6-K 1 d288774d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2022

 

 

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07336, Republic of Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

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

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

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ANNUAL REPORT

(From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021)

THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ORIGINALLY PREPARED IN KOREAN AND IS IN SUCH FORM AS REQUIRED BY THE KOREAN FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION.

IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS, SOME PARTS OF THE REPORT WERE REFORMATTED, REARRANGED OR SUMMARIZED AND CERTAIN NUMBERS WERE ROUNDED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READERS. REFERENCES TO “Q1”, “Q2”, “Q3” AND “Q4” OF A FISCAL YEAR ARE REFERENCES TO THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 31, RESPECTIVELY, OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR. REFERENCES TO “W” OR “KRW” ARE REFERENCES TO THE KOREAN WON.

UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PRESENTED ON A CONSOLIDATED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH KOREAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS, OR K-IFRS, WHICH DIFFER IN CERTAIN RESPECTS FROM GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. K-IFRS ALSO DIFFERS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AS ISSUED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. WE HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY OR QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF THESE DIFFERENCES IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Contents

 

  1.    Company      3  
     A.    Name and contact information      3  
     B.    Credit rating      3  
     C.    Capitalization      4  
     D.    Voting rights      4  
     E.    Dividends      5  
     F.    Matters relating to Articles of Incorporation      6  
  2.    Business      6  
     A.    Business overview      6  
     B.    Industry      7  
     C.    New businesses      9  
     D.    Customer-oriented marketing activities      9  
  3.    Major Products and Raw Materials      9  
     A.    Major products      9  
     B.    Average selling price trend of major products      10  
     C.    Major raw materials      10  
  4.    Production and Equipment      11  
     A.    Production capacity and output      11  
     B.    Production performance and utilization ratio      11  
     C.    Investment plan      12  
  5.    Sales      12  
     A.    Sales performance      12  
     B.    Sales organization and sales route      12  
     C.    Sales methods and sales terms      13  
     D.    Sales strategy      13  
     E.    Major customers      13  
  6.    Purchase Orders      14  

 

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  7.    Risk Management and Derivative Contracts      14  
     A.    Risk management      14  
     B.    Derivative contracts      14  
  8.    Major Contracts      15  
  9.    Research & Development      16  
     A.    Summary of R&D-related expenditures      16  
     B.    R&D achievements      16  
  10.    Intellectual Property      17  
  11.    Environmental and Safety Matters      17  
     A.    Business environment management      17  
     B.    Product environment management      19  
     C.    Status of sanctions      20  
  12.    Financial Information      23  
     A.    Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS)      23  
     B.    Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS)      24  
     C.    Consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021      25  
     D.    Status of equity investments as of December 31, 2021      25  
  13.    Audit Information      26  
     A.    Audit service      26  
     B.    Non-audit service      27  
 

14.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      27  
     A.    Risk relating to forward-looking statements      27  
     B.    Overview      27  
     C.    Financial condition and results of operations      28  
     D.    Liquidity and capital resources      39  
 

15.

  

Board of Directors

     44  
     A.    Members of the board of directors      44  
     B.    Committees of the board of directors      45  
     C.    Independence of directors      46  
  16.    Information Regarding Shares      46  
     A.    Total number of shares      46  
     B.    Shareholder list      46  
  17.    Directors and Employees      46  
     A.    Directors      46  
     B.    Employees      50  
     C.    Remuneration for executive officers (excluding directors)      50  
  18.    Other Matters      50  
     A.    Legal proceedings      50  
     B.    Material events subsequent to the reporting period      51  

Attachment: 1. Financial Statements in accordance with K-IFRS

 

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1.

Company

 

  A.

Name and contact information

The name of our company is “EL-GI DISPLAY CHUSIK HOESA,” which shall be “LG Display Co., Ltd.” in English.

Our principal executive office is located at LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07336, Republic of Korea, and our telephone number is +82-2-3777-1010. Our website address is http://www.lgdisplay.com.

 

  B.

Credit rating

 

  (1)

Corporate bonds (Domestic) (1)

 

Subject instrument

  

Month of rating

  

Credit rating

  

Rating agency (Rating range) (2)

Corporate bonds    February 2019    AA-    NICE Information Service Co., Ltd. (AAA ~ D)
   April 2019
   November 2019
   February 2020    A+
   June 2020
   May 2021
   February 2019    AA-    Korea Investors Service, Inc. (AAA ~ D)
   June 2019
   October 2019
   February 2020    A+
   June 2020
   March 2021
   August 2021   

AA-

  

Korea Ratings Corporation (AAA ~ D)

   April 2019
   November 2019
   February 2020    A+
   May 2020
   April 2021
   September 2021

 

(1)

The results of our credit ratings subsequent to the reporting period are as follows:

 

Subject instrument

  

Month of rating

  

Credit rating (2)

  

Rating agency (Rating range)

Corporate bonds    February 2022    A+    Korea Investors Service, Inc. (AAA ~ D)
Corporate bonds    February 2022    A+    NICE Information Service Co., Ltd. (AAA ~ D)

 

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(2)

Domestic corporate bond credit ratings are generally defined to indicate the following:

 

Subject instrument

  

Credit rating

  

Definition

Corporate bonds    AAA    Strongest capacity for timely repayment.
  

 

AA+/AA/AA-

  

 

Very strong capacity for timely repayment. This capacity may, nevertheless, be slightly inferior than is the case for the highest rating category

  

 

A+/A/A-

  

 

Strong capacity for timely repayment. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher rating categories.

  

 

BBB+/BBB/BBB-

  

 

Capacity for timely repayment is adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.

  

 

BB+/BB/BB-

  

 

Capacity for timely repayment is currently adequate, but that there are some speculative characteristics that make the repayment uncertain over time.

  

 

B+/B/B-

  

 

Lack of adequate capacity for repayment and speculative characteristics. Interest payment in time of unfavorable economic conditions is uncertain.

  

 

CCC

  

 

Lack of capacity for even current repayment and high risk of default.

  

 

CC

  

 

Greater uncertainties than higher ratings.

  

 

C

  

 

High credit risk and lack of capacity for timely repayment.

  

 

D

  

 

Insolvency.

 

  C.

Capitalization

 

  (1)

Change in capital stock (as of December 31, 2021)

There were no changes to our issued capital stock during the reporting period ended December 31, 2021.

 

  (2)

Convertible bonds (as of December 31, 2021)

 

Description

 

Issue Date

 

Maturity
Date

 

Issue Amount
(in Won)

   

Class of
Shares
Subject to
Conversion

 

Conversion
Period

 

Conditions for
Conversion

 

Outstanding Bonds

 

Notes

 

Conversion
Ratio

 

Conversion
Price

 

Issue Amount
(in Won)

   

Number of
Shares
subject to
conversion

Unsecured Foreign Convertible Bonds No. 3   Aug. 22, 2019   Aug. 22, 2024     813,426,670,000 (1)    Registered Common Shares   Aug. 23,
2020 ~
Aug. 12,
2024
  100%   W19,845     813,426,670,000 (1)    40,988,998   Listed on Singapore Stock Exchange

Total

  —     —       813,426,670,000     —     —     100%   W19,845     813,426,670,000     40,988,998   —  

 

(1)

The issue amount for Unsecured Foreign Convertible Bonds No. 3 is calculated based on the application of the mid-point of the relevant Won-US dollar exchange rates as of noon, July 30, 2019 (Korea Standard Time) quoted on Bloomberg, which was W1,182.65 per U.S. dollar, to the actual issue amount of USD 687,800,000.

 

  D.

Voting rights (as of December 31, 2021)

(Unit: share)

 

Description

  

Number of shares

 

A. Total number of shares issued(1):

  

Common shares(1)

     357,815,700  
  

Preferred shares

     —    

B. Shares without voting rights:

  

Common shares

     —    
  

Preferred shares

     —    

C. Shares subject to restrictions on voting rights pursuant to our articles of incorporation:

  

Common shares

     —    
  

Preferred shares

     —    

D. Shares subject to restrictions on voting rights pursuant to regulations:

  

Common shares

     —    
  

Preferred shares

     —    
E. Shares with restored voting rights:   

Common shares

     —    
  

Preferred shares

     —    

Total number of issued shares with voting rights (=A – B – C – D + E):

  

Common shares

     357,815,700  
  

Preferred shares

     —    

 

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(1)

Authorized: 500,000,000 shares

 

  E.

Dividends

Dividends for the three most recent fiscal years

 

Description (unit)

   2021      2020      2019  

Par value (Won)

        5,000        5,000        5,000  

Profit (loss) for the year (million Won)(1)

        1,186,182        (94,853      (2,829,705

Earnings (loss) per share (Won)(2)

        3,315        (265      (7,908

Total cash dividend amount for the period (million Won)(3)

        232,580        —          —    

Total stock dividend amount for the period (million Won)

        —          —          —    

Cash dividend payout ratio (%)(4)

        19.61        —          —    

Cash dividend yield (%)(5)

  

Common shares

     2.82        —          —    
  

Preferred shares

     —          —          —    

Stock dividend yield (%)

  

Common shares

     —          —          —    
  

Preferred shares

     —          —          —    

Cash dividend per share (Won)

  

Common shares

     650        —          —    
  

Preferred shares

     —          —          —    

Stock dividend per share (share)

  

Common shares

     —          —          —    
   Preferred shares      —          —          —    

 

(1)

Based on profit for the year attributable to the owners of the controlling company.

(2)

Earnings per share is based on par value of W5,000 per share and is calculated by dividing net income by weighted average number of common shares.

(3)

The cash dividend amount for the fiscal year 2021 is subject to approval at the annual general meeting of shareholders on March 23, 2022. In the event of a rejection or amendment of the cash dividend amount at the annual general meeting of shareholders, we expect to file an amended annual report explaining the reasons for such rejection or amendment.

(4)

Cash dividend payout ratio is the percentage that is derived by dividing total cash dividend by profit for the year attributable to the owners of the controlling company.

(5)

Cash dividend yield is the percentage that is derived by dividing cash dividend by the arithmetic average of the daily closing prices of our common shares during the one-week period ending two trading days prior to the closing of the register of shareholders for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to receive annual dividends.

Historical dividend information

 

Number of consecutive years of dividends

  

Average Dividend Yield

Interim dividends

   Annual dividends    Last 3 years    Last 5 years

—  

   —      —      0.65

 

(1)

The average dividend yield is calculated using the simple arithmetic average method, including the fiscal years in which no dividend was paid (no dividends were paid with respect to fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020).

(2)

The cash dividend per share for the fiscal year 2021 is expected to be approved at the annual general meeting of shareholders on March 23, 2022. The historical dividend information above is based on the actual, confirmed dividend amounts and does not include the expected dividend information for 2021. When the 2021 dividend information is included, the average dividend yield for the last 3 years and the last 5 years is 0.94% and 0.90%, respectively.

 

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  F.

Matters relating to Articles of Incorporation

Our current articles of incorporation were amended as of March 23, 2021 at the annual general meeting of shareholders, and certain amendments as summarized below have been submitted for approval at the upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders. Consequently, our articles of incorporation may be subject to change based on the results of such upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders.

 

Articles to be Amended

  

Description of Amendments

Revision of Article 37-2 (Composition of Audit Committee)    To enhance the independence of the audit committee and strengthen its internal monitoring function by requiring the committee to consist of four outside directors (from three outside directors).

 

2.

Business

 

  A.

Business overview

We were incorporated in February 1985 under the laws of the Republic of Korea. LG Electronics and LG Semicon transferred their respective LCD business to us in 1998, and since then, our business has been focused on the research, development, manufacture and sale of products that apply display technologies such as OLED and TFT-LCD. Sorting by major sales product category, television, IT products and mobile and other products accounted for 32%, 42% and 26% of our total sales, respectively, in 2021. Our customers primarily consist of global set makers, and our top ten customers comprised 86% of our total sales revenue in 2021. As a company focused on exports, our overseas sales accounted for approximately 98% of our total sales in 2021. We provide close local support through our overseas sales subsidiaries located in the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore.

We operate key production facilities in Korea, China and Vietnam, and our production capacity is approximately 9.2 million glass sheets per year, as converted into eighth-generation sheets (2200x2500mm). In order to expand our production capacity of differentiated and competitive products such as OLED panels, our total capital expenditures on a cash out basis was around W3.2 trillion in 2021, and we plan to make investments within our earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) while continuing to enhance our financial stability in 2022. The major raw materials for display panel production include glass, semiconductors, polarizers, organic matter, backlight units (“BLU”) and printed circuit boards (“PCB”), and the prices of major raw materials may fluctuate as a result of supply and demand in the market as well as changes in our purchase quantity.

As securing production capacity through large scale investments in the display industry requires a long period of time, panel prices may fluctuate due to the imbalance between the increase in production capacity and growth in demand. The sales performance of industry players is differentiated by not only the production capacity of each company but also other competitive differences arising from factors including technology, product development capability, manufacturing efficiency, quality control and customer relationships, along with the price differentiation incorporating such factors. In addition, given the high proportion of our sales overseas, our sales of display panels are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars whereas our purchases of raw materials are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars, Japanese Yen and Chinese Yuan. Accordingly, our profit margins may be affected by changes in the exchange rates between the currencies. We strive to minimize the risk relating to foreign currency denominated assets, liabilities and operating cash flow due to exchange rate fluctuations.

Our research and development expenses represent approximately 7% of our sales, and we are continually creating customer value through systematic R&D activities for new products and technologies. Leveraging our competitive R&D activities, we are leading the display market by providing differentiated values in display panel products utilizing our OLED and TFT-LCD technologies for various uses including television, IT and mobile products, as well as automobiles and industrial uses.

 

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Consolidated operating results highlights

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

     2021      2020      2019  

Sales Revenue

     29,878        24,262        23,476  

Gross Profit

     5,305        2,635        1,868  

Operating Profit (loss)

     2,231        (36      (1,359

Total Assets

     38,155        35,066        35,575  

Total Liabilities

     23,392        22,335        23,086  

 

  B.

Industry

 

  (1)

Industry characteristics

 

   

From the supply perspective, the display panel industry is technology- and capital-intensive in nature and requires mass production through achieving an economy of scale.

 

   

From the demand perspective, the display panel industry tends to demonstrate a high level of volatility depending on the global macroeconomic conditions, major regional sales events and/or seasonal factors.

 

   

Demand for display panels for traditional IT products such as notebooks and desktop monitors has shown a strong growth due to changes in lifestyle including increased instances of working from home and online classes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and demand for high-end products has also sustained.

 

   

Demand for smartphone and automotive display panels has fluctuated due to weakened conditions in the end-product market in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, further growth is expected with the release of new products using plastic OLED panels and those that offer changes in form factors or new customer experiences such as foldable smartphones.

 

   

The market for television display panels has shown a steady growth, largely from developed countries, and has rapidly become focused on larger-sized panels reflecting increased consumer needs for larger screens.

 

   

We also anticipate a gradual growth in the market for high value-added product segments such as display panels for industrial uses.

 

  (2)

Growth Potential

 

   

We are focusing on securing profitability through differentiated products such as “Cinematic Sound” OLED and “Wallpaper” display panels under our strategic plan to transition our business to center around OLED, which has a strong future growth potential. In the television business, we are expanding our offerings of premium products such as OLED products. In particular, with respect to large-sized OLED television display panels, we are continuing to secure additional production capacity of 8.5th generation OLED panels and are planning to further strengthen the fundamentals of our OLED business by continuing to introduce differentiated products and obtaining additional production capacity for 8.5th and 10.5th generation OLED display panels. In the IT business, we are increasing the proportion of premium products such as high resolution and wide screen products based on IPS and Oxide technologies. In the mobile business, we have commenced mass production of 6th generation plastic OLED smartphones. We are also strengthening the foundation for the expansion of small- and medium-sized OLED business, including automotive display panels.

 

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  (3)

Cyclicality

 

   

The display panel business is highly cyclical and sensitive to fluctuations in the general economy. The industry experiences recurring volatility caused by imbalances between supply and demand due to capacity expansion and changing production utilization rates within the industry.

 

   

Macroeconomic factors and other causes of business cycles can affect the rate of growth in demand for display panels. Accordingly, if supply exceeds demand, average selling prices of display panels may decrease. Conversely, if growth in demand outpaces growth in supply, average selling prices may increase.

 

  (4)

Market conditions

 

   

Most display panel manufacturers are located in Asia as set forth below. Competition in the TFT-LCD sector is intensifying amid active investments in new fabrication facilities led by Chinese panel manufacturers and their expanding level of dominance in the sector. In response, Korean panel manufacturers are continuing their efforts to maintain their market leadership and differentiate themselves by transitioning their business focus to OLED products and upgrading their TFT-LCD businesses.

 

  a.

Korea: LG Display, Samsung Display, etc.

 

  b.

Taiwan: AU Optronics, Innolux, CPT, HannStar, etc.

 

  c.

Japan: Japan Display, Sharp, Panasonic LCD, etc.

 

  d.

China: BOE, CSOT, CEC Panda, HKC, etc.

 

   

Our worldwide market share of large-sized display panels (i.e., panels that are 9 inches or larger) based on revenue is as follows:

 

     2021   2020   2019

Panels for Televisions(1)(2)

   21.7%   21.6%   28.1%

Panels for IT Products(1)

   19.0%   21.2%   24.8%

Total(1)

   19.9%   21.4%   27.2%

 

(1)

Source: Large Area Display Market Tracker (OMDIA). Data for 2021 are based on OMDIA’s estimates, as actual results for 2021 Q4 have not yet been made available.

(2)

Includes panels for public displays.

 

  (5)

Competitiveness and competitive advantages

 

   

Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside our control, including the development of new and premium products through technological advances, timely investments based on visibility of profitability, adaptable product portfolio and flexible fabrication mix, achievement of competitive production costs through enhancing productivity and managing supply costs of components and raw materials, our relationship with customers, success in marketing to our end-brand customers, general economic and industry conditions and foreign exchange rates.

 

   

In order for us to compete effectively, it is critical to offer differentiated products that enable us to secure profit margins even during times of a mismatch in the market supply and demand, to be price- and cost-competitive and to maintain stable relationships with customers.

 

   

A substantial portion of our sales is attributable to a limited number of end-brand customers and their designated system integrators. As such, it is important to build a sustained relationship with such customers.

 

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Developing new products and technologies that can be differentiated from those of our competitors is critical to the success of our business. It is important that we take active measures to protect our intellectual property internationally. It is also necessary to recruit and retain experienced key managerial personnel and skilled line operators.

 

   

As a leading technology innovator in the display industry, we continue to focus on delivering differentiated value to our customers by developing various technologies and products, including display panels with WOLED/POLED, IPS, Oxide, in-TOUCH and other technologies. With respect to OLED panels, following our supply of the world’s first 55-inch OLED panels for televisions in January 2013, we have shown that we are technologically a step ahead of the competition by continuing to enhance the performance of our WOLED products and to offer differentiated large-sized OLED products such as our “Transparent,” “Cinematic Sound,” “Bendable,” “Rollable” and “Gaming” large-sized OLED. Moreover, we have continually introduced differentiated plastic OLED products for smartphones, automotive products, wearable devices and foldable notebook computers, among others. With respect to TFT-LCD panels, we are leading the market with our competitive advantages in technology, including through our IPS, Oxide and LTPS technology-based ultra-large and ultra-high definition (“Ultra HD” or “UHD”) television panels, desktop and notebook monitors featuring high resolutions, differentiated designs and high frequency refresh rates, and specialized products for automotive, commercial and medical uses. Our production facilities are also equipped to produce products incorporating in-TOUCH technology.

 

   

Moreover, we are maintaining and strengthening close long-term relationships with major global firms to secure customers and expand partnerships for technology development.

 

  C.

New businesses

For our continued growth, we are actively exploring and preparing for new business opportunities that may arise in the changing market environment. As such, we are continually reviewing and looking at opportunities in the display and promising new industries.

 

  D.

Customer-oriented marketing activities

Through engaging in detailed analysis and acquiring insight on the market and industry conditions, technology, products and end-user consumers, we seek to provide differentiated values that are customer- and consumer-friendly. In addition, we engage in activities that are geared to proactively identify and offer meaningful benefits to customers and consumers. As a result, we are continually developing products that provide differentiated values using our differentiated technologies. At the same time, we strive to create new markets and mutually benefit our business and our customers by obtaining customer trust and satisfaction through our customer- and consumer-oriented marketing activities.

 

3.

Major Products and Raw Materials

 

  A.

Major products

We manufacture TFT-LCD and OLED panels, of which a significant majority is sold overseas.

(Unit: In billions of Won, except percentages)

 

                           2021  

Business area

   Sales type     

Items (By product)

  

Usage

  

Major
trademark

   Sales
Revenue
     Percentages
(%)
 

Display

    




Goods/

Products/
Services/
Other
sales

 

 
 
 
 

   Televisions    Panels for televisions    LG Display      9,466        31.7
      IT products    Panels for monitors, notebook computers and tablets    LG Display      12,459        41.7
     

Mobile,

etc.

   Panels for smartphones, etc.    LG Display      7,953        26.6
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

                 29,878        100.0
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  B.

Average selling price trend of major products

The average selling prices of display panels are subject to change based on market conditions and demand by product category. The average selling price of display panels per square meter of net display area shipped in the fourth quarter of 2021 increased by approximately 8% compared to the third quarter of 2021 due to increased shipments of large and mid- to small-sized OLED panels. The average selling prices of display panels per square meter of net display area may continually fluctuate in the future due to changes in market conditions.

(Unit: US$ / m2)

 

Period

   Average Selling Price(1)(2)
(in US$ / m2)
2021 Q4    806
2021 Q3    750
2021 Q2    703
2021 Q1    736
2020 Q4    790
2020 Q3    706
2020 Q2    654
2020 Q1    567
2019 Q4    606
2019 Q3    513
2019 Q2    456
2019 Q1    528
(1)

Quarterly average selling price per square meter of net display area shipped.

(2)

Excludes semi-finished products in the cell process.

 

  C.

Major raw materials

Prices of major raw materials depend on fluctuations in supply and demand in the market as well as on change in size and quantity of raw materials due to the increased production of large-sized panels.

(Unit: In billions of Won, except percentages)

 

Business area

  

Purchase type

  

Items

  

Usage

   Cost(1)      Ratio (%)     

Suppliers

Display    Raw materials    PCB    Display panel manufacturing      2,797        19.7%      Youngpoong Electronics Co., Ltd., etc.
   Polarizers      2,203        15.5%      LG Chem, etc.
   BLU      1,707        12.0%      Heesung Electronics LTD., etc.
   Glass      934        6.6%      Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd., etc.
   Drive IC      1,629        11.4%      LX Semicon, etc.
   Others      4,958        34.8%     
           

 

 

    

 

 

    
Total               14,227        100.0%     
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

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Period: January 1, 2021 ~ December 31, 2021.

 

(1)

Based on total cost for purchase of raw materials which includes manufacturing and development costs, etc.

 

(2)

Among our major suppliers, Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. is our affiliate, LG Chem is a member company of the LG Group and LX Semicon is an affiliate of LX Holdings Corp.

 

   

The average price of electrolytic galvanized iron, which is the main raw material for BLU components, increased by 62.2% in 2021 compared to 2020 due to increase in demand following the Chinese government’s economic stimulus measures, a decrease in the supply of key raw materials (including iron ores and coal) and issues surrounding the supply of electricity due to the Korean government’s CO2 reduction policy. Although the rate of increase in market price is slowing down due to a decrease in purchase demand in China and a general decrease in the price of iron ores, the market price is expected to increase due to cuts in steel production in January and February 2022 in light of China’s heightened environmental regulations.

 

   

The average price of polymethyl methacrylate increased by 15.2% in 2021 compared to 2020 due to a continued increase in demand and unstable supply. Although the unit price of naphtha is expected to increase in light of rising international crude oil and petrochemical product prices, the market price of polymethyl methacrylate is expected to remain relatively stable due to a decrease in demand for resin.

 

   

The average price of copper, the main raw material for PCB components, increased by 51% in the 2021 compared to 2020 due to increased industrial activities as a result of the global economic recovery and expansion of the electric vehicle market. The market price is expected to become stronger but remain stable given the rise in demand for investment following the increase in liquidity resulting from China’s interest rate cut policy as well as tight supply conditions.

 

4.

Production and Equipment

 

  A.

Production capacity and output

 

  (1)

Production capacity

The table below sets forth the production capacity of our Gumi, Paju and Guangzhou facilities in the periods indicated.

(Unit: 1,000 glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items      Location of facilities      2021(1)      2020(1)      2019(1)  

Display

     Display panel        Gumi, Paju, Guangzhou        9,230        8,589        9,408  

 

(1)

Calculated based on the maximum monthly input capacity (based on glass input substrate size for eighth-generation glass sheets) during the year multiplied by the number of months in a year (i.e., 12 months). The production capacity for facilities with adjusted utilization rates have been calculated based on the maximum input capacity during the period.

 

  (2)

Production output

The table below sets forth the production output of our Gumi, Paju and Guangzhou facilities in the periods indicated.

(Unit: 1,000 glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items    Location of facilities    2021(1)    2020(1)    2019(1)

Display

   Display panel    Gumi, Paju, Guangzhou    8,124    6,815    8,373

 

(1)

Based on the production results (input standard) of each plant converted into eighth-generation glass sheets.

 

  B.

Production performance and utilization ratio

(Unit: Hours, except percentages)

 

Production facilities

  

Available working
hours in 2021

   Actual working
hours in 2021
   Average utilization ratio  

Gumi

   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365 days)
   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365  days)(2)
     100.0

Paju

   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365 days)
   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365  days)(2)
     100.0

Guangzhou

   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365 days)
   8,760(1)
(24 hours x 365  days)(2)
     100.0

 

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(1)

Based on the assumption that all 24 hours in a day have been fully utilized.

(2)

Number of days is calculated by averaging the number of working days for each facility.

 

  C.

Investment plan

In 2021, our total capital expenditures on a cash out basis was around W3.2 trillion. In 2022, we expect to make investments within our EBITDA and estimate that our total capital expenditures will increase compared to 2021.

 

5.

Sales

 

  A.

Sales performance

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

Business area

  

Sales types

  

Items (Market)

   2021      2020      2019  

Display

   Products    Display panel    Overseas(1)      29,204        23,312        22,180  
      Korea(1)      621        905        1,255  
      Total      29,825        24,217        23,435  
   Royalty    LCD, OLED technology patent    Overseas(1)      14        14        14  
      Korea(1)      0        0        0  
      Total      14        14        14  
  

Others

   Raw materials, components, etc.    Overseas(1)      27        24        17  
      Korea(1)      12        7        10  
      Total      39        30        26  
  

Total

   Overseas(1)      29,246        23,350        22,211  
         Korea(1)      633        912        1,265  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
         Total      29,878        24,262        23,476  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
(1)

Based on ship-to-party.

 

  B.

Sales organization and sales route

 

   

As of December 31, 2021, each of our television, IT and mobile businesses had individual sales and customer support functions.

 

   

Sales subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore perform sales activities and provide local technical support to customers.

 

   

Sales of our products take place through one of the following two routes:

1) LG Display Headquarters and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries g Overseas sales subsidiaries (USA/Germany/Japan/Taiwan/China/Singapore), etc. g System integrators and end-brand customers g End users

 

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2) LG Display Headquarters and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries g System integrators and end-brand customers g End users

 

   

Sales performance by sales route

 

Sales performance

   Sales route    Ratio  

Overseas

   Overseas subsidiaries      94.5
   Headquarters      5.5

Overseas sales portion (overseas sales / total sales)

     97.9

Korea

   Overseas subsidiaries      5.1
   Headquarters      94.9

Korea sales portion (Korea sales / total sales)

     2.1

 

  C.

Sales methods and sales terms

 

   

Direct sales and sales through overseas subsidiaries, etc. Sales terms are subject to change depending on the fluctuation in the supply and demand.

 

  D.

Sales strategy

 

   

With respect to television products, we have led the premium television market with our OLED televisions and enhanced customer value and our business portfolio by promoting new products, such as gaming display panels and transparent OLED display panels. With respect to our LCD business, we are securing stability by offering differentiated commercial products to a global customer base.

 

   

As part of our sales strategy for IT products, we have secured stable sales to major personal computer manufacturers and leading consumer electronics manufacturers globally. We also strengthened sales of high-resolution, IPS, narrow bezel and other high-end display panels.

 

   

With respect to smartphones, commercial products (including interactive whiteboards and video wall displays, among others), industrial products (including aviation and medical equipment, among others) and automobile display products, we have continued to build a strong and diversified business portfolio by expanding our business with customers with a global reach on the strength of our differentiated products applying IPS, plastic OLED, high-resolution, high-reliability, Super Narrow bezel, in-TOUCH and other technologies.

 

  E.

Major customers

 

   

Customers “A” and “B” each accounted for more than 10% of our sales revenue in each of 2020 and 2021, and our sales revenue derived from our top ten customers comprised 85% of our total sales revenue in 2020 and 86% in 2021.

 

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6.

Purchase Orders

 

   

We do not have purchase order contracts that recognize unbilled revenue by implementing the cost-based method.

 

7.

Risk Management and Derivative Contracts

 

  A.

Risk management

 

  (1)

Major market risks

Our business is exposed to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. Accordingly, we operate a risk management system that identifies and analyzes these risks while monitoring and managing risk level by establishing appropriate risk controls in order to ensure that such risks do not exceed certain threshold levels.

Market risk refers to the risk that income from the financial instruments that we hold or the fair value of such financial instruments will fluctuate due to fluctuations in market prices, such as exchange rates, interest rates and prices of equity securities. The objective of our market risk management system is to manage and control our exposure to market risk within an acceptable level while optimizing our profit levels.

 

  (2)

Risk management method

As the average selling prices of OLED and TFT-LCD panels can continue to decline over time irrespective of industry-wide cyclical fluctuations, we may find it hard to manage risks associated with certain factors that are outside our control. However, we counteract such declines in average selling prices by increasing the proportion of high value added panels in our product mix while also implementing various cost reduction measures.

In addition, in order to manage our risk against foreign currency fluctuations, we eliminate such risk by adopting a policy of maintaining our net exposure risk within an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates, when necessary, to address short-term imbalances in the inflow and outflow of foreign currency funds. We also continually monitor our currency position and risk for other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, and when needed, we may from time to time enter into cross-currency interest rate swap contracts and foreign currency forward contracts. Furthermore, we have adopted a policy aimed at minimizing uncertainty and financial costs arising from interest rate fluctuations and manage our interest rate risk through periodic monitoring of interest rate trends and adoption of appropriate countermeasures.

 

  B.

Derivative contracts

 

  (1)

Currency risks

 

   

We are exposed to currency risks on sales, purchases and borrowings that are denominated in currencies other than in Won, our functional currency. These currencies are primarily the U.S. dollar, the Chinese Yuan and the Japanese Yen.

 

   

Interest on borrowings is denominated in the currency of the borrowing. Generally, borrowings are denominated in currencies that match the cash flows generated by our underlying operations, primarily in Won, the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan.

 

   

As of the end of the reporting period, we have entered into a forward currency contract with a short U.S. dollar position in order to hedge the risk of fluctuations in future cash flows resulting from exchange rate fluctuations in expected export transactions. In the valuation gains and losses of derivative contracts to which we apply cash flow hedge accounting, there is no ineffective portion, the valuation gain of the effective portion was Won 905 million and the valuation loss of the effective portion was Won 13,400 million (contracted amount: $1,200 million, contracted exchange rate: Won 1,160.0 ~ 1,202.5), which is reflected as part of our accumulated other comprehensive income. In addition, in relation to cash flow hedging, the maximum expected period of exposure to cash flow fluctuation risk due to the expected transaction to be hedged is six months from the end of this reporting period.

 

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As of the end of the reporting period, in order to avoid risks of interest rate fluctuations and exchange rate fluctuations on foreign currency denominated borrowings with floating interest rates, we entered into an aggregate of $1,545 million in Won/US dollar cross currency swap agreements with Standard Chartered Bank and others, for which we have not applied hedge accounting.

 

   

Any rights or obligations arising from derivative contracts that do not apply hedge accounting are measured at fair value and are accounted for as assets and liabilities, whereas any resulting valuation gain or loss is recognized as profit or loss at the time such valuation gain or loss is incurred.

We recognized a net gain on valuation of derivative instruments in the amount of W210 billion with respect to our foreign exchange derivative instruments held during the reporting period.

 

  (2)

Interest rate risks

 

   

Our exposure to interest rate risks relates primarily to our floating rate long term loan obligations. We have established and are managing interest rate risk policies to minimize uncertainty and costs associated with interest rate fluctuations by monitoring cyclical interest rate fluctuations and enacting countermeasures.

 

   

As of the end of the reporting period, we entered into an aggregate of W170 billion in interest rate swap agreements to KB Kookmin Bank and others, for which we have not applied hedge accounting. We recognized a net gain on valuation of derivative instruments in the amount of W3 billion with respect to our interest rate derivative instruments held during the reporting period.

 

   

A fundamental transition in benchmark reference rates is taking place globally and some interbank lending rates (“IBORs”) are becoming replaced with new risk-free benchmark rates. While none of our financial instruments currently outstanding are tied to London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rates that have been ceased to date, we plan to replace our existing financial instruments tied to LIBOR rates with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Following the transition away from the LIBOR, we are exposed to legal risk associated with amending the contracts for such financial instruments as well as operational risk associated with managing the transition and its impact. In order to manage such risks and monitor the transition to alternative benchmark reference rates, we are assessing the extent to which each contract references IBOR cash flows, whether such contract should be amended and how to manage communication with counterparties on benchmark reference rate transition. Moreover, we have inserted replacement clauses for IBORs that have not yet been converted to alternative benchmark reference rates. However, even if a replacement clause has been inserted, if the interest rate of the financial instrument is still tied to an IBOR, we consider such financial instrument as not yet having been converted. See Note 26 of the notes to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further information.

 

8.

Major Contracts

Our material contracts, other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, are set forth below:

 

Type of agreement

  

Name of party

  

Term

  

Content

Technology licensing/supply agreement

   Hewlett-Packard    January 2011 ~    Patent licensing of semi-conductor device technology
   Ignis Innovation, Inc.    July 2016 ~    Patent licensing of OLED related technology
   HannStar Display Corporation    December 2013 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
   AU Optronics Corporation    August 2011~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
   Innolux Corporation    July 2012 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
   Universal Display Corporation    January 2015 ~ December 2025    Patent licensing of OLED related technology
   Semiconductor Energy Laboratory    January 2021 ~ December 2030    Patent licensing of LCD and OLED related technology

 

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9.

Research & Development (“R&D”)

 

  A.

Summary of R&D-related expenditures

(Unit: In millions of Won, except percentages)

 

Items

   2021     2020     2019  

R&D Expenditures (prior to deducting governmental subsidies)

     2,127,705       1,740,083       1,776,879  

Governmental Subsidies

     (941     (1,524     (590

Net R&D-Related Expenditures

     2,126,764       1,738,559       1,776,289  

Accounting Treatment(1)

   R&D Expenses      1,813,876       1,454,072       1,338,344  
   Development Cost (Intangible Assets)      312,888       284,487       437,945  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

R&D-Related Expenditures / Revenue Ratio(2)
(Total R&D-Related Expenditures ÷ Revenue for the period × 100)

     7.1     7.2     7.6
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

For accounting treatment purposes, R&D expenses are presented as research and development expenses in our statements of comprehensive income, net of amortization of capitalized intangible asset development costs.

(2)

Calculated based on the R&D-related expenditures before subtracting government subsidies (state subsidies).

 

  B.

R&D achievements

Achievements in 2019

 

  (1)

Developed the world’s first ultra large-sized in-TOUCH product (50-inch UHD)

 

   

World’s first to apply in-TOUCH technology on ultra large-sized products (50-inch and larger)

 

   

World’s first to apply low temperature PAS to achieve in-TOUCH function

 

  (2)

Developed the world’s first transparent WOLED product (55-inch FHD)

 

   

Developed WOLED-based Top Emission OLED device and process technology

 

  (3)

Developed the world’s first OLED 8K product (88-inch 8K)

 

   

Developed gearing technology that secures and compensates aperture ratio for high resolution (8K) product implementation

 

  (4)

Developed the world’s first gaming monitor product applying OLED (55” UHD)

 

   

Developed 55” UHD gaming monitor product using advantages of OLED (latency, gray to gray, color recall)

 

  (5)

Developed the world’s first curved gaming monitor product applying AH-IPS COT (37.5” WQ+)

 

   

Developed and produced the world’s first monitor product applying AH-IPS COT

 

   

Pioneered gaming/curved premium monitor product market

 

  (6)

Developed the world’s first monitor product applying Crystal Sound Display (“CSD”) (27.0” FHD)

 

   

Developed and produced the world’s first monitor product applying CSD

 

   

Developed large-sized, front-oriented stereo speaker through the application of exciter and piezo to the bottom cover of the liquid crystal module

 

  (7)

Developed the world’s first automotive product applying plastic OLED (16.9” + 7.2” / 14.2”)

 

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Developed and produced the world’s first 1CG multi-display product applying plastic OLED (16.9” + 7.2” / 14.2”)

Achievements in 2020

 

  (1)

Developed the first products in our Guangzhou OLED panel production facility (77” UHD, 48” UHD)

 

   

Completed the development of the first products in our Guangzhou OLED panel production facility (77” UHD, 48” UHD)

 

  (2)

Developed the world’s first rollable television display product (65” UHD)

 

   

Introduced a new form factor (from flat to rollable) to the television market

 

   

Enhanced space utilization through adjusting the display size and ratio based on the purpose of use

 

  (3)

Developed the world’s first 2K zone mini-LED & ultra-slim UHD monitor product

 

   

Fulfilled customer needs for top quality monitor products and strengthened our market position in the premium market by developing the world’s first differentiated 2K zone product

 

   

By leveraging early advantage in the underlying mini-LED technology, explored a new revenue source through applying the technology to all IT products

 

   

Achieved high luminance at HDR 1000 and wide color gamut at 99.8% DCI

Achievements in 2021

 

  (1)

Developed the world’s first bendable OLED television display product (65” UHD)

 

   

Implemented both flat and bendable forms based on the scene usage and provided diverse form factors to customers

 

  (2)

Developed the world’s first 83” OLED television display product

 

   

Increased the range of options for customers by developing the new 83” UHD

 

  (3)

Developed the world’s first QHD 240Hz gaming notebook product (15.6”)

 

   

Developed the world’s first QHD resolution 240Hz high-speed notebook product (obtained panel characteristics through new design and process optimization)

 

   

Led the QHD high-speed gaming product market

 

  (4)

Developed the world’s first high contrast ratio 2000:1 monitor product (27”, 31.5”)

 

   

Developed the world’s first IPS contrast ratio 2000:1 monitor product through the development of high contrast nega-LC material (Existing product: posi-LC, 1000:1)

 

   

Led the high-end display quality product market

 

  (5)

Developed the world’s first 42” OLED television display product

 

   

Expanded the product segment by developing the new 42” UHD display panel

 

  (6)

Developed our first Auto LCD 750R extreme curvature product (12.66” FHD)

 

   

Achieved differentiated design by developing LTPS 750R extreme curvature product

 

10.

Intellectual Property

As of December 31, 2021, our cumulative patent portfolio (including patents that have already expired) included 23,109 patents in Korea and 30,380 patents in other countries. In 2021, we registered 1,763 patents in Korea and 2,379 patents in other countries.

 

11.

Environmental and Safety Matters

In order to minimize the environmental impact of our business activities, we are actively responding to environmental regulations applicable to our products and business sites.

 

  A.

Business environment management

We have installed and operate various types of prevention facilities to minimize the emission of environmental pollutants generated in our production process. With respect to air and water pollutants, we set and manage our internal standard at 70% of the permitted levels under the regulatory emission standards. In addition, in order to establish a resource circulation system, we operate a proprietary system to monitor waste from its generation to treatment, have developed waste treatment technology and identified suitable recycling companies to reduce the amount of waste we generate and maximize recycling.

 

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We are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations, and operations at our manufacturing plants are subject to regulation and periodic scheduled and unscheduled on-site inspections by the Ministry of Environment and local environmental protection authorities. The primary types of environmental laws applicable to us include the following:

 

  (1)

Environmental pollutant emission regulations: Clean Air Conservation Act, Water Quality Conservation Act, Wastes Control Act, Environmental Impact Assessment Act, etc.

 

  (2)

Greenhouse gas emission management: Framework Act on Carbon Neutral and Green Growth to Respond to Climate Crisis, Act on the Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emission Permits, etc.

 

  (3)

Other workplace environment management: Chemicals Control Act, Chemicals Registration and Evaluation Act, Soil Environment Conservation Act, etc.

In addition, as we were designated a target company for the greenhouse gas emission trading system in 2015, we allocate and monitor our greenhouse gas emissions every year. In order to continually promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, we have set a medium- to long-term goal to reduce the emission level by continually investing in facility improvements and monitoring our emission levels.

In accordance with the Framework Act on Carbon Neutral and Green Growth to Respond to Climate Crisis, we implemented the greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption target system from 2012 to 2014. In 2015, we implemented the greenhouse gas trading system, under which we are responsible to meet our emission targets based on the emission credits allocated to us by the Ministry of Environment of the Korean government. As a result, we have been investing in additional equipment and there may be other costs associated with meeting reduction targets, which may have a negative effect on our profitability or production activities.

In connection with the greenhouse gas emission and energy reduction target system, we submitted a statement of our domestic emissions and energy usage for 2020 to the Korean government in March 2021 after it was certified by BSI Korea, a government-designated certification agency. The table below sets forth yearly levels of our greenhouse gases emissions and energy usage in the statement submitted to the Korean government:

(Unit: thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent; Tetra Joules)

 

Category

   2020      2019      2018  

Greenhouse gases

     4,748        5,885        6,696  

Energy

     56,668        62,776        64,296  

Note: Our greenhouse gas emission and energy usage in 2021 will be updated after the Korean government’s verification and confirmation process, which is expected to take place during the first quarter of 2022.

The decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 compared to 2019 was due primarily to the introduction of a reduction facility that decomposes fluorinated greenhouse gases used in our manufacturing process, resulting in an overall decrease in emission levels.

As we were designated as a target company for the greenhouse gas emission trading system in 2015, we submit a plan for allocating and monitoring our greenhouse gas emissions to the government every year. In order to continually promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, we have set a short-term goal to reduce the emission level from 2014 to 2022 by 16.8% and a medium- to long-term goal to reduce the emission level from 2014 to 2050 by 75.6%. To achieve this, we are continually investing in facility improvements and monitoring our emission levels.

We are making extensive investments to replace SF6 gas, which is the main component of greenhouse gases, with NF3 gas. In addition, as a short-term strategy, we are actively implementing measures in compliance with the emission trading system. In 2020, we reduced our carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emission levels by 1.44 million tons, which was 0.47 million tons more than our initial target of 0.97 million tons. As our medium- to long-term goal, we plan to develop low-carbon production technologies in order to eliminate greenhouse gas emission during our manufacturing process and to conserve energy.

 

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In order to establish an effective environmental and energy management system, we have acquired and currently operate the environmental management system ISO14001 for all of our domestic and overseas production sites, and we have also obtained energy management system ISO 50001 certifications for our domestic business sites and overseas subsidiaries in Nanjing and Guangzhou.

In recognition of our efforts, we were awarded the highest level, Leadership A, and received the grand prize award at the CDP Water Korea Best Awards in 2016 from the Carbon Disclosure Project, which was presided over by the Carbon Disclosure Project Korea Committee. Since then, we have continued to maintain our excellence in water conservation activities and received Leadership A recognition from 2018 to 2021. In addition, we have also received the Carbon Management Sector Honors every year since 2016 in recognition of our continued greenhouse gas emission reduction activities. Moreover, in recognition of our efforts to improve our recycling rate and reduce waste, we received a citation in 2020 for being a leading resource circulation company from the Minister of Environment.

B. Product environment management

In the case of the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU, with the adoption of Directive (EU) 2015/863 in 2016, four additional substances (four phthalate substances) have been added to the six already restricted substances, which additional restrictions became effective as of July 22, 2019. In order to address the latent risk elements of the four phthalate substances that became restricted in 2019 and to establish a more stable management system, we implemented in 2016 a preemptive response process with respect to such four phthalate substances. In implementing this process, we collaborated with external agencies to ascertain regulatory trends and establish our response strategy, and we formulated and applied effective management measures through the collaborative efforts of our development, procurement and quality teams.

While Beryllium (Be) has not been designated internationally as a mandatorily restricted substance, it has continued to be the subject of discussion for restriction, and certain of our customers have designated it as a restricted substance not to be used in products. Accordingly, we have completed verification of the parts used in products for customers who have banned the use of Beryllium. We have also conducted verification of the parts used in products for all customers who are expected to implement a ban and we have established a Beryllium verification process for parts in development. Through such efforts, we have established a voluntary hazardous substance response process that can be expanded to products for all customers, not only those who have requested a response.

In response to the continued strengthening of regulations governing environmentally-regulated substances, we operate our own verification process for such substances in accordance with international standards. Moreover, we participated in reforming IEC 62321, an international testing standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission and used by RoHS, and the commission adopted our halogen-free combustion ion chromatography method in as IEC 62321-3-2, which was published in June 2013. In 2017, in a joint effort with the global product testing/accreditation agency SGS, we became the first display panel company to develop Eco Label, an environmentally friendly accreditation program for television display modules, and have since continuously received the SGS Eco Label accreditation for our OLED television models. For the IPS Nano Color for LCD, we received the Quality & Performance Mark from Intertek, a global product testing/accreditation agency, by applying a technology to eliminate cadmium (Cd) and indium phosphide (InP). In 2018, we became the first display panel company to receive the “Green Technology Certification” from the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT for improving the light efficiency technology of OLED to promote energy use reduction. More recently, in 2021, we received the “Green Technology Certification” from the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT for our advanced incell touch display technology, an eco-friendly technology with touch-sensing electrodes and transmission lines that reduce carbon emissions and the use of rare metals. We also obtained an eco-friendly certification from TUV SUD, a globally recognized accreditation agency, for excellence in resource circulation and non-use of specific hazardous substances in our OLED television and PO mobile models, following our co-development of such certification program with such agency.

 

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  C.

Status of sanctions

 

Date

  

Sanctioning

Authority

  

Classification of
Sanctioning

Authority

  

Target

  

Description and
Relevant Laws

   Sanctions
Imposed
   Implementation
Status
January 18, 2019    Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Court    Court    Company and one employee (On-site Safety Manager, Incumbent, 9 years of service)   

—Safety incident on January 9, 2018

—Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 67, and 71 of Article 23 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act

   Fine of
W6 million
   —Paid fine

—Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training for
employees

January 25, 2019    Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Court    Court    Company and one officer (CPO)    Fine of
W2 million
June 12, 2019    Government of Gyeong-gi Province    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Deficiencies in self-measurements of emissions for reserve facilities

—Article 39 of the Air Quality Management Act

   Fine of
W1.6 million
   —Paid fine

—Established
a monthly self-
measurement
plan for
reserve
facilities to
prevent
recurrence

May 7, 2020    Daegu Regional Environmental Office    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Safety incident on April 17, 2020

—Article 13-1 of the Chemical Control Act

   Warning    —Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training
May 25, 2020    Daegu Regional Environmental Office    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Safety incident on May 14, 2020

—Article 13-2 of the Chemical Control Act

   Fine of
W1.44 million
   —Paid fine

—Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training

May 25, 2020    National Institute of Chemical Safety    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Failure to conduct safety training on hazardous chemicals

—Article 33 of the Chemical Control Act

   Fine of
W1.44 million
   —Paid fine

—Conducted
safety training
and established
a working
process that
complies with
the safety
regulations

June 22, 2020    Daegu Regional Environmental Office    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Safety incident on May 14, 2020

—Article 13-2 of the Chemical Control Act

   Improvement
Order
   —Submitted a
report of
compliance
with the
improvement
order

—Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training

 

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November 5, 2020    Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Court    Court    Company and one officer (CPO)   

—Safety incident on June 24, 2017 (Fine announcement on November 22, 2018, Ruling confirmation on November 5, 2020)

—Paragraph 1 of Article 23, Provision 2 of Article 66, and Article 71 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act

   Fine of
W6 million
   —Paid fine

—Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training for
employees to
prevent
recurrence

January 26, 2021    Gimcheon Branch of Daegu District Court    Court    Company and two employees (Former Head of Safety and Health Management at Gumi facilities (Incumbent, 22 years of service) and Former Working level staff (Incumbent, 21 years of service))   

—Safety incidents on April 17, 2020 and May 14, 2020

—Article 59-1 of the Chemical Control Act

   Fine of
W9 million
   —Paid fine

—Strengthened
safety
management
standards and
training

April 12, 2021    Goyang Branch of Ministry of Employment and Labor    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Violation of safety information material posting and education requirements

—Provision 1 of Article 114 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act

   Fine of
W122.6 million
   —Paid fine

—Complied
with the
corrective
orders and
submitted a
report on the
implementation
of the
corrective
order as of
October 1,
2021

April 28, 2021    Paju Fire Station    Administrative Agency    Company   

—Failure to preserve regular inspection records of firefighting facilities inspection

—Provision 1 of Article 18 of the Act on Safety Control of Hazardous Substances

   Fine of
W1.2 million
   —Paid fine

—Established
procedures for
conducting
regular
inspection of
dangerous
substances
according to
the inspection
checklist and
for consulting
with
administrative
agencies in
ambiguous
situations

 

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In November 2018, in connection with the occurrence of a safety accident in June 2017, the trial court (Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Court) ordered a fine of W3.0 million on each of us and our chief production officer on the basis of violation of certain provisions of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, which fines were paid in full after such order was confirmed on November 5, 2020. In order to prevent such accidents from occurring again, we are strengthening our safety management standards and training for our employees.

In January 2019, in connection with the occurrence of a safety accident, the trial court (Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Court) assessed a fine of W1 million as a summary order on each of us and our chief production officer pursuant to certain other provisions of the Industrial Safety and Health Act. In addition, in January 2019, the trial court sought a fine of W4 million and W2 million on us and the employee in charge of on-site safety management, respectively, on the basis of certain other provisions of the Industrial Safety and Health Act. In order to prevent such accidents from occurring again, we are strengthening our safety management standards and training for our employees.

In June 2019, the government of Gyeong-gi Province reviewed the operational history and the number of self-measurements of our emission outlets and confirmed that there were certain deficiencies in self-measurements for our reserve facilities. As a result, we were assessed a fine of W1.6 million by the government of Gyeong-gi Province, which we subsequently paid, for the violation of Article 39 of the Air Quality Management Act. To prevent the recurrence, we have established a monthly self-measurement plan for our reserve facilities.

In May 2020, we received a warning from Daegu Regional Environmental Office regarding a safety incident that occurred in April 2020 in violation of Article 13-1 of the Chemical Control Act. In addition, in connection with another safety incident that occurred in May 2020, we were assessed an administrative penalty of W1.44 million in May 2020 and an improvement order in June 2020, in each case by Daegu Regional Environmental Office, for a violation of Article 13-2 of the Chemical Control Act. We subsequently paid such fine, and we also submitted a report of compliance with such improvement order in July 2020. Regarding these two incidents, Gimcheon Branch of Daegu District Court issued a summary order to assess fines of W3 million on each of us and two of our employees (the former head of safety and health management at our Gumi facilities and a former working level staff), which order was subsequently confirmed. In order to prevent recurrence, we are strengthening our safety management standards and employee training efforts.

In May 2020, we were assessed a fine of W1.4 million by the National Institute of Chemical Safety for our failure to conduct safety training on hazardous chemicals in violation of Article 33 of the Chemicals Control Act, which we subsequently paid. In order to prevent recurrence, we conducted safety training on hazardous chemicals for the relevant personnel and newly established a working process that complies with safety regulations.

In January 2021, an incident involving a leakage of tetramethylammonium hydroxide chemicals occurred during refurbishment of equipment at one of our plants in Paju, causing bodily harm to workers. In December 2021, we and one of our employees were prosecuted for violating the Industrial Safety and Health Act and the Chemicals Control Act, and a criminal trial is currently pending at the Goyang Branch of the Uijeongbu District Court. Government authorities are currently investigating the cause of such incident. In light of such incident, we plan to implement measures to fundamentally enhance our safety management standards with an aim to ensure health and safety of all workers at our facilities and maintain public trust, including four key safety management initiatives comprising (i) performing detailed safety diagnosis at all of our facilities, (ii) internalizing major hazardous tasks, (iii) developing dedicated personnel for safety- and environment-related matters and strengthening our support to our service providers, and (iv) strengthening the authority and capability of our safety management organizations. On March 3, 2022, an accident occurred at our contracted construction site in Paju, resulting in injuries of four LS Cable & System workers. Authorities are currently investigating the exact cause of the accident and we plan to actively cooperate with the investigation of related organizations to determine the cause.

 

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In January 2021, we were audited by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in connection with the occurrence of a safety accident and found to be in violation of Article 114-1 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act relating to supervisory obligations with respect to the posting of safety information material and employee education. As a result, we were issued a corrective order and assessed a fine of W122.6 million, which we subsequently paid. We submitted a report on the implementation of the corrective order as of October 1, 2021.

In April 2021, we were assessed a fine of W1.2 million by the Paju Fire Station for failure to preserve regular inspection records of firefighting facilities related to the joint fire inspection by Gyeong-gi-Province Fire and Disaster Headquarters in violation of Article 18-1 of the Act on Safety Control of Hazardous Substances, which we subsequently paid. As a result, we have been conducting regular inspections of dangerous substances according to the inspection checklist related to this, and have taken measures to consult with relevant administrative agencies to the extent there are any ambiguous regulations related to performing inspections in order to prevent any legal issues.

 

12.

Financial Information

 

  A.

Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS).

Note: The financial information below is based on our financial statements which remain subject to approval at our upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled on March 23, 2022. If our financial statements are not approved at such annual general meeting of shareholders or otherwise become amended, we will disclose such matter and the reasons therefor in an amended report.

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of
December 31,
2021 (1)
     As of
December 31,
2020 (1)
     As of
December 31,
2019
 

Current assets

     13,187,067        11,099,470        10,248,315  

Quick assets

     9,836,692        8,928,814        8,197,160  

Inventories

     3,350,375        2,170,656        2,051,155  

Non-current assets

     24,967,448        23,966,542        25,326,248  

Investments in equity accounted investees

     126,719        114,551        109,611  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     20,558,446        20,139,703        22,087,645  

Intangible assets

     1,644,898        1,020,088        873,448  

Other non-current assets

     2,637,385        2,692,200        2,255,544  

Total assets

     38,154,515        35,066,012        35,574,563  

Current liabilities

     13,994,817        11,006,948        10,984,976  

Non-current liabilities

     9,397,197        11,327,636        12,101,306  

Total liabilities

     23,392,014        22,334,584        23,086,282  

Share capital

     1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079  

Share premium

     2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113  

Retained earnings

     8,541,521        7,518,786        7,503,312  

Other equity

     537,142        (163,446      (203,021

Non-controlling interest

     1,643,646        1,335,896        1,147,798  

Total equity

     14,762,501        12,731,428        12,488,281  

(Unit: In millions of Won, except for per share data and number of consolidated entities)

 

Description

   For the year
ended
December 31,
2021 (1)
     For the year
ended
December 31,
2020 (1)
     For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
 

Revenue

     29,878,043        24,261,561        23,475,567  

Operating profit (loss)

     2,230,608        (36,465      (1,359,382

Profit (loss) from continuing operations

     1,333,544        (76,147      (2,872,078

Profit (loss) for the period

     1,333,544        (76,147      (2,872,078

Profit (loss) attributable to:

        

Owners of the Company

     1,186,182        (94,853      (2,829,705

Non-controlling interest

     147,362        18,706        (42,373

Basic earnings (loss) per share

     3,315        (265      (7,908

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

     3,130        (265      (7,908

Number of consolidated entities

     22        22        23  

 

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(1)

We have adopted certain amendments to IFRS No. 1016 “Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use” beginning January 1, 2021. Prior to the adoption of these amendments, we deducted net proceeds from selling items produced while preparing a given property, plant and equipment asset (a “PPE asset”) for its intended use from the acquisition cost of such PPE asset. However, these amendments require the proceeds from selling, and the cost of producing, such items to be recognized in our profit or loss.

Pursuant to our early adoption of the amended K-IFRS No. 1016 from January 1, 2021, we have prepared our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, and retroactively restated our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020, in each case in accordance with such amendments. Prior to the application of such amendments, we deducted the net proceeds from selling items produced by a new PPE asset when such PPE asset reached the location and condition in which the asset was ready for its intended use from the acquisition cost of such PPE asset. Following the adoption of the amended K-IFRS No. 1016, the proceeds received from selling such items have been recognized as revenue, and the cost of producing such items and the additional depreciation expenses resulting from the corresponding changes in the cost of the applicable PPE assets have been recognized as cost of sales. The retroactively restated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 also reflect the income tax effects arising from adjustments in our depreciation expenses following the above-described changes in the acquisition cost of our PPE assets.

 

  B.

Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS).

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of
December 31,
2021
     As of
December 31,
2020
     As of
December 31,
2019
 

Current assets

     8,566,656        6,948,054        7,081,228  

Quick assets

     6,435,659        5,529,932        5,554,929  

Inventories

     2,130,997        1,418,122        1,526,299  

Non-current assets

     20,911,466        19,757,148        20,301,452  

Investments

     4,942,729        4,784,828        4,958,308  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     12,010,858        11,736,673        12,764,175  

Intangible assets

     1,459,812        887,431        708,047  

Other non-current assets

     2,498,067        2,348,216        1,870,922  

Total assets

     29,478,122        26,705,202        27,382,680  

Current liabilities

     13,148,969        10,180,660        9,140,483  

Non-current liabilities

     5,686,335        6,261,307        7,576,104  

Total liabilities

     18,835,304        16,441,967        16,716,587  

Share capital

     1,789,079        1,789,079        1,789,079  

Share premium

     2,251,113        2,251,113        2,251,113  

Retained earnings

     6,611,853        6,223,043        6,625,901  

Other equity

     (9,227      0        0  

Total equity

     10,642,818        10,263,235        10,666,093  

(Unit: In millions of Won, except for per share data)

 

Description

   For the year
ended
December 31,
2021
     For the year
ended
December 31,
2020
     For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
 

Revenue

     28,364,914        22,799,273        21,658,329  

Operating profit (loss)

     721,931        (812,979      (1,784,245

Profit (loss) from continuing operations

     552,173        (513,262      (2,639,893

Profit (loss) for the period

     552,173        (513,262      (2,639,893

Basic earnings (loss) per share

     1,543        (1,434      (7,378

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

     1,540        (1,434      (7,378

 

(1)

The financial information below is based on our financial statements which remain subject to approval at our upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled on March 23, 2022. If our financial statements are not approved at such annual general meeting of shareholders or otherwise become amended, we will disclose such matter and the reasons therefor in an amended report.

 

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  C.

Consolidated subsidiaries (as of December 31, 2021)

 

Company Interest

   Primary Business    Location    Equity  

LG Display America, Inc.

   Sales    U.S.A.      100

LG Display Germany GmbH

   Sales    Germany      100

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   Sales    Japan      100

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   Sales    Taiwan      100

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing    China      100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

   Sales    China      100

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing    China      100

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

   Sales    China      100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Sales    Singapore      100

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

   Manufacturing and sales    China      51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing    China      100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing and sales    China      70

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

   Workplace services    Korea      100

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

   Managing intellectual property    U.S.A.      100

Global OLED Technology LLC

   Managing intellectual property    U.S.A.      100

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

   Sales    China      100

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing    Vietnam      100

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

   Manufacturing and sales    China      100

LG Display Fund I LLC (1)

   Investing in new emerging
companies
   U.S.A      100

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

   Manufacturing and sales    China      70

 

(1)

During the reporting period, we invested an additional W38,565 million in LG Display Fund I LLC.

 

  D.

Status of equity investments (as of December 31, 2021)

 

  (1)

Consolidated subsidiaries

 

Company (1)

   Capital Stock
(in millions)
     Date of
Incorporation
     Equity
Interest
 

LG Display America, Inc.

   USD 411        September 1999        100

LG Display Germany GmbH

   EUR 1        October 1999        100

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   JPY 95        October 1999        100

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   NTD 116        April 1999        100

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

   CNY 3,020        July 2002        100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

   CNY 4        January 2003        100

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

   CNY 1,655        June 2006        100

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

   CNY 4        July 2007        100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   USD 1        November 2008        100

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

   CNY 116        December 2009        51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

   CNY 1,008        March 2010        100

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

   KRW 800        March 2012        100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

   CNY 8,232        December 2012        70

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

   USD 9        March 2014        100

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

   CNY 1        April 2015        100

Global OLED Technology LLC

   USD 138        December 2009        100

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

   USD 600        May 2016        100

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

   CNY 637        July 2016        100

LG Display Fund I LLC (2)

   USD 45        May 2018        100

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

   CNY  15,600        July 2018        70

MMT (Money Market Trust)

     —          January 2018        —    

 

(1)

In addition to the companies listed above, as of December 31, 2021, we have invested W127,400 million in MMT (Money Market Trust).

(2)

During the reporting period, we invested an additional W38,565 million in LG Display Fund I LLC.

 

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  (2)

Affiliated companies

 

Company

   Carrying
Amount
(in
millions)
     Date of
Incorporation
     Equity
Interest
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   W 48,398        January 2005        40

Wooree E&L Co., Ltd.

   W 11,947        June 2008        13

YAS Co., Ltd.

   W 27,337        April 2002        15

Avatec Co., Ltd.

   W 20,708        August 2000        15

Arctic Sentinel, Inc.

     —          June 2008        10

Cynora GmbH (1)

     —          March 2003        11

Material Science Co., Ltd. (2)

   W 3,679        January 2014        10

Nanosys Inc. (3)

   W 14,650        July 2001        4

Changes since December 31, 2021:

 

(1)

In 2021, we recognized an impairment loss of W2,609 million as finance cost with respect to the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of our investment in Cynora GmBH.

(2)

In 2021, we recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W636 million as finance income with respect to the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount based on the fair value of our investment in Material Science Co., Ltd.

(3)

In 2021, we recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W4,065 million as finance income with respect to the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount based on the fair value of our investment in Nanosys Inc.

Although our respective share interests in Wooree E&L Co., Ltd., YAS Co., Ltd., Avatec Co., Ltd., Arctic Sentinel, Inc., Cynora GmbH, Material Science Co., Ltd. and Nanosys Inc. are below 20%, we are able to exercise significant influence through our right to appoint a director to the board of directors of each investee. Accordingly, the investments in these investees have been accounted for using the equity method.

As of December 31, 2021 the market value of our investments in Wooree E&L Co., Ltd., Yas Co., Ltd. and Avatec Co., Ltd., which are listed on the KOSDAQ Market of the Korean Exchange, were W11,424 million, W32,600 million and W40,100 million, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, the aggregate amount of dividends we received from our affiliated companies was W8,239 million and W4,068 million, respectively.

 

13.

Audit Information

 

  A.

Audit service

(Unit: In millions of Won, hours)

 

Description

   2021    2020    2019

Auditor

   KPMG Samjong    KPMG Samjong    KPMG Samjong

Activity

   Audit by independent
auditor
   Audit by independent
auditor
   Audit by independent
auditor

Compensation(1)

   1,470 (550)(2)    1,410 (540)(2)    1,280 (500)(2)

Time required

   19,039    19,777    21,194

 

(1)

Compensation amount is the contracted amount for the full fiscal year.

(2)

Compensation amount in ( ) is for Form 20-F filing and SOX 404 audit.

 

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  B.

Non-audit service

(Unit: In millions of Won, hours)

 

Period

   Date of contract    Description of
service
   Period of service    Compensation

2021

   —      —      —      —  

2020

   —      —      —      —  

2019

   July 23, 2019    Issuance of
comfort letters
   July 23, 2019 ~
August 31, 2019
   120

 

14.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

  A.

Risk relating to forward-looking statements

This annual report contains forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views as of the date of this report with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance or results. Actual results may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors beyond our control. We have no obligation to update or correct the forward-looking statements contained in these materials subsequent to the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable to us in this report are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.

 

  B.

Overview

In 2021, the role and significance of display products became greater, and solid demand, particularly for IT products, was maintained as the culture of contactless and remote interactions became prevalent as a new lifestyle. However, we also faced market-related risks, including heightened macroeconomic market volatility, supply chain disruptions and logistics issues. Despite continued market volatility and uncertainty, we quickly accommodated the changing needs of consumers and our customers in relation to OLED display panels for televisions and mobile products and TFT-LCD display panels for IT products and restructured our business portfolio accordingly. As a result, our sales in 2021 increased by 23% compared to 2020, and we recorded a net profit in 2021.

With respect to each of our business areas:

 

   

Television. Consumer awareness of the differentiated value of OLED television display panels has increased due to increased consumption of high resolution and customized content, and accordingly, the proportion of OLED display panels in the high-end market increased substantially. In order to respond to the growing demand for large-sized OLED display panels, we further increased the eighth-generation production capacity of our Guangzhou OLED panel production facility by 30,000 panels per year. In the TFT-LCD television segment, the overall market experienced a negative growth during the year, but TFT-LCD television display panel prices continued to increase until the first half of the year. Our television display panel business achieved an increase of 40% in sales compared to the previous year as a result of an increase in the sale of OLED television display panels during the year and increase in the average selling price of LCD television display panels in the first half of the year.

 

   

IT. The demand for IT products have remained stable in light of continued remote-working and online education, and we increased our production of differentiated products utilizing our strengths in oxide-TFT, IPS and high resolution technologies. Leveraging our differentiated competitiveness, we strengthened our position in the high-end IT market and generated stable financial results based on strong customer relationships and achieved an increase of more than 20% in sales compared to the previous year.

 

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Mobile. We strengthened our partnerships with customers by continually promoting timely product development and stable operation of mass production systems. Accordingly, we achieved sales growth and improved profitability compared to the previous year.

 

  C.

Financial condition and results of operations

 

  (1)

Changes in Political, Economic, Social, Competitive and Regulatory Environment

Our industry is subject to cyclical fluctuations, including recurring periods of capacity increases, that may adversely affect our results of operations.

Display panel manufacturers are vulnerable to cyclical market conditions. Intense competition and expectations of growth in demand across the industry may cause display panel manufacturers to make additional investments in manufacturing capacity on similar schedules, resulting in a surge in capacity when production is ramped up at new fabrication facilities. During such surges in capacity growth, as evidenced by past experiences, customers can exert strong downward pricing pressure, resulting in sharp declines in average selling prices and significant fluctuations in the panel manufacturers’ gross margins. Conversely, demand surges and fluctuations in the supply chain can lead to price increases.

We address overcapacity issues by, in the short-term, adjusting the utilization rates of our existing fabrication facilities based on our assessment of industry inventory levels and demand for our products and, in the mid- to long-term, by fine-tuning our investment strategies relating to product development and capacity growth in light of our assessment of future market conditions.

From time to time, we have been affected by overcapacity in the industry relative to the general demand for display panels which, together with uncertainties in the current global economic environment, has contributed to a general decline in the average selling prices of a number of our display panel products. However, in light of our ongoing efforts to continue increasing in our product mix the proportion of higher-priced OLED panels, coupled with an increase in the market price of TFT-LCD panels in 2020 attributable to an increase in demand for television and IT products due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our average revenue per square meter of net display area increased by 29.5% from W610,716 in 2019 to W790,874 in 2020 and further increased by 7.3% to W849,481 in 2021.

While we believe that overcapacity and other cyclical issues in the industry are best addressed by increasing the proportion of high margin, differentiated specialty products based on newer technologies in our product mix that are tailored to our customers’ evolving needs, we cannot provide any assurance that an increase in demand, which helped to mitigate the impact of industry-wide overcapacity in the past, can occur or be sustained in future periods. We will therefore continue to closely monitor the overcapacity issues in the industry and respond accordingly. However, construction of new fabrication facilities and other capacity expansion projects in the display panel industry are undertaken with a multiple-year time horizon based on expectations of future market trends. Therefore, even if overcapacity issues persist in the industry, there may be continued capacity expansion in the near future due to pre-committed capacity expansion projects in the industry that were undertaken in past years. Any significant industry-wide capacity increases that are not accompanied by a sufficient increase in demand could further drive down the average selling price of our panels, which would negatively affect our gross margin. Any decline in prices may be further compounded by a seasonal weakening in demand growth for end products such as personal computer products, consumer electronics products and mobile and other application products. Furthermore, once the differentiated products that had a positive impact on our performance mature in their technology cycle, if we are not able to develop and commercialize newer products to offset the price erosion of such maturing products in a timely manner, our ability to counter the impact of cyclical market conditions on our gross margins would be further limited. We cannot provide assurance that any future downturns resulting from any large increases in capacity or other factors affecting the industry would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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A global economic downturn may result in reduced demand for our products and adversely affect our profitability.

In recent years, difficulties affecting the global financial sectors, adverse conditions and volatility in the worldwide credit and financial markets, fluctuations in oil and commodity prices and the general weakness of the global economy have increased the uncertainty of global economic prospects in general and have adversely affected the global and Korean economies. Global economic downturns in the past have adversely affected demand for consumer products manufactured by our customers in Korea and overseas, including televisions, IT products (comprising notebook computers, desktop monitors and tablet computers) and mobile and other application products utilizing display panels, which in turn led them to reduce or plan reductions of their production.

The overall prospects for the global economy remain uncertain, especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in China, Korea and other countries. We cannot provide any assurance that demand for our products can be sustained at current levels in future periods or that the demand for our products will not decrease again in the future due to such economic downturns which may adversely affect our profitability. We may decide to adjust our production levels in the future subject to market demand for our products, the production outlook of the global display panel industry, in particular, the display panel industry, any significant disruptions in our supply chain and global economic conditions in general. Any decline in demand for display panel products may adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, infectious diseases and other natural calamities could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

As our main production facilities are concentrated in China, Korea and Vietnam and we are heavily dependent on certain countries including Korea, Japan and the United States for our major equipment, components and raw materials, any natural calamity that escalate in such regions may have an impact on our production. For such reasons, we experienced temporarily closures of certain of our manufacturing facilities located in those areas affected by the current outbreak of COVID-19 in order to disinfect such facilities, protect the safety of our employees and prevent the infection from further spreading to the local communities. As our supply chain is generally concentrated in Northeast Asia, there may be delays in the supply of raw materials, components and manufacturing equipment as well as disruptions in our production levels due to unforeseen natural calamities that may recur in the future.

In particular, an outbreak of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, which has had an effect on the global economic activities, may affect our operations. The global economy may be adversely affected by a variety of infectious diseases that spreads worldwide, which may impact the market demand for finished products that utilize display panels. As a result, any changes in inventory management or purchase adjustment or other changes in the operational strategies of our end-brand customers, may affect our business performance.

Our industry continues to experience steady declines in the average selling prices of display panels irrespective of cyclical fluctuations in the industry, and our margins would be adversely impacted if prices decrease faster than we are able to reduce our costs.

The average selling prices of display panels have declined in general with time irrespective of industry-wide cyclical fluctuations as a result of, among other factors, enhancements in productivity through technological advancements and cost reductions. While such trend may continue in the future, fluctuations that are not consistent with past trends may emerge to the extent new technologies such as OLED expand or the production levels of higher value-added and differentiated products increase. Although we may be able to take advantage of the higher selling prices typically associated with new products and technologies when they are first introduced in the market, such prices decline over time, and in certain cases, very rapidly, as a result of market competition or otherwise. If we are unable to effectively anticipate and counter the price erosion that accompanies our products, or if the average selling prices of our display panels decrease faster than the speed at which we are able to reduce our manufacturing costs, our gross margin would decrease and our results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

 

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We operate in a highly competitive environment and we may not be able to sustain our current market position.

The display panel industry is highly competitive. We have experienced pressure on the prices and margins of our major products due largely to additional capacity from panel makers in Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan.

Some of our competitors may currently, or at some point in the future, have greater financial, sales and marketing, manufacturing, research and development or technological resources than we do. In addition, our competitors may be able to manufacture panels on a larger scale or with greater cost efficiencies than we do and we anticipate increases in production capacity in the future by other display panel manufacturers using similar display panel technologies as us. Any price erosion resulting from strong global competition or additional industry capacity may materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, consolidation within the industry in which we operate may result in increased competition as the entities emerging from such consolidation may have greater financial, manufacturing, research and development and other resources than we do, especially if such mergers or consolidations result in vertical integration and operational efficiencies, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to compete successfully also depends on factors both within and outside our control, including product pricing, performance and reliability, our relationship with customers, successful and timely investment and product development, success or failure of our end-brand customers in marketing their brands and products, component and raw material supply costs, and general economic and industry conditions. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to maintain a competitive advantage with respect to all these factors and, as a result, we may be unable to sustain our current market position.

Our operating results fluctuate from period to period, so you should not rely on period-to-period comparisons to predict our future performance.

Our industry is affected by market conditions that are often outside the control of manufacturers. Our results of operations may fluctuate significantly from period to period due to a number of factors, including seasonal variations in consumer demand, capacity ramp-up by competitors, industry-wide technological changes, the loss of a key customer and the postponement, rescheduling or cancellation of large orders by a key customer, any of which may or may not reflect a continued trend from one period to the next. As a result of these factors and other risks discussed in this section, you should not rely on period-to-period comparisons to predict our future performance.

Our financial condition may be adversely affected if we cannot introduce new products to adapt to rapidly evolving customer needs on a timely basis.

Our success will depend greatly on our ability to respond quickly to rapidly evolving customer requirements and to develop and efficiently manufacture new and differentiated products in anticipation of future demand. A failure or delay on our part to develop and efficiently manufacture products of such quality and technical specifications that meet our customers’ evolving needs may adversely affect our business.

Close cooperation with our customers to gain insights into their product needs and to understand general trends in the end-product market is a key component of our strategy to produce successful products. In addition, when developing new products, we often work closely with equipment suppliers to design equipment that will make our production processes for such new products more efficient. If we are unable to work together with our customers and equipment suppliers, or to sufficiently understand their respective needs and capabilities or general market trends, we may not be able to introduce or efficiently manufacture new products in a timely manner, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial situation.

In addition, product differentiation, especially the ability to develop and market differentiated specialty products that command higher premiums in a timely manner, has become a key competitive strategy in the display panel market. This is in part due to trends in consumer electronics and other markets, such as televisions, tablet computers and mobile devices, where the growth in demand is led by end products employing newer technologies with specifications tailored to deliver enhanced performance, convenience and user experience in a cost-efficient and timely manner. Accordingly, we have focused our efforts on developing and marketing differentiated specialty products, such as “Cinematic Sound OLED” sound integrated panels, rollable OLED display panels, transparent OLED display panels and gaming-specialized display panels. We also strive to deliver differentiated values to meet our consumers’ demand for various display panels including (i) panels utilizing ultra-high definition, or Ultra HD, technology with low-power consumption oxide TFT backplanes, (ii) Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching, or AH-IPS, panels for tablet computers, mobile devices, notebook computers, desktop monitors, and (iii) plastic OLED display panels for smartphones, automotive products and wearable devices. We have also focused our efforts on cost reductions in the production process, in particular of panels with newer technologies, such as OLED, in order to improve or maintain our profit margins while offering competitive prices to our customers.

 

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We have developed differentiated sales and marketing strategies to promote our panels for differentiated specialty products as part of our strategy to grow our operations to meet increasing demand for new applications in consumer electronics and other markets. However, we cannot provide assurance that the differentiated products we develop and market will be responsive to our end customers’ needs nor that our products will be successfully incorporated into end products or new applications that lead market growth in consumer electronics or other markets.

Problems with product quality, including defects, in our products could result in a decrease in customers and sales, unexpected expenses and loss of market share.

Our products are manufactured using advanced, and often new, technology and must meet stringent quality requirements. Products manufactured using advanced and new technology, such as our OLED technology, may contain undetected errors or defects, especially when first introduced. For example, our latest display panels may contain defects that are not detected until after they are shipped or installed because we cannot test for all possible scenarios. Such defects could cause us to incur significant re-designing costs, divert the attention of our technology personnel from product development efforts and significantly affect our customer relations and business reputation. In addition, future product failures could cause us to incur substantial expense to repair or replace defective products.

We recognize a provision for warranty obligations based on the estimated costs that we expect to incur under our basic limited warranty for our products, which covers defective products and is normally valid for a certain period from the date of purchase. The warranty provision is largely based on historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, and therefore we cannot provide assurance that the provision would be sufficient to cover any surge in future warranty expenses that significantly exceed historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims. In addition, if we deliver products with errors or defects, or if there is a perception that our products contain errors or defects, our credibility and the market acceptance and sales of our products could be harmed. Widespread product failures may damage our market reputation and reduce our market share and cause our sales to decline.

If economic conditions in Korea deteriorate, our current business and future growth could be materially and adversely affected.

Developments that could have an adverse impact on Korea’s economy include:

 

   

declines in consumer confidence and a slowdown in consumer spending;

 

   

deterioration in economic or diplomatic relations between Korea and its trading partners or allies, including deterioration resulting from territorial or trade disputes or disagreements in foreign policy (such as the ongoing trade disputes with Japan);

 

   

adverse conditions or developments in the economies of countries and regions that are important export markets for Korea, such as China, the United States, Europe and Japan, or in emerging market economies in Asia or elsewhere, including as a result of deteriorating economic and trade relations between the United States and China and increased uncertainties resulting from the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union;

 

   

the occurrence of severe health epidemics in Korea and other parts of the world, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic;

 

   

adverse changes or volatility in foreign currency reserve levels, commodity prices (including oil prices), exchange rates (including fluctuation of the U.S. dollar, Euro or Japanese Yen exchange rates or revaluation of the Chinese Yuan, as well as the impact from the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union on the value of Korean Won), interest rates, inflation rates or stock markets;

 

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increased sovereign default risk in select countries and the resulting adverse effects on the global financial markets;

 

   

a deterioration in the financial condition or performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises and other companies in Korea due to the Korean government’s policies to increase minimum wages and limit working hours of employees;

 

   

investigations of large Korean business groups and their senior management for possible misconduct;

 

   

a continuing rise in the level of household debt and increasing delinquencies and credit defaults by retail and small- and medium-sized enterprise borrowers in Korea;

 

   

the economic impact of any pending free trade agreements or changes in existing free trade agreements;

 

   

social and labor unrest;

 

   

volatility in the market prices of Korean real estate;

 

   

geo-political uncertainty and risk of further attacks by terrorist groups around the world;

 

   

a decrease in tax revenues or a substantial increase in the Korean government’s expenditures for fiscal stimulus measures, unemployment compensation and other economic and social programs, including in connection with the Korean government’s ongoing efforts to provide emergency relief payments to households and emergency loans to businesses in light of economic difficulties caused by COVID-19, which may lead to an increased government budget deficit as well as an increase in the government’s debt level;

 

   

financial problems or lack of progress in the restructuring of Korean business groups, other large troubled companies, their suppliers or the financial sector;

 

   

loss of investor confidence arising from corporate accounting irregularities or corporate governance issues at certain Korean companies;

 

   

increases in social expenditures to support an aging population in Korea or decreases in economic productivity due to the declining population size in Korea;

 

   

natural or man-made disasters that have a significant adverse economic or other impact on Korea or its major trading partners;

 

   

political uncertainty or increasing strife among or within political parties in Korea;

 

   

hostilities or political or social tensions involving oil producing countries in the Middle East (including a potential escalation of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran) and Northern Africa and any material disruption in the global supply of oil or sudden increase in the price of oil;

 

   

increased reliance on exports to service foreign currency debts, which could cause friction with Korea’s trading partners;

 

   

the continued growth of the Chinese economy, to the extent its benefits (such as increased exports to China) are outweighed by its costs (such as competition in export markets or for foreign investment and the relocation of manufacturing bases from Korea to China);

 

   

hostilities, political or social tensions involving Russia (including the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and ensuing actions that the United States and other countries have taken or may take in the future) and any resulting adverse effects on the global supply of oil or the global financial markets; and

 

   

an increase in the level of tensions or an outbreak of hostilities between North Korea and Korea or the United States.

 

  (1)

Results of operations

In 2021, the trend of digital transformation and lifestyle diversification accelerated in light of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. As such, we quickly responded to the changes in the market environment and opportunities in the industry, while maximizing our efforts to improve all areas of our business operations, including production, product quality and sales and marketing. Through our such efforts, we recorded our highest-ever annual sales in 2021 of approximately W29.9 trillion, and our operating profit amounted to approximately W2 trillion, marking a meaningful turning point for our business stabilization and enhancement of our business portfolio.

 

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By business area:

 

   

Television. Sales in our television display panel business increased by low-40s in percentage compared to the previous year as a result of the growth of our OLED business and increase in the average selling price of TFT-LCD display panels during the first half of the year. While the overall television market experienced a negative growth during the year, consumer awareness of the differentiated value of OLED television display panels increased, and the volume of our shipment of OLED television display panels increased by more than 70% compared to the previous year, and we recorded a net profit for such business area in the second half of the year. The proportion of our sales of OLED television display panels increased from over 40% in 2020 to over 50% in 2021. We also engaged in structural optimization of our TFT-LCD television display panel business centering around fabrication facilities with weakened competitiveness, pursuant to which we are continuing to minimize the impact of changes in the market.

 

   

IT. In response to the continued high demand for IT products due to increased instances of remote-working, online education and changes in the office environment, we are continuing to increase the proportion of high-end, differentiated products in our product mix. We achieved an increase of more than 20% in sales compared to the previous year and further solidified our market leadership through strengthening the mid- to long-term cooperation system with our customers.

 

   

Mobile. We strengthened our relationships with customers based on innovation in product development, mass production and quality control and recorded a high single-digit percentage increase in sales during the year. In particular, our sales in the plastic OLED sector increased by low-30s in percentage compared to the previous year, as we have expanded the application of plastic OLED technology in automotive products and wearable devices in addition to mobile products.

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   2021      2020      Changes  

Revenue

     29,878,043        24,261,561        5,616,482  

Operating profit

     2,230,608        (36,465      2,267,073  

Profit (loss) before income tax

     1,718,885        (602,446      2,321,331  

Profit (loss) for the period

     1,333,544        (76,147      1,409,691  

 

  (a)

Revenue and cost of sales

Despite increased market volatility due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, our revenue increased by 23.1% compared to 2020, and our cost of sales decreased by 6.9 percentage points from 89.1% in 2020 to 82.2% in 2021 as a result of the acceleration in the transition of our business focus to OLED products and high-end TFT-LCD products.

(Unit: In millions of Won, except percentages)

 

Description

   2021     2020     Changes  
  Amount     Percentage  

Revenue

     29,878,043       24,261,561       5,616,482       23.1

Cost of sales

     24,572,939       21,626,339       (2,946,600     13.6

Gross profit

     5,305,104       2,635,222       2,669,882       101.3

Cost of sales as a percentage of sales

     82.2     89.1     (6.9 )%      (7.7 )% 

 

  (b)

Sales by category

Revenue attributable to sales of panels exhibited varying trends by product category according to changes in product mix, customers and market conditions.

 

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   2021     2020     Difference  

Panels for televisions

     31.7     27.7     4.0

Panels for IT products

     41.7     41.8     (0.1 )% 

Panels for mobile applications and others

     26.6     30.5     (3.9 )% 

 

  (c)

Production capacity

We further expanded our eighth-generation OLED production facilities in light of the growing large-sized OLED display panel business and our production capacity for TFT-LCD display panels for high-end IT products. As a result, our annual production capacity increased by approximately 7% as of December 31, 2021 compared to the end of the previous year.

 

  (2)

Financial condition

Our current assets amounted to W13,187 billion as of December 31, 2021, representing an increase of W2,088 billion from the end of the previous year, and our non-current assets amounted to W24,967 billion as of December 31, 2021, representing an increase of W1,001 billion from the end of the previous year. Our current liabilities amounted to W13,995 billion as of December 31, 2021, representing an increase of W2,988 billion from the end of the previous year, and our non-current liabilities amounted to W9,397 billion as of December 31, 2021, representing a decrease of W1,930 billion from the end of the previous year. Our total equity increased by W2,031 billion to W14,763 billion as of December 31, 2021 from the end of the previous year, which mainly reflected an increase in net profit for the year.

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   2021      2020      Changes  
   Amount      Percentage  

Current assets

     13,187,067        11,099,470        2,087,597        18.8

Non-current assets

     24,967,448        23,966,542        1,000,906        4.2

Total assets

     38,154,515        35,066,012        3,088,503        8.8

Current liabilities

     13,994,817        11,006,948        2,987,869        27.1

Non-current liabilities

     9,397,197        11,327,636        (1,930,439      (17.0 )% 

Total liabilities

     23,392,014        22,334,584        1,057,430        4.7

Share capital

     1,789,079        1,789,079        —          —    

Share premium

     2,251,113        2,251,113        —          —    

Retained earnings

     8,541,521        7,518,786        1,022,735        13.6

Reserves

     537,142        (163,446      700,588        (428.6 )% 

Non-controlling interest

     1,643,646        1,335,896        307,750        23.0

Total equity

     14,762,501        12,731,428        2,031,073        16.0

Total liabilities and equity

     38,154,515        35,066,012        3,088,503        8.8

Due to our strengthened policies on securing stable inventory in light of supply chain uncertainties, including raw material supply issues and logistics difficulties, our inventory increased by W1,180 billion from the end of the previous year to W3,350 billion as of December 31, 2021.

Trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2021 was W4,575 billion, representing an increase of W1,057 billion from net trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2020, mostly reflecting an increase in our sales.

The book value of our total property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2021 was W20,558 billion, representing an increase of W419 billion from the book value of our total property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2020. The increase was due mainly to the effects of our investments for expansion of our production capacity of differentiated and competitive products, as well as foreign exchange fluctuations, which more than offset the effects of depreciation.

 

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Trade accounts and notes payable as of December 31, 2021 was W4,814 billion, representing an increase of W1,035 billion from trade accounts and notes payable as of December 31, 2020.

 

  (3)

Dependence on Key Customers

We sell our products to a select group of key customers, including our largest shareholder, and any significant decrease in their order levels will negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.

A substantial portion of our sales is attributable to a limited group of end-brand customers and their designated system integrators. Sales attributed to our end-brand customers are for their end-brand products and do not include sales to these customers for their system integration activities for other end-brand products, if any. Our top ten end-brand customers, including LG Electronics Inc., our largest shareholder, together accounted for approximately 80% of our sales in 2019, 85% in 2020 and 86% in 2021.

We benefit from the strong collaborative relationships we maintain with our end-brand customers by participating in the development of their products and gaining insights about levels of future demand for our products and other industry trends. Customers look to us for a dependable supply of quality products, even during downturns in the industry, and we benefit from the brand recognition of our customers’ end products. The loss of these end-brand customers, as a result of their entering into strategic supplier arrangements with our competitors or otherwise, would thus result not only in reduced sales, but also in the loss of these benefits. We cannot provide assurance that a select group of key end-brand customers, including our largest shareholder, will continue to place orders with us in the future at the same levels as in prior periods, or at all.

We expect that we will continue to be dependent upon LG Electronics and its affiliates for a significant portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Our results of operations and financial condition could therefore be affected by the overall performance of LG Electronics and its affiliates. Further details of our transactions with LG Electronics and its affiliates are described in Note 29 to our consolidated annual financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, which were furnished on March 4, 2020 as part of the current report on Form 6-K titled “Submission of Audit Report.”

Our revenue depends on continuing demand for IT products (comprising notebook computers, desktop monitors and tablet computers), televisions and mobile and other application products with panels of the type we produce. Our sales may not grow at the rate we expect if consumers do not purchase these products.

Currently, our total sales are derived principally from customers who use our products in IT products (comprising notebook computers, desktop monitors and tablet computers), televisions and mobile and other application products with display devices. In particular, a substantial percentage of our sales is derived from end-brand customers, or their designated system integrators, who use our panels in their IT products, which accounted for 38.6%, 41.8% and 41.7% of our total revenue in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. A substantial portion of our sales is also derived from end-brand customers, or their designated system integrators, who use our panels in their televisions, which accounted for 34.1%, 27.7% and 31.7% of our total revenue in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively, and those who use our panels in their mobile and other applications, which accounted for 27.3%, 30.5% and 26.6% of our total revenue in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. We will continue to be dependent on continuing demand from the IT products industry (comprising the personal computer and tablet computer industries), television industry and the mobile device industry for a substantial portion of our sales. Any downturn in any of those industries in which our customers operate would result in reduced demand for our products, which may in turn result in reduced revenue, lower average selling prices and/or reduced margins.

 

  (4)

Changes in Manufacturing Costs and Difficulties in Securing Supply of Raw Material

If we cannot maintain high capacity utilization rates, our profitability will be adversely affected.

The production of display panels entails high fixed costs resulting from considerable expenditures for the construction of complex fabrication and assembly facilities and the purchase of costly equipment. We aim to maintain high capacity utilization rates so that we can allocate these fixed costs over a greater number of panels produced and realize a higher gross margin. However, due to any number of reasons, including fluctuating demand for our products or overcapacity in the display industry, we may need to reduce production, resulting in lower-than-optimal capacity utilization rates. As such, we cannot provide assurance that we will be able to sustain our capacity utilization rates in the future nor can we provide assurance that we will not reduce our utilization rates in the future as market and industry conditions change.

 

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Limited availability of raw materials, components and manufacturing equipment could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Our production operations depend on obtaining adequate supplies of quality raw materials and components on a timely basis. As a result, it is important for us to control our raw material and component costs and reduce the effects of fluctuations in price and availability. In general, we source most of our raw materials as well as key components, such as glass substrates, driver integrated circuits, polarizers and color filters used in both our TFT-LCD and OLED products, backlight units and liquid crystal materials used in our TFT-LCD products and emission materials used in our OLED products, from two or more suppliers for each key component. However, we may establish a working relationship with a single supplier if we believe it is advantageous to do so due to performance, quality, support, delivery, capacity, price or other considerations. We may experience shortages in the supply of these key components, as well as other components or raw materials, as a result of, among other things, anticipated capacity expansion in the display industry or our dependence on a limited number of suppliers. Our results of operations would be adversely affected if we were unable to obtain adequate supplies of high-quality raw materials or components in a timely manner or make alternative arrangements for such supplies in a timely manner.

Furthermore, we may be limited in our ability to pass on increases in the cost of raw materials and components to our customers. We do not typically enter into binding long-term contracts with our customers, and even in those cases where we do enter into long-term agreements with certain of our major end-brand customers, the price terms are contained in the purchase orders. Except under certain special circumstances, the price terms in the purchase orders are not subject to change. Prices for our products are generally determined through negotiations with our customers, based generally on the complexity of the product specifications and the labor and technology involved in the design or production processes. However, if we become subject to any significant increase in the cost of raw materials or components that were not anticipated when negotiating the price terms after the purchase orders have been placed, we may be unable to pass on such cost increases to our customers.

We have purchased, and expect to purchase, a substantial portion of our equipment from a limited number of qualified foreign and local suppliers. From time to time, increased demand for new equipment may cause lead times to extend beyond those normally required by the equipment vendors. The unavailability of equipment, delays in the delivery of equipment, or the delivery of equipment that does not meet our specifications, could delay implementation of our expansion plans and impair our ability to meet customer orders. This could result in a loss of revenue and cause financial stress on our operations.

 

  (5)

Intangible Assets, Including Intellectual Property, and Research and Development Activities

Our business relies on our patent rights which may be narrowed in scope or found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable.

Our success will depend, to a significant extent, on our ability to obtain and enforce our patent rights both in Korea and worldwide. The coverage claimed in a patent application can be significantly reduced before a patent is issued, either in Korea or abroad. Consequently, we cannot provide assurance that any of our pending or future patent applications will result in the issuance of patents. Patents issued to us may be subjected to further proceedings limiting their scope and may not provide significant proprietary protection or competitive advantage. Our patents also may be challenged, circumvented, invalidated or deemed unenforceable. In addition, because patent applications in certain countries generally are not published until more than 18 months after they are first filed, and because publication of discoveries in scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we were, or any of our licensors was, the first creator of inventions covered by pending patent applications, that we or any of our licensors will be entitled to any rights in purported inventions claimed in pending or future patent applications, or that we were, or any of our licensors was, the first to file patent applications on such inventions.

 

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Furthermore, pending patent applications or patents already issued to us or our licensors may become subject to dispute, and any dispute could be resolved against us. For example, we may become involved in re-examination, reissue or interference proceedings and the result of these proceedings could be the invalidation or substantial narrowing of our patent claims. We also could be subject to court proceedings that could find our patents invalid or unenforceable or could substantially narrow the scope of our patent claims. In addition, depending on the jurisdiction, statutory differences in patentable subject matter may limit the protection we can obtain on some of our inventions.

Failure to protect our intellectual property rights could impair our competitiveness and harm our business and future prospects.

We believe that developing new products and technologies that can be differentiated from those of our competitors is critical to the success of our business. We take active measures to obtain international protection of our intellectual property by obtaining patents and undertaking monitoring activities in our major markets. However, we cannot assure you that the measures we are taking will effectively deter competitors from improper use of our proprietary technologies. Our competitors may misappropriate our intellectual property, disputes as to ownership of intellectual property may arise and our intellectual property may otherwise become known or independently developed by our competitors.

Any failure to protect our intellectual property could impair our competitiveness and harm our business and future prospects.

We rely on technology provided by third parties and our business will suffer if we are unable to renew our licensing arrangements with them.

From time to time, we have obtained licenses for patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to process and device technologies used in the production of our display panels. We have entered into key licensing arrangements with third parties, for which we have made, and continue to make, periodic license fee payments. In addition, we also have cross-license agreements with certain other third parties. These agreements terminate upon the expiration of the respective terms of the patents.

If we are unable to renew our technology licensing arrangements on acceptable terms, we may lose the legal protection to use certain of the processes we employ to manufacture our products and be prohibited from using those processes, which may prevent us from manufacturing and selling certain of our products, including our key products. In addition, we could be at a disadvantage if our competitors obtain licenses for protected technologies on more favorable terms than we do.

In the future, we may also need to obtain additional patent licenses for new or existing technologies. We cannot provide assurance that these license agreements can be obtained or renewed on acceptable terms or at all, and if not, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.

We rely upon trade secrets and other unpatented proprietary know-how to maintain our competitive position in the display panel industry and any loss of our rights to, or unauthorized disclosure of, our trade secrets or other unpatented proprietary know-how could negatively affect our business.

We also rely upon trade secrets, unpatented proprietary know-how and information, as well as continuing technological innovation in our business. The information we rely upon includes price forecasts, core technology and key customer information. We enter into confidentiality agreements with each of our employees and consultants upon the commencement of an employment or consulting relationship. These agreements generally provide that all inventions, ideas, discoveries, improvements and copyrightable material made or conceived by the individual arising out of the employment or consulting relationship and all confidential information developed or made known to the individual during the term of the relationship is our exclusive property. We cannot provide assurance that these types of agreements will be fully enforceable, or that they will not be breached. We also cannot be certain that we will have adequate remedies for any such breach. The disclosure of our trade secrets or other know-how as a result of such a breach could adversely affect our business. Also, our competitors may come to know about or determine our trade secrets and other proprietary information through a variety of methods. Disputes may arise concerning the ownership of intellectual property or the applicability or enforceability of our confidentiality agreements, and there can be no assurance that any such disputes would be resolved in our favor. Furthermore, others may acquire or independently develop similar technology, or if patents are not issued with respect to technologies arising from our research, we may not be able to maintain information pertinent to such research as proprietary technology or trade secrets and that could have an adverse effect on our competitive position within the display panel industry.

 

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We have designated R&D organizations for our research and development activities.

Our research organizations consist of the infrastructure technology research center, next-generation technology research center and their designated departments, all of which are overseen by our chief technology officer. Our research organizations conduct research on differentiated and next-generation technologies and basic infrastructure technology as well as enhances our competitiveness by conducting research that is geared toward future product development. Our development organization comprises of groups and departments dedicated to the development of a wide range of television, IT and mobile products, including product-specific circuits, instrument/optics and panel design.

Our research and development related expenditures amounted to W2,127 billion in 2021, which represented an increase of W388 billion from 2020. We plan to continue investing in research and development activities in the future.

The book value of our intangible assets increased by W625 billion compared to the previous year to W1,645 billion as of December 31, 2021.

 

  (6)

Sensitivity to Exchange Rates and Inflation

There has been considerable volatility in foreign exchange rates in recent years, including rates between the Korean Won and the U.S. dollar, between the Korean Won and the Chinese Yuan and between the Korean Won and the Japanese Yen. To the extent that we incur costs in one currency and make sales in another, our profit margins may be affected by changes in the exchange rates between the two currencies.

Our sales of display panels are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars, whereas our purchases of raw materials are denominated mainly in U.S. dollars, Japanese Yen and Chinese Yuan. Our expenditures on capital equipment are primarily denominated in Korean Won, U.S. dollars, Chinese Yuan and Japanese Yen. Accordingly, fluctuations in exchange rates, in particular between the U.S. dollar and the Korean Won, between the Chinese Yuan and the Korean Won as well as between the Japanese Yen and the Korean Won, affect our pre-tax income, and in recent years, the value of the Won relative to the U.S. dollar, Chinese Yuan and Japanese Yen has fluctuated widely. Although a depreciation of the Korean Won against the U.S. dollar increases the Korean Won value of our export sales and enhances the price-competitiveness of our products in foreign markets in U.S. dollar terms, it also increases the cost of imported raw materials and components in Korean Won terms and our cost in Korean Won of servicing our U.S. dollar denominated debt. A depreciation of the Korean Won against the Chinese Yuan or Japanese Yen increases the Korean Won cost of our Chinese Yuan- or Japanese Yen-denominated purchases of equipment, raw materials or components, as applicable, and, to the extent we have any debt denominated in Chinese Yuan or Japanese Yen, our cost in Korean Won of servicing such debt, but has relatively little impact on our sales as most of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. In addition, continued exchange rate volatility may also result in foreign exchange losses for us. Although a depreciation of the Korean Won against the U.S. dollar, in general, has a net positive impact on our results of operations that more than offsets the net negative impact caused by a depreciation of the Korean Won against the Chinese Yuan or Japanese Yen, we cannot provide assurance that the exchange rate of the Korean Won against foreign currencies will not be subject to significant fluctuations, or that the impact of such fluctuations will not adversely affect the results of our operations.

 

  (7)

Changes in Organization and Business Reorganization

In order to secure the fundamental competitiveness of our businesses and to seek sustainable growth, we are accelerating the transition of our business focus to the OLED business, while simultaneously pursuing activities to restructure our LCD business. From the overall organizational level, we are in the process of establishing an organizational structure geared towards providing value innovations to customers and achieving differentiated competitive strengths and enhanced profitability of our OLED business.

 

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  D.

Liquidity and capital resources

 

  (1)

Liquidity

Our main source for the procurement of funds include operations and financing activities. As of December 31, 2020 and 2021, our cash and cash equivalents amounted to W4,218 billion and W3,542 billion, respectively. Short-term deposits in banks increased by W665 billion from W79 billion as of December 31, 2020 to W743 billion as of December 31, 2021 mainly due to an increase in restricted cash deposits in connection with secured borrowings from our subsidiaries. Our primary use of cash has been to fund capital expenditures related to the expansion and improvement of our production capacity with respect to existing and newly developed products, including the construction and ramping-up of new, or in certain cases, expansion or conversion of existing, fabrication facilities and production lines and the acquisition of new equipment. We also use cash flows from operations for our working capital requirements and servicing our debt payments. We expect our cash requirements for 2022 to be primarily for capital expenditures and repayment of maturing debt.

The details of the consolidated cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks as of December 31, 2020 and 2021 are as follows:

(Unit: in millions of won)

 

Description

   2021      2020  

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Cash

     1,122        156  

Demand deposits

     3,540,475        4,217,943  

Deposits in banks

     

Time deposits

     2,600        1,800  

Restricted cash (1)

     740,705        76,852  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     4,284,902        4,296,751  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Deposits in banks

     

Restricted cash (1)

     11        11  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,284,913        4,296,762  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Restricted cash includes mutual growth fund to aid LG Group’s suppliers, pledge to enforce investment plans following receipt of subsidies from Gumi city and Gyeongsangbuk-do and restricted deposits in connection with secured borrowings by our subsidiaries and others.

(2)

Represents derivatives that have not been recognized as hedging instruments and have resulted from currency interest rate swap contracts entered into in order to manage risks arising from foreign currency-denominated borrowings and foreign currency-denominated bonds.

(3)

Represents derivatives that have been recognized as hedging instruments and have resulted from currency forward contracts entered into in order to manage risks arising from foreign currency-denominated sales.

As of December 31, 2020, our current assets and current liabilities amounted to W11,099 billion and W11,007 billion, respectively, resulting in net current assets of W93 billion. As of December 31, 2021, our current assets and current liabilities amounted to W13,187 billion and W13,995 billion, respectively, resulting in net current liabilities of W808 billion.

(Unit: in millions of won)

 

Description

   2021      2020      Changes  
     Amount        Percentage  

Current assets

     13,187,067        11,099,470        2,087,597        18.8%  

Current liabilities

     13,994,817        11,006,948        2,987,869        27.1%  

Net current assets

     (807,750      92,522        (900,272      N/A  

 

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  (2)

Financial liabilities and capital resources

We need to observe certain financial and other covenants under the terms of our debt obligations, the failure to comply with which would put us in default under such debt obligations.

We are subject to financial and other covenants, including maintenance of credit ratings and debt-to-equity ratios, under certain of our debt obligations. The documentation for such debt also contains negative pledge provisions limiting our ability to provide liens on our assets as well as cross-default and cross-acceleration clauses, which give related creditors the right to accelerate the amounts due under such debt if an event of default or acceleration has occurred with respect to our existing or future indebtedness, or if any material part of our indebtedness or indebtedness of our subsidiaries is capable of being declared payable before the stated maturity date. In addition, such covenants restrict our ability to raise future debt financing.

If we breach the financial or other covenants contained in the documentation governing our debt obligations, our financial condition will be adversely affected to the extent we are not able to cure such breaches, obtain a waiver from the relevant lenders or debtholders or repay the relevant debt.

As of December 31, 2021, we had agreements with several banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of US$1,015 million in connection with our export sales transactions, and our subsidiaries also have various such arrangements.

As of December 31, 2020 and 2021, W395 billion and W614 billion of short-term borrowings were outstanding, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021, our long-term borrowings, including the current portion of long-term debt and the discount on bonds, amounted to W12,050 billion, which mainly consist of bonds of W2,612 billion, long-term debt denominated in foreign currencies of W6,654 billion and long-term debt denominated in Won of W2,785 billion.

Some of our long-term borrowings may include covenants with acceleration rights. If an event of default occurs from failure to comply with the agreed financial ratios or cross-default occurs as a result of a breach of other debt obligations, the principal amount and interest may be subject to early repayment. As of December 31, 2021, we have complied with applicable financial and other covenants contained in the documentation governing our debt obligations.

Our financial liabilities and capital resources are as follows:

 

  (a)

Financial liabilities

Our financial liabilities amounted to W12,773 billion in 2021, representing a decrease of W1,547 billion from 2020.

(Unit: in millions of won)

 

Description

   2021      2020  

Current financial liabilities

 

Short-term borrowings

     613,733        394,906  

Current portion of long-term borrowings

     3,393,506        2,705,709  

Derivatives (*)

     8,594        58,875  

Derivatives (designated for cash flow hedging) (**)

     13,400        —    

Lease liabilities

     40,479        35,534  

Sub-total

     4,069,712        3,195,024  

Non-current financial liabilities

 

Won denominated borrowings

     2,173,500        2,435,000  

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     5,487,091        6,584,658  

Bonds

     995,976        1,948,541  

Derivatives (*)

     2,331        108,750  

Lease liabilities

     43,847        47,897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total

     8,702,745        11,124,846  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     12,772,457        14,319,870  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(*)

Represents derivatives that have not been recognized as hedging instruments and have resulted from currency interest rate swap contracts entered into in order to manage risks arising from foreign currency-denominated borrowings and foreign currency-denominated bonds.

(**)

Represents derivatives that have been recognized as hedging instruments and have resulted from currency forward contracts entered into in order to manage risks arising from foreign currency-denominated sales.

 

  (b)

Capital resources

Set forth below are the details of our procurement of funds as of December 31, 2021.

(Unit: In millions of Won or millions of other currency except percentages)

 

Short Term Borrowings

 

Lender

   Purpose   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Standard Chartered Bank Korea

   Import
invoice
financing
   —        —         326,400  

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam, etc.

   Working
capital loan
   3-month LIBOR + 0.80      613,733       68,506  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equivalent amount in applicable foreign currency

     US$518       US$363  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     613,733       394,906  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term borrowings denominated in Won

 

Lender

   Purpose   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Woori Bank

   Policy loan    —        —         60  

Korea Development Bank, etc.

   Facility loan   

CD(*) interest rate (91 days) +

1.00~1.60,
1.90~3.25

     2,785,000       3,272,500  

Less: current portion

     (611,500     (837,560
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     2,173,500       2,435,000  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term borrowings denominated in foreign currencies

 

Lender

   Purpose   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Korea Export-Import Bank, etc.

   Facility loan   

3-month LIBOR + 1.20~2.40 /

6-month LIBOR + 1.25~1.43, 1.82~2.46

     2,163,538       1,680,960  

China Construction Bank, etc.

   Facility loan   

US$: 3-month LIBOR + 0.65~1.43;
CNY: 5-year LPR(**) + 0.34 /

1-year LPR – 0.15 ~ + 0.15 /

4.20

     4,489,974       5,948,472  

Equivalent amount in applicable foreign currency

   US$
 
2,782,
CNY18,017
 
 
  US$
 
2,742,
CNY27,825

 

Less: current portion

     (1,166,421     (1,044,774
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     5,487,091       6,584,658  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds denominated in Won net of amortization

 

Type

   Maturity   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Public Offering

   Feb. 2022 ~
Sep. 2026
   2.29~2.95      1,320,000       1,320,000  

Private Offering

   May 2022 ~
May 2033
   3.25~4.25      160,000       160,000  

Less: original issue discount

     (2,534     (1,798

Less: current portion

     (599,825     (499,796
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     877,641       978,406  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Bonds denominated in foreign currencies net of amortization

 

Type

   Maturity   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Public Offering

   Nov. 2021    —        —         326,400  

Private Offering

   Apr. 2023    3-month LIBOR + 1.47      118,550       108,800  

Equivalent amount in applicable foreign currency

     US$100       US$400  

Less: original issue discount

     (215     (3,161

Less: current portion

     —         (323,579
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     118,335       108,460  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

 

Type

   Maturity   

Interest rate as of December 31,
2021 (%)

   2021     2020  

Foreign currency convertible bonds

   Aug. 2024    1.50      1,015,760       861,675  

Equivalent amount in applicable foreign currency

     US$857       US$792  

Less: current portion

     (1,015,760     —    
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     —         861,675  
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*)

Represents certificates of deposit.

(**)

Represents the People’s Bank of China’s Loan Prime Rate.

Set forth below are the details of our convertible bonds as of December 31, 2021.

 

Categories

  

Content

Type of bond    Registered unsecured foreign currency-denominated convertible bonds
Issue amount    US$687,800,000
Annual interest rate (%)    1.50
Issue date    August 22, 2019
Maturity date    August 22, 2024
Interest payment    Payable semi-annually in arrear until maturity date in equal installments
Principal redemption   

1. Redemption at maturity:

 

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

 

2. Early redemption:

 

Payment of the principal and interest accrued up to the expected repayment date upon the exercise of the company’s call option or the bondholder’s put option

Conversion price    W19,845 per common share (subject to adjustment based on dilutive effects of certain events)
Conversion period    August 23, 2020 ~ August 12, 2024
Redemption at the option of the issuer (Call option)   

—   On or at any time after three years from the issue date, if the closing price of our common shares for any 20 trading days out of the 30 consecutive trading days is at least 130% of the applicable conversion price;

 

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

 

—   In the event of certain changes in laws and other directives resulting in additional taxes

Redemption at the option of the bondholders (Put option)   

—   On the date which is three years from the issue date

 

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We designated the convertible bonds as financial liabilities at fair value through profit of loss and recognized the change in its fair value in our income statement. We measure the fair value of the convertible bonds using the market price of convertible bonds disclosed on Bloomberg. Set forth below is certain information regarding our common shares subject to conversion under the terms of the convertible bonds as of December 31, 2021:

 

Categories

  

2021

Aggregate outstanding amount of the convertible bonds

  

W813,426,670,000

Conversion price

  

W19,845

Number of common shares subject to conversion

  

40,988,998 shares

Set forth below are the cash flows on our borrowings by maturity, including interest payable thereon. We do not expect that such cash outflows will occur materially earlier than, or be materially different in amounts from, as indicated below.

(Unit: In millions of Won or millions of other currency)

 

Categories

  Book value     Contractual cash flows  
  Total     Within 6
months
    6~12
months
     1~2 years      2~5 years      Over 5
years
 

Borrowings

    10,052,245       10,693,994       1,554,233       1,110,193        3,466,945        4,562,623        —    

Bonds

    2,611,561       2,531,468       575,029       884,996        329,661        652,467        89,315  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

    12,663,806       13,225,462       2,129,262       1,995,189        3,796,606        5,215,090        89,315  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  (3)

Cash usage

Our management constantly monitors our working capital, and we have historically been able to satisfy our cash requirements from cash flows from operations and debt financing. As of December 31, 2021, we believe that we have sufficient working capital for our present requirements.

Our ability to satisfy our cash requirements from cash flows from operations and financing activities will be affected by our ability to maintain and improve our margins and, in the case of external financing, market conditions, which in turn may be affected by several factors outside of our control. Therefore, we re-evaluate our capital requirements regularly in light of our cash flows from operations, the progress of our expansion plans and market conditions. To the extent that we do not generate sufficient cash flows from our operations to meet our capital requirements, we may rely on other financing activities, such as external long-term borrowings and securities offerings, including the issuance of equity, equity-linked and other debt securities.

Our net cash from operating activities amounted to W2,279 billion in 2020 and W5,753 billion in 2021. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities in 2021 compared to 2020 was mainly due to changes in working capital.

Our net cash used in investing activities amounted to W2,311 billion in 2020 and W4,263 billion in 2021. Net cash used in investing activities primarily reflected the construction of our new facilities centered on OLED products and the expansion and conversion of our existing production facilities. These cash outflows from capital expenditures amounted to W2,595 billion in 2020 and W3,141 billion in 2021. We intend to fund our capital requirements associated with our expansion and construction projects with cash flows from operations and financing activities, such as external long-term borrowings.

In 2021, our capital expenditures amounted to W3.2 trillion, and we expect our capital expenditures to increase in 2022 to fund our investment in small- and medium-sized OLED display panels as announced in August 2021. However, our overall expenditure levels and our allocation among projects are subject to many uncertainties, some of which are outside our control, including the general economic conditions, fiscal policies, government regulations and competitive landscape. We review the amount of our capital expenditures and may make adjustments from time to time based on the size of cash flows from operations and market conditions.

Our net cash provided by financing activities amounted to W932 billion in 2020 and our net cash used in financing activities amounted to W2,466 billion in 2021. The net cash provided (used) by financing activities in 2020 and 2021 primarily reflect long-term borrowings incurred and repaid during such periods.

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

  2021     2020     Changes  

Net cash provided by operating activities

    5,753,446       2,278,784       3,474,662  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (4,263,080     (2,311,152     (1,951,928

Net cash provided (used) by financing activities

    (2,466,136     931,829       (3,397,965

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31,

    3,541,597       4,218,099       (676,502

 

15.

Board of Directors

 

  A.

Members of the board of directors

As of December 31, 2021, our board of directors consisted of two non-outside directors and four outside directors.

 

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(As of December 31, 2021)

 

Name

  

Position

  

Primary responsibility

James (Hoyoung) Jeong    Representative Director (non-outside), Chief Executive Officer and President   

Overall head of business management

Donghee Suh    Director (non-outside), Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President   

Overall head of finances

Kun Tai Han    Outside Director   

Related to the overall management

Byung Ho Lee (1)    Outside Director   

Related to the overall management

Chang-Yang Lee    Outside Director   

Related to the overall management

Doocheol Moon (1)    Outside Director   

Related to the overall management

 

(1)

Byung Ho Lee was reappointed for another term as an outside director, and Doocheol Moon was newly appointed as an outside director at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on March 23, 2021.

 

  B.

Committees of the board of directors

We have the following committees that serve under our board of directors: Management Committee, Outside Director Nomination Committee, Audit Committee, ESG Committee and Related Party Transaction Committee.

As of December 31, 2021, the Management Committee consisted of two non-outside directors, James (Hoyoung) Jeong (Chairman) and Donghee Suh.

As of December 31, 2021, the composition of the Outside Director Nomination Committee was as follows.

(As of the date of this report)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

Outside Director Nomination Committee(1)

   1 non-outside director and 2 outside directors    James (Hoyoung) Jeong, Byung Ho Lee and Doocheol Moon
(1)

James (Hoyoung) Jeong was appointed as a member of the outside director nomination committee of the board of directors at the board of directors’ meeting on November 24, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, the composition of the Audit Committee was as follows.

(As of December 31, 2021)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

Audit Committee

   3 outside directors    Doocheol Moon (Chairman), Kun Tai Han and Chang-Yang Lee

As of December 31, 2021, the composition of the ESG Committee was as follows.

(As of December 31, 2021)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

ESG Committee(1)

   1 non-outside director and 4 outside directors    Chang-Yang Lee (Chairman), Kun Tai Han, Byung Ho Lee, Doocheol Moon and James (Hoyoung) Jeong
(1)

The ESG Committee was established on April 26, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, the composition of the Related Party Transaction Committee was as follows.

(As of December 31, 2021)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

Related Party Transaction Committee(1)

   1 non-outside director and 3 outside directors    Kun Tai Han (Chairman), Byung Ho Lee, Chang-Yang Lee and Donghee Suh

 

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(1)

The Related Party Transaction Committee was established on July 1, 2021.

 

  C.

Independence of directors

Directors are appointed in accordance with the procedures of the Commercial Act and other relevant laws and regulations. Our board of directors is independent as four out of the seven directors that comprise the board are outside directors. Outside directors candidates are nominated for appointment at a shareholders’ meeting after undergoing rigorous review by the Outside Director Nomination Committee.

All of our current outside directors were nominated by the Outside Director Nomination Committee, and all of our current non-outside directors were nominated by the board of directors.

 

16.

Information Regarding Shares

 

  A.

Total number of shares

 

  (1)

Total number of shares authorized to be issued (as of December 31, 2021): 500,000,000 shares.

 

  (2)

Total shares issued and outstanding (as of December 31, 2021): 357,815,700 shares.

 

  B.

Shareholder list

 

  (1)

Largest shareholder and related parties as of December 31, 2021:

 

Name

  

Relationship

   Number of shares
of common stock
     Equity
interest
 

LG Electronics

   Largest shareholder      135,625,000        37.9

James (Hoyoung) Jeong

   Registered director of member company      15,000        0.0

Donghee Suh

   Registered director of member company      11,500        0.0

 

  (2)

Shareholders who are known to us that own 5% or more of our shares as of December 31, 2021:

 

Beneficial owner

   Number of shares
of common stock
   Equity
interest

LG Electronics

   135,625,000    37.90%

National Pension Service

   23,811,048    6.65%

 

17.

Directors and Employees

 

  A.

Directors

 

  (1)

Remuneration for directors in 2021:

(Unit: person, in millions of Won)

 

Classification

   No. of directors(1)      Amount paid      Per capita average
remuneration paid(2)
 

Non-outside directors

     2        1,737        869  

Outside directors who are not audit committee members

     1        90        90  

Outside directors who are audit committee members

     3        277        90  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     6        2,104        346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1)

Number of directors as at December 31, 2021.

 

(2)

Per capita average remuneration paid is calculated by using the sum of the average monthly remuneration paid for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

(3)

Due to the expiration of Mr. Sung-Sik Hwang’s term as a non-outside director and Mr. Doocheol Moon’s nomination as a non-outside director at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on March 23, 2021, the amount paid to non-outside directors includes the remuneration paid to both directors.

 

(4)

Due to the resignation of Mr. Young-Soo Kwon on November 1, 2021, the amount paid to non-outside directors includes the remuneration paid to Mr. Young-Soo Kwon.

 

  (2)

Standards of remuneration paid to non-outside and outside directors

 

   

Non-outside directors (excluding outside directors and audit committee members)

The remuneration system for non-outside directors consists of base salary, position salary and performance-related pay. The remuneration for non-outside directors is measured in accordance with the standards established by the board of directors (within the amount approved at the annual general meeting of shareholders), including the non-outside director’s position and job responsibilities.

 

   

Standards for base salary/position salary: relevant position and job responsibilities, among others

 

   

Standards for performance-related pay: financial performance of the company and achievement of individual management goals, among others

 

   

Outside directors, audit committee members and auditor

The remuneration for outside directors, audit committee members and auditor is measured in accordance with the standards established by the board of directors (within the amount approved at the annual general meeting of shareholders), including the individual’s job responsibilities, among others.

 

  (3)

Remuneration for individual directors and audit committee members

 

   

Individual amount of remuneration paid in 2021 (among those paid over W500 million per year)

(Unit: in millions of Won)

 

Name(*)

   Position    Total remuneration    Payment not included in
total remuneration

James (Hoyoung) Jeong

   Chief Executive Officer    1,340    —  

 

   

Method of calculation

 

Name

  

Method of calculation

James (Hoyoung) Jeong   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,340 million.

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W60.9 million between January and March and W62.4 million between April and December were made.

 

•  Position salary is calculated based on the significance of the position and responsibilities of the job. Monthly payments of W48.7 million between January and March and W48.9 million between April and December were made.

 

•  A total of W9.0 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with welfare benefits standards.

 

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Remuneration for the five highest paid individuals (among those paid over W500 million per year)

 

   

Individual remuneration amount

(Unit: in millions of Won)

 

Name

   Position    Total remuneration      Payment not included in
total remuneration
 
In Byeong Kang    Advisory Officer      1,783        —    
Yeong Giu Hong    Advisor      1,371        —    
James (Hoyoung) Jeong    Chief Executive Officer      1,340        —    
Yung Keun Choi    Advisory Officer      1,236        —    
Jung Sik Shin    Advisory Officer      1,173        —    

 

   

Method of calculation

 

Name

  

Method of calculation

In Byeong Kang (1)   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,783 million (consisting of W325 million in salary and W1,458 million in retirement pay).

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W34.5 million between January and March and W24.2 million between April and December were made.

 

•  A total of W4.1 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with other welfare benefits standards.

 

Retirement pay

 

•  Retirement pay is calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions of our regulations on compensation for retiring executives and is evaluated by the duration of employment (15 years), monthly base salary at the time of retirement and payment rate per position (2.5 to 4.5%).

 

Yeong Giu Hong (1)   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,371 million (consisting of W225 million in salary and W1,146 million in retirement pay).

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W29.6 million between January and March and W14.8 million between April and December were made.

 

•  A total of W3.3 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with other welfare benefits standards.

 

Retirement pay

 

•  Retirement pay is calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions of our regulations on compensation for retiring executives and is evaluated by the duration of employment (14 years), monthly base salary at the time of retirement and payment rate per position (2.5 to 4.5%).

 

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James (Hoyoung) Jeong   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,340 million.

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W60.9 million between January and March and W62.4 million between April and December were made.

 

•  Position salary is calculated based on the significance of the position and responsibilities of the job. Monthly payments of W48.8 million between January and December were made.

 

•  A total of W9.0 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with welfare benefits standards.

Yung Keun Choi (1)   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,236 million (consisting of W282 million in salary and W954 million in retirement pay).

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W29.6 million between January and March and W20.7 million between April and December were made.

 

•  A total of W6.7 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with other welfare benefits standards.

 

Retirement pay

 

•  Retirement pay is calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions of our regulations on compensation for retiring executives and is evaluated by the duration of employment (12 years), monthly base salary at the time of retirement and payment rate per position (2.5 to 4.5%).

 

Jung Sik Shin (1)   

Total remuneration

 

•  W1,173 million (consisting of W278 million in salary and W895 million in retirement pay).

 

Salary

 

•  Base salary is set in accordance with the executive compensation regulations established by the board of directors. Monthly payments of W29.6 million between January and March and W20.7 million between April and December were made.

 

•  A total of W3.2 million of welfare benefits were paid on an annual basis in accordance with other welfare benefits standards.

 

Retirement pay

 

•  Retirement pay is calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions of our regulations on compensation for retiring executives and is evaluated by the duration of employment (11 years), monthly base salary at the time of retirement and payment rate per position (2.5 to 4.5%).

 

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(1)

Mssrs. In Byeong Kang, Yeong Giu Hong, Yung Keun Choi and Jung Sik Shin are former officers who retired from our company effective as of March 31, 2021.

 

  (5)

Stock options

Not applicable.

 

  B.

Employees

As of December 31, 2021, we had 27,702 employees (excluding our directors). On average, our male employees have served 11.9 years and our female employees have served 9.8 years. The total amount of salary paid to our employees for 2021 based on income tax statements submitted to the Korean tax authority in accordance with Article 20 of the Income Tax Act was W1,835,467 million for our male employees and W254,263 million for our female employees. The following table provides details of our employees as of December 31, 2021:

(Unit: person, in millions of Won, year)

 

     Number of
employees(1)
     Total salary
in 2021(2)(3)(4)
     Average
salary per
capita(5)
     Average
years of
service
 

Male

     23,339        1,835,467        81        12  

Female

     4,363        254,263        61        10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     27,702        2,089,730        78        12  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes part-time employees hired for temporary needs or to serve as temporary replacements for employees on parental leave.

(2)

Welfare benefits and retirement expenses have been excluded. Total welfare benefit provided to our employees for 2021 was W404,941 million and the per capita welfare benefit provided was W14.6 million.

(3)

Based on income tax statements, which are submitted to the Korean tax authority in accordance with Article 20 of the Income Tax Act.

(4)

Includes incentive payments to employees who have transferred from our affiliated companies.

(5)

Calculated using the sum of the average monthly salary.

 

  C.

Remuneration for executive officers (excluding directors)

(Unit: person, in millions of Won)

 

Number of executive officers

   Total salary in 2021    Average salary per capita(1)

92

   32,523    337

 

(1)

Calculated using the sum of the average monthly salary.

 

18.

Other Matters

 

  A.

Legal proceedings

We are a defendant in three separate civil lawsuits (comprising one damages claim in the United Kingdom filed by private plaintiffs, one damages claim in Israel filed by private plaintiffs and one unjust enrichment claim in the United States filed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) filed against us and certain other TFT-LCD panel manufacturers in connection with alleged anticompetitive behavior of the defendants. In each of these cases, the amount being sought has not been determined, and no trial has been scheduled. While the expected outcome of each of these cases is unclear, we do not believe that any of these cases would have a material effect on our financial conditions.

We have also been a defendant in four patent infringement lawsuits (two in the United States, one in Germany and one in China) filed against us and certain other set manufacturers by Solas OLED Ltd. With respect to each of these cases, we have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with the plaintiff in December 2020. The plaintiff withdrew its claims in all four cases between January and March 2021.

 

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  B.

Material events subsequent to the reporting period

On February 23, 2022, we issued non-guaranteed corporate bonds in an aggregate amount of W445 billion. The following table provides details of such issuance:

(Unit: in millions of Won, %)

 

Type of
Securities

  

Type of
Offering

  

Issue Date

  

Issue Amount

  

Interest
Rate

  

Credit
Rating
(Rating
Agency)

  

Maturity
Date

  

Repayment

  

Underwriters

Corporate bond (Green bond)

   Public offering    February 23, 2022    W320,000,000,000    3.306%    A+ (Korea Investors Service, Inc., NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.)    February 21, 2025    Non-repayment    KB Securities Co., Ltd., Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., Shinhan Investment Corp.

Corporate bond (Green bond)

   Public offering    February 23, 2022    W125,000,000,000    3.656%    A+ (Korea Investors Service, Inc., NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.)    February 23, 2027    Non-repayment    KB Securities Co., Ltd., Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., Shinhan Investment Corp.

 

(1)

The series 44-1 and series 44-2 non-guaranteed corporate bonds are ESG bonds (green bonds). The proceeds from the offering will be used to fund the expansion of our OLED display panel production lines.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(With Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon)

 

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Independent Auditors’ Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements comprising significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”).

Basis for Opinion

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

Emphasis of Matter

Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements. The Group early adopted the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use, and restated comparative statement of financial position as of December 31, 2020, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended.

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 as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. 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.

 

(i)

Impairment test for Display Cash Generating Unit (CGU)

As discussed in Notes 3(k) and 10 to the consolidated financial statements, goodwill of W48,339 million is allocated to the Group’s Display CGU. The Group’s non-financial assets as of December 31, 2021 amount to W22,203,344 million, and a large portion of which are related to the Display CGU. The recoverable amount used by the Group in impairment test of the Display CGU is value in use based on discounted cash flow model. As a result of impairment test for Display CGU, the Group concluded that recoverable amount exceeds the carrying amount.

We identified impairment test for Display CGU as a key audit matter. Revenue and operating expenditures for the forecast period and discount rate used to estimate value in use for impairment test of Display CGU involve significant judgement and minor changes would have a significant effect on the results of the Group’s impairment test of Display CGU.

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

We performed sensitivity analysis over the discount rate assumptions to assess their impact on the Group’s impairment test.

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

testing revenue and operating expenditures forecasts by comparing them against analyst reports and industry reports.

 

(ii)

Assessment of recognition of deferred tax assets

As discussed in Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements, the deferred tax assets arise primarily due to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as, unused tax losses and tax credit carryforwards. The assessment of the recognition of these deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income of the Group. As of December 31, 2021, the Group had W2,307,692 million of deferred tax assets in the consolidated statement of financial position and W182,617 million of unrecognized tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2021, primarily related to LG Display Co., Ltd.

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

Other matter

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

 

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

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing these consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’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 Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

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

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

 

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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.

 

   

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 Group’s internal control.

 

   

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

 

   

Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, then we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the 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 Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

 

   

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.

 

   

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group 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.

 

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

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

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

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

March 8, 2022

 

This report is effective as of March 8, 2022, the audit report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the audit report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the audit report should understand that the above audit report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In millions of won)    Note    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

   4, 26    W 3,541,597      4,218,099

Deposits in banks

   4, 26      743,305      78,652

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   5, 14, 26, 29      4,574,789      3,517,512

Other accounts receivable, net

   5, 26      121,899      144,480

Other current financial assets

   6, 26, 27      68,203      52,403

Inventories

   7      3,350,375      2,170,656

Prepaid income taxes

   24      58,536      114,202

Other current assets

   5      728,363      803,466
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

        13,187,067      11,099,470

Deposits in banks

   4, 26      11      11

Investments in equity accounted investees

   8      126,719      114,551

Other non-current accounts receivable, net

   5, 26      2,376      —  

Other non-current financial assets

   6, 26, 27      156,211      68,231

Property, plant and equipment, net

   9, 17, 27      20,558,446      20,139,703

Intangible assets, net

   10, 17      1,644,898      1,020,088

Deferred tax assets

   24      2,307,692      2,275,514

Defined benefits assets, net

   12      68,276      224,997

Other non-current assets

        102,819      123,447
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        24,967,448      23,966,542
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

      W 38,154,515      35,066,012
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Trade accounts and notes payable

   26, 29    W 4,814,055      3,779,290

Current financial liabilities

   11, 26, 27      4,069,712      3,195,024

Other accounts payable

   26      3,401,346      2,781,941

Accrued expenses

        1,218,456      651,880

Income tax payable

        179,335      25,004

Provisions

   13      173,431      197,468

Advances received

        67,046      333,821

Other current liabilities

        71,436      42,520
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        13,994,817      11,006,948

Non-current financial liabilities

   11, 26, 27      8,702,745      11,124,846

Non-current provisions

   13      92,942      89,633

Defined benefit liabilities, net

   12      1,589      1,498

Deferred tax liabilities

   24      6,636      9,530

Other non-current liabilities

   26      593,285      102,129
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        9,397,197      11,327,636
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        23,392,014      22,334,584
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity

        

Share capital

   15      1,789,079      1,789,079

Share premium

   15      2,251,113      2,251,113

Retained earnings

   15      8,541,521      7,518,786

Reserves

   15      537,142      (163,446 )
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

        13,118,855      11,395,532
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

        1,643,646      1,335,896
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

        14,762,501      12,731,428
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      W 38,154,515      35,066,012
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note      2021     2020  

Revenue

     16, 17, 29      W 29,878,043     24,261,561

Cost of sales

     7, 18, 29        (24,572,939 )     (21,626,339 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        5,305,104     2,635,222

Selling expenses

     18, 19        (933,043 )     (817,611 )

Administrative expenses

     18, 19        (919,409 )     (755,340 )

Research and development expenses

     18        (1,222,044 )     (1,098,736 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit (loss)

        2,230,608     (36,465 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

     22        425,835     438,786

Finance costs

     22        (916,614 )     (802,678 )

Other non-operating income

     21        1,252,135     1,784,646

Other non-operating expenses

     18, 21        (1,280,859 )     (1,999,280 )

Equity in income of equity accounted investees, net

     8        7,780     12,545
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

        1,718,885     (602,446 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

     23        385,341     (526,299 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the year

        1,333,544     (76,147 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities

     12, 23        (163,363 )     110,404

Other comprehensive income (loss) from associates

     8        (84 )     39
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (163,447 )     110,443

Items that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     23        869,789     48,181

Loss on valuation of derivative

     15, 23        (9,227 )     —  

Other comprehensive income (loss) from associates

     8, 23        4,497     (210 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        865,059     47,971
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax

        701,612     158,414
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

      W 2,035,156     82,267
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) attributable to:

       

Owners of the Controlling Company

        1,186,182     (94,853 )

Non-controlling interests

        147,362     18,706
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the year

      W 1,333,544     (76,147 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

       

Owners of the Controlling Company

        1,723,323     54,219

Non-controlling interests

        311,833     28,048
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

      W 2,035,156     82,267
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share (in won)

       

Basic earning (loss) per share

     25      W 3,315     (265 )

Diluted earning (loss) per share

     25      W 3,130     (265 )

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

     Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company              
(In millions of won)    Share capital      Share
premium
     Retained
earnings
    Reserves     Sub-total     Non-controlling
interests
    Total equity  

Balances at January 1, 2020

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      7,503,312     (203,021 )     11,340,483     1,147,798     12,488,281
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

                

Profit (loss) for the year

     —        —        (94,853 )     —       (94,853 )     18,706     (76,147 )

Other comprehensive income (loss)

                

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —        —        110,404     —       110,404     —       110,404

Foreign currency translation differences

     —        —        —       38,839     38,839     9,342     48,181

Other comprehensive income (loss) from associates

     —        —        39     (210 )     (171 )     —       (171 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

     —        —        110,443     38,629     149,072     9,342     158,414
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

   W —        —        15,590     38,629     54,219     28,048     82,267
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

                

Subsidiaries’ dividends distributed to non-controlling interests

     —        —        —       —       —       (12,086 )     (12,086 )

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

     —        —        (116 )     946     830     172,136     172,966
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      7,518,786     (163,446 )     11,395,532     1,335,896     12,731,428
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2021

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      7,518,786     (163,446 )     11,395,532     1,335,896     12,731,428
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

                

Profit for the year

     —        —        1,186,182     —       1,186,182     147,362     1,333,544

Other comprehensive income (loss)

                

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —        —        (163,363 )     —       (163,363 )     —       (163,363 )

Foreign currency translation differences

     —        —        —       705,318     705,318     164,471     869,789

Other comprehensive income (loss) from associates

     —        —        (84 )     4,497     4,413     —       4,413

Loss on valuation of derivative

     —        —        —       (9,227 )     (9,227 )     —       (9,227 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     —        —        (163,447 )     700,588     537,141     164,471     701,612
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

   W —        —        1,022,735     700,588     1,723,323     311,833     2,035,156
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

                

Subsidiaries’ dividends distributed to non-controlling interests

     —        —        —       —       —       (4,083 )     (4,083 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2021

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      8,541,521     537,142     13,118,855     1,643,646     14,762,501
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2021     2020  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit (loss) for the year

      W 1,333,544     (76,147 )

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense (benefit)

     23        385,341     (526,299 )

Depreciation and amortization

     9, 10, 18        4,500,701     4,134,027

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (74,125 )     (296,870 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        193,095     217,287

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     12, 20        144,241     160,669

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (19,367 )     (37,835 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        64,350     60,294

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        19,085     38,494

Reversal of impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        (1,121 )     —  

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

        (196 )     (111 )

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        —       368

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        29,488     79,593

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (1,152 )     (1,110 )

Expense on increase of provisions

        216,873     308,334

Finance income

        (352,423 )     (331,723 )

Finance costs

        832,596     612,164

Equity in income of equity method accounted investees, net

     8        (7,780 )     (12,545 )

Loss on liquidation of investments in subsidiaries

        —       72,654

Other income

        —       (11,485 )

Other expenses

        15,538     —  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        5,945,144     4,465,906

Changes in:

       

Trade accounts and notes receivable

        (964,130 )     (935,888 )

Other accounts receivable

        20,395     63,192

Inventories

        (1,123,239 )     (128,495 )

Lease receivables

        4,765     6,428

Other current assets

        107,679     175,486

Other non-current assets

        (58,821 )     (58,641 )

Trade accounts and notes payable

        1,037,950     1,387,084

Other accounts payable

        72,640     (1,152,786 )

Accrued expenses

        580,404     (9,704 )

Provisions

        (237,601 )     (277,876 )

Advances received

        (268,074 )     (408,900 )

Other current liabilities

        9,100     (40,200 )

Defined benefit liabilities, net

        (208,199 )     (109,801 )

Other non-current liabilities

        11,144     12,973
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (1,015,987 )     (1,477,128 )

Cash generated from operating activities

        6,262,701     2,912,631

Income taxes paid

        (118,305 )     (156,997 )

Interests received

        79,188     75,424

Interests paid

        (470,138 )     (552,274 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      W 5,753,446     2,278,784
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2021     2020  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      W 4,068     8,239

Increase in deposits in banks

        (694,313 )     (78,452 )

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        77,152     78,557

Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

        (34,418 )     (3,227 )

Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

        5,226     99

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

 

     24     6

Proceeds from disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

        4,363     2,400

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (3,141,430 )     (2,595,381 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        65,711     446,193

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (635,805 )     (353,313 )

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        2,946     16,996

Government grants received

        85,983     118,341

Receipt from settlement of derivatives

        8,344     24,468

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        14,533     13,720

Increase in long-term loans

        (26,473 )     —  

Increase in deposits

        (7,145 )     (2,084 )

Decrease in deposits

        8,154     1,286

Proceeds from disposal of other assets

        —       11,000
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (4,263,080 )     (2,311,152 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

     28       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        2,573,757     2,238,806

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (2,425,117 )     (2,506,420 )

Proceeds from issuance of bonds

        498,027     49,949

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

        1,298,346     2,329,013

Repayments of current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

        (4,344,208 )     (1,278,199 )

Repayment of lease liabilities

        (66,941 )     (62,200 )

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

        —       172,966

Subsidiaries’ dividends distributed to non-controlling interests

        —       (12,086 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

        (2,466,136 )     931,829
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        (975,770 )     899,461

Cash and cah equivalents at January 1

        4,218,099     3,336,003

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

        299,268     (17,365 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

      W 3,541,597     4,218,099
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity

 

  (a)

Description of the Controlling Company

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Controlling Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 and the Controlling Company is a public corporation listed in the Korea Exchange since 2004. The main business of the Controlling Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) is to manufacture and sell displays and its related products. As of December 31, 2021, the Group is operating Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) and Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) panel manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju and China and TFT-LCD and OLED module manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju, China and Vietnam. The Controlling Company is domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. As of December 31, 2021, LG Electronics Inc., a major shareholder of the Controlling Company, owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Controlling Company’s common stock.

The Controlling Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of December 31, 2021, there are 357,815,700 shares of common stock outstanding. The Controlling Company’s common stock is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) under the symbol “LPL”. One ADS represents one-half of one share of common stock. As of December 31, 2021, there are 15,910,934 ADSs outstanding.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (b)

Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions)                            

Subsidiaries

  Location   Percentage of
ownership
    Fiscal year
end
 

Date of
incorporation

 

Business

  Capital stocks  

LG Display America, Inc.

  San Jose, U.S.A.     100   December 31   September 24, 1999   Sell display products   USD 411  

LG Display Germany GmbH

  Eschborn, Germany     100   December 31   October 15, 1999   Sell display products   EUR 1  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

  Tokyo, Japan     100   December 31   October 12, 1999   Sell display products   JPY 95  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

  Taipei, Taiwan     100   December 31   April 12, 1999   Sell display products   NTD 116  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

  Nanjing, China     100   December 31   July 15, 2002   Manufacture display products   CNY 3,020  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

  Shanghai, China     100   December 31   January 16, 2003   Sell display products   CNY 4  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou, China     100   December 31   June 30, 2006   Manufacture display products   CNY 1,655  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

  Shenzhen, China     100   December 31   July 27, 2007   Sell display products   CNY 4  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

  Singapore     100   December 31   November 4, 2008   Sell display products   USD 1  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

  Fujian, China     51   December 31   December 7, 2009   Manufacture and sell LCD module and LCD monitor sets   CNY 116  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

  Yantai, China     100   December 31   March 17, 2010   Manufacture display products   CNY 1,008  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

  Gumi, South Korea     100   December 31   March 21, 2012   Provide janitorial services   KRW 800  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou, China     70   December 31   December 10, 2012   Manufacture and sell display products   CNY 8,232  

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

  Wilmington, U.S.A.     100   December 31   March 12, 2014   Manage intellectual property   USD 9  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou, China     100   December 31   April 28, 2015   Sell display products   CNY 1  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

  Sterling, U.S.A.     100   December 31   December 18, 2009   Manage OLED intellectual property   USD 138  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

  Haiphong, Vietnam     100   December 31   May 5, 2016   Manufacture display products   USD 600  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

  Suzhou, China     100   December 31   July 1, 2016   Manufacture and sell LCD module and LCD monitor sets   CNY 637  

LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC(*)

  Wilmington, U.S.A.     100   December 31   May 1, 2018   Invest in venture business and acquire technologies   USD 45  

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

  Guangzhou, China     70   December 31   July 11, 2018   Manufacture and sell display products   CNY  15,600  

 

(*)

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Controlling Company contributed W38,565 million in cash for the capital increase of LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC. There was no change in the Controlling Company’s percentage of ownership in LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC as a result of this additional investment.

In addition to the above subsidiaries, the Controlling Company has invested W127,400 million in MMT (Money Market Trust), which is controlled by the Controlling Company.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (c)

Summary of financial information of subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      2021  

Subsidiaries

   Total
assets
     Total
liabilities
     Total
shareholders’
equity
     Sales      Net
income

(loss)
 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 1,891,725        1,865,145        26,580        13,585,364        (159

LG Display Germany GmbH

     614,248        597,574        16,674        2,107,714        2,732  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     482,445        475,847        6,598        2,332,536        731  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     472,948        450,519        22,429        2,171,271        2,282  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     2,072,881        1,103,251        969,630        1,892,179        109,201  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     575,263        562,025        13,238        934,122        (14,074

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     4,792,782        3,480,019        1,312,763        3,371,505        128,300  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     115,545        108,635        6,910        530,023        (10,404

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     520,448        511,128        9,320        2,049,047        1,498  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     432,190        359,239        72,951        1,307,982        (8,946

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     898,976        411,696        487,280        630,996        (11,857

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     9,907        6,673        3,234        26,068        898  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     2,651,061        355,541        2,295,520        2,175,878        380,788  

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

     2,814        16        2,798        —          (182

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     703,527        693,105        10,422        1,535,452        1,753  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

     61,074        9,963        51,111        9,322        (5,714

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     4,093,339        3,148,557        944,782        2,592,983        270,441  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     332,856        181,707        151,149        614,070        7,040  

LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC

     43,294        33        43,261        —          49  

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

     6,803,960        3,713,739        3,090,221        2,817,308        125,446  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 27,571,283        18,034,412        9,536,871        40,683,820        979,823  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      2020  

Subsidiaries

   Total
assets
     Total
liabilities
     Total
shareholders’
equity
     Sales      Net
income

(loss)
 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 1,375,795        1,351,562        24,233        11,383,528        8,063  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     309,702        295,599        14,103        1,440,763        1,890  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     365,295        359,114        6,181        1,923,132        1,105  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     319,284        301,210        18,074        1,453,734        2,363  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     1,476,667        710,717        765,950        1,487,428        99,311  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     373,503        348,609        24,894        814,964        7,237  

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     —          —          —          —          17,216  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     4,081,473        3,025,937        1,055,536        2,506,152        107,163  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     50,255        34,421        15,834        580,638        4,924  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     499,158        492,045        7,113        1,176,876        2,105  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     323,801        242,939        80,862        1,168,972        10,796  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     791,520        345,930        445,590        966,393        56,735  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     5,659        3,323        2,336        21,062        631  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     2,424,290        737,462        1,686,828        1,907,421        (12,279

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

     2,740        14        2,726        —          (1,094

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     931,858        924,180        7,678        1,372,006        1,050  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

     66,691        14,369        52,322        8,899        (4,934

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     3,319,103        2,708,904        610,199        1,829,840        164,533  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     281,293        152,665        128,628        531,464        2,494  

LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC

     3,127        11        3,116        —          (4,353

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

     7,005,932        4,346,187        2,659,745        1,280,924        51,489  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 24,007,146        16,395,198        7,611,948        31,854,196        516,445  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity, Continued

 

  (d)

Information of subsidiaries(before elimination of intercompany transactions) which have significant non-controlling interests as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021  
     LG Display (China)
Co., Ltd.
    LG Display High-Tech
(China) Co., Ltd.
 

Percentage of ownership in non-controlling interest(%)

     30       30  

Current assets

   W 1,987,880       1,551,346  

Non-current assets

     663,181       5,252,614  

Current liabilities

     324,075       1,261,412  

Non-current liabilities

     31,466       2,452,327  

Net assets

     2,295,520       3,090,221  

Book value of non-controlling interests

     680,757       925,848  

Revenue

   W 2,175,878       2,817,308  

Profit(Loss) for the year

     380,788       125,446  

Profit(Loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

     114,301       37,803  

Cash flows from operating activities

   W 890,435       709,243  

Cash flows from investing activities

     (619,615     (315,176

Cash flows from financing activities

     (439,390     (665,170

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

     23,538       19,972  

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (145,032     (251,131

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

     276,802       290,461  

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

     131,770       39,330  

Dividends distributed to non-controlling interests

   W —         —    

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Reporting Entity, Continued

 

(In millions of won)       
     2020  
     LG Display (China)
Co., Ltd.
    LG Display High-Tech
(China) Co., Ltd.
 

Percentage of ownership in non-controlling interest (%)

     30       30  

Current assets

   W 1,573,028       1,544,816  

Non-current assets

     851,262       5,461,116  

Current liabilities

     326,785       1,588,688  

Non-current liabilities

     410,677       2,757,499  

Net assets

     1,686,828       2,659,745  

Book value of non-controlling interests

     498,084       796,537  

Revenue

   W 1,907,421       1,280,924  

Profit(Loss) for the year

     (12,279     51,489  

Profit(Loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

     (3,684     15,447  

Cash flows from operating activities

   W 138,692       134,484  

Cash flows from investing activities

     (686,387     (841,413

Cash flows from financing activities

     436,936       826,940  

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

     5,367       (1,501

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (105,392     118,510  

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

     382,194       171,951  

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

     276,802       290,461  

Dividends distributed to non-controlling interests

   W 12,086       —    

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a)

Statement of Compliance

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

The consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on January 26, 2022, which will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 23, 2022.

 

  (b)

Basis of Measurement

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

  (c)

Functional and Presentation Currency

Each subsidiary’s financial statements within the Group are presented in the subsidiary’s functional currency, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which each subsidiary operates.

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

 

  (d)

Use of Estimates and Judgments

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

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

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

 

   

Financial instruments (Note 3(f))

 

   

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

 

   

Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Note 3(s), 24)

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (d)

Use of Estimates and Judgments, Continued

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

 

   

Provisions (Note 3(m), 13)

 

   

Inventories (Note 3(e), 7)

 

   

Property, plant and equipment (Note 9)

 

   

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

 

   

Employee benefits (Note 12)

 

   

Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Note 24)

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies

The Group has early adopted the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use, from January 1, 2021. A number of other new standards are effective from January 1, 2021 but they do not have a significant effect on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

 

  (i)

Retrospective application of changes in accounting policies

Before the application of the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, directly attributable costs of acquiring property, plant and equipment included the costs of testing whether it is functioning properly, after deducting the net proceeds from selling items produced using the property, plant and equipment. However, after the application of the amendments, the proceeds from selling any such produced items and the cost of producing those items are recognized in profit or loss. K-IFRS No. 1002 Inventories is applied in identifying and measuring these production costs. The amendments also clarify that testing whether an item of property, plant and equipment is functioning properly means assessing its technical and physical performance rather than assessing its financial performance – e.g. assessing whether the property, plant and equipment has achieved a certain level of operating margin.

The Group applied amendments retrospectively, but only to items of property, plant and equipment that are brought to the location and condition necessary for them to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management on or after January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, and the Group restated and presented the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 as follows.

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (ii)

Impact on the consolidated financial statements

Before the application of the amendments to K-IFRS 1016, the Group deducted net proceeds from selling items produced during the testing whether the property, plant and equipment is functioning properly from its acquisition cost. However, upon the application of the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, the Group reclassified the proceeds from selling any such produced items from the testing of property, plant and equipment as sales and the cost of those items as cost of sales and restated the financial statements by adjusting the depreciation for reduction in acquisition cost of property, plant and equipment and related income taxes. Adjusted amount of each account in the comparative financial statements from retrospective application of the changes in the accounting policy is as follows:

 

  i)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won)  
     As previously
reported
     Adjustments     As restated  

Assets

       

Property, plant and equipment

   W 20,147,051        (7,348     20,139,703  

Deferred tax assets

     2,273,677        1,837       2,275,514  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 22,420,728        (5,511     22,415,217  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Retained earnings

   W 7,524,297        (5,511     7,518,786  

 

  ii)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won)  
     Amounts
before adoption
of change
     Adjustments     As reported  

Assets

       

Property, plant and equipment

   W 20,564,161        (5,715     20,558,446  

Deferred tax assets

     2,306,263        1,429       2,307,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 22,870,424        (4,286     22,866,138  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Retained earnings

   W 8,545,807        (4,286     8,541,521  

There are no impacts on the consolidated statement of financial position as of January 1, 2020 due to the change in accounting policy.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (ii)

Impact on the consolidated financial statements, Continued

 

  iii)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)  
     As previously
reported
    Adjustments     As restated  

Revenue

   W 24,230,124       31,437       24,261,561  

Cost of sales

     (21,587,554     (38,785     (21,626,339
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

   W 2,642,570       (7,348     2,635,222  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

   W (29,117     (7,348     (36,465

Loss before income tax

   W (595,098     (7,348     (602,446

Income tax benefit

     (524,462     (1,837     (526,299
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss for the year

   W (70,636     (5,511     (76,147
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in won)

   W (250     (15     (265

 

  iv)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)  
     Amounts before
adoption of change
    Adjustments      As reported  

Revenue

   W 29,878,043       —          29,878,043  

Cost of sales

     (24,574,572     1,633        (24,572,939
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

   W 5,303,471       1,633        5,305,104  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Income

   W 2,228,975       1,633        2,230,608  

Profit before income tax

   W 1,717,252       1,633        1,718,885  

Income tax expense

     384,933       408        385,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Profit for the year

   W 1,332,319       1,225        1,333,544  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (in won)

   W 3,312       3        3,315  

Diluted earnings per share (in won)

   W 3,126       4        3,130  

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (ii)

Impact on the consolidated financial statements, Continued

 

  v)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year ended December 31, 2020

- As previously reported

 

(In millions of won)    Attributable to owners of the
Controlling Company
       
     Retained
earnings
    Sub-total     Total equity  

Balances at January 1, 2020

   W 7,503,312       11,340,483       12,488,281  

Loss for the year

     (89,342     (89,342     (70,636
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

   W 7,524,297       11,401,043       12,736,939  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

- Adjustments

 

(In millions of won)    Attributable to owners of the
Controlling Company
       
     Retained
earnings
    Sub-total     Total equity  

Balances at January 1, 2020

   W —         —         —    

Loss for the year

     (5,511     (5,511     (5,511
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

   W (5,511     (5,511     (5,511
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

- As restated

 

(In millions of won)    Attributable to owners of the
Controlling Company
       
     Retained
earnings
    Sub-total     Total equity  

Balances at January 1, 2020

   W 7,503,312       11,340,483       12,488,281  

Loss for the year

     (94,853     (94,853     (76,147
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

   W 7,518,786       11,395,532       12,731,428  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  vi)

Impacts on the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won)

   As reported     Adjustment     Restated  

Net cash provided by operating activities(*)

   W 2,286,948       (8,164     2,278,784  

Net cash used in investing activities(*)

     (2,319,316     8,164       (2,311,152

 

(*)

The net proceeds from selling items produced during the test are reclassified from net cash used in investing activity to net cash provided by operating activity.

There are no impact on net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in investing activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021 due to the change in accounting policy.

 

  (b)

Consolidation

 

  (i)

Business Combinations

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (b)

Consolidation, Continued

 

  (ii)

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed, or has right to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which control commences until the date on which control ceases.

 

  (iii)

Non-controlling interests

Non-controlling interests (“NCI”) are measured at their proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets at the acquisition date. Profit or loss and other comprehensive income (loss) of subsidiaries are attributed to owners of the Controlling Company and non-controlling interests.

Changes in the Group’s interest in subsidiaries that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions.

 

  (iv)

Loss of Control

If the Controlling Company loses control of subsidiaries, the Controlling Company derecognizes the assets and liabilities of the former subsidiaries from the consolidated statement of financial position and recognizes the gain or loss associated with the loss of control attributable to the former controlling interest. Meanwhile, the Controlling Company recognizes any investment retained in the former subsidiaries at its fair value when control is lost.

 

  (v)

Associates and joint ventures (equity method investees)

Associates are those entities in which the Group has significant influence, but not control or joint control, over the financial and operating policies. A joint venture is an arrangement in which the parties have joint control, whereby the parties has rights to the net assets of the arrangement, rather than rights to its assets and obligations for its liabilities.

Investments in associates and joint ventures are initially recognized at cost and subsequently accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The carrying amount of investments in associates and joint ventures is increased or decreased to recognize the Group’s share of the profits or losses and changes in the Group’s proportionate interest of the investee after the date of acquisition. Distributions received from an investee reduce the carrying amount of the investment.

If an associate or a joint venture uses accounting policies different from those of the Controlling Company for like transactions and events in similar circumstances, appropriate adjustments are made to the consolidated financial statements. As of and during the periods presented in the consolidated financial statements, no adjustments were made in applying the equity method.

When the Group’s share of losses exceeds its interest in an equity accounted investee, the carrying amount of that interest, including any long-term investments, is reduced to nil, and the recognition of further losses is discontinued except to the extent that the Group has an obligation or has made payments on behalf of the investee.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (b)

Consolidation, Continued

 

  (vi)

Transactions eliminated on consolidation

Intra-group balances and transactions, including income and expenses and any unrealized income and expenses and balance of trade accounts and notes receivable and payable arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated. Unrealized gains arising from transactions with equity-accounted investees are eliminated against the investment to the extent of the Group’s interest in the investee. Unrealized losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

 

  (c)

Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation

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

If the presentation currency of the Group is different from a foreign operation’s functional currency, the financial position and financial performance of the foreign operation are translated into the presentation currency using the following methods. The assets and liabilities of foreign operations, whose functional currency is not the currency of a hyperinflationary economy are translated to the Group’s functional currency at exchange rates at the reporting date. The income and expenses of foreign operations are translated to the Group’s functional currency at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions and foreign currency differences are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss). Relevant proportionate shares of foreign currency differences are allocated to the controlling interests and non-controlling interests. When a foreign operation is disposed of in its entirety or partially such that control, significant influence or joint control is lost, the cumulative amount in the translation reserve related to that foreign operation is reclassified to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on disposal. If the Group disposes part of its interest in a subsidiary but retains control, then the relevant proportion of the cumulative amount is reattributed to NCI. When the Group disposes of only part of an associate or joint venture while retaining significant influence or joint control, the relevant proportion of the cumulative amount is reclassified to profit or loss.

Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition of that foreign operation is treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation. Thus, they are expressed in the functional currency of the foreign operation and translated at the at each reporting date’s exchange rate.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d)

Cash and cash equivalents

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

 

  (e)

Inventories

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

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments

 

  (i)

Non-derivative financial assets

Recognition and initial measurement

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

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

Classification and subsequent measurement

 

  i)

Financial assets

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

  ii)

Financial assets: business model

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  iii)

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

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

prepayment and extension features; and

 

   

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

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

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

 

  iv)

Financial assets: Subsequent measurement and gains and losses

 

Financial assets at FVTPL    These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend income, are recognized in profit or loss.
Financial assets at amortized cost    These assets are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The amortized cost is reduced by impairment losses. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is recognized in profit or loss.
Debt investments at FVOCI    These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognized in OCI. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in OCI are reclassified to profit or loss.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Derecognition

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

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

Interest rate benchmark reform

In case the basis for determining the contractual cash flows of a financial asset or financial liability measured at amortized cost changed as a result of interest rate benchmark reform, the Group updates the effective interest rate of the financial asset or financial liability to reflect the change that is required by the reform if both of the following conditions are met:

 

   

the change is necessary as a direct consequence of the reform; and

 

   

the new basis for determining the contractual cash flows is economically equivalent to the previous basis – i.e. the basis immediately before the change.

When changes were made to a financial asset or financial liability in addition to changes to the basis for determining the contractual cash flows required by interest rate benchmark reform, the Group first updates the effective interest rate of the financial asset or financial liability to reflect the change that is required by interest rate benchmark reform. After that, the Group applies the policies on accounting for modifications to the additional changes.

Offset

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

 

  (ii)

Non-derivative financial liabilities

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Non-derivative financial liabilities other than financial liabilities classified as at FVTPL are classified as other financial liabilities and measured initially at fair value minus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities. Subsequent to initial recognition, these financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2020, non-derivative financial liabilities comprise borrowings, bonds, trade accounts and notes payable, other accounts payable and others.

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

 

  (iii)

Share Capital

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

 

  (iv)

Derivative financial instruments

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

Hedge Accounting

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

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

 

  i)

Fair value hedges

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  ii)

Cash flow hedges

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

The Group is applying cash flow hedge accounting by designating expected foreign currency denominated sales arising from forecast export transactions as hedging items and the derivative instruments related to forward exchange as hedging instruments. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized in equity and the amount accumulated in equity is reclassified to revenue in the same period which forecast sales occur.

Embedded derivative

Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the host contract is not a financial asset and certain criteria are met.

Other derivative financial instruments

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

 

  (g)

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (i)

Recognition and measurement

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (g)

Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (ii)

Subsequent costs

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

 

  (iii)

Depreciation

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

Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

 

    

Estimated

useful lives

(years)

Buildings and structures

   20~40

Machinery

   4, 5

Furniture and fixtures

   4

Equipment, tools and vehicles

   2, 4, 12

Right-of-use assets

   (*)

 

(*)

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

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate and any changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (h)

Borrowing Costs

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i)

Government Grants

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

 

  (i)

Grants related to the purchase or construction of assets

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

 

  (ii)

Grants for compensating the Group’s expenses incurred

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

 

  (iii)

Other government grants

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

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets

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

 

  (i)

Goodwill

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

 

  (ii)

Research and development

Expenditure on research activities, undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific or technical knowledge and understanding, is recognized in profit or loss as incurred. Development activities involve a plan or design of the production of new or substantially improved products and processes. Development expenditure is capitalized as intangible assets only if the Group can demonstrate all of the following:

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets, Continued

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

its ability to use or sell the intangible asset,

 

   

how the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits (among other things, the Group can demonstrate the usefulness of the intangible asset by existence of a market for the output of the intangible asset or the intangible asset itself if it is to be used internally),

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

  (iii)

Other intangible assets

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

 

  (iv)

Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditures are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific intangible asset to which they relate. All other expenditures, including expenditures on internally generated goodwill and brands, are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

 

  (v)

Amortization

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets, Continued

 

    

Estimated

useful lives

(years)

Intellectual property rights

   5, 10, (*1)

Rights to use electricity, water and gas supply facilities

   10

Software

   4, (*1)

Customer relationships

   7, 10

Technology

   10

Development costs

   (*2)

Condominium and golf club memberships

   Indefinite

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

Amortization periods and the amortization methods for intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end. The useful lives of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support indefinite useful life assessments for those assets. If appropriate, the changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (k)

Impairment

 

  (i)

Financial assets

Financial instruments and contract assets

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Impairment, Continued

 

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

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

Estimation of expected credit losses

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

Credit-impaired financial assets

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

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

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

Write-off

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Impairment, Continued

 

  (ii)

Non-financial assets

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

Recoverable amount is estimated for the individual asset. If it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of the individual asset, the Group determines the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit (“CGU”) is the smallest group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. Goodwill arising from a business combination is allocated to CGUs or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is determined as the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset or CGU. Fair value less costs to sell is based on the best information available to reflect the amount that the Group could obtain from the disposal of the asset in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, after deducting the costs of disposal.

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l)

Leases

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

 

  (i)

As a lessee

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

   

fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments;

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l)

Leases, Continued

 

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

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

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

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

 

  (ii)

As a lessor

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (m)

Provisions

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

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

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

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

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

 

  (n)

Non-current Assets Held for Sale

Non-current assets, or disposal groups comprising assets and liabilities, are classified as held-for-sale if it is highly probable that they will be recovered primarily from sale rather than through continuing use. In order to be classified as held for sale, the asset (or disposal group) is available for immediate sale in its present condition and its sale is highly probable. The assets (or disposal groups) that are classified as non-current assets held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell on initial classification. The Group recognizes an impairment loss for any subsequent decrease in fair value of the asset (or disposal group) for which an impairment loss was recognized on initial classification as held-for-sale and a gain for any subsequent increase in fair value in profit or losses, up to the cumulative impairment loss previously recognized.

The Group does not depreciate a non-current asset while it is classified as held for sale or while it is part of a disposal group classified as held for sale.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (o)

Employee Benefits

 

  (i)

Short-term employee benefits

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

 

  (ii)

Other long-term employee benefits

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

 

  (iii)

Defined contribution plan

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

 

  (iv)

Defined benefit plan

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

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

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

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

 

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3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (o)

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (v)

Termination benefits

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

 

  (p)

Revenue from contracts with customers

Revenue from the sale of goods in the course of ordinary activities is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of estimated returns, trade discounts, volume rebates and other cash incentives paid to customers.

The Group recognizes revenue according to the five stage revenue recognition model ( LOGO Identifying the contract LOGO Identifying performance obligations LOGO Determining transaction price LOGO Allocating the transaction price to performance obligations LOGO Recognizing revenue for performance obligations).

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

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

 

  (q)

Operating Segments

An operating segment is a component of the Group that: 1) engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with other components of the group, 2) whose operating results are reviewed regularly by the Group’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in order to allocate resources and assess its performance, and 3) for which discrete financial information is available. Management has determined that the CODM of the Group is the Board of Directors. The CODM does not receive and therefore does not review discrete financial information for any component of the Group. Consequently, no operating segment information is included in these consolidated financial statements. Entity wide disclosures of geographic and product revenue information are provided in Note 17 to these consolidated financial statements.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (r)

Finance Income and Finance Costs

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

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

 

  (s)

Income Tax

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

 

  (i)

Current tax

Current tax comprises the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable profit or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years. The amount of current tax payable or receivable is the best estimate of the tax amount expected to be paid or received that reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any. The taxable profit is different from the accounting profit for the period since the taxable profit is calculated excluding the temporary differences, which will be taxable or deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) of future periods, and non-taxable or non-deductible items from the accounting profit.

 

  (ii)

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized, using the asset and liability method, in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (s)

Income Tax, Continued

 

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

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

The Group offsets deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities if, and only if the Group has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and the deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realize the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

 

  (t)

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

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

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective

A number of amended standards are effective for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2021 and earlier application is permitted; however, the Group has not early adopted the amended standards in preparing these consolidated financial statements.

 

  (i)

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

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

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective, Continued

 

  (ii)

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

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

In addition, settlement of a liability includes transferring the Group’s own equity instruments to the counterparty but they do not affect its classification as current or non-current if the entity classifies the option as an equity instrument, recognizing it separately from the liability as an equity component of a compound financial instrument.

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The Group is currently assessing the impacts of the application.

 

  (iii)

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

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

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted.

 

  (iv)

Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1012, Income Taxes)

These amendments specify the scope of the initial recognition exemption when assets and liabilities arise to equal amount from a single transaction. These amendments require an entity to recognize the resulting deferred tax liability or asset if the transaction give rise to equal taxable and deductible temporary differences although it is not a business combination and affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit(loss). These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

Of deferred taxes which give rise to a right-of-use asset and lease liability, the Group is currently applying an approach which results in similar conclusion to these amendments except that deferred tax is presented on a net basis. Upon the adoption of the amendments, the Group expects to recognize separate deferred tax assets and liabilities for right of use assets and lease liabilities and it will be applied retrospectively.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective, Continued

 

  (v)

Definition of Materiality (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statement)

These amendments specify the definition of materiality. Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements. These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

 

  (vi)

Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1008, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors)

These amendments removed the definition of ‘change in accounting estimates’, and introduced the term ‘accounting estimates’ by defining them as monetary amounts in financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty and clarifying that a change in an estimation technique or a valuation technique used to develop accounting estimates is a change in accounting estimate. These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

 

  (vii)

Annual Improvements to K-IFRS Standards 2018-2020

Annual improvements to K-IFRS standards 2018-2020 is effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Group does not expect that such amendments have a material effect on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1001, First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards: Subsidiary as a First-time Adopter

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1009, Financial Instruments: Fees in the ‘10 percent’ Test for Derecognition of Financial Liabilities

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases: Lease Incentives

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1041, Agriculture: Taxation in Fair Value Measurements

The Group is currently assessing the impacts of the application of above amended standards on the Group’s financial position and business performance and management believes that the application of the amended standards are expected to have no significant impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Group, except for the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

4.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Deposits in Banks

Cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Cash

   W 1,122        156  

Demand deposits

     3,540,475        4,217,943  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,541,597        4,218,099  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deposits in banks

     

Time deposits

   W 2,600        1,800  

Restricted deposits (*)

     740,705        76,852  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 743,305        78,652  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Deposits in banks

     

Restricted deposits (*)

   W 11        11  

 

(*)

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable, Other Accounts Receivable and Others

(a) Trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Due from third parties

   W 3,818,980        3,054,471  

Due from related parties

     755,809        463,041  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,574,789        3,517,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(b) Other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Current assets

     

Non-trade receivables, net

   W 108,875        140,616  

Accrued income

     13,024        3,864  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 121,899        144,480  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Long-term non-trade receivables

   W 2,376        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 124,275        144,480  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due from related parties included in other accounts receivable, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are W2,846 million and W21,189 million, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable, Other Accounts Receivable and Others, Continued

 

(c) The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable, and other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021  
     Book value      Allowance for impairment  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
    Other
accounts
receivable
 

Current

   W 4,575,354        124,877        (1,204     (1,932

1-15 days past due

     566        822        —         (6

16-30 days past due

     10        44        —         —    

31-60 days past due

     61        16        —         —    

More than 60 days past due

     2        521        —         (67
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 4,575,993        126,280        (1,204     (2,005
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

Current

   W 3,516,891        143,674        (1,047     (1,740

1-15 days past due

     1,638        1,023        —         (8

16-30 days past due

     30        522        —         —    

31-60 days past due

     —          782        —         (8

More than 60 days past due

     —          257        —         (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 3,518,559        146,258        (1,047     (1,778
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021      2020  
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Balance at the beginning of the year

   W 1,047        1,778        460        3,322  

(Reversal of) bad debt expense

     157        227        587        (480

Write-off

     —          —          —          (1,064
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at the end of the year

   W 1,204        2,005        1,047        1,778  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable, Other Accounts Receivable and Others, Continued

 

(d) Other current assets as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Advanced payments

   W 44,907        34,808  

Prepaid expenses

     67,540        63,972  

Value added tax refundable

     608,476        693,623  

Right to recover returned goods

     7,440        11,063  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 728,363        803,466  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

6.

Other Financial Assets

Other financial assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Convertible securities

   W 1,573        —    

Derivatives(*1)

     12,741        9,252  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 14,314        9,252  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash flow hedging derivatives

     

Derivatives(*2)

   W 905        —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 27        24  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Deposits

   W 23,581        8,696  

Short-term loans

     22,518        28,491  

Lease receivables

     6,858        5,940  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 52,957        43,127  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 68,203        52,403  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Equity instruments

   W 48,805        13,223  

Convertible securities

     1,185        2,377  

Derivatives(*1)

     52,871        111  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 102,861        15,711  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 21        48  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Deposits

   W 22,039        22,251  

Long-term loans

     19,939        13,899  

Lease receivables

     11,351        16,322  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 53,329        52,472  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 156,211        68,231  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Represents forward exchange contracts entered into by the Group to hedge exchange rate risks with respect to forecast sales in foreign currency. The contracts are designated as hedging instruments.

 

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7.

Inventories

Inventories as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Finished goods

   W 1,180,329        785,282  

Work-in-process

     1,202,548        733,071  

Raw materials

     786,739        491,432  

Supplies

     180,759        160,871  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,350,375        2,170,656  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales including inventory write-downs and usage of inventory write-downs are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021     2020  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   W 24,572,939       21,626,339  

Inventory write-downs

     224,576       213,932  

Usage of inventory write-downs

     (213,932     (472,885

There were no significant reversals of inventory write-downs recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

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8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees

(a) Associates as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                         

Associates

  

Location

  

Fiscal year
end

  

Date of
incorporation

  

Business

   2021      2020  
   Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
     Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

   December 31   

January

2005

   Manufacture glass for display      40   W  48,398        40   W 47,262  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

  

Ansan,

South Korea

   December 31   

June

2008

   Manufacture LED back light unit packages      13     11,947        14     10,540  

YAS Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

   December 31   

April

2002

   Develop and manufacture deposition equipment for OLEDs      15     27,337        15     24,493  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

  

Daegu,

South Korea

   December 31   

August

2000

   Process and sell glass for display      15     20,708        14     20,196  

Arctic Sentinel, Inc.

   Los Angeles, U.S.A.    March 31   

June

2008

  

Develop and manufacture

tablet for kids

     10     —          10     —    

Cynora GmbH (*1)

  

Bruchsal,

Germany

   December 31   

March

2003

   Develop organic emitting materials for displays and lighting devices      11     —          12     2,609  

 

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8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

(In millions of won)                                                    
                               2021      2020  

Associates

   Location      Fiscal year
end
     Date of
incorporation
    

Business

   Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
     Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
 

Material Science Co., Ltd. (*2)

    

Seoul,

South Korea

 

 

     December 31       

January

2014

 

 

   Develop, manufacture, and sell materials for display      10   W 3,679        10   W 3,791  

Nanosys Inc. (*3)

    

Milpitas,

U.S.A.

 

 

     December 31       

July

2001

 

 

   Develop, manufacture, and sell materials for display      4     14,650        3     5,660  
                

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 W 126,719        W 114,551  
                

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(*1)

During 2021, the Controlling Company recognized an impairment loss of W2,609 million as finance cost for the investments in Cynora GmbH.

(*2)

During 2021, the Controlling Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W636 million as finance income for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in Material Science Co., Ltd.

(*3)

During 2021, the Controlling Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W4,065 million as finance income for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in Nanosys Inc.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

Although the Controlling Company’s respective share interests in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd., YAS Co., Ltd., AVATEC Co., Ltd., Arctic Sentinel, Inc., Cynora GmbH, Material Science Co., Ltd. and Nanosys Inc. are below 20%, the Controlling Company is able to exercise significant influence through its right to appoint a director to the board of directors of each investee. Accordingly, the investments in these investees have been accounted for using the equity method.

As of December 31, 2021, the market value of the Group’s share in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd., YAS Co., Ltd., and AVATEC Co., Ltd., all of which are listed in KOSDAQ, are W11,424 million, W32,600 million and W40,100 million, respectively.

Dividends income recognized from equity method investees for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 amounted to W4,068 million and W8,239 million, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (b)

Summary of financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 of the significant associate is as follows:

(i) Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Total assets

   W 227,616       204,880  

Current assets

     175,730       143,086  

Non-current assets

     51,886       61,794  

Total liabilities

     105,023       85,224  

Current liabilities

     93,561       64,921  

Non-current liabilities

     11,462       20,303  

Revenue

     425,516       307,756  

Profit for the year

     13,364       9,615  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (1,258     (409

Total comprehensive income

     12,106       9,206  

 

  (c)

Reconciliation from financial information of the significant associate to its carrying value in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

(i) As of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won)                                               

Company

   Net asset      Ownership
interest
    Net asset
(applying
ownership
interest)
     Goodwill      Intra-group
transaction
    Impairment
loss
     Book
value
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   W 122,593        40     49,037        —          (639     —          48,398  

(ii) As of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won)                                               

Company

   Net asset      Ownership
interest
    Net asset
(applying
ownership
interest)
     Goodwill      Intra-group
transaction
    Impairment
loss
     Book
value
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   W 119,656        40     47,862        —          (600     —          47,262  

 

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8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (d)

Book value of other associates, in aggregate, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

(i) As of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Book value      Net profit (loss) of associates (applying ownership interest)  
   Profit (loss) for
the year
     Other comprehensive
income (loss)
     Total comprehensive
income (loss)
 

Other associates

   W     78,321        2,473        6,867        9,340  

(ii) As of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won)                           
     Book value      Net profit (loss) of associates (applying ownership interest)  
   Profit (loss) for
the year
     Other comprehensive
income (loss)
    Total comprehensive
income (loss)
 

Other associates

   W     67,289        8,510        (7     8,503  

 

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8.

Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

  (e)

Changes in investments in associates accounted for using the equity method for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
    

2021

 

Company

   January 1      Dividends
received
    Equity
income on
investments
     Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    Other gain      December 31  

Associates

   Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.    W 47,262        (3,668     5,307        (503     —          48,398  
  

Others

     67,289        (400     2,473        6,867       2,092        78,321  
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 114,551        (4,068     7,780        6,364       2,092        126,719  
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
(In millions of won)       
    

2020

 

Company

   January 1      Dividends
received
    Equity
income on
investments
     Other
comprehensive
loss
    Other gain      December 31  

Associates

   Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.    W 50,697        (7,739     4,035        (164     433        47,262  
  

Others

     58,914        (500     8,510        (7     372        67,289  
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 109,611        (8,239     12,545        (171     805        114,551  
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

9.

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (a)

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

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

(*1)
    Right-of-
use asset
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2021

   W 442,822       7,420,854       48,166,361       735,329       6,122,364       184,036       1,021,641       64,093,407  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2021

     —         (3,457,052     (37,581,293     (600,912     —         (69,130     (697,134     (42,405,521

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2021

     —         (116,596     (1,317,770     (8,250     (76,637     (3,999     (24,931     (1,548,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2021

   W 442,822       3,847,206       9,267,298       126,167       6,045,727       110,907       299,576       20,139,703  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

     —         —         —         —         3,651,064       63,655       —         3,714,719  

Depreciation

     —         (394,416     (3,188,694     (72,065     —         (62,983     (259,095     (3,977,253

Disposals

     (8,975     (17,655     (30,046     (44     (6,899     (7     (40,501     (104,127

Impairment loss

     —         3,897       (15,287     (3     620       —         (7,191     (17,964

Others (*2)

     —         704,753       1,784,733       110,083       (2,910,055     —         299,534       (10,952

Government grants received

     —         (5,491     (80,432     (60     —         —         —         (85,983

Effect of movements in exchange rates

     —         167,236       682,295       15,041       11,141       8,294       16,296       900,303  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2021

   W 433,847       4,305,530       8,419,867       179,119       6,791,598       119,866       308,619       20,558,446  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2021

   W 433,847       8,583,015       50,288,095       863,241       6,867,667       235,436       1,184,889       68,456,190  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2021

   W —         (4,068,333     (40,637,254     (675,638     —         (111,382     (853,778     (46,346,385
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2021

   W —         (209,152     (1,230,974     (8,484     (76,069     (4,188     (22,492     (1,551,359
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

As of December 31, 2021, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.

(*2)

Others mainly represent the reclassification of construction-in-progress to other property, plant and equipment.

 

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9.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

 

  (b)

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

 

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

(*1)
    Right-of-
use asset
    Others     Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

   W 454,035       7,381,156       43,604,721       899,053       9,618,256       169,133       823,101       62,949,455  

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2020

     —         (3,154,387     (34,810,300     (753,987     —         (51,581     (534,013     (39,304,268

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

     —         (120,876     (1,223,648     (8,278     (171,929     (4,302     (28,509     (1,557,542
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

   W 454,035       4,105,893       7,570,773       136,788       9,446,327       113,250       260,579       22,087,645  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

     —         —         —         —         2,090,747       51,754       —         2,142,501  

Depreciation

     —         (332,058     (3,035,681     (67,391     —         (54,069     (236,986     (3,726,185

Disposals

     (11,266     (31,936     (117,538     (2,963     —         —         (38,345     (202,048

Impairment loss

     —         1,074       (30,815     8       (3,801     —         (4,960     (38,494

Others (*2)

     53       117,900       4,976,266       59,758       (5,473,330     —         319,353       —    

Government grants received

     —         (12,647     (93,825     —         (11,869     —         —         (118,341

Effect of movements in exchange rates

     —         (1,020     (1,882     (33     (2,347     (28     (65     (5,375
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

   W 442,822       3,847,206       9,267,298       126,167       6,045,727       110,907       299,576       20,139,703  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

   W 442,822       7,420,854       48,166,361       735,329       6,122,364       184,036       1,021,641       64,093,407  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2020

   W —         (3,457,052     (37,581,293     (600,912     —         (69,130     (697,134     (42,405,521
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

   W —         (116,596     (1,317,770     (8,250     (76,637     (3,999     (24,931     (1,548,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Others mainly represent the reclassification of construction-in-progress to other property, plant and equipment.

 

  (c)

Capitalized borrowing costs and capitalization rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021     2020  

Capitalized borrowing costs

   W 64,606       191,876  

Capitalization rate

     3.69     4.14

 

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10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment

(a) Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of

won)

   Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Memberships     Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
    Customer
relationships
    Technology     Goodwill     Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2021

   W 1,247,057       1,180,719       39,350       2,865,264       12,067       59,176       11,074       103,526       13,083       5,531,316  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2021

     (781,703     (976,747     —         (2,352,680     —         (37,491     (11,074     —         (13,082     (4,172,777

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2021

     (29,151     (9,539     (9,450     (210,631     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (338,451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2021

   W 436,203       194,433       29,900       301,953       12,067       —         —         45,531       1       1,020,088  

Additions - internally developed

     —         —         —         362,897       —         —         —         —         —         362,897  

Additions - external purchases

     681,222       23,240       742       —         127,621       —         1,689       —         —         834,514  

Amortization (*1)

     (190,842     (101,545     —         (230,891     —         —         (169     —         (1     (523,448

Disposals

     —         —         (2,750     —         —         —         —         —         —         (2,750

Impairment loss (*3)

     (90     (2     —         (29,396     —         —         —         —         —         (29,488

Reversal of impairment loss

     —         —         1,152       —         —         —         —         —         —         1,152  

Transfer from construction-in-progress

     —         119,543       —         (15,348     (119,543     —         —         —         —         (15,348

Effect of movements in exchange rates

     1,825       (6,808     39       —         (583     —         —         2,808       —         (2,719
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2021

   W 928,318       228,861       29,083       389,215       19,562       —         1,520       48,339       —         1,644,898  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2021

   W 1,873,027       1,261,232       30,742       1,771,383       19,562       59,176       12,763       106,334       13,081       5,147,300  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2021

   W (915,764     (1,023,062     —         (1,318,476     —         (37,491     (11,243     —         (13,081     (3,319,117
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2021

   W (28,945     (9,309     (1,659     (63,692     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (183,285
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

The Group has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses and research and development expenses.

(*2)

Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

(*3)

The Group recognized an impairment loss amounting to W29,396million for development projects which are not likely to generate revenue.

 

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10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

(b)

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

 

(In millions of

won)

   Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Memberships     Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
    Customer
relationships
    Technology     Goodwill     Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

   W 959,683       1,097,290       56,612       2,580,777       15,245       59,176       11,074       105,414       13,080       4,898,351  

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2020

     (739,498     (890,281     —         (2,073,881     —         (37,491     (10,705     —         (13,079     (3,764,935

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

     (29,151     (8,864     (10,560     (131,713     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (259,968
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

   W 191,034       198,145       46,052       375,183       15,245       —         369       47,419       1       873,448  

Additions - internally developed

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

Additions - external purchases

     291,405       27,789       —         —         51,520       —         —         —         3       370,717  

Amortization (*1)

     (42,205     (86,466     —         (278,799     —         —         (369     —         (3     (407,842

Disposals

     —         —         (17,252     —         —         —         —         —         —         (17,252

Impairment loss (*3)

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

Reversal of impairment loss

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

Transfer from construction-in-progress

     —         54,753       —         —         (54,753     —         —         —         —         —    

Effect of movements in exchange rates

     (4,031     887       (10     —         55       —         —         (1,888     —         (4,987
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

   W 436,203       194,433       29,900       301,953       12,067       —         —         45,531       1       1,020,088  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

   W 1,247,057       1,180,719       39,350       2,865,264       12,067       59,176       11,074       103,526       13,083       5,531,316  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2020

   W (781,703     (976,747     —         (2,352,680     —         (37,491     (11,074     —         (13,082     (4,172,777
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

   W (29,151     (9,539     (9,450     (210,631     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (338,451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

  (*1)

The Group has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses and research and development expenses.

  (*2)

Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

  (*3)

The Group recognized an impairment loss amounting to W78,918 million for development projects which are not likely to generate revenue.

 

  (c)

Development costs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

  (i)

As of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won and in years)  

Classification

   Product type    Book Value  

Development completed

   TV    W 27,371  
   IT      31,935  
   Mobile and others      76,644  
     

 

 

 
      W 135,950  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

   TV    W 73,667  
   IT      66,904  
   Mobile and others      112,694  
     

 

 

 
      W 253,265  
     

 

 

 
   W 389,215  
     

 

 

 

(ii) As of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won and in years)  

Classification

   Product type    Book Value  

Development completed

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

 

 

 
      W 105,684  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

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

 

 

 
      W 196,269  
     

 

 

 
   W 301,953  
     

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

 

  (d)

Impairment assessment on CGU with allocated goodwill

As of December 31, 2021, goodwill is allocated to the Group’s Display CGU which constitutes a large portion of the Group’s non-financial assets. The carrying amount of goodwill allocated to Display CGU is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Display CGU

   W 48,339        45,531  

The recoverable amount of Display CGU is estimated based on its value in use. Value in use is calculated using the estimated cash flow based on 5-year business plan approved by management. The estimated sales of the Group’s products used in the forecast was determined considering external sources and the Group’s past experience. Management estimated the future cash flows based on its past performance and forecasts on market growth. The key assumptions used in the estimation of value in use for Display CGU include revenue and operating expenditures for the forecast period, growth rates for subsequent years (“terminal growth rate”), and discount rate. For Display CGU, the terminal growth rate and the discount rate in the estimation of value in use as of December 31, 2021 are as follows.

 

     Pre-tax
discount rate(*)
    Post-tax
discount rate(*)
    Terminal growth rate  

Display CGU

   W 10.5     8.4     1.0

 

  (*)

The discount rate was calculated using the weighted average cost of equity capital and debt and the beta of equity capital was calculated as the average of five global listed companies in the same industry and the Group. Cost of debt was calculated using the yield rate of non-guaranteed corporate bond considering the Group’s credit rating and debt ratio was determined using the average of the debt ratios of the five global listed companies in the same industry and the Group. The Group calculates the value in use of the CGU using post-tax cash flows and a post-tax discount which is not significantly different from the value in use calculated using pre-tax cash flows and pre-tax discount rate.

As a result of impairment test for Display CGU, the recoverable amount exceeds the carrying amount by W2,639,202 million. The value in use determined for this CGU is sensitive to the discount rate and terminal growth rate used in the discounted cash flow model. An increase in the discount rate by 1.67% or a decrease in terminal growth rate by 1.82% would result in the estimated recoverable amount to be equal to the carrying amount of the CGU.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities

 

  (a)

Financial liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  
     

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   W 613,733        394,906  

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

     3,393,506        2,705,709  

Derivatives (*1)

     8,594        58,875  

Cash flow hedging derivatives (*2)

     13,400        —    

Lease liabilities

     40,479        35,534  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,069,712        3,195,024  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   W 2,173,500        2,435,000  

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     5,487,091        6,584,658  

Bonds

     995,976        1,948,541  

Derivatives (*1)

     2,331        108,750  

Lease liabilities

     43,847        47,897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 8,702,745        11,124,846  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Represents forward exchange contracts entered into by the Group to hedge exchange rate risks with respect to forecast sales in foreign currency. The contracts are designated as hedging instruments.

 

  (b)

Short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows.

 

(In millions of won and USD)                     

Lender

   Annual interest rate as of
December 31, 2021 (%)(*)
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited

     —        W —          326,400  

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam and others

     3ML + 0.80        613,733        68,506  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 518        USD 363  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 613,733        394,906  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (*)

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (c)

Won denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                   

Lender

  

Annual interest rate

as of

December 31, 2021 (%)(*)

   December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Woori Bank

   —      W —          60  

Korea Development Bank and others

   CD rate (91days) + 1.00~1.60, 1.90~3.25      2,785,000        3,272,500  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

        (611,500      (837,560
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 2,173,500        2,435,000  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

(*) CD represents certificate of deposit.

 

  (d)

Foreign currency denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD and CNY)                   

Lender

  

Annual interest rate

as of

December 31, 2021 (%)(*)

   December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea and others

   3ML + 1.20~2.40
6ML + 1.25~1.43,
1.82~2.46
   W 2,163,538        1,680,960  

China Construction Bank and others

   USD : 3ML+0.65~1.43 CNY : LPR(5Y) + 0.34, LPR(1Y) -0.15~+ 0.15, 4.20      4,489,974        5,948,472  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 2,782        USD 2,742  
        CNY 18,017        CNY 27,825  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

      W (1,166,421      (1,044,774
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 5,487,091        6,584,658  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

LPR represents Loan Prime Rate of People’s Bank of China.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (e)

Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                            
     Maturity      Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2021 (%)
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Won denominated bonds at amortized cost(*1)

           

Publicly issued bonds

    

February 2022 ~

September 2026

 

 

     2.29~2.95      W 1,320,000        1,320,000  

Privately issued bonds

    

May 2022 ~

May 2033

 

 

     3.25~4.25        160,000        160,000  

Less discount on bonds

           (2,534      (1,798

Less current portion

           (599,825      (499,796
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 877,641        978,406  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency denominated bonds at amortized cost (*2)

           

Publicly issued bonds

     November 2021        —        W —          326,400  

Privately issued bonds

     April 2023        3ML + 1.47        118,550        108,800  

Foreign currency equivalent

           USD 100        USD 400  

Less discount on bonds

           (215      (3,161

Less current portion

           —          (323,579
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 118,335        108,460  
           

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Foreign currency denominated convertible
bonds (*3)

     August 2024        1.50      W 1,015,760        861,675  

Foreign currency equivalent

           USD 857        USD 792  

Less current portion

           (1,015,760      —    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W —          861,675  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         W 995,976        1,948,541  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

(*3)

Reclassified to current considering the bondholders’ right to redeem before maturity (put option).

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (f)

Details of the convertible bonds issued by the Controlling Company and outstanding by the Controlling Company as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In won, USD)
    

Description

Type

   Unsecured foreign currency denominated convertible bonds

Issuance amount

   USD 687,800,000

Annual interest rate (%)

   1.50

Issuance date

   August 22, 2019

Maturity date

   August 22, 2024

Interest payment

   Payable semi-annually in arrear until maturity date

Principal redemption

  

1.  Redemption at maturity :

 

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

 

2.  Early redemption :

 

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

Conversion price

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

Conversion period

   From August 23, 2020 to August 12, 2024

Redemption at the option of the issuer (Call option)

  

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

 

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

 

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

Redemption at the option of the bondholders (Put option)

   On the third anniversary from the issuance date

The Controlling Company designated the convertible bonds as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and recognized the change in fair value in profit or loss. The Controlling Company measures the convertible bond at fair value using the market price of convertible bonds disclosed on Bloomberg. The number of convertible shares as of December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)  
     December 31, 2021  

Aggregate outstanding amount of the convertible bonds

   W 813,426,670,000  

Conversion price

   W 19,845  

Number of common shares to be issued at conversion

     40,988,998  

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits

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

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

 

  (a)

Net defined benefit liabilities (defined benefit assets) recognized as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   W 1,684,096        1,397,542  

Fair value of plan assets

     (1,750,783      (1,621,041
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (66,687      (223,499
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Defined benefit liabilities, net

   W 1,589        1,498  

Defined benefit assets, net

   W 68,276        224,997  

 

  (b)

Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Defined benefit obligations at January 1

   W 1,397,542        1,481,339  

Current service cost

     150,136        163,652  

Interest cost

     35,902        35,614  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     205,318        (155,700

Benefit payments

     (101,973      (124,701

Net transfers from (to) related parties

     (2,798      (2,645

Others

     (31      (17
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Defined benefit obligations at December 31

   W 1,684,096        1,397,542  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are 15.63 years and 15.06 years, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

 

  (c)

Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Fair value of plan assets at January 1

   W 1,621,041        1,607,253  

Expected return on plan assets

     41,797        38,597  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (15,483      (7,264

Contributions by employer directly to plan assets

     201,417        101,462  

Benefit payments

     (97,989      (119,007
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at December 31

   W 1,750,783        1,621,041  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(d) Plan assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Guaranteed deposits in banks

   W 1,750,783        1,621,041  

As of December 31, 2021, the Group maintains the plan assets primarily with Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd., KB Insurance Co., Ltd. and others.

 

  (e)

Expenses related to defined benefit plans recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Current service cost

   W 150,136        163,652  

Net interest cost

     (5,895      (2,983
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 144,241        160,669  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses are recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Cost of sales

   W 110,750        122,369  

Selling expenses

     6,631        8,505  

Administrative expenses

     16,496        17,875  

Research and development expenses

     10,364        11,920  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 144,241        160,669  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

 

  (f)

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Balance at January 1

   W 38,117        (72,326

Remeasurements

     

Actuarial profit or loss arising from:

     

Experience adjustment

     (124,974      36,769  

Demographic assumptions

     (7,206      (2,584

Financial assumptions

     (73,138      121,515  

Return on plan assets

     (15,483      (7,264

Group’s share of associates regarding remeasurements

     (84      39  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (220,885      148,475  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

   W 57,438        (38,032
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W (125,330      38,117  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (g)

Principal actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Expected rate of salary increase

     3.7     2.9

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     3.1     2.6

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

 

          December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Teens

   Males      0.00     0.00
   Females      0.00     0.00

Twenties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Thirties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Forties

   Males      0.02     0.02
   Females      0.01     0.01

Fifties

   Males      0.04     0.04
   Females      0.02     0.02

 

  (h)

Reasonably possible changes to respective relevant actuarial assumptions would have affected the defined benefit obligations by the following amounts as of December 31, 2021:

 

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

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

   W (226,772      275,402  

Expected rate of salary increase

     270,635        (227,488

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

13.

Provisions

 

    

Changes in provisions for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

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

Balance at January 1, 2021

   W 272,195        14,906        287,101  

Additions (reversal)

     216,873        (5,659      211,214  

Usage

     (231,942      —          (231,942
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

   W 257,126        9,247        266,373  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

   W 164,184        9,247        173,431  

Non-current

   W 92,942        —          92,942  

 

(*)

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

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

 

  (a)

Legal Proceedings

Anti-trust litigations

Some individual claimants filed “follow-on” damages claims against the Group and other TFT-LCD manufacturers alleging violations of EU competition law. While the Group continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, as of December 31, 2021, the Group cannot reliably estimate the timing and amount of outflows of resources embodying economic benefits relating to the proceedings.

Solas OLED Ltd. Litigations

Between April 2019 and September 2020, Solas OLED Ltd. filed altogether four patent infringement actions, with two in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, one in the Mannheim District Court in Germany and one in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in China, against the Controlling Company and television manufacturers. The actions in the United States and Germany also included the Controlling Company’s subsidiaries, LG Display America, Inc. and LG Display Germany GmbH, as defendants, respectively. In December 2020, the parties reached an agreement to amicably settle all claims and all patent infringement actions have been formally dismissed during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Others

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

 

  (b)

Commitments

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

The Controlling Company has agreements with Korea Development Bank and several other banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,015 million (W1,203,283 million) in connection with the Controlling Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2021, there are no short-term borrowings that are outstanding but past due in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Controlling Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

 

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14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments, Continued

 

The Controlling Company and overseas subsidiaries have agreements with financial institutions for accounts receivables sales negotiating facilities. The respective maximum amount of accounts receivables that could be sold under the agreement and the amount of sold but not yet due accounts receivables by contract are as follows:

 

(In millions of USD and KRW)                                 

Classification

  

Financial institutions

   Credit limit      Not yet due  
          Contractual
amount
     KRW
equivalent
     Contractual
amount
     KRW
equivalent
 

Controlling Company

        KRW 90,000        90,000        —          —    
   Shinhan Bank      USD 10        11,855        USD 7        8,334  
   Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation      USD 20        23,710        —          —    
   MUFG Bank      USD 180        213,390        USD 20        23,757  
   BNP Paribas      USD 65        77,058        USD 9        10,839  
   ING Bank      USD 90        106,695        —          —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        USD 365           USD 36     
        KRW 90,000        522,708        —          42,930  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subsidiaries

              

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Standard Chartered Bank      USD 330        391,215        USD 110        130,400  
   United Overseas Bank Limited      USD 100        118,550        USD 70        82,983  
   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Singapore Branch      USD 50        59,275        —          —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   BNP Paribas      USD 15        17,783        —          —    
   Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.      USD 70        82,985        USD 22        26,081  
   KGI Bank Co., Ltd.      USD 30        35,565        —          —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LG Display Germany GmbH

   BNP Paribas      USD 135        160,043        USD 50        59,289  
   Commerzbank AG      USD 12        14,262        USD 5        6,141  
   DZ Bank AG      USD 12        14,007        USD 9        10,103  
   UniCredit Bank      USD 19        22,196        USD 8        10,012  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LG Display America, Inc.

   Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.      USD 400        474,200        USD 400        474,200  
   Standard Chartered Bank      USD 600        711,300        USD 285        337,868  
   Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation      USD 150        177,825        USD 5        5,928  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   Chelsea Capital Corporation Tokyo Branch      USD 120        142,260        —          —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

   KEB Hana Bank (China) Company Limited      USD 30        35,565        —          —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        USD 2,073        2,457,031        USD 964        1,143,005  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        USD 2,438           USD 1,000     
        KRW 90,000        2,979,739        —          1,185,935  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In connection with all of the contracts in the above table, the Group has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

 

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14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments, Continued

 

Letters of credit

As of December 31, 2021, the Group entered into agreements with financial institutions in relation to the opening of letters of credit and the respective credit limits under the agreements are as follows:

 

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

KEB Hana Bank

     USD 250      W 296,375  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

     USD 50        59,275  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     USD 100        118,550  

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

     USD 200        237,100  

Shinhan Bank

     USD 400        474,200  

KB Kookmin Bank

     USD 100        118,550  

MUFG Bank

     USD 100        118,550  

The Export–Import Bank of Korea

     USD 200        237,100  

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD 400        474,200  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     USD 1,800      W 2,133,900  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Payment guarantees

The Controlling Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 2 million (W2,371 million) from Shinhan Bank for value added tax payments in Poland.

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries are provided with payment guarantees from the China Construction Bank and other various banks amounting to CNY 1,189 million (W221,463 million), JPY 900 million (W9,272 million), EUR 2.5 million (W3,356 million), VND 51,408 million (W2,678 million), and USD 0.5 million (W593 million), respectively, for their local tax payments and utility payments.

License agreements

As of December 31, 2021, the Group has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others in relation to its LCD business and patent license agreement with Universal Display Corporation in relation to its OLED business. Also, the Group has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp. and other intellectual property license agreements with various companies as of December 31, 2021.

Pledged Assets

In connection with the borrowings amounting to CNY 14,494 million (W2,699,652 million) from China Construction Bank and others, as of December 31, 2021, the Group is providing its property, plant and equipment with carrying amount of W1,001,126 million as pledged assets.

 

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15.

Share Capital, Share Premium and Reserves

 

  (a)

Share capital and Share Premium

The Controlling Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value W5,000), and as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021.

The Group’s capital surplus consists of share premium. There have been no changes in share premium from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021.

 

  (b)

Reserves

Reserves consist mainly of the following:

Translation reserve

The translation reserve comprises all foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.

Other comprehensive income (loss) from associates

The other comprehensive income (loss) from associates comprises the amount related to change in equity of investments in equity accounted investees.

Gain or loss on valuation of derivatives

Gain or loss on valuation of derivatives is the effective portion of the gains or losses from derivatives to which cash flow hedging accounting has been applied.

Reserves as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Loss on valuation of derivatives

   W (9,227      —    

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     566,651        (138,667

Other comprehensive loss from associates

     (20,282      (24,779
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 537,142        (163,446
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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15.

Share Capital, Share Premium and Reserves, Continued

 

The movement in reserves for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     Loss on
valuation of
derivatives
     Foreign currency
translation differences
for foreign operations
     Other comprehensive income
(loss) from associates (excluding

remeasurements)
     Total  

January 1, 2020

   W —          (178,452      (24,569      (203,021

Change in reserves

     —          39,785        (210      39,575  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

   W —          (138,667      (24,779      (163,446
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

January 1, 2021

   W —          (138,667      (24,779      (163,446

Change in reserves

     (9,227      705,318        4,497        700,588  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

   W (9,227      566,651        (20,282      537,142  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c)

Dividend

The Controlling Company decided to pay W232,580 million (W650 per share) of dividends after the reporting period and they will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting. Such dividends have not yet been paid and there are no related tax consequences.

 

16.

Revenue

Details of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Sales of goods

   W 29,824,886        24,217,036  

Royalties

     13,977        14,167  

Others

     39,180        30,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 29,878,043        24,261,561  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

17.

Geographic and Other Information

The following is a summary of the Group’s operation by region based on the location of customers for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

  (a)

Revenue by geography

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Domestic

   W 632,531        912,049  

Foreign

     

China

     19,866,707        16,685,746  

Asia (excluding China)

     3,256,126        2,297,290  

United States

     3,263,055        2,070,944  

Europe (excluding Poland)

     1,159,669        1,215,345  

Poland

     1,699,955        1,080,187  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 29,245,512        23,349,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 29,878,043        24,261,561  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales to Company A and Company B amount to W12,019,534 million and W5,924,262 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2021 (2020: W10,380,138 million and W4,252,696 million, respectively). The Group’s top ten end-brand customers together accounted for 86% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2021 (2020: 85%).

 

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17.

Geographic and Other Information, Continued

 

  (b)

Non-current assets by geography

 

(In millions of won)                
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  
   Property, plant
and equipment
     Intangible
assets
     Property, plant
and equipment
     Intangible
assets
 

Domestic

   W 12,006,204        1,452,823        11,736,856        874,849  

Foreign

           

China

     6,393,129        83,655        6,723,704        39,396  

Vietnam

     2,146,652        19,954        1,663,807        7,688  

Others

     12,461        88,466        15,336        98,155  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 8,552,242        192,075        8,402,847        145,239  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 20,558,446        1,644,898        20,139,703        1,020,088  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c)

Revenue by product and services

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

TV

   W 9,466,192        6,737,654  

IT

     12,458,740        10,120,668  

Mobile and others

     7,953,111        7,403,239  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 29,878,043        24,261,561  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

18.

The Nature of Expenses and Others

The classification of expenses by nature for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Changes in inventories

   W (1,179,232     (119,501

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     15,207,659       12,636,633  

Depreciation and amortization

     4,500,701       4,134,027  

Outsourcing

     776,755       988,899  

Labor

     3,795,943       2,866,055  

Supplies and others

     1,235,473       900,019  

Utility

     1,029,953       885,972  

Fees and commissions

     789,885       679,475  

Shipping

     345,204       184,105  

Advertising

     126,335       113,547  

Warranty

     216,873       309,113  

Travel

     59,519       61,520  

Taxes and dues

     141,131       141,669  

Others

     720,467       785,070  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 27,766,666       24,566,603  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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19.

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Salaries

   W 387,414        294,055  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     22,859        26,449  

Other employee benefits

     86,757        68,402  

Shipping

     298,684        147,711  

Fees and commissions

     248,478        221,922  

Depreciation

     267,042        215,479  

Taxes and dues

     74,542        82,708  

Advertising

     126,335        113,547  

Warranty

     216,873        309,113  

Insurance

     16,654        12,985  

Travel

     6,935        8,296  

Training

     15,556        8,463  

Others

     84,323        63,821  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,852,452        1,572,951  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

20.

Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Salaries and wages

   W 3,138,798        2,326,792  

Other employee benefits

     589,598        444,090  

Contributions to National Pension plan

     68,962        67,241  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans

     144,739        161,285  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,942,097        2,999,408  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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21.

Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a)

Details of other non-operating income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Foreign currency gain

   W 1,210,689        1,688,838  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     19,367        37,835  

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

     196        111  

Reversal of impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

     1,121        —    

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,152        1,110  

Rental income

     1,978        3,629  

Others

     17,632        53,123  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,252,135        1,784,646  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Details of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Foreign currency loss

   W 1,161,628        1,730,703  

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     64,350        60,294  

Impairment loss on property, plant, and equipment

     19,085        38,494  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     —          368  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     29,488        79,593  

Loss on disposal of investments in subsidiaries

     —          72,654  

Donations

     1,099        934  

Others

     5,209        16,240  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,280,859        1,999,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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22.

Finance Income and Finance Costs

 

  (a)

Finance income and costs recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021      2020  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   W 88,888        69,651  

Foreign currency gain

     81,600        336,155  

Reversal of impairment loss on investments

     4,701        4,149  

Gain on transaction of derivatives

     9,393        24,759  

Gain on valuation of derivatives

     234,742        —    

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

     6,511        4,072  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 425,835        438,786  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

     

Interest expense

   W 434,089        370,479  

Foreign currency loss

     381,132        194,384  

Impairment loss on investments in equity accounted investees

     2,609        3,344  

Loss on repayment of borrowings

     250        794  

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,877        5,258  

Loss on transaction of derivatives

     1,049        291  

Loss on valuation of derivatives

     21,795        187,344  

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

     704        2,311  

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

     68,421        36,798  

Others

     1,688        1,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 916,614        802,678  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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23.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

  (a)

Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021      2020  

Current tax expense (benefit)

     

Current year

   W 199,591        117,215  

Adjustment for prior years(*1)

     163,570        (55,410
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 363,161        61,805  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     

Origination and reversal of temporary differences and others

   W 60,233        (321,333

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*2)

     (38,053      (266,771
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 22,180        (588,104
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   W 385,341        (526,299
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

Consist of taxable income adjustments related to the transfer price investigation and others and significant portion of such amounts were adjusted to reduce deferred tax expense (see Note 23(d)).

(*2)

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets consist of tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards.

 

  (b)

Income taxes recognized directly in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021     2020  
     Before tax     Tax
expense
    Net of
tax
    Before
tax
    Tax
expense
    Net of
tax
 

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

   W (220,801     57,438       (163,363     148,436       (38,032     110,404  

Gain (loss) on valuation of derivatives

     (12,495     3,268       (9,227     —         —         —    

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations

     871,292       (1,503     869,789       48,181       —         48,181  

Change in equity of equity method investee

     6,364       (1,951     4,413       (172     —         (172
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 644,360       57,252       701,612       196,445       (38,032     158,413  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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23.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continued

 

 

  (c)

Reconciliation of the actual effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                
     2021     2020  

Profit (loss) for the year

   W          1,333,544         (76,147

Income tax expense (benefit)

          385,341         (526,299
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

          1,718,885         (602,446
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit) using the statutory tax rate of each country

        30.37     521,954       31.55     (190,072

Non-deductible expenses

        1.01     17,354       (2.29 %)      13,789  

Tax credits

        (3.28 %)      (56,439     12.46     (75,051

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*1)

        (2.21 %)      (38,053     44.28     (266,771

Adjustment for prior years (*2)

        (0.49 %)      (8,349     9.20     (55,410

Effect on change in tax rate

        (2.29 %)      (39,338     (1.23 %)      7,386  

Others

        (0.69 %)      (11,788     (6.61 %)      39,830  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

   W          385,341         (526,299
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

          22.42       (*3

 

(*1)

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets consist of tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards.

(*2)

Adjustment for prior years in 2021 consist of expected amount adjusted for transfer price investigation for prior periods and others.

(*3)

Actual effective tax rate is not calculated due to income tax benefit.

 

  (d)

Tax uncertainties

In relation to the transfer price investigations related to five subsidiaries located in China, the mutual agreement procedures between tax authorities of the Republic of Korea and China for three subsidiaries have been completed and two subsidiaries are ongoing to resolve the double taxation effect. The Group recognized deferred tax assets for the amount which double taxation effect is expected to be eliminated from mutual agreement procedures, however, the Group is exposed to an uncertainty which may results in double taxation.

 

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24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

 

  (a)

Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities

As of December 31, 2021, in relation to the taxable temporary differences on investments in subsidiaries amounting to W667,515 million, the Controlling Company did not recognize deferred tax liabilities since the Controlling Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

  (b)

Unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized

Realization of deferred tax assets related to tax credit carryforwards which are primarily related to Korea is dependent on whether sufficient taxable income will be generated prior to their expiration and planned tax strategies are realizable. As of December 31, 2021, the amount of unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized and their expiration dates are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                              
    Total     December 31,
2026
    December 31,
2027
    December 31,
2028
    December 31,
2029
    December 31,
2030
    December 31,
2031
 

Tax credit carryforwards

  W 182,617       16,710       75,626       40,824       40,965       4,593       3,899  

 

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24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

 

  (c)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
    December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W —          —          (17     (13     (17     (13

Inventories, net

     68,679        60,539        —         —         68,679       60,539  

Defined benefit liabilities, net

     —          —          (26,642     (35,617     (26,642     (35,617

Investments in subsidiaries and associates

     —          —          (233,552     (79,301     (233,552     (79,301

Accrued expenses

     250,582        123,106        —         —         250,582       123,106  

Property, plant and equipment

     632,378        671,286        (28,886     (63,971     603,492       607,315  

Intangible assets

     17,450        19,469        (6,636     (8,000     10,814       11,469  

Provisions

     68,893        63,943        —         —         68,893       63,943  

Other temporary differences

     130,274        173,166        (19,596     (3,601     110,678       169,565  

Tax loss carryforwards

     958,624        953,209        —         —         958,624       953,209  

Tax credit carryforwards

     489,505        391,769        —         —         489,505       391,769  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 2,616,385        2,456,487        (315,329     (190,503     2,301,056       2,265,984  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d)

Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                          
    January 1,
2020
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
loss
    December 31,
2020
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
loss
    December 31,
2021
 

Other accounts receivable, net

  W (4,364     4,351       —         (13     (4     —         (17

Inventories, net

    89,522       (28,983     —         60,539       8,140       —         68,679  

Defined benefit liabilities, net

    —         2,415       (38,032     (35,617     (48,463     57,438       (26,642

Subsidiaries and associates

    (20,015     (59,286     —         (79,301     (150,797     (3,454     (233,552

Accrued expenses

    131,196       (8,090     —         123,106       127,476       —         250,582  

Property, plant and equipment

    669,909       (62,594     —         607,315       (3,823     —         603,492  

Intangible assets

    11,127       342       —         11,469       (655     —         10,814  

Provisions

    55,429       8,514       —         63,943       4,950       —         68,893  

Other temporary differences

    137,339       32,226       —         169,565       (62,155     3,268       110,678  

Tax loss carryforwards

    607,432       345,777       —         953,209       5,415       —         958,624  

Tax credit carryforwards

    38,337       353,432       —         391,769       97,736       —         489,505  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

  W 1,715,912       588,104       (38,032     2,265,984       (22,180     57,252       2,301,056  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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25.

Earnings (Loss) per Share Attributable to Owners of the Controlling Company

 

  (a)

Basic earnings (loss) per share for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)              
     2021      2020  

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Controlling Company for the year

   W 1,186,182,126,952        (94,852,991,844

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

     357,815,700        357,815,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   W 3,315        (265
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common stocks used for calculating basic earnings (loss) per share.

 

  (b)

Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In won and number of shares)       
     2021  

Profit attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

   W 1,186,182,126,952  

Adjustments:

  

Interest expenses of convertible bond, net of income tax

     11,382,390,353  

Loss on fair value valuation of convertible bond, net of income tax

     50,521,798,972  

Diluted profit attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

     1,248,086,316,277  

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding, after adjustment

     398,804,698  
  

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

   W 3,130  
  

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding, after adjustment, for measurement of diluted earnings per share is determined as follows:

 

(Number of shares)  
     2021  

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

   W 357,815,700  

Adjustment: Number of common stocks to be issued from conversion

     40,988,998  
  

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding, after adjustment

   W 398,804,698  
  

 

 

 

Diluted loss per share is not different from basic loss per share as there is no dilution effects of potential common stocks for the year ended December 31, 2020 due to loss. In 2020, 40,988,998 shares of potential common stock to be issued from conversion were not considered from the calculation of weighted-average number of common stocks due to antidilution.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management

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

 

  (a)

Market risk

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

 

  (i)

Currency risk

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

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

The Group adopts policies to ensure that its net exposure is kept to a manageable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates when necessary to address short-term imbalances. In respect of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, the Group manages currency risk through continuously managing the position of foreign currencies, measuring the currency risk and, if necessary, using derivatives such as currency forwards, currency swap and others.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  i)

Exposure to currency risk

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2021  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN      VND  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,138       195       11,024       29       3       3        44,525  

Deposits in banks

     —         —         3,564       —         —         —          —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,708       221       568       —         —         —          —    

Other accounts receivables

     24       71       297       4       —         —          15,828  

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —         176       167       6       —         —          6,481  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (2,170     (8,850     (2,343     —         —         —          (465,390

Other accounts payable

     (1,227     (4,630     (2,203     (5     (5     —          (1,610,640

Financial liabilities

     (4,257     —         (18,017     —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (2,784     (12,817     (6,943     34       (2     3        (2,009,196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts(*)

     1,545       —         —         —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     (1,239     (12,817     (6,943     34       (2     3        (2,009,196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Of cross currency interest rate swap contracts, USD 100 million were entered into to hedge currency risk with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and USD 1,445 million were entered into to hedge currency risk and interest rate risk with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and bonds.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

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

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,795       164       13,382       34       7       4        33,843       —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,093       13       585       —         —         —          —         —    

Other accounts receivables

     52       93       222       3       6       —          9,773       —    

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —         208       51       6       1       —          4,586       —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (1,948     (9,831     (2,037     —         —         —          (357,149     —    

Other accounts payable

     (268     (6,239     (2,018     (4     (8     —          (997,204     (2

Financial liabilities

     (4,294     —         (27,825     —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,570     (15,592     (17,640     39       6       4        (1,306,151     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

     2,225       —         —         —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     655       (15,592     (17,640     39       6       4        (1,306,151     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the exchange rates at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In won)              
     Average rate (year-to-date)      Reporting date spot rate  
     2021      2020      December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

USD

   W 1,144.10        1,180.46        1,185.50        1,088.00  

JPY

     10.42        11.05        10.30        10.54  

CNY

     177.36        170.90        186.26        166.96  

TWD

     40.99        40.07        42.84        38.67  

EUR

     1,353.25        1,345.71        1,342.34        1,338.24  

PLN

     296.51        302.95        292.11        292.02  

VND

     0.0499        0.0508        0.0521        0.0471  

GBP

     1,573.89        1,513.48        1,600.25        1,482.40  

 

  ii)

Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Group’s assets or liabilities denominated in a foreign currency as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Group considers to be reasonably possible at the end of the reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, would remain constant. The changes in equity and profit or loss would have been as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  
     Equity      Profit or loss      Equity      Profit or loss  

USD (5 percent weakening)

   W (74,214      2,339        12,438        73,186  

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (5,437      (3,288      (6,250      (5,194

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     (64,732      172        (147,294      93  

TWD (5 percent weakening)

     70        5        75        —    

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     178        (858      250        377  

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     29        29        43        43  

VND (5 percent weakening)

     (3,865      (3,865      (2,230      (2,230

GBP (5 percent weakening)

     —          —          (107      (107

A stronger won against the above currencies as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 would have had the equal but opposite effect on the above currencies to the amounts shown above, on the basis that all other variables remain constant.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  iii)

Derivatives for cash flow hedge

In relation to forecast export transactions, the Controlling Company uses derivative instruments to hedge fluctuations in future cash flows due to foreign currency exchange rate changes. As of December 31, 2021, there is no ineffective portion of the gain or loss on valuation of derivatives to which cash flow hedging accounting has been applied and gain and loss on valuation amounting to W905 million and W13,400 million, respectively, (contracted selling amount: USD 1,200 million, contracted exchange rate: W1,160~1,202.5) are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss). The expected settlement dates of derivative instrument contracts are within six months from December 31, 2021.

 

  (ii)

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk arises principally from the Group’s variable interest-bearing bonds and borrowings. The Group establishes and applies its policy to reduce uncertainty arising from fluctuations in interest rates and to minimize finance cost and manages interest rate risk by monitoring of trends of fluctuations in interest rate and establishing plan for countermeasures. Meanwhile, the Group entered into cross currency interest rate swap contracts amounting to USD 1,445 million (W1,713,048 million) and interest rate swap contracts amounting to W170,000 million in notional amount to hedge interest rate risk with respect to variable interest bearing borrowings.

 

  i)

Profile

The interest rate profile of the Group’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Fixed rate instruments

     

Financial assets

   W 4,284,950        4,296,823  

Financial liabilities

     (5,237,711      (5,875,729
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (952,761      (1,578,906
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

     

Financial liabilities

   W (7,426,095      (8,193,085

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  ii)

Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for the respective following 12 month periods. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, remain constant.

 

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

December 31, 2021

           

Variable rate instruments (*)

   W (40,931      40,931        (40,931      40,931  

December 31, 2020

           

Variable rate instruments (*)

   W (45,352      45,352        (45,352      45,352  

 

(*)

Financial instruments related to non-hedging interest rate swap are excluded from the calculation.

 

  (iii)

Managing interest rate benchmark reform and associated risks

A fundamental reform of major interest rate benchmarks is being undertaken globally, including the replacement of some interbank offered rates (IBORs) with alternative risk-free rates (referred to as ‘IBOR reform’). The publication of LIBOR, except overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month USD LIBORs, was terminated as of December 31, 2021 and the five LIBORs, as mentioned above, will be discontinued by June 30, 2023.

The Group does not have financial instruments affected by discontinued LIBORs. The Group plans to change benchmark interest rate applied to some of its financial instruments from LIBORs to Secured Overnight Financing Rates (SOFRs), an alternative indicator interest rate. For these LIBOR-related financial instruments, the LIBORs are continued to be published. Meanwhile, in the case of the CD rate, an alternative reference rate was selected as the Korea Overnight Financing Repo Rate (KOFR) as part of the reform of the interest rate benchmark. However, unlike LIBOR, the termination of the publication of the CD rate is not scheduled, and the Group does not have plan to change to KOFR.

The Group is exposed to the legal risk of changing the contract of financial instruments due to the reform of the interest rate indicator, as well as the process and operational risks to deal with such changes. In addition, the Group is also exposed to the risk of monitoring the market trend on the alternative index interest rate and establishing a risk management strategy accordingly to manage the risk of the new alternative index interest rate. The Group manages and monitors the transition to alternative interest rate benchmark by evaluating the extent to which a contract references IBOR cash flows, whether such contracts will need to be amended as a result of IBOR reform and how to manage communication about IBOR reform with counterparties.

The Group monitors the transition to an alternative interest rate benchmark by reviewing the total amounts of contracts that have yet to transition to an alternative benchmark rate and the amounts of such contracts that include an appropriate fallback clause. The Group considers that a contract is not yet transitioned to an alternative benchmark rate when interest rate under the contract is indexed to a benchmark rate that is still subject to IBOR reform, even if it includes a fallback clause that deals with the cessation of the existing IBOR. As of December 31, 2021, the total amounts of unreformed contracts and those with appropriate fallback language are as follows, and the financial instruments that will be settled before June 30, 2023 are excluded:

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

(In millions of won)              
     Total amount of
unreformed
contracts
     Amount with
appropriate
fallback clause
 

Non-derivative financial liabilities

     

Borrowings

   W 2,562,656        1,635,990  

Derivative assets

     

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

   W 43,406        43,406  

Derivative liabilities

     

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

   W 7,820        7,820  

 

  (b)

Credit risk

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

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

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

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

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Cash equivalents

   W 3,540,475        4,217,943  

Deposits in banks

     743,316        78,663  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     4,574,789        3,517,512  

Non-trade receivables

     108,875        140,616  

Accrued income

     13,024        3,864  

Deposits

     45,620        30,947  

Short-term loans

     22,518        28,491  

Long-term loans

     19,939        13,899  

Long-term non-trade receivables

     2,376        —    

Lease receivables

     18,209        22,262  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 9,089,141        8,054,197  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Convertible securities

   W 2,758        2,377  

Derivatives

     65,612        9,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 68,370        11,740  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

     

Derivatives

   W 905        —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

   W 48        72  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 9,158,464        8,066,009  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

 

  (c)

Liquidity risk

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

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

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of December 31, 2021.

 

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                    

Borrowings

   W 10,052,245        10,693,994        1,554,233        1,110,193        3,466,945        4,562,623        —    

Bonds

     2,611,561        2,531,468        575,029        884,996        329,661        652,467        89,315  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,814,055        4,814,055        4,468,682        345,373        —          —          —    

Other accounts payable

     2,327,257        2,329,820        2,201,225        128,595        —          —          —    

Other accounts payable (enterprise procurement
cards)(*)

     1,074,089        1,074,089        1,023,130        50,959        —          —          —    

Long-term other accounts payable

     496,083        586,104        —          —          113,222        273,718        199,164  

Security deposits received

     11,199        11,199        2,860        5,592        2,747        —          —    

Lease liabilities

     84,326        90,920        28,216        16,116        22,959        16,241        7,388  

Derivative financial liabilities

                    

Derivatives

   W 10,925        8,378        5,473        2,364        541        —          —    

Derivatives for cash flow hedge

     13,400        13,400        13,400        —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 21,495,140        22,153,427        9,872,248        2,544,188        3,936,075        5,505,049        295,867  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

(*)

Represents liabilities payable to credit card companies for utility expenses and others paid using enterprise procurement cards. The Group presented the payable to credit card companies as other accounts payable and disclosed related cash flows as operating activities since the Group is using the enterprise procurement cards through agreements with suppliers for transactions arising from purchasing of goods and services, the payment term is within a year from the purchase, as part of the normal operating cycle, and no security is provided. Change in liabilities related to procurement cards for the year ended December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                    
     January 1, 2021      Change
(Cash flows from
operation activities)
    December 31, 2021  

Other accounts payable (enterprise procurement cards)

   W 1,078,150        (4,061     1,074,089  

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

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (d)

Capital management

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

 

(In millions of won)             
     December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Total liabilities

   W 23,392,014       22,334,584  

Total equity

     14,762,501       12,731,428  

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     4,284,902       4,296,751  

Borrowings (including bonds)

     12,663,806       14,068,814  

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     158     175

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     57     77

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (e)

Determination of fair value

 

  (i)

Measurement of fair value

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

 

  i)

Current assets and liabilities

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

 

  ii)

Trade receivables and other receivables

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

 

  iii)

Investments in equity and debt securities

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

 

  iv)

Non-derivative financial liabilities

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

 

  v)

Derivatives

The inputs used to measure the fair value of currency forward and cross currency interest rate swap are calculated based on the exchange rates and interest rates observable in the market at the reporting date.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (ii)

Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair values     Carrying
amounts
     Fair values  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 3,541,597        ( *)      4,218,099        ( *) 

Deposits in banks

     743,316        ( *)      78,663        ( *) 

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,574,789        ( *)      3,517,512        ( *) 

Non-trade receivables

     108,875        ( *)      140,616        ( *) 

Accrued income

     13,024        ( *)      3,864        ( *) 

Deposits

     45,620        ( *)      30,947        ( *) 

Short-term loans

     22,518        ( *)      28,491        ( *) 

Long-term loans

     19,939        ( *)      13,899        ( *) 

Long-term non-trade receivables

     2,376        ( *)      —          ( *) 

Lease receivables

     18,209        ( *)      22,262        ( *) 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

          

Equity instruments

   W 48,805        48,805       13,223        13,223  

Convertible securities

     2,758        2,758       2,377        2,377  

Derivatives

     65,612        65,612       9,363        9,363  

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

          

Derivatives

   W 905        905       —          —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

          

Debt instruments

   W 48        48       72        72  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

          

Derivatives

   W 10,925        10,925       167,625        167,625  

Convertible bonds

     1,015,760        1,015,760       861,675        861,675  

Financial liabilities effective for cash flow hedging

          

Derivatives

   W 13,400        13,400       —          —    

Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

          

Borrowings

   W 10,052,245        10,064,068       11,296,898        11,328,418  

Bonds

     1,595,801        1,596,044       1,910,241        1,923,517  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,814,055        ( *)      3,779,290        ( *) 

Other accounts payable

     3,401,346        ( *)      2,781,941        ( *) 

Long-term other accounts payable

     496,083        ( *)      30        ( *) 

Security deposits received

     11,199        ( *)      12,539        ( *) 

Lease liabilities

     84,326        ( *)      83,431        ( *) 

 

(*)

Excluded from disclosures as the carrying amount approximates fair value.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (iii)

Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

 

  i)

Fair value hierarchy

Financial instruments carried at fair value are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques. The different levels have been defined as follows:

 

   

Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

 

   

Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly

 

   

Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data

 

  ii)

Financial instruments measured at fair value

Fair value hierarchy classifications of the financial instruments that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          48,805        48,805  

Convertible securities

     —          —          2,758        2,758  

Derivatives

     —          65,612        —          65,612  

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W —          905        —          905  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 48        —          —          48  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          10,925        —          10,925  

Convertible bonds

     1,015,760        —          —          1,015,760  

Financial liabilities effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W —          13,400        —          13,400  
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          13,223        13,223  

Convertible securities

     —          —          2,377        2,377  

Derivatives

     —          9,363        —          9,363  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 72        —          —          72  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          167,625        —          167,625  

Convertible bonds

     861,675        —          —          861,675  

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  iii)

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

Fair value hierarchy classifications, valuation technique and inputs for fair value measurements of the financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

 

        

Borrowings

   W —          —          10,064,068       
Discounted cash
flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Bonds

     —          —          1,596,044       
Discounted cash
flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

 

        

Borrowings

   W —          —          11,328,418       
Discounted cash
flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Bonds

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

 

  iv)

The interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows

 

     December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Borrowings, bonds and others

     2.21~4.38     2.15~4.46

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

27.

Leases

 

  (a)

Leases as lessee

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

 

  (i)

Right-of-use assets

Right-of-use assets are presented as property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (see Note 9(a)).

Changes in right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                     
     2021  
     Buildings
and
structures
    Land     Machinery
and equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

   W 55,166       47,411       1,859       5,970       501       110,907  

Additions and others

     54,728       39       870       7,620       398       63,655  

Depreciation

     (51,368     (2,985     (1,469     (6,745     (416     (62,983

Disposals

     (7     —         —         —         —         (7

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation

     (2,352     9,952       70       217       407       8,294  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 56,167       54,417       1,330       7,062       890       119,866  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In millions of won)                                     
     2020  
     Buildings
and
structures
    Land     Machinery
and equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

   W 53,213       49,754       2,147       7,848       288       113,250  

Additions and others

     44,900       607       1,197       4,459       591       51,754  

Depreciation

     (42,923     (2,947     (1,485     (6,336     (378     (54,069

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation

     (24     (3     —         (1     —         (28
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 55,166       47,411       1,859       5,970       501       110,907  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

27.

Leases, Continued

 

  (ii)

Amounts recognized in profit or loss not from right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Interest on lease liabilities

   W (3,664     (4,456

Income from sub-leasing right-of-use assets

     712       896  

Expenses relating to short-term leases

     (824     (977

Expenses relating to leases of low-value assets

     (577     (231

 

  (iii)

Changes in lease liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Balance at January 1

   W 83,431       88,512  

Additions and others

     64,172       52,663  

Interest expense

     3,664       4,456  

Repayment of liabilities

     (66,941     (62,200
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 84,326       83,431  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Leases as lessor

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group recognized interest income on lease receivables of W712 million and W896 million, respectively.

The following table sets out a maturity analysis of lease receivables, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received after the reporting date.

 

(In millions of won)             
     December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

6 months or less

   W 3,688       3,306  

6-12 months

     3,688       3,306  

1-2 years

     7,376       6,612  

2-5 years

     4,303       10,469  

Total undiscounted lease receivable

     19,055       23,693  

Unearned finance income

     (846     (1,431

Net Investment in the lease

     18,209       22,262  

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

28.

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                               
     January 1,
2021
     Cash flows
from

financing
activities
    Non-cash transactions         
    Reclassification     Gain or loss on
foreign currency
translation
     Effective interest
adjustment
     Others      December 31,
2021
 

Short-term borrowings

   W 394,906        148,640       —         70,187        —          —          613,733  

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

     2,705,709        (4,344,208     4,582,430       370,826        10,078        68,671        3,393,506  

Long-term borrowings

     9,019,658        1,298,346       (3,112,568     455,155        —          —          7,660,591  

Bonds

     1,948,541        498,027       (1,469,862     9,732        9,538        —          995,976  

Lease liabilities

     83,431        (66,941     —         4,181        —          63,655        84,326  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 14,152,245        (2,466,136     —         910,081        19,616        132,326        12,748,132  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(*) Others include W68,421 million of loss on valuation of financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others

 

  (a)

Related parties

Related parties as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

Description

Associates(*)

   Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. and others

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

   LG Electronics Inc.

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

   Subsidiaries of LG Electronics Inc.

 

(*)

Details of associates are described in Note 8.

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (b)

Significant transactions such as sales of goods and purchases of raw material and outsourcing service and others, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase and others  
     Purchase of
raw material
and others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Associates

                 

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

   W —          200        713        —          72,156        1,485  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          3,668        365,400        —          —          2,734  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     —          —          13,541        —          —          79  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          200        10,337        54,071        —          9,824  

Cynora GmbH

     —          —          10        —          —          —    

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          187        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W —          4,068        390,188        54,071        72,156        14,122  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 270,396        —          19,805        395,654        —          130,924  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 97,475        —          —          —          —          418  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     414,806        —          —          607        —          1,445  

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2021  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase and others  
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property,

plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

LG Electronics Nanjing New Technology Co., Ltd.

   W 449,390        —          —          —          —          1,263  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     98,812        —          —          —          —          1,141  

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     154,565        —          —          —          —          543  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     3,753        —          26,874        451        —          85,471  

HI-M Solutek Co., Ltd

     —          —          44        —          —          5,662  

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

     269,305        —          —          —          —          89  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

     1,254,164        —          —          —          —          577  

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

     1,256,107        —          —          —          —          1,011  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     106,469        —          —          —          —          159  

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

     —          —          —          10        —          5,334  

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     537,944        —          —          —          —          574  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

     5,046        —          —          —          —          659  

LG Electronics Nanjing Vehicle Components Co., Ltd.

     2,009        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Technology Ventures LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          4,411  

Others

     5        —          739        602        —          968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,649,850        —          27,657        1,670        —          109,725  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,920,246        4,068        437,650        451,395        72,156        254,771  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase and others  
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Associates

                 

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

   W 22        200        80        —          74,070        1,112  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          7,739        299,737        —          —          2,862  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     —          —          13,857        —          —          35  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          300        6,648        22,603        —          3,790  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          93        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 22        8,239        320,415        22,603        74,070        7,799  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 647,329        —          19,810        233,504        —          141,191  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 53,441        —          —          —          —          173  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     332,977        —          —          —          —          1,138  

LG Electronics Nanjing New Technology Co., Ltd.

     439,674        —          —          —          —          1,333  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     95,465        —          —          —          —          303  

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase and others  
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

   W 111,710        —          —          —          —          230  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     5,321        —          25,012        —          —          76,530  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     7,298        —          —          —          —          —    

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

     145,032        —          —          —          —          52  

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

     729,135        —          —          —          —          1,188  

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

     780,710        —          —          —          —          1,044  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     69,853        —          —          —          —          375  

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

     —          —          —          33        —          5,635  

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     157,820        —          —          —          —          164  

Others

     5,030        —          229        —          —          7,632  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,933,466        —          25,241        33        —          95,797  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 3,580,817        8,239        365,466        256,140        74,070        244,787  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (c)

Trade accounts and notes receivable and payable as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes
receivable and others
     Trade accounts and notes
payable and others
 
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Associates

           

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

   W 3        —          2,748        2,714  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          —          79,302        84,095  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

     878        —          2,915        3,637  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          —          20,116        18,126  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          99        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 881        —          105,180        108,572  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

           

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 67,629        94,193        105,918        88,629  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Controlling Company

           

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     52,327        36,417        252        16  

LG Electronics Nanjing New Technology Co., Ltd.

     102,691        88,075        155        83  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     13,276        10,295        —          —    

LG Electronics do Brasil Ltda.

     5,910        7,481        —          14  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     767        227        40,135        31,309  

HI-M Solutek Co., Ltd

     —          —          2,397        582  

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

     17,795        20,969        —          15  

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes
receivable and others
     Trade accounts and notes
payable and others
 
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

LG Electronics Mlawa Sp. z o.o.

   W 218,206        89,481        22        10  

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

     177,298        70,555        10        50  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     19,489        13,359        —          —    

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     73,732        48,677        32        —    

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

     7,319        3,697        111        —    

LG Electronics Japan, Inc.

     —          —          471        466  

LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

     2,046        337        53        35  

LG Electronics Nanjing Vehicle Components Co., Ltd.

     143        457        —          —    

LG Technology Ventures LLC

     —          —          33        11  

Others

     24        10        1,491        968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 691,023        390,037        45,162        33,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 759,533        484,230        256,260        230,760  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (d)

Details of significant financing transactions such as granting and collecting loans, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021  

Associates

   Loans      Collection of loans  

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W 878        —    

There were no significant financing transactions with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (e)

Conglomerate Transactions

Transactions, trade accounts and notes receivable and payable, and others between the Group and certain companies and their subsidiaries included in LG Group, one of the conglomerates in the Republic of Korea according to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows. These entities are not related parties according to K-IFRS No. 1024, Related Party Disclosures.

 

(In millions of won)  
     For the year ended
December 31, 2021
     December 31, 2021  
     Sales
and others
     Purchase
and others
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LX International Corp. and its subsidiaries

(formerly, LG International Corp.)(*1)

   W 570,716        287,203        48,955        41,355  

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,355        —          163  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     172        634,886        2,974        111,761  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries

     313        409,845        5,862        171,870  

LX Semicon Co., Ltd.

(formerly, Silicon Works Co., Ltd)(*2)

     2,551        1,356,864        117        112,572  

LG Corp.

     —          68,420        6,754        11,193  

LG Management Development Institute

     —          21,069        3,480        205  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     118        329,724        100        186,784  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          335        —          55  

LG Holdings Japan Co., Ltd.

     —          512        —          —    

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          23,521        —          11,933  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          7,600        —          2,006  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 573,870        3,142,334        68,242        649,897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

LG International Corp. renamed its name as LX International Corp. on July 1, 2021.

(*2)

Silicon Work Co., Ltd. renamed its name as LX Semicon Co., Ltd. on July 1, 2021.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)

 

     For the year ended
December 31, 2020
     December 31, 2020  
     Sales
and others
     Purchase
and others
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LG International Corp. and its subsidiaries

   W 376,898        260,736        81,353        28,583  

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,127        —          151  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     1,286        861,285        115        179,944  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries

     324        261,710        5,864        103,896  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

     36        865,727        —          136,715  

LG Corp.

     —          57,200        6,799        1,417  

LG Management Development Institute

     —          8,294        3,480        351  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     254        202,222        253        93,477  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          247        —          —    

LG Holdings Japan Co., Ltd.

     —          2,154        2,244        —    

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          39,013        —          8,851  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          1,769        —          1,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 378,798        2,562,484        100,108        554,418  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (f)

Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Short-term benefits

   W 3,747        2,233  

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     366        346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,113        2,579  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

30.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

     

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

   W 445,028        (662,164

Changes in other accounts payable arising from the purchase of intangible assets

     529,826        98,068  

Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities

     63,655        51,757  

 

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For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(With Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon)

 

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     Page  

Independent Auditors’ Report

     172  

Separate Statements of Financial Position

     176  

Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     177  

Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

     178  

Separate Statements of Cash Flows

     179  

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

     181  

Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

  

Report on the Operation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

  

 

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Independent Auditors’ Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying separate financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), which comprise the separate statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related separate statements of comprehensive income(loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the separate financial statements comprising significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion, the accompanying separate financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the separate financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and its separate financial performance and its separate cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRS”).

We also have audited, in accordance with the Standards on Auditing, the Company’s Internal Control over Financial Reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Conceptual Framework for Designing and Operating Internal Control over Financial Reporting issued by the Operating Committee of Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Korea, and our report dated March 8, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

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

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the separate financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the separate financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

 

(i)

Impairment test for Display Cash Generating Unit(CGU)

As discussed in Notes 3(k) and 10 to the separate financial statements, goodwill of W14,593 million is allocated to the Company’s Display CGU. The Company’s non-financial assets as of December 31, 2021 amount to W13,470,670 million, and a large portion of which are related to the Display CGU. The recoverable amount used by the Company in impairment test of the Display CGU is value in use based on discounted cash flow model. As a result of impairment test for Display CGU, the Company concluded that recoverable amount exceeds the carrying amount.

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

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

testing revenue and operating expenditures forecasts by comparing them against analyst reports and industry reports.

 

(ii)

Assessment of recognition of deferred tax assets

As discussed in Note 24 to the separate financial statements, the deferred tax assets arise primarily due to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as, unused tax losses and tax credit carryforwards. The assessment of the recognition of these deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income of the Company. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had W2,238,410 million of deferred tax assets in the separate statement of financial position and W182,617 million of unrecognized tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2021.

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

Other matter

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

 

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

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these separate financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of separate financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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

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

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Separate Financial Statements

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

 

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

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

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

KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

March 8, 2022

 

This report is effective as of March 8, 2022, the audit report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the audit report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying separate financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the audit report should understand that the above audit report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited)

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won)    Note    September 30,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   4, 24    W 336,599     1,220,098

Deposits in banks

   4, 24      76,913     76,852

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   5, 14, 24, 26      5,210,739     3,797,248

Other accounts receivable, net

   5, 24      69,445     141,332

Other current financial assets

   6, 24      70,290     43,151

Inventories

   7      2,351,680     1,418,122

Prepaid income tax

   22      288     110,388

Other current assets

        239,188     140,863
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        8,355,142     6,948,054

Deposits in banks

   4, 24      11     11

Investments

   8      4,956,693     4,784,828

Other non-current accounts receivable, net

   5, 24      6,430     5,797

Other non-current financial assets

   6, 24      82,605     29,133

Property, plant and equipment, net

   9      11,587,582     11,736,673

Intangible assets, net

   10      1,366,048     887,431

Deferred tax assets

   22      2,031,731     1,971,787

Defined benefit assets

   12      106,556     224,997

Other non-current assets

        112,730     116,491
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        20,250,386     19,757,148
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      W 28,605,528     26,705,202
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   24, 26    W 5,517,622     4,591,319

Current financial liabilities

   11, 24      3,740,294     2,162,989

Other accounts payable

   24      2,452,900     2,373,730

Accrued expenses

        869,340     499,610

Provisions

   13      182,668     196,107

Advances received

        65,755     312,790

Other current liabilities

        53,986     44,115
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        12,882,565     10,180,660

Non-current financial liabilities

   11, 24      4,379,821     6,072,225

Non-current provisions

   13      95,138     89,633

Other non-current liabilities

   24      583,198     99,449
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        5,058,157     6,261,307
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        17,940,722     16,441,967
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   15      1,789,079     1,789,079

Share premium

        2,251,113     2,251,113

Retained earnings

        6,634,945     6,223,043

Reserves

   15      (10,331     —  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        10,664,806     10,263,235
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      W 28,605,528     26,705,202
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate interim financial statements.

 

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Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    2021     2020  

Revenue

   17, 29    W 28,364,914     22,799,273

Cost of sales

   7, 18, 29      (25,346,568     (21,566,984
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        3,018,346     1,232,289

Selling expenses

   18, 19      (502,412     (517,023

Administrative expenses

   18, 19      (590,826     (447,738

Research and development expenses

   18      (1,203,177     (1,080,507
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit(loss)

        721,931     (812,979
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   22      291,665     304,344

Finance costs

   22      (629,216     (519,501

Other non-operating income

   21      889,413     1,265,604

Other non-operating expenses

   18, 21      (880,594     (1,440,237
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

        393,199     (1,202,769

Income tax benefit

   23      (158,974     (689,507
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the year

        552,173     (513,262
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income(loss)

       

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities

   12, 23      (163,363     110,404

Items that will be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Loss on valuation of derivative

   23, 26      (9,227     —  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

        (172,590     110,404
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income(loss) for the year

      W 379,583     (402,858
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share (in won)

       

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   25    W 1,543     (1,434

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

   25    W 1,540     (1,434

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

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

Balances at January 1, 2020

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

            

Loss for the year

     —          —          (513,262     —         (513,262

Other comprehensive income

            

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          110,404     —         110,404
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

   W —          —          (402,858     —         (402,858
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2020

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2021

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive lncome for the period

            

Profit for the year

     —          —          552,173     —         552,173

Other comprehensive loss

            

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities, net of tax

     —          —          (163,363     —         (163,363

Loss on valuation of derivative

     —          —          —         (9,227     (9,227
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

     —          —          (163,363     (9,227     (172,590
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

   W —          —          388,810     (9,227     379,583
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2021

   W 1,789,079      2,251,113      6,611,853     (9,227     10,642,818
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate financial statements.

 

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Separate Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2021     2020  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit (loss) for the year

      W 552,173     (513,262

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax benefit

     23        (158,974     (689,507

Depreciation and amortization

     9, 10, 18        2,532,888     2,519,199

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (43,404     (234,185

Loss on foreign currency translation

        157,164     175,434

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     12, 20        142,535     158,793

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (24,647     (43,155

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        49,871     58,852

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

        10,662     11,482

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

        (196     —  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

        —       368

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        29,488     79,593

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

        (1,152     (1,110

Expense on increase of provisions

        183,193     276,670

Finance income

        (272,698     (277,087

Finance costs

        617,681     458,358

Other income

        —       (11,000

Other expenses

        15,348     —  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        3,237,759     2,482,705

Changes in

       

Trade accounts and notes receivable

        (1,239,010     (756,684

Other accounts receivable

        65,970     38,701

Inventories

        (712,875     108,177

Other current assets

        13,070     56,883

Other non-current assets

        (61,737     (57,421

Trade accounts and notes payable

        1,861,287     2,101,690

Other accounts payable

        (25,962     (1,152,368

Accrued expenses

        524,061     (12,299

Provisions

        (204,126     (246,285

Advances received

        (284,031     (410,811

Other current liabilities

        (12,186     (3,958

Defined benefit liabilities, net

        (206,615     (108,102

Other non-current liabilities

        10,860     12,535
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (271,294)       (429,942)  

Cash generated from operating activities

        3,518,638     1,539,501

Income taxes refunded

        5,725     48,143

Interests received

        2,495     9,364

Interests paid

        (229,827     (285,194
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      W 3,297,031     1,311,814
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Separate Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

 

(In millions of won)    Note      2021     2020  

Cash flows from investing activities:

                          

Dividends received

      W 4,068     8,239

Increase in deposits in banks

        (76,913     (76,852

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        76,852     77,257

Acquisition of financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

        —       (200

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

        24     6

Acquisition of investments

        (154,665     (7,241

Proceeds from disposal of investments

        4,363     194,553

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (2,003,923     (1,249,208

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        65,744     450,239

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (600,355     (331,423

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets

        2,946     16,705

Receipt from settlement of derivatives

        8,344     24,468

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        14,533     13,720

Increase in long-term loans

        (26,473     —  

Increase in deposits

        (825     (566

Decrease in deposits

        1,687     1,286

Proceeds from disposal of other assets

        —       11,000
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (2,684,593     (868,017
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

     28       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        900,460     1,075,095

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (1,256,440     (1,070,356

Proceeds from issuance of bonds

        498,027     49,949

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

        1,298,346     741,166

Repayments of current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

        (2,314,432     (1,119,579

Payment guarantee fee received

        5,009     7,154

Repayments of lease liabilities

        (12,659     (12,373
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

        (881,689     (328,944
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        (269,251     114,853

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        1,220,098     1,105,245
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31

      W    950,847     1,220,098
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

1.

Organization and Description of Business

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 and the Company is a public corporation listed in the Korea Exchange since 2004. The main business of the Company is to manufacture and sell displays and its related products. As of December 31, 2021, the Company is operating Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) and Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) panel manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju and China and TFT-LCD and OLED module manufacturing plants in Gumi, Paju, China and Vietnam. The Company is domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. As of December 31, 2021, LG Electronics Inc., a major shareholder of the Company, owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Company’s common stock.

The Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of December 31, 2021, there are 357,815,700 shares of common stock outstanding. The Company’s common stock is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) under the symbol “LPL”. One ADS represents one-half of one share of common stock. As of December 31, 2021, there are 15,910,934 ADSs outstanding.

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a)

Statement of Compliance

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

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

The separate financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on January 26, 2022, which will be submitted for approval to the shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 23, 2022.

 

  (b)

Basis of Measurement

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

2.

Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (c)

Functional and Presentation Currency

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

 

  (d)

Use of Estimates and Judgments

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

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

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

 

   

Financial instruments (Note 3(f))

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

 

   

Provisions (Note 3(m), 13)

 

   

Inventories (Note 3(e), 7)

 

   

Property, plant and equipment (Note 9)

 

   

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

 

   

Employee benefits (Note 12)

 

   

Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Note 24)

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies

The Company has early adopted the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use, from January 1, 2021. A number of other new standards are effective from January 1, 2021 but they do not have a significant effect on the Company’s separate financial statements.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a)

Changes in Accounting Policies, Continued

 

Before the application of the amendments to K-IFRS No. 1016, directly attributable costs of acquiring property, plant and equipment included the costs of testing whether it is functioning properly, after deducting the net proceeds from selling items produced using the property, plant and equipment. However, after the application of the amendments, the proceeds from selling any such produced items and the cost of producing those items are recognized in profit or loss. K-IFRS No. 1002 Inventories is applied in identifying and measuring these production costs.

The Company applied amendments retrospectively, but only to items of property, plant and equipment that are brought to the location and condition necessary for them to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management on or after January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented in the accompanying separate financial statements. There is no impact on the Company’s separate financial statements as a result of the retrospective application of the amendments. The amendments also clarify that testing whether an item of property, plant and equipment is functioning properly means assessing its technical and physical performance rather than assessing its financial performance – e.g. assessing whether the property, plant and equipment has achieved a certain level of operating margin.

 

  (b)

Interest in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures

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

 

  (c)

Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (d)

Cash and cash equivalents

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

 

  (e)

Inventories

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

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments

 

  (i)

Non-derivative financial assets

Recognition and initial measurement

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

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

Classification and subsequent measurement

 

  i)

Financial assets

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

  ii)

Financial assets: business model

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

  iii)

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

prepayment and extension features; and

 

   

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

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

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

 

  iv)

Financial assets: Subsequent measurement and gains and losses

 

Financial assets at FVTPL

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

Financial assets at amortized cost

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

Debt investments at FVOCI

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

Derecognition

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Interest rate benchmark reform

In case the basis for determining the contractual cash flows of a financial asset or financial liability measured at amortized cost changed as a result of interest rate benchmark reform, the Company updates the effective interest rate of the financial asset or financial liability to reflect the change that is required by the reform if both of the following conditions are met:

 

   

the change is necessary as a direct consequence of the reform; and

 

   

the new basis for determining the contractual cash flows is economically equivalent to the previous basis – i.e. the basis immediately before the change.

When changes were made to a financial asset or financial liability in addition to changes to the basis for determining the contractual cash flows required by interest rate benchmark reform, the Company first updates the effective interest rate of the financial asset or financial liability to reflect the change that is required by interest rate benchmark reform. After that, the Company applies the policies on accounting for modifications to the additional changes.

Offset

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

 

  (ii)

Non-derivative financial liabilities

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

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities other than financial liabilities classified as at FVTPL are classified as other financial liabilities and measured initially at fair value minus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of financial liabilities. Subsequent to initial recognition, these financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2020, non-derivative financial liabilities comprise borrowings, bonds, trade accounts and notes payable, other accounts payable and others.

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (iii)

Share Capital

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

 

  (iv)

Derivative financial instruments

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

Hedge Accounting

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

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

 

  i)

Fair value hedges

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (f)

Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  ii)

Cash flow hedges

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

The Company is applying cash flow hedge accounting by designating expected foreign currency denominated sales arising from forecast export transactions as hedging items and the derivative instruments related to forward exchange as hedging instruments. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized in equity and the amount accumulated in equity is reclassified to revenue in the same period which forecast sales occur.

Embedded derivative

Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the host contract is not a financial asset and certain criteria are met.

Other derivative financial instruments

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

 

  (g)

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (i)

Recognition and measurement

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (g)

Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (ii)

Subsequent costs

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

 

  (iii)

Depreciation

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

Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

 

     Estimated useful lives (years)

Buildings and structures

   20~40

Machinery

   4, 5

Furniture and fixtures

   4

Equipment, tools and vehicles

   2, 4, 12

Right-of-use assets

   (*)

 

(*)

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

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate and any changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (h)

Borrowing Costs

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (i)

Government Grants

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

 

  (i)

Grants related to the purchase or construction of assets

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

 

  (ii)

Grants for compensating the Company’s expenses incurred

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

 

  (iii)

Other government grants

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

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets

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

 

  (i)

Goodwill

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets, Continued

 

  (ii)

Research and development

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

its ability to use or sell the intangible asset,

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

  (iii)

Other intangible assets

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

 

  (iv)

Subsequent costs

Subsequent expenditures are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific intangible asset to which they relate. All other expenditures, including expenditures on internally generated goodwill and brands, are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

 

  (v)

Amortization

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (j)

Intangible Assets, Continued

 

     Estimated useful
lives (years)

Intellectual property rights

   5, 10, (*1)

Rights to use electricity, water and gas supply facilities

   10

Software

   4, (*1)

Customer relationships

   7, 10

Technology

   10

Development costs

   (*2)

Condominium and golf club memberships

   Indefinite

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

Amortization periods and the amortization methods for intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end. The useful lives of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are reviewed at each financial year-end to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support indefinite useful life assessments for those assets. If appropriate, the changes are accounted for as changes in accounting estimates.

 

  (k)

Impairment

 

  (i)

Financial assets

Financial instruments and contract assets

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

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Impairment, Continued

 

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

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

Estimation of expected credit losses

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

Credit-impaired financial assets

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

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

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

Write-off

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (k)

Impairment, Continued

 

  (ii)

Non-financial assets

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

Recoverable amount is estimated for the individual asset. If it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of the individual asset, the Company determines the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit (“CGU”) is the smallest group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. Goodwill arising from a business combination is allocated to CGUs or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is determined as the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset or CGU. Fair value less costs to sell is based on the best information available to reflect the amount that the Company could obtain from the disposal of the asset in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, after deducting the costs of disposal.

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l)

Leases

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

 

  (i)

As a lessee

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

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

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l)

Lease, Continued

 

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

 

   

fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments;

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

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

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

 

  (ii)

As a lessor

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (l)

Lease, Continued

 

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

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

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

 

  (m)

Provisions

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

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

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (n)

Employee Benefits

 

  (i)

Short-term employee benefits

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

 

  (ii)

Other long-term employee benefits

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

 

  (iii)

Defined contribution plan

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

 

  (iv)

Defined benefit plan

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

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

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (n)

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (v)

Termination benefits

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

 

  (o)

Revenue from contracts with customers

Revenue from the sale of goods in the course of ordinary activities is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of estimated returns, trade discounts, volume rebates and other cash incentives paid to customers.

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

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

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

 

  (p)

Operating Segments

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

 

  (q)

Finance Income and Finance Costs

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (q)

Finance Income and Finance Costs, Continued

 

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

 

  (r)

Income Tax

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

 

  (i)

Current tax

Current tax comprises the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable profit or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years. The amount of current tax payable or receivable is the best estimate of the tax amount expected to be paid or received that reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any. The taxable profit is different from the accounting profit for the period since the taxable profit is calculated excluding the temporary differences, which will be taxable or deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) of future periods, and non-taxable or non-deductible items from the accounting profit.

 

  (ii)

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized, using the asset and liability method, in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

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

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

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (s)

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

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

 

  (t)

Business Combinations

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

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective

A number of amended standards are effective for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2021 and earlier application is permitted; however, the Company has not early adopted the amended standards in preparing these separate financial statements.

 

  (i)

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

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

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective, Continued

 

  (ii)

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

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

In addition, settlement of a liability includes transferring the company’s own equity instruments to the counterparty but they do not affect its classification as current or non-current if the entity classifies the option as an equity instrument, recognizing it separately from the liability as an equity component of a compound financial instrument.

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impacts of the application.

 

  (iii)

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

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

These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted.

 

  (iv)

Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1012, Income Taxes)

These amendments specify the scope of the initial recognition exemption when assets and liabilities arise to equal amount from a single transaction. These amendments require an entity to recognize the resulting deferred tax liability or asset if the transaction give rise to equal taxable and deductible temporary differences although it is not a business combination and affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit (loss). These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

Of deferred taxes which give rise to a right-of-use asset and lease liability, the Company is applying an approach which results in similar conclusion to these amendments except that deferred tax is presented on a net basis. Upon the adoption of the amendments, the Company expects to recognize separate deferred tax assets and liabilities for right of use assets and lease liabilities and it will be applied retrospectively.

 

  (v)

Definition of Materiality (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statement)

These amendments specify the definition of materiality. Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements. These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (u)

Standards issued but not yet effective, Continued

 

  (vi)

Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1008, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors)

These amendments removed the definition of ‘change in accounting estimates’, and introduced the term ‘accounting estimates’ by defining them as monetary amounts in financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty and clarifying that a change in an estimation technique or a valuation technique used to develop accounting estimates is a change in accounting estimate. These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted.

 

  (vii)

Annual Improvements to K-IFRS Standards 2018-2020

Annual improvements to K-IFRS standards 2018-2020 is effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect that such amendments have a material effect on the Company’s separate financial statements.

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1001, First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards: Subsidiary as a First-time Adopter

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1009, Financial Instruments: Fees in the ‘10 percent’ Test for Derecognition of Financial Liabilities

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1116, Leases: Lease Incentives

 

   

K-IFRS No. 1041, Agriculture: Taxation in Fair Value Measurements

The Company is currently assessing the impacts of the application of above amended standards on the Company’s financial position and business performance and management believes that the application of the amended standards are expected to have no significant impact on the separate financial statements of the Company, except for the Amendments to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

4.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Deposits in Banks

Cash and cash equivalents and deposits in banks as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                      
     December 31, 2021              December 31, 2020  

Current assets

         

Cash and cash equivalents

         

Demand deposits

   W 950,847            1,220,098  

Deposits in banks

         

Restricted deposits (*)

   W 76,913            76,852  
Non-current assets          

Deposits in banks

         

Restricted deposits (*)

   W 11            11  

 

(*)

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

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable and Other Accounts Receivable

 

  (a)

Trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                      
     December 31, 2021              December 31, 2020  

Due from third parties

   W 203,963            201,640  

Due from related parties

     4,847,873            3,595,608  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 
   W 5,051,836            3,797,248  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                      
     December 31, 2021              December 31, 2020  

Current assets

         

Non-trade receivables, net

   W 77,147            130,217  

Accrued income

     2,792            11,115  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 
   W 79,939            141,332  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 

Non-current assets

         

Long-term non-trade receivables

   W 5,122            5,797  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 
   W 85,061            147,129  
  

 

 

        

 

 

 

Due from related parties included in other accounts receivable, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are W24,618 million and W59,620 million, respectively.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

5.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable and Other Accounts Receivable, Continued

 

  (c)

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021  
     Book value      Allowance for
impairment
 
     Trade
accounts

and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade
accounts

and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Current

   W 5,051,778        85,154        (11      (1,423

1-15 days past due

     6        822        —          (6

16-30 days past due

     —          44        —          —    

31-60 days past due

     61        16        —          —    

More than 60 days past due

     2        521        —          (67
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 5,051,847        86,557        (11      (1,496
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
     Trade
accounts

and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Current

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

1-15 days past due

     415        919        —          (7

16-30 days past due

     30        521        —          —    

31-60 days past due

     —          782        —          (8

More than 60 days past due

     —          257        —          (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade accounts and notes receivable and other accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021     2020  
     Trade
accounts
and notes
receivable
    Other
accounts
receivable
    Trade
accounts
and notes
receivable
     Other
accounts
receivable
 

Balance at the beginning of the year

   W 27       1,503       5        2,978  

(Reversal of) bad debt expense

     (16     (7     22        (411

Write-off

     —         —         —          (1,064

Balance at the end of the year

   W 11       1,496       27        1,503  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

6.

Other Financial Assets

Other financial assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Convertible bonds

   W 1,573        —    

Derivatives(*1)

     12,741        9,252  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 14,314        9,252  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash flow hedging derivatives

     

Derivatives(*2)

   W 905        —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 27        24  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Short-term loans

   W 22,518        28,491  

Deposits

     —          5,384  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W  22,518        33,875  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 37,764        43,151  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets

     

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Equity instruments

   W 3,096        1,381  

Convertible bonds

     —          1,289  

Derivatives(*1)

     52,871        111  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 55,967        2,781  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

     

Government bonds

   W 21        48  

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Deposits

   W 11,542        12,405  

Long-term loans

     19,939        13,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 31,481        26,304  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 87,469        29,133  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Represents forward exchange contracts entered into by the Company to hedge exchange rate risks with respect to forecast sales in foreign currency. The contracts are designated as hedging instruments.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

7.

Inventories

Inventories as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Finished goods

   W 450,520        372,864  

Work-in-process

     943,586        539,747  

Raw materials

     641,047        411,165  

Supplies

     95,844        94,346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,130,997        1,418,122  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales including inventory write-downs and usage of inventory write-downs are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   W 25,346,568        21,566,984  

Inventory write-downs

     169,870        178,155  

Usage of inventory write-downs

     (178,155      (408,567

There were no significant reversals of inventory write-downs recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

8.

Investments

 

  (a)

Investments in subsidiaries consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)           December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Subsidiaries

 

Location

 

Business

  Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
Value
    Percentage
of
ownership
    Book
Value
 

LG Display America, Inc.

 

San Jose,

U.S.A.

  Sell display products     100   W 36,815       100   W 36,815  

LG Display Germany GmbH

  Eschborn, Germany   Sell display products     100     19,373       100     19,373  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

  Tokyo, Japan   Sell display products     100     15,686       100     15,686  

LG Display Taiwan

Co., Ltd.

  Taipei, Taiwan   Sell display products     100     35,230       100     35,230  

LG Display Nanjing

Co., Ltd.

  Nanjing, China   Manufacture display products     100     593,726       100     593,726  

LG Display Shanghai

Co., Ltd.

  Shanghai, China   Sell display products     100     9,093       100     9,093  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou, China   Manufacture display products     100     293,557       100     293,557  

LG Display Shenzhen

Co., Ltd.

  Shenzhen, China   Sell display products     100     3,467       100     3,467  

LG Display Singapore

Pte. Ltd.

  Singapore   Sell display products     100     1,250       100     1,250  

L&T Display Technology

(Fujian) Limited

 

Fujian,

China

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

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

 

Yantai,

China

  Manufacture display products     100     169,195       100     169,195  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

  Gumi, South Korea   Provide janitorial services     100     800       100     800  

LG Display (China)

Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou,China   Manufacture and sell display products     51     723,086       51     723,086  

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

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

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

  Guangzhou, China   Sell display products     100     218       100     218  

Global OLED Technology LLC

 

Sterling,

U.S.A

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

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

 

Haiphong,

Vietnam

 

Manufacture

display products

    100     672,658       100     672,658  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

 

Suzhou,

China

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

LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC(*)

  Wilmington, U.S.A   Invest in venture business and acquire technologies     100     52,129       100     13,564  

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

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

Money Market Trust

 

Seoul,

South Korea

  Money market trust     100     127,400       100     11,300  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 
        W  4,853,804       W 4,699,139  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

8.

Investments, Continued

 

(*)

During 2021, the Company contributed W38,565 million in cash for the capital increase of LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC. There was no change in the Company’s ownership percentage in LG DISPLAY FUND I LLC as a result of this additional investment.

 

  (b)

Investments in associates consist of the following:

 

(In millions of won)                                    
               December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Associates

  

Location

   Business    Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
     Percentage of
ownership
    Carrying
amount
 

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

   Manufacture glass for
display
     40   W 45,089        40   W 45,089  

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

  

Ansan,

South Korea

   Manufacture LED
back light unit
packages
     13     11,424        14     10,540  

YAS Co., Ltd.

  

Paju,

South Korea

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

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

  

Daegu,

South Korea

   Process and sell glass
for display
     15     8,000        14     8,000  

Arctic Sentinel, Inc.

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

Cynora GmbH(*2)

  

Bruchsal

Germany

   Develop organic
emitting materials for
displays and lighting
devices
     11     —          12     2,609  

Material Science Co., Ltd.(*3)

  

Seoul,

South Korea

   Develop,
manufacture and sell
materials for display
     10     3,680        10     3,791  

Nanosys Inc.(*4)

  

Milpitas,

U.S.A.

   Develop,
manufacture and sell
materials for display
     4     10,732        3     5,660  
          

 

 

      

 

 

 
           W 88,925        W 85,689  
          

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(*1)

During 2021, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W884 million as finance income for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

(*2)

During 2021, the Company recognized an impairment loss of W2,609 million as finance cost for the investments in Cynora GmbH.

(*3)

During 2021, the Company recognized an impairment loss of W111 million as finance cost for the investments in Material Science Co., Ltd.

(*4)

During 2021, the Company recognized a reversal of impairment loss of W5,072 million as finance income for the difference between the carrying amount and the recoverable amount of investments in Nanosys Inc.

Dividends income recognized from subsidiaries and associates for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 amounted to W8,318 million and W8,239 million, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

9.

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

  (a)

Changes in property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2021

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

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2021

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

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2021

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2021

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

     —         —         —         —         2,429,895       12,500       —         2,442,395  

Depreciation

     —         (215,289     (1,601,926     (38,671     —         (12,642     (191,069     (2,059,597

Disposals

     (8,975     (17,655     (23,527     (9     (6,898     —         (40,448     (97,512

Impairment loss

     —         (79     (4,040     (3     620       —         (7,160     (10,662

Others(*2)

     —         197,779       377,210       73,488       (886,705     —         237,789       (439
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2021

   W 433,847       1,938,524       2,748,025       105,584       6,556,763       5,290       222,825       12,010,858  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2021

   W 433,847       5,150,686       36,476,141       546,221       6,632,832       32,999       842,082       50,114,808  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2021

   W —         (3,073,483     (32,813,259     (435,666     —         (27,542     (599,171     (36,949,121
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2021

   W —         (138,679     (914,857     (4,971     (76,069     (167     (20,086     (1,154,829
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

As of December 31, 2021, construction-in-progress mainly relates to construction of manufacturing facilities.

(*2)

Others mainly represent the reclassification of construction-in-progress to other property, plant and equipment.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

9.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Continued

 

  (b)

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

 

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

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

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

Accumulated depreciation as of January 1, 2020

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

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additions

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

Depreciation

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

Disposals

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

Impairment loss

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

Others(*2)

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

  

W

—  

 

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Others mainly represent the reclassification of construction-in-progress to other property, plant and equipment.

 

  (c)

Capitalized borrowing costs and capitalization rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2021     2020  

Capitalized borrowing costs

   W 34,318       77,087  

Capitalization rate

     2.69     2.85

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment

 

  (a)

Changes in intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Memberships     Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
    Customer
relation-
ships
    Technology     Goodwill     Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2021

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

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2021

     (577,290     (882,407     —         (2,352,680     —         (37,491     (11,074     —         (13,082     (3,874,024

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2021

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2021

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

Additions - internally developed

     —         —         —         362,897       —         —         —         —         —         362,897  

Additions - external purchases

     613,963       17,380       742       —         95,435       —         1,689       —         —         729,209  

Amortization (*1)

     (161,000     (81,231     —         (230,891     —         —         (169     —         —         (473,291

Disposals

     —         —         (2,750     —         —         —         —         —         —         (2,750

Impairment loss (*3)

     (90     (2     —         (29,396     —         —         —         —         —         (29,488

Reversal of impairment loss

     —         —         1,152       —         —         —         —         —         —         1,152  

Transfer from construction-in-progress

     —         87,243       —         (15,348     (87,243     —         —         —         —         (15,348
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2021

   W 833,524       174,043       28,608       389,215       18,309       —         1,520       14,593       —         1,459,812  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2021

   W 1,573,815       1,093,251       30,267       1,771,383       18,309       59,176       12,763       72,588       13,080       4,644,632  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2021

   W (718,807     (910,855     —         (1,318,476     —         (37,491     (11,243     —         (13,080     (3,009,952
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2021

   W (21,484     (8,353     (1,659     (63,692     —         (21,685     —         (57,995     —         (174,868
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

The Company has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses, and research and development expenses.

(*2)

Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

(*3)

The Company recognized an impairment loss amounting to W29,396 million for development projects which are not likely to generate revenue.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

  (b)

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

 

(In millions of won)    Intellectual
property
rights
    Software     Memberships     Development
costs
    Construction-
in-progress
    Customer
relation-
ships
    Technology     Goodwill     Others
(*2)
    Total  

Acquisition cost as of January 1, 2020

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

Accumulated amortization as of January 1, 2020

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

Accumulated impairment loss as of January 1, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of January 1, 2020

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

Additions - internally developed

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

Additions - external purchases

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

Amortization (*1)

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

Disposals

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

Impairment loss (*3)

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

Reversal of impairment loss

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

Transfer from construction-in-progress

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Book value as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Acquisition cost as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2020

   W (577,290     (882,407     —         (2,352,680     —         (37,491     (11,074     —         (13,082     (3,874,024
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated impairment loss as of December 31, 2020

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

The Company has classified the amortization as manufacturing overhead costs, selling expenses, administrative expenses, and research and development expenses.

(*2)

Others mainly consist of rights to use electricity and gas supply facilities.

(*3)

The Company recognized an impairment loss amounting to W78,918 million for development projects which are not likely to generate revenue.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

  (c)

Development costs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

  (i)

As of December 31, 2021

 

(In millions of won and in years)            

Classification

   Product type    Book Value  

Development completed

   TV    W 27,371  
   IT      31,935  
   Mobile and others      76,644  
     

 

 

 
      W 135,950  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

   TV    W 73,667  
   IT      66,904  
   Mobile and others      112,694  
     

 

 

 
      W 253,265  
     

 

 

 
      W 389,215  
     

 

 

 

 

  (ii)

As of December 31, 2020

 

(In millions of won and in years)            

Classification

   Product type    Book Value  

Development completed

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

 

 

 
      W 105,684  
     

 

 

 

Development in process

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

 

 

 
      W 196,269  
     

 

 

 
      W 301,953  
     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

10.

Intangible Assets and Non-financial Assets Impairment, Continued

 

  (d)

Impairment assessment on CGU with allocated goodwill

As of December 31, 2021, goodwill is allocated to the Company’s Display CGU which constitutes a large portion of the Company’s non- financial assets. The carrying amount of goodwill allocated to Display CGU is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Display CGU

   W 14,593        14,593  

The recoverable amount of Display CGU is estimated based on its value in use. Value in use is calculated using the estimated cash flow based on 5-year business plan approved by management. The estimated sales of the Company’s products used in the forecast was determined considering external sources and the Company’s past experience. Management estimated the future cash flows based on its past performance and forecasts on market growth. The key assumptions used in the estimation of value in use for Display CGU include revenue and operating expenditures for the forecast period, growth rates for subsequent years (“terminal growth rate”), and discount rate. For Display CGU, the terminal growth rate and the discount rate in the estimation of value in use as of December 31, 2021 are as follows.

 

     Pre-tax
discount rate(*)
    Post-tax
discount rate(*)
    Terminal growth
rate
 

Display CGU

   W 10.5     8.4     1.0

 

  (*)

The discount rate was calculated using the weighted average cost of equity capital and debt and the beta of equity capital was calculated as the average of five global listed companies in the same industry and the Company. Cost of debt was calculated using the yield rate of non-guaranteed corporate bond considering the Company’s credit rating and debt ratio was determined using the average of the debt ratios of the five global listed companies in the same industry and the Company. The Company calculates the value in use of the CGU using post-tax cash flows and a post-tax discount which is not significantly different from the value in use calculated using pre-tax cash flows and pre-tax discount rate.

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities

 

  (a)

Financial liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   W —          326,400  

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds

     2,529,388        1,769,735  

Current portion of payment guarantee liabilities

     3,462        4,576  

Derivatives(*1)

     8,594        58,875  

Cash flow hedging derivatives(*2)

     13,400        —    

Lease liabilities

     2,852        3,403  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,557,696        2,162,989  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   W 2,173,500        2,435,000  

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     1,861,235        1,572,160  

Bonds

     995,976        1,948,541  

Payment guarantee liabilities

     2,746        5,797  

Derivatives(*1)

     2,331        108,750  

Lease liabilities

     2,367        1,977  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 5,038,155        6,072,225  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

Represents forward exchange contracts entered into by the Company to hedge exchange rate risks with respect to forecast sales in foreign currency. The contracts are designated as hedging instruments.

 

  (b)

Short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows.

 

(In millions of won and USD)                     

Lender

   Annual interest rate as
of

December 31, 2021 (%)
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited

     —        W —          326,400  

Foreign currency equivalent

        —        USD 300  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (c)

Won denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won)                     

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2021 (%)(*)
       December 31,  
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Woori Bank

     —        W —          60  

Korea Development Bank and others

    
CD rate (91days) +
1.00~1.60, 1.90~3.25
 
 
     2,785,000        3,272,500  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

        (611,500      (837,560
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 2,173,500        2,435,000  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

CD represents certificate of deposit.

 

  (d)

Foreign currency denominated long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won and USD)                     

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2021 (%)(*)
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea and others

    


3ML+1.20 ~ 2.40

6ML+1.25 ~1.43
1.82~2.46

 

 
 

   W 2,163,538        1,680,960  

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 1,825        USD 1,545  

Less current portion of long-term borrowings

        (302,303      (108,800
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      W 1,861,235        1,572,160  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (e)

Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows :

 

(In millions of won and USD)                  
    Maturity     Annual interest rate
as of
December 31, 2021 (%)
  December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Won denominated bonds at amortized cost(*1)

       

Publicly issued bonds

   

February 2022~

September 2026

 

 

  2.29~2.95   W 1,320,000       1,320,000  

Privately issued bonds

   

May 2022~

May 2033

 

 

  3.25~4.25     160,000       160,000  

Less discount on bonds

        (2,534     (1,798

Less current portion

        (599,825     (499,796
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      W 877,641       978,406  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency denominated bonds at amortized cost(*2)

       

Publicly issued bonds

    November 2021     —     W —         326,400  

Privately issued bonds

    April 2023     3ML+1.47     118,550       108,800  

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 100       USD 400  

Less discount on bonds

        (215     (3,161

Less current portion

        —         (323,579
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      W 118,335       108,460  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

       

Foreign currency denominated convertible bonds(*3)

    August 2024     1.50   W 1,015,760       861,675  

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 857       USD 792  

Less current portion

        (1,015,760     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      W —         861,675  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      W 995,976       1,948,541  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

(*3)

Reclassified to current considering the bondholders’ right to redeem before maturity (put option).

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

11.

Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (f)

Details of the convertible bonds issued by the Company and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In won, USD)
    

Description

Type

   Unsecured foreign currency denominated convertible bonds

Issuance amount

   USD 687,800,000

Annual interest rate (%)

   1.50

Issuance date

   August 22, 2019

Maturity date

   August 22, 2024

Interest payment

   Payable semi-annually in arrear until maturity date

Principal redemption

  

1.  Redemption at maturity:

 

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

 

2.  Early redemption:

 

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

Conversion price

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

Conversion period

   From August 23, 2020 to August 12, 2024

Redemption at the option of the issuer (Call option)

  

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

 

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

 

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

Redemption at the option of the bondholders (Put option)

   On the third anniversary from the issuance date

The Company designated the convertible bonds as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and recognized the change in fair value in profit or loss. The Company measures the convertible bond at fair value using the market price of convertible bonds disclosed on Bloomberg. The number of convertible shares as of December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)  
     December 31, 2021  

Aggregate outstanding amount of the convertible bonds

   W 813,426,670,000  

Conversion price

   W 19,845  

Number of common shares to be issued at conversion

     40,988,998  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits

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

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

 

  (a)

Net defined benefit liabilities (defined benefit assets) recognized as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   W 1,678,148        1,392,293  

Fair value of plan assets

     (1,746,424      (1,617,290
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (68,276      (224,997
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Defined benefit obligations at January 1

   W 1,392,293        1,476,866  

Current service cost

     148,430        161,898  

Interest cost

     35,902        35,490  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     205,318        (155,700

Benefit payments

     (100,997      (123,616

Net transfers from (to) related parties

     (2,798      (2,645
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Defined benefit obligations at December 31

   W 1,678,148        1,392,293  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are 15.63 years and 15.06 years, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (c)

Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Fair value of plan assets at January 1

   W 1,617,290        1,604,118  

Expected return on plan assets

     41,797        38,595  

Remeasurements (before tax)

     (15,483      (7,264

Contributions by employer directly to plan assets

     200,000        100,000  

Benefit payments

     (97,180      (118,159
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at December 31

   W 1,746,424        1,617,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (d)

Plan assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Guaranteed deposits in banks

   W 1,746,424          1,617,290    

As of December 31, 2021, the Company maintains the plan assets primarily with Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd., KB Insurance Co., Ltd. and others.

 

  (e)

Expenses related to defined benefit plans recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Current service cost

   W    148,430           161,898  

Net interest cost

     (5,895      (3,105
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 142,535        158,793  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Cost of sales

   W    110,750           122,245  

Selling expenses

     6,250        8,129  

Administrative expenses

     15,171         16,499   

Research and development expenses

     10,364        11,920  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 142,535        158,793  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (f)

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Balance at January 1

   W      38,196        (72,208

Remeasurements

     

Actuarial profit or loss arising from:

     

Experience adjustment

     (124,974           36,769  

Demographic assumptions

     (7,206      (2,584

Financial assumptions

     (73,138      121,515  

Return on plan assets

     (15,483      (7,264
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (220,801      148,436  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

   W 57,438        (38,032
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W (125,167      38,196  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (g)

Principal actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

 

     December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Expected rate of salary increase

     3.7     2.9

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

     3.1     2.6

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

 

          December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  

Teens

   Males      0.00     0.00
   Females      0.00     0.00

Twenties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Thirties

   Males      0.01     0.01
   Females      0.00     0.00

Forties

   Males      0.02     0.02
   Females      0.01     0.01

Fifties

   Males      0.04     0.04
   Females      0.02     0.02

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

12.

Employee Benefits, Continued

 

  (h)

Reasonably possible changes to respective relevant actuarial assumptions would have affected the defined benefit obligations by the following amounts as of December 31, 2021:

 

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

Discount rate for defined benefit obligations

   W (226,772      275,402  

Expected rate of salary increase

     270,635        (227,488

 

13.

Provisions

Changes in provisions for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

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

Balance at January 1, 2021

   W 270,834       14,906       285,740  

Additions (reversal)

     183,193       (5,659     177,534  

Usage

     (198,467     —         (198,467
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

   W 255,560       9,247       264,807  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   W 162,618       9,247       171,865  

Non-current

   W 92,942       —         92,942  

 

(*)

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

 

  (a)

Legal Proceedings

Anti-trust litigations

Some individual claimants filed “follow-on” damages claims against the Company and other TFT-LCD manufacturers alleging violations of EU competition law. While the Company continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, as of December 31, 2021, the Company cannot reliably estimate the timing and amount of outflows of resources embodying economic benefits relating to the proceedings.

Solas OLED Ltd. Litigations

Between April 2019 and September 2020, Solas OLED Ltd. filed altogether four patent infringement actions, with two in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, one in the Mannheim District Court in Germany and one in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in China, against the Company and television manufacturers. In December 2020, the parties reached an agreement to amicably settle all claims and all patent infringement actions have been formally dismissed during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Others

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

 

  (b)

Commitments

Factoring and securitization of accounts receivable

The Company has agreements with Korea Development Bank and several other banks for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,015 million (W1,203,283 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2021, there are no short-term borrowings that are outstanding but past due in connection with these agreements. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Company has sold its accounts receivable with recourse.

The Company has a credit facility agreement with Shinhan Bank and several other banks pursuant to which the Company could sell its accounts receivables up to an aggregate of W522,708 million in connection with its domestic and export sales transactions and, as of December 31, 2021, W42,930 million accounts and notes receivable sold to Shinhan Bank and several other banks were outstanding in connection with the agreement. In connection with the contract above, the Company has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

14.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments, Continued

 

Letters of credit

As of December 31, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with financial institutions in relation to the opening of letters of credit and the respective credit limits under the agreements are as follows:

 

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

KEB Hana Bank

     USD 250      W 296,375  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

     USD 50        59,275  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     USD 100        118,550  

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

     USD 200        237,100  

Shinhan Bank

     USD 300        355,650  

KB Kookmin Bank

     USD 100        118,550  

MUFG Bank

     USD 100        118,550  

The Export–Import Bank of Korea

     USD 200        237,100  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     USD 1,300      W 1,541,150  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Payment guarantees

The Company provides payment guarantees to LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd. in connection with the principal amount of term loan credit facilities amounting to USD 957 million (W1,134,128 million).

In addition, the Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 2 million (W2,371 million) from Shinhan Bank for value added tax payments in Poland.

License agreements

As of December 31, 2021, the Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others in relation to its LCD business and patent license agreement with Universal Display Corporation in relation to its OLED business. Also, the Company has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp. and other intellectual property license agreements with various companies as of December 31, 2021.

 

15.

Share Capital and Share Premium

The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value W5,000), and as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021

The Company’s capital surplus consists of share premium. There have been no changes in share premium from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

16.

Retained earnings and Reserves

 

  (a)

Retained earnings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Legal reserve

   W 212,158        212,158  

Other reserve

     68,251        68,251  

Defined benefit plan actuarial income (loss)

     (125,167      38,196  

Unappropriated retained earnings

     6,456,611        5,904,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,611,853        6,223,043  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, details of the Company’s appropriations of retained earnings are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, except for cash dividend per common stock)         
     2021      2020  

Retained earnings before appropriations

     

Unappropriated retained earnings carried over from prior year

   W   5,904,438          6,417,700  

Profit(Loss) for the year

     552,173        (513,262
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,456,611        5,904,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Appropriation of retained earnings (*)

     

Earned surplus reserve

   W 23,258        —    

Cash dividend (Dividend per share
(Dividend ratio): W650(13% of par value))

     232,580        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 255,838        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unappropriated retained earnings carried forward to the following year

   W 6,200,773        5,904,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Expected date of appropriation for the year ended December 31, 2021 is March 23, 2022 and the date of appropriation for the year ended December 31, 2020 is March 23, 2021.

 

  (c)

Reserves

Reserves as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Gain or loss on valuation of derivatives(*)

   W             (9,227      —    

 

(*)

Gain or loss on valuation of derivatives is the effective portion of the gains or losses from derivatives to which cash flow hedging accounting has been applied.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

17.

Revenue

Details of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Sales of goods

   W 28,307,144        22,719,575  

Royalties

     29,706        50,681  

Others

     28,064        29,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 28,364,914        22,799,273  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

18.

The Nature of Expenses and Others

The classification of expenses by nature for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Changes in inventories

   W (712,875      108,177  

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     9,262,023        8,539,506  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,532,888        2,519,199  

Outsourcing

     10,712,848        7,612,513  

Labor

     2,826,561        2,116,004  

Supplies and others

     843,200        643,432  

Utility

     717,347        664,869  

Fees and commissions

     445,531        370,041  

Shipping

     78,566        55,959  

Advertising

     125,992        112,678  

Warranty

     183,193        277,448  

Travel

     54,754        57,210  

Taxes and dues

     63,502        57,199  

Others

     603,281        637,071  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 27,736,811        23,771,306  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

19.

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Salaries

   W      265,397             191,932  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

     21,530        24,697  

Other employee benefits

     53,857        42,475  

Shipping

     53,955        38,106  

Fees and commissions

     167,244        125,125  

Depreciation

     137,906        88,315  

Taxes and dues

     3,351        3,099  

Advertising

     125,992        112,678  

Warranty

     183,193        277,448  

Insurance

     8,755        7,806  

Travel

     4,681        6,070  

Training

     12,261        6,941  

Others

     55,116        40,069  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 1,093,238           964,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

20.

Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Salaries and wages

   W   2,423,319          1,765,366  

Other employee benefits

     337,808        257,427  

Contributions to National Pension plan

     68,177        67,241  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans

     143,382        159,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 2,972,686        2,249,443  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

21.

Other Non-operating Income and Other Non-operating Expenses

 

  (a)

Details of other non-operating income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Foreign currency gain

   W      852,692          1,204,657  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     24,647        43,155  

Gain on disposal of intangible assets

     196        —    

Reversal of impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,152        1,110  

Rental income

     1,803        1,692  

Others

     8,923        14,990  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 889,413        1,265,604  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b)

Details of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Foreign currency loss

   W      786,766          1,281,183  

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     49,871        58,852  

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

     10,662        11,482  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

     —          368  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     29,488        79,593  

Donations

     422        378  

Others

     3,385        8,381  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 880,594        1,440,237  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

22.

Finance Income and Finance Costs

Finance income and costs recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Finance income

    

Interest income

   W 2,511       8,614  

Dividend income

     8,318       8,239  

Foreign currency gain

     23,684       243,071  

Gain on disposal of investments

     —         8,392  

Reversal of impairment loss on investments

     5,956       5,144  

Gain on transaction of derivatives

     9,393       24,759  

Gain on valuation of derivatives

     234,742       —    

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

     2,193       58  

Others

   W 4,868       6,067  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     291,665       304,344  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance costs

    

Interest expense

   W 224,537            221,131  

Foreign currency loss

          309,940       65,404  

Loss on repayment of borrowings

     250       794  

Impairment loss on investments

     2,720       2,104  

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     128       1,870  

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

     195       2,130  

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

     68,421       36,798  

Loss on transaction of derivatives

     1,049       291  

Loss on valuation of derivatives

     21,795       187,344  

Others

     181       1,635  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 629,216       519,501  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

23.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

  (a)

Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Current tax expense (benefit)

     

Current year

   W 4,089        5,172  

Adjustment for prior years(*1)

     42,854        (52,574
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 46,943        (47,402

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     

Origination and reversal of temporary differences and others

   W    (167,864          (361,075

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*2)

     (38,053      (281,030
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (205,917      (642,105
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

   W (158,974      (689,507
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (*1)

Consist of taxable income adjustments related to the transfer price investigation and others and significant portion of such amounts were adjusted to reduce deferred tax expense (see Note 23(d)).

  (*2)

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets consist of tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards.

 

(b)

Income taxes recognized directly in other comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021     2020  
     Before tax     Tax expense      Net of tax     Before tax      Tax expense     Net of tax  

Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets)

   W (220,801     57,438        (163,363     148,436        (38,032     110,404  

Gain (loss) on valuation of derivatives

     (12,495     3,268        (9,227     —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W (233,296     60,706        (172,590     148,436        (38,032     110,404  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

23.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continued

 

  (c)

Reconciliation of the actual effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                 
            2021      2020  

Profit(loss) for the year

   W          552,173          (513,262

Income tax expense (benefit)

          (158,974        (689,507
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Profit(loss) before income tax

          393,199          (1,202,769
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit) using the Company’s statutory tax rate

        26.16     102,861        25.53     (307,067

Non-deductible expenses (non-taxable income)

        0.18     691        0.27     (3,270

Tax credits

        (14.35 %)      (56,439      6.06     (72,884

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets(*1)

        (9.68 %)      (38,053      22.18     (266,771

Adjustment for prior years(*2)

        (32.84 %)      (129,112      3.93     (47,229

Effect on change in tax rate

        (9.83 %)      (38,666      (0.61 %)      7,386  

Others

        (0.07 %)      (256      (0.03 %)      328  
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

   W          (158,974        (689,507
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

          (*3        (*3

 

(*1)

Change in unrecognized deferred tax assets consist of tax effect from recognizing previously unrecognized deferred tax assets in relation to tax credit carry forwards.

(*2)

Adjustment for prior years in 2021 consist of expected amount adjusted for transfer price investigation for prior periods and others.

(*3)

Actual effective tax rate is not calculated due to income tax benefit.

 

  (d)

Tax uncertainties

In relation to the transfer price investigations related to five subsidiaries located in China, the mutual agreement procedures between tax authorities of the Republic of Korea and China for three subsidiaries have been completed and two subsidiaries are ongoing to resolve the double taxation effect. The Company recognized deferred tax assets for the amount which double taxation effect is expected to be eliminated from mutual agreement procedures, however, the Company is exposed to an uncertainty which may results in double taxation.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

 

  (a)

Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities

As of December 31, 2021, in relation to the taxable temporary differences on investments in subsidiaries amounting to W308,402 million, the Company did not recognize deferred tax liabilities since the Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

  (b)

Unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized

Realization of deferred tax assets related to tax credit carryforwards is dependent on whether sufficient taxable income will be generated prior to their expiration and planned tax strategies are realizable. As of December 31, 2021, the amount of unused tax credit carryforwards for which no deferred tax asset is recognized and their expiration dates are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                    
    Total     December 31,
2026
    December 31,
2027
    December 31,
2028
    December 31,
2029
    December 31,
2030
    December 31,
2031
 

Tax credit carryforwards

  W 182,617       16,710       75,626       40,824       40,965       4,593       3,899  

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

24.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Continued

 

  (c)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
     December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
    December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Other accounts receivable, net

   W —          —          (16     (13     (16     (13

Inventories, net

     34,248        38,700        —         —         34,248       38,700  

Defined benefit liabilities

     —          —          (26,642     (35,617     (26,642     (35,617

Accrued expenses

     241,238        115,762        —         —         241,238       115,762  

Property, plant and equipment

     462,577        476,162        —         —         462,577       476,162  

Intangible assets

     15,886        16,226        —         —         15,886       16,226  

Provisions

     68,893        70,125        —         —         68,893       70,125  

Other temporary differences

     68,349        81,585        (2,095     (2,045     66,254       79,540  

Tax loss carryforwards

     886,467        819,133        —         —         886,467       819,133  

Tax credit carryforwards

     489,505        391,769        —         —         489,505       391,769  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 2,267,163        2,009,462        (28,753     (37,675     2,238,410       1,971,787  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (d)

Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    January 1,
2020
    Profit or
loss
    Other
comprehensive
loss
    December 31,
2020
    Profit or loss     Other
comprehensive
income
     December 31,
2021
 

Other accounts

receivable, net

   W (4,364     4,351       —         (13     (3     —          (16

Inventories, net

     78,730       (40,030     —         38,700       (4,452     —          34,248  

Defined benefit

liabilities, net

     —         2,415       (38,032     (35,617     (48,463     57,438        (26,642

Accrued expenses

     120,854       (5,092     —         115,762       125,476       —          241,238  

Property, plant and

equipment

     465,883       10,279       —         476,162       (13,585     —          462,577  

Intangible assets

     19,422       (3,196     —         16,226       (340     —          15,886  

Provisions

     59,875       10,250       —         70,125       (1,232     —          68,893  

Other temporary differences

     52,293       27,247       —         79,540       (16,554     3,268        66,254  

Tax loss carryforwards

     536,684       282,449       —         819,133       67,334       —          886,467  

Tax credit carryforwards

     38,337       353,432       —         391,769       97,736       —          489,505  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   W 1,367,714       642,105       (38,032     1,971,787       205,917       60,706        2,238,410  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

25.

Earnings (Loss) per Share

 

  (a)

Basic earnings (loss) per share for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2021      2020  

Profit (loss) for the year

   W 552,173,088,265        (513,262,046,420

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

     357,815,700        357,815,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   W 1,543        (1,434
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common stocks used for calculating basic earnings(loss) per share.

 

  (b)

Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In won and number of shares)       
     2021  

Profit for the year

   W 552,173,088,265  

Adjustments:

  

Interest expenses of convertible bond, net of income tax

     11,382,390,353  

Loss on fair value valuation of convertible bond, net of income tax

     50,521,798,972  

Diluted profit for the year

     614,077,277,590  

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding after adjustment

     398,804,698  
  

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

   W 1,540  
  

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding, after adjustment, for measurement of diluted earnings per share is determined as follows:

 

(Number of shares)       
     2021  

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding

   W 357,815,700  

Adjustment: Number of common stocks to be issued from conversion

     40,988,998  
  

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common stocks outstanding, after adjustment

   W 398,804,698  
  

 

 

 

Diluted loss per share is not different from basic loss per share as there is no dilution effects of potential common stocks for the year ended December 31, 2020, due to loss. In 2020, 40,988,998 shares of potential common stock to be issued from conversion were not considered from the calculation of weighted-average number of common stocks due to antidilution.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management

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

 

  (a)

Market risk

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

 

  (i)

Currency risk

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

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

The Company adopts policies to ensure that its net exposure is kept to a manageable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates when necessary to address short-term imbalances. In respect of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, the Company manages currency risk through continuously managing the position of foreign currencies, measuring the currency risk and, if necessary, using derivatives such as currency forwards, currency swap and others.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  i)

Exposure to currency risk

The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2021  
     USD     JPY     CNY      PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     800       80       4        1        —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,167       4,462       —          —          —    

Other accounts receivables

     47       70       22        —          —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

     (4,014     (8,296     —          —          —    

Other accounts payable

     (1,144     (4,274     —          —          (3

Financial liabilities

     (2,782     —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (2,926     (7,958     26        1        (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts(*)

     1,545       —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     (1,381     (7,958     26        1        (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*)

Of cross currency interest rate swap contracts, USD 100 million were entered into to hedge currency risk with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and USD 1,445 million were entered into to hedge currency risk and interest rate risk with respect to foreign currency denominated borrowings and bonds.

 

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

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,112       7       41       2        —         —    

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,425       1,782       —         —          —         —    

Other accounts receivables

     79       90       —         —          6       —    

Trade accounts and notes payable

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

Other accounts payable

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

Financial liabilities

     (3,034     —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

     2,225       —         —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     506       (11,739     16       2        5       (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the exchange rates at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate
(year-to-date)
     Reporting date spot rate  
     2021      2020      December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

USD

   W 1,144,10        1,180.46      W 1,185.50        1,088.00  

JPY

     10.42        11.05        10.30        10.54  

CNY

     177.36        170.90        186.26        166.96  

PLN

     296.51        302.95        292.11        292.02  

EUR

     1,353.25        1,345.71        1,342.34        1,338.24  

GBP

     1,573.89        1,513.48        1,600.25        1,482.40  

 

  ii)

Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Company’s assets or liabilities denominated in a foreign currency as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Company considers to be reasonably possible at the end of the reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, would remain constant. The changes in equity and profit or loss would have been as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  
     Equity     Profit
or loss
    Equity     Profit
or loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   W (60,445     (60,445   W 19,957       19,957  

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (3,027     (3,027     (4,486     (4,486

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     179       179       97       97  

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     11       11       21       21  

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     (149     (149     243       243  

GBP (5 percent weakening)

     —         —         (107     (107

A stronger won against the above currencies as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 would have had the equal but opposite effect on the above currencies to the amounts shown above, on the basis that all other variables remain constant.

 

  iii)

Derivatives for cash flow hedge

In relation to forecast export transactions, the Company uses derivative instruments to hedge fluctuations in future cash flows due to foreign currency exchange rate changes. As of December 31, 2021, there is no ineffective portion of the gain or loss on valuation of derivatives to which cash flow hedging accounting has been applied and gain and loss on valuation amounting to W905 million and W13,400 million, respectively, (contracted selling amount: USD 1,200 million, contracted exchange rate: W1,160~1,202.5) are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss). The expected settlement dates of derivative instrument contracts are within six months from December 31, 2021.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (ii)

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk arises principally from the Company’s variable interest-bearing bonds and borrowings. The Company establishes and applies its policy to reduce uncertainty arising from fluctuations in interest rates and to minimize finance cost and manages interest rate risk by monitoring of trends of fluctuations in interest rate and establishing plan for countermeasures. Meanwhile, the Company entered into cross currency interest rate swap contracts amounting to USD 1,445 million (W1,713,048 million) and interest rate swap contracts amounting to W170,000 million in notional amount to hedge interest rate risk with respect to variable interest bearing borrowings.

 

  i)

Profile

The interest rate profile of the Company’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Fixed rate instruments

     

Financial assets

   W 1,027,808        1,297,022  

Financial liabilities

     (5,145,326      (5,792,416
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W (4,117,518      (4,495,394
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

     

Financial liabilities

   W (2,414,773      (2,259,420

 

  ii)

Equity and profit or loss sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for the respective following 12 month periods. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, remain constant.

 

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

December 31, 2021

           

Variable rate instruments(*)

   W (3,928      3,928        (3,928      3,928  

December 31, 2020

           

Variable rate instruments(*)

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

 

(*)

Financial instruments related to non-hedging interest rate swap are excluded from the calculation.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (iii)

Managing interest rate benchmark reform and associated risks

A fundamental reform of major interest rate benchmarks is being undertaken globally, including the replacement of some interbank offered rates (IBORs) with alternative risk-free rates (referred to as ‘IBOR reform’). The publication of LIBOR, except overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month USD LIBORs, was terminated as of December 31, 2021 and the five LIBORs, as mentioned above, will be discontinued by June 30, 2023.

The Company does not have financial instruments affected by discontinued LIBORs. The Company plans to change benchmark interest rate applied to some of its financial instruments from LIBORs to Secured Overnight Financing Rates (SOFRs), an alternative indicator interest rate. For these LIBOR-related financial instruments, the LIBORs are continued to be published. Meanwhile, in the case of the CD rate, an alternative reference rate was selected as the Korea Overnight Financing Repo Rate (KOFR) as part of the reform of the interest rate benchmark. However, unlike LIBOR, the termination of the publication of the CD rate is not scheduled, and the Company does not have plan to change to KOFR.

The Company is exposed to the legal risk of changing the contract of financial instruments due to the reform of the interest rate indicator, as well as the process and operational risks to deal with such changes. In addition, the Company is also exposed to the risk of monitoring the market trend on the alternative index interest rate and establishing a risk management strategy accordingly to manage the risk of the new alternative index interest rate. The Company manages and monitors the transition to alternative interest rate benchmark by evaluating the extent to which a contract references IBOR cash flows, whether such contracts will need to be amended as a result of IBOR reform and how to manage communication about IBOR reform with counterparties.

The Company monitors the transition to an alternative interest rate benchmark by reviewing the total amounts of contracts that have yet to transition to an alternative benchmark rate and the amounts of such contracts that include an appropriate fallback clause. The Company considers that a contract is not yet transitioned to an alternative benchmark rate when interest rate under the contract is indexed to a benchmark rate that is still subject to IBOR reform, even if it includes a fallback clause that deals with the cessation of the existing IBOR. As of December 31, 2021, the total amounts of unreformed contracts and those with appropriate fallback language are as follows, and the financial instruments that will be settled before June 30, 2023 are excluded:

 

(In millions of won)       
     Total amount of unreformed
contracts(*)
 

Non-derivative financial liabilities

  

Borrowings

   W 1,635,990  

Derivative assets

  

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

   W 43,406  

Derivative liabilities

  

Cross currency interest rate swap contracts

   W 7,820  

 

(*)

The company completed the insertion of a fallback clause for all unreformed contracts.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (b)

Credit risk

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

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

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

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

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     December 31,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

     

Cash equivalents

   W 950,847        1,220,098  

Deposits in banks

     76,924        76,863  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     5,051,836        3,797,248  

Non-trade receivables

     77,147        130,217  

Accrued income

     2,792        11,115  

Deposits

     11,542        17,789  

Short-term loans

     22,518        28,491  

Long-term loans

     19,939        13,899  

Long-term non-trade receivables

     5,122        5,797  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,218,667        5,301,517  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

     

Convertible bonds

   W 1,573        1,289  

Derivatives

     65,612        9,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 67,185        10,652  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

     

Derivatives

   W 905        —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

     

Debt instruments

   W 48        72  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 6,286,805        5,312,241  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

In addition to the financial assets above, as of December 31, 2021, the Company provides payment guarantees in connection with the principal amount of credit facilities amounting to USD 957 million (W1,134,128 million) (see note 14).

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

 

  (c)

Liquidity risk

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

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of December 31, 2021.

 

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                    

Borrowings

   W 4,948,538        5,179,140        582,466        441,859        1,769,319        2,385,496        —    

Bonds

     2,611,561        2,531,468        575,029        884,996        329,661        652,467        89,315  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     6,528,451        6,528,451        6,183,078        345,373        —          —          —    

Other accounts payable

     1,726,734        1,728,654        1,623,312        105,342        —          —          —    

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

     1,074,089        1,074,089        1,023,130        50,959        —          —          —    

Long-term other accounts payable

     460,995        547,774        —          —          99,606        249,004        199,164  

Payment guarantee(*2)

     6,208        1,154,117        278,049        159,208        403,596        313,264        —    

Security deposits received

     11,180        11,180        2,860        5,590        2,730        —          —    

Lease liabilities

     5,219        5,385        1,644        1,383        1,891        467        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial liabilities

                    

Derivatives

   W 10,925        8,378        5,473        2,364        541        —          —    

Derivatives for cash flow hedge

     13,400        13,400        13,400        —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 17,397,300        18,782,036        10,288,441        1,997,074        2,607,344        3,600,698        288,479  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

Represents liabilities payable to credit card companies for utility expenses and others paid using enterprise procurement cards. The Company presented the payable to credit card companies as other accounts payable and disclosed related cash flows as operating activities since the Company is using the enterprise procurement cards through agreements with suppliers for transactions arising from purchasing of goods and services, the payment term is within a year from the purchase, as part of the normal operating cycle, and no security is provided. Change in liabilities related to procurement cards for the year ended December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                    
     January 1, 2021      Change
(Cash flows from
operation activities)
    December 31, 2021  

Other accounts payable (enterprise procurement cards)

   W 1,078,150        (4,061     1,074,089  

 

(*2)

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

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

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

 

  (d)

Capital management

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

 

(In millions of won)             
     December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Total liabilities

   W 18,835,304       16,441,967  

Total equity

     10,642,818       10,263,235  

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     1,027,760       1,296,950  

Borrowings (including bonds)

     7,560,099       8,051,836  

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     177     160

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     61     66

 

(*1)

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

(*2)

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (e)

Determination of fair value

 

  (i)

Measurement of fair value

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

 

  i)

Current assets and liabilities

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

 

  ii)

Trade receivables and other receivables

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

 

  iii)

Investments in equity and debt instruments

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

 

  iv)

Non-derivative financial liabilities

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

 

  v)

Derivatives

The inputs used to measure the fair value of currency forward and cross currency interest rate swap are calculated based on the exchange rates and interest rates observable in the market at the reporting date.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (ii)

Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the separate statements of financial position as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Financial assets carried at amortized cost

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   W 950,847        (*)        1,220,098        (*)  

Deposits in banks

     76,924        (*)        76,863        (*)  

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     5,051,836        (*)        3,797,248        (*)  

Non-trade receivables

     77,147        (*)        130,217        (*)  

Accrued income

     2,792        (*)        11,115        (*)  

Deposits

     11,542        (*)        17,789        (*)  

Short-term loans

     22,518        (*)        28,491        (*)  

Long-term loans

     19,939        (*)        13,899        (*)  

Long-term non-trade receivables

     5,122        (*)        5,797        (*)  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W 3,096        3,096        1,381        1,381  

Convertible bonds

     1,573        1,573        1,289        1,289  

Derivatives

     65,612        65,612        9,363        9,363  

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W 905        905        —          —    

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 48        48        72        72  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W 10,925        10,925        167,625        167,625  

Convertible bonds

     1,015,760        1,015,760        861,675        861,675  

Financial liabilities effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W 13,400        13,400        —          —    

Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

           

Borrowings

   W 4,948,538        4,960,360        5,279,920        5,311,440  

Bonds

     1,595,801        1,596,044        1,910,241        1,923,517  

Trade accounts and notes payable

     6,528,451        (*)        4,591,319        (*)  

Other accounts payable

     2,800,823        (*)        2,373,730        (*)  

Long-term other accounts payable

     460,995        (*)        —          (*)  

Payment guarantee liabilities

     6,208        (*)        10,373        (*)  

Security deposits received

     11,180        (*)        12,350        (*)  

Lease liabilities

     5,219        (*)        5,380        (*)  

 

(*)

Excluded from disclosures as the carrying amount approximates fair value.

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  (iii)

Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

 

  i)

Fair value hierarchy

Financial instruments carried at fair value are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques. The different levels have been defined as follows:

 

   

Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

 

   

Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly

 

   

Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  ii)

Financial instruments measured at fair value

Fair value hierarchy classifications of the financial instruments that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          3,096        3,096  

Convertible bonds

     —          —          1,573        1,573  

Derivatives

     —          65,612        —          65,612  

Financial assets effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W —          905        —          905  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 48        —          —          48  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          10,925        —          10,925  

Convertible bonds

     1,015,760        —          —          1,015,760  

Financial liabilities effective for cash flow hedging

           

Derivatives

   W —          13,400        —          13,400  
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

           

Equity instruments

   W —          —          1,381        1,381  

Convertible bonds

     —          —          1,289        1,289  

Derivatives

     —          9,363        —          9,363  

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

           

Debt instruments

   W 72        —          —          72  

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

           

Derivatives

   W —          167,625        —          167,625  

Convertible bonds

     861,675        —          —          861,675  

 

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26.

Financial Risk Management, Continued

 

  iii)

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

Fair value hierarchy classifications, valuation technique and inputs for fair value measurements of the financial instruments not measured at fair value but for which the fair value is disclosed as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    December 31, 2021      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

              

Borrowings

   W —          —          4,960,360       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 

Bonds

     —          —          1,596,044       
Discounted
cash flow
 
 
    
Discount
rate
 
 
(In millions of won)    December 31, 2020      Valuation
technique
     Input  

Classification

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

              

Borrowings

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

Bonds

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

 

  iv)

The interest rates applied for determination of the above fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

     December 31,
2021
  December 31,
2020
Borrowings, bonds and others    2.21~4.38%   2.15~4.46%

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

27.

Leases

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

 

  (i)

Right-of-use assets

Right-of-use assets are presented as property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (see Note 9(a)).

Changes in right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                     
     2021  
     Buildings     Land     Machinery and
equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

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

Additions

     7,759       40       867       3,785       49       12,500  

Depreciation

     (8,409     (40     (1,097     (3,088     (8     (12,642
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 32       36       983       4,198       41       5,290  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
(In millions of won)                                     
     2020  
     Buildings     Land     Machinery
and equipment
    Vehicles     Others     Total  

Balance at January 1

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

Additions

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

Depreciation

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (ii)

Amounts recognized in profit or loss not from right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Interest on lease liabilities

   W (298     (590

Expenses relating to short-term leases

     (330     (976

Expenses relating to leases of low-value assets

     (554     (70

 

  (iii)

Changes in lease liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2021     2020  

Balance at January 1

   W 5,380       6,557  

Additions

     12,200       10,606  

Interest expense

     298       590  

Repayment of liabilities

     (12,659     (12,373
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

   W 5,219       5,380  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

28.

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                              
     January 1,
2021
           Non-cash transactions  
     Cash flows
from
financing
activities
    Reclassification     Gain or
loss on
foreign
currency
translation
     Effective
interest
adjustment
     Others     December 31,
2021
 

Short-term borrowings

   W 326,400        (355,980     —         29,580        —          —         —    

Current portion of long-term borrowings and bonds(*)

     1,769,735        (2,314,432     2,835,202       160,134        10,078        68,671       2,529,388  

Payment guarantee

liabilities

     10,373        5,009       —         —          —          (9,174     6,208  

Long-term borrowings

     4,007,160        1,298,346       (1,365,340     94,569        —          —         4,034,735  

Bonds

     1,948,541        498,027       (1,469,862     9,732        9,538        —         995,976  

Lease liabilities

     5,380        (12,659     —         —          —          12,498       5,219  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   W 8,067,589        (881,689     —         294,015        19,616        71,995       7,571,526  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*)

Others include W68,421 million of loss on valuation of financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others

 

  (a)

Related parties

Related parties as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

Classification

  

Description

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

Entity that has significant influence over the

Company

   LG Electronics Inc.

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant

influence over the Company

   Subsidiaries of LG Electronics Inc.

 

(*)

Details of subsidiaries and associates are described in Note 8.

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (b)

Significant transactions such as sales of goods and purchases of raw material and outsourcing service and others, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2021  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase
of raw
material
and others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Subsidiaries

                 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 13,652,084        —          —          —          —          43  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     2,300,278        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Germany GmbH

     2,208,373        —          —          —          —          24,149  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     2,164,693        —          —          —          —          1,093  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     34,394        —          5,459        —          1,747,273        23,103  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     780,145        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     12,413        —          7,089        —          2,486,141        21,944  

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     490,993        —          —          —          —          17  

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     585        —          18,586        —          603,473        9,206  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     2,881        —          1,708,573        3,108        —          2,030  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     2,041,539        —          —          —          —          395  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     403,094        4,250        1        —          —          401  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     207        —          —          —          —          22,272  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     1,522,700        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     23,868        —          46,992        —          2,533,844        15,482  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     348,556        —          50,628        —          —          3  

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

     19,951        —          2,321        —          2,729,188        6,077  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 26,006,754        4,250        1,839,649        3,108        10,099,919        126,215  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2021  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
Others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Associates

                 

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W —          —          492        —          —          79  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     —          200        713        —          72,156        1,485  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          3,668        365,400        —          —          2,734  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          200        10,337        44,732        —          9,824  

Cynora

     —          —          10        —          —          —    

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          187        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W —          4,068        377,139        44,732        72,156        14,122  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 264,044        —          11,666        195,222        —          119,639  

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2021  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 97,475        —          —          —          —          418  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     414,806        —          —          —          —          1,445  

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

     —          —          —          —          —          1,011  

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

     39,153        —          —          —          —          89  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          139  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     106,469        —          —          —          —          129  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     3,333        —          140        451        —          85,471  

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     272,316        —          —          —          —          574  

Others

     33,529        —          44        —          —          14,207  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 967,081        —          184        451        —          103,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 27,237,879        8,318        2,228,638        243,513        10,172,075        363,459  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase
of raw
material
and others
     Acquisition of
property,
plant and
equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Subsidiaries

                 

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 11,375,998        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     1,905,919        —          —          —          —          12  

LG Display Germany GmbH

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

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     1,423,566        —          —          —          —          972  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

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

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     758,404        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Poland Sp. z o.o.

     8,392        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

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

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     550,715        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

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

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

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

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     1,159,958        —          —          —          —          624  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     330,760        —          —          —          —          439  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     208        —          —          —          —          18,745  

Global OLED Technology, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          5,472  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     1,361,805        —          —          —          —          —    

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

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

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     272,678        —          21,680        —          —          —    

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

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
Others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Associates

                 

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W —          —          50        —          —          35  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     22        200        80        —          74,070        1,112  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

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

YAS Co., Ltd.

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

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          93        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics Inc.

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

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)    2020  
                   Purchase and others  
     Sales and
others
     Dividend
income
     Purchase of raw
material and
others
     Acquisition of
property, plant
and equipment
     Outsourcing
fees
     Other
costs
 

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

                 

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

   W 53,441        —          —          —          —          173  

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     332,977        —          —          —          —          1,125  

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

     —          —          —          —          —          1,044  

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

     29,565        —          —          —          —          52  

LG Electronics RUS, LLC

     —          —          —          —          —          303  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E.

     69,853        —          —          —          —          375  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     4,599        —          664        —          —          76,530  

Qingdao LG Inspur Digital Communication Co., Ltd.

     7,065        —          —          —          —          —    

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     157,820        —          —          —          —          164  

Others

     26,673        —          12        —          —          10,911  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 681,993        —          676        —          —          90,677  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (c)

Trade accounts and notes receivable and payable as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     Trade accounts and notes receivable and
others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Subsidiaries

           

LG Display America, Inc.

   W 1,851,411        1,341,210        25        5  

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     462,618        344,276        5        12  

LG Display Germany GmbH

     586,120        287,359        23,593        7  

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     445,830        296,556        151        95  

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     334        2,465        613,161        385,925  

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     499,770        319,033        5        11  

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     691        1,337        774,672        341,389  

LG Display Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd.

     418,302        498,483        —          —    

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     97,129        27,327        15        —    

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     —          —          76,722        140,076  

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     3,805        1,394        215,709        314,934  

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     172,755        218,280        1        10  

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

     72,298        41,971        224,941        149,845  

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     —          —          5,261        1,773  

LG Display Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     9,088        16,632        993,392        605,531  

Suzhou Lehui Display Co., Ltd.

     76,396        46,760        8,863        16,047  

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

     4,914        10,821        715,930        388,053  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,701,461        3,453,904        3,652,446        2,343,713  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes receivable and
others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Associates

           

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W 878        —          157        18  

AVATEC Co., Ltd.

     3        —          2,748        2,714  

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     —          —          79,302        84,095  

YAS Co., Ltd.

     —          —          14,773        9,134  

Material Science Co., Ltd.

     —          —          99        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 881        —          97,079        95,961  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Entity that has significant influence over the Company

           

LG Electronics Inc.

   W 66,247        93,749        92,323        75,290  

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

(In millions of won)       
     Trade accounts and notes receivable and
others
     Trade accounts and notes payable
and others
 
     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020      December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  

Subsidiaries of the entity that has significant influence over the Company

           

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

   W 711        80        31,184        25,330  

LG Electronics Reynosa S.A. DE C.V

     —          —          10        50  

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

     5,625        3,043        —          5  

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

     7,319        3,697        111        —    

LG Electronics Vietnam Haiphong Co., Ltd.

     52,327        36,417        243        16  

LG Electronics Egypt S.A.E

     19,489        13,359        —          —    

P.T. LG Electronics Indonesia

     15,555        48,677        32        —    

Others

     3,754        2,302        3,155        1,192  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 104,780        107,575        34,735        26,593  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,873,369        3,655,228        3,876,583        2,541,557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (d)

Details of significant financing transactions such as granting and collecting loans, which occurred in the normal course of business with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021  

Associates

   Loans      Collection
of loans
 

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd.

   W 878        —    

There were no significant financing transactions with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (e)

Conglomerate Transactions

Transactions, trade accounts and notes receivable and payable, and others between the Company and certain companies and their subsidiaries included in LG Group, one of the conglomerates in the Republic of Korea according to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows. These entities are not related parties according to K-IFRS No. 1024, Related Party Disclosures.

 

(In millions of won)                            
     For the year ended December 31, 2021      December 31, 2021  
     Sales
and others
     Purchase and
others
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable

and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LX International Corp. and its subsidiaries

(formerly, LG International Corp.)(*1)

   W 549,184        101,044        27,279        13,892  

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,348        —          163  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     150        377,981        2,944        66,535  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries

     313        260,319        5,862        121,637  

LX Semicon Co., Ltd.

(formerly, Silicon Works Co., Ltd)(*2)

     2,551        442,654        117        86,346  

LG Corp.

     —          68,420        6,754        11,193  

LG Management Development Institute

     —          21,055        3,480        205  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     89        234,822        98        143,367  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          71        —          50  

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          23,519        —          11,931  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          2,189        —          1,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 552,287        1,534,422        46,534        456,994  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*1)

LG International Corp. renamed its name as LX International Corp. on July 1, 2021.

(*2)

Silicon Work Co., Ltd. renamed its name as LX Semicon Co., Ltd. on July 1, 2021.

 

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Notes to the Separate Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

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

and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and
others
 

LG International Corp. and its subsidiaries

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

LG Uplus Corp.

     —          2,121        —          151  

LG Chem Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     1,071        440,577        2        81,929  

S&I Corp. and its subsidiaries

     324        180,027        5,864        56,014  

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

     36        460,009        —          74,419  

LG Corp.

     —          57,200        6,799        1,417  

LG Management Development Institute

     —          8,294        3,480        351  

LG CNS Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     228        144,408        251        79,708  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and its subsidiaries

     —          63        —          —    

G2R Inc. and its subsidiaries

     —          38,487        —          8,851  

Robostar Co., Ltd.

     —          1,132        —          814  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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29.

Related Parties and Others, Continued

 

  (f)

Key management personnel compensation    

Compensation costs of key management for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Short-term benefits

   W 3,747        2,233  

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     366        346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   W 4,113        2,579  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

30.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2021      2020  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

     

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

   W 391,653        (8,824

Changes in other accounts payable arising from the purchase of intangible assets

     459,972        99,693  

Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities

     12,500        11,193  

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    LG Display Co., Ltd.
    (Registrant)
Date: March 15, 2022     By:  

/s/ Suk Heo

      (Signature)
    Name:  

Suk Heo

    Title:   Director / Head of IR Division