e., at the time of sale of products), and revenue recognized for telecommunications service in the subsequent contract periods will decrease.

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract will be recognized as an asset to the extent the Company expects to recover those costs. Such asset will be amortized on a basis that is consistent with the transfer to the customer of the goods or services to which the asset relates. This will lead to the later recognition of charges for certain customer-obtaining costs.

IFRS 15 and its related amendments require that when another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the Company is a principal if it controls the specified good or service before that good or service is transferred to a customer. Before the application of IFRS 15, the Company determines whether it is a principal or an agent based on its exposure to the significant risks and rewards associated with the sale of goods or the rendering of services.

When IFRS 15 and its amendments become effective, entities may elect to apply this Standard and the related amendments either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying this Standard recognized at the date of initial application. The Company is currently evaluating these transition methods and the related impacts on the Company’s financial statements.

2) IFRS 16 “Leases”

IFRS 16 sets out the accounting standards for leases that will supersede IAS 17 and a number of related interpretations.

Under IFRS 16, if the Company is a lessee, it shall recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for all leases on the balance sheets except for low-value and short-term leases. The Company may elect to apply the accounting method similar to the accounting for operating lease under IAS 17 to the low-value and short-term leases. On the statements of comprehensive income, the Company should present the depreciation expense charged on the right-of-use asset separately from interest expense accrued on the lease liability and discloses such amounts in the footnotes; interest is computed by using effective interest method. On the statements of cash flows, cash payments for the principal portion of the lease liability are classified within financing activities; cash payments for interest portion are classified within operating activities.

The application of IFRS 16 is not expected to have a material impact on the accounting of the Company as lessor.

When IFRS 16 becomes effective, the Company may elect to apply this Standard either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of the initial application of this Standard recognized at the date of initial application.

Except for the abovementioned impact, as of the date the financial statements were authorized for issue, the Company is continuously assessing the possible impact that the application of other standards and interpretations will have on the Company’s financial position and operating result, and will disclose the relevant impact when the assessment is completed.

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6. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Cash
Cash on hand	$	192,590	$	209,612
Bank deposits		3,485,707		3,349,514
		3,678,297		3,559,126
Cash equivalents (investments with maturities of less than three months)
Commercial paper		10,390,843		10,955,160
Time deposits		2,290		2,069,250
Negotiable certificate of deposit		10,800,000		7,600,000
		21,193,133		20,624,410
	$	24,871,430	$	24,183,536

The annual yield rates of bank deposits, commercial paper, time deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit were as follows:

	December 31
	2016	2015
Bank deposits	0.00%-0.42%	0.00%-0.32%
Commercial paper	0.33%-0.38%	0.37%-0.41%
Time deposits	0.62%	0.60%-0.79%
Negotiable certificate of deposit	0.35%-0.50%	0.36%-0.45%

7. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Financial assets held for trading
Derivatives (not designated for hedge)
Forward exchange contracts	$	—	$	14
Financial liabilities held for trading
Derivatives (not designated for hedge)
Forward exchange contracts	$	1,356	$	—

Outstanding forward exchange contracts not designated for hedge as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	Currency		Maturity Period		Contract Amount (In Thousands)
December 31, 2016
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2017.03		EUR4,857/NT$166,940
December 31, 2015
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2016.03-06		EUR18,301/NT$658,545

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The Company entered into the above forward exchange contracts to manage its exposure to foreign currency risk due to fluctuations in exchange rates. However, the aforementioned derivatives did not meet the criteria for hedge accounting..

8. HELD-TO-MATURITY FINANCIAL ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Corporate bonds	$	1,989,892	$	3,870,540
Bank debentures		150,000		150,000
	$	2,139,892	$	4,020,540
Current	$	2,139,892	$	1,880,739
Noncurrent		—		2,139,801
	$	2,139,892	$	4,020,540

The related information of corporate bonds and bank debentures as of balance sheet dates was as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Corporate bonds
Par value	$	1,990,000	$	3,865,000
Nominal interest rate		1.18%-1.35%		1.18%-2.49%
Effective interest rate		1.20%-1.35%		1.15%-1.54%
Average remaining maturity life		0.34 year		1.04 years
Bank debentures
Par value	$	150,000	$	150,000
Nominal interest rate		1.25%		1.25%
Effective interest rate		1.25%		1.25%
Average remaining maturity life		0.41 year		1.41 years

9. TRADE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

	December 31
	2016			2015
Trade notes and accounts receivable	$	30,752,328		$	26,015,189
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,722,331	)		(1,281,569	)
	$	29,029,997		$	24,733,620

The average credit terms range from 30 to 90 days. In determining the recoverability of trade notes and accounts receivable, the Company considers significant change in the credit quality of the trade notes and accounts receivable from the date credit was initially granted up to the end of the reporting period. In general, with few exceptional cases, it is unlikely for the notes and accounts receivable due longer than 180 days to be collected, therefore the Company recognized 100% allowance of notes and accounts receivable overdue longer than 180 days. For the notes and accounts receivable less than 180 days, the allowance for doubtful accounts was estimated based on the Company’s historical recovery experience.

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The Company serves a large consumer base; therefore, the concentration of credit risk is limited.

The aging analysis for trade notes and accounts receivable as of balance sheet dates was as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Non-overdue	$	28,036,385	$	23,857,773
Less than 30 days		790,388		595,876
31-60 days		290,103		329,734
61-90 days		273,504		142,252
91-120 days		123,119		132,684
121-180 days		99,645		116,772
More than 181 days		1,139,184		840,098
	$	30,752,328	$	26,015,189

The above aging analysis was based on days overdue.

The Company did not have the receivables that were past due but not impaired as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Movements of the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:

	Individually Assessed for Impairment			Collectively Assessed for Impairment			Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	264,188		$	752,004		$	1,016,192
Add: Provision for doubtful accounts		60,330			399,950			460,280
Deduct: Amounts written off		—			(194,903	)		(194,903	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		324,518			957,051			1,281,569
Add: Provision for doubtful accounts		715,255			226,815			942,070
Deduct: Amounts written off		(273,595	)		(227,713	)		(501,308	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	766,178		$	956,153		$	1,722,331

10. INVENTORIES

	December 31
	2016		2015
Merchandise	$	1,405,959	$	2,995,984
Project in process		981,253		719,952
	$	2,387,212	$	3,715,936

The operating costs related to inventories were $24,578,032 thousand (including the valuation loss on inventories of $172,328 thousand) and $21,767,819 thousand (including the valuation loss on inventories of $163,221 thousand) for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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11. PREPAYMENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Prepaid rents	$	2,874,408	$	3,218,442
Others		1,045,765		845,244
	$	3,920,173	$	4,063,686
Current
Prepaid rents	$	835,684	$	958,859
Others		1,045,765		845,244
	$	1,881,449	$	1,804,103
Noncurrent
Prepaid rents	$	2,038,724	$	2,259,583

12. OTHER CURRENT MONETARY ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months	$	1,603,297	$	1,650,000
Others		1,085,612		896,371
	$	2,688,909	$	2,546,371

The annual yield rates of negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016	2015
Negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months	0.62%-1.07%	0.81%

13. AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS—NONCURRENT

	December 31
	2016		2015
Equity securities
Domestic listed stocks	$	2,451,686	$	3,163,466

The Company evaluated and concluded its available-for-sale financial assets were impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $577,333 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2016. There was no indication of impairment for the year ended December 31, 2015, therefore, no impairment loss was recognized.

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14. FINANCIAL ASSETS CARRIED AT COST

	December 31
	2016		2015
Non-listed stocks
Domestic	$	1,854,425	$	1,884,716
Foreign		269,355		250,931
	$	2,123,780	$	2,135,647

The above non-listed stocks are classified as available-for-sale financial assets based on financial assets categories (see Note 34). Since the fair values of such non-listed stocks investments cannot be reliably measured due to the range of reasonable fair value estimates was so significant, the above non-listed stocks investments owned by the Company were measured at costs less any impairment losses at the balance sheet dates.

The Company disposed partial financial assets carried at cost which was fully impaired and recognized a disposal gain of 80 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2016. There was no disposal of financial assets carried at cost in 2015.

The Company evaluated and concluded that there was no indication that financial assets carried at cost were impaired; therefore, no impairment loss was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2016.

After the Company evaluated the financial positions and future operating results of aforementioned investments, the Company concluded some of its investments that ceased operations were fully impaired, and recognized an impairment loss of $77,018 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2015.

15. INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING EQUITY METHOD

	December 31
	2016		2015
Investments in subsidiaries	$	12,177,040	$	11,378,071
Investments in associates		1,224,816		1,466,755
Investments in joint ventures		2,676		227,379
	$	13,404,532	$	13,072,205

a. Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiaries were as follows:

	Carrying Amount
	December 31
	2016		2015
Listed
Senao International Co., Ltd. (“SENAO”)	$	1,712,144	$	1,667,980

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	Carrying Amount
	December 31
	2016			2015
Non-listed
Light Era Development Co., Ltd. (“LED”)	$	3,850,574		$	3,849,489
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“DHT”)		1,622,895			1,608,311
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. (“CHI”)		1,356,270			764,488
CHIEF Telecom Inc. (“CHIEF”)		803,698			742,049
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd. (“CHTS”)		730,890			745,854
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd. (“CHSI”)		699,899			677,017
Honghwa International Co., Ltd. (“HHI”)		409,716			389,321
Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“Prime Asia”)		223,301			250,952
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd. (“CHYP”)		188,358			187,239
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc. (“CHTG”)		182,324			155,145
Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd. (“CHTV”)		133,735			140,627
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc. (“SHE”)		92,038			95,007
Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd. (“SFD”)		70,307			64,255
Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech. Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”)		65,036			—
Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd. (“CHTJ”)		42,638			38,648
Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc. (“CHST”)		(6,783	)		1,689
New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“New Prospect”)		—			—
	$	12,177,040		$	11,378,071

(Concluded)

The percentages of ownership and voting rights in subsidiaries held by the Company as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	% of Ownership and Voting Right
	December 31
	2016		2015
Senao International Co., Ltd. (“SENAO”)		29		29
Light Era Development Co., Ltd. (“LED”)		100		100
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“DHT”)		100		100
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. (“CHI”)		89		89
CHIEF Telecom Inc. (“CHIEF”)		69		69
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd. (“CHTS”)		100		100
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd. (“CHSI”)		100		100
Honghwa International Co., Ltd. (“HHI”)		100		100
Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“Prime Asia”)		100		100
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd. (“CHYP”)		100		100
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc. (“CHTG”)		100		100
Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd. (“CHTV”)		100		100
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc. (“SHE”)		56		56
Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd. (“SFD”)		65		65
Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech. Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”)		75		—
Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd. (“CHTJ”)		100		100
Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc. (“CHST”)		51		51
New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“New Prospect”)		100		100

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The Company owns approximately 29% equity shares of SENAO and had originally four out of seven seats of the Board of Directors of SENAO through the support of large beneficial stockholders. In order to comply with the local regulations, SENAO increased two seats of independent directors in June 2016; therefore, total seats of its Board of Directors increased to nine and the Company continues to hold four out of nine seats of the Board of Directors. As the Company remains the control over SENAO’s relevant activities, the accounts of SENAO are included in the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s equity ownership of SENAO increased to 29.31% due to SENAO’s purchase of its treasury stock in June and July 2015.

The Company invested 75% equity shares of Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”) in July 2016. CLPT mainly engages in production and sale of electronic components and finished products.

The Company established New Prospect in March 2006. The holding company plans to operate as an investment company and the Company has invested US$1 in the holding company as of December 31, 2016.

For the details of the subsidiaries indirectly held by the Company, please refer to Note 38.

The Company’s share of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) of the subsidiaries was recognized based on the audited financial statements.

b. Investments in associates

Investments in associates were as follows:

	Carrying Amount
	December 31
	2016		2015
Non-listed
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”)	$	312,528	$	301,861
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)		274,814		315,762
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)		153,104		374,487
Skysoft Co., Ltd. (“SKYSOFT”)		145,727		137,792
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)		122,221		119,419
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)		111,390		105,844
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)		56,450		68,927
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)		33,868		15,336
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd. (“DZIM”)		14,714		27,327
	$	1,224,816	$	1,466,755

The percentages of ownership and voting rights in associates held by the Company as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	% of Ownership and Voting Right
	December 31
	2016		2015
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”)		32		33
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)		30		30
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)		40		40

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	% of Ownership and Voting Right
	December 31
	2016		2015
Skysoft Co., Ltd. (“SKYSOFT”)		30		30
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)		26		26
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)		30		30
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)		27		27
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)		14		13
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd. (“DZIM”)		18		18

(Concluded)

None of the above associates is considered individually material to the Company. Aggregate information of associates that are not individually material was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
The Company’s share of profits	$	241,908		$	586,769
The Company’s share of other comprehensive loss		(44,679	)		(21,317	)
The Company’s share of total comprehensive income	$	197,229		$	565,452

The Company participated in the capital increase of ADT by investing $30,000 thousand in December 2016 at a percentage different from its original ownership interest and the ownership interest of ADT increased to 14%. The Company still has one out of five seats in the Board of Directors of ADT after the capital increase. Therefore, the Company remains significant influence over ADT. ADT engages mainly in the development of mobile payments and information processing service.

The Company sold its partial ownership interest in KWT in January 2015. The gain on disposal of KWT was $7,409 thousand.

The Company’s share of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) of the associates was recognized based on the audited financial statements.

c. Investments in joint ventures

Investments in joint ventures were as follows:

	Carrying Amount				% of Ownership and Voting Rights
	December 31				December 31
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Non-listed
Huada Digital Corporation (“HDD”)	$	—	$	206,737		50		50
Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd (“CBO”)		2,676		20,642		50		50
	$	2,676	$	227,379

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In March 2016, the stockholders of HDD approved that HDD should start its dissolution from March 31, 2016. The liquidation of HDD is still in process. The Company received the proceeds from the liquidation in September 2016 and recognized the disposal loss of $409 thousand.

In December 2016, the stockholders of CBO approved that CBO should start its dissolution from December 31, 2016. The liquidation of CBO is still in process.

None of the above joint ventures is considered individually material to the Company. Summarized financial information of joint ventures that was not material to the Company was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
The Company’s share of loss	$	(41,973	)	$	(29,499	)
The Company’s share of other comprehensive income		—			—
The Company’s share of total comprehensive loss	$	(41,973	)	$	(29,499	)

The Company’s share of losses of the joint ventures was recognized based on the audited financial statements.

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16. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

	Land			Land Improvements			Buildings			Computer Equipment			Telecommunications Equipment			Transportation Equipment			Miscellaneous Equipment			Construction in Progress and Advances Related to Acquisition of Equipment			Total
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	100,589,129		$	1,557,544		$	65,360,197		$	14,907,170		$	691,878,308		$	3,819,832		$	7,429,543		$	20,895,081		$	906,436,804
Additions		—			—			—			12,819			777			—			11,334			23,952,164			23,977,094
Disposal		—			(94	)		(10,607	)		(1,044,796	)		(12,990,341	)		(69,237	)		(312,156	)		—			(14,427,231	)
Other		(45,688	)		17,820			124,607			679,945			23,132,082			59,878			348,360			(24,472,929	)		(155,925	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	100,543,441		$	1,575,270		$	65,474,197		$	14,555,138		$	702,020,826		$	3,810,473		$	7,477,081		$	20,374,316		$	915,830,742
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	—		$	(1,145,434	)	$	(22,719,478	)	$	(10,944,132	)	$	(567,495,239	)	$	(2,203,805	)	$	(5,722,313	)	$	—		$	(610,230,401	)
Depreciation expenses		—			(53,432	)		(1,199,629	)		(1,424,239	)		(26,023,104	)		(598,083	)		(483,636	)		—			(29,782,123	)
Disposal		—			94			10,171			1,039,586			12,977,588			69,237			297,703			—			14,394,379
Impairment loss		—			—			—			—			(138,093	)		—			—			—			(138,093	)
Other		—			(4,637	)		40,955			(471	)		(1,174	)		(13,353	)		(23,262	)		—			(1,942	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	—		$	(1,203,409	)	$	(23,867,981	)	$	(11,329,256	)	$	(580,680,022	)	$	(2,746,004	)	$	(5,931,508	)	$	—		$	(625,758,180	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	100,589,129		$	412,110		$	42,640,719		$	3,963,038		$	124,383,069		$	1,616,027		$	1,707,230		$	20,895,081		$	296,206,403
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	100,543,441		$	371,861		$	41,606,216		$	3,225,882		$	121,340,804		$	1,064,469		$	1,545,573		$	20,374,316		$	290,072,562
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	100,543,441		$	1,575,270		$	65,474,197		$	14,555,138		$	702,020,826		$	3,810,473		$	7,477,081		$	20,374,316		$	915,830,742
Additions		—			—			1			722			3,747			—			—			23,129,970			23,134,440
Disposal		(1,645	)		(6,290	)		(2,440	)		(1,495,554	)		(11,513,397	)		(52,229	)		(544,273	)		—			(13,615,828	)
Other		335,426			11,913			(56,286	)		792,061			21,649,618			103,697			563,086			(23,517,669	)		(118,154	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	100,877,222		$	1,580,893		$	65,415,472		$	13,852,367		$	712,160,794		$	3,861,941		$	7,495,894		$	19,986,617		$	925,231,200
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	—		$	(1,203,409	)	$	(23,867,981	)	$	(11,329,256	)	$	(580,680,022	)	$	(2,746,004	)	$	(5,931,508	)	$	—		$	(625,758,180	)
Depreciation expenses		—			(51,280	)		(1,199,400	)		(1,313,439	)		(24,999,527	)		(528,482	)		(461,071	)		—			(28,553,199	)
Disposal		—			6,246			1,823			1,482,722			11,499,306			52,168			511,162			—			13,553,427
Impairment loss		—			—			—			—			(595,408	)		—			—			—			(595,408	)
Other		—			(171	)		63,886			(50,215	)		56,240			(11,409	)		(23,844	)		—			34,487
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	—		$	(1,248,614	)	$	(25,001,672	)	$	(11,210,188	)	$	(594,719,411	)	$	(3,233,727	)	$	(5,905,261	)	$	—		$	(641,318,873	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	100,543,441		$	371,861		$	41,606,216		$	3,225,882		$	121,340,804		$	1,064,469		$	1,545,573		$	20,374,316		$	290,072,562
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	100,877,222		$	332,279		$	40,413,800		$	2,642,179		$	117,441,383		$	628,214		$	1,590,633		$	19,986,617		$	283,912,327

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The Company determined that some telecommunications equipment was impaired in 2016 due to the expiration of 2G license in June 2017 which will lead to the termination of the related service. Due to technology upgrade, some telecommunications equipment became obsolete in 2015. The Company evaluated and concluded the recoverable amount determined on the basis of value in use of aforementioned telecommunications equipment was lower than the carrying value, and recognized impairment losses of $595,408 thousand and $138,093 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The impairment loss was included in other income and expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.

Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated service lives:

Land improvements	8-30 years
Buildings
Main buildings	35-60 years
Other building facilities	4-10 years
Computer equipment	5-6 years
Telecommunications equipment
Telecommunication circuits	9-15 years
Telecommunication machinery and antennas equipment	5-10 years
Transportation equipment	3-10 years
Miscellaneous equipment
Leasehold improvements	2-6 years
Mechanical and air conditioner equipment	8-16 years
Others	3-10 years

17. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

	Investment Properties
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	8,808,276
Disposal		(126	)
Reclassification		175,066
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	8,983,216
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	(1,262,197	)
Depreciation expense		(18,363	)
Disposal		126
Reclassification		(17,199	)
Reversal of impairment loss		142,047
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	(1,155,586	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	7,546,079
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	7,827,630

(Continued)

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	Investment Properties
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	8,983,216
Additions		52
Reclassification		136,608
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	9,119,876
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	(1,155,586	)
Depreciation expense		(19,119	)
Reclassification		(52,940	)
Reversal of impairment loss		147,527
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	(1,080,118	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	7,827,630
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	8,039,758

(Concluded)

After the evaluation of land and buildings, the Company concluded the recoverable amount which represented the fair value less costs to sell of some land and buildings was higher than the carrying amount. Therefore, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of $147,527 thousand and $142,047 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and the amounts were recognized only to the extent of the impairment losses that had been recognized in prior years. The reversal of impairment loss was included in other income and expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.

Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated service lives:

Land improvements	8-30 years
Buildings
Main buildings	35-60 years
Other building facilities	4-10 years

The fair values of the Company’s investment properties as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were determined by Level 3 fair value measurements inputs based on the appraisal reports conducted by independent appraisers. Those appraisal reports are based on the comparison approach, income approach or cost approach. Key assumptions and the fair values were as follows:

	December 31
	2016	2015
Fair value	$17,543,310	$17,456,849
Overall capital interest rate	1.46%-2.20%	1.49%-2.28%
Profit margin ratio	10%-20%	10%-20%
Discount rate	1.04%	1.21%
Capitalization rate	0.43%-1.70%	0.44%-1.69%

All of the Company’s investment properties are held under freehold interest.

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18. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

	3G and 4G Concession			Computer Software			Others			Total
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	49,254,000		$	3,002,458		$	6,721		$	52,263,179
Additions—acquired separately		9,955,000			354,285			1,232			10,310,517
Disposal		—			(371,700	)		(1,983	)		(373,683	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	59,209,000		$	2,985,043		$	5,970		$	62,200,013
Accumulated amortization and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	(8,103,833	)	$	(1,638,243	)	$	(3,856	)	$	(9,745,932	)
Amortization expenses		(2,503,967	)		(524,599	)		(769	)		(3,029,335	)
Disposal		—			371,700			1,983			373,683
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	(10,607,800	)	$	(1,791,142	)	$	(2,642	)	$	(12,401,584	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	41,150,167		$	1,364,215		$	2,865		$	42,517,247
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	48,601,200		$	1,193,901		$	3,328		$	49,798,429
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	59,209,000		$	2,985,043		$	5,970		$	62,200,013
Additions—acquired separately		—			225,442			1,576			227,018
Disposal		—			(114,869	)		(79	)		(114,948	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	59,209,000		$	3,095,616		$	7,467		$	62,312,083
Accumulated amortization and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	(10,607,800	)	$	(1,791,142	)	$	(2,642	)	$	(12,401,584	)
Amortization expenses		(2,804,912	)		(493,629	)		(839	)		(3,299,380	)
Disposal		—			114,869			79			114,948
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	(13,412,712	)	$	(2,169,902	)	$	(3,402	)	$	(15,586,016	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	48,601,200		$	1,193,901		$	3,328		$	49,798,429
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	45,796,288		$	925,714		$	4,065		$	46,726,067

For long-term business development, the Company participated in mobile broadband license (4G license) in 2.5 and 2.6 GHz bands bidding process announced by NCC and obtained certain spectrums. The Company paid the 4G concession fees amounting to $9,955,000 thousand in December 2015.

The concessions are granted and issued by the NCC. The concession fees are amortized using the straight-line method from the date operations commence through the date the license expires. The carrying amount of 3G concession fee will be fully amortized by December 2018, and 4G concession fees will be fully amortized by December 2030 and December 2033.

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The computer software is amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 1 to 10 years. Other intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 3 to 10 years.

19. OTHER ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Refundable deposits	$	1,915,068	$	2,042,200
Spare parts		1,775,739		1,875,285
Other financial assets		1,000,000		1,000,000
Others		2,032,562		2,477,838
	$	6,723,369	$	7,395,323
Current
Spare parts	$	1,775,739	$	1,875,285
Others		242,655		246,113
	$	2,018,394	$	2,121,398
Noncurrent
Refundable deposits	$	1,915,068	$	2,042,200
Other financial assets		1,000,000		1,000,000
Others		1,789,907		2,231,725
	$	4,704,975	$	5,273,925

Other financial assets—noncurrent was Piping Fund. As part of the government’s effort to upgrade the existing telecommunications infrastructure, the Company and other public utility companies were required by the ROC government to contribute to a Piping Fund administered by the Taipei City Government. This fund was used to finance various telecommunications infrastructure projects. Net assets of this fund will be returned proportionately after the project is completed.

20. HEDGING DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Hedging derivative financial assets
Cash flow hedge—forward exchange contracts	$	—	$	498
Hedging derivative financial liabilities
Cash flow hedge—forward exchange contracts	$	586	$	—

The Company’s hedge strategy is to enter forward exchange contracts—buy to avoid its foreign currency exposure to certain foreign currency denominated payments in the following six months. In addition, the Company’s management considers the market condition to determine the hedge ratio, and enters into forward exchange contracts with the banks to avoid the foreign currency risk.

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The Company signed equipment purchase contracts with suppliers, and entered into forward exchange contracts to avoid foreign currency risk exposure to Euro-denominated purchase commitments. Those forward exchange contracts were designated as cash flow hedges. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, gain (loss) arising from changes in fair value of the hedged items recognized in other comprehensive income was loss of $1,085 thousand and gain of $781 thousand, respectively. Upon the completion of the purchase transaction, the amount deferred and recognized in equity initially will be reclassified into equipment as its carrying value.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company expected part of the equipment purchase transactions will not occur and reclassified the related gain of $696 thousand and the loss of $741 thousand from equity to profit or loss which arising from the forward exchange contracts of the aforementioned transactions for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The outstanding forward exchange contracts at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

					Contract Amount
	Currency		Maturity Period		(Thousands)
December 31, 2016
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2017.03		EUR2,967/NT$101,743
December 31, 2015
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2016.03-06		EUR8,532/NT$306,435

Loss (gain) arising from the hedging derivative financial instruments that have been reclassified from equity to initial cost of the property, plant and equipment were as follows:

	December 31
	2016			2015
Construction in progress and advances related to acquisition of equipment	$	(15,139	)	$	(18,805	)

21. TRADE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

	December 31
	2016		2015
Trade notes and accounts payable	$	14,721,192	$	12,414,507

Trade notes and accounts payable were attributable to operating activities and the trading conditions were agreed separately.

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22. OTHER PAYABLES

	December 31
	2016		2015
Accrued salary and compensation	$	8,539,036	$	9,113,313
Payables to contractors		2,395,881		1,451,584
Accrued compensation to employees and remuneration to directors		1,744,251		1,972,370
Accrued franchise fees		1,325,535		1,401,490
Amounts collected for others		1,316,337		1,329,646
Payables to equipment suppliers		1,098,280		1,502,816
Accrued maintenance costs		1,061,875		996,187
Others		5,945,146		5,164,618
	$	23,426,341	$	22,932,024

23. PROVISIONS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Warranties	$	47,493	$	43,940
Employee benefits		38,014		30,108
Trade-in right		31,378		—
Others		4,447		4,682
	$	121,332	$	78,730
Current	$	55,390	$	20,572
Noncurrent		65,942		58,158
	$	121,332	$	78,730

	Warranties			Employee Benefits			Trade-in right		Others			Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	39,296		$	55,569		$	—	$	4,832		$	99,697
Additional provisions recognized		17,752			11,423			—		150			29,325
Used during the year		(13,108	)		(36,884	)		—		(300	)		(50,292	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	43,940		$	30,108		$	—	$	4,682		$	78,730
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	43,940		$	30,108		$	—	$	4,682		$	78,730
Additional provisions recognized		27,898			9,344			31,378		75			68,695
Used during the year		(24,345	)		(1,438	)		—		(310	)		(26,093	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	47,493		$	38,014		$	31,378	$	4,447		$	121,332

a. The provision for warranties claims represents the present value of the management’s best estimate of the future outflow of economic benefits that will be required under the Company’s obligation for warranties in sales agreements. The estimate has been made based on the historical warranty experience.

b. The provision for employee benefits represents vested long-term service compensation accrued.

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c. The provision for trade-in right is based on the management’s judgments to estimate the trade-in right of products exercised by customers in the future. The provision is recognized as a reduction of revenue in the period in which the goods are sold.

24. ADVANCE RECEIPTS

Advance receipts are mainly from advance telecommunication charges. In accordance with NCC’s regulation named “Mandatory and Prohibitory Provisions To Be Included In Standard Contracts for Telecommunication Goods (Services) Coupons”, the Company entered into a contract with Bank of Taiwan to provide a performance guarantee for advance receipts from selling prepaid cards amounting to $778,345 thousand as of December 31, 2016.

25. RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

a. Defined contribution plans

The pension plan under the Labor Pension Act of ROC (the “LPA”) is considered as a defined contribution plan. Based on the LPA, the Company makes monthly contributions to employees’ individual pension accounts at 6% of monthly salaries and wages.

b. Defined benefit plans

The Company completed its privatization plans on August 12, 2005. The Company is required to pay all accrued pension obligations including service clearance payment, lump sum payment under civil service plan, additional separation payments, etc. upon the completion of the privatization in accordance with the Statute Governing Privatization of Stated-owned Enterprises. After paying all pension obligations for privatization, the plan assets of the Company should be transferred to the Fund for Privatization of Government-owned Enterprises (the “Privatization Fund”) under the Executive Yuan. On August 7, 2006, the Company transferred the remaining balance of fund to the Privatization Fund. However, according to the instructions of MOTC, the Company was requested to administer the distributions to employees for pension obligations including service clearance payment, lump sum payment under civil service plan, additional separation payments, etc. upon the completion of the privatization and recognized in other current monetary assets.

The Company with the pension mechanism under the Labor Standards Law is considered as defined benefit plans. These pension plans provide benefits based on an employee’s length of service and average six-month salary prior to retirement. The Company contributes an amount no more than 15% of salaries paid each month to their respective pension funds (the Funds), which are administered by the Labor Pension Fund Supervisory Committee (the Committee) and deposited in the names of the Committees in the Bank of Taiwan. The plan assets are held in a commingled fund which is operated and managed by the government’s designated authorities; as such, the Company does not have any right to intervene in the investments of the funds. According to the Article 56 of the Labor Standards Law revised in February 2015, entities are required to contribute the difference in one appropriation to the Funds before the end of next March when the balance of the Funds is insufficient to pay employees who will meet the retirement eligibility criteria within next year.

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The amounts included in the balance sheets arising from the Company’s obligation in respect of its defined benefit plans were as follows:

	December 31
	2016			2015
Present value of funded defined benefit obligation	$	34,283,765		$	30,618,983
Fair value of plan assets		(33,749,106	)		(23,592,538	)
Funded status—deficit	$	534,659		$	7,026,445
Net defined benefit liabilities	$	1,441,732		$	7,026,445
Net defined benefit assets		(907,073	)		—
	$	534,659		$	7,026,445

Movements in the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets were as follows:

	Present Value of Funded Defined Benefit Obligation			Fair Value of Plan Assets			Net Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	27,704,891		$	21,304,199		$	6,400,692
Current service cost		2,882,171			—			2,882,171
Interest expense/interest income		540,878			439,713			101,165
Amounts recognized in profit or loss		3,423,049			439,713			2,983,336
Remeasurement on the net defined benefit liability
Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest)		—			134,527			(134,527	)
Actuarial losses recognized from experience adjustments		360,555			—			360,555
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive income		360,555			134,527			226,028
Contributions from employer		—			2,427,349			(2,427,349	)
Benefits paid		(713,250	)		(713,250	)		—
Benefits paid directly by the Company		(156,262	)		—			(156,262	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		30,618,983			23,592,538			7,026,445
Current service cost		2,864,963			—			2,864,963
Interest expense/interest income		594,458			569,069			25,389
Amounts recognized in profit or loss		3,459,421			569,069			2,890,352
Remeasurement on the net defined benefit liability
Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest)		—			(350,258	)		350,258
Actuarial gains recognized from changes in demographic assumptions		(129,398	)		—			(129,398	)
Actuarial losses recognized from experience adjustments		98,184			—			98,184
Actuarial losses recognized from changes in financial assumptions		1,697,339			—			1,697,339
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive income		1,666,125			(350,258	)		2,016,383

(Continued)

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	Present Value of Funded Defined Benefit Obligation			Fair Value of Plan Assets			Net Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
Contributions from employer	$	—		$	11,228,035		$	(11,228,035	)
Benefits paid		(1,290,278	)		(1,290,278	)		—
Benefits paid directly by the Company		(170,486	)		—			(170,486	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	34,283,765		$	33,749,106		$	534,659

(Concluded)

Relevant pension costs recognized in profit and loss for defined benefit plans were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Operating costs	$	1,732,347	$	1,793,388
Marketing expenses		835,840		854,035
General and administrative expenses		154,369		162,004
Research and development expenses		97,336		101,729
	$	2,819,892	$	2,911,156

The Company is exposed to following risks for the defined benefits plans under the Labor Standards Law:

a. Investment risk

Under the Labor Standards Law, the rate of return on assets shall not be less than the average interest rate on a two-year time deposit published by the local banks and the government is responsible for any shortfall in the event that the rate of return is less than the required rate of return. The plan assets are held in a commingled fund mainly invested in foreign and domestic equity and debt securities and bank deposits which is operated and managed by the government’s designated authorities; as such, the Company does not have any right to intervene in the investments of the funds.

b. Interest rate risk

The decline in government bond interest rate will increase the present value of the obligation on the defined benefit plan, while the return on plan assets will increase. The net effect on the present value of the obligation on defined benefit plan is partially offset by the return on plan assets.

c. Salary risk

The calculation of the present value of defined benefit obligation is referred to the plan participants’ future salary. Hence, the increase in plan participants’ salary will increase the present value of the defined benefit obligation.

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The most recent actuarial valuation of plan assets and the present value of the defined benefit obligation were carried out by the independent actuary. The principal assumptions used for the purpose of the actuarial valuations were as follows:

	Measurement Date
	December 31
	2016			2015
Discount rates		1.50	%		2.00	%
Expected rates of salary increase		1.20	%		1.00	%

If reasonably possible changes of the respective significant actuarial assumptions occur at the end of reporting periods, while holding all other assumptions constant, the present value of the defined benefit obligation would increase (decrease) as follows:

	December 31
	2016			2015
Discount rates
0.5% increase	$	(1,201,977	)	$	(960,697	)
0.5% decrease	$	1,279,458		$	1,243,506
Expected rates of salary increase
0.5% increase	$	1,360,870		$	1,314,659
0.5% decrease	$	(1,288,898	)	$	(1,036,472	)

The sensitivity analysis presented above may not be representative of the actual change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation as it is unlikely that the change in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another as some of the assumptions may be correlated. There is no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from the previous period.

	December 31
	2016		2015
The expected contributions to the plan for the next year	$	2,716,198	$	11,294,547
The average duration of the defined benefit obligation		7 years		7 years

The Company’s maturity analysis of the undiscounted benefit payments was as follows:

Year		Amount
2017	$	1,642,827
2018		3,612,133
2019		6,218,290
2020		8,598,175
2021 and thereafter		46,914,239
	$	66,985,664

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26. EQUITY

a. Share capital

1) Common stocks

	December 31
	2016		2015
Number of authorized shares (thousand)		12,000,000		12,000,000
Authorized shares	$	120,000,000	$	120,000,000
Number of issued and paid shares (thousand)		7,757,447		7,757,447
Issued shares	$	77,574,465	$	77,574,465

The issued common stocks of a par value at $10 per share entitled the right to vote and receive dividends.

2) Global depositary receipts

The MOTC and some stockholders sold some common stocks of the Company in an international offering of securities in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) (one ADS represents 10 common stocks) in July 2003, August 2005, and September 2006. The ADSs were traded on the New York Stock Exchange since July 17, 2003. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding ADSs were 350,881 thousand common stocks, which equaled 35,088 thousand units and represented 4.52% of the Company’s total outstanding common stocks.

The ADS holders generally have the same rights and obligations as other common stockholders, subject to the provision of relevant laws. The exercise of such rights and obligations shall comply with the related regulations and deposit agreement, which stipulate, among other things, that ADS holders can, through deposit agents:

a) Exercise their voting rights,

b) Sell their ADSs, and

c) Receive dividends declared and subscribe to the issuance of new shares.

b. Additional paid-in capital

The adjustments of additional paid-in capital for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Share Premium		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital for Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted for Using Equity Method		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital Arising from Changes in Equities of Subsidiaries			Difference between Consideration Received and Carrying Amount of the Subsidiaries’ Net Assets upon Disposal		Donated Capital		Stockholders’ Contribution Due to Privatization		Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	147,329,386	$	43,648	$	13,653		$	—	$	13,170	$	20,648,078	$	168,047,935
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		34,405		—			—		—		—		34,405
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		—		—			26,644		—		—		26,644
Change in additional paid-in capital from share subscription not based on original ownership of a subsidiary		—		—		(412	)		—		—		—		(412	)

(Continued)

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	Share Premium		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital for Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted for Using Equity Method			Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital Arising from Changes in Equities of Subsidiaries			Difference between Consideration Received and Carrying Amount of the Subsidiaries’ Net Assets upon Disposal		Donated Capital		Stockholders’ Contribution Due to Privatization		Total
Other changes in additional paid-in capital in subsidiaries	$	—	$	—		$	1,064		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,064
Subsidiary purchased its treasury stock		—		—			(14,021	)		—		—		—		(14,021	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		147,329,386		78,053			284			26,644		13,170		20,648,078		168,095,615
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		(1,081	)		—			—		—		—		(1,081	)
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		—			—			58,206		—		—		58,206
Change in additional paid-in capital for not participating in the capital increase of a subsidiary		—		—			389,740			—		—		—		389,740
Share-based payment transactions of subsidiaries		—		—			6			—		—		—		6
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	147,329,386	$	76,972		$	390,030		$	84,850	$	13,170	$	20,648,078	$	168,542,486

(Concluded)

Additional paid-in capital from share premium, donated capital and the difference between consideration received and the carrying amount of the subsidiaries’ net assets upon disposal may be utilized to offset deficits; furthermore, when the Company has no deficit, it may be distributed in cash or capitalized, which however is limited to a certain percentage of the Company’s paid-in capital.

The additional paid-in capital from movements of paid-in capital arising from changes in equities of subsidiaries may only be utilized to offset deficits. Additional paid-in capital from movements of investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method may not be used for any purpose.

c. Retained earnings and dividends policy

In accordance with the amendments to the Company Act of the ROC in May 2015, the recipients of dividends and bonuses are limited to stockholders and do not include employees. To comply with the above amendments to the Company Act of the ROC, amendments to the policy on dividend distribution and the addition of the policy on distribution of employees’ and directors’ compensation in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation were approved by the stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016.

In accordance with the the Company’s amended Articles of Incorporation, the Company’s must pay all outstanding taxes, offset deficits in prior years and set aside a legal reserve equal to 10% of its net income before distributing a dividend or making any other distribution to stockholders, except when the accumulated amount of such legal reserve equals to the Company’s total issued capital, and depending on its business needs or requirements, may also set aside or reverse special reserves. No less than 50% of the remaining earnings comprising remaining balance of net income, if any, plus cumulative undistributed earnings shall be distributed as stockholders’ dividends, of which cash dividends to be distributed shall not be less than 50% of the total amount of dividends to be distributed. If cash dividend to be distributed is less than $0.10 per share, such cash dividend shall be distributed in the form of common stocks.

For the information on remuneration for the employees and directors accured based on the the Company’s pre-amended and amended Articles of Incorporation, please refer to Note 28.a.7)—Employee benefit expenses.

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The Company should appropriate or reverse a special reserve in accordance with Rule No. 1010012865 and Rule No. 1010047490 issued by the FSC and the directive entitled “Questions and Answers on Special Reserves Appropriated Following the Adoption of Taiwan-IFRSs”. Distributions can be made out of any subsequent reversal of the debit to other equity items.

The appropriation for legal reserve shall be made until the accumulated reserve equals the aggregate par value of the outstanding capital stock of the Company. This reserve can only be used to offset a deficit, or, when the legal reserve has exceeded 25% of the Company’s paid-in capital, the excess may be transferred to capital or distributed in cash.

Except for non-ROC resident stockholders, all stockholders receiving the dividends are entitled to a tax credit equal to their proportionate share of the income tax paid by the Company.

The appropriations of the 2015 earnings of the Company approved by the stockholders’ meeting on June 24, 2016 and the appropriations of the 2014 earnings of the Company approved by the stockholders’ meeting on June 26, 2015 were as follows:

	Appropriation of Earnings					Dividends Per Share (NT$)
	For Fiscal Year 2015		For Fiscal Year 2014			For Fiscal Year 2015		For Fiscal Year 2014
Legal reserve	$	—	$	680,743
Special reserve		—		(144,005	)
Cash dividends		42,551,146		37,673,263		$	5.49	$	4.86

The appropriations of earnings for 2016 had been proposed by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 7, 2017. The appropriations and dividends per share were as follows:

	Appropriation of Earnings		Dividends Per Share (NT$)
Special reserve	$	5,404
Cash dividends		38,336,525	$	4.94

The appropriations of earnings for 2016 are subject to the resolution of the stockholders’ meeting planned to be held on June 23, 2017. Information of the appropriation of the Company’s earnings proposed by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders is available on the Market Observation Post System website.

d. Other equity items

1) Exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations

The exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations from their functional currency to New Taiwan dollars were recognized as exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations in other comprehensive income.

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2) Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	90,964		$	739,988
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets		(711,996	)		(659,055	)
Amount reclassified from equity to profit or loss on impairment loss of available-for-sale financial assets		577,333			—
Amount reclassified from equity to profit or loss on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets		216			—
Share of unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		(7,402	)		10,031
Ending balance	$	(50,885	)	$	90,964

27. REVENUES

The main source of revenue of the Company includes various telecommunications services in many different streams, and the related information was as discussed in Note 39.

28. NET INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

a. Net income

1) Other income and expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment	$	(23,015	)	$	(32,852	)
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		(595,408	)		(138,093	)
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties		147,527			142,047
	$	(470,896	)	$	(28,898	)

2) Other income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Dividend income	$	378,818	$	207,419
Income from Piping Fund		201,648		202,492
Others		308,288		122,616
	$	888,754	$	532,527

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3) Other gains and losses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Net foreign currency exchange gains	$	173,575		$	45,699
Loss on disposal of financial instruments		(136	)		—
Gain (loss) on disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		(409	)		7,409
Valuation gain (loss) on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, net		(1,370	)		14
Impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost		—			(77,018	)
Impairment loss on available-for-sale financial assets		(577,333	)		—
Others		(31,835	)		(104,383	)
	$	(437,508	)	$	(128,279	)

4) Impairment loss (reversal of impairment loss) on financial instruments

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Notes and accounts receivable	$	942,070		$	460,280
Other receivables	$	(1,729	)	$	38,330
Available-for-sale financial assets	$	577,333		$	—
Financial assets carried at cost	$	—		$	77,018

5) Impairment loss (reversal of impairment loss) on non-finacial assets

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Inventories	$	172,328		$	163,221
Property, plant and equipment	$	595,408		$	138,093
Investment properties	$	(147,527	)	$	(142,047	)

6) Depreciation and amortization expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Property, plant and equipment	$	28,553,199	$	29,782,123
Investment properties		19,119		18,363
Intangible assets		3,299,380		3,029,335
Total depreciation and amortization expenses	$	31,871,698	$	32,829,821
Depreciation expenses summarized by functions
Operating costs	$	26,853,606	$	27,938,184
Operating expenses		1,718,712		1,862,302
	$	28,572,318	$	29,800,486

(Continued)

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	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Amortization expenses summarized by functions
Operating costs	$	3,027,338	$	2,733,234
Marketing expenses		154,315		171,572
General and administrative expenses		87,718		84,586
Research and development expenses		30,009		39,943
	$	3,299,380	$	3,029,335

(Concluded)

7) Employee benefit expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Post-employment benefit
Defined contribution plans	$	227,505	$	214,517
Defined benefit plans		2,819,892		2,911,156
		3,047,397		3,125,673
Other employee benefit
Salaries		20,631,523		20,672,267
Insurance		2,046,687		2,114,742
Others		14,216,308		14,582,874
		36,894,518		37,369,883
Total employee benefit expenses	$	39,941,915	$	40,495,556
Summary by functions
Operating costs	$	23,456,247	$	23,858,896
Operating expenses		16,485,668		16,636,660
	$	39,941,915	$	40,495,556

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had 22,663 and 23,141 employees, respectively.

According to the Company Act as amended in May 2015 and the amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation approved by the Company’s stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016, the Company distributes employees’ compensation at the rates from 1.7% to 4.3% and remuneration to directors not higher than 0.17%, respectively, of pre-tax income. The Company accrued employees’ compensation and remuneration to directors according to the aforementioned policy for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. As of December 31, 2016, the payables of the employees’ compensation and of the remuneration to directors were $1,702,164 thousand and $42,087 thousand, respectively. Such amounts have been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 7, 2017 and will be reported to the stockholders in their meeting planned to be held on June 23, 2017.

If there is a change in the proposed amounts after the annual financial statements are authorized for issue, the differences are recorded as a change in accounting estimate.

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The appropriations of the 2015 employees’ compensation and remuneration to directors were approved by the Board of Directors on March 11, 2016 and reported to the stockholders in their meeting after the amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation was approved by the Company’s stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016. The appropriations of the 2014 bonuses to employees and remuneration to directors of the Company were approved by the stockholders in their meeting on June 26, 2015. The related information was as follows:

	2015		2014
	Cash Bonus		Cash Bonus
Bonus or compensation distributed to the employees	$	1,927,518	$	1,510,068
Remuneration paid to the directors		44,852		39,223

There was no difference between the initial accrual amounts and the amounts paid of the aforementioned bonus or compensation to employees and the remuneration to directors.

Information of the appropriation of the Company’s employees bonuses and remuneration to directors and approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders is available on the Market Observation Post System website.

b. Reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss)

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Cash flow hedges
Gain (loss) arising during the year	$	14,750		$	18,845
Reclassification adjustments included in profit or loss		(696	)		741
Adjusted against the carrying amount of hedged items		(15,139	)		(18,805	)
	$	(1,085	)	$	781

29. INCOME TAX

a. Income tax recognized in profit or loss

The major components of income tax expense were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Current tax
Current tax expenses recognized for the year	$	6,307,642		$	8,236,116
Income tax adjustments on prior years		(27,514	)		(88,767	)
Others		14,465			11,427
		6,294,593			8,158,776
Deferred tax
Deferred tax expenses recognized for the year		1,408,756			(170,071	)
Income tax recognized in profit or loss	$	7,703,349		$	7,988,705

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Reconciliation of accounting profit and income tax expense was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Income before income tax	$	47,770,359		$	50,794,433
Income tax expense calculated at the statutory rate (17%)	$	8,120,961		$	8,635,054
Nondeductible revenues and expenses in determining taxable income		(12,281	)		17,801
Tax-exempt income		(167,891	)		(261,400	)
Investment credits		(224,391	)		(325,410	)
Adjustments of tax expense on prior years		(27,514	)		(88,767	)
Others		14,465			11,427
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss	$	7,703,349		$	7,988,705

The applicable tax rate used above is the corporate tax rate of 17% payable by the Company subject to the Income Tax Law of the Republic of China.

b. Income tax benefit recognized in other comprehensive income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Deferred tax
Remeasurement on defined benefit plan	$	(342,785	)	$	(38,425	)

c. Current tax liabilities

	December 31
	2016		2015
Current tax liabilities
Income tax payable	$	2,180,615	$	4,531,290

d. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities

The movements of deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

For the year ended December 31, 2016

	January 1, 2016		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income		December 31, 2016
Deferred income tax assets
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	1,194,496	$	(178,652	)	$	342,785	$	1,358,629
Allowance for doubtful receivables over quota		166,280		61,858			—		228,138
Deferred revenue		136,403		(19,210	)		—		117,193

(Continued)

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	January 1, 2016		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income		December 31, 2016
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	44,164	$	78,468		$	—	$	122,632
Accrued award credits liabilities		21,970		(2,044	)		—		19,926
Valuation loss on inventory		20,662		(12,509	)		—		8,153
Estimated warranty liabilities		7,470		604			—		8,074
Unrealized foreign exchange loss, net		16,666		(16,666	)		—		—
Others		—		117			—		117
	$	1,608,111	$	(88,034	)	$	342,785	$	1,862,862
Deferred income tax liabilities
Temporary differences
Land value incremental tax	$	94,986	$	—		$	—	$	94,986
Unrealized foreign exchange gain, net		—		9,239			—		9,239
Defined benefit obligation		—		1,267,738			—		1,267,738
Deferred revenue for award credits		1,942		43,748			—		45,690
Others		3		(3	)		—		—
	$	96,931	$	1,320,722		$	—	$	1,417,653

(Concluded)

For the year ended December 31, 2015

	January 1, 2015		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income		December 31, 2015
Deferred income tax assets
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	1,088,118	$	67,953		$	38,425	$	1,194,496
Allowance for doubtful receivables over quota		113,439		52,841			—		166,280
Deferred revenue		155,614		(19,211	)		—		136,403
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		31,209		12,955			—		44,164
Accrued award credits liabilities		28,431		(6,461	)		—		21,970

(Continued)

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	January 1, 2015		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income		December 31, 2015
Valuation loss on inventory	$	8,410	$	12,252		$	—	$	20,662
Estimated warranty liabilities		6,680		790			—		7,470
Unrealized foreign exchange loss, net		—		16,666			—		16,666
	$	1,431,901	$	137,785		$	38,425	$	1,608,111
Deferred income tax liabilities
Temporary differences
Land value incremental tax	$	94,986	$	—		$	—	$	94,986
Unrealized foreign exchange gain, net		29,215		(29,215	)		—		—
Deferred revenue for award credits		5,016		(3,074	)		—		1,942
Others		—		3			—		3
	$	129,217	$	(32,286	)	$	—	$	96,931

(Concluded)

e. All deductible temporary differences were recognized as deferred tax assets in the balance sheets.

f. The related information under the Integrated Income Tax System was as follows:

Unappropriated earnings information

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, all the Company’s unappropriated earnings are generated after the adoption of Integrated Income Tax System.

Imputation credit account

	December 31
	2016		2015
Balance of Imputation Credit Account (“ICA”)	$	7,691,405	$	7,516,432

The creditable ratios for distribution of earnings of 2016 and 2015 were 20.48% (estimated ratio) and 20.48%, respectively. Effective from January 1, 2015, the creditable ratio for individual stockholders residing in the Republic of China is half of the original creditable ratio according to the revised Article 66-6 of the Income Tax Law of the ROC.

g. Income tax examinations

Income tax returns of Company have been examined by the tax authorities through 2014 (except 2013).

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30. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Net income and weighted average number of common stocks used in the calculation of earnings per share were as follows:

Net Income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Net income used to compute the basic earnings per share	$	40,067,010		$	42,805,728
Assumed conversion of all dilutive potential common stocks
Employee stock options and employee compensation of subsidiaries		(524	)		(921	)
Net income used to compute the diluted earnings per share	$	40,066,486		$	42,804,807

Weighted Average Number of Common Stocks

(Thousand Shares)

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Weighted average number of common stocks used to compute the basic earnings per share		7,757,447		7,757,447
Assumed conversion of all dilutive potential common stocks
Employee compensation		11,922		18,231
Weighted average number of common stocks used to compute the diluted earnings per share		7,769,369		7,775,678

Because the Company may settle the employee compensation in shares or cash, the Company shall presume that it will be settled in shares and takes those shares into consideration when calculating the weighted average number of outstanding shares used in the calculation of diluted EPS if the shares have a dilutive effect. The dilutive effect of the shares needs to be considered until the approval of the number of shares to be distributed to employees as compensation in their meeting in the following year.

31. NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company entered into the following non-cash investing activities:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Increase in property, plant and equipment	$	23,134,440		$	23,977,094
Changes in other payables		(587,500	)		649,523
	$	22,546,940		$	24,626,617

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32. OPERATING LEASE ARRANGEMENTS

a. The Company as lessee

Except for the ST-2 satellite referred in Note 35 to the financial statements, the Company entered into several lease agreements for base stations located all over in Taiwan. The future aggregate minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Within one year	$	2,560,241	$	3,185,743
Longer than one year but within five years		4,665,468		5,143,295
Longer than five years		970,325		1,242,844
	$	8,196,034	$	9,571,882

b. The Company as lessor

The Company leases out some land and buildings. The future aggregate minimum lease collection under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Within one year	$	416,507	$	432,071
Longer than one year but within five years		622,156		549,676
Longer than five years		320,982		374,400
	$	1,359,645	$	1,356,147

33. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Company manages its capital to ensure that the Company will be able to continue as going concerns while maximizing the return to stakeholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance.

The capital structure of the Company consists of debt and the equity of the Company.

The Company is required to maintain minimum paid-in capital amount as prescribed by the applicable laws.

The management reviews the capital structure of the Company as needed. As part of this review, the management considers the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital.

According to the management’s suggestion, the Company maintains a balanced capital structure through paying cash dividends, increasing its share capital, purchasing treasury stock, and proceeds from new debt or repayment of debt.

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34. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair Value Information

The fair value measurement guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value. These levels are:

Level 1 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

Level 3 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

a. Financial instruments that are not measured at fair value but for which fair value is disclosed

Except for what disclosed in the following table, the Company considers that the carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value approximate their fair values or the fair values cannot be reliable estimated:

December 31, 2016

	Carrying		Fair Value
	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Held-to-maturity financial assets
Corporate bonds	$	1,989,892	$	—	$	1,995,869	$	—
Bank debentures		150,000		—		150,488		—
	$	2,139,892	$	—	$	2,146,357	$	—

December 31, 2015

	Carrying		Fair Value
	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Held-to-maturity financial assets
Corporate bonds	$	3,870,540	$	—	$	3,890,730	$	—
Bank debentures		150,000		—		149,997		—
	$	4,020,540	$	—	$	4,040,727	$	—

The Level 2 fair values are estimated using discounted cash flow models. The models use market-based observable inputs including duration, yield rate and credit rating.

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b. Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis

December 31, 2016

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Derivatives	$	—	$	1,356	$	—	$	1,356
Hedging derivative financial liabilities	$	—	$	586	$	—	$	586
Available-for-sale financial assets
Listed securities
Equity investments	$	2,451,686	$	—	$	—	$	2,451,686

December 31, 2015

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets at FVTPL
Derivatives	$	—	$	14	$	—	$	14
Hedging derivative financial assets	$	—	$	498	$	—	$	498
Available-for-sale financial assets
Listed securities
Equity investments	$	3,163,466	$	—	$	—	$	3,163,466

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

1) The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded in active markets are determined with reference to quoted market prices.

2) For derivatives, fair values are estimated using discounted cash flow model. Future cash flows are estimated based on observable inputs including forward exchange rates at the end of the reporting periods and the forward and spot exchange rates stated in the contracts, discounted at a rate that reflects the credit risk of various counterparties.

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Categories of Financial Instruments

	December 31
	2016		2015
Financial assets
Measured at FVTPL
Held for trading	$	—	$	14
Hedging derivative financial assets		—		498
Held-to-maturity financial assets		2,139,892		4,020,540
Loans and receivables (Note a)		60,261,517		55,356,652
Available-for-sale financial assets (Note b)		4,575,466		5,299,113
Financial liabilities
Measured at FVTPL
Held for trading		1,356		—
Hedging derivative financial liabilities		586		—
Measured at amortized cost (Note c)		37,115,715		32,989,217

Note a: The balances included cash and cash equivalents, trade notes and accounts receivable, receivables from related parties, other current monetary assets, other financial assets and refundable deposits (classified as other noncurrent assets) which were loans and receivables.

Note b: The balances included financial assets carried at cost which were classified as available-for-sale financial assets.

Note c: The balances included trade notes and accounts payable, payables to related parties, partial other payables and customers’ deposits which were financial liabilities carried at amortized cost.

Financial Risk Management Objectives

The main financial instruments of the Company include equity and debt investments, accounts receivable and accounts payables. The Company’s Finance Department provides services to its business units, co-ordinates access to domestic and international capital markets, monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Company through internal risk reports which analyze exposures by degree and magnitude of risks. These risks include market risk (including foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk.

The Company seeks to minimize the effects of these risks by using derivative financial instruments to hedge risk exposures. The use of financial derivatives is governed by the Company’s policies approved by the Board of Directors. Those derivatives are used to hedge the risks of exchange rate fluctuation arising from operating or investment activities. Compliance with policies and risk exposure limits is reviewed by the Company’s Finance Department on a continuous basis. The Company does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes.

The Company reports the significant risk exposures and related action plans timely and actively to the audit committee and if needed to the Board of Directors.

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a. Market risk

The Company is exposed to market risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The Company uses forward exchange contracts to hedge the exchange rate risk arising from assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies.

There were no changes to the Company’s exposure to market risks or the manner in which these risks are managed and measured.

1) Foreign currency risk

The carrying amounts of the Company’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Assets
USD	$	4,728,949	$	4,296,283
EUR		10,973		45,756
SGD		101,992		106,383
JPY		18		242,336
Liabilities
USD		4,111,714		4,125,794
EUR		965,012		1,291,884
SGD		1,114		2,657
JPY		5,873		3,704

The carrying amounts of the Company’s derivatives with exchange rate risk exposures at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Assets
EUR	$	—	$	512
Liabilities
EUR		1,942		—

Foreign currency sensitivity analysis

The Company is mainly exposed to the fluctuations of the currencies listed above.

The following table details the Company’s sensitivity to a 5% increase and decrease in the functional currency against the relevant foreign currencies. 5% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible changes in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and forward exchange contracts. A positive number below indicates an increase in pre-tax profit or equity where the functional currency weakens 5% against the relevant currency.

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	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Profit or loss
Monetary assets and liabilities (a)
USD	$	30,862		$	8,524
EUR		(47,702	)		(62,306	)
SGD		5,044			5,186
JPY		(293	)		11,932
Derivatives (b)
EUR		8,233			32,832
Equity
Derivatives (c)
EUR		5,030			15,306

a) This is mainly attributable to the exposure to foreign currency denominated receivables and payables of the Company outstanding at the balance sheet dates.

b) This is mainly attributable to the forward exchange contracts.

c) This is mainly attributable to the changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges.

For a 5% strengthening of the functional currency against the relevant currencies, it would have equal but opposite effect on the pre-tax profit or equity for the amounts shown above.

2) Interest rate risk

The carrying amounts of the Company’s exposures to interest rates on financial assets at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Fair value interest rate risk
Financial assets	$	23,923,996	$	23,763,200
Cash flow interest rate risk
Financial assets		2,873,245		2,254,920

Interest rate sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to interest rates for non-derivative instruments at the end of the reporting period. A 25 basis point increase or decrease is used when reporting interest rate risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in interest rates.

If interest rates had been 25 basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held constant, the Company’s pre-tax income would increase/decrease by $7,183 thousand and $5,637 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This is mainly attributable to the Company’s exposure to floating interest rates on its financial assets.

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3) Other price risk

The Company is exposed to equity price risks arising from listed equity investments. Equity investments are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The management managed the risk through holding various risk portfolios. Further, the Company assigned finance and investment departments to monitor the price risk.

Equity price sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to equity price risks at the end of the reporting period.

If equity prices of listed equity securities had been 5% higher/lower, other comprehensive income would have increased/decreased by $122,584 thousand and $158,173 thousand as a result of the changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

b. Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty would default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Company. The maximum credit exposure of the aforementioned financial instruments is equal to their carrying amounts recognized in balance sheet as of the balance sheet date.

The Company has large trade receivables outstanding with its customers. A substantial majority of the Company’s outstanding trade receivables are not covered by collateral or credit insurance. The Company has implemented ongoing measures including enhancing credit assessments and strengthening overall risk management to reduce its credit risk. While the Company has procedures to monitor and limit exposure to credit risk on trade receivables, there can be no assurance such procedures will effectively limit its credit risk and avoid losses. This risk is heightened during periods when economic conditions worsen.

As the Company serves a large number of unrelated consumers, the concentration of credit risk was limited.

c. Liquidity risk

The Company manages and contains sufficient cash and cash equivalent position to support the operations and reduce the impact on fluctuation of cash flow.

1) Liquidity and interest risk tables

The following tables detailed the Company’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities with agreed repayment periods. The tables had been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Company is required to pay.

	Weighted Average Effective Interest Rate (%)		Less Than 1 Month		1-3 Months		3 Months to 1 Year		1-5 Years		More Than 5 Years		Total
December 31, 2016
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Non-interest bearing		—	$	41,133,677	$	—	$	1,744,251	$	4,521,074	$	—	$	47,399,002
December 31, 2015
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Non-interest bearing		—	$	37,459,795	$	—	$	1,972,370	$	4,642,735	$	—	$	44,074,900

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The following table detailed the Company’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments. The table had been drawn up based on the undiscounted gross inflows and outflows on those derivatives that require gross settlement.

	Less Than 1 Month		1-3 Months			3 Months to 1 Year		1-5 Years		Total
December 31, 2016
Gross settled
Forward exchange contracts
Inflow	$	—	$	266,741		$	—	$	—	$	266,741
Outflow		—		268,683			—		—		268,683
	$	—	$	(1,942	)	$	—	$	—	$	(1,942	)
December 31, 2015
Gross settled
Forward exchange contracts
Inflow	$	—	$	473,437		$	492,056	$	—	$	965,493
Outflow		—		476,337			488,644		—		964,981
	$	—	$	(2,900	)	$	3,412	$	—	$	512

2) Financing facilities

	December 31
	2016		2015
Unsecured bank loan facility
Amount used	$	—	$	—
Amount unused		40,322,500		39,328,250
	$	40,322,500	$	39,328,250

35. RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS

The ROC Government, one of the Company’s customers, has significant equity interest in the Company. The Company provides fixed-line services, wireless services, internet and data and other services to the various departments and institutions of the ROC Government in the normal course of business and at arm’s-length prices. The transactions with the ROC government bodies have not been disclosed because the transactions are not individually or collectively significant. However, the related revenues and operating costs have been appropriately recorded.

a. The Company engages in business transactions with the following related parties:

Company	Relationship
Senao International Co., Ltd. (“SENAO”)	Subsidiary
Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd. (“CHTS”)	Subsidiary
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd. (“CHSI”)	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. (“CHI”)	Subsidiary
CHIEF Telecom, Inc. (“CHIEF”)	Subsidiary

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Company	Relationship
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd. (“CHYP”)	Subsidiary
Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“Prime Asia”)	Subsidiary
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc. (“SHE”)	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc.	Subsidiary
Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary
Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech. Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”)	Subsidiary
New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.)	Subsidiary
Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd. (“SIS”)	Subsidiary of SENAO
Youth Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SENAO
Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SENAO
ISPOT Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SENAO
Youyi Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SENAO
Unigate Telecom Inc.	Subsidiary of CHIEF
Chief International Corp.	Subsidiary of CHIEF
Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of CHIEF
Concord Technology Co., Ltd. (“Concord”)	Subsidiary of CHSI
Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SHE
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. (“CHPT”)	Subsidiary of CHI
Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (“CIHC”)	Subsidiary of CHI
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of Concord
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. USA Corporation	Subsidiary of CHPT
CHPT Japan Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of CHPT
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. International, Ltd. (“CHPT (International)”)	Subsidiary of CHPT
Senao International HK Limited (“SIHK”)	Subsidiary of SIS
CHI One Investment Co., Limited. (“COI”)	Subsidiary of CIHC
Senao Trading (Fujian) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SIHK
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SIHK
Senao International Trading (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SIHK
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of SIHK
Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd. (“CHC”)	Subsidiary of Prime Asia
Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of CHC
Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC.	Subsidiary of CHC
Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary of CHC
Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited	Subsidiary of CHPT (International)
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Associate
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Associate
Skysoft Co., Ltd.	Associate
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd.	Associate
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Associate
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd.	Associate
International Integrated System, Inc.	Associate
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation	Associate
Click Force Co., Ltd.	Associate of CHYP

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Company	Relationship
Xiamen Sertec Business Technology Co., Ltd.	Associate of COI
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd.	Associate of CHTS
Huada Digital Corporation	Joint venture
Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd.	Joint venture
Other related parties
Chunghwa Telecom Foundation	A nonprofit organization of which the funds donated by the Company exceeds one third of its total funds

(Concluded)

b. Terms of the foregoing transactions with related parties were not significantly different from transactions with non-related parties. When no similar transactions with non-related parties can be referenced, terms were determined in accordance with mutual agreements. Details of transactions between the Company and other related parties are disclosed below:

1) Operating transactions

	Revenues
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	1,738,017	$	1,660,277
Associates		283,523		326,008
Joint ventures		6,643		8,707
Others		3,556		3,997
	$	2,031,739	$	1,998,989

	Operating Costs and Expenses
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	18,098,585	$	15,607,502
Associates		1,143,233		1,192,948
Joint ventures		17,242		16,919
Others		48,000		45,001
	$	19,307,060	$	16,862,370

2) Non-operating transactions

	Non-operating Income and Expenses
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	38,460	$	3,265
Associates		2,580		2
Others		3		—
	$	41,043	$	3,267

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3) Receivables

	December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	749,387	$	822,720
Associates		6,676		27,663
Joint ventures		50		542
	$	756,113	$	850,925

4) Payables

	December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	3,990,630	$	3,512,159
Associates		738,811		568,626
Joint ventures		954		4,849
	$	4,730,395	$	4,085,634

5) Customers’ deposits

	December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	9,149	$	9,434
Associates		10,355		10,965
Joint ventures		640		—
	$	20,144	$	20,399

6) Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Subsidiaries	$	509,343	$	566,387
Associates		313,002		313,346
Joint ventures		6,869		11,345
	$	829,214	$	891,078

7) Prepayments

The Company entered into a contract with ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. on March 12, 2010 to lease capacity on the ST-2 satellite. This lease term is for 15 years which should start from the official operation of ST-2 satellite and the total contract value is approximately $6,000,000 thousand (SG$260,723 thousand), including a prepayment of $3,067,711 thousand, and the rest of amount should be paid annually when ST-2 satellite starts its official operation. ST-2 satellite was launched in May 2011, and began its official operation in August 2011. The total rental expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $393,701 thousand, which consisted of an offsetting credit of the prepayment of $204,398 thousand and an additional accrual of $189,303 thousand. The total rental expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $404,120 thousand, which consisted of an offsetting credit of the prepayment of $204,398 thousand and an additional accrual of $199,722 thousand. The prepaid rents (classified as prepayments) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

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	December 31
	2016		2015
Prepaid rents—current	$	204,398	$	204,398
Prepaid rents—noncurrent		1,754,419		1,958,817
	$	1,958,817	$	2,163,215

The Company sold the land with a carrying value of $936,016 thousand to LED at the consideration of $2,421,932 thousand in 2008. However, since the gain on disposal of land amounting to $1,485,916 thousand is unrealized, the gain was recognized as deferred credit—profit on intercompany transactions. There is no gain arising from disposal of land recognized in 2016 and 2015. The unrealized gain on disposal of land amounted to $83,859 thousand (classified as other noncurrent liabilities) as of December 31, 2016.

c. Compensation of key management personnel

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Short-term benefits	$	68,492	$	67,301
Post-employment benefits		5,162		5,499
	$	73,654	$	72,800

The remuneration of directors and key executives is mainly determined by the compensation committee having regard to the performance of individual and market trends.

36. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNIZED COMMITMENTS

As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s remaining commitments under non-cancelable contracts with various parties, excluding those disclosed in other notes, were as follows:

a. Acquisitions of land and buildings of $398,156 thousand.

b. Acquisitions of telecommunications equipment of $12,084,485 thousand.

c. A commitment to contribute $2,000,000 thousand to a Piping Fund administered by the Taipei City Government, of which $1,000,000 thousand was contributed by the Company on August 15, 1996 (classified as other monetary assets—noncurrent). If the fund is not sufficient, the Company will contribute the remaining $1,000,000 thousand upon notification from the Taipei City Government.

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37. SIGNIFICANT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

The information of significant assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is as follows:

	December 31, 2016
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Assets denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Cash
USD	$	5,221		32.25	$	168,368
EUR		323		33.90		10,973
SGD		4,576		22.29		101,992
JPY		63		0.276		18
Accounts receivable
USD		141,413		32.25		4,560,581
Non-monetary items
Investments accounted for using equity method
USD		28,317		32.25		913,214
HKD		390,307		4.158		1,622,895
JPY		154,486		0.276		42,638
VND		316,704,651		0.00129		408,549
RMB		48,365		4.617		223,301
Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Accounts payable
USD		127,495		32.25		4,111,714
EUR		28,466		33.90		965,012
SGD		50		22.29		1,114
JPY		21,278		0.276		5,873

	December 31, 2015
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Assets denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Cash
USD	$	6,974		32.825	$	228,936
EUR		1,268		35.88		45,484
SGD		4,576		23.25		106,383
JPY		887,679		0.273		242,336
Accounts receivable
USD		123,910		32.825		4,067,347
EUR		8		35.88		272

(Continued)

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	December 31, 2015
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Non-monetary items
Investments accounted for using equity method
USD	$	27,449		32.825	$	900,999
HKD		379,766		4.235		1,608,311
JPY		141,568		0.273		38,648
VND		323,680,142		0.00141		456,389
RMB		50,412		4.978		250,952
Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Accounts payable
USD		125,691		32.825		4,125,794
EUR		36,006		35.88		1,291,884
SGD		114		23.25		2,657
JPY		13,569		0.273		3,704

(Concluded)

The unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses were gain of $54,653 thousand and loss of $72,188 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Due to the various foreign currency transactions of the Company, foreign exchange gains and losses cannot be disclosed on the respective significant foreign currency.

38. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES

Following are the additional disclosures required by the FSC for the Company:

a. Financing provided: None.

b. Endorsement/guarantee provided: Please see Table 1.

c. Marketable securities held (excluding investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures): Please see Table 2.

d. Marketable securities acquired and disposed of at costs or prices at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 3.

e. Acquisition of individual real estate at costs of at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 4.

f. Disposal of individual real estate at prices of at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: None.

g. Total purchases from or sales to related parties amounting to at least $100 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 5.

h. Receivables from related parties amounting to $100 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 6.

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i. Names, locations, and other information of investees on which the Company exercises significant influence (excluding investment in Mainland China): Please see Table 7.

j. Derivative instruments transactions: Please see Notes 7, 20 and 34.

k. Investment in Mainland China: Please see Table 8.

39. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has the following reportable segments that provide different products or services. The reportable segments are managed separately because each segment represents a strategic business unit that serves different markets. Segment information is provided to CEO who allocates resources and assesses segment performance. The Company’s measure of segment performance is mainly based on revenues and income before tax. The Company’s reportable segments are as follows:

a. Domestic fixed communications business—the provision of local telephone services, domestic long distance telephone services, broadband access, and related services;

b. Mobile communications business—the provision of mobile services, sales of mobile handsets and data cards, and related services;

c. Internet business—the provision of HiNet services and related services;

d. International fixed communications business—the provision of international long distance telephone services and related services;

e. Others—the provision of non-telecom services and the corporate related items not allocated to reportable segments.

There was no material difference between the accounting policies of the operating segments and the accounting policies described in Note 3.

Segment Revenues and Operating Results

Analysis by reportable segment of revenues and operating results of continuing operations was as follows:

	Domestic Fixed Communications Business		Mobile Communications Business		Internet Business		International Fixed Communications Business		Others			Total
Year ended December 31, 2016
Revenues
From external customers	$	73,202,723	$	88,347,691	$	26,626,052	$	13,152,718	$	307,621		$	201,636,805
Intersegment revenues		22,248,791		2,287,399		4,593,069		2,034,970		9,446			31,173,675
Segment revenues	$	95,451,514	$	90,635,090	$	31,219,121	$	15,187,688	$	317,067			232,810,480
Intersegment elimination													(31,173,675	)
Revenues												$	201,636,805
Segment income (loss) before income tax	$	25,657,655	$	12,951,596	$	10,344,226	$	982,943	$	(2,166,061	)	$	47,770,359
Year ended December 31, 2015
Revenues
From external customers	$	72,937,270	$	90,022,635	$	24,494,544	$	14,210,412	$	329,125		$	201,993,986
Intersegment revenues		20,995,967		3,284,685		4,523,457		1,672,343		9,129			30,485,581
Segment revenues	$	93,933,237	$	93,307,320	$	29,018,001	$	15,882,755	$	338,254			232,479,567
Intersegment elimination													(30,485,581	)
Revenues												$	201,993,986
Segment income (loss) before income tax	$	23,230,601	$	18,721,024	$	9,607,825	$	1,092,457	$	(1,857,474	)	$	50,794,433

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Other Segment Information

Other information reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker was as follows:

	Domestic Fixed Communications Business		Mobile Communications Business		Internet Business		International Fixed Communications Business		Others		Total
Year ended December 31, 2016
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,381,354	$	1,381,354
Interest revenue	$	15,196	$	465	$	1,982	$	1,310	$	136,260	$	155,213
Interest expenses	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Operating costs and expenses	$	68,020,311	$	58,192,019	$	13,011,294	$	12,621,936	$	3,537,803	$	155,383,363
Depreciation and amortization	$	16,413,696	$	10,458,720	$	3,473,282	$	1,313,145	$	212,855	$	31,871,698
Capital expenditure	$	9,846,100	$	8,891,929	$	2,667,397	$	947,405	$	194,109	$	22,546,940
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	—	$	595,408	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	595,408
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties	$	147,527	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	147,527
Year ended December 31, 2015
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,385,675	$	1,385,675
Interest revenue	$	18,881	$	173	$	2,642	$	1,524	$	237,665	$	260,885
Interest expenses	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Operating costs and expenses	$	67,957,428	$	57,305,218	$	11,653,368	$	12,880,300	$	3,425,149	$	153,221,463
Depreciation and amortization	$	17,486,804	$	10,238,384	$	3,462,309	$	1,410,497	$	231,827	$	32,829,821
Capital expenditure	$	10,196,172	$	8,565,151	$	4,739,234	$	842,367	$	283,693	$	24,626,617
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	22,193	$	115,900	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	138,093
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties	$	142,047	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	142,047

Main Products and Service Revenues

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Mobile services revenue	$	78,762,345	$	80,802,200
Local telephone and domestic long distance telephone services revenue		34,561,901		36,722,500
Broadband access and domestic leased line services revenue		23,385,530		23,759,760
Internet services revenue		19,732,892		17,543,162
International network and leased telephone services revenue		10,314,023		11,067,518
Sale of products		10,500,252		9,746,727
Others		24,379,862		22,352,119
	$	201,636,805	$	201,993,986

Geographic Information

The users of the Company’s services are mainly from Taiwan, ROC. The revenues it derived outside Taiwan are mainly revenues from international long distance telephone and leased line services. The geographic information for revenues was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Taiwan, ROC	$	193,665,957	$	194,059,618
Overseas		7,970,848		7,934,368
	$	201,636,805	$	201,993,986

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The Company does not have material noncurrent assets in foreign operations.

Major Customers

The Company did not have any single customer whose revenue exceeded 10% of the total revenue.

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TABLE 1

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

ENDORSEMENTS/GUARANTEES PROVIDED

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

No. (Note 1)	Endorsement/ Guarantee Provider	Guaranteed Party		Limits on Endorsement/ Guarantee Amount Provided to Each Guaranteed Party		Maximum Balance for the Period		Ending Balance		Actual Borrowing Amount		Amount of Endorsement/ Guarantee Collateralized by Properties		Ratio of Accumulated Endorsement/ Guarantee to Net Equity Per Latest Financial Statements	Maximum Endorsement/ Guarantee Amount Allowable		Endorsement/ Guarantee Given by Parent on Behalf of Subsidiaries	Endorsement/ Guarantee Given by Subsidiaries on Behalf of Parent	Endorsement/ Guarantee Given on Behalf of Companies in Mainland China	Note
		Name	Nature of Relationship (Note 2)
1	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Youth Co., Ltd.	b	$	591,394	$	200,000	$	200,000	$	—	$	—	3.38	$	2,956,970	Yes	No	No	Notes 3 and 4
		ISPOT Co., Ltd.	c		591,394		150,000		150,000		150,000		—	2.54		2,956,970	Yes	No	No	Notes 3 and 4
		Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	b		591,394		300,000		300,000		300,000		—	5.07		2,956,970	Yes	No	No	Notes 3 and 4

Note 1: Significant transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries or among subsidiaries are numbered as follows:

a. “0” for the Company.

b. Subsidiaries are numbered from “1”.

Note 2: Relationships between the endorsement/guarantee provider and the guaranteed party:

a. Trading partner.

b. Majority owned subsidiary.

c. The Company and subsidiary owns over 50% ownership of the investee company.

d. A subsidiary jointly owned by the Company and the Company’s directly-owned subsidiary.

e. Guaranteed by the Company according to the construction contract.

f. An investee company. The guarantees were provided based on the Company’s proportionate share in the investee company.

Note 3: The limits on endorsement or guarantee amount provided to each guaranteed party is up to 10% of the net assets value of the latest financial statements of Senao International Co., Ltd.

Note 4: The total amount of endorsement or guarantee that the Company is allowed to provide is up to 50% of the net assets value of the latest financial statements of Senao International Co., Ltd.

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TABLE 2

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES HELD

DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Held Company Name	Marketable Securities Type and Name	Relationship with the Company	Financial Statement Account	December 31, 2016								Note
				Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)		Carrying Value (Note 1)		Percentage of Ownership		Fair Value
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Taipei Financial Center Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		172,927	$	1,789,530		12	$	—		—
	Innovation Works Development Fund, L.P.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		—		242,521		4		—		—
	Industrial Bank of Taiwan II Venture Capital Co., Ltd. (IBT II)	—	Financial assets carried at cost		5,252		52,520		17		—		—
	Global Mobile Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		7,617		—		3		—		—
	iD Branding Ventures	—	Financial assets carried at cost		38		375		8		—		—
	Innovation Works Limited	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,000		26,834		2		—		—
	RPTI Intergroup International Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		4,765		—		10		—		—
	Taiwan mobile payment Co., Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,200		12,000		2		—		—
	China Airlines Ltd.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		263,622		2,451,686		5		2,451,686		Note 2
	Bonds
	Chinese Petroleum Corporation 2nd unsecured Corporate Bonds-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,969		—		200,787		Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,992		—		100,249		Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		39,997		—		40,099		Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 2nd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,989		—		100,368		Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,998		—		200,055		Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,999		—		100,028		Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		200,002		—		200,055		Note 3
	TSMC 2nd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,973		—		200,974		Note 3
	TSMC 3rd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,968		—		201,155		Note 3
	Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		300,000		—		301,575		Note 3

(Continued)

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Held Company Name	Marketable Securities Type and Name	Relationship with the Company	Financial Statement Account	December 31, 2016								Note
				Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)		Carrying Value (Note 1)		Percentage of Ownership		Fair Value
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—	$	150,001		—	$	150,224		Note 3
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		100,002		—		100,150		Note 3
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		100,002		—		100,150		Note 3
	Eximbank 19-2nd unsecured Financial Debenture	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		150,000		—		150,488		Note 3
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	N.T.U. Innovation Incubation Corporation	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,200		12,000		9		—		—
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Stocks
	3 Link Information Service Co., Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		374		3,450		10		—		—
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Tatung Technology Inc.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		4,571		73,964		11		—		—
	iD Branding Ventures	—	Financial assets carried at cost		13		125		3		—		—
	VisEra Technologies Company Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		214		4,593		—		—		—
	PChome Store Inc.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		280		22,965		1		22,965		Note 2
	Tons Lightology Inc.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		1,344		46,376		3		46,376		Note 2
Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Cotech Engineering Fuzhou Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		—		24,913		5		—		—

Note 1: Showing at carrying amounts with adjustments for fair value and deducted accumulated impairment loss; otherwise, showing at their original carrying amounts on amortized cost deducted the accumulated impairment loss.

Note 2: Fair value was based on the closing price on December 31, 2016.

Note 3: Fair value was based on the average trading price on December 31, 2016.

(Concluded)

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TABLE 3

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES ACQUIRED AND DISPOSED OF AT COSTS OR PRICES OF AT LEAST NT$300 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name

Marketable Securities Type and Name

Financial Statement Account

Counter-party

Nature of Relationship

Beginning Balance

Acquisition

Disposal

Ending Balance

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount (Note 1)

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount

Carrying Value (Note 1)

Gain (Loss) on Disposal

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount (Note 1)

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Bonds

TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2011

Held-to-maturity financial assets

—

—

—

$

400,000 (Note 2)

—

$

—

—

$

—

$

400,000 (Note 2)

$

—

—

$

—

Fubon 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2011

Held-to-maturity financial assets

—

—

—

400,000 (Note 2)

—

—

—

—

400,000 (Note 2)

—

—

—

Note 1: Showing at their original investing amounts without adjustments for fair values.

Note 2: Showing at their nominal amounts.

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TABLE 4

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

ACQUISITION OF INDIVIDUAL REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES AT COSTS OF AT LEAST NT$300 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name

Types of Property

Transaction Date

Transaction Amount

Payment Term

Counter-party

Nature of Relationships

Prior Transaction of Related Counter-party

Price Reference

Purpose of Acquisition

Other Terms

Owner

Relationships

Transfer Date

Amount

Chunghwa Precision Test Tech Co., Ltd.

Land

September 8, 2016

$790,758

The third-installment payment was paid ; the accumulative amount of payment is $316,290

Individual

—

—

—

—

$—

In accordance with land appraisal report

Manufacturing purpose

None

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TABLE 5

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

TOTAL PURCHASES FROM OR SALES TO RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship	Transaction Details					Abnormal Transaction			Notes/Accounts Payable or Receivable
			Purchase/Sales (Note 1)	Amount (Note 2)		% to Total	Payment Terms	Units Price		Payment Terms	Ending Balance (Note 3)			% to Total
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales	$	845,359	1	30 days	$	—	—	$	107,311		—
			Purchase		10,993,253	12	30-90 days		—	—		(1,678,674	)	(9)
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Subsidiary	Sales		384,830	—	30 days		—	—		40,656		—
			Purchase		312,258	—	60 days		—	—		(41,377	)	—
	Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		916,245	1	30 days		—	—		(633,287	)	(3)
	Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		110,714	—	30 days		—	—		(19,705	)	—
	Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		4,520,266	4	30-60 days		—	—		(679,795	)	(3)
	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales		136,434	—	30 days		—	—		43,961		—
			Purchase		449,059	—	90 days		—	—		(69,654	)	—
	Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Subsidiary	Purchase		360,089	—	90 days		—	—		(111,165	)	(1)
	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales		167,039	—	30 days		—	—		83,206		—
			Purchase		226,263	—	90 days		—	—		(115,374	)	(1)
	ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte. Ltd.	Associate	Purchase		393,701	—	30 days		—	—		(47,326	)	—
	Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Associate	Purchase		517,677	—	30-90 days		—	—		(445,295	)	(2)
	So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Associate	Sales		206,839	—	60 days		—	—		80		—
	International Integrated System, Inc.	Associate	Purchase		188,024	—	30 days		—	—		(90,462	)	—
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		11,121,253	33	30-90 days		—	—		1,695,405		67
			Purchase		541,530	2	30 days		—	—		(87,456	)	(3)
	HopeTech Technologies Limited	Associate	Purchase		248,254	1	30 days		—	—		(13,903	)	(1)
	Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		174,265	1	30 days		—	—		(42,053	)	(2)

(Continued)

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Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship	Transaction Details					Abnormal Transaction			Notes/Accounts Payable or Receivable
			Purchase/Sales (Note 1)	Amount (Note 2)		% to Total	Payment Terms	Units Price		Payment Terms	Ending Balance (Note 3)			% to Total
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales	$	312,258	16	60 days	$	—	—	$	41,377		21
			Purchase		384,204	29	30 days		—	—		(39,929	)	(39)
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		1,671,365	81	30 days		—	—		633,287		75
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		110,714	31	30 days		—	—		19,705		27
Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		4,520,266	100	30-60 days		—	—		679,795		100
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		449,059	42	90 days		—	—		69,654		64
			Purchase		136,434	14	30 days		—	—		(43,961	)	(54)
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		360,089	61	90 days		—	—		111,165		90
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		226,263	22	90 days		—	—		115,374		45
			Purchase		167,039	17	30 days		—	—		(83,206	)	(34)

Note 1: Purchase included acquisition of services costs.

Note 2: The differences were because Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries classified the amount as inventories, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and operating expenses.

Note 3: Notes and accounts receivable did not include the amounts collected for others and other receivables.

Note 4: Transaction terms with the related parties were determined in accordance with mutual agreements when there were no similar transactions with third parties. Other transactions with related parties were not significantly different from those with third parties.

(Concluded)

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TABLE 6

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

RECEIVABLES FROM RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship	Ending Balance		Turnover Rate (Note)	Overdue			Amounts Received in Subsequent Period		Allowance for Bad Debts
						Amounts		Action Taken
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	$	508,121	13.19	$	—	—	$	508,121	$	—
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		2,169,769	7.88		—	—		1,391,550		—
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		633,287	2.79		—	—		474,297		—
Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		680,550	6.34		—	—		421,232		—
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		111,165	3.16		—	—		103,711		—
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		115,374	1.40		—	—		115,374		—

Note: Payments and receipts collected in trust for others are excluded from the accounts receivable for calculating the turnover rate.

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TABLE 7

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION OF INVESTEES IN WHICH THE COMPANY EXERCISES SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE (EXCLUDING INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA)

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016					Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
				December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)	Carrying Value
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Handset and peripherals retailer; sales of CHT mobile phone plans as an agent	$	1,065,813	$	1,065,813		71,773	29	$	1,712,144	$	991,758		$	280,866		Subsidiary
	Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Planning and development of real estate and intelligent buildings, and property management		3,000,000		3,000,000		300,000	100		3,850,574		6,544			6,605		Subsidiary
	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Hong Kong	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		1,567,453		1,567,453		402,590	100		1,622,895		43,805			43,805		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Singapore	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		574,112		574,112		26,383	100		730,890		115,229			115,229		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing system integration services and telecommunication equipment		838,506		838,506		60,000	100		699,899		10,487			24,660		Subsidiary
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Network integration, internet data center (“IDC”), communications integration and cloud application services		482,165		482,165		41,357	69		803,698		317,439			221,154		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Investment		639,559		639,559		68,085	89		1,356,270		273,634			243,157		Subsidiary
	Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.)	British Virgin Islands	Investment		385,274		385,274		1	100		223,301		(9,927	)		(9,927	)	Subsidiary
	Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Telecommunication engineering, sales agent of mobile phone plan application and other business services		180,000		180,000		18,000	100		409,716		196,352			196,352		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Digital information supply services and advertisement services		150,000		150,000		15,000	100		188,358		20,154			20,156		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd.	Vietnam	Intelligent energy saving solutions, international circuit, and information and communication technology (“ICT”) services.		148,275		148,275		—	100		133,735		5,254			5,254		Subsidiary

(Continued)

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Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016						Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
				December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)	Carrying Value
	Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	United States	International private leased circuit, internet services, and transit services	$	70,429	$	70,429		6,000	100	$	182,324		$	27,854		$	30,110		Subsidiary
	Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	Taiwan	Digital entertainment contents production, animated character licensing and endorsement, and mobile digital platform construction		62,209		62,209		10,277	56		92,038			(5,205	)		(2,837	)	Subsidiary
	Chunghwa leading Photonics Tech Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Production and sale of electronic components and finished products		70,500		—		7,050	75		65,036			25,970			5,395		Subsidiary
	Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing diversified family education digital services		65,000		65,000		6,500	65		70,307			9,310			6,052		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		17,291		17,291		1	100		42,638			3,860			3,860		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc.	Taiwan	Design, development and production of Automatic License Plate Recognition software and hardware		20,400		20,400		2,040	51		(6,783	)		(9,496	)		(8,472	)	Subsidiary
	New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.)	British Virgin Islands	Investment		—		—		—	100		—			—			—		Subsidiary (Note 3)
	International Integrated System, Inc.	Taiwan	IT solution provider, IT application consultation, system integration and package solution		283,500		283,500		22,498	32		312,528			81,111			27,379		Associate
	Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd.	Vietnam	IDC services		288,327		288,327		—	30		274,814			176,333			52,925		Associate
	Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Manufacturing, selling, designing, and maintaining of telecommunications systems and equipment		164,000		164,000		1,760	40		153,104			299,663			179,374		Associate
	Skysoft Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing of music on-line, software, electronic information, and advertisement services		67,025		67,025		4,438	30		145,727			25,705			8,588		Associate
	So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Taiwan	Online service and sale of computer hardware		120,008		120,008		9,429	30		111,390			19,073			5,722		Associate
	KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Publishing books, data processing and software services		69,013		69,013		5,022	26		122,221			19,199			2,597		Associate
	Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation	Taiwan	Import and export storage, logistic warehouse, and ocean shipping service		80,000		80,000		8,000	27		56,450			(46,874	)		(12,478	)	Associate
	Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Information technology service and general advertisement service		97,598		97,598		5,400	18		14,714			(70,070	)		(12,613	)	Associate
	Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Development of mobile payments and information processing service		60,000		30,000		6,000	14		33,868			(71,536	)		(9,586	)	Associate
	Huada Digital Corporation	Taiwan	Providing software service		—		250,000		—	50		—			(51,590	)		(24,220	)	Joint venture (Note 5)

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Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016					Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
				December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)	Carrying Value
	Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	E-commerce of employee benefits	$	50,000	$	50,000		5,000	50	$	2,676	$	(35,506	)	$	(17,753	)	Joint venture (Note 9)
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Senao Networks, Inc.	Taiwan	Telecommunication facilities manufactures and sales		202,758		202,758		16,579	34		838,830		560,416			189,319		Associate
	Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd.	Samoa Islands	International investment		2,416,645		2,416,645		81,175	100		556,891		(44,118	)		(44,653	)	Subsidiary
	Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Information technology service and general advertisement service		24,000		24,000		2,400	8		9,044		(70,070	)		(5,551	)	Associate
	Youth Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products		335,450		335,450		13,780	89		273,752		(37,549	)		(44,318	)	Subsidiary
	Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products		60,000		60,000		6,000	100		60,520		1,316			1,316		Subsidiary
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Unigate Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Telecommunication and internet service		2,000		2,000		200	100		1,152		(149	)		(149	)	Subsidiary
	Chief International Corp.	Samoa Islands	Telecommunication and internet service		6,068		6,068		200	100		41,799		8,606			8,606		Subsidiary
Chunghwa System Integrated Co., Ltd.	Concord Technology Co., Ltd.	Brunei	Investment		47,321		47,321		1,500	100		17,723		(311	)		(311	)	Subsidiary
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	E-book publishing and copyright negotiation of digital music		—		10,000		—	—		—		118			118		Subsidiary (Note 6)
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd.	Singapore	Operation of ST-2 telecommunication satellite		409,061		409,061		18,102	38		466,847		257,655			97,909		Associate
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Production and sale of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		199,736		203,443		12,558	41		1,108,597		604,779			252,506		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.	Brunei	Investment		—		46,035		—	—		—		(27	)		(27	)	Subsidiary (Note 8)
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Network integration, internet data center (“IDC”), communications integration and cloud application services		20,000		20,000		2,180	4		38,953		317,439			11,523		Associate
	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Selling and maintaining mobile phones and its peripheral products		49,731		49,731		1,001	—		44,589		991,758			3,657		Associate
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. USA Corporation	United States	Design and after-sale services of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		12,636		12,636		400	100		19,725		4,334			4,334		Subsidiary

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Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016					Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
				December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)	Carrying Value
	CHPT Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan	Related services of electronic parts, machinery processed products and printed circuit board	$	2,008	$	2,008		1	100	$	1,930	$	86		$	86		Subsidiary
	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. International, Ltd.	Samoa Islands	Wholesale and retail of electronic materials, and investment		54,450		2,970		1,700	100		55,033		1,303			1,303		Subsidiary
Prime Asia Investments Group, Ltd. (B.V.I.)	Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd.	Hong Kong	Investment		375,274		375,274		1	100		223,301		(9,927	)		(9,927	)	Subsidiary
	MeWorks Limited (HK)	Hong Kong	Investment		10,000		10,000		—	20		—		—			—		Associate
Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd.	Senao International HK Limited	Hong Kong	International investment		2,393,646		2,393,646		80,440	100		517,607		(47,383	)		(47,383	)	Subsidiary
	HopeTech Technologies Limited	Hong Kong	Information technology and telecommunication products sales		21,177		21,177		5,240	45		25,243		7,255			3,265		Associate
Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.	CHI One Investment Co., Limited	Hong Kong	Investment		—		—		—	—		—		—			—		Subsidiary (Note 7)
Youth Co., Ltd.	ISPOT Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products		53,021		23,021		—	100		24,585		(9,337	)		(9,806	)	Subsidiary
	Youyi Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		6,920		6,920		—	100		2,785		788			584		Subsidiary
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Click Force Marketing Company	Taiwan	Advertising services		44,607		44,607		1,078	49		37,188		1,105			(1,726	)	Associate

Note 1: The amounts were based on audited financial statements.

Note 2: Recognized gain (loss) of investees includes amortization of differences between the investment cost and net value and elimination of unrealized transactions.

Note 3: New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.) was incorporated in March 2006, but have not yet begun operation as of December 31, 2016.

Note 4: Investment in mainland China is included in Table 8.

Note 5: In March 2016, the stockholders of Huada Digital Corporation approved that Huada Digital Corporation would start its dissolution from March 31, 2016. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation in September 2016. Liquidation of Huada Digital Corporation is still in process.

Note 6: Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd.’s liquidation was completed in August 2016 and Spring House Entertainment Tech Inc. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 7: CHI One Investment Co., Limited completed its liquidation in July 2016 and Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 8: Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.’s dissolution was approved in August 2016 and the liquidation was completed in September 2016. Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 9: In December 2016, the stockholders of Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. approved that Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. would start its dissolution from December 31, 2016. The liquidation of Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. is still in process.

(Concluded)

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TABLE 8

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Investee	Main Businesses and Products	Total Amount of Paid-in Capital		Investment Type (Note 1)	Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of January 1, 2016		Investment Flows				Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of December 31, 2016		Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			% Ownership of Direct or Indirect Investment		Investment Gain (Loss) (Note 2)			Carrying Value as of December 31, 2016		Accumulated Inward Remittance of Earnings as of December 31, 2016		Note
							Outflow		Inflow
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Design, development and production of computer and internet software, installment, maintenance and consulting services of information system integration, and sales of self-production products	$	47,321	2	$	47,321	$	—	$	—	$	47,321	$	(311	)		100	$	(311	)	$	17,723	$	—		Note 8
Senao Trading (Fujian) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		1,073,170	2		1,073,170		—		—		1,073,170		(1,593	)		100		(1,593	)		193,254		—		—
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		955,838	2		955,838		—		—		955,838		(50,021	)		100		(50,021	)		160,075		—		—
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Note 12)	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		87,540	2		87,540		—		—		87,540		2,462			100		2,462			73,367		—		—
Senao International Trading (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		263,736	2		263,736		—		—		263,736		1,823			100		1,823			87,645		—		—
Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd.	Integrated information and communication solution services for enterprise clients, and intelligent energy network service		177,176	2		177,176		—		—		177,176		(410	)		100		(410	)		62,510		—		—
Jiangsu Zhenghua Information Technology Company, LLC	Providing intelligent energy saving solution and intelligent buildings services		189,410	2		142,057		—		—		142,057		(13,947	)		75		(10,461	)		115,184		—		Note 9
Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Providing intelligent buildings and smart home services		—	2		28,855		—		20,779		—		(801	)		51		(409	)		—		—		Note 10
Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited	Design of printed circuit board and related consultation service		51,233	2		2,970		48,263		—		51,233		1,276			100		1,276			51,783		—		—

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Investee	Main Businesses and Products	Total Amount of Paid-in Capital		Investment Type (Note 1)	Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of January 1, 2016		Investment Flows				Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of December 31, 2016		Net Income (Loss) of the Investee		% Ownership of Direct or Indirect Investment		Investment Gain (Loss) (Note 2)		Carrying Value as of December 31, 2016		Accumulated Inward Remittance of Earnings as of December 31, 2016		Note
							Outflow		Inflow
Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd.	Telecommunication and internet service	$	10,150	1	$	4,973	$	—	$	—	$	4,973	$	1,829		49	$	896	$	4,449	$	—		—

Investee	Accumulated Investment in Mainland China as of December 31, 2016		Investment Amounts Authorized by Investment Commission, MOEA		Upper Limit on Investment Stipulated by Investment Commission, MOEA
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Note 3)	$	47,321	$	47,321	$	366,394
SENAO and its subsidiaries (Note 6)		2,380,284		2,380,284		3,563,755
Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd. (Note 7)		177,176		177,176		—
Jiangsu Zhenghua Information Technology Company, LLC (Note 7)		142,057		142,057		—
Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited (Note 4)		51,233		97,965		1,931,523
Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd. (Note 5)		4,973		4,973		646,642

Note 1: Investments are divided into three categories as follows:

a. Direct investment.

b. Investments through a holding company registered in a third region.

c. Others.

Note 2: The amounts were calculated based on the investee’s audited financial statements.

Note 3: The amount was calculated based on the net assets value of Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.

Note 4: Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited was calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.

Note 5: Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd. was calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of CHIEF Telecom Inc.

Note 6: Senao International Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries were calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of Senao International Co., Ltd.

Note 7: Based on “Principle of investment or Technical Cooperation in Mainland China”, Chunghwa is not subjective to the limited amount due to the operating headquarters documents issued by Industrial Development Bureau.

Note 8: Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was approved to end its business and dissolve. The liquidation of Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is still in progress.

Note 9: Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC. was approved to end its business and dissolve in May 2016. The liquidation of Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC. is still in process.

Note 10: Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd.’s dissolution was approved by local regulator in March 2016. Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd. completed its liquidation and annulled its company registration in May 2016. Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 11: The English name is the same as the above entity; however the Chinese name included in the respective Articles of Incorporations is different from the above entity.

(Concluded)

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements for the

Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and

Independent Auditors’ Report

REPRESENTATION LETTER

The entities that are required to be included in the consolidated financial statements of affiliates in accordance with the “Criteria Governing Preparation of Affiliation Reports, Consolidated Business Reports and Consolidated Financial Statements of Affiliated Enterprises” for the year ended December 31, 2016 are all the same as those included in the consolidated financial statements of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries prepared in conformity with the International Financial Reporting Standard 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements”. Relevant information that should be disclosed in the consolidated financial statements of affiliates is included in the consolidated financial statements of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Hence, we do not prepare a separate set of consolidated financial statements of affiliates.

Very truly yours,

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

By

YU CHENG

Chairman

March 7, 2017

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the Company), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), IFRIC Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant of the Republic of China, 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 consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

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The descriptions of the key audit matters of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 are as follows:

Revenue Recognition on Mobile Services

Key audit matter:

As disclosed in Note 44 to the consolidated financial statements, mobile service revenue is the Company’s one source of main revenues and is also an important indicator for the public to evaluate competitiveness and growth potential of telecommunications companies. The calculation of the Company’s mobile services revenue highly relies on an automated computer environment in which the systems are complex due to combinations of the various mobile service price plans and process large volumes of data. Consequently, whether mobile services revenue is appropriately recognized is considered as one of the key audit matters.

Corresponding audit procedures:

We tested the information systems relevant to the mobile services revenue and the mobile services revenue process from call records, rate calculations, and billing procedures to accounting information system so as to understand the Company’s revenue recognition process and perform procedures to test the design and operating effectiveness of the related internal controls.

Moreover, we performed the following audit procedures on a sample basis: (1) inspected mobile service customers’ contracts; (2) performed live call testing and re-calculated the call records on the basis of corresponding price plans; (3) checked that the calculations of call records agreed with customers’ bills; and (4) checked that the amounts transferred from the mobile service system agreed with the accounting information system.

Revenue Recognition on Project Business

Key audit matter:

The project business mainly provides customers with combinations of one or more equipment and/or services. When the Company provides a project business, part of the obligations or service may likely be outsourced to third parties. Hence, the judgment on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent is required in order to determine if revenue should be reported gross as principal versus net as agent. Please refer to Notes 3 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements for the details. Due to highly customized nature of the project business, whether project revenue is recognized appropriately is considered as one of the key audit matters.

Corresponding audit procedures:

We understood and tested the Company’s design and operating effectiveness of the project revenue’s internal controls, including, but not limited to, the authorized personnel’s exercise of judgment on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent, and then recognize revenue gross or net accordingly.

Moreover, we performed the following audit procedures on a sample basis: (1) inspected project contracts; (2) reviewed evaluation forms prepared by authorized personnel on whether the Company is acting as a principal or an agent; (3) re-calculated the project revenue and checked that they agreed with the accounting records; (4) obtained confirmations; and (5) checked the source documents and tested the amounts received.

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Other Matter

We have also audited the parent company only financial statements of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 on which we have issued an unmodified opinion.

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

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and IFRS, IAS, IFRIC, and SIC endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated 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, including the audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, 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 the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated 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.

2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.

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

4. 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, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the consolidated 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.

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

6. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision, and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

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.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to 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 consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 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 partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Mr. Hung Peng Lin and Mr. Ching Pin Shih.

/s/ Hung Peng Lin	/s/ Ching Pin Shih
Deloitte & Touche
Taipei, Taiwan
Republic of China
March 7, 2017

Notice to Readers

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the consolidated financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such consolidated financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China.

For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language independent auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016				2015
ASSETS		Amount		%		Amount	%
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 3 and 6)	$	31,100,342		7	$	30,271,423	7
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 3 and 7)		217		—		163	—
Hedging derivative financial assets (Notes 3 and 21)		—		—		498	—
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 3 and 9)		2,139,892		—		1,880,739	—
Trade notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 3, 4 and 10)		31,022,488		7		26,926,050	6
Receivables from related parties (Note 39)		13,799		—		42,056	—
Inventories (Notes 3, 4, 11 and 40)		7,422,774		2		8,780,190	2
Prepayments (Notes 12 and 39)		2,978,462		1		2,669,021	1
Other current monetary assets (Notes 13 and 28)		4,820,424		1		3,300,783	1
Other current assets (Notes 20, 32 and 40)		2,121,777		—		2,335,921	—
Total current assets		81,620,175		18		76,206,844	17
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Available-for-sale financial assets (Notes 3 and 8)		2,521,027		1		3,242,827	1
Held-to-maturity financial assets (Notes 3 and 9)		—		—		2,139,801	—
Financial assets carried at cost (Notes 3 and 14)		2,242,820		—		2,267,869	1
Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 3 and 16)		2,602,859		1		3,145,004	1
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 3, 4, 17, 39 and 40)		291,169,760		65		296,399,146	65
Investment properties (Notes 3, 4 and 18)		8,114,533		2		7,902,405	2
Intangible assets (Notes 3, 4 and 19)		47,353,424		11		50,446,778	11
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 3 and 32)		2,322,226		—		2,061,577	—
Net defined benefit assets (Notes 3, 4 and 28)		918,636		—		10,677	—
Prepayments (Notes 12 and 39)		3,241,060		1		3,611,818	1
Other noncurrent assets (Notes 20 and 40)		5,025,985		1		5,586,346	1
Total noncurrent assets		365,512,330		82		376,814,248	83
TOTAL	$	447,132,505		100	$	453,021,092	100
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term loans (Notes 22 and 40)	$	138,000		—	$	110,000	—
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (Notes 3 and 7)		1,356		—		—	—
Hedging derivative financial liabilities (Notes 3 and 21)		586		—		—	—
Trade notes and accounts payable (Note 24)		18,809,664		5		16,300,993	4
Payables to related parties (Note 39)		762,073		—		611,100	—
Current tax liabilities (Notes 3 and 32)		2,467,551		1		4,751,181	1
Other payables (Note 25)		26,418,336		6		25,486,966	6
Provisions (Notes 3 and 26)		118,872		—		189,746	—
Advance receipts (Note 27)		10,059,321		2		9,567,140	2
Current portion of long-term loans (Notes 23 and 40)		—		—		7,692	—
Other current liabilities		1,329,836		—		1,501,269	—
Total current liabilities		60,105,595		14		58,526,087	13
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Long-term loans (Notes 23 and 40)		1,600,000		—		1,742,308	—
Deferred income tax liabilities (Notes 3 and 32)		1,464,220		—		147,975	—
Provisions (Notes 3 and 26)		65,942		—		58,158	—
Customers’ deposits (Note 39)		4,609,580		1		4,725,826	1
Net defined benefit liabilities (Notes 3, 4 and 28)		1,536,814		—		7,098,510	2
Deferred revenue (Note 3)		3,546,192		1		3,615,602	1
Other noncurrent liabilities		3,004,492		1		3,097,623	1
Total noncurrent liabilities		15,827,240		3		20,486,002	5
Total liabilities		75,932,835		17		79,012,089	18
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF THE PARENT (Notes 15 and 29)
Common stocks		77,574,465		17		77,574,465	17
Additional paid-in capital		168,542,486		38		168,095,615	37
Retained earnings
Legal reserve		77,574,465		17		77,574,465	17
Special reserve		2,675,419		1		2,675,419	1
Unappropriated earnings		38,342,317		9		42,551,245	9
Total retained earnings		118,592,201		27		122,801,129	27
Other adjustments		(5,404	)	—		268,719	—
Total equity attributable to stockholders of the parent		364,703,748		82		368,739,928	81
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Notes 15 and 29)		6,495,922		1		5,269,075	1
Total equity		371,199,670		83		374,009,003	82
TOTAL	$	447,132,505		100	$	453,021,092	100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

	2016						2015
	Amount			%			Amount			%
REVENUES (Notes 30, 39 and 44)	$	229,991,428			100		$	231,795,104			100
OPERATING COSTS (Notes 11, 28, 31 and 39)		147,551,794			64			148,126,213			64
GROSS PROFIT		82,439,634			36			83,668,891			36
OPERATING EXPENSES (Notes 28, 31 and 39)
Marketing		25,515,844			11			25,071,317			11
General and administrative		4,536,958			2			4,514,352			2
Research and development		3,784,905			2			3,616,778			1
Total operating expenses		33,837,707			15			33,202,447			14
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES (Notes 17, 18 and 31)		(496,649	)		—			(105,106	)		—
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS		48,105,278			21			50,361,338			22
NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
Interest income		188,851			—			306,167			—
Other income (Notes 31 and 39)		1,072,106			—			650,073			—
Other gains and losses (Notes 31 and 39)		(446,540	)		—			(224,209	)		—
Interest expenses		(19,808	)		—			(33,144	)		—
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method (Note 16)		482,660			—			907,988			—
Total non-operating income and expenses		1,277,269			—			1,606,875			—
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		49,382,547			21			51,968,213			22
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 3 and 32)		8,152,562			3			8,303,868			3
NET INCOME		41,229,985			18			43,664,345			19
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans (Note 28)		(2,043,414	)		(1	)		(231,451	)		—
Share of remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans of associates and joint ventures (Note 16)		(43,669	)		—			(25,360	)		—
Income tax benefit relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss (Note 32)		347,380			—			39,347			—
		(1,739,703	)		(1	)		(217,464	)		—

(Continued)

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

	2016						2015
	Amount			%			Amount			%
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations	$	(169,917	)		—		$	24,357			—
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets (Note 31)		(144,467	)		—			(645,475	)		—
Cash flow hedges (Notes 21 and 31)		(1,085	)		—			781			—
Share of exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations of associates and joint ventures (Note 16)		(2,737	)		—			6,340			—
Income tax expense relating to items that may be reclassified subsequently (Note 32)		1,703			—			(2,309	)		—
		(316,503	)		—			(616,306	)		—
Total other comprehensive loss, net of income tax		(2,056,206	)		(1	)		(833,770	)		—
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	39,173,779			17		$	42,830,575			19
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
Stockholders of the parent	$	40,067,010			17		$	42,805,728			19
Noncontrolling interests		1,162,975			1			858,617			—
	$	41,229,985			18		$	43,664,345			19
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
Stockholders of the parent	$	38,068,095			17		$	41,973,659			19
Noncontrolling interests		1,105,684			—			856,916			—
	$	39,173,779			17		$	42,830,575			19
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 33)
Basic	$	5.16					$	5.52
Diluted	$	5.16					$	5.50

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. (Concluded ) 

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	Equity Attributable to Stockholders of the Parent (Notes 15, 21 and 29)
														Other Adjustments
			Additional			Retained Earnings								Exchange Differences Arising from the		Unrealized Gain (Loss) on									Noncontrolling
	Common Stocks		Paid-in Capital			Legal Reserve		Special Reserve			Unappropriated Earnings			Translation of the Foreign Operations		Available-for-sale Financial Assets			Cash Flow Hedges			Total			Interests (Notes 15 and 29)			Total Equity
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2015	$	77,574,465	$	168,047,935		$	76,893,722	$	2,819,899		$	38,231,982		$	146,442	$	739,988		$	(283	)	$	364,454,150		$	5,085,185		$	369,539,335
Appropriation of 2014 earnings
Legal reserve		—		—			680,743		—			(680,743	)		—		—			—			—			—			—
Special reserve		—		—			—		(144,005	)		144,005			—		—			—			—			—			—
Cash dividends distributed by Chunghwa		—		—			—		—			(37,673,263	)		—		—			—			(37,673,263	)		—			(37,673,263	)
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries		—		—			—		—			—			—		—			—			—			(350,003	)		(350,003	)
Reversal of special reserve recognized from land disposal		—		—			—		(475	)		475			—		—			—			—			—			—
Changes in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		34,405			—		—			—			—		—			—			34,405			(2,688	)		31,717
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		26,644			—		—			—			—		—			—			26,644			18,484			45,128
Other changes in additional paid-in capital in subsidiaries		—		1,064			—		—			—			—		—			—			1,064			1,559			2,623
Change in additional paid-in capital from share subscription not based on original ownership of a subsidiary		—		(412	)		—		—			—			—		—			—			(412	)		412			—
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—			—		—			42,805,728			—		—			—			42,805,728			858,617			43,664,345
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—			—		—			(214,641	)		30,815		(649,024	)		781			(832,069	)		(1,701	)		(833,770	)
Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2015		—		—			—		—			42,591,087			30,815		(649,024	)		781			41,973,659			856,916			42,830,575
Compensation cost of employee stock option of subsidiaries		—		—			—		—			—			—		—			—			—			36,326			36,326
Subsidiary purchased its treasury stock		—		(14,021	)		—		—			(62,298	)		—		—			—			(76,319	)		(416,451	)		(492,770	)
Net increase in noncontrolling interests		—		—			—		—			—			—		—			—			—			39,335			39,335

(Continued)

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	Equity Attributable to Stockholders of the Parent (Notes 15, 21 and 29)
													Other Adjustments
			Additional			Retained Earnings							Exchange Differences Arising from the			Unrealized Gain (Loss) on									Noncontrolling
	Common Stocks		Paid-in Capital			Legal Reserve		Special Reserve		Unappropriated Earnings			Translation of the Foreign Operations			Available-for-sale Financial Assets			Cash Flow Hedges			Total			Interests (Notes 15 and 29)			Total Equity
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2015		77,574,465		168,095,615			77,574,465		2,675,419		42,551,245			177,257			90,964			498			368,739,928			5,269,075			374,009,003
Appropriation of 2015 earnings
Cash dividends distributed by Chunghwa		—		—			—		—		(42,551,146	)		—			—			—			(42,551,146	)		—			(42,551,146	)
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries		—		—			—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(709,971	)		(709,971	)
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		(1,081	)		—		—		—			—			—			—			(1,081	)		(1,543	)		(2,624	)
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		58,206			—		—		—			—			—			—			58,206			25,422			83,628
Change in additional paid-in capital for not participating in the capital increase of a subsidiary		—		389,740			—		—		—			—			—			—			389,740			785,769			1,175,509
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—			—		—		40,067,010			—			—			—			40,067,010			1,162,975			41,229,985
Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—			—		—		(1,724,792	)		(131,189	)		(141,849	)		(1,085	)		(1,998,915	)		(57,291	)		(2,056,206	)
Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2016		—		—			—		—		38,342,218			(131,189	)		(141,849	)		(1,085	)		38,068,095			1,105,684			39,173,779
Share-based payment transactions of subsidiaries		—		6			—		—		—			—			—			—			6			17,189			17,195
Net increase in noncontrolling interests		—		—			—		—		—			—			—			—			—			4,297			4,297
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2016	$	77,574,465	$	168,542,486		$	77,574,465	$	2,675,419	$	38,342,317		$	46,068		$	(50,885	)	$	(587	)	$	364,703,748		$	6,495,922		$	371,199,670

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

(Concluded)

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016			2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income before income tax	$	49,382,547		$	51,968,213
Adjustments to reconcile income before income tax to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		29,106,148			30,368,178
Amortization		3,378,821			3,079,912
Provision for doubtful accounts		940,991			518,507
Interest expenses		19,808			33,144
Interest income		(188,851	)		(306,167	)
Dividend income		(390,856	)		(218,232	)
Compensation cost of share-based payment transactions		17,195			36,326
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		(482,660	)		(907,988	)
Loss (gain) on disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		409			(8,058	)
Impairment loss on available-for-sale financial assets		577,333			25,910
Impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost		—			81,269
Impairment loss on investments accounted for using equity method		—			8,213
Provision for inventory and obsolescence		191,846			198,312
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		595,828			138,093
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties		(147,527	)		(142,047	)
Impairment loss on intangible assets		99			—
Loss (gain) on disposal of financial instruments		(490	)		449
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		48,249			109,040
Loss on disposal of intangible assets		—			20
Valuation loss (gain) on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, net		1,153			(163	)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange, net		(80,595	)		53,870
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in:
Financial assets held for trading		149			1,142
Trade notes and accounts receivable		(4,612,984	)		(1,171,880	)
Receivables from related parties		28,257			38,952
Inventories		1,165,570			(1,852,049	)
Prepayments		61,317			(326,494	)
Other current monetary assets		(241,590	)		(357,402	)
Other current assets		214,144			889,213
Increase (decrease) in:
Trade notes and accounts payable		2,497,437			(2,223,264	)
Payables to related parties		150,973			203,135
Other payables		(76,619	)		1,643,582
Provisions		(63,090	)		(24,130	)
Advance receipts		503,531			1,134,218
Other current liabilities		6,784			(112,490	)

(Continued)

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016			2015
Deferred revenue	$	(69,410	)	$	217,515
Net defined benefit plans		(8,538,838	)		438,821
Cash generated from operations		73,995,079			83,535,670
Interest paid		(19,905	)		(33,179	)
Income tax paid		(9,023,263	)		(7,177,502	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		64,951,911			76,324,989
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of available-for-sale financial assets		(30,000	)		—
Proceeds from disposal of available-for-sale financial assets		29,784			—
Acquisition of time deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit with maturities of more than three months		(4,119,307	)		(11,493,807	)
Proceeds from disposal of time deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit with maturities of more than three months		2,834,171			11,824,317
Acquisition of held-to-maturity financial assets		—			(1,002,167	)
Proceeds from disposal of held-to-maturity financial assets		1,875,000			4,450,000
Acquisition of financial assets carried at cost		(22,980	)		(29,077	)
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets carried at cost		9,609			1,684
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets carried at cost		37,223			43,921
Acquisition of investments accounted for using equity method		(30,000	)		(5,607	)
Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		182,108			16,156
Net cash outflow on acquisition of subsidiaries		—			(113,983	)
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment		(23,516,783	)		(25,083,954	)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		44,065			3,549
Acquisition of intangible assets		(282,809	)		(10,380,167	)
Acquisition of investment properties		(52	)		—
Decrease in other noncurrent assets		63,915			72,133
Interest received		197,790			336,873
Cash dividends received		1,065,520			906,697
Net cash used in investing activities		(21,662,746	)		(30,453,432	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from short-term loans		1,415,000			2,750,000
Repayment of short-term loans		(1,387,000	)		(3,258,111	)
Repayment of long-term loans		(150,000	)		(189,655	)
Decrease in customers’ deposits		(294,463	)		(36,919	)
Increase (decrease) in other noncurrent liabilities		(104,481	)		12,240
Cash dividends		(42,551,146	)		(37,673,263	)
Partial disposal of interest in subsidiaries without losing control		83,628			45,128
Cash dividends distributed to noncontrolling interests		(709,971	)		(350,003	)
Change in other noncontrolling interests		1,179,806			(485,048	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(42,518,627	)		(39,185,631	)

(Continued)

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

	2016		2015
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	$	58,381	$	25,894
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		828,919		6,711,820
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR		30,271,423		23,559,603
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF THE YEAR	$	31,100,342	$	30,271,423

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. (Concluded ) 

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CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Unless Stated Otherwise)

1. GENERAL

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“Chunghwa”) was incorporated on July 1, 1996 in the Republic of China (“ROC”) pursuant to the Article 30 of the Telecommunications Act. Chunghwa is a company limited by shares and, prior to August 2000, was wholly owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (“MOTC”). Prior to July 1, 1996, the current operations of Chunghwa were carried out under the Directorate General of Telecommunications (“DGT”). The DGT was established by the MOTC in June 1943 to take primary responsibility in the development of telecommunications infrastructure and to formulate policies related to telecommunications. On July 1, 1996, the telecom operations of the DGT were spun-off as Chunghwa which continues to carry out the business and the DGT continues to be the industry regulator.

As the dominant telecommunications service provider of domestic and international fixed-line, Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”), and Third Generation (“3G”) in the ROC, Chunghwa is subject to additional regulations imposed by the ROC.

Effective August 12, 2005, the MOTC completed the process of privatizing Chunghwa by reducing the government ownership to below 50% in various stages. In July 2000, Chunghwa received approval from the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) for a domestic initial public offering and its common stocks were listed and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (the “TWSE”) on October 27, 2000. Certain of Chunghwa’s common stocks were sold, in connection with the foregoing privatization plan, in domestic public offerings at various dates from August 2000 to July 2003. Certain of Chunghwa’s common stocks were also sold in an international offering of securities in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADS”) on July 17, 2003 and were listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The MOTC sold common stocks of Chunghwa by auction in the ROC on August 9, 2005 and completed the second international offering on August 10, 2005. Upon completion of the share transfers associated with these offerings on August 12, 2005, the MOTC owned less than 50% of the outstanding shares of Chunghwa and completed the privatization plan.

Chunghwa together with its subsidiaries are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Company”.

The consolidated financial statements are presented in Chunghwa’s functional currency, New Taiwan dollars.

2. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on March 7, 2017.

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Statement of Compliance

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed for use by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) (the “Taiwan-IFRS”).

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Basis of Preparation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments that are measured at fair values.

Current and Noncurrent Assets and Liabilities

Current assets include:

a. Assets held primarily for the purpose of trading;

b. Assets expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; and

c. Cash and cash equivalents unless the asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Current liabilities include:

a. Liabilities held primarily for the purpose of trading;

b. Liabilities due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; and

c. Liabilities for which the Company does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting period.

Assets and liabilities that are not classified as current are classified as noncurrent.

Light Era Development Co., Ltd. (LED) engages mainly in development of property for rent and sale. The assets and liabilities of LED related to property development within its operating cycle, which is over one year, are classified as current items.

Basis of Consolidation

a. Principles for preparing consolidated financial statements

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of Chunghwa and entities controlled by Chunghwa (its subsidiaries).

Income and expenses of subsidiaries acquired during the period are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the acquisition date.

When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies in line with those used by the Company.

All intra-company transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated in full upon consolidation.

Attribution of total comprehensive income to noncontrolling interests

Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the stockholders of the parent and to the noncontrolling interests even if this results in the noncontrolling interests having a deficit balance.

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Changes in the Company’s ownership interests in subsidiaries

Changes in the Company’s ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Company losing control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amounts of the Company’s interests and the noncontrolling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the noncontrolling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to stockholders of the parent.

b. The subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements

The detail information of the subsidiaries at the end of reporting period was as follows:

			Percentage of Ownership
			December 31
Name of Investor	Name of Investee	Main Businesses and Products	2016		2015		Note
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd. (“SENAO”)	Handset and peripherals retailer; sales of CHT mobile phone plans as an agent		29		29		1	)
	Light Era Development Co., Ltd. (“LED”)	Planning and development of real estate and intelligent buildings, and property management		100		100
	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“DHT”)	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		100		100
	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd. (“CHTS”)	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		100		100
	Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd. (“CHSI”)	Providing system integration services and telecommunication equipment		100		100
	Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. (“CHI”)	Investment		89		89
	CHIEF Telecom Inc. (“CHIEF”)	Network integration, internet data center (“IDC”), communications integration and cloud application services		69		69
	Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd. (“CHYP”)	Digital information supply services and advertisement services		100		100
	Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“Prime Asia”)	Investment		100		100
	Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc. (“SHE”)	Digital entertainment contents production, animated character licensing and endorsement, and mobile digital platform construction		56		56
	Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc. (“CHTG”)	International private leased circuit, internet services, and transit services		100		100
	Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd. (“CHTV”)	Intelligent energy saving solutions, international circuit, and information and communication technology (“ICT”) services.		100		100
	Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd. (“SFD”)	Providing diversified family education digital services		65		65
	Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd. (“CHTJ”)	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		100		100
	Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc. (“CHST”)	Design, development and production of Automatic License Plate Recognition software and hardware		51		51
	Honghwa International Co., Ltd. (“HHI”)	Telecommunication engineering, sales agent of mobile phone plan application and other business services		100		100
	Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”)	Production and sale of electronic components and finished products		75		—		2	)
	New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.) (“New Prospect”)	Investment		100		100

(Continued)

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			Percentage of Ownership
			December 31
Name of Investor	Name of Investee	Main Businesses and Products	2016		2015		Note
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd. (“SIS”)	International investment		100		100
	Youth Co., Ltd. (“Youth”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		89		89		3	)
	Aval Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Aval”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		100		100		4	)
Youth Co., Ltd.	ISPOT Co., Ltd. (“ISPOT”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		100		100		3	)
	Youyi Co., Ltd. (“Youyi”)	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		100		100		3	)
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Unigate Telecom Inc. (“Unigate”)	Telecommunication and internet service		100		100
	Chief International Corp. (“CIC”)	Telecommunication and internet service		100		100
	Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd. (“SCT”)	Telecommunication and internet service		49		49		5	)
Chunghwa System Integrated Co., Ltd.	Concord Technology Co., Ltd. (“Concord”)	Investment		100		100
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd. (“CEI”)	E-book publishing and copyright negotiation of digital music		—		100		6	)
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. (“CHPT”)	Production and sale of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		41		46		7	)
	Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (“CIHC”)	Investment		—		100		8	)
Concord Technology Co., Ltd.	Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“GNSS (Shanghai)”)	Design, development and production of computer and internet software, installment, maintenance and consulting services of information system integration, and sales of self-production products		100		100		9	)
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. USA Corporation (“CHPT (US)”)	Design and after-sale services of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		100		100
	CHPT Japan Co., Ltd. (“CHPT (JP)”)	Related services of electronic parts, machinery processed products and printed circuit board		100		100
	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. International, Ltd. (“CHPT (International)”)	Wholesale and retail of electronic materials, and investment		100		100
Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd.	Senao International HK Limited (“SIHK”)	International investment		100		100
Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.	CHI One Investment Co., Limited (“COI”)	Investment		—		100		10	)
Senao International HK Limited	Senao Trading (Fujian) Co., Ltd. (“STF”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		100		100
	Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“SITS”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		100		100
	Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“SEITS”)	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		100		100
	Senao International Trading (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (“SITJ”)	Sale of information and communication technologies products		100		100

(Continued)

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			Percentage of Ownership
			December 31
Name of Investor	Name of Investee	Main Businesses and Products	2016		2015		Note
Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.)	Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd. (“CHC”)	Investment		100		100
Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd. (“CHC”)	Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd. (“CTC”)	Integrated information and communication solution services for enterprise clients, and intelligent energy network service		100		100
	Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC. (“JZIT”)	Providing intelligent energy saving solution and intelligent buildings services		75		75		11	)
	Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“HXIT”)	Providing intelligent buildings and smart home services		—		51		12	)
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. International, Ltd.	Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited (“STET”)	Design of printed circuit board and related consultation service		100		100

(Concluded)

1) Chunghwa owns approximately 29% equity shares of SENAO and had originally four out of seven seats of the Board of Directors of SENAO through the support of large beneficial stockholders. In order to comply with the local regulations, SENAO increased two seats of independent directors in June 2016; therefore, total seats of its Board of Directors increased to nine and Chunghwa continues to hold four out of nine seats of the Board of Directors. As Chunghwa remains the control over SENAO’s relevant activities, the accounts of SENAO are included in the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s equity ownership of SENAO increased to 29.31% due to SENAO’s purchase of its treasury stock in June and July 2015.

2) Chunghwa invested 75% equity shares of Chunghwa Leading Photonics Tech Co., Ltd. (“CLPT”) in July 2016. CLPT mainly engages in production and sale of electronic components and finished products.

3) SENAO acquired 70% equity shares of Youth in September 2015. SENAO participated in Youth’s cash capital increase in December 2015; therefore, the ownership interests of Youth increased to 89.48%. Youyi and ISPOT are 100%-owned subsidiaries of Youth.

4) SENAO established a 100%-owned subsidiary of Aval in October 2015. Aval mainly engages in sale of information and communication technologies products.

5) CHIEF invested 49% equity shares of SCT in August 2015. Based on the written agreement between the stockholders, CHIEF has two out of three seats of the Board of Directors of SCT. Therefore, CHIEF has control over SCT and the accounts of SCT are included in the consolidated financial statements.

6) CEI’s liquidation was completed in August 2016 and SHE received the proceeds from the liquidation.

7) CHI disposed of some shares of CHPT in January 2015 and March 2016. Furthermore, CHI did not participate in the capital increase of CHPT in March 2016. Therefore, its ownership interest in CHPT decreased to 40.79%. However, considering the Company’s absolute size, the relative size and the dispersion of shares owned by the other stockholders, the management concluded that the Company has a sufficiently dominant voting interest to direct the relevant activities; hence, CHPT is deemed as a subsidiary of the Company.

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8) CIHC’s dissolution was approved in August 2016 and the liquidation was completed in September 2016. CHI received the proceeds from the liquidation.

9) GNSS (Shanghai) was approved to end its business and dissolve. The liquidation of GNSS (Shanghai) is still in progress.

10) COI completed its liquidation in July 2016 and CIHC received the proceeds from the liquidation.

11) JZIT was approved to end and dissolve its business in May 2016. The liquidation of JZIT is still in process.

12) HXIT’s dissolution was approved by local regulator in March 2016. HXIT completed its liquidation and annulled its company registration in May 2016. CHC received the proceeds from the liquidation.

The following diagram presents information regarding the relationship and ownership percentages between Chunghwa and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016:

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Business Combination

Acquisitions of businesses are accounted for using the acquisition method. Acquisition-related costs are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

Goodwill is measured as the excess of the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any noncontrolling interests in the acquiree, and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquiree over the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed.

Noncontrolling interests that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to a proportionate share of the entity’s net assets in the event of liquidation may be initially measured either at fair value or at the present ownership instruments’ proportionate share in the recognized amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The choice of measurement basis is made on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Other types of noncontrolling interests are measured at fair value.

If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which the combination occurs, the Company reports its financial statements provisional amounts for the items for which the accounting is incomplete. During the measurement period, the Company retrospectively adjusts the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date or recognizes additional assets or liabilities to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date and, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date.

Foreign Currencies

In preparing the financial statements of each individual entity, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.

At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences on monetary items arising from settlement or translation are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined and related exchange differences are recognized in profit or loss. Conversely, when the fair value changes were recognized in other comprehensive income, related exchange difference shall be recognized in other comprehensive income.

Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

For the purposes of presenting consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign operations (including of the subsidiaries and associates in other countries or currencies used different with Chunghwa) are translated into New Taiwan dollars using exchange rates prevailing at the end of each reporting period. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Exchange differences arising, if any, are recognized in other comprehensive income and attributed to stockholders of the parent and noncontrolling interests as appropriate.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include commercial paper, time deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit with original maturities within three months from the date of acquisition, highly liquid, readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. These cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.

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Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value item by item, except for those that may be appropriate to group items of similar or related inventories. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price of inventories less all estimated costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale. The calculation of the cost of inventory is derived using the weighted-average method.

Buildings and Land Consigned to Construction Contractors

Inventories of LED are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value item by item, except for those that may be appropriate to group as similar items or related inventories. Land acquired before construction is classified as land held for development, and then reclassified as land held under development after LED begins its construction project.

When using the completed-contract method for its construction projects, LED recognizes the proceeds from customers as advances from customers for land and building before the construction project is completed. After completion of the construction project and ownership is transferred to the customers, LED recognizes the relevant revenues.

Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures

An associate is an entity over which the Company has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the Company and other parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement.

Investments accounted for using the equity method include investments in associates and interests in joint ventures. Under the equity method, an investment in an associate or a joint venture is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Company’s share of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the associate and joint venture as well as the distribution received. The Company also recognizes its share in changes in the associates and joint ventures.

When the Company subscribes for new shares of the associate and joint venture at a percentage different from its existing ownership percentage, the resulting carrying amount of the investment differs from the amount of the Company’s proportionate interest in the associate and joint venture. The Company records such a difference as an adjustment to investments with the corresponding amount charged or credited to additional paid-in capital. When the adjustment should be debited to additional paid-in capital but the additional paid-in capital recognized from investments accounted for using equity method is insufficient, the shortage is debited to retained earnings.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Company’s share of the fair value of the identifiable net assets and liabilities of an associate or a joint venture at the date of acquisition is recognized as goodwill, which is included within the carrying amount of the investment and shall not be amortized. Any excess of the Company’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities over the cost of acquisition is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

When necessary, the entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount with its carrying amount. Any impairment loss recognized forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

When the Company transacts with its associate and joint venture, profits and losses resulting from the transactions with the associate and joint venture are recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements only to the extent of interests in the associate and joint venture that are not related to the Company.

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Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss.

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is recognized using the straight-line method. Each significant part is depreciated separately. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at the end of each year, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

On derecognition of an item of property, plant and equipment, the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset is recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Investment Properties

Investment properties are properties held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation. Investment properties also include land held for a currently undetermined future use.

Investment properties are measured initially at cost, including transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment properties are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment loss. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method.

On derecognition of the investment properties, the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset is recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the property is derecognized.

Goodwill

Goodwill arising from the acquisition of a business is carried at cost as established at the date of acquisition of the business less accumulated impairment loss.

For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Company’s cash-generating units or groups of cash-generating units (referred to as “cash-generating unit”) that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combination.

A cash-generating unit to which goodwill has been allocated is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired, by comparing its carrying amount, including the attributable goodwill, with its recoverable amount. However, if the goodwill allocated to a cash-generating unit was acquired in a business combination during the current annual period, that unit shall be tested for impairment before the end of the current annual period. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro rata based on the carrying amount of each asset in the unit. Any impairment loss is recognized directly in profit or loss. An impairment loss recognized for goodwill is not reversed in subsequent periods.

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

Intangible assets with finite useful lives that are acquired separately are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment loss. Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis. The estimated useful life, residual value, and amortization method are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate being accounted for on a prospective basis. The residual value of an intangible asset with a finite useful life shall be assumed to be zero unless the Company expects to dispose of the intangible asset before the end of its economic life. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives that are acquired separately are measured at cost less accumulated impairment loss.

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Intangible assets acquired in a business combination and recognized separately from goodwill are initially recognized at their fair value at the acquisition date (which is regarded as their cost). Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured on the same basis as intangible assets that are acquired separately.

Gains or losses arising from derecognition of an intangible asset, measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the asset is derecognized.

Impairment of Tangible and Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

At the end of each reporting period, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and intangible assets not yet available for use are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. If the recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is reduced to its recoverable amount, with the resulting impairment loss recognized in profit or loss.

When an impairment loss is subsequently reversed, the carrying amount of the asset or cash-generating unit is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent of the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset or cash-generating unit in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss.

Financial Instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

a. Financial assets

All regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized and derecognized on a trade date basis.

1) Measurement category

a) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss (FVTPL)

Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at FVTPL.

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Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss does not incorporate any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset.

b) Held-to-maturity financial assets

The Company invests in bank debentures and corporate bonds with specific credit ratings and the Company has positive intent and ability to hold to maturity, are classified as held-to-maturity investments.

Subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity financial assets are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method less any impairment loss.

c) Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS financial assets)

AFS financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated as AFS or are not classified as loans and receivables, held-to-maturity financial assets or financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

The Company invests in listed stocks, emerging market stocks and unlisted stocks. Among these investments, those that have a quoted market price in an active market are classified as AFS and measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period; the others that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less any identified impairment losses at the end of each reporting period by presenting in a separate line item as financial assets carried at cost. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the financial assets can be reliably measured, the financial assets are remeasured at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value is recognized in other comprehensive income. Any impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss.

Changes in the carrying amount of AFS monetary financial assets relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest income calculated using the effective interest method and dividends on AFS equity investments are recognized in profit or loss. Other changes in the carrying amount of AFS financial assets are recognized in other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to profit or loss when the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired.

Dividends on AFS equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Company’s right to receive the dividends is established.

d) Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables (including cash and cash equivalents, trade notes and accounts receivable, receivables from related parties, other financial assets and refundable deposits) are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment loss, except for short-term receivables as the effect of discounting is immaterial.

2) Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those at FVTPL, are assessed to determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has occurred at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

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For financial assets carried at amortized cost, such as held-to-maturity financial assets, assets that are individually assessed and not impaired are, in addition, assessed for impairment on a collective basis.

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, the amount of the impairment loss recognized is mainly based on the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. However, since the discounted effect of short-term receivables is immaterial, the impairment loss is recognized on the difference between carrying amount and estimated future cash flow.

For financial assets measured at amortized cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

For AFS equity investments, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

When an AFS financial asset is considered to be impaired, cumulative gains or losses previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss in the period.

In respect of AFS equity securities, impairment losses previously recognized in profit or loss are not reversed through profit or loss. Any increase in fair value subsequent to an impairment loss is recognized in other comprehensive income.

For financial assets that are carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is mainly measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss is not reversed in subsequent periods.

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade notes and accounts receivable and other receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. When a trade note and accounts receivable and other receivables are considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognized in profit or loss except for uncollectible trade notes and accounts receivable and other receivables that are written off against the allowance account.

3) Derecognition of financial assets

The Company derecognizes a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity.

On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is recognized in profit or loss.

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b. Financial liabilities

1) Subsequent measurement

Except for financial liabilities at FVTPL, all the financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

2) Derecognition of financial liabilities

The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognized in profit or loss.

c. Derivative financial instruments

The Company enters into a variety of derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign exchange rate risks, including forward exchange contracts.

Derivatives are initially measured at fair value at the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. When the fair value of derivative financial instruments is positive, the derivative is recognized as a financial asset; when the fair value of derivative financial instruments is negative, the derivative is recognized as a financial liability.

Hedge Accounting

The Company designates some derivatives instruments as cash flow hedges. Hedges of foreign exchange risk on firm commitments are accounted for as cash flow hedges.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized in other comprehensive income. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

The associated gains or losses that were recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified from equity to profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment in the line item relating to the hedged item in the same period when the hedged item affects profit or loss. If a hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in the recognition of a non-financial asset or a non-financial liability, the associated gains and losses that were recognized in other comprehensive income are removed from equity and are included in the initial cost of the non-financial asset or non-financial liability.

Hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively when the Company revokes the designated hedging relationship, or when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or when it no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting. The cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument that has been previously recognized in other comprehensive income from the period when the hedge was effective remains separately in equity until the forecast transaction occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the gain or loss accumulated in equity is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Provisions

Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the Company’s obligation at the end of the reporting period, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. The provisions for warranties claims and trade-in right are made by management according to the sales agreements which represent the management’s best estimate of the future outflow of economic benefits. The provisions of warranties claims and trade-in right are recognized as operating cost and the reduction of revenue, respectively, in the period in which the goods are sold.

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Revenue Recognition

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognized when all the following conditions are satisfied:

a. The Company has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;

b. The Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;

c. The amount of revenue can be measured reliably;

d. It is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Company; and

e. The costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts for goods sold in the normal course of business, net of sales discounts and volume rebates. For trade notes and accounts receivable due within one year from the balance sheet date, as the nominal value of the consideration to be received approximates its fair value and transactions are frequent, fair value of the consideration is not determined by discounting all future receipts using an imputed rate of interest.

Usage revenues from fixed-line services (including local, domestic long distance and international long distance telephone services), cellular services, Internet and data services, and interconnection and call transfer fees from other telecommunications companies and carriers are billed in arrears and are recognized based upon seconds or minutes of traffic processed when the services are provided in accordance with contract terms.

Other revenues are recognized as follows: (a) one-time subscriber connection fees (on fixed-line services) are deferred and recognized over the average expected customer service periods, (b) monthly fees (on fixed-line services, mobile, Internet and data services) are accrued every month, and (c) prepaid services (fixed-line, mobile, Internet and data services) are recognized as income based upon actual usage by customers.

Where the Company enters into transactions which involve both the provision of telecommunications service bundled with products such as handsets, total consideration received from products and telecommunications service in these arrangements are allocated and measured using units of accounting within the arrangement based on their relative fair values limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of products.

Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognized by reference to the stage of completion of the contract.

Dividend income from investments is recognized when the stockholder’s right to receive payment has been established under the premises when it is probable that the economic benefit related to the transactions will flow to the Company and that the revenue can be reasonably measured.

Interest income from a financial asset is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits related to the transactions will flow to the Company and the amount of income can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable.

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When another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the Company is acting as a principal when it has exposure to the significant risks and rewards associated with the sale of goods or the rendering of services; otherwise, the Company is acting as an agent. When the Company is acting as a principal, gross inflows of economic benefits arising from transactions is recognized as revenue. When the Company is acting as an agent, revenue is recognized in the amount of commission.

Leasing

a. The Company as lessor

Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

b. The Company as lessee

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Borrowing Costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

Other than stated above, all other borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

Employee Benefits

a. Short-term employee benefits

Liabilities recognized in respect of short-term employee benefits are measured at the undiscounted amount of the benefits expected to be paid in exchange for the related service.

b. Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are recognized as an expense when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

Defined benefit costs (including service cost, net interest and remeasurement) under the defined benefit retirement benefit plans are determined using the projected unit credit method. Service cost (including current service cost and gains or losses on settlements) and net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) are recognized as employee benefits expense in the period they occur. Remeasurement, comprising (a) actuarial gains and losses; and (b) the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset), is recognized in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. Remeasurement recognized in other comprehensive income is reflected immediately in retained earnings and will not be reclassified to profit or loss.

Net defined benefit liability (asset) represents the actual deficit (surplus) in the Company’s defined benefit plan. Any surplus resulting from this calculation is limited to the present value of any refunds from the plans or reductions in future contributions to the plans.

c. Other long-term employee benefits

Other long-term employee benefits are accounted for in the same way as the accounting required for defined benefit plan except that remeasurement is recognized in profit or loss.

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Share-based Payment Arrangements—Employee Stock Options

The fair value determined at the grant date of the employee share options is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Company’s estimate of employee share options that are expected to ultimately vest, with a corresponding increase in additional paid-in capital—employee share options. If the equity instruments granted vest immediately at the grant date, expenses are recognized in full in profit or loss.

At the end of each reporting period, the Company revises its estimate of the number of employee share options expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates is recognized in profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital—employee stock options.

Income Tax

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

a. Current tax

According to the Income Tax Law, an additional tax at 10% of unappropriated earnings is provided for as income tax in the year the stockholders approve to retain the earnings.

Adjustments of prior years’ tax liabilities are added to or deducted from the current year’s tax provision.

b. Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. If the temporary difference arises from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit, the resulting deferred tax asset or liability is not recognized. In addition, a deferred tax liability is not recognized on taxable temporary difference arising from initial recognition of goodwill.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognized for all deductible temporary differences, unused loss carry forward and unused tax credits from purchases of machinery, equipment and technology and research and development expenditures to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilized.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Company is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. A previously unrecognized deferred tax asset is also reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized to the to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

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Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realized, 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 assets and liabilities 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.

c. Current and deferred tax for the year

Current and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss, except when they relate to items that are recognized in other comprehensive income, in which case, the current and deferred tax are also recognized in other comprehensive income.

Where current tax or deferred tax arises from the initial accounting for a business combination, the tax effect is included in the accounting for the business combination.

4. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY AND ASSUMPTION

In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, which are described in Note 3, the management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions which are based on historical experience and other factors that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed by the management on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

a. Revenue recognition

The Company’s project agreements are mainly to provide one or more equipment or services to customers. In order to fulfill the agreements, another party may be involved in some agreements. The Company considers the following factors to determine whether the Company is a principal of the transaction: whether the Company is the primary obligation provider of the agreements, its exposures to inventory risks and the discretion in establishing prices, etc. The determination of whether the Company is a principal or an agent will affect the amount of revenue recognized by the Company. Only when the Company is acting as a principal, gross inflows of economic benefits arising from transactions is recognized as revenue.

b. Impairment of trade notes and accounts receivable

When there is objective evidence showed indications of impairment, the Company considers the estimation of future cash flows. The amount of impairment will be measured at the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted by the original effective interest rates of the financial assets. However, as the impact from the discount of short-term receivables is not material, the impairment of short-term receivables is measured at the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated undiscounted future cash flows. Where the actual future cash flows are lower than expected, a material impairment loss may arise.

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c. Provision for inventory valuation and obsolescence

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is calculated as the estimated selling price less the estimated selling costs. Comparison of net realizable value and cost is determined on an item by item basis, except those similar items which could be categorized into the same groups. The Company uses the inventory holding period and turnover as the evaluation basis for inventory obsolescence losses.

d. Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

When an indication of impairment is assessed with objective evidence, the Company considers whether the recoverable amount of an asset is less than its carrying amount and recognizes the impairment loss based on difference between the recoverable amount and its carrying amount. The estimate of recoverable amount would impact on the timing and the amount of impairment loss recognition.

e. Useful lives of property, plant and equipment

As discussed in Note 3, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Property, Plant and Equipment”, the Company reviews estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment at the end of each year.

f. Recognition and measurement of defined benefit plans

Net defined benefit liabilities and the resulting pension expense under defined benefit pension plans are calculated using the Projected Unit Credit Method. Actuarial assumptions comprise the discount rate, rate of employee turnover, and long-term average future salary increase. Changes in economic circumstances and market conditions will affect these assumptions and may have a material impact on the amount of the expense and the liability.

g. Control over subsidiaries

As discussed in Note 3, some entities are subsidiaries of the Company although the Company only owns less than 50% ownership interests in these entities. After considering the Company’s absolute size of holding in the entity and the relative size of and dispersion of shares owned by the other stockholders, and the contractual arrangements between the Company and other investors, potential voting interests and the written agreement between stockholders, the management concluded that the Company has a sufficiently dominant voting interest to direct the relevant activities of the entity and therefore the Company has control over these entities.

5. APPLICATION OF NEW AND REVISED STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS

a. Amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee Interpretations (IFRIC) and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed and issued into effect by the FSC for application starting from January 1, 2017

Rule No. 1050050021 and Rule No. 1050026834 issued by the FSC stipulated that starting January 1, 2017, the Company should apply the IFRS, IAS, IFRIC and SIC issued by the IASB and endorsed by the FSC for application starting from January 1, 2017 (collectively, “2017 Taiwan-IFRSs version) and the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

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New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 Cycle	July 1, 2014 (Note 2)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle	July 1, 2014
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 Cycle	January 1, 2016 (Note 3)
Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28	Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IFRS 11	Acquisitions of Interests in Joint Operations	January 1, 2016
IFRS 14	Regulatory Deferral Accounts	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 1	Disclosure Initiative	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38	Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortization	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41	Agriculture: Bearer Plants	January 1, 2016
Amendments to IAS 19	Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions	July 1, 2014
Amendments to IAS 36	Impairment of Assets: Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-financial Assets	January 1, 2014
Amendments to IAS 39	Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting	January 1, 2014
IFRIC 21	Levies	January 1, 2014

Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above amendments and interpretations are effective for annual periods beginning on or after their respective effective dates.

Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 2 applies to share-based payment transactions with grant date on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 3 applies to business combinations with acquisition date on or after July 1, 2014; the amendment to IFRS 13 is effective immediately; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014.

Note 3: The amendment to IFRS 5 is applied prospectively to changes in a method of disposal that occur in annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016; the remaining amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016.

The Company does not anticipate the application of the 2017 Taiwan-IFRSs version and related amendments to the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers will have material impacts on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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b. The IFRSs issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) but not yet endorsed by the FSC

The Company has not applied the following IFRSs issued by the IASB but not yet endorsed by the FSC. In addition, the FSC announced that the public companies in Taiwan should apply IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 starting January 1, 2018. As of the date the consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue, the FSC has not announced the effective dates of other new, amended and revised standards and interpretations.

New, Revised or Amended Standards and Interpretations		Effective Date Issued by IASB (Note 1)
Amendments to IFRSs	Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2014-2016 Cycle	Note 2
Amendments to IFRS 2	Classification and Measurement of Share-based Payment Transactions	January 1, 2018
IFRS 9	Financial Instruments	January 1, 2018
Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7	Mandatory Effective Date of IFRS 9 and Transition Disclosures	January 1, 2018
Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28	Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture	To be determined by IASB
IFRS 15	Revenue from Contracts with Customers	January 1, 2018
Amendments to IFRS 15	Clarifications to IFRS 15	January 1, 2018
IFRS 16	Leases	January 1, 2019
Amendments to IAS 7	Disclosure Initiative	January 1, 2017
Amendments to IAS 12	Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets	January 1, 2017
Amendments to IAS 40	Transfers of investment property	January 1, 2018
IFRIC 22	Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration	January 1, 2018

Note 1: Unless stated otherwise, the above amendments and interpretations are effective for annual periods beginning on or after their respective effective dates.

Note 2: The amendment to IFRS 12 is retrospectively applied for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017; the amendment to IAS 28 is retrospectively applied for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

Except for the following items, the application of the above new, revised or amended standards and interpretations will not have material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements:

1) IFRS 15 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” and related amendments

IFRS 15 establishes principles for recognizing revenue that apply to all contracts with customers, and will supersede IAS 18 “Revenue”, IAS 11 “Construction Contracts” and a number of revenue-related interpretations.

When applying IFRS 15, the Company shall recognize revenue by applying the following steps:

a) Identify the contract with the customer;

b) Identify the performance obligations in the contract;

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c) Determine the transaction price;

d) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contracts; and

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

Upon the application of IFRS 15 and its related amendments, the Company will allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation identified in the contract on a relative stand-alone selling price basis.

Where the Company enters into transactions which involve both the provision of telecommunications service bundled with products such as handsets, total consideration received from products and telecommunications service in these arrangements are allocated based on each performance obligation’s relative selling price. The amount of sales revenue recognized for products is no longer limited to the amount paid by the customer for the products. This will not change the total revenue recognized, but will change the timing of revenue recognition. The Company may recognize more revenue at the beginning of the contract period (i.e., at the time of sale of products), and revenue recognized for telecommunications service in the subsequent contract periods will decrease.

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract will be recognized as an asset to the extent the Company expects to recover those costs. Such asset will be amortized on a basis that is consistent with the transfer to the customer of the goods or services to which the asset relates. This will lead to the later recognition of charges for certain customer-obtaining costs.

IFRS 15 and its related amendments require that when another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the Company is a principal if it controls the specified good or service before that good or service is transferred to a customer. Before the application of IFRS 15, the Company determines whether it is a principal or an agent based on its exposure to the significant risks and rewards associated with the sale of goods or the rendering of services.

When IFRS 15 and its amendments become effective, entities may elect to apply this Standard and the related amendments either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying this Standard recognized at the date of initial application. The Company is currently evaluating these transition methods and the related impacts on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

2) IFRS 16 “Leases”

IFRS 16 sets out the accounting standards for leases that will supersede IAS 17 and a number of related interpretations.

Under IFRS 16, if the Company is a lessee, it shall recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for all leases on the consolidated balance sheets except for low-value and short-term leases. The Company may elect to apply the accounting method similar to the accounting for operating lease under IAS 17 to the low-value and short-term leases. On the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, the Company should present the depreciation expense charged on the right-of-use asset separately from interest expense accrued on the lease liability and discloses such amounts in the footnotes; interest is computed by using effective interest method. On the consolidated statements of cash flows, cash payments for the principal portion of the lease liability are classified within financing activities; cash payments for interest portion are classified within operating activities.

The application of IFRS 16 is not expected to have a material impact on the accounting of the Company as lessor.

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When IFRS 16 becomes effective, the Company may elect to apply this Standard either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of the initial application of this Standard recognized at the date of initial application.

Except for the abovementioned impact, as of the date the consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue, the Company is continuously assessing the possible impact that the application of other standards and interpretations will have on the Company’s financial position and operating result, and will disclose the relevant impact when the assessment is completed.

6. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Cash
Cash on hand	$	370,598	$	333,544
Bank deposits		7,239,990		7,615,595
		7,610,588		7,949,139
Cash equivalents (investments with maturities of less than three months)
Commercial paper		11,435,706		11,914,066
Negotiable certificate of deposit		10,800,000		7,600,000
Time deposits		1,254,048		2,808,218
		23,489,754		22,322,284
	$	31,100,342	$	30,271,423

The annual yield rates of bank deposits, commercial paper, negotiable certificate of deposit and time deposits as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Bank deposits		0.00%-0.42%		0.00%-1.10%
Commercial paper		0.32%-0.42%		0.35%-0.41%
Negotiable certificate of deposit		0.35%-0.50%		0.36%-0.45%
Time deposits		0.40%-3.30%		0.55%-3.80%

7. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Financial assets held for trading
Derivatives (not designated for hedge)
Forward exchange contracts	$	217	$	163
Financial liabilities held for trading
Derivatives (not designated for hedge)
Forward exchange contracts	$	1,356	$	—

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Outstanding forward exchange contracts not designated for hedge as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	Currency		Maturity Period		Contract Amount (In Thousands)
December 31, 2016
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2017.03		EUR4,857/NT$166,940
Forward exchange contracts—buy		US$/NT$		2017.01		US$1,700/NT$54,629
December 31, 2015
Forward exchange contracts—buy		EUR/NT$		2016.03-06		EUR18,301/NT$658,545
Forward exchange contracts—buy		US$/NT$		2016.01		US$803/NT$26,403

The Company entered into the above forward exchange contracts to manage its exposure to foreign currency risk due to fluctuations in exchange rates. However, the aforementioned derivatives did not meet the criteria for hedge accounting.

8. AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS—NONCURRENT

	December 31
	2016		2015
Equity securities
Listed stocks	$	2,521,027	$	3,242,827

Chunghwa evaluated and concluded its available-for-sale financial assets were impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $577,333 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2016. CHI evaluated and concluded its available-for-sale financial assets were partially impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $25,910 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2015.

9. HELD-TO-MATURITY FINANCIAL ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Corporate bonds	$	1,989,892	$	3,870,540
Bank debentures		150,000		150,000
	$	2,139,892	$	4,020,540
Current	$	2,139,892	$	1,880,739
Noncurrent		—		2,139,801
	$	2,139,892	$	4,020,540

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The related information of corporate bonds and bank debentures as of balance sheet dates was as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Corporate bonds
Par value		$1,990,000		$3,865,000
Nominal interest rate		1.18%-1.35%		1.18%-2.49%
Effective interest rate		1.20%-1.35%		1.15%-1.54%
Average remaining maturity life		0.34 year		1.04 years
Bank debentures
Par value		$150,000		$150,000
Nominal interest rate		1.25%		1.25%
Effective interest rate		1.25%		1.25%
Average remaining maturity life		0.41 year		1.41 years

10. TRADE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

	December 31
	2016			2015
Trade notes and accounts receivable	$	32,795,513		$	28,260,527
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,773,025	)		(1,334,477	)
	$	31,022,488		$	26,926,050

The average credit terms range from 30 to 90 days. In determining the recoverability of trade notes and accounts receivable, the Company considers significant change in the credit quality of the trade notes and accounts receivable from the date credit was initially granted up to the end of the reporting period. In general, with few exceptional cases, it is unlikely for the notes and accounts receivable due longer than 180 days to be collected, therefore the Company recognized 100% allowance of notes and accounts receivable overdue longer than 180 days. For the notes and accounts receivable less than 180 days, the allowance for doubtful accounts was estimated based on the Company’s historical recovery experience.

The Company serves a large consumer base; therefore, the concentration of credit risk is limited.

The aging analysis for trade notes and accounts receivable as of balance sheet dates was as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Non-overdue	$	29,596,183	$	25,707,830
Less than 30 days		1,050,149		732,711
31-60 days		347,796		346,275
61-90 days		285,843		241,097
91-120 days		198,364		192,601
121-180 days		118,511		121,705
More than 181 days		1,198,667		918,308
	$	32,795,513	$	28,260,527

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The above aging analysis was based on days overdue.

At the balance sheet dates, the receivables that were past due but not impaired were considered recoverable by the management of the Company. The aging of these receivables as of balance sheet dates was as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Less than 30 days	$	256,298	$	127,884
31-60 days		46,987		16,091
61-90 days		8,473		95,329
91-120 days		73,890		57,939
121-180 days		705		1,762
More than 181 days		13,240		19,823
	$	399,593	$	318,828

The above aging analysis was based on days overdue.

Movements of the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:

	Individually Assessed for Impairment			Collectively Assessed for Impairment			Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	276,659		$	772,743		$	1,049,402
Add: Provision for doubtful accounts		88,600			391,543			480,143
Deduct: Amounts written off		(418	)		(194,650	)		(195,068	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		364,841			969,636			1,334,477
Add: Provision for doubtful accounts		714,542			228,185			942,727
Deduct: Amounts written off		(274,238	)		(229,941	)		(504,179	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	805,145		$	967,880		$	1,773,025

11. INVENTORIES

	December 31
	2016		2015
Merchandise	$	4,136,246	$	5,848,527
Project in process		960,618		697,181
Work in process		108,535		100,445
Raw materials		143,554		70,792
		5,348,953		6,716,945
Land held under development		1,998,733		1,998,733
Construction in progress		75,088		64,512
	$	7,422,774	$	8,780,190

The operating costs related to inventories were $54,182,652 thousand (including the valuation loss on inventories of $191,846 thousand) and $52,665,569 thousand (including the valuation loss on inventories of $198,312 thousand) for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, inventories of $2,073,821 thousand and $2,063,245 thousand, respectively, were expected to be recovered for a time period longer than twelve months. The aforementioned amount of inventories is related to property development owned by LED.

Land held under development and construction in progress on December 31, 2016 and 2015 was developed by LED for Qingshan Sec., Dayuan Dist., Taoyuan City project.

12. PREPAYMENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Prepaid rents	$	2,933,899	$	3,275,192
Others		3,285,623		3,005,647
	$	6,219,522	$	6,280,839
Current
Prepaid rents	$	899,270	$	1,032,869
Others		2,079,192		1,636,152
	$	2,978,462	$	2,669,021
Noncurrent
Prepaid rents	$	2,034,629	$	2,242,323
Others		1,206,431		1,369,495
	$	3,241,060	$	3,611,818

13. OTHER CURRENT MONETARY ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Time deposits and negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months	$	3,567,928	$	2,285,682
Others		1,252,496		1,015,101
	$	4,820,424	$	3,300,783

The annual yield rates of time deposits and negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Time deposits and negotiable certificates of deposit with maturities of more than three months		0.11%-1.95%		0.11%-3.50%

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14. FINANCIAL ASSETS CARRIED AT COST

	December 31
	2016		2015
Non-listed stocks
Domestic	$	1,948,552	$	1,990,077
Foreign		294,268		277,792
	$	2,242,820	$	2,267,869

The above non-listed stocks are classified as available-for-sale financial assets based on financial assets categories (see Note 38). Since the fair values of such non-listed stocks investments cannot be reliably measured due to the range of reasonable fair value estimates was so significant, the above non-listed stocks investments owned by the Company were measured at costs less any impairment losses at the balance sheet dates.

The Company disposed financial assets carried at cost with carrying amount of $8,903 thousand and $2,133 thousand and recognized the disposal gain of $706 thousand and the disposal loss of $449 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The Company evaluated and concluded that there was no indication that financial assets carried at cost were impaired; therefore, no impairment loss was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2016.

After the Company evaluated the financial positions and future operation results of aforementioned investments, the Company concluded some of its investments that ceased their operations were fully impaired, and recognized an impairment loss of $77,018 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2015. In addition, some of its investments are encountering profit recession or deficit. The Company concluded the recoverable amount of such investments which represented present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset or based on the market approach using financial indicators such as PE ratios of the comparable listed companies was lower than the carrying amount. Therefore, the Company recognized impairment losses of $4,251 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2015.

15. SUBSIDIARIES

a. Information on significant noncontrolling interest subsidiary

Subsidiaries	Principal Place of Business	Proportion of Ownership Interests and Voting Rights Held by Noncontrolling Interests
		December 31
		2016			2015
SENAO	Taiwan		71	%		71	%

	Profit Allocated to Noncontrolling Interests				Accumulated Noncontrolling Interests
	Year Ended December 31				December 31
	2016		2015		2016		2015
SENAO	$	696,161	$	575,368	$	4,247,031	$	4,116,412
Individually immaterial subsidiaries with noncontrolling interests						2,248,891		1,152,663
					$	6,495,922	$	5,269,075

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Summarized financial information in respect of SENAO and its subsidiaries that has material noncontrolling interests is set out below. The summarized financial information below represents amounts before intracompany eliminations.

	December 31
	2016			2015
Current assets	$	7,761,962		$	7,422,739
Noncurrent assets		2,693,981			2,783,123
Current liabilities		(4,376,279	)		(4,324,620	)
Noncurrent liabilities		(155,028	)		(137,661	)
Equity	$	5,924,636		$	5,743,581
Equity attributable to the parent	$	1,677,605		$	1,627,169
Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests		4,247,031			4,116,412
	$	5,924,636		$	5,743,581

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Revenues and income	$	34,445,288		$	35,949,748
Costs and expenses		33,458,740			35,141,453
Profit for the year	$	986,548		$	808,295
Profit attributable to the parent	$	290,387		$	232,927
Profit attributable to the noncontrolling interests		696,161			575,368
	$	986,548		$	808,295
Other comprehensive loss attributable to the parent	$	(21,404	)	$	(925	)
Other comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(52,631	)		(2,274	)
	$	(74,035	)	$	(3,199	)
Total comprehensive income attributable to the parent	$	268,983		$	232,002
Total comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests		643,530			573,094
	$	912,513		$	805,096
Net cash flow from operating activities	$	530,796		$	1,739,155
Net cash flow from investing activities		129,848			54,226
Net cash flow from financing activities		(677,415	)		(1,530,168	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(6,663	)		11,185
Net cash inflow (outflow)	$	(23,434	)	$	274,398
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	$	526,436		$	273,821

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b. Equity transactions with noncontrolling interests

CHI disposed of some shares of CHPT in January 2015 and March 2016. Furthermore, CHI did not participate in the capital increase of CHPT in March 2016. Therefore, its ownership interest in CHPT decreased to 40.79%.

SENAO participated in share subscription of Youth in December 2015 at a percentage different from its original ownership interest. Therefore, the ownership interest of Youth increased from 70% to 89.48%.

SENAO purchased its treasury stock in June and July 2015 and the Company’s ownership interest in SENAO increased to 29.31%.

The above transactions were accounted for as equity transactions since the Company did not cease to have control over these subsidiaries.

	Year Ended December 31
	2016						2015
	CHI Did Not Participate in the Capital Increase of CHPT			CHI Disposed Some Shares of CHPT			CHI Disposed Some Shares of CHPT			SENAO Purchased Its Treasury Stock			SENAO Participated in Youth’s Share Subscription
Cash consideration received from (paid to) noncontrolling interests	$	1,175,509		$	83,628		$	45,128		$	(492,770	)	$	—
The proportionate share of the carrying amount of the net assets of the subsidiary transferred (to) from noncontrolling interests		(785,769	)		(25,422	)		(18,484	)		416,451			(412	)
Differences arising from equity transactions	$	389,740		$	58,206		$	26,644		$	(76,319	)	$	(412	)
Line items for equity transaction adjustments
Additional paid-in capital—difference between consideration received or paid and the carrying amount of the subsidiaries’ net assets upon actual disposal or acquisition	$	—		$	58,206		$	26,644		$	—		$	—
Additional paid-in capital—arising from changes in equities of subsidiaries	$	389,740		$	—		$	—		$	(14,021	)	$	(412	)
Unappropriated earnings	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(62,298	)	$	—

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c. Business combinations

1) Subsidiaries acquired

	Principal Activity	Date of Acquisition	Proportion of Voting Equity Interests Acquired (%)		Consideration Transferred
Youth Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries	Sale and maintenance of information and communication technologies products	September 2, 2015		70	$	135,450

Youth and its subsidiaries were acquired in cash in order to continue the expansion of SENAO’s activities in selling telecommunication products.

2) Assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition

	Youth and Its Subsidiaries
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	21,467
Accounts and other receivables		10,260
Inventories		29,944
Prepayments		5,549
Other current assets		5,735
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment		35,600
Intangible assets		259,000
Refundable deposits		21,800
Deferred income tax assets		3,678
Other noncurrent assets		32,209
Current liabilities
Short-term loans		(53,711	)
Trade notes payable		(8,633	)
Accounts and other payables		(74,603	)
Other current liabilities		(80,494	)
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term loans		(39,655	)
Deferred income tax liabilities		(44,030	)
Other noncurrent liabilities		(10,000	)
	$	114,116

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3) Goodwill arising on acquisition

	Youth and its Subsidiaries
Consideration transferred	$	135,450
Add: Noncontrolling interest (30% of the recognized amounts of Youth and its subsidiaries’ identifiable net assets)		34,235
Less: Fair value of identifiable net assets acquired		(114,116	)
Goodwill arising on acquisition	$	55,569

Goodwill that arose in the acquisition of Youth and its subsidiaries mainly included the amount in relation to the benefit of expected synergies from integrating the businesses of Youth and its subsidiaries into the Company that operate sales and maintenance of Apple’s products for many years. These benefits were not recognized separately from goodwill because they did not meet the recognition criteria for identifiable intangible assets.

Goodwill arising from business combinations is not deductible for tax purposes.

SENAO performed impairment test of goodwill arising from the above acquisition and concluded that no impairment loss was required to recognize for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

4) Net cash outflow on acquisition of subsidiaries

	Youth and its Subsidiaries
Consideration paid in cash	$	135,450
Less: Cash and cash equivalents acquired		(21,467	)
	$	113,983

5) Impact of acquisitions on the results of the Company’s financial performance

The results of the acquired subsidiaries’ financial performance from the acquisition date to December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	Youth and its Subsidiaries
Revenue	$	187,793
Net loss	$	17,823

Had these business combinations been in effect at the beginning of the annual reporting period, the Company’s pro-forma revenue and net income would have been $232,186,877 thousand and $43,586,076 thousand, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2015. This pro-forma information is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily an indication of revenue and results of operations of the Company that actually would have been achieved had the acquisition been completed on January 1, 2015, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.

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In determining the pro-forma revenue and net income of the Company had Youth and its subsidiaries been acquired at the beginning of 2015, management calculated depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets acquired on the basis of the fair values arising in the initial accounting for the business combination rather than the carrying amounts recognized in the pre-acquisition financial statements.

16. INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING EQUITY METHOD

	December 31
	2016		2015
Investments in associates	$	2,600,183	$	2,917,625
Investments in joint ventures		2,676		227,379
	$	2,602,859	$	3,145,004

a. Investments in associates

Investments in associates were as follows:

	Carrying Amount
	December 31
	2016		2015
Listed
Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”)	$	838,830	$	866,696
Non-listed
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. (“STS”)		466,847		494,727
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”)		312,528		301,861
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)		274,814		315,762
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)		153,104		374,487
Skysoft Co., Ltd. (“SKYSOFT”)		145,727		137,792
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)		122,221		119,419
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)		111,390		105,844
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)		56,450		68,927
Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”)		37,188		38,914
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)		33,868		15,336
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd. (“DZIM”)		23,758		41,922
HopeTech Technologies Limited (“HopeTech”)		23,458		35,938
MeWorks LIMITED (HK) (“MeWorks”)		—		—
	$	2,600,183	$	2,917,625

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The percentages of ownership and voting rights in associates held by the Company as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

	% of Ownership and Voting Rights
	December 31
	2016		2015
Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”)		34		34
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. (“STS”)		38		38
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”)		32		33
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)		30		30
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)		40		40
Skysoft Co., Ltd. (“SKYSOFT”)		30		30
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)		26		26
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)		30		30
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)		27		27
Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”)		49		49
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)		14		13
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd. (“DZIM”)		26		26
HopeTech Technologies Limited (“HopeTech”)		45		45
MeWorks LIMITED (HK) (“MeWorks”)		20		20

None of the above associates is considered individually material to the Company. Aggregate information of associates that are not individually material was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
The Company’s share of profits	$	524,633		$	937,487
The Company’s share of other comprehensive loss		(46,406	)		(19,020	)
The Company’s share of total comprehensive income	$	478,227		$	918,467

The Level 1 fair values based on the closing market prices of SNI as of the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
SNI	$	2,536,592	$	3,556,203

Chunghwa sold its partial ownership interest in KWT in January 2015. The gain on disposal of KWT was $7,409 thousand.

CHYP participated in the capital increase of CF by investing $5,607 thousand in April 2015. CHYP holds 49% ownership interest of CF. CF engages mainly in advertisement services.

Sertec completed its liquidation in June 2015. The gain on disposal of Sertec was $649 thousand. CHI received the proceeds from disposal in July 2015.

CHI disposed all ownership interest in Panda Monium Company Ltd. in September 2015.

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Chunghwa participated in the capital increase of ADT by investing $30,000 thousand in December 2016 at a percentage different from its original ownership interest and the ownership interest of ADT increased to 14%. Chunghwa still has one out of five seats of the Board of Directors of ADT after the capital increase. Therefore, Chunghwa remains significant influence over ADT. ADT engages mainly in the development of mobile payments and information processing service.

As the operation of MeWorks ceased, the Company concluded that this investment was fully impaired. The Company recognized an impairment loss of $8,213 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2015. MeWorks engaged mainly in investment business.

The Company’s share of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) of associates was recognized based on the audited financial statements.

b. Investments in joint ventures

Investments in joint ventures were as follows:

	Carrying Amount				% of Ownership and Voting Rights
	December 31				December 31
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Non-listed
Huada Digital Corporation (“HDD”)	$	—	$	206,737		50		50
Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. (“CBO”)		2,676		20,642		50		50
	$	2,676	$	227,379

In March 2016, the stockholders of HDD approved that HDD should start its dissolution from March 31, 2016. The liquidation of HDD is still in process. Chunghwa received the proceeds from the liquidation in September 2016 and recognized the disposal loss of $409 thousand.

In December 2016, the stockholders of CBO approved that CBO should start its dissolution from December 31, 2016. The liquidation of CBO is still in process.

None of the above joint ventures is considered individually material to the Company. Summarized financial information of joint ventures that was not material to the Company was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
The Company’s share of loss	$	(41,973	)	$	(29,499	)
The Company’s share of other comprehensive income		—			—
The Company’s share of total comprehensive loss	$	(41,973	)	$	(29,499	)

The Company’s share of loss of joint ventures was recorded based on the audited financial statements.

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17. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

	Land			Land Improvements			Buildings			Computer Equipment			Telecommuni- cations Equipment			Transportation Equipment			Miscellaneous Equipment			Construction in Progress and Advances Related to Acquisition of Equipment			Total
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	102,773,786		$	1,557,544		$	67,600,416		$	15,318,187		$	695,075,672		$	3,824,783		$	8,643,904		$	20,929,731		$	915,724,023
Additions		—			—			59,041			37,158			158,751			—			202,530			23,993,190			24,450,670
Disposal		—			(94	)		(10,607	)		(1,073,310	)		(13,047,249	)		(69,337	)		(510,568	)		—			(14,711,165	)
Effect of foreign exchange differences		—			—			—			(221	)		69,663			47			(309	)		—			69,180
Acquisitions through business combinations		19,042			—			6,762			—			—			—			39,260			—			65,064
Others		(45,688	)		17,820			134,130			714,076			23,114,750			59,879			362,081			(24,520,593	)		(163,545	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	102,747,140		$	1,575,270		$	67,789,742		$	14,995,890		$	705,371,587		$	3,815,372		$	8,736,898		$	20,402,328		$	925,434,227
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	—		$	(1,145,434	)	$	(23,202,169	)	$	(11,307,939	)	$	(568,767,123	)	$	(2,207,400	)	$	(6,443,615	)	$	—		$	(613,073,680	)
Depreciation expenses		—			(53,432	)		(1,268,490	)		(1,467,217	)		(26,290,623	)		(598,712	)		(671,341	)		—			(30,349,815	)
Disposal		—			94			10,171			1,060,632			13,032,923			69,283			425,473			—			14,598,576
Impairment loss		—			—			—			—			(138,093	)		—			—			—			(138,093	)
Effect of foreign exchange differences		—			—			—			127			(13,508	)		(47	)		57			—			(13,371	)
Acquisitions through business combinations		—			—			(1,115	)		—			—			—			(28,349	)		—			(29,464	)
Others		—			(4,637	)		41,044			(472	)		(28,624	)		(13,354	)		(23,191	)		—			(29,234	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	—		$	(1,203,409	)	$	(24,420,559	)	$	(11,714,869	)	$	(582,205,048	)	$	(2,750,230	)	$	(6,740,966	)	$	—		$	(629,035,081	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	102,773,786		$	412,110		$	44,398,247		$	4,010,248		$	126,308,549		$	1,617,383		$	2,200,289		$	20,929,731		$	302,650,343
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	102,747,140		$	371,861		$	43,369,183		$	3,281,021		$	123,166,539		$	1,065,142		$	1,995,932		$	20,402,328		$	296,399,146
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	102,747,140		$	1,575,270		$	67,789,742		$	14,995,890		$	705,371,587		$	3,815,372		$	8,736,898		$	20,402,328		$	925,434,227
Additions		791,148			—			36,037			41,912			170,781			880			255,602			23,294,912			24,591,272
Disposal		(1,645	)		(6,290	)		(34,887	)		(1,546,812	)		(11,541,665	)		(53,533	)		(625,417	)		—			(13,810,249	)
Effect of foreign exchange differences		—			—			—			(2,664	)		(34,651	)		(15	)		(4,283	)		—			(41,613	)
Others		335,426			11,913			(53,079	)		806,491			21,726,424			103,697			580,136			(23,556,518	)		(45,510	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	103,872,069		$	1,580,893		$	67,737,813		$	14,294,817		$	715,692,476		$	3,866,401		$	8,942,936		$	20,140,722		$	936,128,127
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	—		$	(1,203,409	)	$	(24,420,559	)	$	(11,714,869	)	$	(582,205,048	)	$	(2,750,230	)	$	(6,740,966	)	$	—		$	(629,035,081	)
Depreciation expenses		—			(51,280	)		(1,268,974	)		(1,332,321	)		(25,279,598	)		(528,910	)		(625,946	)		—			(29,087,029	)
Disposal		—			6,246			34,270			1,528,545			11,512,157			53,469			583,248			—			13,717,935
Impairment loss		—			—			—			(360	)		(595,408	)		(2	)		(58	)		—			(595,828	)
Effect of foreign exchange differences		—			—			—			1,506			6,647			18			4,002			—			12,173
Others		—			(171	)		63,975			(64,180	)		64,070			(11,409	)		(22,822	)		—			29,463
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	—		$	(1,248,614	)	$	(25,591,288	)	$	(11,581,679	)	$	(596,497,180	)	$	(3,237,064	)	$	(6,802,542	)	$	—		$	(644,958,367	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	102,747,140		$	371,861		$	43,369,183		$	3,281,021		$	123,166,539		$	1,065,142		$	1,995,932		$	20,402,328		$	296,399,146
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	103,872,069		$	332,279		$	42,146,525		$	2,713,138		$	119,195,296		$	629,337		$	2,140,394		$	20,140,722		$	291,169,760

The Company determined that some telecommunications equipment was impaired in 2016 due to the expiration of 2G license in June 2017 which will lead to the termination of the related service. Due to technology upgrade, some telecommunications equipment became obsolete in 2015. The Company evaluated and concluded the recoverable amount determined on the basis of value in use of aforementioned telecommunications equipment was lower than the carrying value, and recognized impairment losses of $595,408 thousand and $138,093 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In addition, the Company evaluated and concluded the recoverable amount of partial computer and miscellaneous equipment was nil and recognized impairment losses of $420 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2016. The impairment loss was included in other income and expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.

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Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated service lives:

Land improvements	8-30 years
Buildings
Main buildings	35-60 years
Other building facilities	3-20 years
Computer equipment	2-8 years
Telecommunications equipment
Telecommunication circuits	2-30 years
Telecommunication machinery and antennas equipment	2-30 years
Transportation equipment	3-10 years
Miscellaneous equipment
Leasehold improvements	1-6 years
Mechanical and air conditioner equipment	3-16 years
Others	1-10 years

18. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	8,883,051
Disposal		(126	)
Reclassification		175,067
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	9,057,992
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	(1,262,197	)
Depreciation expense		(18,363	)
Disposal		126
Reclassification		(17,200	)
Reversal of impairment loss		142,047
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	(1,155,587	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	7,620,854
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	7,902,405
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	9,057,992
Additions		52
Reclassification		136,608
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	9,194,652
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	(1,155,587	)
Depreciation expense		(19,119	)
Reclassification		(52,940	)
Reversal of impairment loss		147,527
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	(1,080,119	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	7,902,405
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	8,114,533

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Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated service lives:

Land improvements	8-30 years
Buildings
Main buildings	35-60 years
Other building facilities	4-10 years

After the evaluation of land and buildings, the Company concluded the recoverable amount which represented the fair value less costs to sell of some land and buildings was higher than the carrying amount. Therefore, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of $147,527 thousand and $142,047 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and the amounts were recognized only to the extent of impairment losses that had been recognized in prior years. The reversal of impairment loss was included in other income and expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.

The fair values of the Company’s investment properties as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were determined by Level 3 fair value measurements inputs based on the appraisal reports conducted by independent appraisers. Those appraisal reports are based on the comparison approach, income approach or cost approach. Key assumptions and the fair values were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Fair value		$17,778,228		$17,694,498
Overall capital interest rate		1.46%-2.20%		1.49%-2.28%
Profit margin ratio		10%-20%		10%-20%
Discount rate		1.04%		1.21%-1.28%
Capitalization rate		0.43%-1.78%		0.44%-1.73%

All of the Company’s investment properties are held under freehold interest.

19. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

	3G and 4G Concession		Computer Software			Goodwill		Others			Total
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	49,254,000	$	3,192,652		$	180,631	$	150,565		$	52,777,848
Additions-acquired separately		9,955,000		423,868			—		1,299			10,380,167
Disposal		—		(375,214	)		—		(1,983	)		(377,197	)
Effect of foreign exchange difference		—		108			—		—			108
Acquisitions through business combinations		—		—			55,569		259,000			314,569
Other		—		7,214			—		—			7,214
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	59,209,000	$	3,248,628		$	236,200	$	408,881		$	63,102,709

(Continued)

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	3G and 4G Concession			Computer Software			Goodwill			Others			Total
Accumulated amortization and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	(8,103,833	)	$	(1,793,470	)	$	(18,055	)	$	(37,864	)	$	(9,953,222	)
Amortization expenses		(2,503,967	)		(564,742	)		—			(11,203	)		(3,079,912	)
Disposal		—			375,194			—			1,983			377,177
Effect of foreign exchange difference		—			(76	)		—			—			(76	)
Other		—			102			—			—			102
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	(10,607,800	)	$	(1,982,992	)	$	(18,055	)	$	(47,084	)	$	(12,655,931	)
Balance on January 1, 2015, net	$	41,150,167		$	1,399,182		$	162,576		$	112,701		$	42,824,626
Balance on December 31, 2015, net	$	48,601,200		$	1,265,636		$	218,145		$	361,797		$	50,446,778
Cost
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	59,209,000		$	3,248,628		$	236,200		$	408,881		$	63,102,709
Additions-acquired separately		—			277,380			—			5,429			282,809
Disposal		—			(120,584	)		—			(79	)		(120,663	)
Effect of foreign exchange difference		—			(367	)		—			—			(367	)
Others		—			3,035			—			—			3,035
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	59,209,000		$	3,408,092		$	236,200		$	414,231		$	63,267,523
Accumulated amortization and impairment
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	(10,607,800	)	$	(1,982,992	)	$	(18,055	)	$	(47,084	)	$	(12,655,931	)
Amortization expenses		(2,804,912	)		(550,914	)		—			(22,995	)		(3,378,821	)
Disposal		—			120,584			—			79			120,663
Impairment losses		—			(99	)		—			—			(99	)
Effect of foreign exchange difference		—			84			—			5			89
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	(13,412,712	)	$	(2,413,337	)	$	(18,055	)	$	(69,995	)	$	(15,914,099	)
Balance on January 1, 2016, net	$	48,601,200		$	1,265,636		$	218,145		$	361,797		$	50,446,778
Balance on December 31, 2016, net	$	45,796,288		$	994,755		$	218,145		$	344,236		$	47,353,424

(Concluded)

For long-term business development, Chunghwa participated in mobile broadband license (4G license) in 2.5 and 2.6 GHz bands bidding process announced by NCC and obtained certain spectrums. Chunghwa paid the 4G concession fees amounting to $9,955,000 thousand in December 2015.

The concessions are granted and issued by the NCC. The concession fees are amortized using the straight-line method from the date operations commence through the date the license expires. The carrying amount of 3G concession fee will be fully amortized by December 2018, and 4G concession fees will be fully amortized by December 2030 and December 2033.

The computer software is amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 1 to 10 years. Other intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 3 to 20 years. Goodwill is not amortized.

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20. OTHER ASSETS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Spare parts	$	1,775,715	$	1,875,759
Refundable deposits		2,083,753		2,198,378
Other financial assets		1,000,000		1,000,000
Others		2,288,294		2,848,130
	$	7,147,762	$	7,922,267
Current
Spare parts	$	1,775,715	$	1,875,759
Others		346,062		460,162
	$	2,121,777	$	2,335,921
Noncurrent
Refundable deposits	$	2,083,753	$	2,198,378
Other financial assets		1,000,000		1,000,000
Others		1,942,232		2,387,968
	$	5,025,985	$	5,586,346

Other financial assets—noncurrent was Piping Fund. As part of the government’s effort to upgrade the existing telecommunications infrastructure, Chunghwa and other public utility companies were required by the ROC government to contribute to a Piping Fund administered by the Taipei City Government. This fund was used to finance various telecommunications infrastructure projects. Net assets of this fund will be returned proportionately after the project is completed.

21. HEDGING DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Hedging derivative financial assets
Cash flow hedge—forward exchange contracts	$	—	$	498
Hedging derivative financial liabilities
Cash flow hedge—forward exchange contracts	$	586	$	—

Chunghwa’s hedge strategy is to enter forward exchange contracts—buy to avoid its foreign currency exposure to certain foreign currency denominated payments in the following six months. In addition, Chunghwa’s management considers the market condition to determine the hedge ratio, and enters into forward exchange contracts with the banks to avoid the foreign currency risk.

Chunghwa signed equipment purchase contracts with suppliers, and entered into forward exchange contracts to avoid foreign currency risk exposure to Euro-denominated purchase commitments. Those forward exchange contracts were designated as cash flow hedges. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, gain (loss) arising from changes in fair value of the hedged items recognized in other comprehensive income was loss of $1,085 thousand and gain of $781 thousand, respectively. Upon the completion of the purchase transaction, the amount deferred and recognized in equity initially will be reclassified into equipment as its carrying value.

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As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, Chunghwa expected part of the equipment purchase transactions will not occur and reclassified the related gain of $696 thousand and loss of $741 thousand from equity to profit or loss which arising from the forward exchange contracts of the aforementioned transactions for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The outstanding forward exchange contracts at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

			Contract Amount
	Currency	Maturity Period	(Thousands)
December 31, 2016
Forward exchange contracts—buy	EUR/NT$	2017.03	EUR2,967/NT$101,743
December 31, 2015
Forward exchange contracts—buy	EUR/NT$	2016.03-06	EUR8,532/NT$306,435

Loss (gain) arising from the hedging derivative financial instruments that have been reclassified from equity to initial cost of the property, plant and equipment were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Construction in progress and advances related to acquisition of equipment	$	(15,139	)	$	(18,805	)

22. SHORT-TERM LOANS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Secured loans (Note 40)	$	20,000	$	—
Unsecured loans		118,000		110,000
	$	138,000	$	110,000

The annual interest rates of loans were as follows:

	December 31
	2016	2015
Secured loans	1.98%	—
Unsecured loans	1.95%-2.25%	1.29%-2.40%

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23. LONG-TERM LOANS (INCLUDING LONG-TERM LOANS—CURRENT PORTION)

	December 31
	2016		2015
Secured loans (Note 40)	$	1,600,000	$	1,750,000
Less: Current portion of long-term loans		—		(7,692	)
	$	1,600,000	$	1,742,308

The annual interest rates of loans were as follows:

	December 31
	2016	2015
Secured loans	0.91%	1.11%-1.36%

LED obtained a secured loan from Chang Hwa Bank in September 2010. Interest is paid monthly. $300,000 thousand and $1,350,000 thousand were originally due in December 2014 and September 2015, respectively. In October 2014, the bank borrowing mentioned above was extended to September 2018 for one time repayment. LED made an early repayment of $50,000 thousand in April 2015. LED obtained another secured loan from Chang Hwa Bank in December 2012 in the amount of $400,000 thousand which is due in December 2017; LED made early repayments of $350,000 thousand and $50,000 thousand in 2013 and January 2015, respectively.

CHPT entered into a secured loan contract of $348,000 thousand with Bank of Taiwan in April 2014, interest is paid monthly, amortization of principal began in May 2016, and the loan is due in April 2029. CHPT made early repayments of $148,000 thousand, $50,000 thousand and $150,000 thousand from September to December 2014, in November 2015, and from March to April 2016, respectively.

24. TRADE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

	December 31
	2016		2015
Trade notes and accounts payable	$	18,809,664	$	16,300,993

Trade notes and accounts payable were attributable to operating activities and the trading conditions were agreed separately.

25. OTHER PAYABLES

	December 31
	2016		2015
Accrued salary and compensation	$	9,769,858	$	10,429,648
Payables to contractors		2,395,881		1,451,584
Accrued compensation to employees and remuneration to directors and supervisors		2,014,794		2,190,085
Payables to equipment suppliers		1,623,027		1,540,532
Amounts collected for others		1,407,488		1,406,000

(Continued)

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	December 31
	2016		2015
Accrued franchise fees	$	1,325,535	$	1,401,490
Accrued maintenance costs		1,061,875		997,833
Others		6,819,878		6,069,794
	$	26,418,336	$	25,486,966

(Concluded)

26. PROVISIONS

	December 31
	2016		2015
Warranties	$	110,975	$	213,114
Employee benefits		38,014		30,108
Trade-in right		31,378		—
Others		4,447		4,682
	$	184,814	$	247,904
Current	$	118,872	$	189,746
Noncurrent		65,942		58,158
	$	184,814	$	247,904

	Warranties			Employee Benefits			Trade-in right		Others			Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	211,633		$	55,569		$	—	$	4,832		$	272,034
Additional provisions recognized		99,958			11,423			—		150			111,531
Used during the year		(98,477	)		(36,884	)		—		(300	)		(135,661	)
Balance on December 31, 2015	$	213,114		$	30,108		$	—	$	4,682		$	247,904
Balance on January 1, 2016	$	213,114		$	30,108		$	—	$	4,682		$	247,904
Additional provisions recognized		80,573			9,344			31,378		75			121,370
Used during the year		(182,712	)		(1,438	)		—		(310	)		(184,460	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	110,975		$	38,014		$	31,378	$	4,447		$	184,814

a. The provision for warranties claims represents the present value of the management’s best estimate of the future outflow of economic benefits that will be required under the Company’s obligation for warranties in sales agreements. The estimate has been made based on the historical warranty experience.

b. The provision for employee benefits represents vested long-term service compensation accrued.

c. The provision for trade-in right is based on the management’s judgments to estimate the trade-in right of products exercised by customers in the future. The provision is recognized as a reduction of revenue in the period in which the goods are sold.

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27. ADVANCE RECEIPTS

Advance receipts are mainly from advance telecommunication charges. In accordance with NCC’s regulation named “Mandatory and Prohibitory Provisions To Be Included In Standard Contracts for Telecommunication Goods (Services) Coupons”, the Company entered into a contract with Bank of Taiwan to provide a performance guarantee for advance receipts from selling prepaid cards amounting to $779,341 thousand as of December 31, 2016.

28. RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

a. Defined contribution plans

The pension plan under the Labor Pension Act of ROC (the “LPA”) is considered as a defined contribution plan. Based on the LPA, Chunghwa and its domestic subsidiaries make monthly contributions to employees’ individual pension accounts at 6% of monthly salaries and wages. Its foreign subsidiaries would make monthly contributions based on the local pension requirements.

b. Defined benefit plans

Chunghwa completed its privatization plans on August 12, 2005. Chunghwa is required to pay all accrued pension obligations including service clearance payment, lump sum payment under civil service plan, additional separation payments, etc. upon the completion of the privatization in accordance with the Statute Governing Privatization of Stated-owned Enterprises. After paying all pension obligations for privatization, the plan assets of Chunghwa should be transferred to the Fund for Privatization of Government-owned Enterprises (the “Privatization Fund”) under the Executive Yuan. On August 7, 2006, Chunghwa transferred the remaining balance of fund to the Privatization Fund. However, according to the instructions of MOTC, Chunghwa was requested to administer the distributions to employees for pension obligations including service clearance payment, lump sum payment under civil service plan, additional separation payments, etc. upon the completion of the privatization and recognized in other current monetary assets.

Chunghwa and its subsidiaries SENAO, CHIEF, CHSI, and SHE with the pension mechanism under the Labor Standards Law are considered as defined benefit plans. These pension plans provide benefits based on an employee’s length of service and average six-month salary prior to retirement. Chunghwa and its subsidiaries contribute an amount no more than 15% of salaries paid each month to their respective pension funds (the Funds), which are administered by the Labor Pension Fund Supervisory Committee (the Committee) and deposited in the names of the Committees in the Bank of Taiwan. The plan assets are held in a commingled fund which is operated and managed by the government’s designated authorities; as such, the Company does not have any right to intervene in the investments of the funds. According to the Article 56 of the Labor Standards Law of the ROC revised in February 2015, entities are required to contribute the difference in one appropriation to the Funds before the end of next March when the balance of the Funds is insufficient to pay employees who will meet the retirement eligibility criteria within next year.

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The amounts included in the consolidated balance sheets arising from the Company’s obligation in respect of its defined benefit plans were as follows:

	December 31
	2016			2015
Present value of funded defined benefit obligation	$	34,572,194		$	30,882,113
Fair value of plan assets		(33,954,016	)		(23,794,280	)
Funded status—deficit	$	618,178		$	7,087,833
Net defined benefit liabilities	$	1,536,814		$	7,098,510
Net defined benefit assets		(918,636	)		(10,677	)
	$	618,178		$	7,087,833

Movements in the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets were as follows:

	Present Value of Funded Defined Benefit Obligation			Fair Value of Plan Assets			Net Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	27,958,086		$	21,496,222		$	6,461,864
Current service cost		2,883,634			—			2,883,634
Interest expense/interest income		545,942			443,636			102,306
Amounts recognized in profit or loss		3,429,576			443,636			2,985,940
Remeasurement on the net defined benefit liability
Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest)		—			135,776			(135,776	)
Actuarial losses recognized from changes in demographic assumptions		10,923			—			10,923
Actuarial gains recognized from changes in financial assumptions		(406	)		—			(406	)
Actuarial losses recognized from experience adjustments		356,710			—			356,710
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive income		367,227			135,776			231,451
Contributions from employer		—			2,435,160			(2,435,160	)
Benefits paid		(716,514	)		(716,514	)		—
Benefits paid directly by the Company		(156,262	)		—			(156,262	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		30,882,113			23,794,280			7,087,833
Current service cost		2,866,371			—			2,866,371
Interest expense/interest income		599,667			573,125			26,542
Amounts recognized in profit or loss		3,466,038			573,125			2,892,913
Remeasurement on the net defined benefit liability
Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest)		—			(352,477	)		352,477
Actuarial gains recognized from changes in demographic assumptions		(124,492	)		—			(124,492	)

(Continued)

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	Present Value of Funded Defined Benefit Obligation			Fair Value of Plan Assets			Net Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
Actuarial losses recognized from changes in financial assumptions	$	1,715,104		$	—		$	1,715,104
Actuarial losses recognized from experience adjustments		100,325			—			100,325
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive income		1,690,937			(352,477	)		2,043,414
Contributions from employer		—			11,235,496			(11,235,496	)
Benefits paid		(1,296,408	)		(1,296,408	)		—
Benefits paid directly by the Company		(170,486	)		—			(170,486	)
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	34,572,194		$	33,954,016		$	618,178

(Concluded)

Relevant pension costs recognized in profit and loss for defined benefit plans were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Operating costs	$	1,732,595	$	1,793,607
Marketing expenses		837,905		856,108
General and administrative expenses		154,617		162,317
Research and development expenses		97,336		101,729
	$	2,822,453	$	2,913,761

The Company is exposed to following risks for the defined benefits plans under the Labor Standards Law:

a. Investment risk

Under the Labor Standards Law, the rate of return on assets shall not be lower than the average interest rate on a two-year time deposit published by the local banks and the government is responsible for any shortfall in the event that the rate of return is less than the required rate of return. The plan assets are held in a commingled fund mainly invested in foreign and domestic equity and debt securities and bank deposits which is operated and managed by the government’s designated authorities; as such, the Company does not have any right to intervene in the investments of the funds.

b. Interest rate risk

The decline in government bond interest rate will increase the present value of the obligation on the defined benefit plan, while the return on plan assets will increase. The net effect on the present value of the obligation on defined benefit plan is partially offset by the return on plan assets.

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c. Salary risk

The calculation of the present value of defined benefit obligation is referred to the plan participants’ future salary. Hence, the increase in plan participants’ salary will increase the present value of the defined benefit obligation.

The most recent actuarial valuation of plan assets and the present value of the defined benefit obligation were carried out by the independent actuary.

The principal assumptions used for the purpose of the actuarial valuations were as follows:

	Measurement Date
	December 31
	2016	2015
Discount rates	1.50%	2.00%
Expected rates of salary increase	1.20%-2.00%	1.00%-2.00%

If reasonably possible changes of the respective significant actuarial assumptions occur at the end of reporting periods, while holding all other assumptions constant, the present value of the defined benefit obligation would increase (decrease) as follows:

	December 31
	2016			2015
Discount rates
0.5% increase	$	(1,219,246	)	$	(976,675	)
0.5% decrease	$	1,298,399		$	1,261,032
Expected rates of salary increase
0.5% increase	$	1,379,365		$	1,331,860
0.5% decrease	$	(1,305,935	)	$	(1,052,310	)

The sensitivity analysis presented above may not be representative of the actual change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation as it is unlikely that the change in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another as some of the assumptions may be correlated. There is no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from the previous period.

	December 31
	2016		2015
The expected contributions to the plan for the next year	$	2,723,526	$	11,302,013
The average duration of the defined benefit obligation		7-14 years		6-15 years

The Company’s maturity analysis of the undiscounted benefit payments as of December 31, 2016 was as follows:

Year	Amount
2017	$	1,677,503
2018		3,617,488
2019		6,227,594
2020		8,604,616
2021 and thereafter		46,986,125
	$	67,113,326

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29. EQUITY

a. Share capital

1) Common stocks

	December 31
	2016		2015
Number of authorized shares (thousand)		12,000,000		12,000,000
Authorized shares	$	120,000,000	$	120,000,000
Number of issued and paid shares (thousand)		7,757,447		7,757,447
Issued shares	$	77,574,465	$	77,574,465

The issued common stocks of a par value at $10 per share entitled the right to vote and receive dividends.

2) Global depositary receipts

The MOTC and some stockholder sold some common stocks of Chunghwa in an international offering of securities in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) (one ADS represents 10 common stocks) in July 2003, August 2005, and September 2006. The ADSs were traded on the New York Stock Exchange since July 17, 2003. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding ADSs were 350,881 thousand common stocks, which equaled 35,088 thousand units and represented 4.52% of Chunghwa’s total outstanding common stocks.

The ADS holders generally have the same rights and obligations as other common stockholders, subject to the provision of relevant laws. The exercise of such rights and obligations shall comply with the related regulations and deposit agreement, which stipulate, among other things, that ADS holders are entitled to, through deposit agents:

a) Exercise their voting rights,

b) Sell their ADSs, and

c) Receive dividends declared and subscribe to the issuance of new shares.

b. Additional paid-in capital

The adjustments of additional paid-in capital for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Share Premium		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital for Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted for Using Equity Method		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital Arising from Changes in Equities of Subsidiaries			Difference between Consideration Received and Carrying Amount of the Subsidiaries’ Net Assets upon Disposal		Donated Capital		Stockholders’ Contribution Due to Privatization		Total
Balance on January 1, 2015	$	147,329,386	$	43,648	$	13,653		$	—	$	13,170	$	20,648,078	$	168,047,935
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		34,405		—			—		—		—		34,405
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		—		—			26,644		—		—		26,644
Change in additional paid-in capital from share subscription not based on original ownership of a subsidiary		—		—		(412	)		—		—		—		(412	)

(Continued)

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	Share Premium		Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital for Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted for Using Equity Method			Movements of Additional Paid-in Capital Arising from Changes in Equities of Subsidiaries			Difference between Consideration Received and Carrying Amount of the Subsidiaries’ Net Assets upon Disposal		Donated Capital		Stockholders’ Contribution Due to Privatization		Total
Other changes in additional paid-in capital in subsidiaries	$	—	$	—		$	1,064		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,064
Subsidiary purchased its treasury stock		—		—			(14,021	)		—		—		—		(14,021	)
Balance on December 31, 2015		147,329,386		78,053			284			26,644		13,170		20,648,078		168,095,615
Change in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		—		(1,081	)		—			—		—		—		(1,081	)
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		—		—			—			58,206		—		—		58,206
Change in additional paid-in capital for not participating in the capital increase of a subsidiary		—		—			389,740			—		—		—		389,740
Share-based payment transactions of subsidiaries		—		—			6			—		—		—		6
Balance on December 31, 2016	$	147,329,386	$	76,972		$	390,030		$	84,850	$	13,170	$	20,648,078	$	168,542,486

(Concluded)

Additional paid-in capital from share premium, donated capital and the difference between consideration received and the carrying amount of the subsidiaries’ net assets upon disposal may be utilized to offset deficits; furthermore, when Chunghwa has no deficit, it may be distributed in cash or capitalized, which however is limited to a certain percentage of Chunghwa’s paid-in capital.

The additional paid-in capital from movements of paid-in capital arising from changes in equities of subsidiaries may only be utilized to offset deficits. Additional paid-in capital from movements of investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method may not be used for any purpose.

c. Retained earnings and dividends policy

In accordance with the amendments to the Company Act of the ROC in May 2015, the recipients of dividends and bonuses are limited to stockholders and do not include employees. To comply with the above amendments to the Company Act of the ROC, amendments to the policy on dividend distribution and the addition of the policy on distribution of employees’ and directors’ compensation in Chunghwa’s Articles of Incorporation were approved by the stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016.

In accordance with the Chunghwa’s amended Articles of Incorporation, Chunghwa must pay all outstanding taxes, offset deficits in prior years and set aside a legal reserve equal to 10% of its net income before distributing a dividend or making any other distribution to stockholders, except when the accumulated amount of such legal reserve equals to Chunghwa’s total issued capital, and depending on its business needs or requirements, may also set aside or reverse special reserves. No less than 50% of the remaining earnings comprising remaining balance of net income, if any, plus cumulative undistributed earnings shall be distributed as stockholders’ dividends, of which cash dividends to be distributed shall not be less than 50% of the total amount of dividends to be distributed. If cash dividend to be distributed is less than $0.10 per share, such cash dividend shall be distributed in the form of common stocks.

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For the information on remuneration for the employees and directors accured based on the Chunghwa’s pre-amended and amended Articles of Incorporation, please refer to Note 31.a.7)—Employee benefit expenses.

Chunghwa should appropriate or reverse a special reserve in accordance with Rule No. 1010012865 and Rule No. 1010047490 issued by the FSC and the directive entitled “Questions and Answers on Special Reserves Appropriated Following the Adoption of Taiwan-IFRSs”. Distributions can be made out of any subsequent reversal of the debit to other equity items.

The appropriation for legal reserve shall be made until the accumulated reserve equals the aggregate par value of the outstanding capital stock of Chunghwa. This reserve can only be used to offset a deficit, or, when the legal reserve has exceeded 25% of Chunghwa’s paid-in capital, the excess may be transferred to capital or distributed in cash.

Except for non-ROC resident stockholders, all stockholders receiving the dividends are entitled to a tax credit equal to their proportionate share of the income tax paid by the Company.

The appropriations of the 2015 and 2014 earnings of Chunghwa approved by the stockholders in their meetings on June 24, 2016 and June 26, 2015 were as follows:

	Appropriation of Earnings					Dividends Per Share (NT$)
	For Fiscal Year 2015		For Fiscal Year 2014			For Fiscal Year 2015		For Fiscal Year 2014
Legal reserve	$	—	$	680,743
Special reserve		—		(144,005	)
Cash dividends		42,551,146		37,673,263		$	5.49	$	4.86

The appropriations of earnings for 2016 had been proposed by the Chunghwa’s Board of Directors on March 7, 2017. The appropriations and dividends per share were as follows:

	Appropriation of Earnings		Dividends Per Share (NT$)
Special reserve	$	5,404
Cash dividends		38,336,525	$	4.94

The appropriations of earnings for 2016 are subject to the resolution of the stockholders’ meeting planned to be held on June 23, 2017. Information of the appropriation of the Chunghwa’s earnings proposed by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders is available on the Market Observation Post System website.

d. Other equity items

1) Exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations

The exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations from their functional currency to New Taiwan dollars were recognized as exchange differences arising from the translation of the foreign operations in other comprehensive income.

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2) Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	90,964		$	739,988
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale financial assets		(720,914	)		(670,029	)
Income tax relating to unrealized gain and loss on available-for-sale financial assets		1,516			(2,055	)
Amount reclassified from equity to profit or loss on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets		216			—
Amount reclassified from equity to profit or loss on impairment of available-for-sale financial assets		577,333			23,060
Ending balance	$	(50,885	)	$	90,964

e. Noncontrolling interests

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	5,269,075		$	5,085,185
Shares attributed to noncontrolling interests
Net income of the year		1,162,975			858,617
Exchange differences arising from the translation of the net investment in foreign operations		(40,559	)		(1,972	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets		(1,102	)		1,494
Income tax relating to unrealized gain and loss on available-for-sale financial assets		187			(254	)
Remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans		(17,577	)		(3,219	)
Income tax relating to remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans		2,988			549
Share of other comprehensive income of associates accounted for using equity method		(1,228	)		1,701
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries		(709,971	)		(350,003	)
Change in additional paid-in capital for not participating in the capital increase of a subsidiary		785,769			—
Change in additional paid-in capital from share subscription not based on original ownership of a subsidiary		—			412
Changes in additional paid-in capital from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		(1,543	)		(2,688	)
Partial disposal of interests in subsidiaries		25,422			18,484
Other changes in additional paid-in capital in subsidiaries		—			1,559
Share-based payment transactions of subsidiaries		17,189			36,326
Subsidiary purchased its treasury stock		—			(416,451	)
Net increase in noncontrolling interests		4,297			39,335
Ending balance	$	6,495,922		$	5,269,075

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30. REVENUES

The main source of revenue of the Company includes various telecommunications services in many different streams, please refer to Note 44.

31. NET INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

a. Net income

1) Other income and expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	(595,828	)	$	(138,093	)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		(48,249	)		(109,040	)
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties		147,527			142,047
Impairment loss on intangible assets		(99	)		—
Loss on disposal of intangible assets		—			(20	)
	$	(496,649	)	$	(105,106	)

2) Other income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Dividend income	$	390,856	$	218,232
Income from Piping Fund		201,648		202,492
Rental income		40,776		37,611
Others		438,826		191,738
	$	1,072,106	$	650,073

3) Other gains and losses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Net foreign currency exchange gains	$	180,877		$	62,645
Gain (loss) on disposal of financial instruments		490			(449	)
Gain (loss) on disposal of investments accounted for using equity method		(409	)		8,058
Valuation gain (loss) on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, net		(1,153	)		163
Impairment loss on investments accounted for using equity method		—			(8,213	)
Impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost		—			(81,269	)
Impairment loss on available-for-sale financial assets		(577,333	)		(25,910	)
Others		(49,012	)		(179,234	)
	$	(446,540	)	$	(224,209	)

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4) Impairment loss (reversal of impairment loss) on financial instruments

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Notes and accounts receivable	$	942,727		$	480,143
Other receivables	$	(1,736	)	$	38,364
Available-for-sale financial assets	$	577,333		$	25,910
Financial assets carried at cost	$	—		$	81,269

5) Impairment loss (reversal of impairment loss) on non-finacial assets

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Inventories	$	191,846		$	198,312
Property, plant and equipment	$	595,828		$	138,093
Investments accounted for using equity method	$	—		$	8,213
Investment properties	$	(147,527	)	$	(142,047	)
Intangible assets	$	99		$	—

6) Depreciation and amortization expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Property, plant and equipment	$	29,087,029	$	30,349,815
Investment properties		19,119		18,363
Intangible assets		3,378,821		3,079,912
Total depreciation and amortization expenses	$	32,484,969	$	33,448,090
Depreciation expenses summarized by functions
Operating costs	$	27,214,066	$	28,292,112
Operating expenses		1,892,082		2,076,066
	$	29,106,148	$	30,368,178
Amortization expenses summarized by functions
Operating costs	$	3,041,872	$	2,742,237
Marketing expenses		172,827		177,739
General and administrative expenses		126,085		115,531
Research and development expenses		38,037		44,405
	$	3,378,821	$	3,079,912

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7) Employee benefit expenses

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Post-employment benefit
Defined contribution plans	$	543,872	$	488,521
Defined benefit plans		2,822,453		2,913,761
		3,366,325		3,402,282
Share-based payment
Equity-settled share-based payment		17,195		36,326
Other employee benefit
Salaries		25,984,961		25,525,536
Insurance		2,651,837		2,642,982
Others		15,729,590		15,717,146
		44,366,388		43,885,664
Total employee benefit expenses	$	47,749,908	$	47,324,272
Summary by functions
Operating costs	$	25,189,832	$	25,320,099
Operating expenses		22,560,076		22,004,173
	$	47,749,908	$	47,324,272

According to the Company Act as amended in May 2015 and the amendments to the Chunghwa’s Articles of Incorporation approved by the Chunghwa’s stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016, Chunghwa distributes employees’ compensation at the rates from 1.7% to 4.3% and remuneration to directors not higher than 0.17%, respectively, of pre-tax income. Chunghwa accrued employees’ compensation and remuneration to directors according to the aforementioned policy for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. As of December 31, 2016, the payables of the employees’ compensation and of the remuneration to directors were $1,702,164 thousand and $42,087 thousand, respectively. Such amounts have been approved by the Chunghwa’s Board of Directors on March 7, 2017 and will be reported to the stockholders in their meeting planned to be held on June 23, 2017.

If there is a change in the proposed amounts after the annual financial statements are authorized for issue, the differences are recorded as a change in accounting estimate.

The appropriations of the 2015 employees’ compensation and remuneration to directors were approved by the Board of Directors on March 11, 2016 and reported to the stockholders in their meeting after the amendments to Chunghwa’s Articles of Incorporation was approved by the Chunghwa’s stockholders in their meeting on June 24, 2016. The appropriations of the 2014 bonuses to employees and remuneration to directors of Chunghwa were approved by the stockholders in their meeting on June 26, 2015. The related information was as follows:

	2015		2014
	Cash Bonus		Cash Bonus
Bonus or compensation distributed to the employees	$	1,927,518	$	1,510,068
Remuneration paid to the directors		44,852		39,223

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There was no difference between the initial accrual amounts and the amounts paid of the aforementioned bonus or compensation to employees and the remuneration to directors.

Information of the appropriation of Chunghwa’s employees compensation or bonuses and remuneration to directors and those approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders is available on the Market Observation Post System website.

b. Reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss)

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets
Arising during the year	$	(722,016	)	$	(671,385	)
Reclassification adjustments
Upon disposal		216			—
Upon impairment		577,333			25,910
	$	(144,467	)	$	(645,475	)
Cash flow hedges
Gain (loss) arising during the year	$	14,750		$	18,845
Reclassification adjustments included in profit or loss		(696	)		741
Adjusted against the carrying amount of hedged items		(15,139	)		(18,805	)
	$	(1,085	)	$	781

32. INCOME TAX

a. Income tax recognized in profit or loss

The major components of income tax expense were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Current tax
Current tax expenses recognized for the year	$	6,735,442		$	8,571,999
Income tax on unappropriated earnings		19,244			21,627
Income tax adjustments on prior years		(21,709	)		(82,722	)
Others		14,906			13,700
		6,747,883			8,524,604
Deferred tax
Deferred tax expenses recognized for the year		1,404,679			(220,736	)
Income tax recognized in profit or loss	$	8,152,562		$	8,303,868

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Reconciliation of accounting profit and income tax expense was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Income before income tax	$	49,382,547		$	51,968,213
Income tax expense calculated at the statutory rate (17%)	$	8,395,033		$	8,834,596
Nondeductible revenues and expenses in determining taxable income		5,316			27,801
Unrecognized deductible temporary differences		(8,537	)		11,367
Unrecognized loss carryforwards		11,605			83,479
Tax-exempt income		(20,231	)		(183,221	)
Income tax on unappropriated earnings		19,244			21,627
Investment credits		(234,101	)		(329,756	)
Effect of different tax rates of group entities operating in other jurisdictions		(8,117	)		(94,366	)
Adjustments of tax expense on prior years		(21,709	)		(82,722	)
Others		14,059			15,063
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss	$	8,152,562		$	8,303,868

The applicable tax rate used above is the corporate tax rate of 17% payable by the entities subject to the Income Tax Law of the Republic of China, while the applicable tax rate used by subsidiaries in China is 25%. Tax rates used by other entities in the Company operating in other jurisdictions are based on the tax laws in those jurisdictions.

b. Income tax expense (benefit) recognized in other comprehensive income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Deferred tax
Unrealized gain or loss on available-for-sale financial assets	$	(1,703	)	$	2,309
Remeasurement on defined benefit plan		(347,380	)		(39,347	)
Total income tax benefit recognized in other comprehensive income	$	(349,083	)	$	(37,038	)

c. Current tax assets and liabilities

	December 31
	2016		2015
Current tax assets
Tax refund receivable (included in other current assets—other)	$	5,337	$	7,977
Current tax liabilities
Income tax payable	$	2,467,551	$	4,751,181

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d. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities

The movements of deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

For the year ended December 31, 2016

	January 1, 2016		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income			December 31, 2016
Deferred income tax assets
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	1,205,660	$	(179,240	)	$	347,335		$	1,373,755
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		325,231		4,544			—			329,775
Allowance for doubtful receivables over quota		168,756		61,261			—			230,017
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		44,406		78,399			—			122,805
Deferred revenue		136,403		(19,210	)		—			117,193
Valuation loss on inventory		33,323		(12,707	)		—			20,616
Accrued award credits liabilities		21,970		(2,044	)		—			19,926
Estimated warranty liabilities		17,584		960			—			18,544
Property, plant and equipment		2,027		(177	)		—			1,850
Unrealized foreign exchange loss, net		18,479		(18,359	)		—			120
Others		39,502		(5,727	)		—			33,775
		2,013,341		(92,300	)		347,335			2,268,376
Loss carryforwards		48,236		5,614			—			53,850
	$	2,061,577	$	(86,686	)	$	347,335		$	2,322,226
Deferred income tax liabilities
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	614	$	1,267,750		$	(45	)	$	1,268,319
Land value incremental tax		94,986		—			—			94,986
Deferred revenue for award credits		1,942		43,748			—			45,690
Intangible assets		43,373		(2,631	)		—			40,742
Unrealized foreign exchange gain, net		542		9,003			—			9,545
Valuation gain or loss on financial instruments, net		5,326		9			(1,703	)		3,632
Others		1,192		114			—			1,306
	$	147,975	$	1,317,993		$	(1,748	)	$	1,464,220

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For the year ended December 31, 2015

	January 1, 2015		Recognized in Profit or Loss			Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income			Acquisition Through Business Combinations		December 31, 2015
Deferred income tax assets
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	1,099,003	$	67,315		$	39,342		$	—	$	1,205,660
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method		277,227		48,004			—			—		325,231
Allowance for doubtful receivables over quota		113,892		54,864			—			—		168,756
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		31,521		12,885			—			—		44,406
Deferred revenue		155,614		(19,211	)		—			—		136,403
Valuation loss on inventory		41,142		(7,819	)		—			—		33,323
Accrued award credits liabilities		28,543		(6,573	)		—			—		21,970
Estimated warranty liabilities		19,025		(1,441	)		—			—		17,584
Property, plant and equipment		—		(58	)		—			2,085		2,027
Unrealized foreign exchange loss, net		—		18,479			—			—		18,479
Others		33,607		5,895			—			—		39,502
		1,799,574		172,340			39,342			2,085		2,013,341
Loss carryforwards		29,012		17,631			—			1,593		48,236
	$	1,828,586	$	189,971		$	39,342		$	3,678	$	2,061,577
Deferred income tax liabilities
Temporary differences
Defined benefit obligation	$	—	$	619		$	(5	)	$	—	$	614
Land value incremental tax		94,986		—			—			—		94,986
Deferred revenue for award credits		5,016		(3,074	)		—			—		1,942
Intangible assets		—		(657	)		—			44,030		43,373
Unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss), net		29,216		(28,674	)		—			—		542
Valuation gain or loss on financial instruments, net		3,188		(171	)		2,309			—		5,326
Others		—		1,192			—			—		1,192
	$	132,406	$	(30,765	)	$	2,304		$	44,030	$	147,975

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e. Deductible temporary differences and unused loss carryforwards for which no deferred tax assets have been recognized in the consolidated balance sheets

	December 31
	2016		2015
Loss carryforwards
Expire in 2017	$	67,200	$	67,200
Expire in 2018		126,429		126,429
Expire in 2019		137,604		156,456
Expire in 2020		41,858		80,245
Expire in 2021		12,817		23
Expire in 2022		1,446		1,610
Expire in 2023		592		592
Expire in 2024		20		20
Expire in 2025		13,702		14,541
Expire in 2026		23		—
	$	401,691	$	447,116
Deductible temporary differences	$	3,431	$	11,968

f. Information about unused loss carryforwards

As of December 31, 2016, information about loss carryforwards was as follows:

Remaining Creditable Amount		Expiry Year
	$67,200	2017
	126,429	2018
	137,604	2019
	49,649	2020
	23,276	2021
	1,672	2022
	2,670	2023
	4,192	2024
	32,338	2025
	10,511	2026
	$455,541

g. The related information under the Integrated Income Tax System was as follows:

Unappropriated earnings information

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, all Chunghwa’s unappropriated earnings are generated after the adoption of Integrated Income Tax System.

Imputation credit account

	December 31
	2016		2015
Balance of Imputation Credit Account (“ICA”)	$	7,691,405	$	7,516,432

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The creditable ratios for distribution of earnings of 2016 and 2015 were 20.48% (estimated ratio) and 20.48%, respectively. Effective from January 1, 2015, the creditable ratio for individual stockholders residing in the Republic of China is half of the original creditable ratio according to the revised Article 66-6 of the Income Tax Law of the ROC.

h. Income tax examinations

Income tax returns of Chunghwa have been examined by the tax authorities through 2014 (except 2013). Income tax returns of SENAO and LED have been examined by the tax authorities through 2013. Income tax returns of CHIEF, CHSI, CHYP, SFD, Youth, ISPOT, Youyi, SHE, CEI, CHPT, CHI and HHI have been examined by the tax authorities through 2014. Income tax returns of Unigate and CHST have been examined by the tax authorities through 2015. Income tax returns of CEI’s 2015 current final reports on total business income to liquidation date and on income earned from liquidation have been examined by the tax authorities.

33. EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”)

Net income and weighted average number of common stocks used in the calculation of earnings per share were as follows:

Net Income

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Net income used to compute the basic earnings per share
Net income attributable to the parent	$	40,067,010		$	42,805,728
Assumed conversion of all dilutive potential common stocks
Employee stock options and employee compensation of subsidiaries		(524	)		(921	)
Net income used to compute the diluted earnings per share	$	40,066,486		$	42,804,807

Weighted Average Number of Common Stocks

	(Thousand Shares)
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Weighted average number of common stocks used to compute the basic earnings per share		7,757,447		7,757,447
Assumed conversion of all dilutive potential common stocks
Employee compensation		11,922		18,231
Weighted average number of common stocks used to compute the diluted earnings per share		7,769,369		7,775,678

Because Chunghwa may settle the employee compensation in shares or cash, Chunghwa shall presume that it will be settled in shares and takes those shares into consideration when calculating the weighted average number of outstanding shares used in the calculation of diluted EPS if the shares have a dilutive effect. The dilutive effect of the shares needs to be considered until the approval of the number of shares to be distributed to employees as compensation in the following year.

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34. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT

a. SENAO share-based compensation plan (“SENAO Plan”) described as follows:

Effective Date for Plan Registration	Resolution Date by SENAO’s Board of Directors	Stock Options Units (Thousand)	Exercise Price (NT$)
2012.05.28	2013.04.29	10,000	$76.10 (Original price $93.00)

Each option is eligible to subscribe for one common share when exercisable. Under the terms of the SENAO Plan, the options are granted at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the SENAO’s common stocks listed on the TSE on the higher of closing price or par value. The SENAO Plan have exercise price adjustment formula upon the changes in common stocks equity (including cash capital increase, new share issue through capitalization of earnings and additional paid-in capital, merger, spin off and new share issue for Global Depositary Shares, and so on) or distribution of cash dividends. The options of SENAO Plan are valid for six years and the graded vesting schedule for which 50% of option granted will vest two years after the grant date and another two tranches of 25%, each will vest three and four years after the grant date respectively.

Stock options granted on May 7, 2013 applied IFRS 2. The recognized compensation costs were $13,229 thousand and $35,562 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

SENAO modified the plan terms of the outstanding stock options in July 2016, the exercise price changed from $81.40 to $76.10 per share. The modification did not cause any incremental fair value granted.

SENAO modified the plan terms of the outstanding stock options in August 2015, the exercise price changed from $84.30 to $81.40 per share. The modification did not cause any incremental fair value granted.

Information about SENAO’s outstanding stock options for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016					2015
	Granted on May 7, 2013					Granted on May 7, 2013
	Number of Options (Thousand)			Weighted- average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options (Thousand)			Weighted- average Exercise Price (NT$)
Employee stock options
Options outstanding at beginning of the year		7,787		$	81.40		9,027		$	84.30
Options exercised		—			—		—			—
Options forfeited		(1,200	)		—		(1,240	)		—
Options outstanding at end of the year		6,587			76.10		7,787			81.40
Option exercisable at end of the year		4,947			76.10		4,049			81.40

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As of December 31, 2016, information about employee stock options outstanding was as follows:

Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price (NT$)	Number of Options (Thousand)		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options (Thousand)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)
$76.10		6,587		2.35	$	76.10		4,947	$	76.10

As of December 31, 2015, information about employee stock options outstanding was as follows:

Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price (NT$)	Number of Options (Thousand)		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options (Thousand)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)
$81.40		7,787		3.35	$	81.40		4,049	$	81.40

SENAO used the fair value method to evaluate the options using the Black-Scholes model and the related assumptions and the fair value of the options were as follows:

	Stock Options Granted on May 7, 2013
Grant-date share price (NT$)	$	93.00
Exercise price (NT$)	$	93.00
Dividends yield		—
Risk-free interest rate		0.91%
Expected life		4.375 years
Expected volatility		36.22%
Weighted average fair value of grants (NT$)	$	28.72

Expected volatility was based on the historical share price volatility of SENAO over the period equal to the expected life of SENAO Plan.

b. CHIEF share-based compensation plan (“CHIEF Plan”) described as follows:

Effective Date for Plan Registration	Resolution Date by CHIEF’s Board of Directors		Stock Options Units		Exercise Price (NT$)
2015.10.22		2015.10.22		2,000	$34.40 (Original price$43.00)

Each option is eligible to subscribe for one thousand common stocks when exercisable. Under the terms of the CHIEF Plan, the options are granted at an exercise price equal to $43.00. The options are granted to specific employees that meet the vesting conditions. The CHIEF Plan has exercise price adjustment formula upon the changes in common stocks or distribution of cash dividends. The options of CHIEF Plan are valid for five years and the graded vesting schedule will vest two years after the grant date.

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Stock options granted on October 22, 2015 applied IFRS 2. The recognized compensation costs were $3,950 thousand and $764 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

CHIEF modified the plan terms of the outstanding stock options in July 2016, the exercise price changed from $43.00 to $34.40 per share. The modification did not cause any incremental fair value granted.

Information about CHIEF’s outstanding stock options for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016					2015
	Granted on October 22, 2015					Granted on October 22, 2015
	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)
Employee stock options
Options outstanding at beginning of the year		2,000		$	43.00		—	$	—
Options granted		—			—		2,000		43.00
Options forfeited		(52	)		—		—		—
Options outstanding at end of the year		1,948			34.40		2,000		43.00
Option exercisable at end of the year		—			—		—		—

As of December 31, 2016, information about employee stock options outstanding was as follows:

Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price (NT$)	Number of Options		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)
$34.40		1,948		3.81	$	34.40		—	$	—

As of December 31, 2015, information about employee stock options outstanding was as follows:

Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price (NT$)	Number of Options		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)		Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price (NT$)
$43.00		2,000		4.81	$	43.00		—	$	—

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CHIEF used the fair value method to evaluate the options using the binomial option pricing model and the related assumptions and the fair value of the options were as follows:

	Stock Options Granted on October 22, 2015
Grant-date share price (NT$)		$39.55
Exercise price (NT$)		$43.00
Dividends yield		—
Risk-free interest rate		0.86%
Expected life		5 years
Expected volatility		21.02%
Weighted average fair value of grants (NT$)		$4,863

Expected volatility was based on the average annualized historical share price volatility of CHIEF’s comparable companies before the grant date.

c. New shares reserved for subscription by employees under cash injection of CHPT

On December 8, 2015, the Board of Directors of CHPT approved the cash injection to issue 2,787 thousand shares and simultaneously reserved 418 thousand shares for subscription by employees according to the Company Act of the ROC. Furthermore, when the employees subscribed some shares or discarded their rights to subscribe shares, the Board of Directors of CHPT authorized the chairman of the Board of Directors to contact specific people or group to subscribe.

The aforementioned options granted to employees are accounted for and measured at fair value in accordance with IFRS 2. The recognized compensation cost was $16 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2016.

CHPT used the fair value method to evaluate the options granted to employees on March 10, 2016 using the Black-Scholes model and the related assumptions and the fair value of the options were as follows:

	Stock Options Granted on March 10, 2016
Grant-date share price (NT$)		$302.46
Exercise price (NT$)		$360.00
Dividends yield		—
Risk-free interest rate		0.37%
Expected life		12 days
Expected volatility		37.43%
Weighted average fair value of grants (NT$)		$0.04

Expected volatility was based on the average annualized historical share price volatility of CHPT’s comparable companies before the grant date.

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35. NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company entered into the following non-cash investing activities:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Increase in property, plant and equipment	$	24,591,272		$	24,450,670
Changes in other payables		(1,074,489	)		633,284
	$	23,516,783		$	25,083,954

36. OPERATING LEASE ARRANGEMENTS

a. The Company as lessee

Except for the ST-2 satellite referred in Note 39 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company entered into several lease agreements for base stations located all over in Taiwan. The future aggregate minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Within one year	$	2,811,440	$	3,172,484
Longer than one year but within five years		5,449,712		5,614,320
Longer than five years		960,069		1,185,763
	$	9,221,221	$	9,972,567

b. The Company as lessor

The Company leases out some land and buildings. The future aggregate minimum lease collection under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Within one year	$	427,159	$	398,832
Longer than one year but within five years		600,093		526,686
Longer than five years		320,982		374,400
	$	1,348,234	$	1,299,918

37. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Company manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Company will be able to continue as going concerns while maximizing the return to stakeholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance.

The capital structure of the Company consists of debt of the Company and the equity attributable to the parent.

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Some consolidated entities are required to maintain minimum paid-in capital amount as prescribed by the applicable laws.

The management reviews the capital structure of the Company as needed. As part of this review, the management considers the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital.

According to the management’s suggestion, the Company maintains a balanced capital structure through paying cash dividends, increasing its share capital, purchasing treasury stock, and proceeds from new debt or repayment of debt.

38. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair Value Information

The fair value measurement guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value. These levels are:

Level 1 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

Level 3 fair value measurements: These measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

a. Financial instruments that are not measured at fair value but for which fair value is disclosed

Except for what disclosed in the following table, the Company considers that the carrying amounts of finanal assets and liablities not measured at fair value approximate their fair values or the fair values cannot be reliable estimated:

December 31, 2016

	Carrying Amount		Fair Value
			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Held-to-maturity financial assets
Corporate bonds	$	1,989,892	$	—	$	1,995,869	$	—
Bank debentures		150,000		—		150,488		—
	$	2,139,892	$	—	$	2,146,357	$	—

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December 31, 2015

	Carrying Amount		Fair Value
			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Held-to-maturity financial assets
Corporate bonds	$	3,870,540	$	—	$	3,890,730	$	—
Bank debentures		150,000		—		149,997		—
	$	4,020,540	$	—	$	4,040,727	$	—

The Level 2 fair values are estimated using discounted cash flow models. The models use market-based observable inputs including duration, yield rate and credit rating.

b. Financial instruments that are measured at fair values on a recurring basis

December 31, 2016

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets at FVTPL
Derivatives	$	—	$	217	$	—	$	217
Available-for-sale financial assets
Listed securities
Equity investments	$	2,521,027	$	—	$	—	$	2,521,027
Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Derivatives	$	—	$	1,356	$	—	$	1,356
Hedging derivative financial liabilities	$	—	$	586	$	—	$	586

December 31, 2015

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets at FVTPL
Derivatives	$	—	$	163	$	—	$	163
Hedging derivative financial assets	$	—	$	498	$	—	$	498
Available-for-sale financial assets
Listed securities
Equity investments	$	3,242,827	$	—	$	—	$	3,242,827

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

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The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

1) The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded in active markets are determined with reference to quoted market prices.

2) For derivatives, fair values are estimated using discounted cash flow model. Future cash flows are estimated based on observable inputs including forward exchange rates at the end of the reporting periods and the forward and spot exchange rates stated in the contracts, discounted at a rate that reflects the credit risk of various counterparties.

Categories of Financial Instruments

	December 31
	2016		2015
Financial assets
Measured at FVTPL
Held for trading	$	217	$	163
Hedging derivative financial assets		—		498
Held-to-maturity financial assets		2,139,892		4,020,540
Loans and receivables (Note a)		70,040,806		63,738,690
Available-for-sale financial assets (Note b)		4,763,847		5,510,696
Financial liabilities
Measured at FVTPL
Held for trading		1,356		—
Hedging derivative financial liabilities		586		—
Measured at amortized cost (Note c)		40,553,001		36,365,152

Note a: The balances included cash and cash equivalents, trade notes and accounts receivable, receivables from related parties, other current monetary assets, other financial assets and refundable deposits (classified as other noncurrent assets) which were loans and receivables.

Note b: The balances included financial assets carried at cost which were classified as available-for-sale financial assets.

Note c: The balances included short-term loans, trade notes and accounts payable, payables to related parties, partial other payables, customers’ deposits and long-term loans which were financial liabilities carried at amortized cost.

Financial Risk Management Objectives

The main financial instruments of the Company include equity and debt investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and loans. The Company’s Finance Department provides services to its business units, co-ordinates access to domestic and international capital markets, monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Company through internal risk reports which analyze exposures by degree and magnitude of risks. These risks include market risk (including foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk.

The Company seeks to minimize the effects of these risks by using derivative financial instruments to hedge risk exposures. The use of financial derivatives is governed by the Company’s policies approved by the Board of Directors. Those derivatives are used to hedge the risks of exchange rate fluctuation arising from operating or investment activities. Compliance with policies and risk exposure limits is reviewed by the Company’s Finance Department on a continuous basis. The Company does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes.

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Chunghwa reports the significant risk exposures and related action plans timely and actively to the audit committee and to the Board of Directors if needed.

a. Market risk

The Company is exposed to market risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The Company uses forward exchange contracts to hedge the exchange rate risk arising from assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies.

There were no changes to the Company’s exposure to market risks or the manner in which these risks are managed and measured.

1) Foreign currency risk

The carrying amounts of the Company’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Assets
USD	$	5,326,692	$	4,596,220
EUR		14,004		47,066
SGD		105,710		109,520
RMB		29,737		40,689
JPY		13,021		245,289
Liabilities
USD		4,237,739		4,171,693
EUR		967,727		1,292,838
SGD		576		2,553
RMB		49		67
JPY		10,454		13,983

The carrying amounts of the Company’s derivatives with exchange rate risk exposures at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Assets
USD	$	217	$	149
EUR		—		512
Liabilities
USD		—		—
EUR		1,942		—

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Foreign currency sensitivity analysis

The Company is mainly exposed to the fluctuations of the currencies listed above.

The following table details the Company’s sensitivity to a 5% increase and decrease in the functional currency against the relevant foreign currencies. 5% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible changes in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and forward exchange contracts. A positive number below indicates an increase in pre-tax profit or equity where the functional currency weakens 5% against the relevant currency.

	Year Ended December 31
	2016			2015
Profit or loss
Monetary assets and liabilities (a)
USD	$	54,448		$	21,226
EUR		(47,686	)		(62,289	)
SGD		5,257			5,348
RMB		1,484			2,031
JPY		128			11,565
Derivatives (b)
USD		2,741			1,318
EUR		8,233			32,832
Equity
Derivatives (c)
EUR		5,030			15,306

a) This is mainly attributable to the exposure to foreign currency denominated receivables and payables of the Company outstanding at the balance sheet dates.

b) This is mainly attributable to the forward exchange contracts.

c) This is mainly attributable to the changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges.

For a 5% strengthening of the functional currency against the relevant currencies, it would have the equal but opposite effect on the pre-tax profit or equity for the amounts shown above.

2) Interest rate risk

The carrying amounts of the Company’s exposures to interest rates on financial assets and financial liabilities at the balance sheet dates were as follows:

	December 31
	2016		2015
Fair value interest rate risk
Financial assets	$	28,302,792	$	26,237,631
Financial liabilities		—		110,000
Cash flow interest rate risk
Financial assets		6,581,916		6,461,493
Financial liabilities		1,738,000		1,750,000

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Interest rate sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to interest rates for non-derivative instruments at the end of the reporting period. A 25 basis point increase or decrease is used when reporting interest rate risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in interest rates.

If interest rates had been 25 basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held constant, the Company’s pre-tax income would increase/decrease by $12,110 thousand and $11,779 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This is mainly attributable to the Company’s exposure to floating interest rates on its financial assets and short-term and long-term loan.

3) Other price risk

The Company is exposed to equity price risks arising from listed equity investments. Equity investments are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The management managed the risk through holding various risk portfolios. Further, the Company assigned finance and investment departments to monitor the price risk.

Equity price sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to equity price risks at the end of the reporting period.

If equity prices of listed equity securities had been 5% higher/lower, other comprehensive income would have increased/decreased by $126,051 thousand and $162,141 thousand as a result of the changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

b. Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty would default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Company. The maximum credit exposure of the aforementioned financial instruments is equal to their carrying amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheet as of the balance sheet date.

The Company has large trade receivables outstanding with its customers. A substantial majority of the Company’s outstanding trade receivables are not covered by collateral or credit insurance. The Company has implemented ongoing measures including enhancing credit assessments and strengthening overall risk management to reduce its credit risk. While the Company has procedures to monitor and limit exposure to credit risk on trade receivables, there can be no assurance such procedures will effectively limit its credit risk and avoid losses. This risk is heightened during periods when economic conditions worsen.

As the Company serves a large number of unrelated consumers, the concentration of credit risk was limited.

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c. Liquidity risk

The Company manages and contains sufficient cash and cash equivalent position to support the operations and reduce the impact on fluctuation of cash flow.

1) Liquidity and interest risk tables

The following tables detailed the Company’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities with agreed repayment periods. The tables had been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Company is required to pay.

	Weighted Average Effective Interest Rate (%)		Less Than 1 Month		1-3 Months		3 Months to 1 Year		1-5 Years		More Than 5 Years		Total
December 31, 2016
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Non-interest bearing		—	$	43,975,279	$	—	$	2,014,794	$	4,609,580	$	—	$	50,599,653
Floating interest rate instruments		1.00		—		38,000		100,000		1,600,000		—		1,738,000
			$	43,975,279	$	38,000	$	2,114,794	$	6,209,580	$	—	$	52,337,653
December 31, 2015
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Non-interest bearing		—	$	40,208,974	$	—	$	2,190,085	$	4,725,826	$	—	$	47,124,885
Floating interest rate instruments		1.13		—		—		7,692		1,646,154		96,154		1,750,000
Fixed interest rate instruments		1.82		50,000		—		60,000		—		—		110,000
			$	40,258,974	$	—	$	2,257,777	$	6,371,980	$	96,154	$	48,984,885

The following table detailed the Company’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments. The table had been drawn up based on the undiscounted gross inflows and outflows on those derivatives that require gross settlement.

	Less Than 1 Month		1-3 Months			3 Months to 1 Year		1-5 Years		Total
December 31, 2016
Gross settled
Forward exchange contracts
Inflows	$	54,846	$	266,741		$	—	$	—	$	321,587
Outflows		54,629		268,683			—		—		323,312
	$	217	$	(1,942	)	$	—	$	—	$	(1,725	)
December 31, 2015
Gross settled
Forward exchange contracts
Inflows	$	26,552	$	473,437		$	492,056	$	—	$	992,045
Outflows		26,403		476,337			488,644		—		991,384
	$	149	$	(2,900	)	$	3,412	$	—	$	661

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2) Financing facilities

	December 31
	2016		2015
Unsecured bank loan facility
Amount used	$	118,000	$	110,000
Amount unused		46,218,883		41,278,250
	$	46,336,883	$	41,388,250
Secured bank loan facility
Amount used	$	1,620,000	$	1,750,000
Amount unused		200,000		200,000
	$	1,820,000	$	1,950,000

39. RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS

The ROC Government, one of Chunghwa’s customers, has significant equity interest in Chunghwa. Chunghwa provides fixed-line services, wireless services, internet and data and other services to the various departments and institutions of the ROC Government in the normal course of business and at arm’s-length prices. The transactions with the ROC government bodies have not been disclosed because the transactions are not individually or collectively significant. However, the related revenues and operating costs have been appropriately recorded.

a. The Company engages in business transactions with the following related parties:

Company	Relationship
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Associate
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Associate
Skysoft Co., Ltd.	Associate
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd.	Associate
Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Associate
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation	Associate
Huada Digital Corporation	Joint venture
Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd.	Joint venture
International Integrated System, Inc.	Associate
Senao Networks, Inc.	Associate
HopeTech Technologies Limited	Associate
EnGenius Tech. Co., Ltd.	Associate
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd.	Associate
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd.	Associate
Xiamen Sertec Business Technology Co., Ltd.	Associate
Click Force Co., Ltd.	Associate
Other related parties
Chunghwa Telecom Foundation	A nonprofit organization of which the funds donated by Chunghwa exceeds one third of its total funds
Senao Technical and Cultural Foundation	A nonprofit organization of which the funds donated by SENAO exceeds one third of its total funds
Sochamp Technology Co., Ltd.	Investor of significant influence over CHST

(Continued)

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Company	Relationship
E-Life Mall Co., Ltd.	One of the directors of E-Life Mall and a director of SENAO are members of an immediate family
Engenius Technologies Co., Ltd.	Chairman of Engenius Technologies Co., Ltd. is a member of SENAO’s management
United Daily News Co., Ltd.	Investor of significant influence over SFD
Shenzhen Century Communication Co., Ltd.	Investor of significant influence over SCT

(Concluded)

b. Balances and transactions between Chunghwa and its subsidiaries, which are related parties of Chunghwa, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note. Terms of the foregoing transactions with related parties were not significantly different from transactions with non-related parties. When no similar transactions with non-related parties can be referenced, terms were determined in accordance with mutual agreements. Details of transactions between the Company and other related parties are disclosed below:

1) Operating transactions

	Revenues
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	292,488	$	332,788
Joint ventures		6,802		8,811
Others		49,146		81,190
	$	348,436	$	422,789

	Operating Costs and Expenses
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	1,404,519	$	1,450,782
Joint ventures		17,246		16,931
Others		73,763		62,423
	$	1,495,528	$	1,530,136

2) Non-operating transactions

	Non-operating Income and Expenses
	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	37,167	$	36,296
Others		46		—
	$	37,213	$	36,296

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3) Receivables

	December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	8,942	$	28,763
Joint ventures		50		542
Others		4,807		12,751
	$	13,799	$	42,056

4) Payables

	December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	756,930	$	601,730
Joint ventures		954		4,849
Others		4,189		4,521
	$	762,073	$	611,100

5) Customers’ deposits

	December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	10,355	$	10,965
Joint ventures		640		—
	$	10,995	$	10,965

6) Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Associates	$	313,202	$	313,346
Joint ventures		6,869		11,345
	$	320,071	$	324,691

7) Prepayments

Chunghwa entered into a contract with ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. on March 12, 2010 to lease capacity on the ST-2 satellite. This lease term is for 15 years which should start from the official operation of ST-2 satellite and the total contract value is approximately $6,000,000 thousand (SG$260,723 thousand), including a prepayment of $3,067,711 thousand, and the rest of amount should be paid annually when ST-2 satellite starts its official operation. ST-2 satellite was launched in May 2011, and began its official operation in August 2011. The total rental expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $393,701 thousand, which consisted of an offsetting credit of the prepayment of $204,398 thousand and an additional accrual of $189,303 thousand. The total rental expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $404,120 thousand, which consisted of an offsetting credit of the prepayment of $204,398 thousand and an additional accrual of $199,722 thousand. The prepaid rents (classified as prepayments) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, were as follows:

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	December 31
	2016		2015
Prepaid rents—current	$	204,398	$	204,398
Prepaid rents—noncurrent		1,754,419		1,958,817
	$	1,958,817	$	2,163,215

c. Compensation of key management personnel

The remuneration of directors and members of key management personnel was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Short-term employee benefits	$	251,137	$	211,836
Share-based payment		1,779		3,435
Post-employment benefits		8,038		8,476
	$	260,954	$	223,747

The remuneration of directors and key executives is mainly determined by the compensation committee having regard to the performance of individual and market trends.

40. PLEDGED ASSETS

The following assets are pledged as collaterals for bank loans and custom duties of the imported materials.

	December 31
	2016		2015
Property, plant and equipment	$	2,579,866	$	3,101,079
Land held under development (included in inventories)		1,998,733		1,998,733
Restricted assets (included in other assets— others)		20,633		2,018
	$	4,599,232	$	5,101,830

41. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNIZED COMMITMENTS

As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s remaining commitments under non-cancelable contracts with various parties, excluding those disclosed in other notes, were as follows:

a. Acquisitions of land and buildings of $872,624 thousand.

b. Acquisitions of telecommunications equipment of $12,293,355 thousand.

c. Unused letters of credit amounting to $50,000 thousand.

d. A commitment to contribute $2,000,000 thousand to a Piping Fund administered by the Taipei City Government, of which $1,000,000 thousand was contributed by Chunghwa on August 15, 1996 (classified as other monetary assets—noncurrent). If the fund is not sufficient, Chunghwa will contribute the remaining $1,000,000 thousand upon notification from the Taipei City Government.

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42. SIGNIFICANT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

The following information summarizes the disclosure of the currency which is other than functional currency of Chunghwa and its subsidiaries. The following exchange rates are the exchange rates used to translate to the presentation currency in the consolidated financial statements, which is NTD:

	December 31, 2016
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Assets denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Cash
USD	$	15,992		32.25	$	515,733
EUR		413		33.90		14,004
SGD		4,701		22.29		104,784
RMB		6,441		4.617		29,737
JPY		41,821		0.276		11,543
Accounts receivable
USD		149,177		32.25		4,810,959
SGD		42		22.29		926
JPY		5,354		0.276		1,478
Non-monetary items
Investments accounted for using equity method
USD		727		32.25		23,458
SGD		20,944		22.29		466,847
VND		213,034,109		0.00129		274,814
Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Accounts payable
USD		131,403		32.25		4,237,739
EUR		28,547		33.90		967,727
SGD		26		22.29		576
RMB		11		4.617		49
JPY		37,877		0.276		10,454

	December 31, 2015
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Assets denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Cash
USD	$	12,860		32.825	$	422,132
EUR		1,304		35.88		46,793
SGD		4,656		23.25		108,244
RMB		8,174		4.978		40,689
JPY		888,019		0.273		242,429

(Continued)

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	December 31, 2015
	Foreign Currencies (Thousands)		Exchange Rate		New Taiwan Dollars (Thousands)
Accounts receivable
USD	$	127,162		32.825	$	4,174,088
EUR		8		35.88		273
SGD		55		23.25		1,276
JPY		10,477		0.273		2,860
Non-monetary items
Investments accounted for using equity method
USD		1,133		32.825		35,938
SGD		21,279		23.25		494,727
VND		223,944,681		0.00141		315,762
Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
Monetary items
Accounts payable
USD		127,089		32.825		4,171,693
EUR		36,032		35.88		1,292,838
SGD		110		23.25		2,553
RMB		14		4.978		67
JPY		51,219		0.273		13,983

(Concluded)

The unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses were gain of $62,960 thousand and loss of $68,257 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Due to the various foreign currency transactions and the functional currency of each individual entity of the Company, foreign exchange gains and losses cannot be disclosed on the respective significant foreign currency.

43. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES

Following are the additional disclosures required by the FSC for the Company:

a. Financing provided: None.

b. Endorsement/guarantee provided: Please see Table 1.

c. Marketable securities held (excluding investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures): Please see Table 2.

d. Marketable securities acquired and disposed of at costs or prices at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 3.

e. Acquisition of individual real estate at costs of at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 4.

f. Disposal of individual real estate at prices of at least $300 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: None.

g. Total purchases from or sales to related parties amounting to at least $100 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 5.

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h. Receivables from related parties amounting to $100 million or 20% of the paid-in capital: Please see Table 6.

i. Names, locations, and other information of investees on which the Company exercises significant influence (excluding investment in Mainland China): Please see Table 7.

j. Derivative instruments transactions: Please see Notes 7, 21 and 38.

k. Investment in Mainland China: Please see Table 8.

l. Intercompany relationships and significant intercompany transaction: Please see Table 9.

44. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has the following reportable segments that provide different products or services. The reportable segments are managed separately because each segment represents a strategic business unit that serves different markets. Segment information is provided to CEO who allocates resources and assesses segment performance. The Company’s measure of segment performance is mainly based on revenues and income before tax. The Company’s reportable segments are as follows:

a. Domestic fixed communications business—the provision of local telephone services, domestic long distance telephone services, broadband access, and related services;

b. Mobile communications business—the provision of mobile services, sales of mobile handsets and data cards, and related services;

c. Internet business—the provision of HiNet services and related services;

d. International fixed communications business—the provision of international long distance telephone services and related services;

e. Others—the provision of non-telecom services and the corporate related items not allocated to reportable segments.

There was no material differences between the accounting policies of the operating segments and the accounting policies described in Note 3.

Segment Revenues and Operating Results

Analysis by reportable segment of revenue and operating results of continuing operations was as follows:

	Domestic Fixed Communi- cations Business		Mobile Communi- cations Business		Internet Business		International Fixed Communi- cations Business		Others			Total
Year ended December 31, 2016
Revenues
From external customers	$	72,783,774	$	110,801,831	$	28,100,193	$	14,433,501	$	3,872,129		$	229,991,428
Intersegment revenues		22,669,037		2,529,544		4,733,529		2,680,822		4,121,847			36,734,779
Segment revenues	$	95,452,811	$	113,331,375	$	32,833,722	$	17,114,323	$	7,993,976			266,726,207
Intersegment elimination													(36,734,779	)
Consolidated revenues												$	229,991,428
Segment income (loss) before income tax	$	25,657,655	$	13,925,960	$	10,729,227	$	1,097,771	$	(2,028,066	)	$	49,382,547

(Continued)

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	Domestic Fixed Communi- cations Business		Mobile Communi- cations Business		Internet Business		International Fixed Communi- cations Business		Others			Total
Year ended December 31, 2015
Revenues
From external customers	$	72,535,267	$	114,877,285	$	25,777,154	$	15,459,942	$	3,145,456		$	231,795,104
Intersegment revenues		21,400,729		3,475,183		4,701,195		2,119,555		3,213,876			34,910,538
Segment revenues	$	93,935,996	$	118,352,468	$	30,478,349	$	17,579,497	$	6,359,332			266,705,642
Intersegment elimination													(34,910,538	)
Consolidated revenues												$	231,795,104
Segment income (loss) before income tax	$	23,230,601	$	19,394,029	$	9,918,147	$	1,119,751	$	(1,694,315	)	$	51,968,213

(Concluded)

Other Segment Information

Other information reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker was as follows:

	Domestic Fixed Communi- cations Business		Mobile Communi- cations Business		Internet Business		International Fixed Communi- cations Business		Others		Total
Year ended December 31, 2016
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	482,660	$	482,660
Interest revenue	$	15,196	$	10,883	$	6,423	$	6,153	$	150,196	$	188,851
Interest expenses	$	—	$	1,861	$	180	$	—	$	17,767	$	19,808
Operating costs and expenses	$	64,229,704	$	79,592,777	$	13,160,262	$	14,313,136	$	10,093,622	$	181,389,501
Depreciation and amortization	$	16,413,696	$	10,619,783	$	3,625,848	$	1,451,209	$	374,433	$	32,484,969
Capital expenditure	$	9,846,151	$	8,980,930	$	2,718,190	$	1,136,016	$	835,496	$	23,516,783
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	—	$	595,408	$	—	$	—	$	420	$	595,828
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties	$	147,527	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	147,527
Year ended December 31, 2015
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	907,988	$	907,988
Interest revenue	$	18,880	$	19,469	$	10,502	$	2,061	$	255,255	$	306,167
Interest expenses	$	—	$	10,067	$	279	$	—	$	22,798	$	33,144
Operating costs and expenses	$	64,959,861	$	81,213,294	$	12,061,510	$	14,410,528	$	8,683,467	$	181,328,660
Depreciation and amortization	$	17,486,804	$	10,444,149	$	3,610,983	$	1,536,400	$	369,754	$	33,448,090
Capital expenditure	$	10,196,172	$	8,596,075	$	4,794,785	$	967,566	$	529,356	$	25,083,954
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment	$	22,193	$	115,900	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	138,093
Reversal of impairment loss on investment properties	$	142,047	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	142,047

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Main Products and Service Revenues

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Mobile services revenue	$	78,787,719	$	80,866,956
Local telephone and domestic long distance telephone services revenue		34,530,810		36,690,049
Sales of products		35,377,556		36,509,072
Broadband access and domestic leased line services revenue		23,314,882		23,710,759
Internet services revenue		20,905,741		17,455,259
International network and leased telephone services revenue		10,634,177		11,318,721
Others		26,440,543		25,244,288
	$	229,991,428	$	231,795,104

Geographic Information

The users of the Company’s services are mainly from Taiwan, ROC. The revenues it derived outside Taiwan are mainly revenues from international long distance telephone and leased line services. The geographic information for revenues was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31
	2016		2015
Taiwan, ROC	$	218,933,004	$	220,916,554
Overseas		11,058,424		10,878,550
	$	229,991,428	$	231,795,104

The Company has long-lived assets in U.S., Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and Japan and except for $3,947,402 thousand and $4,041,245 thousand at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, in the aforementioned areas, the other long-lived assets are located in Taiwan, ROC.

Major Customers

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company did not have any single customer whose revenue exceeded 10% of the total revenues.

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TABLE 1

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ENDORSEMENTS/GUARANTEES PROVIDED

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

No. (Note 1)

Endorsement/ Guarantee Provider

Guaranteed Party

Limits on Endorsement/ Guarantee Amount Provided to Each Guaranteed Party

Maximum Balance for the Period

Ending Balance

Actual Borrowing Amount

Amount of Endorsement/ Guarantee Collateralized by Properties

Ratio of Accumulated Endorsement/ Guarantee to Net Equity Per Latest Financial Statements

Maximum Endorsement/ Guarantee Amount Allowable

Endorsement/ Guarantee Given by Parent on Behalf of Subsidiaries

Endorsement/ Guarantee Given by Subsidiaries on Behalf of Parent

Endorsement/ Guarantee Given on Behalf of Companies in Mainland China

Note

Name

Nature of Relationship (Note 2)

1

Senao International Co., Ltd.

Youth Co., Ltd. ISPOT Co., Ltd. Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.

b c b

$

591,394 591,394 591,394

$

200,000 150,000 300,000

$

200,000 150,000 300,000

$

—   150,000 300,000

$

—   —   —

3.38 2.54 5.07

$

2,956,970 2,956,970 2,956,970

Yes Yes Yes

No No No

No No No

Notes 3 and 4 Notes 3 and 4 Notes 3 and 4

Note 1: Significant transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries or among subsidiaries are numbered as follows:

a. “0” for the Company.

b. Subsidiaries are numbered from “1”.

Note 2: Relationships between the endorsement/guarantee provider and the guaranteed party:

a. Trading partner.

b. Majority owned subsidiary.

c. The Company and subsidiary owns over 50% ownership of the investee company.

d. A subsidiary jointly owned by the Company and the Company’s directly-owned subsidiary.

e. Guaranteed by the Company according to the construction contract.

f. An investee company. The guarantees were provided based on the Company’s proportionate share in the investee company.

Note 3: The limits on endorsement or guarantee amount provided to each guaranteed party is up to 10% of the net assets value of the latest financial statements of Senao International Co., Ltd.

Note 4: The total amount of endorsement or guarantee that the Company is allowed to provide is up to 50% of the net assets value of the latest financial statements of Senao International Co., Ltd.

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TABLE 2

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

MARKETABLE SECURITIES HELD

DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Held Company Name	Marketable Securities Type and Name	Relationship with the Company	Financial Statement Account	December 31, 2016								Note
				Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)		Carrying Value (Note 1)		Percentage of Ownership		Fair Value
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Taipei Financial Center Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		172,927	$	1,789,530		12	$	—	—
	Innovation Works Development Fund, L.P.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		—		242,521		4		—	—
	Industrial Bank of Taiwan II Venture Capital Co., Ltd. (IBT II)	—	Financial assets carried at cost		5,252		52,520		17		—	—
	Global Mobile Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		7,617		—		3		—	—
	iD Branding Ventures	—	Financial assets carried at cost		38		375		8		—	—
	Innovation Works Limited	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,000		26,834		2		—	—
	RPTI Intergroup International Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		4,765		—		10		—	—
	Taiwan mobile payment Co., Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,200		12,000		2		—	—
	China Airlines Ltd.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		263,622		2,451,686		5		2,451,686	Note 2
	Bonds
	Chinese Petroleum Corporation 2nd unsecured Corporate Bonds-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,969		—		200,787	Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,992		—		100,249	Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		39,997		—		40,099	Note 3
	Taiwan Power Co. 2nd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,989		—		100,368	Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,998		—		200,055	Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		99,999		—		100,028	Note 3
	TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		200,002		—		200,055	Note 3
	TSMC 2nd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,973		—		200,974	Note 3
	TSMC 3rd Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		199,968		—		201,155	Note 3
	Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		300,000		—		301,575	Note 3
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		150,001		—		150,224	Note 3

(Continued)

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Held Company Name	Marketable Securities Type and Name	Relationship with the Company	Financial Statement Account	December 31, 2016								Note
				Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)		Carrying Value (Note 1)		Percentage of Ownership		Fair Value
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—	$	100,002		—	$	100,150		Note 3
	China Development Holding Corporation 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2012	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		100,002		—		100,150		Note 3
	Eximbank 19-2nd unsecured Financial Debenture	—	Held-to-maturity financial assets		—		150,000		—		150,488		Note 3
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	N.T.U. Innovation Incubation Corporation	—	Financial assets carried at cost		1,200		12,000		9		—		—
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Stocks
	3 Link Information Service Co., Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		374		3,450		10		—		—
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Tatung Technology Inc.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		4,571		73,964		11		—		—
	iD Branding Ventures	—	Financial assets carried at cost		13		125		3		—		—
	VisEra Technologies Company Ltd.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		214		4,593		—		—		—
	PChome Store Inc.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		280		22,965		1		22,965		Note 2
	Tons Lightology Inc.	—	Available-for-sale financial assets-Noncurrent		1,344		46,376		3		46,376		Note 2
Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd.	Stocks
	Cotech Engineering Fuzhou Corp.	—	Financial assets carried at cost		—		24,913		5		—		—

Note 1: Showing at carrying amounts with adjustments for fair value and deducted accumulated impairment loss; otherwise, showing at their original carrying amounts on amortized cost deducted the accumulated impairment loss.

Note 2: Fair value was based on the closing price on December 31, 2016.

Note 3: Fair value was based on the average trading price on December 31, 2016.

(Concluded)

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TABLE 3

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

MARKETABLE SECURITIES ACQUIRED AND DISPOSED OF AT COSTS OR PRICES OF AT LEAST NT$300 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name

Marketable Securities Type and Name

Financial Statement Account

Counter- party

Nature of Relationship

Beginning Balance

Acquisition

Disposal

Ending Balance

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount (Note 1)

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount

Carrying Value (Note 1)

Gain (Loss) on Disposal

Shares (Thousands/ Thousand Units)

Amount (Note 1)

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Bonds

TSMC 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2011

Held-to-maturity financial assets

—

—

—

$

400,000 (Note 2

)

—

$

—

—

$

—

$

400,000 (Note 2

)

$

—

—

$

—

Fubon 1st Unsecured Corporate Bond-A Issue in 2011

Held-to-maturity financial assets

—

—

—

400,000 (Note 2

)

—

—

—

—

400,000 (Note 2

)

—

—

—

Note 1: Showing at their original investing amounts without adjustments for fair values.

Note 2: Showing at their nominal amounts.

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TABLE 4

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.

ACQUISITION OF INDIVIDUAL REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES AT COSTS OF AT LEAST NT$300 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name

Types of Property

Transaction Date

Transaction Amount

Payment Term

Counter- party

Nature of Relationships

Prior Transaction of Related Counter-party

Price Reference

Purpose of Acquisition

Other Terms

Owner

Relationships

Transfer Date

Amount

Chunghwa Precision Test Tech Co., Ltd.

Land

September 8, 2016

$

790,758

The third-installment payment was paid; the accumulative amount of payment is $316,290

Individual

—

—

—

—

$

—

In accordance with land appraisal report

Manufacturing purpose

None

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TABLE 5

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

TOTAL PURCHASES FROM OR SALES TO RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship	Transaction Details						Abnormal Transaction				Notes/Accounts Payable or Receivable
			Purchase/Sales (Note 1)	Amount (Notes 2 and 5)		% to Total		Payment Terms	Units Price		Payment Terms		Ending Balance (Notes 3 and 5)			% to Total
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales	$	845,359		1	30 days	$	—		—	$	107,311			—
			Purchase		10,993,253		12	30-90 days		—		—		(1,678,674	)		(9	)
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Subsidiary	Sales		384,830		—	30 days		—		—		40,656			—
			Purchase		312,258		—	60 days		—		—		(41,377	)		—
	Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		916,245		1	30 days		—		—		(633,287	)		(3	)
	Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		110,714		—	30 days		—		—		(19,705	)		—
	Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		4,520,266		4	30-60 days		—		—		(679,795	)		(3	)
	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales		136,434		—	30 days		—		—		43,961			—
			Purchase		449,059		—	90 days		—		—		(69,654	)		—
	Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Subsidiary	Purchase		360,089		—	90 days		—		—		(111,165	)		(1	)
	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Sales		167,039		—	30 days		—		—		83,206			—
			Purchase		226,263		—	90 days		—		—		(115,374	)		(1	)
	ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte. Ltd.	Associate	Purchase		393,701		—	30 days		—		—		(47,326	)		—
	Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Associate	Purchase		517,677		—	30-90 days		—		—		(445,295	)		(2	)
	So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Associate	Sales		206,839		—	60 days		—		—		80			—
	International Integrated System, Inc.	Associate	Purchase		188,024		—	30 days		—		—		(90,462	)		—
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		11,121,253		33	30-90 days		—		—		1,695,405			67
			Purchase		541,530		2	30 days		—		—		(87,456	)		(3	)
	HopeTech Technologies Limited	Associate	Purchase		248,254		1	30 days		—		—		(13,903	)		(1	)
	Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	Purchase		174,265		1	30 days		—		—		(42,053	)		(2	)
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		312,258		16	60 days		—		—		41,377			21
			Purchase		384,204		29	30 days		—		—		(39,929	)		(39	)
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		1,671,365		81	30 days		—		—		633,287			75
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		110,714		31	30 days		—		—		19,705			27
Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		4,520,266		100	30-60 days		—		—		679,795			100
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		449,059		42	90 days		—		—		69,654			64
			Purchase		136,434		14	30 days		—		—		(43,961	)		(54	)
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		360,089		61	90 days		—		—		111,165			90
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company	Sales		226,263		22	90 days		—		—		115,374			45
			Purchase		167,039		17	30 days		—		—		(83,206	)		(34	)

Note 1: Purchase included acquisition of services costs.

Note 2: The differences were because Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries classified the amount as inventories, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and operating expenses.

Note 3: Notes and accounts receivable did not include the amounts collected for others and other receivables.

Note 4: Transaction terms with the related parties were determined in accordance with mutual agreements when there were no similar transactions with third parties. Other transactions with related parties were not significantly different from those with third parties.

Note 5: All intra-company transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated upon consolidation.

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TABLE 6

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

RECEIVABLES FROM RELATED PARTIES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST NT$100 MILLION OR 20% OF THE PAID-IN CAPITAL

DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship	Ending Balance			Turnover Rate (Note 1)		Overdue				Amounts Received in Subsequent Period		Allowance for Bad Debts
								Amounts		Action Taken
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Subsidiary	$	508,121 (Note 2	)		13.19	$	—		—	$	508,121	$	—
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		2,169,769 (Note 2	)		7.88		—		—		1,391,550		—
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		633,287 (Note 2	)		2.79		—		—		474,297		—
Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		680,550 (Note 2	)		6.34		—		—		421,232		—
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		111,165 (Note 2	)		3.16		—		—		103,711		—
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Parent company		115,374 (Note 2	)		1.40		—		—		115,374		—

Note 1: Payments and receipts collected in trust for others are excluded from the accounts receivable for calculating the turnover rate.

Note 2: The amount was eliminated upon consolidation.

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TABLE 7

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION OF INVESTEES IN WHICH THE COMPANY EXERCISES SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE (EXCLUDING INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA)

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

				Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016						Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)		Carrying Value
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Handset and peripherals retailer; sales of CHT mobile phone plans as an agent	$	1,065,813	$	1,065,813		71,773		29	$	1,712,144	$	991,758		$	280,866		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Planning and development of real estate and intelligent buildings, and property management		3,000,000		3,000,000		300,000		100		3,850,574		6,544			6,605		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Hong Kong	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		1,567,453		1,567,453		402,590		100		1,622,895		43,805			43,805		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Singapore	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services		574,112		574,112		26,383		100		730,890		115,229			115,229		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing system integration services and telecommunication equipment		838,506		838,506		60,000		100		699,899		10,487			24,660		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Network integration, internet data center (“IDC”), communications integration and cloud application services		482,165		482,165		41,357		69		803,698		317,439			221,154		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Investment		639,559		639,559		68,085		89		1,356,270		273,634			243,157		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd. (B.V.I.)	British Virgin Islands	Investment		385,274		385,274		1		100		223,301		(9,927	)		(9,927	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Telecommunication engineering, sales agent of mobile phone plan application and other business services		180,000		180,000		18,000		100		409,716		196,352			196,352		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Digital information supply services and advertisement services		150,000		150,000		15,000		100		188,358		20,154			20,156		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Telecom Vietnam Co., Ltd.	Vietnam	Intelligent energy saving solutions, international circuit, and information and communication technology (“ICT”) services.		148,275		148,275		—		100		133,735		5,254			5,254		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	United States	International private leased circuit, internet services, and transit services		70,429		70,429		6,000		100		182,324		27,854			30,110		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	Taiwan	Digital entertainment contents production, animated character licensing and endorsement, and mobile digital platform construction		62,209		62,209		10,277		56		92,038		(5,205	)		(2,837	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa leading Photonics Tech Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Production and sale of electronic components and finished products		70,500		—		7,050		75		65,036		25,970			5,395		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Smartfun Digital Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing diversified family education digital services		65,000		65,000		6,500		65		70,307		9,310			6,052		Subsidiary (Note 10)

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				Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016							Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)		Carrying Value
	Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan	International private leased circuit, IP VPN service, and IP transit services	$	17,291	$	17,291		1		100	$	42,638		$	3,860		$	3,860		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc.	Taiwan	Design, development and production of Automatic License Plate Recognition software and hardware		20,400		20,400		2,040		51		(6,783	)		(9,496	)		(8,472	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.)	British Virgin Islands	Investment		—		—		—		100		—			—			—		Subsidiary (Notes 3 and 10)
	International Integrated System, Inc.	Taiwan	IT solution provider, IT application consultation, system integration and package solution		283,500		283,500		22,498		32		312,528			81,111			27,379		Associate
	Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd.	Vietnam	IDC services		288,327		288,327		—		30		274,814			176,333			52,925		Associate
	Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Manufacturing, selling, designing, and maintaining of telecommunications systems and equipment		164,000		164,000		1,760		40		153,104			299,663			179,374		Associate
	Skysoft Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Providing of music on-line, software, electronic information, and advertisement services		67,025		67,025		4,438		30		145,727			25,705			8,588		Associate
	So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited	Taiwan	Online service and sale of computer hardware		120,008		120,008		9,429		30		111,390			19,073			5,722		Associate
	KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Publishing books, data processing and software services		69,013		69,013		5,022		26		122,221			19,199			2,597		Associate
	Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation	Taiwan	Import and export storage, logistic warehouse, and ocean shipping service		80,000		80,000		8,000		27		56,450			(46,874	)		(12,478	)	Associate
	Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Information technology service and general advertisement service		97,598		97,598		5,400		18		14,714			(70,070	)		(12,613	)	Associate
	Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Development of mobile payments and information processing service		60,000		30,000		6,000		14		33,868			(71,536	)		(9,586	)	Associate
	Huada Digital Corporation	Taiwan	Providing software service		—		250,000		—		50		—			(51,590	)		(24,220	)	Joint venture (Note 5)
	Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	E-commerce of employee benefits		50,000		50,000		5,000		50		2,676			(35,506	)		(17,753	)	Joint venture (Note 9)
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Senao Networks, Inc.	Taiwan	Telecommunication facilities manufactures and sales		202,758		202,758		16,579		34		838,830			560,416			189,319		Associate
	Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd.	Samoa Islands	International investment		2,416,645		2,416,645		81,175		100		556,891			(44,118	)		(44,653	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Information technology service and general advertisement service		24,000		24,000		2,400		8		9,044			(70,070	)		(5,551	)	Associate
	Youth Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products		335,450		335,450		13,780		89		273,752			(37,549	)		(44,318	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Aval Technologies Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products		60,000		60,000		6,000		100		60,520			1,316			1,316		Subsidiary (Note 10)

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				Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016						Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)		Carrying Value
CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Unigate Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Telecommunication and internet service	$	2,000	$	2,000		200		100	$	1,152	$	(149	)	$	(149	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chief International Corp.	Samoa Islands	Telecommunication and internet service		6,068		6,068		200		100		41,799		8,606			8,606		Subsidiary (Note 10)
Chunghwa System Integrated Co., Ltd.	Concord Technology Co., Ltd.	Brunei	Investment		47,321		47,321		1,500		100		17,723		(311	)		(311	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	E-book publishing and copyright negotiation of digital music		—		10,000		—		—		—		118			118		Subsidiary (Notes 6 and 10)
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd.	Singapore	Operation of ST-2 telecommunication satellite		409,061		409,061		18,102		38		466,847		257,655			97,909		Associate
Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Production and sale of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		199,736		203,443		12,558		41		1,108,597		604,779			252,506		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.	Brunei	Investment		—		46,035		—		—		—		(27	)		(27	)	Subsidiary (Notes 8 and 10)
	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	Taiwan	Network integration, internet data center (“IDC”), communications integration and cloud application services		20,000		20,000		2,180		4		38,953		317,439			11,523		Associate (Note 10)
	Senao International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Selling and maintaining mobile phones and its peripheral products		49,731		49,731		1,001		—		44,589		991,758			3,657		Associate (Note 10)
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. USA Corporation	United States	Design and after-sale services of semiconductor testing components and printed circuit board		12,636		12,636		400		100		19,725		4,334			4,334		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	CHPT Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan	Related services of electronic parts, machinery processed products and printed circuit board		2,008		2,008		1		100		1,930		86			86		Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. International, Ltd.	Samoa Islands	Wholesale and retail of electronic materials, and investment		54,450		2,970		1,700		100		55,033		1,303			1,303		Subsidiary (Note 10)
Prime Asia Investments Group, Ltd. (B.V.I.)	Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd.	Hong Kong	Investment		375,274		375,274		1		100		223,301		(9,927	)		(9,927	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	MeWorks Limited (HK)	Hong Kong	Investment		10,000		10,000		—		20		—		—			—		Associate
Senao International (Samoa) Holding Ltd.	Senao International HK Limited	Hong Kong	International investment		2,393,646		2,393,646		80,440		100		517,607		(47,383	)		(47,383	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	HopeTech Technologies Limited	Hong Kong	Information technology and telecommunication products sales		21,177		21,177		5,240		45		25,243		7,255			3,265		Associate
Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.	CHI One Investment Co., Limited	Hong Kong	Investment		—		—		—		—		—		—			—		Subsidiary (Notes 7 and 10)

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				Original Investment Amount				Balance as of December 31, 2016						Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			Recognized Gain (Loss) (Notes 1 and 2)			Note
Investor Company	Investee Company	Location	Main Businesses and Products	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		Shares (Thousands)		Percentage of Ownership (%)		Carrying Value
Youth Co., Ltd.	ISPOT Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Sale of information and communication technologies products	$	53,021	$	23,021		—		100	$	24,585	$	(9,337	)	$	(9,806	)	Subsidiary (Note 10)
	Youyi Co., Ltd.	Taiwan	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		6,920		6,920		—		100		2,785		788			584		Subsidiary (Note 10)
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Click Force Marketing Company	Taiwan	Advertisement services		44,607		44,607		1,078		49		37,188		1,105			(1,726	)	Associate

Note 1: The amounts were based on audited financial statements.

Note 2: Recognized gain (loss) of investees includes amortization of differences between the investment cost and net value and elimination of unrealized transactions.

Note 3: New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd. (B.V.I.) was incorporated in March 2006, but have not yet begun operation as of December 31, 2016.

Note 4: Investment in mainland China is included in Table 8.

Note 5: In March 2016, the stockholders of Huada Digital Corporation approved that Huada Digital Corporation would start its dissolution from March 31, 2016. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation in September 2016. Liquidation of Huada Digital Corporation is still in process.

Note 6: Ceylon Innovation Co., Ltd.’s liquidation was completed in August 2016 and Spring House Entertainment Tech Inc. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 7: CHI One Investment Co., Limited completed its liquidation in July 2016 and Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 8: Chunghwa Investment Holding Co., Ltd.’s dissolution was approved in August 2016 and the liquidation was completed in September 2016. Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 9: In December 2016, the stockholders of Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. approved that Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. would start its dissolution from December 31, 2016. The liquidation of Chunghwa Benefit One Co., Ltd. is still in process.

Note 10: The amount was eliminated upon consolidation.

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TABLE 8

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INVESTMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Investee	Main Businesses and Products	Total Amount of Paid-in Capital		Investment Type (Note 1)		Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of January 1, 2016		Investment Flows				Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of December 31, 2016		Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			% Ownership of Direct or Indirect Investment		Investment Gain (Loss) (Note 2)			Carrying Value as of December 31, 2016		Accumulated Inward Remittance of Earnings as of December 31, 2016		Note
								Outflow		Inflow
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Design, development and production of computer and internet software, installment, maintenance and consulting services of information system integration, and sales of self-production products	$	47,321		2	$	47,321	$	—	$	—	$	47,321	$	(311	)		100	$	(311	)	$	17,723	$	—		Notes 8 and 11
Senao Trading (Fujian) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		1,073,170		2		1,073,170		—		—		1,073,170		(1,593	)		100		(1,593	)		193,254		—		Note 11
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		955,838		2		955,838		—		—		955,838		(50,021	)		100		(50,021	)		160,075		—		Note 11
Senao International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Note 12)	Maintenance of information and communication technologies products		87,540		2		87,540		—		—		87,540		2,462			100		2,462			73,367		—		Note 11
Senao International Trading (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.	Sale of information and communication technologies products		263,736		2		263,736		—		—		263,736		1,823			100		1,823			87,645		—		Note 11
Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd.	Integrated information and communication solution services for enterprise clients, and intelligent energy network service		177,176		2		177,176		—		—		177,176		(410	)		100		(410	)		62,510		—		Note 11
Jiangsu Zhenghua Information Technology Company, LLC	Providing intelligent energy saving solution and intelligent buildings services		189,410		2		142,057		—		—		142,057		(13,947	)		75		(10,461	)		115,184		—		Notes 9 and 11

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Investee	Main Businesses and Products	Total Amount of Paid-in Capital		Investment Type (Note 1)		Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of January 1, 2016		Investment Flows				Accumulated Outflow of Investment from Taiwan as of December 31, 2016		Net Income (Loss) of the Investee			% Ownership of Direct or Indirect Investment		Investment Gain (Loss) (Note 2)			Carrying Value as of December 31, 2016		Accumulated Inward Remittance of Earnings as of December 31, 2016		Note
								Outflow		Inflow
Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Providing intelligent buildings and smart home services	$	—		2	$	28,855	$	—	$	20,779	$	—	$	(801	)		51	$	(409	)	$	—	$	—		Notes 10 and 11
Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited	Design of printed circuit board and related consultation service		51,233		2		2,970		48,263		—		51,233		1,276			100		1,276			51,783		—		Note 11
Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd.	Telecommunication and internet service		10,150		1		4,973		—		—		4,973		1,829			49		896			4,449		—		Note 11

Investee	Accumulated Investment in Mainland China as of December 31, 2016		Investment Amounts Authorized by Investment Commission, MOEA		Upper Limit on Investment Stipulated by Investment Commission, MOEA
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Note 3)	$	47,321	$	47,321	$	366,394
SENAO and its subsidiaries (Note 6)		2,380,284		2,380,284		3,563,755
Chunghwa Telecom (China) Co., Ltd. (Note 7)		177,176		177,176		—
Jiangsu Zhenghua Information Technology Company, LLC (Note 7)		142,057		142,057		—
Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited (Note 4)		51,233		97,965		1,931,523
Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd. (Note 5)		4,973		4,973		646,642

Note 1: Investments are divided into three categories as follows:

a. Direct investment.

b. Investments through a holding company registered in a third region.

c. Others.

Note 2: The amounts were calculated based on the investee’s audited financial statements.

Note 3: The amount was calculated based on the net assets value of Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.

Note 4: Shanghai Taihua Electronic Technology Limited was calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of Chunghwa Investment Co., Ltd.

Note 5: Shanghai Chief Telecom Co., Ltd. was calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of CHIEF Telecom Inc.

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Note 6: Senao International Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries were calculated based on the consolidated net assets value of Senao International Co., Ltd.

Note 7: Based on “Principle of investment or Technical Cooperation in Mainland China”, Chunghwa is not subjective to the limited amount due to the operating headquarters documents issued by Industrial Development Bureau.

Note 8: Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was approved to end its business and dissolve. The liquidation of Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is still in progress.

Note 9: Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC. was approved to end its business and dissolve in May 2016. The liquidation of Jiangsu Zhenhua Information Technology Company, LLC. is still in process.

Note 10: Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd.’s dissolution was approved by local regulator in March 2016. Hua-Xiong Information Technology Co., Ltd. completed its liquidation and annulled its company registration in May 2016. Chunghwa Hsingta Co., Ltd. received the proceeds from the liquidation.

Note 11: The amount was eliminated upon consolidation.

Note 12: The English name is the same as the above entity; however the Chinese name included in the respective Articles of Incorporations is different from the above entity.

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TABLE 9

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INTERCOMPANY RELATIONSHIPS AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Amounts in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Year	No. (Note 1)		Company Name		Related Party	Nature of Relationship (Note 2)	Transaction Details
							Financial Statement Account	Amount (Note 5)		Payment Terms (Note 3)		% to Total Sales or Assets (Note 4)
2016		0		Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Senao International Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts receivable	$	107,311		—		—
							Accrued custodial receipts		400,810		—		—
							Accounts payable		1,678,674		—		—
							Amounts collected for others		491,447		—		—
							Revenues		845,359		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		10,993,253		—		5
					CHIEF Telecom Inc.	a	Accounts receivable		40,656		—		—
							Accounts payable		41,377		—		—
							Revenues		384,830		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		312,258		—		—
					Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts payable		19,705		—		—
							Amounts collected for others		66,574		—		—
							Revenues		26,733		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		110,714		—		—
					Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts receivable		10,958		—		—
							Accounts payable		633,287		—		—
							Revenues		13,789		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		916,245		—		—
							Inventories		60,592		—		—
							Prepayments		110,455		—		—
							Property, plant and equipment		464,108		—		—
							Intangible assets		125,145		—		—
					Chunghwa Telecom Global Inc.	a	Accounts receivable		19,249		—		—
							Accounts payable		111,165		—		—
							Revenues		49,553		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		360,089		—		—
					Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts receivable		43,961		—		—
							Accounts payable		69,654		—		—
							Revenues		136,434		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		449,059		—		—
					Spring House Entertainment Tech. Inc.	a	Amounts collected for others		11,579		—		—
							Revenues		14,315		—		—
					Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts receivable		18,373		—		—
							Revenues		24,549		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		66,742		—		—
					Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts payable		14,924		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		46,155		—		—
							Inventories		36,495		—		—
					Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	a	Accounts receivable		83,206		—		—
							Accounts payable		115,374		—		—
							Revenues		167,039		—		—
							Operating costs and expenses		226,263		—		—

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Year	No. (Note 1)		Company Name	Related Party	Nature of Relationship (Note 2)	Transaction Details
						Financial Statement Account	Amount (Note 5)		Payment Terms (Note 3)		% to Total Sales or Assets (Note 4)
				Chunghwa Sochamp Technology Inc.	a	Accounts payable	$	32,452		—		—
						Operating costs and expenses		39,117		—		—
						Inventories		31,739		—		—
						Property, plant and equipment		31,643		—		—
				Honghwa International Co., Ltd.	a	Accounts payable		679,795		—		—
						Revenues		49,138		—		—
						Operating costs and expenses		4,520,266		—		2
		1	Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	CHIEF Telecom Inc.	c	Revenues		94,295		—		—
		2	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	c	Prepayments		14,692		—		—
		3	Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte., Ltd.	Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	c	Prepayments		22,582		—		—

Note 1: Significant transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries or among subsidiaries are numbered as follows:

a. “0” for the Company.

b. Subsidiaries are numbered from “1”.

Note 2: Related party transactions are divided into three categories as follows:

a. The Company to subsidiaries.

b. Subsidiaries to the Company.

c. Subsidiaries to subsidiaries.

Note 3: Transaction terms with the related parties were determined in accordance with mutual agreements when there were no similar transactions with third parties. Other transactions with related parties were not significantly different from those with third parties.

Note 4: For assets and liabilities, amount is shown as a percentage to consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2016, while revenues, costs and expenses are shown as a percentage to consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Note 5: The amount was eliminated upon consolidation.

(Concluded)

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