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 May 2013

LG Display Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, Republic of Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

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

Form 20-F  x             Form 40-F  ¨

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Yes  ¨            No  x


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QUARTERLY REPORT

(From January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013)

THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE QUARTERLY 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” AND “Q3” OF A FISCAL YEAR ARE REFERENCES TO THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, JUNE 30 AND SEPTEMBER 30, RESPECTIVELY, OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR.

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      4   
  A.  

Name and contact information

     4   
  B.  

Domestic credit rating

     4   
  C.  

Capitalization

     5   
  D.  

Voting rights

     6   
  E.  

Dividends

     6   
2.   Business      7   
  A.  

Business overview

     7   
  B.  

Industry

     7   
  C.  

New businesses

     9   
3.   Major Products and Raw Materials      11   
  A.  

Major products

     11   
  B.  

Average selling price trend of major products

     11   
  C.  

Major raw materials

     11   
4.   Production and Equipment      12   
  A.  

Production capacity and output

     12   
  B.  

Production performance and utilization ratio

     12   
  C.  

Investment plan

     13   
5.   Sales      13   
  A.  

Sales performance

     13   
  B.  

Sales route and sales method

     13   
6.   Market Risks and Risk Management      14   
  A.  

Market risks

     14   
  B.  

Risk management

     14   
7.   Derivative Contracts      15   
  A.  

Currency risks

     15   
  B.  

Interest rate risks

     15   
8.   Major Contracts      15   

 

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9.   Research & Development      16   
  A.  

Summary of R&D-related expenditures

     16   
  B.  

R&D achievements

     16   
10.   Intellectual Property      22   
11.   Environmental Matters      22   
12.   Financial Information      25   
  A.  

Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS)

     25   
  B.  

Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS)

     27   
  C.  

Consolidated subsidiaries

     28   
  D.  

Status of equity investment

     28   
13.   Audit Information      30   
  A.  

Audit service

     30   
  B.  

Non-audit service

     30   
14.   Board of Directors      30   
  A.  

Independence of directors

     30   
  B.  

Members of the board of directors

     31   
  C.  

Committees of the board of directors

     31   
15.   Information Regarding Shares      32   
  A.  

Total number of shares

     32   
  B.  

Shareholder list

     32   
16.   Directors and Employees      32   
  A.  

Directors

     32   
  B.  

Employees

     33   

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 150-721, Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, and our telephone number is +82-2-3777-1010. Our website address is http://www.lgdisplay.com.

B. Domestic credit rating

 

Subject
instruments

  

Month of rating

   Credit
rating
  

Rating agency

(Rating range)

Commercial

Paper

 

 

   January 2006    A1   

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

(A1 ~ D)

   June 2006      
   December 2006      
   June 2007      
   December 2007      
   September 2008      
   December 2008          
   June 2006    A1   

Korea Investors Service, Inc.

(A1 ~ D)

   January 2007      
   June 2007      
   December 2007      
   September 2008      

Corporate

Debenture

   June 2006    AA-   

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

(AAA ~ D)

   December 2006      
   June 2007    A+   
   September 2008        
   July 2009    AA-   
   October 2009    AA-   
   February 2010      
   May 2010      
   December 2010      
   August 2011      
   June 2012      
   October 2012      
  

March 2013

 

     

 

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   June 2006    AA-   

Korea Investors Service, Inc.

(AAA ~ D)

   January 2007      
   June 2007    A+   
   September 2008        
   July 2009      
   December 2009      
   February 2010      
   May 2010      
   August 2010      
   February 2011    AA-   
   April 2011      
   August 2011      
   October 2011      
   June 2012      
   October 2012          
  

 

October 2009

     
   December 2009      
   August 2010      
   December 2010      
   February 2011    AA-    Korea Ratings Corporation
   April 2011       (AAA ~ D)
  

July 2011

     
   October 2011      
   June 2012      
     March 2013          

C. Capitalization

(1) Change in capital stock (as of March 31, 2013)

(Unit: Won, Share)

 

Date

   Description   Change in number of
common shares
   Face amount
per share

July 23, 2004

   Offering (1)   33,600,000    5,000

September 8, 2004

   Follow-on offering (2)   1,715,700    5,000

July 27, 2005

   Follow-on offering (3)   32,500,000    5,000

 

(1) ADSs offering: 24,960,000 shares (US$30 per share, US$15 per ADS) / Initial public offering in Korea: 8,640,000 shares (₩34,500 per share)
(2) ADSs offering: 1,715,700 shares (₩34,500 per share) pursuant to the exercise of greenshoe option by the underwriters

 

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(3) ADSs offering: 32,500,000 shares (US$42.64 per share, US$21.32 per ADS)

(2) Convertible bonds

Not applicable.

D. Voting rights (as of March 31, 2013)

(Unit: share)

 

Description

   Number of shares  

A. Total number of shares issued:

   Common shares      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

   Common shares      —     

articles of incorporation:

   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      —     

E. Dividends

Dividends for the three most recent fiscal years

 

Description (unit)

   2012      2011     2010  

Par value (Won)

     5,000         5,000        5,000   

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

     28,549         (991,032     1,002,648   

Earnings per share (Won) (2)

     80         (2,770     2,802   

Total cash dividend amount for the period (million Won)

     —           —          178,908   

Total stock dividend amount for the period (million Won)

     —           —          —     

Cash dividend payout ratio (%)

     —           —          17.8   

Cash dividend yield (%) (3)

     —           —          1.3   

Stock dividend yield (%)

     —           —          —     

Cash dividend per share (Won)

     —           —          500   

Stock dividend per share (share)

     —           —          —     

 

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(1) Profit (loss) for the period based on separate K-IFRS.
(2) Earnings per share is based on par value of ₩5,000 per share and is calculated by dividing net income by weighted average number of common stock.
(3) 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 stock 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.

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 display panels, applying technologies such as TFT-LCD, LTPS-LCD and OLED.

As of March 31, 2013, we operated TFT-LCD and OLED production facilities and a LCD research center in Paju, Korea and TFT-LCD production facilities in Gumi, Korea. We have also established subsidiaries in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

As of March 31, 2013, our business consisted of the manufacture and sale of LCD and OLED panels and monitor products. Because our non-LCD business represented an extremely small portion of our assets and revenues as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013, we have included them as part of our LCD reporting business segment.

2013 Q1 consolidated operating results highlights

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

2013 Q1

   LCD business  

Sales Revenue

     6,803   

Gross Profit

     704   

Operating Profit (Loss)

     151   

B. Industry

(1) Industry characteristics and growth potential

 

  - TFT-LCD technology is one of the widely used technologies in the manufacture of flat panel displays, and the demand for flat panel displays is growing. The flat panel display industry is characterized by entry barriers due to rapidly evolving technology, capital-intensive characteristics, and the significant investments required to achieve economies of scale, among other factors. There is intense competition among the players in the industry, and the industry as a whole has experienced continued growth in its production capacity in response to growth in demand for flat panel displays.

 

  - The demand for LCD panels for notebook computers and monitors has stagnated due to market maturation. The demand for LCD panels for television sets has been growing as digital broadcasting is becoming more common and as LCD television has come to play an important role in the digital display market. In addition, the demand for LCD panels for tablets, smartphones, industrial products and automobile displays, among others, has shown continued growth.

 

  - The average selling prices of LCD panels may continue to decline with time irrespective of general business cycles as a result of, among other factors, technology advancements and cost reductions.

 

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(2) Cyclicality

 

  - The TFT-LCD business is highly cyclical. In spite of the increased demand for products, this industry has experienced periodic volatility caused by imbalances between supply and demand due to capacity expansion 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.

(3) Market conditions

 

  - Since 2011, due to a general overcapacity and slowdown in growth in the TFT-LCD industry, TFT-LCD panel makers have slowed their respective rates of production capacity growth, while a number of them are pursuing other strategic alternatives such as mergers or formation of new alliances.

 

  - Most TFT-LCD panel makers are located in Asia.

 

       a. Korea: LG Display, Samsung Display, Hydis Technologies, etc.

 

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

 

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

 

       d. China: BOE, CSOT, etc.

(4) Market shares

 

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

 

     2013 Q1 (1)   2012(2)   2011 (3)

Panels for Notebook Computers (4)

   39.6%   34.5%   34.9%

Panels for Monitors

   33.9%   32.3%   28.3%

Panels for Televisions (5)

   25.6%   25.2%   24.7%

Total

   29.8%   28.4%   27.3%

 

(1) Source: 2013 Q1 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report.
(2) Source: 2012 Q4 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report.
(3) Source: 2011 Q4 DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report (advanced version with LED backlight).
(4) Includes panels for netbooks and tablets.
(5) Includes panels for public displays.

(5) Competitiveness

 

  - Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside our control, including product pricing, our relationship with customers, successful and timely investment and product development, cost competitiveness, success in marketing to our end-brand customers, component and raw material supply costs, foreign exchange rates and general economic and industry conditions.

 

  - In order to compete effectively, it is critical to be cost competitive and maintain stable and long-term relationships with customers which will enable us to be profitable even in a buyer’s market.

 

  - A substantial portion of our sales is attributable to a limited number of end-brand customers and their designated system integrators. The loss of these end-brand customers, as a result of customers entering into strategic supplier arrangements with our competitors or otherwise, would result in reduced sales.

 

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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 by obtaining patents and undertaking monitoring activities in our major markets. 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 new technologies and products, including in the categories of three-dimensional (“3D”), touch screens and next generation displays. With respect to 3D technology, we have commenced mass production of high definition 3D panels with reduced degrees of “crosstalk,” or the degree of 3D image overlapping, of less than 1% (which is less than what the human eye can perceive). We have also acquired the technical skills and have established a supply chain management system that enables us to provide one-stop solutions to our customers with respect to touch module products. In addition, we have shown that we are technologically a step ahead of the competition by developing products such as 10.1-inch flexible LCDs, 2.6 mm thin televisions (the thinnest in the world at the time) and 19-inch flexible e-papers. We are a leader in large OLED panel display technology, as demonstrated by our 55-inch OLED display panel unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2012, which was the largest OLED panel at the time.

 

  - Moreover, we entered into long-term sales contracts with major global firms to secure customers and expand partnerships for technology development.

C. New businesses

 

  - In order to meet the rapidly increasing market demand for large TFT-LCD panels, we commenced mass production at P83, an eighth generation fabrication line located in our P8 facility, and P9, a new eighth generation production facility, in March 2011 and June 2012, respectively.

 

  - We also plan to strengthen our market position in future display technologies by strengthening our OLED business, accelerating the development of flexible display technologies and maintaining our leadership position in the LED backlight LCD market.

 

  - We are making an effort to increase our competitiveness, including in the LCD component parts market, by forming cooperative relationships with suppliers and purchasers of our products. As part of this effort, in March 2005, we established a joint venture company, Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd., with Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. We invested ₩14.4 billion in return for a 40% interest in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. In November 2010 and April 2011, we invested an additional ₩14.8 billion and ₩4.4 billion, respectively, in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd. but the additional investments did not change our percentage interest in Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

 

  - As part of our strategy to expand our production capacity overseas, we signed an investment agreement and a joint venture agreement in November 2009 with the City of Guangzhou, China, to build an eighth-generation panel fabrication facility in China and held a groundbreaking ceremony in May 2012. In December 2012, we established a joint venture company, LG Display (China) Co., Ltd., with Guangzhou GET Technologies Development Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen SKYWORTH-RGB Electronics Co., Ltd. to manufacture and sell eighth-generation panels. We made an initial investment of US$28 million and acquired a 70% equity interest in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. In March 2013, we made an additional investment of US$112 million, but the additional investment did not change our percentage interest in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

 

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  - In December 2009, we acquired a 30.6% limited partnership interest in LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16. Under the limited partnership agreement, we agreed to invest a total amount of ₩30 billion in the fund, and as of December 31, 2010, we had invested ₩8.3 billion in the fund. By becoming a limited partner of this fund, our aim is to seek direct investment opportunities as well as to receive benefits from the investment. In February 2011, we received a distribution of ₩1.4 billion from the fund, and in March and April 2011, we invested an additional ₩1.9 billion and ₩3.1 billion, respectively, in the fund. In June 2011, we received a further distribution of ₩0.7 billion as return of principal and ₩0.9 billion as dividends and we invested an additional ₩1.2 billion in the fund. In December 2011, we invested an additional ₩2.0 billion in the fund. In April, July and September 2012, we received distributions of ₩1.0 billion, ₩0.8 billion and ₩1.8 billion from the fund, respectively. In each of September, November and December 2012, we invested an additional ₩1.5 billion in the fund. In March 2013, we received a distribution of ₩1.1 billion. The additional investments did not change our investment commitment amount of ₩30 billion or our limited partnership interest in the fund, which remained at 30.6%.

 

  - In November 2010, in order to strengthen our e-book business, we acquired a 100% equity interest in Image & Materials, Inc., a company that develops and manufactures e-book deposition equipment components, at a purchase price of ₩35 billion. In each of June 2011, September 2011 and February 2012, we invested an additional ₩3.0 billion in Image & Materials, Inc.

 

  - In October 2010, in order to strengthen our competitiveness in the e-book market, we entered into a joint venture with Iriver Ltd. and established L&I Electronics Technology (Dongguan) Limited, a company that specializes in e-book manufacturing, in Dongguan, China. We invested US$2.6 million and acquired a 51% equity interest in L&I Electronics Technology (Dongguan) Limited. In April 2013, we made an additional investment of CNY 37 million and increased our equity interest in L&I Electronics Technology (Dongguan) Limited to 100%.

 

  - In November 2010, in order to build Backlight-Module-System (BMS) lines that would help differentiate our technical skills from those of our competitors and increase our cost competitiveness, we entered into a joint venture with Compal Electronics, Inc., a Taiwanese company, and established LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd. in Kunshan, China. We invested US$2.3 million and acquired a 51% equity interest in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd. In February and April 2011, we invested an additional US$ 3.1 million and US$2.3 million, respectively, in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd., but the additional investments did not change our percentage interest in LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Ltd.

 

  - In April 2011, in order to enhance the product quality and assist the local development of coaters, a component used in our TFT-LCD products, we invested ₩20 billion and acquired a 16.6% interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation, a Korean equipment manufacturer. In June 2011, we invested an additional ₩10.0 billion and acquired a further 7.7% interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation. As of June 30, 2012, we held a 23% equity interest in Narae Nanotech Corporation.

 

  - In December 2011, in order to improve our cost competitiveness with respect to the glass substrate etching stage of our TFT-LCD panel manufacturing process, we invested ₩10.6 billion and acquired a 20.3% interest in Avatec Co., Ltd., a third party glass substrate etching processor. Avatec Co., Ltd. increased its paid-in capital in October 2012 and January 2013. We did not subscribe to additional equity on those occasions and, as a result, our equity interest in Avatec Co., Ltd. was diluted to 16.3% after the January 2013 paid-in capital increase.

 

  - In December 2011, in order to expand our module production capacity, we established LG Display U.S.A. Inc. in Texas, United States, and LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V. in Reynosa, Mexico. We invested in the form of paid-in capital ₩12.4 billion and ₩92 million in LG Display U.S.A. Inc. and LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V., respectively. We currently own a 100% interest in LG Display U.S.A. Inc. and a 1% interest in LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V. LG Display U.S.A. Inc. owns the remaining 99% interest in LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

 

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  - In April 2012, in order to improve our cost competitiveness with respect to tempered glass used for touch screens, we invested ₩2.0 billion and acquired a 19.8% interest in Glonix Co., Ltd.

3. Major Products and Raw Materials

A. Major products

We manufacture TFT-LCD panels, of which a significant majority is exported overseas.

(Unit: In billions of Won, except percentages)

 

Business

area

   Sales
Type
   Items (Market)  

Usage

   Major
trademark
        Sales in 2013 Q1 (%)  

TFT-LCD

   Product/
Service/
Other Sales
   TFT-LCD
(Overseas 
(1))
  Panels for notebook computers, monitors, televisions, smartphones, tablets, etc    LG Display           6,113 (89.9%)     
      TFT-LCD
(Korea 
(1))
  Panels for notebook computers, monitors, televisions, smartphones, tablets, etc    LG Display           690 (10.1%)     

Total

                   6,803 (100.0%)   

 

- Period: January 1, 2013 ~ March 31, 2013.
(1) Based on ship-to-party.

B. Average selling price trend of major products

The average selling price of LCD panels per square meter of net display area shipped in the first quarter of 2013 decreased by approximately 4% from the fourth quarter of 2012, largely as a result of a decrease in the proportion of small- to medium-sized products in our product mix due to a decrease in seasonal demand. There is no assurance that the average selling prices of LCD panels will not fluctuate in the future due to imbalances in supply and demand.

(Unit: US$ / m2)

 

Description

   2013 Q1      2012 Q4      2012 Q3      2012 Q2  

TFT-LCD panel (1)(2)

     770         802         733         701   

 

(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

TFT-LCD

   Raw
Materials
   Glass    LCD panel

manufacturing

     593         14.2  

Samsung Corning Precision

Glass Co., Ltd., Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., etc.

      Backlight         1,201         28.8   Heesung Electronics Ltd., etc.
      Polarizer         626         15.0   LG Chem, etc.
      Others         1,749         42.0   -

Total

              4,169         100.0   -

 

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- Period: January 1, 2013 ~ March 31, 2013.
(1) Based on total cost for purchase of raw materials which includes manufacturing and development costs, etc.

4. Production and Equipment

A. Production capacity and output

(1) Production capacity

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

(Unit: 1,000 Glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items      Location of facilities      2013 1Q (1)      2012 (2)      2011 (2)  

TFT-LCD

     TFT-LCD         Gumi, Paju         2,043         9,195         8,376   

 

(1) Calculated based on the maximum monthly input capacity (based on glass input substrate size for eighth generation glass sheets) during the period multiplied by the number of months in the period (i.e., 3 months).
(2) 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).

(2) Production output

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

(Unit: 1,000 Glass sheets)

 

Business area

   Items      Location of facilities      2013 1Q      2012      2011  

TFT-LCD

     TFT-LCD         Gumi, Paju         1,883         7,853         6,850   

 

- Based on glass input substrate size for eighth generation glass sheets.

B. Production performance and utilization ratio

(Unit: Hours, except percentages)

 

Production facilities

   Available working hours
in 2013 1Q
   Actual working hours
in 2013 1Q
   Average
utilization ratio
Gumi    2,160 (1)

(90 days) (2)

   2,056 (1)

(86 days) (2)

   95.2%
Paju (3)    2,160 (1)

(90 days) (2)

   2,160 (1)

(90 days) (2)

   100.0%

 

(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.

 

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(3) Includes P98, which commenced mass production in June 2012.

C. Investment plan

In 2013, we expect that our capital expenditures on a cash out basis will be no more than ₩4 trillion or, on a delivery basis, between approximately ₩4 trillion and ₩4.5 trillion, primarily to fund the expansion of our OLED and LTPS-based panel production capacities, as well as other expansions and improvements to our existing facilities. Such amount is subject to change depending on business conditions and market environment.

5. Sales

A. Sales performance

(Unit: In billions of Won)

 

Business area

   Sales types      Items (Market)   2013 Q1      2012      2011  

TFT-LCD

     Products, etc.         TFT-LCD       Overseas (1)     6,113         27,280         22,328   
         Korea ( 1)     690         2,150         1,963   
         Total     6,803         29,430         24,291   

(1) Based on ship-to-party.

B. Sales route and sales method

(1) Sales organization

 

  - As of March 31, 2013, each of our Television Business Unit and IT/Mobile Business Unit 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.

(2) Sales route

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

 

  - LG Display HQ 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

 

  - LG Display HQ and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries g System integrators and end-brand customers g End users

(3) 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 of LCD panels.

(4) Sales strategy

 

  - Our strategy is to secure stable sales to major personal computer makers and leading consumer electronics makers globally, strengthen sales of high-resolution, IPS, narrow bezel and other high-end display panels in the tablet, notebook computer and monitor markets and display panels larger than 55 inches in the television market and maintain our position as market leader in the market for high-end ultra-high definition (“UHD”), 3D FPR and other differentiated television panels.

 

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  - In the smartphone, industrial products (including aviation and medical equipment) and automobile displays segment, our strategy is to continue to build a strong and diversified business portfolio by expanding our business with customers with a global reach on the strength of our high-end products applying IPS technology.

(5) Purchase orders

 

  - Customers generally place purchase orders with us one month prior to delivery. Our customary practice for procuring orders from our customers and delivering our products to such customers is as follows:

 

  - Receive order from customer (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.) g Headquarter is notified g Manufacture product g Ship product (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.) g Sell product (overseas sales subsidiaries, etc.)

6. Market Risks and Risk Management

A. Market risks

Our industry continues to experience continued 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 TFT-LCD industry is highly competitive. We have experienced pressure on the prices and margins of our major products due largely to additional industry capacity from panel makers in Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan. Our main competitors in the industry include Samsung Display, Hydis Technologies, AU Optronics, Innolux, CPT, HannStar, Japan Display, Sharp, Panasonic LCD, BOE and CSOT.

Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside our control, including product pricing, performance and reliability, 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 compete successfully with our competitors on these fronts and, as a result, we may be unable to sustain our current market position.

Our results of operations are subject to exchange rate fluctuations. To the extent that we incur costs in one currency and generate sales in a different currency, 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 and Japanese Yen. Our risk management policy regarding foreign currency risk is to minimize the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on our foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

B. Risk management

The average selling prices of display panels have declined in general and could continue to decline with time irrespective of industry-wide cyclical fluctuations. Certain contributing factors for this decline will be beyond our ability to control and manage. However, in anticipation of such price decline we have continued to develop new technologies and have implemented various cost reduction measures. In addition, in order to manage our risk against foreign currency fluctuations, we may from time to time enter into cross-currency interest rate swap contracts and foreign currency forward contracts.

 

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7. Derivative Contracts

A. 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 Japanese Yen and the Euro.

 

  - We generally use forward exchange contracts with a maturity of less than one year to hedge against currency risks.

 

  - 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 and the U.S. dollar.

 

  - In respect of other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, we ensure that our net exposure is kept to an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates, when necessary, to address short-term imbalances. In addition, we also adjust the factoring volumes of foreign currency denominated receivables and utilize usances as means of settling accounts payable relating to capital expenditures for our facilities, in response to currency fluctuations.

B. Interest rate risks

 

  - Our exposure to interest rate risks relates primarily to our long term debt obligations. As of March 31, 2013, we had no interest swap contracts outstanding.

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

agreement

  

Semiconductor Energy

Laboratory

   October 2005 ~    Patent licensing of LCD and OLED related technology
  

Fergason Patent

Properties

   October 2007 ~    Patent licensing of LCD driving technology
     Hewlett-Packard    January 2011 ~    Patent licensing of semi-conductor device technology

Technology

licensing/supply

agreement

  

Chunghwa Picture

Tubes

   November 2007 ~    Patent cross-licensing of LCD technology
  

HannStar Display

Corporation

   November 2009 ~    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, etc.

 

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9. Research & Development

A. Summary of R&D-related expenditures

(Unit: In millions of Won, except percentages)

 

Items

   2013 1Q     2012     2011  

Material Cost

     108,605        494,422        550,200   

Labor Cost

     128,518        412,805        365,375   

Depreciation Expense

     85,519        259,467        217,874   

Others

     67,745        206,093        180,582   

Total R&D-Related Expenditures

     390,387        1,372,787        1,314,031   

Accounting Treatment

   Selling & Administrative Expenses      96,274        301,239        248,328   
   Manufacturing Cost      270,505        873,323        942,015   
   Development Cost (Intangible Assets)      23,608        198,225        123,688   

R&D-Related Expenditures / Revenue Ratio

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

     5.7     4.7     5.4

B. R&D achievements

Achievements in 2011

 

  1) Introduction of glass-free mobile 3D product (4.3-inch WVGA)

 

  - Development and preparation for mass production of our first glass-free 3D product (utilizing barrier cell)

 

  2) Introduction of the world’s first 12.5-inch AH-IPS notebook product

 

  - Development of the world’s first 12.5-inch notebook utilizing AH-IPS technology

 

  - Achievement of a maximum circuit logic power of 1.0W

 

  - Development of a slim and light AH-IPS model (development of a model that utilizes IPS and flat PCB)

 

  3) Introduction of an integrated 14.0-inch touch panel notebook product

 

  - Development of a 14.0-inch touch panel notebook product as part of our plan to develop and expand our integrated touch panel products portfolio

 

  4) Introduction of our 15.6-inch dream color IPS notebook product

 

  - Development of a notebook utilizing H-IPS technology

 

  - Realization of a 100% color reproduction rate by applying RGB LED technology

 

  - Realization of 1.073G color by applying 10-bit color depth technology

 

  5) Development and mass production of 9.7-inch LCD panels for tablets

 

  - Application of AH-IPS and slim LCD technology

 

  - Decreased thickness by 20% and weight by 7% compared to LCD panel for conventional tablets

 

  6) Development of the world’s first 3D FPR 23-inch full high-definition (“FHD”) TN monitor product

 

  - Minimization of flicker / crosstalk by applying FPR technology

 

  - Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

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  - Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  7) Introduction of our first 50-inch Cinema TV product

 

  - Application of 21:9 screen display ratio (2560 x 1080 resolution)

 

  - Application of 960ch + EPI source driver integrated circuits (“D-IC”) for optimal high-resolution

 

  - Application of scanning technology under the Horizontal 2Edge structure

 

  8) Development of the world’s first 3D FPR 23-inch IPS FHD monitor product

 

  - Minimization of flicker / crosstalk by applying FPR technology

 

  - Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

  - Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  9) Development and introduction of the world’s first 15.6-inch HD FPR 3D notebook product

 

  - Realization of the world’s first 15.6-inch HD FPR 3D product

 

  - Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from notebooks utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  - Minimization of cost increase by applying one layer 3D film

 

  10) Development and introduction of the world’s first 17.3-inch Dream Color AH-IPS notebook product

 

  - Development of the world’s first 17.3-inch notebook computer applying AH-IPS

 

  - Realization of Dream Color (100% color reproduction rate) by applying RGB LED

 

  - Realization of 1.073G color by applying Color Depth 10-bit technology

 

  - Realization of 89 degrees viewing angle (up/down/left/right) by applying IPS technology

 

  11) Development and introduction of a 15.6-inch HD product with the world’s lowest (at the time) power consumption from logic circuit (0.5W).

 

  - Application of DRD Z-inversion, HVDD and low voltage process

 

  - Application of high intensity LED (2.3cd) and Vcut light guide plate

 

  - Increase in battery life due to logic circuit power consumption reduction

 

  12) Development of the world’s smallest (at the time) Narrow Bezel Notebook Model

 

  - The first in the world to apply 4.5 mm narrow bezel

 

  - Formation of camera hole by B/M mask patterning

 

  13) Development of a new 10.1-inch WX smartbook LCD

 

  - Development of the our first 10.1-inch WXGA LCD following in the footsteps of our 9.7-inch XGA model

 

  - Realization of reduced power consumption, high permeability and increased viewing angle by application of IPS technology.

 

  14) Development of a 42-inch FHD product applying COT technology

 

  - Simplifying panel production process by applying COT (Color Filter on TFT) technology

 

  - Luminance increased by 10%

 

  15) Development of 42-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch direct slim LCD TV

 

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  - Development of the world’s first direct-mounted 11.0 mm depth ultra-slim liquid crystal display module (“LCM”) model

 

  - Application of 96 block local dimming and M240Hz technology

 

  16) Development of a 47-inch super narrow public display panel

 

  - Development of our first super narrow bezel (seam 6.9 mm) product for application in public display panels

 

  17) Introduction of the world’s first 15.6-inch FHD AH-IPS notebook product

 

  - Development of the world’s first 15.6-inch FHD model applying AH-IPS technology

 

  - Development of slim & light AH-IPS model (thickness: 3.4 mm; weight: 330g)

 

  - Achieving the following viewing angles by applying IPS technology; 178° from top to bottom; 178° from left to right

 

  18) Development of a 15.6-inch FHD notebook applying a new backlight arrangement

 

  - Optimization of light placement by application of New Concept LED Backlight

 

  - Reduction in the number of LED integrated circuits (78ea g 10ea) by application of mid-power LED

 

  - Reduced energy consumption pursuant to a reduction in the number of LED integrated circuits (7.4W g 5.9W)

 

  19) Development of the world’s first 215/25/27 FHD TN and 215 FHD IPS 3D monitor

 

  - Minimization of flicker/crosstalk by application of FPR technology

 

  - Minimization of cost increase by applying one-layered 3D film

 

  - Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from monitors utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  20) Development of a 4.5-inch true HD AH-IPS display smartphone product

 

  - For 4G LTE smartphones (introduced in September 2011)

 

  - Application of true HD720 resolution and AH-IPS technology

 

  21) Development of the world’s first 14.0-inch HD 3D FPR notebook product

 

  - Realization of the world’s first 14.0-inch 3D FPR display

 

  - Realization of high luminance 3D images (two times the luminance compared to images from notebook panels utilizing shutter glass technology)

 

  22) Development of the world’s first AH-IPS GIP / DRD column inversion technology

 

  - Development of AH-IPS GIP / DRD by application of shrink GIP technology

 

  - Realization of TN-equivalent panel size through reduced panel load

 

  - Achieved TN-equivalent logic energy consumption levels

Achievements in 2012

 

  1) Introduction of the world’s first 13.3-inch high definition plus (“HD+”) AH-IPS notebook product

 

  - Development of the world’s first 13.3-inch HD+ model applying AH-IPS technology

 

  2) Development and introduction of a 14.0-inch HD product with the world’s lowest (at the time) rate of logic circuit energy consumption (0.4W)

 

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  - Application of DRD Z-inversion, HVDD and low voltage process

 

  - Application of high intensity LED (2.3cd) and Vcut light guiding plate

 

  - Increase in battery life due to reduced logic circuit energy consumption

 

  3) Introduction of a 14.0-inch HD+ notebook product with a high color reproduction rate

 

  - Development of a 14.0-inch HD+ 72% color reproduction rate model

 

  - Development of a slim model applying 0.3 mm glass etching

 

  4) Introduction of a 15.6-inch FHD glasses-free 3D notebook product

 

  - Development of the first notebook product applying switchable barrier type 3D technology that does not require the use of glasses

 

  5) Development of the world’s first 23-inch FHD monitor product applying AH-IPS 4Mask technology

 

  - Increased display panel luminance by application of AH-IPS technology (20% more luminance compared to display panels applying conventional IPS technology)

 

  - Simplified panel production process by application of AH-IPS 4Mask technology

 

  - 30% reduction in energy consumption resulting from increased efficiency of LED and circuit components

 

  - Increased productivity in the manufacture of circuit and mechanical components resulting from increased standardization

 

  6) Development of TN monitor products (20-inch HD+, 21.5-inch FHD and 23-inch FHD) applying new LED

 

  - 20% reduction in energy consumption resulting from increased efficiency of LED and circuit components (based on 23W power consumption models)

 

  - Increased productivity in the manufacture of circuit and mechanical components resulting from increased standardization

 

  7) Development of products with new edge backlight unit (32-inch, 37-inch and 42-inch FHD)

 

  - Vertical 2Bar LED backlight unit g Vertical 1Bar LED backlight unit

 

  - Reduced energy consumption by 25% resulting from a reduction in the number of LED integrated (based on 32-inch display panel)

 

  8) Development of 42-inch FHD product with new direct backlight unit

 

  - Development of LED Lens through the improvement of LED Beam spread angle ( 72ea based on 42-inch display panel)

 

  - Same thickness as conventional edge LED lighting lamp (35.5 mm)

 

  9) Development of products with the world’s narrowest bezels of 3.5 mm (47-inch and 55-inch FHD)

 

  - Narrow set design possible using 3.5 mm bezel

 

  10) Development of the world’s first panel products without borders on three sides (32-inch, 42-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch FHD)

 

  - Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides

 

  11) Development of monitor products without borders on three sides (21.5-inch, 23-inch and 27-inch FHD)

 

  - Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides, and application of double-sided adhesive to secure the position of the panel and backlight

 

  - Used double guide panels to reduce light leakage issues in IPS panels

 

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  12) Development of 12.5-inch HD AH-IPS slim and light notebook display panels

 

  - Achieved thickness of 2.85t

 

  - Reduced the number of LEDs required by using high intensity LEDs (2.5cd)

 

  13) The world’s first GF2 Touch Tablet Product Development (10.1WXGA LCM + Touch)

 

  - Touch Concept: GF2, Touch IC In-House

 

  - Reduced cost by applying TMIC

 

  - Reduced power consumption by applying 6 in 1 (Buck version) PMIC

 

  - Reduced cost and power consumption by applying AH-IPS + DRD-Z

 

  - Reduced cost by applying Taper LGP

 

  14) Development of Automotive 9.2WV product that applies wide temperature AH5-IPS technology

 

  - For use in Center Information Displays and Rear Seat Entertainment Displays mounted on K9 model Kia cars

 

  - Wide temperature materials/components used and AH5-IPS technology applied

 

  15) Application and introduction of the world’s first large multi-model on a glass (“MMG”) type product (60-inch FHD and 32-inch HD)

 

  - Increased glass efficiency by successfully applying large MMG technology for the first time in the industry

 

  - Developed three sided and six sided chamfers for eighth generation 60-inch FHD panels and 32-inch HD panels, respectively

 

  16) Development of the world’s first 84-inch UHD display panel product

 

  - a-Si based 1G 1D UHD panel with steady charging

 

  - Developed extra-large edge LED with rigid heat resistant structure

 

  17) Development of 2000 nit bright public display panel for outdoor use (47-inch FHD)

 

  - Use of optimal-temperature panel prevents any blackening effect when exposed to direct sunlight

 

  - Use of quarter-wave plate (applying FPR technology) allows viewers wearing polarized sunglasses to view the public display panel with ease

 

  - Applied heat resistant structure without heat sink

 

  - Improved bright room contrast ratio by applying Shine Out ARC POL technology

 

  18) Development of seam (AtA) 5.6 mm super-narrow bezel (“SNB”) public display panel (55-inch FHD)

 

  - Bezel thickness minimized (2.9 mm for pad, 1.6 mm for non-pad)

 

  - Developed SNB structure technology

 

  19) Development of 47-inch and 55-inch display panel products applying vertical 1Bar structure

 

  - Our first 47-inch and 55-inch display panel products applying vertical 1Bar LED backlight units

 

  - Reduced number of LEDs needed, resulting in reduced energy consumption (for example, energy consumption for the 47-inch display panel was reduced from 65.5W to 55.8W)

 

  20) Development of the world’s first 29-inch 21:9 ratio three-side borderless monitor product

 

  - Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides

 

  - Double-sided adhesive used to secure the position of the panel and backlight

 

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  - Double guide panels used to resolve light leakage issues in IPS panels

 

  21) Development of the world’s first 12.9-inch high-resolution slim AH-IPS display panel

 

  - Ultra-high resolution WQSXGA+ (239 PPI)

 

  - Achieved 400 nit brightness by improving panel luminance and applying high intensity LED PKG and new 1Bar structure

 

  - Developed 2.95 mm slim model through glass etching and application of rigid PCB

 

  22) Development of the world’s first ultra-slim all-in-one product applying G2 Touch technology (4.67WXGA, LGE Optimus G)

 

  - 320 PPI high resolution AH-IPS display panel

 

  - Ultra-slim LCM by applying G2 Touch and OCR Direct Bonding technologies

 

  23) Development of the world’s first TV product applying DRD technology (32-inch, 37-inch HD)

 

  - Simplified circuit structure for HD TV by applying DRD technology (source D-IC reduced from 4ea g 2ea)

 

  24) Development of customer co-designed TV (32-inch to 55-inch FHD)

 

  - Co-designed TV model that integrates LCM and the front cover in a single body

 

  - Differentiated set bezel design

 

  25) Development of the world’s first borderless TV product with 7.8 mm bezel (47-inch FHD)

 

  - Borderless on the top and left/right sides with a borderless like bottom design

 

  26) Development of the world’s largest, at the time, 55-inch FHD OLED TV product

 

  - Utilizes WRGB OLED technology with a thickness of 4.45 mm

 

  27) Development of the first touch notebook product with direct bonding of touch screen module (“TSM”) (12.5-inch FHD)

 

  - Applied direct bonding between LCM and TSM to reduce thickness (4.8 mm)

 

  - Direct bonding multi-sourcing in response to customer demand

 

  28) Development of 23.8-inch desktop monitor product

 

  - Developed new display panel size for desktop monitor products

 

  - Narrower bezels (8 mm for the top and left/right sides) compared to conventional bezels

 

  29) Development of the world’s first clear borderless (borderless on all four sides) monitor product (27-inch FHD)

 

  - Applied Narrow Bezel Vertical LED Structure technology by changing the LED backlight structure

 

  - Developed even black matrix structure on all four sides

Achievements in 2013

 

  1) Developed 19.5-inch desktop monitor product

 

  - Developed new display panel size for desktop monitor products

 

  - Increased yield of glass panel area per glass substrate by cutting glass substrates at 19.5 inches

 

  2) Developed 11.6-inch Tab Book product applying GF2 touch technology

 

  - Applied GF2 direct bonding process

 

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  3) Developed 5.0-inch and 5.5-inch high resolution (over 400 PPI) smartphone products applying AH-IPS technology

 

  - Increased luminance by 10% compared to conventional panels (5.0-inch FHD panel has 403 PPI and 5.5-inch FHD panel has 440 PPI)

 

  - Developed new source D-IC to drive 4 lanes of MIPI with speeds of up to 1 Gbps per lane

 

  4) Developed the world’s first 60-inch three-side borderless product

 

  - Made possible by removing the forward-facing case top, resulting in “zero” bezel on three sides with a borderless like bottom design

 

  5) Developed the world’s first 47-inch and 55-inch FHD TV product with 2.3 mm narrow bezels

 

  - Achieved optimal slim design by minimizing bezel width to 2.3 mm

10. Intellectual Property

As of March 31, 2013, our cumulative patent portfolio (including patents that have already expired) included a total of 20,623 patents, consisting of 9,541 in Korea and 11,082 in other countries.

11. Environmental Matters

We are subject to a variety of environmental regulations and we may be subject to fines or restrictions that could cause our operations to be interrupted. Our manufacturing processes generate worksite waste, including water and air pollutants, at various stages in the manufacturing process, and we are subject to a variety of laws and regulations relating to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of such chemical by-products and waste substances. We have installed various types of anti-pollution equipment, consistent with environmental standards, for the treatment of chemical waste and equipment for the recycling of treated waste water at our various facilities. However, we cannot provide assurance that environmental claims will not be brought against us or that the local or national governments will not take steps toward adopting more stringent environmental standards. Any failure on our part to comply with any present or future environmental regulations could result in the assessment of damages or imposition of fines against us, suspension of production or a cessation of operations. In addition, environmental regulations could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant compliance expenses that may materially and negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We have also voluntarily agreed to reduce emission of greenhouse gases, such as triflouride oxide and perfluoro compounds, or PFCs, including sulfur hexafluoride, or SF6, gases, by installing abatement systems to meet voluntary emissions targets for the TFT-LCD industry for 2010. As part of our voluntary activities to reduce emission of greenhouse gases, we installed triflouride oxide abatement systems at all of our production lines.

We also installed an SF6 abatement system in P1 in April 2005, and have taken steps to install additional SF6 abatement systems through the use of Clean Development Mechanism, or CDM, projects. We manage our CDM projects jointly with LG International Corp. On July 10, 2010, after becoming the first TFT-LCD company to receive the UNFCCC CDM Executive Board’s approval of our CDM project, we installed an SF6 abatement system in P6. We received a total of 343,971 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of certified emission reduction credits, or CERs, from the UN for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 during the period from August 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, all of which was sold in December 2011. We also received a total of 579,583 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of CERs for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 during the period from January 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012. In August 2011, we commenced the installation of an SF6 abatement system in P7 through the implementation of CDM projects which became operational in February 2012. We received a total of 222,270 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of CERs from the UN for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in P6 and P7 during the period from February 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012. We intend to ask a third party accreditation agency to examine the reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions since April 1, 2012 as part of our application for receiving CERs from the UN.

 

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In 2010, we were designated by the Korean government as one of the companies subject to greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption targets under the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth. As a result, we may need to invest 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 addition, if we fail to meet a reduction target and are unable to comply with the government’s subsequent enforcement notice relating to such failure, we may be subject to fines.

In connection with the greenhouse gas emission and energy reduction target system, we submitted a statement of our domestic emissions and energy usage for the year 2012 to the Korean government (i.e., the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) in March 2013 after it was certified by the Korean Foundation for Quality, 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

   2012      2011      2010  

Greenhouse gases

     6,161         5,928         5,576   

Energy

     61,169         53,223         45,841   

In addition, in order to improve the efficiency and reliability of measuring our greenhouse gas emission reduction activities, we have implemented improvements to our Plant Energy & Environment System (our electronic greenhouse gas inventory system) in 2012.

Operations at our manufacturing plants are subject to regulation and periodic monitoring by the Korean Ministry of Environment and local environmental protection authorities. We believe that we have adopted adequate anti-pollution measures and have minimized our impact on the environment by improving existing and developing new technologies for the effective maintenance of environmental protection standards consistent with local industry practice. In addition, we have continually monitored, and we believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with, the applicable environmental laws and regulations in Korea. Expenditures related to such compliance may be substantial. Such expenditures are generally included in capital expenditures. As required by Korean law, we employ licensed environmental specialists for each environmental area, including air quality, water quality, toxic materials and radiation. We currently have ISO 14001 certifications with respect to the environmental record for P1 through P98, our OLED production facility in Gumi, Korea, our Gumi module production plant and our Paju module production plant, as well as our module production plants in Nanjing and Guangzhou, China.

In addition, with respect to P1 through P98 and our module production plants in Gumi and Paju, we have established and are currently operating a new green management system, which was certified by BSI Group Korea in November 2011. Furthermore, we have been certified by the Korean Ministry of Environment as a “Green Company”, with respect to our environmental record for P1 and our module production plant in Gumi since 1997, with respect to our operations at P2 and P3 since 2006, and with respect to our operations at P4, P5 and P6 since 2008, and received commendations from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Environment of Korea for our efforts to promote recycling.

We also have an internal monitoring system to control the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of our products as we are committed to compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, including European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU, and restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment.

In addition, as part of our commitment to purchase environment-friendly raw materials, we have implemented a green purchasing system that prevents the introduction of hazardous materials at the purchasing stage.

 

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The green purchasing system has been a key component in our efforts to comply with RoHS and other applicable environmental laws and regulation.

In October 2005, we became the first TFT-LCD company to receive accreditation as an International Accredited Testing Laboratory by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, which is operated by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy. In September 2006, we received international accreditation from TUV SUD, EU’s German accreditation agency, as a RoHS testing laboratory. Our efforts to keep pace with the increasingly stringent accreditation standards and to receive and maintain such accreditations are part of our on-going efforts to systematically monitor environmentally controlled substances in our component parts inventory. 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 is to be published in June 2013.

 

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12. Financial Information

A. Financial highlights (Based on consolidated K-IFRS)

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of March 31,
2013
    As of December 31,
2012
    As of December 31,
2011
     As of December 31,
2010
    As of December 31,
2009 (1)
 

Current assets

     9,115,142        8,914,685        7,858,065         8,840,433        8,226,142   

Quick assets

     6,586,569        6,524,678        5,540,695         6,625,216        6,558,362   

Inventories

     2,528,573        2,390,007        2,317,370         2,215,217        1,667,780   

Non-current assets

     14,970,759        15,540,826        17,304,866         15,017,225        11,477,335   

Investments in equity accounted investees

     402,074        402,158        385,145         325,532        282,450   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     12,576,371        13,107,511        14,696,849         12,815,401        9,596,497   

Intangible assets

     466,660        497,602        535,114         539,901        352,393   

Other non-current assets

     1,525,654        1,533,555        1,687,758         1,336,391        1,245,995   

Total assets

     24,085,901        24,455,511        25,162,931         23,857,658        19,703,477   

Current liabilities

     8,307,611        9,206,158        9,911,434         8,881,829        6,495,071   

Non-current liabilities

     5,433,395        5,009,173        5,120,469         3,914,862        3,168,657   

Total liabilities

     13,741,006        14,215,331        15,031,903         12,796,691        9,663,728   

Share capital

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

Share premium

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

Reserves

     (23,061     (69,370     12,181         (35,298     (51,005

Retained earnings

     6,242,671        6,238,989        6,063,359         7,031,163        6,050,562   

Non-controlling interest

     85,093        30,369        15,296         24,910        0   

Total equity

     10,344,895        10,240,180        10,131,028         11,060,967        10,039,749   

 

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

 

Description

   For the three months
ended  March 31, 2013
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2012
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2011
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2010
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2009 (1)
 

Revenue

     6,803,240        6,183,676        5,365,516        5,876,347        3,542,309   

Operating profit (loss)

     151,288 (2)      (211,173 )(3)      (254,546 )(3)      790,179 (3)      (410,751 )(3) 

Operating profit from continuing operations

     3,487        (129,233     (115,426 )     648,625        (346,633

Profit (loss) for the period

     3,487        (129,233     (115,426     648,625        (346,633

Profit (loss) attributable to:

          

Owners of the Company

     3,899        (128,464     (115,189     649,066        (346,633

Non-controlling interest

     (412     (769     (237     (441     —     

Basic earnings (loss) per share

     11        (359     (322     1,814        (969

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

     11        (359     (322     1,732        (969

Number of consolidated entities

     20        20        18        16        11   

 

(1) Although our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 were audited by our independent auditors in accordance with K-IFRS, our interim financial statements were not reviewed by our independent auditors.
(2) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001 Presentation of Financial Statements adopted in the presentation of operating profit. After adoption of the amendment, operating profit or loss is presented as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Prior to the adoption of the amendment, other income and other expenses were included in the presentation of operating profit or loss.
(3) Reclassified to conform to the presentation for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

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B. Financial highlights (Based on separate K-IFRS)

(Unit: In millions of Won)

 

Description

   As of March 31,
2013
    As of December 31,
2012
    As of December 31,
2011
    As of December 31,
2010
    As of December 31,
2009
 

Current assets

     8,495,889        8,432,253        7,326,764        8,499,873        7,973,355   

Quick assets

     6,437,146        6,484,308        5,414,054        6,739,908        6,687,050   

Inventories

     2,058,743        1,947,945        1,912,710        1,759,965        1,286,305   

Non-current assets

     14,851,067        15,369,335        16,947,200        14,658,125        11,283,512   

Investments

     1,588,964        1,468,778        1,386,313        1,279,831        1,075,229   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     11,415,492        12,004,435        13,522,553        11,688,061        8,730,263   

Intangible assets

     458,827        488,663        479,510        483,260        340,885   

Other non-current assets

     1,387,784        1,407,459        1,558,824        1,206,973        1,137,135   

Total assets

     23,346,956        23,801,588        24,273,964        23,157,998        19,256,867   

Current liabilities

     8,311,253        9,132,943        9,485,333        8,453,869        6,120,663   

Non-current liabilities

     5,431,720        5,007,525        5,101,714        3,833,454        3,102,006   

Total liabilities

     13,742,973        14,140,468        14,587,047        12,287,323        9,222,669   

Share capital

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

Share premium

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

Reserves

     (555     (893     (3,944     (7,795     (17,366

Retained earnings

     5,564,346        5,621,821        5,650,669        6,838,278        6,011,372   

Total equity

     9,603,983        9,661,120        9,686,917        10,870,675        10,034,198   

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

 

Description

   For the three months
ended March 31, 2013
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2012
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2011
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2010
    For the three months
ended March 31, 2009 (1)
 

Revenue

     6,568,525        5,955,719        5,051,751        5,840,744        3,426,949   

Operating profit (loss)

     68,578 (2)      (263,116 )(3)      (317,540 )(3)      692,217 (3)      (432,774 )(3) 

Operating profit (loss) from continuing operations

     (57,634     (175,078     (154,350     599,044        (433,567

Profit (loss) for the period

     (57,634     (175,078     (154,350     599,044        (433,567

Basic earnings (loss) per share

     161        (489     (431     1,674        (1,212

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

     161        (489     (431     1,596        (1,212

 

(1) Although our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 were audited by our independent auditors in accordance with K-IFRS, our interim financial statements were not reviewed by our independent auditors.
(2) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001 Presentation of Financial Statements adopted in the presentation of operating profit. After adoption of the amendment, operating profit or loss is presented as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Prior to the adoption of the amendment, other income and other expenses were included in the presentation of operating profit or loss.
(3) Reclassified to conform to the presentation for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

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C. Consolidated subsidiaries (as of March 31, 2013)

 

Company

   Primary Business      Location      Equity
Interest
 

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 and sales         China         100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     Sales         China         100

LG Display Poland Sp. zo.o.

     Manufacturing and sales         Poland         80

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         90

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     Sales         China         100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     Sales         Singapore         100

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     Manufacturing and sales         China         70

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

Image & Materials, Inc.

     Manufacturing and sales         Korea         100

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

     Manufacturing and sales         China         51

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

     Manufacturing and sales         U.S.A.         100

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

     Manufacturing         Mexico         100

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     Workplace services         Korea         100

D. Status of equity investment (as of March 31, 2013)

 

Company

   Investment Amount      Initial Equity
Investment Date
     Equity
Interest
 

LG Display America, Inc.

     US$260,000,000         September 24, 1999         100

LG Display Germany GmbH

     EUR960,000         November 5, 1999         100

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

     ¥95,000,000         October 12, 1999         100

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

     NT$115,500,000         May 19, 2000         100

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

     CNY2,834,206,315         July 15, 2002         100

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

     CNY4,138,650         January 16, 2003         100

 

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Company

   Investment Amount     Initial Equity
Investment Date
     Equity
Interest
 

LG Display Poland Sp. zo.o.

     PLN410,327,700        September 6, 2005         80

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

     CNY895,904,754        August 7, 2006         90

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

     CNY3,775,250        August 28, 2007         100

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

     SGD1,400,000        January 12, 2009         100

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

     CNY41,785,824        January 5, 2010         51

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Co., Ltd.

     CNY59,197,026        January 5, 2010         51

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

     CNY525,016,000        April 19, 2010         100

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited

     CNY17,062,560        October 25, 2010         51 %(1) 

Image & Materials, Inc.

     ₩43,999,839,152        November 29, 2010         100

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

     CNY50,353,677        December 27, 2010         51

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

     US$10,920,000        December 8, 2011         100

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

     MXN111,998,058        December 30, 2011         100

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

     ₩800,000,000        March 19, 2012         100

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd.

     CNY879,165,149 (2)      December 27, 2012         70

Suzhou Raken Technology Co., Ltd.

     CNY569,455,395        October 7, 2008         51

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

     ₩33,648,000,000        March 25, 2005         40

TLI Co., Ltd.

     ₩14,073,806,250        May 16, 2008         10 %(3) 

AVACO Co., Ltd.

     ₩6,172,728,120        June 9, 2008         16

Guangzhou New Vision Technology Research and Development Limited

     CNY25,000,000        July 11, 2008         50

NEW OPTICS, Ltd.

     ₩12,199,600,000        July 30, 2008         42

LIG ADP Co., Ltd.

     ₩6,330,000,000        February 24, 2009         13

Wooree E&L Co., Ltd. (formerly Wooree LED Co., Ltd.)

     ₩11,900,000,000        May 22, 2009         21 %(4) 

Dynamic Solar Design Co., Ltd.

     ₩6,066,658,000        June 24, 2009         40

Global OLED Technology LLC

     US$45,170,000        December 23, 2009         33

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16

     ₩14,371,847,109 (5)      December 7, 2009         31

Can Yang Investment Ltd.

     US$15,300,000        January 27, 2010         9

YAS Co., Ltd.

     ₩10,000,000,000        September 16, 2010         19

Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

     US$4,000,000        September 28, 2010         20

Narae Nanotech Corporation

     ₩30,000,000,000        April 22, 2011         23

Avatec Co., Ltd.

     ₩10,600,000,000        December 6, 2011         16 %(6) 

Glonix Co., Ltd.

     ₩2,000,000,000        April 10, 2012         20

 

(1) In April 2013, we invested CNY 37 million and increased our equity interest in L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited to 100%.
(2) In March 2013, we invested CNY 703 million in LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. The investment did not affect our percentage interest.
(3) Our equity interest in TLI Co., Ltd. was diluted to 10.4% after holders of TLI Co., Ltd.’s warrant bonds exercised their right to shares in the first quarter of 2013.
(4) Our equity interest in Wooree E&L Co., Ltd. was diluted to 21.3% because we did not subscribe to any of the additional equity interests issued in Wooree E&L Co., Ltd.’s paid-in capital increase in January 2013.
(5) In March 2013, we received a distribution of ₩1.1 billion. Our percentage interest remained unchanged.
(6) Our equity interest in Avatec Co., Ltd. was diluted to 16.3% after holders of Avatec Co., Ltd. stock options exercised their options in January 2013.

 

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13. Audit Information

A. Audit service

(Unit: In millions of Won, hours)

 

Description

   2013 1Q   2012   2011

Auditor

   KPMG Samjong   KPMG Samjong   KPMG Samjong

Activity

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

Compensation (1)

   910 (325) (2)   850 (285) (2)   850 (285) (2)

Time required

   3,354   16,792   16,154

 

(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.

B. Non-audit service

Not applicable.

14. Board of Directors

A. Members of the board of directors

On March 8, 2013, Joon Park was newly appointed and Tae Shik Ahn was reappointed as outside directors at our annual general meeting of shareholders and William Y. Kim voluntarily resigned as an outside director. As of March 31, 2013, our board of directors are comprised of two non-outside directors, one non-standing director and four outside directors.

 

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(As of March 31, 2013)

 

Name

 

Date of birth

 

Position

 

Experience (including current
position)

 

First elected

Sang Beom Han   June 18, 1955  

Representative

Director (non-outside), Chief Executive Officer and President

  Head of LG Display TV Business Division   March 9, 2012
James (Hoyoung) Jeong   November 2, 1961   Director (non-outside), Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President   Chief Financial Officer of LG Electronics   February 29, 2008
Yu Sig Kang   November 3, 1948   Director (non-standing)   Representative Director of LG Corp.   March 11, 2011
Tae Sik Ahn   March 21, 1956   Outside Director   Professor, School of Business Administration, Seoul National University   March 12, 2010
Jin Jang   November 28, 1954   Outside Director   Chair Professor, Department of Information Display, Kyung Hee University   March 11, 2011
Dong Il Kwon   February 5, 1957   Outside Director   Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University   March 9, 2012
Joon Park   October 30, 1954   Outside Director   Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University   March 8, 2013

B. Committees of the board of directors

As of March 31, 2013, we have the following committees that serve under our board of directors: Audit Committee, Outside Director Nomination Committee and Management Committee.

(as of March 31, 2013)

 

Committee

  

Composition

  

Member

Audit Committee    3 outside directors    Tae Sik Ahn, Joon Park, Jin Jang
Outside Director Nomination   

1 non-outside director and

2 outside directors

   James (Hoyoung) Jeong, Dong Il Kwon, Jin Jang
Management Committee    2 non-outside directors    Sang Beom Han, James (Hoyoung) Jeong

C. Independence of directors

 

  - Outside director: Independent

 

  - Non-outside director: Not independent

 

  - Each of our outside directors meets the applicable independence standards set forth under the applicable laws and regulations. Each of our outside directors was nominated by the Outside Director Nomination Committee, was approved by the board of directors and was appointed at the general meeting of shareholders. None of our outside directors has or had any business transaction or any related party transactions with us.

 

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15. Information Regarding Shares

A. Total number of shares

(1) Total number of shares authorized to be issued (as of March 31, 2013): 500,000,000 shares.

(2) Total shares issued and outstanding (as of March 31, 2013): 357,815,700 shares.

B. Shareholder list

(1) Largest shareholder and related parties as of March 31, 2013:

 

Name

   Relationship    Number of Shares of Common Stock    Equity Interest

LG Electronics

   Largest
Shareholder
   135,625,000    37.9%

Sang Beom Han

   Related

Party

   930    0.0%

(2) Shareholders who are known to us to own 5% or more of our shares as of March 31, 2013:

 

Beneficial Owner

   Number of Shares of Common Stock    Equity Interest

LG Electronics

   135,625,000    37.9%

National Pension Service

   21,633,625    6.1%

16. Directors and Employees

A. Directors

(1) Remuneration for directors in 2013 Q1

(Unit: person, in millions of Won)

 

Classification

  

No. of
directors (1)

    

Amount
paid (2)

   

Per capita average

remuneration paid  (4)

 

Non-outside directors

     3         642.8 (3)      214.3   

Outside directors who are not audit committee members

     1         16.5        16.5   

Outside directors who are audit committee members

     3         42.0        14.0   

Total

     7         701.3        —     

 

(1) Number of directors as at March 31, 2013.
(2) Amount paid is calculated on the basis of amount of cash actually paid.
(3) Among the non-outside directors, Yu Sig Kang does not receive any remuneration.
(4) Per capita average remuneration paid is calculated by dividing total amount paid by the average number of directors for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

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(2) Stock options

Not applicable.

B. Employees

As of March 31, 2013, we had 34,714 employees (excluding our executive officers). The total amount of salary paid to our employees for the three months ended March 31, 2013 based on income tax statements submitted to the Korean tax authority in accordance with Article 20 of the Income Tax Act was ₩478,460 million. The following table provides details of our employees as of March 31, 2013:

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

 

     Number of
employees  (1)
     Total salary in 2013 Q1 (2) (3) (4)      Total salary
per capita  (5)
     Average years of
service
 

Male

     24,278         369,148         15.2         5.5   

Female

     10,436         109,311         10.5         3.6   

Total

     34,714         478,460         13.8         4.9   

 

(1) Includes part-time employees.
(2) Welfare benefits and retirement expenses have been excluded. Total welfare benefit provided to our employees for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was ₩82,775 million and the per capita welfare benefit provided was ₩2.4 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 average number of employees (male: 24,294, female: 10,597) for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

March 31, 2013 and 2012

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

     36   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position

     38   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     39   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

     40   

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

     41   

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

     43   

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Group”) which comprise the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position as of March 31, 2013 and the condensed consolidated interim statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and for such internal controls as management determines necessary to enable the preparation of condensed consolidated interim financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to issue a report on these condensed consolidated interim financial statements based on our reviews.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the Review Standards for Quarterly and Semiannual Financial Statements established by the Security and Futures Commission of the Republic of Korea. A review of interim financial information consists principally of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our reviews, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed consolidated interim financial statements referred to above are not presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting.

Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in note 17 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements the Group has been or is under investigations by antitrust authorities in several countries with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) industry and named as defendants in a number of individual lawsuits and class actions in the United States and Canada, respectively, in connection with alleged antitrust violations concerning the sale of LCD panels. The Group estimated and recognized losses related to these investigations and alleged violations. However, actual losses are subject to change in the future based on new developments in each matter, or changes in circumstances, which could be materially different from those estimated and recognized by the Group.

 

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As discussed in note 2 (e) to the consolidated financial statements, the Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expense, and research and development expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income since the annual reporting for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Group applied this change in accounting policies retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative consolidated statement of comprehensive loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.

Other Matters

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed consolidated interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries. Accordingly, this report and the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for use by those knowledgeable about Korean review standards and their application in practice.

We audited the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2012 and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this review report, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea, and our report thereon, dated February 15, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2012, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us in all material respects.

/s/ KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

April 30, 2013

 

This report is effective as of April 30, 2013, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review report has not been updated to reflect the impact of such subsequent events or circumstances, if any.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited)

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   9    2,351,652       2,338,661  

Deposits in banks

   9      745,126       315,092  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   9, 16, 19      2,957,581       3,334,341  

Other accounts receivable, net

   9      109,523       199,007  

Other current financial assets

   9      4,298       3,828  

Inventories

   5      2,528,573       2,390,007  

Prepaid income taxes

        6,639       8,483  

Other current assets

        411,750       325,266  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        9,115,142       8,914,685  

Investments in equity accounted investees

   6      402,074       402,158  

Other non-current financial assets

   9      78,028       86,432  

Deferred tax assets

   21      1,292,915       1,294,813  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   7, 20      12,576,371       13,107,511  

Intangible assets, net

   8, 20      466,660       497,602  

Other non-current assets

        154,711       152,310  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        14,970,759       15,540,826  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      24,085,901       24,455,511  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   9, 19    4,125,741       4,147,036  

Current financial liabilities

   9, 10      829,625       1,015,272  

Other accounts payable

   9, 19      2,079,340       2,811,161  

Accrued expenses

        442,815       412,055  

Income tax payable

        54,788       56,521  

Provisions

        246,615       250,984  

Advances received

        500,432       485,468  

Other current liabilities

        28,255       27,661  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        8,307,611       9,206,158  

Non-current financial liabilities

   9, 10      3,896,170       3,440,585  

Non-current provisions

        5,539       6,515  

Employee benefits

   14      218,523       180,640  

Long-term advances received

   16      978,648       1,049,678  

Other non-current liabilities

        334,515       331,755  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        5,433,395       5,009,173  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        13,741,006       14,215,331  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   18      1,789,079       1,789,079  

Share premium

        2,251,113       2,251,113  

Reserves

   18      (23,061 )     (69,370 )

Retained earnings

        6,242,671       6,238,989  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Controlling Company

        10,259,802       10,209,811  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

        85,093       30,369  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        10,344,895       10,240,180  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      24,085,901       24,455,511  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    2013     2012  

Revenue

   19, 20    6,803,240       6,183,676  

Cost of sales

   5, 11, 19      (6,098,978 )     (5,855,450 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        704,262       328,226  

Selling expenses

   12      (166,125 )     (207,435 )

Administrative expenses

   12      (127,653 )     (122,337 )

Research and development expenses

        (259,196 )     (209,628 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit (loss)

        151,288       (211,174 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   15      57,208       77,564  

Finance costs

   15      (133,346 )     (109,960 )

Other non-operating income

   13      336,818       280,105  

Other non-operating expenses

   13      (374,538 )     (250,671 )

Equity income on investments, net

        3,326       17,116  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) before income tax

        40,756       (197,020 )

Income tax (expense) benefit

   21      (37,269 )     67,787  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the period

        3,487       (129,233 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Defined benefit plan actuarial losses

   14      (166 )     (242 )

Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

        (51 )     13  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (217 )     (229 )

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

       

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

   15      824       (2,070 )

Cumulative translation differences

        48,890       (340 )

Loss on sales of own shares of associates accounted for using the equity method

        (256 )     (336 )

Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified to profit or loss

        (52 )     13  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        49,406       (2,733 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

        49,189       (2,962 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

      52,676       (132,195 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) attributable to:

       

Owners of the Controlling Company

      3,899       (128,464 )

Non-controlling interests

        (412 )     (769 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit (loss) for the period

      3,487       (129,233 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:

       

Owners of the Controlling Company

      49,991       (131,187 )

Non-controlling interests

        2,685       (1,008 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

      52,676       (132,195 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

       

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

   22    11       (359 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

    Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company              
                Cumulative                                
                net gain on                                
    Share     Share     sales of own shares     Fair value     Translation     Retained     Non-controlling     Total  
(In millions of won)   capital     premium     of associates     reserve     reserve     earnings     interest     equity  

Balances at January 1, 2012

  1,789,079       2,251,113       596       (3,856 )     15,441       6,063,359       15,296       10,131,028  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

               

Loss for the period

    —         —         —         —         —         (128,464 )     (769 )     (129,233 )

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

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

    —         —         —         (2,053 )     —         —         —         (2,053 )

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         (229 )     —         (229 )

Cumulative translation differences, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         (105 )     —         (239 )     (344 )

Loss on sales of own shares of associates accounted for using the equity method, net of tax

    —         —         (336 )     —         —         —         —         (336 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         (336 )     (2,053 )     (105 )     (229 )     (239 )     (2,962 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

  —         —         (336 )     (2,053 )     (105 )     (128,693 )     (1,008 )     (132,195 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at March 31, 2012

  1,789,079       2,251,113       260       (5,909 )     15,336       5,934,666       14,288       9,998,833  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2013

  1,789,079       2,251,113       548       (66 )     (69,852 )     6,238,989       30,369       10,240,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

               

Profit (loss) for the period

    —         —         —         —         —         3,899       (412 )     3,487  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

               

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

    —         —         —         716       —         —         —         716  

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         (217 )     —         (217 )

Cumulative translation differences, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         45,849       —         3,097       48,946  

Loss on sales of own shares of associates accounted for using the equity method, net of tax

    —         —         (256 )     —         —         —         —         (256 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

    —         —         (256 )     716       45,849       (217 )     3,097       49,189  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

  —         —         (256 )     716       45,849       3,682       2,685       52,676  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

               

Capital increase of subsidiaries

    —         —         —          —         —         —         52,039       52,039  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at March 31, 2013

  1,789,079       2,251,113       292       650       (24,003 )     6,242,671       85,093       10,344,895  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Profit (loss) for the period

      3,487       (129,233 )

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense (benefit)

   21      37,269       (67,787 )

Depreciation

   11      1,048,775       926,986  

Amortization of intangible assets

   11      68,451       63,017  

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (96,881 )     (82,181 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        174,328       53,039  

Costs related to defined benefit plans

   14      39,582       34,871  

Reversal of stock compensation expense

        —         (3 )

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        1,157       226  

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (2,870 )     (53 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        159       354  

Finance income

        (12,933 )     (45,758 )

Finance costs

        102,243       47,187  

Equity in income of equity method accounted investees, net

        (3,326 )     (17,116 )

Other income

        (292 )     (5,350 )

Other expenses

        43,943       48,755  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        1,399,605       956,187  

Change in trade accounts and notes receivable

        347,211       (92,171 )

Change in other accounts receivable

        91,351       81,564  

Change in other current assets

        (80,997 )     (124,923 )

Change in inventories

        (138,566 )     119,690  

Change in other non-current accounts receivable

        —         (54 )

Change in other non-current assets

        (13,041 )     (17,367 )

Change in trade accounts and notes payable

        (111,973 )     52,786  

Change in other accounts payable

        (173,289 )     (133,890 )

Change in accrued expenses

        33,715       66,128  

Change in other current liabilities

        (2,008 )     5,472  

Change in other non-current liabilities

        5       89  

Change in provisions

        (56,574 )     (52,100 )

Change in defined benefit liabilities

        (1,489 )     (10,556 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (105,655 )     (105,332 )

Cash generated from operating activities

        1,297,437       721,622  

Income taxes paid

        (35,364 )     (29,959 )

Interest received

        8,476       9,279  

Interest paid

        (45,049 )     (50,073 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      1,225,500       650,869  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      300       —    

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        100,000       400,000  

Increase in deposits in banks

        (530,034 )     (342,846 )

Proceeds from disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

        1,116       —    

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (1,025,070 )     (1,197,360 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        5,457       151  

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (48,749 )     (82,594 )

Grants received

        956       2,170  

Payment for settlement of derivatives

        —         (1,619 )

Proceeds from collection of short-term loans

        2       —    

Increase in short-term loans

        —         (39 )

Acquisition of other non-current financial assets

        (674 )     (481 )

Proceeds from disposal of other non-current financial assets

        10,354       7,102  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

      (1,486,342     (1,215,516 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        84,185       2,648,686  

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (89,890 )     (1,759,990 )

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

        288,820       —    

Proceeds from long-term debt

        162,405       —    

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt

        (235,588 )     (212,084 )

Capital increase of subsidiaries

        52,039       —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

      261,971       676,612  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

        1,129       111,965  

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        2,338,661       1,517,977  

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

        11,862       5,685  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31

      2,351,652       1,635,627  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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1. Reporting Entity

 

  (a) Description of the Controlling Company

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Controlling Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 under its original name of LG Soft, Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. In 1998, LG Electronics Inc. and LG Semicon Co., Ltd. transferred their respective Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) related business to the Controlling Company. The main business of the Controlling Company and its subsidiaries is to manufacture and sell TFT-LCD panels. The Controlling Company is a stock company (“Jusikhoesa”) domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. In July 1999, LG Electronics Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) entered into a joint venture agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Controlling Company changed its name to LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. However, the Controlling Company changed its name to LG Display Co., Ltd. as a result of the decrease in Philips’s share interest in the Controlling Company and the possibility of its business expansion to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) and Flexible Display products. As of March 31, 2013, LG Electronics Inc. owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Controlling Company’s common shares.

As of March 31, 2013, the Controlling Company has its TFT-LCD manufacturing plants, OLED manufacturing plant and LCD Research & Development Center in Paju and TFT-LCD manufacturing plants in Gumi. The Controlling Company has overseas subsidiaries located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Controlling Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of March 31, 2013, 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 March 31, 2013, there are 18,480,346 ADSs outstanding.

 

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  (b) Consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2013

 

(In millions)                              

Subsidiaries

  

Location

  

Percentage
of ownership

  

Fiscal year end

  

Date of
incorporation

  

Business

  

Capital stocks

LG Display America, Inc.

  

California,

U.S.A.

   100%    Dec. 31    Sep. 24, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    USD 260

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd.

   Tokyo, Japan    100%    Dec. 31    Oct. 12, 1999   

Sell TFT-LCD

Products

   JPY 95

LG Display Germany GmbH

   Dusseldorf, Germany    100%    Dec. 31    Nov. 5, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    EUR 1

LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd.

   Taipei, Taiwan    100%    Dec. 31    Apr. 12, 1999    Sell TFT-LCD products    NTD 116

LG Display Nanjing Co., Ltd.

   Nanjing, China    100%    Dec. 31    Jul. 15, 2002    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 2,834

LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd.

   Shanghai, China    100%    Dec. 31    Jan. 16, 2003    Sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 4

LG Display Poland Sp. zo. o.

   Wroclaw, Poland    80%    Dec. 31    Sep. 6, 2005    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    PLN 511

LG Display Guangzhou Co., Ltd.

   Guangzhou, China    90%    Dec. 31    Jun. 30, 2006    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 992

LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd.

   Shenzhen, China    100%    Dec. 31    Aug. 28, 2007    Sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 4

LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Singapore    100%    Dec. 31    Jan. 12, 2009    Sell TFT-LCD products    SGD 1.4

L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Limited

  

Xiamen,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Jan. 5, 2010    Manufacture LCD module and TV sets    CNY 82

L&T Display Technology (Fujian) Limited

  

Fujian,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Jan. 5, 2010    Manufacture LCD Module and monitor sets    CNY 116

LG Display Yantai Co., Ltd.

  

Yantai,

China

   100%    Dec. 31    Apr. 19, 2010    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 525

L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Limited

  

Dongguan,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Sep. 26, 2010   

Manufacture and

sell e-Book devices

   CNY 33

Image & Materials, Inc.

   Domestic    100%    Dec. 31    May 17, 2006    Manufacture EPD materials    KRW 1,008

LUCOM Display Technology (Kunshan) Limited

  

Kunshan,

China

   51%    Dec. 31    Dec. 15, 2010    Manufacture notebook borderless hinge-up    CNY 99

LG Display U.S.A. Inc.

   Texas, U.S.A.    100%    Dec. 31    Oct. 26, 2011    Manufacture TFT-LCD products    USD 11

LG Display Reynosa S.A. de C.V.

   Reynosa, Mexico    100%    Dec. 31    Nov. 4, 2011    Manufacture TFT-LCD products    MXN 112

Nanumnuri Co., Ltd.

   Domestic    100%    Dec. 31    Mar. 21, 2012    Janitorial services    KRW 800

LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (*)

   Guangzhou, China    70%    Dec. 31    Dec. 10, 2012    Manufacture and sell TFT-LCD products    CNY 1,256

 

(*) In March 2013, the Controlling Company contributed ₩121,424 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCA”). There were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCA as a result of this additional investment.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRSs”) No.1034, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for full annual consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Group as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on April 19, 2013.

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

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

 

   

derivative financial instruments measured at fair value;

 

   

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value;

 

   

available-for-sale financial assets measured at fair value; and

 

   

liabilities for defined benefit plans recognized as the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in Korean won, which is the Controlling Company’s functional currency. All amounts in Korean won are in millions unless otherwise stated.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates and Judgments

The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim 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.

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied in its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in accounting policies

(i) Presentation of Operating Profit or Loss in the Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Group has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and has presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales and selling and administrative expense including research and development expenses on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) from the year ended December 31, 2012.

The Group has applied the amendment retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. The impact upon adoption of the amendment for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2012  

Operating profit (loss) before adoption of the amendment

       (178,216

Deductions:

  

Rental income

     (1,341

Foreign currency gain

     (275,494

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     (53

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     (298

Commission earned

     (852

Others

     (1,647
  

 

 

 
   (279,685
  

 

 

 

Additions:

  

Other bad debt expense

     —     

Foreign currency loss

     216,295   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     354   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     226   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     29,852   
  

 

 

 
   246,727   
  

 

 

 

Operating profit (loss) after adoption of the amendment

   (211,174
  

 

 

 
  

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Group in the preparation of its condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those followed by the Group in its preparation of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012, except for the application of K-IFRS No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and the amended or new accounting standards explained below:

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies

(i) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements

The Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013, by classifying other comprehensive income by nature into “items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss” and “items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss”.

(ii) K-IFRS No. 1110, Consolidated Financial Statements

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1110, Consolidated Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013. The standard defines the principle of control and establishes control as the basis for determining which entities are consolidated in the consolidated financial statements. A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the investor or the subsidiary of the investor. An investor or the subsidiary of the investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

(iii) K-IFRS No. 1111, Joint Arrangement

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1111, Joint Arrangement, effective January 1, 2013. The standard classifies joint arrangements into two types: joint operations and joint ventures. A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint operators) have rights to the assets and obligations for the liabilities relating to the arrangement. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement (i.e. joint venturers) have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The standard requires a joint operator to recognize and measure the assets and liabilities (and recognize the related revenues and expenses) in relation to its interest in the arrangement in accordance with relevant K-IFRSs applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. The standard requires a joint venturer to recognize an investment and to account for that investment using the equity method. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

(iv) K-IFRS No. 1112, Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

The Group has applied the standard of K-IFRS No. 1112, Disclosures of Interests in Other Entities, effective January 1, 2013. The standard brings together into a single standard all the disclosure requirements about an entity’s interests in subsidiaries, joint arrangements, associates and unconsolidated structured entities. The standard requires an entity to disclose information that enables users of financial statements to evaluate the nature of and risks associated with its interests in other entities and the effects of those interests on its financial position, financial performance and cash flows. There is no significant impact of applying this standard on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

(v) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1019, Employee Benefits

The Group has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1019, Employee Benefits, effective January 1, 2013. The revised standard requires the Group to calculate the expected return on plan assets based on the discount rate that is used to measure the present value of defined benefit obligation.

 

  (b) New Standards and Interpretations Not Yet Adopted

(i) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation

The amendment improves application guidance of K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation, to clarify criterion of offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities. The amendment will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and has not been adopted early in preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

Management is in the process of evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this standard on its financial position and results of operations.

 

4. Financial Risk Management

The objectives and policies on financial risk management followed by the Group are consistent with those disclosed in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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5. Inventories

Inventories as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Finished goods

   1,075,555         1,044,125   

Work-in-process

     758,518         653,260   

Raw materials

     350,779         370,653   

Supplies

     343,721         321,969   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,528,573         2,390,007   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales and inventory write-downs is as follows;

 

(In millions of won)    2013      2012  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   6,098,978         5,855,450   

Including: valuation loss of inventories

     173,312         130,847   

 

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6. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees

Associates and jointly controlled entities (equity method investees) as of March 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                                

Associates and jointly

controlled entities

  

Location

  

Percentage

of ownership

  

Fiscal year end

  

Date of

incorporation

  

Business

   Carrying
amount
 

Suzhou Raken Technology Ltd.

   Suzhou, China    51%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

2008

   Manufacture and sell LCD modules and LCD TV set    131,732   

Guangzhou New Vision Technology Research and Development Limited

   Guangzhou, China    50%    Dec. 31   

Jul.

2008

   R&D on design of LCD modules and LCD TV set      3,753   

Global OLED Technology LLC

   Virginia, U.S.A.    33%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

2009

   Manage and license OLED patents      36,145   

Paju Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   Domestic    40%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2005

   Manufacture electric glass for FPDs      77,261   

TLI Inc. (*1,2)

   Domestic    10%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

1998

   Manufacture and sell semiconductor parts      5,525   

AVACO Co., Ltd. (*1)

   Domestic    16%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2001

   Manufacture and sell equipment for FPDs      10,169   

New Optics LTD.

   Domestic    42%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2005

   Manufacture back light parts for TFT-LCDs      28,547   

LIG ADP Co., Ltd. (*1)

   Domestic    13%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2001

   Develop and manufacture equipment for FPDs      1,266   

WooRee E&L Co., Ltd. (formerly, WooRee LED Co., Ltd.) (*3)

   Domestic    21%    Dec. 31   

Jun.

2008

   Manufacture LED back light unit packages      26,308   

Dynamic Solar Design Co., Ltd.

   Domestic    40%    Dec. 31   

Apr.

2009

  

Develop and manufacture equipment for solar battery and

FPDs

     —     

LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16 (*4)

   Domestic    31%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

2009

  

Invest in small and

middle sized companies and benefit from M&A opportunities

     14,457   

Can Yang Investments Limited (*1)

   Hong Kong    9%    Dec. 31   

Jan.

2010

   Develop, manufacture and sell LED parts      13,287   

YAS Co., Ltd. (*1)

   Domestic    19%    Dec. 31   

Apr.

2002

   Develop and manufacture deposition equipment for OLEDs      9,405   

Eralite Optoelectronics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

   Suzhou, China    20%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2010

   Manufacture LED packages      3,487   

Narenanotech Corporation

   Domestic    23%    Dec. 31   

Dec.

1995

   Manufacture and sell FPD manufacturing equipment      26,046   

Avatec. Co., Ltd. (*1,5)

   Domestic    16%    Dec. 31   

Aug.

2000

   Manufacture and sell glass for FPDs      14,467   

Glonix Co., Ltd.

   Domestic    20%    Dec. 31   

Oct.

2006

   Manufacture and sell LCD      219   
                 

 

 

 
                  402,074   
                 

 

 

 

 

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6. Investments in Equity Accounted Investees, Continued

 

(*1) Although the Controlling Company’s share interests in TLI Inc., Avaco Co., Ltd., LIG ADP Co., Ltd., Can Yang Investments Limited, YAS Co., Ltd., and Avatec Co., Ltd. are below 20%, the Controlling Company is able to exercise significant influence through its right to assign a director to the board of directors of each investee and, accordingly, the investments in these investees have been accounted for using the equity method.
(*2) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in TLI Inc. was reduced from 12% to 10% due to the shares issued in relation to the exercise of warrants.
(*3) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd. was reduced from 30% to 21% because the Controlling Company did not participate in WooRee E&L Co., Ltd’s capital increase.
(*4) The Controlling Company is a member of limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No. 16 (“the Fund”). In 2013, the Controlling Company received ₩1,116 million from the Fund as a capital distribution. Despite the distribution from the Fund, there were no changes in the Controlling Company’s ownership percentage in the Fund and the Controlling Company is committed to making future investments of up to an aggregate of ₩30,000 million.
(*5) In 2013, the Controlling Company’s ownership in Avatec Co., Ltd. was reduced from 17% to 16% due to the shares issued in relation to the exercise of stock options.

 

7. Property, Plant and Equipment

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Group purchased property, plant and equipment of ₩524,150 million and ₩665,936 million, respectively. The capitalized borrowing costs and the annualized capitalization rate were ₩2,484 million and 4.81%, and ₩7,789 million and 3.11% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

8. Intangible Assets

The Group capitalizes expenditures related to development activities, such as expenditures incurred on designing, manufacturing and testing of products that are ultimately selected for production. The balances of capitalized development costs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are ₩153,777 million and ₩169,176 million, respectively.

 

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9. Financial Instruments

 

  (a) Credit risk

(i) Exposure to credit risk

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Cash and cash equivalents

   2,351,652         2,338,661   

Deposits in banks

     745,126         315,092   

Trade accounts and

notes receivable, net

     2,957,581         3,334,341   

Other accounts receivable, net

     109,523         199,007   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,838         2,838   

Other non-current financial assets

     12,107         11,246   

Deposits

     53,181         62,862   

Derivatives

     438         —     

Others

     16         16   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,232,462         6,264,063   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts and notes receivable as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by geographic region is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Domestic

   195,104         205,454   

Euro-zone countries

     472,332         415,664   

Japan

     170,272         79,564   

United States

     1,025,048         1,392,303   

China

     652,540         881,018   

Taiwan

     191,550         166,839   

Others

     250,735         193,499   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,957,581         3,334,341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

(ii) Impairment loss

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
    Book
value
     Impairment
loss
 

Not past due

   2,933,659         (632     3,298,888         (1,007

Past due 1-15 days

     5,201         (2     18,307         (5

Past due 16-30 days

     9,584         (1     12,152         (2

Past due 31-60 days

     6,271         (1     2,829         (3

Past due more than 60 days

     3,507         (5     3,184         (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,958,222         (641     3,335,360         (1,019
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of receivables during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)  
     2013     2012  

Balance at the beginning of the period

   1,019        663   

Bad debt expense (reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts)

     (378     356   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the reporting date

   641        1,019   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (b) Liquidity risk

 

  (i) The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of March 31, 2013:

 

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities:

                  

Secured bank loan

   55,605         57,264        664        28,466         28,134         —           —     

Unsecured bank loans

     1,942,409         2,105,739        363,708        103,218         548,392         1,088,597         1,824   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,722,920         3,007,482        442,467        51,187         727,999         1,785,829         —     

Trade accounts and notes payables

     4,125,741         4,125,741        4,125,741        —           —           —           —     

Other accounts payable

     1,911,065         1,911,239        1,911,239        —           —           —           —     

Other non-current liabilities

     30         30        30        —           —           —           —     

Derivative financial liabilities:

                  

Forward exchange contracts not designated for hedging

                  

Outflow

     4,861         256,515        256,515        —           —           —           —     

Inflow

     —           (251,639     (251,639     —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   10,762,631         11,212,371        6,848,725        182,871         1,304,525         2,874,426         1,824   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

(ii) As of March 31, 2013, there are no derivatives designated as cash flow hedge.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (c) Currency risk

(i) Exposure to currency risk

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    March 31, 2013  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     SGD  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,184        12,280        392        4        68        6        1   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,301        582        1,342        3        12        23        —     

Other accounts receivable

     38        12        151        3        7        —          —     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —          —          —          3        —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        175        19        11        —          —          1   

Trade accounts payable

     (2,074     (25,736     (1,853     (45     —          —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (86     (9,293     (644     (7     (34     (6     —     

Debts

     (1,017     —          (33     —          —          —          —     

Bonds

     (350     —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross statement of financial position exposure

     (3     (21,980     (626     (28     53        23        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Forward exchange contracts

     (330     —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     (333     (21,980     (626     (28     53        23        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
(In millions)    December 31, 2012  
     USD     JPY     CNY     TWD     EUR     PLN     SGD  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,466        7,540        536        2        61        2        —     

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,656        433        1,223        —          95        37        —     

Other accounts receivable

     66        95        340        —          1        —          —     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     —          —          —          3        —          —          —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     1        178        20        11        —          —          1   

Trade accounts payable

     (2,234     (31,162     (1,847     (463     (67     —          —     

Other accounts payable

     (109     (12,948     (725     (8     (38     (8     —     

Debts

     (898     —          (33     —          (5     —          —     

Bonds

     (349     —          —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net exposure

     599        (35,864     (486     (455     47        31        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, and the exchange rates at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2013      2012      March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

USD

   1,084.24         1,131.43       1,112.10         1,071.10   

JPY

     11.76         14.29         11.80         12.48   

CNY

     174.21         179.32         178.95         171.88   

TWD

     36.80         38.09         37.22         36.90   

EUR

     1,431.21         1,483.90         1,425.21         1,416.26   

PLN

     344.63         350.94         341.16         348.21   

SGD

     876.43         894.97         896.28         875.48   

(ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Group’s assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currency as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 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 as of the end of 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 be as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Equity     Profit or
loss
    Equity     Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

     (16,450     (6,727     21,637        32,664   

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (10,938     (6,362     (17,921     (13,935

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     (5,596     (3     (4,176     —     

TWD (5 percent weakening)

     (50     (5     (838     (5

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     2,726        3,194        2,491        2,629   

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     365        68        537        8   

SGD (5 percent weakening)

     53        —          16        —     

A stronger won against the above currencies as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 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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  (d) Interest rate risk

(i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Group’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Fixed rate instruments

    

Financial assets

   3,099,616        2,656,591   

Financial liabilities

     (3,164,051     (3,077,467
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (64,435     (420,876
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

    

Financial liabilities

   (1,556,883     (1,378,390

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

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for each 12-month period following the reporting dates. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, would remain constant.

 

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

March 31, 2013

         

Variable rate instruments

   (11,801     11,801         (11,801     11,801   

December 31, 2012

         

Variable rate instruments

   (10,448     10,448         (10,448     10,448   

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair values

(i) Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position, are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,910         13,910         13,463         13,463   

Derivatives

     438         438         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   14,348         14,348         13,463         13,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Assets carried at amortized cost

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   2,351,652         2,351,652         2,338,661         2,338,661   

Deposits in banks

     745,126         745,126         315,092         315,092   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     2,957,581         2,957,581         3,334,341         3,334,341   

Other accounts receivable

     109,523         109,523         199,007         199,007   

Other non-current financial assets

     12,107         12,107         11,246         11,246   

Deposits

     53,181         53,181         62,862         62,862   

Others

     16         16         16         16   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,229,186         6,229,186         6,261,225         6,261,225   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities carried at fair value

           

Derivatives

   4,861         4,861         —           —     

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

           

Secured bank loans

   55,605         55,605         53,555         53,555   

Unsecured bank loans

     1,942,409         1,998,430         1,783,698         1,823,514   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,722,920         2,817,528         2,618,604         2,677,038   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,125,741         4,125,741         4,147,036         4,147,036   

Other accounts payable

     1,911,065         1,911,032         2,641,958         2,641,901   

Other non-current liabilities

     30         30         30         30   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   10,757,770         10,908,366         11,244,881         11,343,074   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The basis for determining fair values above by the Group are consistent with those disclosed in the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair values, Continued

(ii) Interest rates used for determining fair value

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

 

     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Derivatives

     2.76     Not applicable   

Bonds, loans and borrowings

     2.86     3.69

(iii) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. 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

The financial instruments carried at fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

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

March 31, 2013

          

Assets

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,910         —          —           13,910   

Derivatives

     —           438        —           438   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   13,910         438        —           14,348   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

          

Derivatives

   —           (4,861     —           (4,861
(In millions of won)                           
     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2012

          

Assets

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,463         —          —           13,463   

The derivative financial assets and liabilities are classified as Level 2 since all significant inputs to compute the fair value of the over-the-counter derivatives were observable.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (f) Capital management

Management’s policy is to maintain a strong 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 level of dividends to ordinary shareholders. Equity, defined by K-IFRS, is identical to the definition of capital, managed by management.

 

(In millions of won)             
     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Total liabilities

   13,741,006        14,215,331   

Total equity

     10,344,895        10,240,180   

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     3,096,778        2,653,753   

Borrowings (including bonds)

     4,720,934        4,455,857   

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     133     139

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     16     18

 

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

 

10. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Current

     

Short-term borrowings

   30,230         35,739   

Current portion of long-term debt

     794,534         979,533   

Derivatives

     4,861         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   829,625         1,015,272   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   806,135         807,005   

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     756,228         589,105   

Bonds

     2,333,807         2,044,475   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,896,170         3,440,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The above financial liabilities, except for the derivative liabilities, are measured at amortized cost.

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (b) Short-term borrowings as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD and CNY)                   

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
March 31, 2013
   March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Bank of China and others

   1.50%~6.56%    30,230         35,739   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 22        
 
USD
28
  
  
        CNY 31        
 
CNY
31
  
  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      30,230         35,739   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c) Local currency denominated long-term debt as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
March 31, 2013
   March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Shinhan Bank and others

   3-year Korean Treasury Bond

rate less 1.25%, 2.75%

   15,484        16,629   

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and others

   4.51%~5.21%, 1-year bank

bond rate plus 1.40%

     845,457        845,072   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (54,806     (54,696
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      806,135        807,005   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Foreign currency denominated long-term debt as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won, USD, CNY and EUR)  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
March 31, 2013 (*)
   March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea

   —      —          26,777   

Kookmin Bank and others

   6ML+1.78%,
3ML+1.70%~2.25%
     1,106,540        905,080   

Bank of China and others

   90% of the Basic Rate published
by the People’s Bank of China
     303        290   
   —        —          7,666   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD 995        USD 870   
        CNY 2        CNY 2   
        —          EUR 5   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (350,615     (350,708
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      756,228        589,105   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (e) Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                          
     Maturity      Annual interest
rate

as  of March
31, 2013
    March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Local currency bonds (*)

         

Publicly issued bonds

    

 

April 2014~

March 2018

  

  

     2.90%~5.89   2,340,000        2,250,000   

Less discount on bonds

          (6,193     (5,579

Less current portion

          —          (199,946
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,333,807        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency bonds(*)

         

Floating-rate bonds

     April 2013         3ML+1.80   389,235        374,885   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

          USD 350        USD 350   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less discount on bonds

          (122     (702

Less current portion

          (389,113     (374,183
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        —          —     
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,333,807        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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11. The Nature of Expenses

The nature of expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Changes in inventories

   (138,566     119,691   

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     4,006,412        3,770,750   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,117,226        990,003   

Outsourcing fees

     70,887        29,854   

Labor costs

     684,001        633,536   

Supplies and others

     228,048        206,616   

Utility expense

     185,262        160,578   

Fees and commissions

     117,389        109,299   

Shipping costs

     81,449        103,844   

After-sale service expenses

     22,754        26,356   

Others

     305,404        278,699   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   6,680,266        6,429,226   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, other non-operating income and other non-operating expenses contained exchange differences amounting to ₩328,809 million and ₩346,224 million, respectively (for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 : ₩275,494 million and ₩216,295 million, respectively).

The expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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12. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Salaries

   59,053         60,944   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     5,657         5,568   

Other employee benefits

     16,165         13,285   

Shipping costs

     60,213         89,033   

Fees and commissions

     50,977         51,636   

Depreciation

     24,734         25,386   

Taxes and dues

     7,998         3,689   

Advertising

     16,083         24,493   

After-sale service

     22,754         26,356   

Rent

     6,147         6,637   

Insurance

     3,610         2,482   

Travel

     4,747         5,398   

Training

     3,548         3,953   

Others

     12,092         10,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   293,778         329,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013      2012  

Rental income

   2,154         1,341   

Foreign currency gain

     328,809         275,494   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     2,870         53   

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     292         298   

Commission earned

     643         852   

Others

     2,050         2,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   336,818         280,105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013      2012  

Other bad debt expense

   25         —     

Foreign currency loss

     346,224         216,295   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     159         354   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,157         226   

Donations

     1,387         3,843   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     25,586         29,953   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   374,538         250,671   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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14. Employee Benefits

The Group’s primary defined benefit plan provides a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Group.

 

  (a) Recognized liabilities for defined benefit obligations as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
      March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   705,485        672,370   

Fair value of plan assets

     (486,962     (491,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   218,523        180,640   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (b) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Current service cost

   37,476        32,692   

Interest cost

     6,505        5,727   

Expected return on plan assets

     (4,399     (3,548
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   39,582        34,871   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (c) Plan assets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Deposits with financial institutions

   486,962         491,730   

As of March 31, 2013, plan assets mainly consist of deposits in banks, for which the payment of their principal and interest is guaranteed.

 

  (d) Actuarial gain and loss recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
      2013     2012  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss)

   (166     (242

Income tax

     (51     13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss), net of income tax

   (217     (229
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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15. Finance income and Finance costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit and loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   9,634         8,128   

Foreign currency gain

     44,323         68,451   

Gain on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

     3,251         985   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   57,208         77,564   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

     

Interest expense

   46,758         46,405   

Foreign currency loss

     79,406         53,553   

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

     —           737   

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     5,504         9,265   

Loss on disposal of investments in equity accounted investees

     1,678         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   133,346         109,960   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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15. Finance income and Finance costs, Continued

 

  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income or loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013     2012  

Gain (loss) on valuation of available-for-sale securities

   824        (2,070

Tax effect

     (108     17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

   716        (2,053
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

16. 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 1,478 million (₩1,644,218 million) and JPY 5,000 million (₩59,007 million) in connection with the Controlling Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2013, no short-term borrowings were outstanding 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.

In June 2009 and January 2011, LG Display Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Controlling Company’s subsidiary, entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 250 million (₩278,025 million) and USD 100 million (₩111,210 million), respectively, and as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 224 million (₩249,323 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement with Standard Chartered Bank , and no accounts and notes receivable were sold, but not past due under the agreement with Citibank. In June 2009, June 2011 and July 2011, LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Taishin International Bank, BNP Paribas and Chinatrust Commercial Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 1,006 million (₩1,118,773 million), USD 65 million (₩72,287 million) and USD 168 million (₩186,833 million), respectively, and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 219 million (₩243,526 million) and USD 88 million (₩97,881 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreements with Taishin International Bank and Chinatrust Commercial Bank, respectively. In addition, in December 2010, LG Display Taiwan Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank and, in December 2012, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 222 million (₩246,886 million), USD 200 million (₩222,420 million), and USD 100 million (₩111,210 million), respectively, and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 84 million (₩93,550 million), USD 71 million (₩79,400 million), and USD 41 million (₩45,757 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due, respectively. In December 2010 and in December 2012, LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with BNP Paribas and Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 130 million (₩144,573 million) and USD 100 million (₩111,210 million), respectively, and as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 123 million (₩136,573 million) and USD 66 million (₩73,408 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due, respectively. In July 2009, LG Display Shenzhen Co., Ltd. and LG Display Shanghai Co., Ltd. entered into agreements with Bank of China Limited, and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 69 million (₩76,452 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due.

 

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16. Commitments, Continued

 

In June 2010, LG Display Germany GmbH entered into an agreement with Citibank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 307 million (₩341,415 million), and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 129 million (₩143,231 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In addition, LG Display Germany GmbH started forfaiting and accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 4 million (₩4,314 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In March 2011, LG Display America, Inc. entered into agreements with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 80 million (₩88,968 million) and USD 50 million (₩55,605 million), respectively, and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 80 million (₩88,945 million) and USD 37 million (₩41,133 million) were sold but not past due, respectively. In addition, in June 2011, LG Display America, Inc. entered into an agreement with Citibank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 200 million (₩222,420 million) and as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 150 million (₩166,341 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In August 2011, LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. entered into an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to an aggregate of USD 90 million (₩100,089 million) and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 9 million (₩9,506 million) were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. The Controlling Company has a credit facility agreement with Shinhan Bank pursuant to which the Controlling Company could sell its accounts and notes receivable up to an aggregate of ₩100,000 million in connection with its domestic sales transactions and as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 66 million (₩73,292 million) were sold to Shinhan Bank, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In addition, the Controlling Company entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to USD 50 million (₩55,605 million) and USD 23 million (₩25,578 million) in April 2011 and November 2012, respectively. As of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 48 million (₩53,552 million) were sold to Standard Chartered Bank, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement in April 2011 and no accounts and notes receivable were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement in November 2012. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Group has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

Letters of credit

As of March 31, 2013, the Controlling Company has agreements with Korea Exchange Bank in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 15 million (₩16,682 million), USD 15 million (₩16,682 million) with China Construction Bank, JPY 1,500 million (₩17,702 million) with Woori Bank, USD 70 million (₩77,847 million) with Bank of China, USD 60 million (₩66,726 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, USD 15 million (₩16,682 million) with Hana Bank and USD 30 million (₩33,363 million) with Shinhan Bank.

Payment guarantees

The Controlling Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 8.5 million (₩9,453 million) and EUR 215 million (₩306,420 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland and other various banks for a number of occasions including value added tax payments in Poland.

 

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LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries are provided with payment guarantees from the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and other various banks amounting to USD 5 million (₩5,561 million), JPY 700 million (₩8,261 million), CNY 800 million (₩143,160 million) and PLN 0.2 million (₩68 million) respectively, for their local tax payments.

Credit facility

LG Display Japan Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries have entered into short-term credit facility agreements of up to USD 65 million (₩72,287 million) and JPY 8,000 million (₩94,410 million) in total, with Mizuho Corporate Bank and other various banks.

License agreements

As of March 31, 2013, in relation to its TFT-LCD business, the Controlling Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others and has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp.

Long-term supply agreement

In connection with long-term supply agreements, as of March 31, 2013, the Controlling Company’s balance of advances received from a customer amount to USD 1,280 million (₩1,423,488 million) in aggregate. The advances received will be offset against outstanding accounts receivable balances after a given period of time, as well as those arising from the supply of products thereafter. The Controlling Company received a payment guarantee amounting to USD 260 million (₩289,146 million) from the Industrial Bank of Korea relating to advances received.

Pledged Assets

Regarding the secured bank loan amounting to USD 50 million (₩55,605 million) from the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Controlling Company provided part of its OLED machinery as pledged assets.

 

17. Contingencies

Anvik Corporation’s lawsuit for infringement of patent

In 2007, Anvik Corporation filed a patent infringement case against the Group, along with other LCD manufacturing companies in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY district court”), in connection with the usage of photo-masking equipment manufactured by Nikon Corporation. The court granted Nikon Corporation’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the patents-in-suit and entered a judgment in favor of Nikon Corporation, the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. and other TFT-LCD manufacturing companies, dismissing the case in April 2012. In April 2012, Anvik Corporation appealed the court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”). The CAFC has reversed the SDNY district court’s summary judgment ruling and remanded the case back to the district court for further proceedings.

 

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Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan’s action for patent infringement

In 2012, the United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”) granted a motion by Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (“ITRI”) to add the Controlling Company and LG Display America as additional respondents in an investigation under Section 337 of the United States Tariff Act (In the Matter of Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-805). ITRI is seeking an exclusion order which prohibits the importation of televisions and monitors incorporating the Controlling Company’s products into the United States for alleged patent infringement. On October 22, 2012, USITC issued a Notice of Initial Determination finding that the Controlling Company and LG Display America, Inc. did not infringe the asserted patent of ITRI. The final determination is scheduled to be issued on June 28, 2013.

Patent Infringement Litigations and Invalidity Proceedings Between the Controlling Company and Samsung Display Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In September 2012, the Controlling Company filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (“SSD”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“SSE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display technology and relevant manufacturing methods and seeking monetary compensation. As a response, SSD requested for an invalidity proceeding over the identical seven patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Furthermore, in December 2012, SSD filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against the Controlling Company and LG Electronics Co., Ltd. (“LGE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) technology and seeking monetary compensation, and of which the Controlling Company responded by requesting for an invalidity proceeding over such LCD patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Meanwhile, under the mediation of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, the Controlling Company and SSD have agreed to work toward resolving the currently pending patent infringement proceedings through settlement.

Request for arbitration of Arkema France and its subsidiary regarding termination of a contract with the Controlling Company

In October 2012, Arkema France (“Arkema”) and its subsidiary filed a request for arbitration in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce regarding termination of a contract with the Controlling Company. The Controlling Company is currently defending against Arkema’s claims.

Anti-trust investigations and litigations

In December 2006, the Controlling Company received notices of investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the European Commission with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the TFT-LCD industry. The Controlling Company subsequently received similar notices from the Canadian Bureau of Competition Policy, the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico, the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil and the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.

In November 2008, the Controlling Company executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) whereby the Controlling Company and its U.S. subsidiary, LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”), pleaded guilty to a Sherman Antitrust Act violation and agreed to pay a single total fine of USD 400 million.

 

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In December 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accepted the terms of the plea agreement and entered a judgment against the Controlling Company and LGDUS and ordered the payment of USD 400 million. The agreement resolved all federal criminal charges against the Controlling Company and LGDUS in the United States in connection with this matter.

In December 2010, the European Commission (“the EC”) issued a decision finding that the Controlling Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry in violation of European competition laws and imposed a fine of EUR 215 million. In February 2011, the Controlling Company filed with the European Union General Court an application for partial annulment and reduction of the fine imposed by the EC. To date the European Union General Court has not ruled on the Controlling Company’s application. In November 2011, the Controlling Company received an additional Request for Information from the EC relating to the alleged anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry and is responding to the request.

In November 2009, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission terminated its investigation without any finding of violations or levying of fines. Also, in February 2012, the Competition Bureau of Canada terminated its investigation against the Controlling Company without any finding of violations or levying of fines. To date no decision has been issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and we believe the statutory time period by which the Commission was required to have issued a decision has already lapsed. To date investigations by the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico and the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil are ongoing.

In August 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission issued an Examination Report finding that the Controlling Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in violation of Korean fair trade laws and a hearing was held in October 2011. In December 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission imposed a fine on the Controlling Company and certain of its subsidiaries of approximately ₩31,378 million, and the Controlling Company filed an appeal of the decision with the Seoul High Court in December 2011. To date the Seoul High Court has not ruled on the Controlling Company’s appeal.

Subsequent to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of class action complaints were filed against the Controlling Company and other TFT-LCD panel manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada alleging violation of respective antitrust laws and related laws. The class action lawsuits in the U.S. were transferred to the Northern District of California for pretrial proceedings (“MDL Proceedings”). In March 2010, the court certified the class action complaints filed by direct purchasers and indirect purchasers. Seventy-eight entities (including groups of affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the direct purchaser class. The time period for submitting requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class expired on April 13, 2012 and ten entities (including groups and affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class. In addition, since 2010, the attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed complaints against the Controlling Company, alleging similar antitrust violations as alleged in the MDL Proceedings. In June 2011, the Controlling Company reached a settlement with the direct purchaser class, which the federal district court approved in December 2011. In July 2012, the Controlling Company reached a settlement with the indirect purchaser class and with the state attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, which was approved by the federal district court in April 2013. In March 2013, the Oklahoma attorney general dismissed its action as to the Company pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Apart from the direct and indirect purchaser class actions, individual plaintiffs filed complaints in various state or federal courts in the United States alleging violation of the respective antitrust laws and related laws by various LCD panel manufacturers. To date the Controlling Company is defending against thirty-one Direct Action Plaintiffs including Motorola Mobility, Inc., Electrograph Technologies Corp. and its affiliates, TracFone Wireless Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc. and its affiliates, Target Corp., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Kmart Corp., Old Comp Inc., Good Guys, Inc., RadioShack Corp., Newegg Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Office Depot, Inc., Interbond Corp. of America (BrandsMart), Jaco Electronics, Inc., P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp., MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc., ABC Appliance (ABC Warehouse), Schultze Agency Services, LLC (Tweeter), AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust for All American Semiconductor Inc., Tech Data Corp. and its affiliate, CompuCom Systems, Inc., ViewSonic Corp., NECO Alliance LLC, Rockwell Automation Inc., Proview Technology, Inc. and its affiliates, and the attorneys general of Illinois, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class action complaints filed by the direct and indirect purchasers in May 2011. The Controlling Company is pursuing an appeal of the decision as well as defending the on-going class actions in Quebec and British Columbia.

While the Group continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, there is a possibility that one or more proceedings may result in an unfavorable outcome to the Company. For certain cases described above, management is not able to estimate the potential loss if the final outcome of the cases is unfavorable to the Group as the cases are in early stage and management does not have sufficient information to estimate the amount of possible loss. Otherwise the Group has established provisions with respect to certain of the contingencies, considering factors such as the nature of the litigation, claim, or assessment, the progress of the case and the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers. These estimates have been based on our assessment of the facts and circumstances and are subject to change materially based upon new information, intervening events and the final outcome of the cases.

 

18. Capital and Reserves

 

  (a) Share capital

The Controlling Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value ₩5,000), and as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

 

  (b) Reserves

Translation reserve

The translation reserve comprises all foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.

Fair value reserve

The fair value reserve comprises the cumulative net change in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets until the investments are derecognized or impaired.

 

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19. Related Parties

 

  (a) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Short-term benefits

   791         540   

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     687         37   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,478         577   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

  (b) Significant transactions with related companies

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 three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     Sales and others      Purchases and others  
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Joint ventures

   100,571         200,113         20,670         21,041   

Associates

     300         208         491,657         320,342   

LG Electronics

     1,676,416         1,384,608         38,425         53,509   

Other related parties

     2,276         1,171         136,551         87,617   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,779,563         1,586,100         687,303         482,509   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Account balances with related parties as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
     Trade accounts and
notes receivable and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and others
 
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Joint ventures

   60,073         92,870         117,715         168,620   

Associates

     913         521         468,333         610,427   

LG Electronics

     736,686         658,516         76,077         67,867   

Other related parties

     565         743         168,150         125,746   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   798,237         752,650         830,275         972,660   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The significant transactions for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 and the account balances as of December 31, 2012 were restated because a related party restated its consolidated financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS No.1110, Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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20. Geographic and Other Information

The Group manufactures and sells TFT-LCD and Active Matrix (“AM”)-OLED products. Sales of AM-OLED products are insignificant to total sales. Sales in countries other than South Korea represent approximately 90% of total sales for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

The following is a summary of sales by region based on the location of the customers for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

(a) Revenue by geography

 

(In millions of won)       

Region

   Revenue  
   For the three-month periods ended March 31  
   2013      2012  

Domestic

   690,065         498,543   

Foreign

     

China

     3,822,765         3,408,188   

Asia (excluding China)

     657,963         560,220   

United States

     710,693         613,647   

Europe

     921,754         1,103,078   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub total

   6,113,175         5,685,133   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   6,803,240         6,183,676   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales to Company A and Company B constituted 28% and 26% of total revenue, respectively, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 (the three-month period ended March 31, 2012: 22% and 17%). The Group’s top ten end-brand customers together accounted for 78% of sales for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 (the three-month period ended March 31, 2012: 69%).

(b) Non-current assets by geography

 

(In millions of won)                            
      March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Region

   Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible assets      Property, plant and
equipment
     Intangible assets  

Domestic

   11,414,808         458,841         12,002,578         488,678   

Foreign

           

China

     1,004,811         6,387         939,929         7,499   

Others

     156,752         1,432         165,004         1,425   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub total

     1,161,563         7,819         1,104,933         8,924   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   12,576,371         466,660         13,107,511         497,602   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  (c) Revenue by product

 

(In millions of won)              

Product

   Revenue  
   For the three-month periods ended March 31  
   2013      2012  

Panels for:

     

Notebook computers

   1,585,554         1,176,160   

Desktop monitors

     1,406,881         1,285,164   

TFT-LCD televisions

     2,909,797         2,877,695   

Mobile and others

     901,008         844,657   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,803,240         6,183,676   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

21. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of Income tax expense (benefit) for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2013      2012  

Current tax expense

   35,474         26,819   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     1,795         (94,606
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   37,269         (67,787
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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21. Income Taxes, Continued

 

  (b) Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the deferred tax assets at the reporting date will be realized with the Group’s estimated future taxable income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     2013      2012      2013     2012     2013     2012  

Other accounts receivable, net

   —           —           (1,661     (2,063     (1,661     (2,063

Inventories, net

     17,841         10,075         —          —          17,841        10,075   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     177         285         —          —          177        285   

Defined benefit obligation

     41,506         38,573         —          —          41,506        38,573   

Investments in equity accounted investees

     12,640         7,619         —          —          12,640        7,619   

Accrued expenses

     88,808         81,802         —          —          88,808        81,802   

Property, plant and equipment

     166,314         171,881         —          —          166,314        171,881   

Intangible assets

     2,766         2,488         —          —          2,766        2,488   

Provisions

     12,134         12,979         —          —          12,134        12,979   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     4,160         5,340         (954     (958     3,206        4,382   

Others

     23,633         34,344         —          (220     23,633        34,124   

Tax loss carryforwards

     246,778         233,139         —          —          246,778        233,139   

Tax credit carryforwards

     678,773         699,529         —          —          678,773        699,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

    1,295,530         1,298,054         (2,615     (3,241     1,292,915        1,294,813   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Controlling Company is 24.2% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

As of March 31, 2013, the Controlling Company applied 16% as the minimum tax rate when measuring the amount of tax credit related deferred tax assets for which it is probable that the related tax benefit will be realized. As a result of this rate change, the unused tax credit for which no deferred tax asset is recognized deferred increased by ₩129,811 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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22. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

  (a) Basic earnings (Loss) per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2013      2012  

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Controlling Company

     3,899,143,341         (128,463,547,327

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     357,815,700         357,815,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

   11         (359
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common shares used for calculating earnings (loss) per share.

 

  (b) Diluted earnings per share for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 is not calculated since there was no potential common stock. In addition, there is no effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares due to the Controlling Company’s net loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

March 31, 2013 and 2012

(With Independent Auditors’ Review Report Thereon)

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

     82   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Financial Position

     84   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Comprehensive Loss

     85   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

     86   

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows

     87   

Notes to the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

     89   

 

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Independent Auditors’ Review Report

Based on a report originally issued in Korean

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LG Display Co., Ltd.:

Reviewed Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements of LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) which comprise the condensed separate interim statement of financial position as of March 31, 2013, the condensed separate interim statements of comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Condensed Separate Interim Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these condensed separate interim financial statements in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and for such internal controls as management determines necessary to enable the preparation of condensed separate interim financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to issue a report on these condensed separate interim financial statements based on our reviews.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the Review Standards for Quarterly and Semiannual Financial Statements established by the Security and Futures Commission of the Republic of Korea. A review of interim financial information consists principally of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our reviews, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed separate interim financial statements referred to above are not presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting.

Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in note 17 to the condensed separate interim financial statements, the Company has been or is under investigations by antitrust authorities in several countries with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) industry and named as defendants in a number of individual lawsuits and class actions in the United States and Canada, respectively, in connection with alleged antitrust violations concerning the sale of LCD panels. The Company estimated and recognized losses related to these investigations and alleged violations. However, actual losses are subject to change in the future based on new developments in each matter, or changes in circumstances, which could be materially different from those estimated and recognized by the Company.

 

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As discussed in note 2 (e) to the separate financial statements, the Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales, selling and administrative expense, and research and development expenses in the separate statement of comprehensive loss since the annual reporting for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company applied this change in accounting policies retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative separate statement of comprehensive loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.

Other Matters

The procedures and practices utilized in the Republic of Korea to review such condensed separate interim financial statements may differ from those generally accepted and applied in other countries. Accordingly, this report and the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements are for use by those knowledgeable about Korean review standards and their application in practice.

We audited the separate statement of financial position as of December 31, 2012, and the related separate statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which are not accompanying this review report, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of Korea, and our report thereon, dated February 15, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion. The accompanying condensed separate statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2012, presented for comparative purposes, is not different from that audited by us in all material respects.

/s/ KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.

Seoul, Korea

April 30, 2013

 

This report is effective as of April 30, 2013, the review report date. Certain subsequent events or circumstances, which may occur between the review report date and the time of reading this report, could have a material impact on the accompanying condensed separate interim financial statements and notes thereto. Accordingly, the readers of the review report should understand that the above review 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 March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   9    1,456,301       1,400,566  

Deposits in banks

   9      745,000       315,000  

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

   9, 16, 19      3,965,841       4,548,459  

Other accounts receivable, net

   9      66,976       101,337  

Other current financial assets

   9      3,413       2,976  

Inventories

   5      2,058,743       1,947,945  

Prepaid income taxes

        4,677       3,699  

Other current assets

        194,938       112,271  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

        8,495,889       8,432,253  

Investments

   6      1,588,964       1,468,778  

Other non-current financial assets

   9      72,233       80,318  

Deferred tax assets

   20      1,173,054       1,186,704  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   7      11,415,492       12,004,435  

Intangible assets, net

   8      458,827       488,663  

Other non-current assets

        142,497       140,437  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        14,851,067       15,369,335  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      23,346,956       23,801,588  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade accounts and notes payable

   9, 19    4,426,871       4,386,383  

Current financial liabilities

   9, 10      799,092       971,577  

Other accounts payable

   9, 19      1,889,982       2,618,171  

Accrued expenses

        436,291       418,047  

Provisions

        245,364       249,755  

Advances received

        486,435       462,614  

Other current liabilities

        27,218       26,396  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        8,311,253       9,132,943  

Non-current financial liabilities

   9, 10      3,896,170       3,440,585  

Non-current provisions

        5,539       6,515  

Employee benefits

   14      218,186       180,302  

Long-term advances received

   16      978,648       1,049,678  

Other non-current liabilities

        333,177       330,445  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        5,431,720       5,007,525  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        13,742,973       14,140,468  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

       

Share capital

   18      1,789,079       1,789,079  

Share premium

        2,251,113       2,251,113  

Reserves

   18      (555 )     (893 )

Retained earnings

        5,564,346       5,621,821  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

        9,603,983       9,661,120  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

      23,346,956       23,801,588  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won, except earnings per share)    Note    2013     2012  

Revenue

   19    6,568,525       5,955,719  

Cost of sales

   5, 19      (6,019,364 )     (5,777,462 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        549,161       178,257  

Selling expenses

   12      (123,086 )     (132,008 )

Administrative expenses

   12      (100,692 )     (101,617 )

Research and development expenses

        (256,805 )     (207,748 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit (loss)

        68,578       (263,116 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance income

   15      18,761       43,145  

Finance costs

   15      (105,910 )     (74,059 )

Other non-operating income

   13      287,483       222,171  

Other non-operating expenses

   13      (312,655 )     (188,714 )

Profit (loss) before income tax

        (43,743 )     (260,573 )

Income tax (expense) benefit

   20      (13,891 )     85,495  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss for the period

        (57,634 )     (175,078 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

       

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss)

   14      210       (53 )

Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

        (51 )     13  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        159       (40 )

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

       

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

   15      446       (68 )

Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified to profit or loss

        (108 )     16  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        338       (52 )

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

        497       (92 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

      (57,137 )     (175,170 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share

       

Basic and diluted loss per share

   21    (161 )     (489 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

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

Balances at January 1, 2012

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (3,944 )     5,650,669       9,686,917  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

            

Loss for the period

     —          —          —         (175,078 )     (175,078 )

Other comprehensive loss

            

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

     —          —          (52 )     —         (52 )

Defined benefit plan actuarial loss, net of tax

     —          —          —         (40 )     (40 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

     —          —          (52 )     (40 )     (92 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

   —          —          (52 )     (175,118 )     (175,170 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

     —          —          —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at March 31, 2012

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (3,996 )     5,475,551       9,511,747  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at January 1, 2013

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (893 )     5,621,821       9,661,120  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

            

Loss for the period

     —          —          —         (57,634 )     (57,634 )

Other comprehensive income (loss)

            

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

     —          —          338       —         338  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain, net of tax

     —          —          —         159       159  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

     —          —          338       159       497  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period

   —          —          338       (57,475 )     (57,137 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction with owners, recognized directly in equity

     —          —          —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at March 31, 2013

   1,789,079        2,251,113        (555 )     5,564,346       9,603,983  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Loss for the period

      57,634       175,078  

Adjustments for:

       

Income tax expense (benefit)

   20      13,891       (85,495 )

Depreciation

   11      989,863       865,951  

Amortization of intangible assets

   11      66,666       61,282  

Gain on foreign currency translation

        (82,366 )     (63,881 )

Loss on foreign currency translation

        160,192       40,824  

Costs related to defined benefit plans

   14      39,454       34,557  

Reversal of stock compensation expense

        —         (3 )

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (2,700 )     (65 )

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        137       1  

Impairment loss on intangible assets

        1,157       226  

Finance income

        (8,370 )     (42,083 )

Finance costs

        99,155       53,089  

Other income

        (2,653 )     (15,367 )

Other expenses

        43,920       48,999  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        1,318,346       898,035  

Change in trade accounts and notes receivable

        547,369       (258,160 )

Change in other accounts receivable

        36,027       (4,558 )

Change in other current assets

        (77,547 )     (108,430 )

Change in inventories

        (110,798 )     117,195  

Change in other non-current assets

        (12,892 )     (17,404 )

Change in trade accounts and notes payable

        (44,546 )     12,542  

Change in other accounts payable

        (145,442 )     15,941  

Change in accrued expenses

        18,522       40,728  

Change in other current liabilities

        7,076       7,406  

Change in provisions

        (56,574 )     (52,100 )

Change in defined benefit liabilities

        (1,360 )     (10,506 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        159,835       (257,346 )

Cash generated from operating activities

        1,420,547       465,611  

Income taxes paid

        (1,378 )     (1,796 )

Interest received

        7,021       8,927  

Interest paid

        (44,900 )     (49,273 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      1,381,290       423,469  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.

Condensed Separate Interim Statements of Cash Flows, Continued

 

(Unaudited)

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

(In millions of won)    Note    2013     2012  

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Dividends received

      300       —    

Proceeds from withdrawal of deposits in banks

        100,000       400,000  

Increase in deposits in banks

        (530,000 )     —    

Acquisition of investments

        (121,424 )     (3,800 )

Proceeds from disposal of investments

        1,116       —    

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

        (966,102 )     (1,134,117 )

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

        5,453       65  

Acquisition of intangible assets

        (48,517 )     (78,241 )

Grants received

        956       2,170  

Payment for settlement of derivatives

        —         (1,619 )

Acquisition of other non-current financial assets

        (674 )     (481 )

Proceeds from disposal of other non-current financial assets

        10,032       6,847  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

      (1,548,860 )     (809,176 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

       

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

        1,888       2,648,686  

Repayments of short-term borrowings

        (1,888 )     (1,738,438 )

Proceeds from long-term debt

        162,405       —    

Proceeds from issuance of debentures

        288,820       —    

Repayments of current portion of long-term debt

        (227,920 )     (197,881 )
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

      223,305       712,367  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

        55,735       326,660  

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

        1,400,566       604,890  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31

      1,456,301       931,550  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed separate interim financial statements.

 

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1. Organization and Description of Business

LG Display Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1985 under its original name of LG Soft, Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. In 1998, LG Electronics Inc. and LG Semicon Co., Ltd. transferred their respective Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (“TFT-LCD”) related business to the Company. The main business of the Company is to manufacture and sell TFT-LCD panels. The Company is a stock company (“Jusikhoesa”) domiciled in the Republic of Korea with its address at 128 Yeouidae-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. In July 1999, LG Electronics Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) entered into a joint venture agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company changed its name to LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. However, the Company changed its name to LG Display Co., Ltd. as a result of the decrease in Philips’s share interest in the Company and the possibility of its business expansion to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) and Flexible Display products. As of March 31, 2013, LG Electronics Inc. owns 37.9% (135,625,000 shares) of the Company’s common shares.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has its TFT-LCD manufacturing plants, OLED manufacturing plant and LCD Research & Development Center in Paju and TFT-LCD manufacturing plants in Gumi. The Company has overseas subsidiaries located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Company’s common stock is listed on the Korea Exchange under the identifying code 034220. As of March 31, 2013, 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 March 31, 2013, there are 18,480,346 ADSs outstanding.

 

2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements

 

  (a) Statement of Compliance

The condensed separate interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (“K-IFRSs”) No.1034, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

These condensed interim financial statements are separate interim financial statements prepared in accordance with K-IFRS No.1027, Separate Financial Statements, presented by a parent, an investor in an associate or a venturer in a jointly controlled entity, 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 condensed separate interim financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on April 19, 2013.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (b) Basis of Measurement

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

 

   

derivative financial instruments measured at fair value;

 

   

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value;

 

   

available-for-sale financial assets measured at fair value; and

 

   

liabilities for defined benefit plans recognized as the present value of defined benefit obligations less the fair value of plan assets

 

  (c) Functional and Presentation Currency

The condensed separate interim financial statements are presented in Korean won, which is the Company’s functional currency. All amounts in Korean won are in millions unless otherwise stated.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates and Judgments

The preparation of the condensed separate interim 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.

In preparing these condensed separate interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied in its financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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2. Basis of Presenting Financial Statements, Continued

 

  (e) Changes in accounting policies

(i) Presentation of Operating Profit or Loss in the Condensed Separate Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company has adopted the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, and has presented operating profit or loss as an amount of revenue less cost of sales and selling and administrative expense including research and development expenses on the separate statement of comprehensive income (loss) from the year ended December 31, 2012.

The Company has applied the amendment retrospectively, and accordingly restated the comparative separate interim statement of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. The impact upon adoption of the amendment for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2012  

Operating profit (loss) before adoption of the amendment

   (226,270

Deductions:

  

Rental income

     (1,015

Foreign currency gain

     (196,231

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     (65

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     (98

Commission earned

     (848

Others

     (23,467
  

 

 

 
   (221,724
  

 

 

 

Additions:

  

Other bad debt expense

     —     

Foreign currency loss

     155,027   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     1   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     226   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     29,624   
  

 

 

 
   184,878   
  

 

 

 

Operating profit (loss) after adoption of the amendment

   (263,116
  

 

 

 

 

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the preparation of its condensed separate interim financial statements are the same as those followed by the Company in its preparation of the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012, except for the application of K-IFRS No. 1034, Interim Financial Reporting, and the amended accounting standards explained below:

 

  (a) Changes to the Significant Accounting Policies

(i) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1001, Presentation of Financial Statements

The Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1001, Presentation of Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2013, by classifying other comprehensive income by nature into “items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss” and “items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss.”

(ii) Amendment to K-IFRS No.1019, Employee Benefits

The Company has applied the amendment to K-IFRS No. 1019, Employee Benefits, effective January 1, 2013. The revised standard requires the Company to calculate the expected return on plan assets based on the discount rate that is used to measure the present value of defined benefit obligation.

 

  (b) New Standards and Interpretations Not Yet Adopted

(i) Amendment to K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation

The amendment improves application guidance of K-IFRS No. 1032, Financial Instruments: Presentation, to clarify criterion of offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities. The amendment will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and has not been adopted early in preparing these condensed separate interim financial statements.

Management is in the process of evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this standard on its financial position and results of operations.

 

4. Financial Risk Management

The objectives and policies on financial risk management followed by the Company are consistent with those disclosed in the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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5. Inventories

Inventories as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Finished goods

   716,191         690,468   

Work-in-process

     717,679         620,175   

Raw materials

     326,785         354,240   

Supplies

     298,088         283,062   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   2,058,743         1,947,945   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales and inventory write-downs is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2013      2012  

Inventories recognized as cost of sales

   6,019,364         5,777,462   

Including: valuation loss of inventories

     159,377         114,831   

 

6. Investments

 

  (a) Investments in subsidiaries

In March 2013, the Company invested ₩121,424 million in cash for the capital increase of LG Display (China) Co., Ltd. (“LGDCA”). There were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in LGDCA as a result of this additional investment.

 

  (b) Investments in associates

The Company is a member of limited partnership in the LB Gemini New Growth Fund No.16 (“the Fund”). In 2013, the Company received ₩1,116 million from the Fund as a capital distribution. Despite the distribution from the Fund, there were no changes in the Company’s ownership percentage in the Fund and the Company is committed to making future investments of up to an aggregate of ₩30,000 million.

 

7. Property, Plant and Equipment

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company purchased property, plant and equipment of ₩444,633 million and ₩619,203 million, respectively. The capitalized borrowing costs and the annualized capitalization rate were ₩2,484 million and 4.81%, and ₩7,789 million and 3.11% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

8. Intangible Assets

The Company capitalizes expenditures related to development activities, such as expenditures incurred on designing, manufacturing and testing of products that are ultimately selected for production. The balances of capitalized development costs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, are ₩153,777 million and ₩169,176 million, respectively.

 

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9. Financial Instruments

 

  (a) Credit risk

 

  (i) Exposure to credit risk

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Cash and cash equivalents

   1,456,301         1,400,566   

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

     3,965,841         4,548,459   

Other accounts receivable, net

     66,976         101,337   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     2,838         2,838   

Other non-current financial assets

     12,107         11,246   

Deposits

     46,625         56,019   

Deposits in banks

     745,000         315,000   

Derivatives

     438         —     

Others

     13         13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,296,139         6,435,478   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition to the financial assets above, as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company provides payment guarantees of ₩7,785 million and ₩15,124 million, respectively, in connection with its subsidiaries’ loans.

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts and notes receivable as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by geographic region is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Domestic

   195,104         205,454   

Euro-zone countries

     562,990         529,138   

Japan

     246,949         167,242   

United States

     1,579,442         1,790,401   

China

     862,545         1,307,759   

Taiwan

     240,738         257,793   

Others

     278,073         290,672   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,965,841         4,548,459   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  (ii) Impairment loss

The aging of trade accounts and notes receivable as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Book
value
     Impairment
loss
    Book
value
     Impairment
loss
 

Not past due

   3,947,505         (22     4,528,302         (235

Past due 1-15 days

     4,285         (2     5,927         (2

Past due 16-30 days

     7,334         —          9,531         (1

Past due 31-60 days

     6,270         (1     2,154         (3

Past due more than 60 days

     476         (4     2,788         (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,965,870         (29     4,548,702         (243
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of receivables during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Balance at the beginning of the period

   243        54   

Bad debt expense (reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts)

     (214     189   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the reporting date

   29        243   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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  (b) Liquidity risk

 

  (i) The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments, as of March 31, 2013:

 

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

Non-derivative financial liabilities

                  

Secured bank loan

   55,605         57,264        664        28,466         28,134         —           —     

Unsecured bank loans

     1,911,876         2,075,135        333,364        102,958         548,392         1,088,597         1,824   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,722,920         3,007,482        442,467        51,187         727,999         1,785,829         —     

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,426,871         4,426,871        4,426,871        —           —           —           —     

Other accounts payable

     1,761,574         1,761,574        1,761,574        —           —           —           —     

Payment guarantee

     —           7,785        7,785        —           —           —           —     

Derivative financial liabilities

                  

Forward exchange contracts not designated for hedging

                  

Outflow

     4,861         256,515        256,515        —           —           —           —     

Inflow

     —           (251,639     (251,639     —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   10,883,707         11,340,987        6,977,601        182,611         1,304,525         2,874,426         1,824   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

  (ii) As of March 31, 2013, there are no derivatives designated as cash flow hedge.

 

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  (c) Currency risk

 

  (i) Exposure to currency risk

The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on notional amounts as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions)    March 31, 2013  
     USD     JPY     PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     473        12,260        5         45   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,318        8,247        —           36   

Other accounts receivable

     17        1        —           —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —          51        —           —     

Trade accounts payable

     (2,644     (25,736     —           (1

Other accounts payable

     (90     (9,044     —           (6

Debts

     (995     —          —           —     

Bonds

     (350     —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross statement of financial position exposure

     (271     (14,221     5         74   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward exchange contracts

     (330     —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     (601     (14,221     5         74   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(In millions)    December 31, 2012  
     USD     JPY     CNY     PLN      EUR  

Cash and cash equivalents

     696        7,508        5        1         47   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     4,002        6,400        —          —           38   

Other accounts receivable

     17        1        —          —           —     

Other assets denominated in foreign currencies

     —          51        —          —           —     

Trade accounts payable

     (2,857     (31,162     —          —           —     

Other accounts payable

     (248     (12,262     (5     —           (7

Debts

     (870     —          —          —           —     

Bonds

     (349     —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net exposure

     391        (29,464     —          1         78   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

Average exchange rates applied for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the exchange rates at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won)    Average rate      Reporting date spot rate  
     2013      2012      March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

USD

   1,084.24         1,131.43       1,112.10         1,071.10   

JPY

     11.76         14.29         11.80         12.48   

CNY

     174.21         179.32         178.95         171.88   

PLN

     344.63         350.94         341.16         348.21   

EUR

     1,431.21         1,483.90         1,425.21         1,416.26   

 

  (ii) Sensitivity analysis

A weaker won, as indicated below, against the following currencies which comprise the Company’s financial assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currency as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Company considers to be reasonably possible as of the end of 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 be as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     Equity     Profit or
loss
    Equity     Profit or
loss
 

USD (5 percent weakening)

   (25,331     (25,331     15,873        15,873   

JPY (5 percent weakening)

     (6,361     (6,361     (13,931     (13,931

CNY (5 percent weakening)

     —          —          —          —     

PLN (5 percent weakening)

     65        65        13        13   

EUR (5 percent weakening)

     3,997        3,997        4,187        4,187   

A stronger won against the above currencies as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 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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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (d) Interest rate risk

 

  (i) Profile

The interest rate profile of the Company’s interest-bearing financial instruments as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Fixed rate instruments

    

Financial assets

   2,204,139        1,718,404   

Financial liabilities

     (3,133,821     (3,044,050
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (929,682     (1,325,646
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Variable rate instruments

    

Financial liabilities

   (1,556,580     (1,368,112

 

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

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, a change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below for each 12-month period following the reporting dates. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates, would remain constant.

 

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

March 31, 2013

         

Variable rate instruments

   (11,799     11,799         (11,799     11,799   

December 31, 2012

         

Variable rate instruments

   (10,370     10,370         (10,370     10,370   

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (e) Fair values

 

  (i) Fair values versus carrying amounts

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

 

(In millions of won)    March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
     Carrying
amounts
     Fair
values
 

Assets carried at fair value

           

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,789         13,789         13,343         13,343   

Derivatives

     438         438         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   14,227         14,227         13,343         13,343   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Assets carried at amortized cost

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   1,456,301         1,456,301         1,400,566         1,400,566   

Deposits in banks

     745,000         745,000         315,000         315,000   

Trade accounts and notes receivable

     3,965,841         3,965,841         4,548,459         4,548,459   

Other accounts receivable

     66,976         66,976         101,337         101,337   

Other non-current financial assets

     12,107         12,107         11,246         11,246   

Deposits

     46,625         46,625         56,019         56,019   

Others

     13         13         13         13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,292,863         6,292,863         6,432,640         6,432,640   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities carried at fair value

           

Derivatives

   4,861         4,861         —           —     

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

           

Secured bank loans

   55,605         55,605         53,555         53,555   

Unsecured bank loans

     1,911,876         1,967,908         1,740,003         1,779,819   

Unsecured bond issues

     2,722,920         2,817,528         2,618,604         2,677,038   

Trade accounts and notes payable

     4,426,871         4,426,871         4,386,383         4,386,383   

Other accounts payable

     1,761,574         1,761,574         2,479,772         2,479,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   10,878,846         11,029,486         11,278,317         11,376,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The basis for determining fair values above by the Company are consistent with those disclosed in the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (ii) Interest rates used for determining fair value

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

 

     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Derivatives

     2.76     Not applicable   

Bonds, loans and borrowings

     2.86     3.69

 

  (iii) Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. 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

The financial instruments carried at fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

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

March 31, 2013

          

Assets

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,789         —          —           13,789   

Derivatives

     —           438        —           438   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   13,789         438        —           14,227   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

          

Derivatives

                        (4,861        (4,861
(In millions of won)                           
     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2012

          

Assets

          

Available-for-sale financial assets

   13,343         —          —           13,343   

The derivative financial assets and liabilities are classified as Level 2 since all significant inputs to compute the fair value of the over-the-counter derivatives were observable.

 

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9. Financial Instruments, Continued

 

  (f) Capital management

Management’s policy is to maintain a strong 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 level of dividends to ordinary shareholders. Equity, defined by K-IFRS, is identical to the definition of capital, managed by management.

 

(In millions of won)             
     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Total liabilities

   13,742,973        14,140,468   

Total equity

     9,603,983        9,661,120   

Cash and deposits in banks (*1)

     2,201,301        1,715,566   

Borrowings (including bonds)

     4,690,401        4,412,162   

Total liabilities to equity ratio

     143     146

Net borrowings to equity ratio (*2)

     26     28

 

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

 

10. Financial Liabilities

 

  (a) Financial liabilities as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Current

     

Current portion of long-term debt

   794,231         971,577   

Derivatives

     4,861         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   799,092         971,577   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current

     

Won denominated borrowings

   806,135         807,005   

Foreign currency denominated borrowings

     756,228         589,105   

Bonds

     2,333,807         2,044,475   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,896,170         3,440,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The above financial liabilities, except for the derivative liabilities, are measured at amortized cost.

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (b) Local currency denominated long-term debt as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
March 31, 2013
   March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Shinhan Bank and others

   3-year Korean Treasury

Bond rate less
1.25%, 2.75%

   15,484        16,629   

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and others

   4.51%~5.21%,
1-year bank bond rate
plus 1.4%
     845,457        845,072   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (54,806     (54,696
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      806,135        807,005   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (c) Foreign currency denominated long-term debt as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)                  

Lender

   Annual interest rate
as of
March 31, 2013
   March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea

   —      —          26,777   

Kookmin Bank and others

   6ML+1.78%,
3ML+1.70%~2.25%
     1,106,540        905,080   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

        USD995        USD870   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less current portion

        (350,312     (342,752
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      756,228        589,105   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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10. Financial Liabilities, Continued

 

  (d) Details of bonds issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won and USD)              
     Maturity      Annual interest
rate as of
March 31,

2013
    March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Local currency Bonds (*)

         

Publicly issued bonds

    

 

April 2014~

March 2018

  

  

     2.90%~5.89   2,340,000        2,250,000   

Less discount on bonds

          (6,193     (5,579

Less current portion

          —          (199,946
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,333,807        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency Bonds (*)

         

Floating-rate bonds

     April 2013         3ML+1.80   389,235        374,885   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency equivalent

          USD350        USD350   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less discount on bonds

          (122     (702

Less current portion

          (389,113     (374,183
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        —          —     
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        2,333,807        2,044,475   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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11. The Nature of Expenses

The nature of expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
     2013     2012  

Changes in inventories

   (110,798     117,195   

Purchases of raw materials, merchandise and others

     3,422,138        3,020,962   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,056,529        927,233   

Outsourcing fees

     746,384        908,119   

Labor costs

     568,780        512,427   

Supplies and others

     198,970        178,958   

Utility expense

     175,073        149,338   

Fees and commissions

     101,320        85,207   

Shipping costs

     76,010        81,667   

After-sale service expenses

     18,641        19,415   

Others

     274,924        252,001   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   6,527,971        6,252,522   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, other non-operating income and other non-operating expenses contained exchange differences amounting to ₩280,360 million and ₩284,631 million, respectively (for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 : ₩196,231 million and ₩155,027 million, respectively).

The expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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12. Selling and Administrative Expenses

Details of selling and administrative expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Salaries

   38,005         35,915   

Expenses related to defined benefit plan

     5,368         5,315   

Other employee benefits

     8,575         6,082   

Shipping costs

     56,275         67,698   

Fees and commissions

     41,903         34,486   

Depreciation

     20,735         21,893   

Taxes and dues

     610         609   

Advertising

     16,039         24,462   

After-sale service

     18,641         19,415   

Rent

     2,593         2,340   

Insurance

     1,739         1,862   

Travel

     3,020         3,368   

Training

     3,298         3,638   

Others

     6,977         6,542   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   223,778         233,625   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 were reclassified to conform to the classification for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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

 

  (a) Details of other non-operating income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013      2012  

Rental income

   1,083         1,015   

Foreign currency gain

     280,360         196,231   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     2,700         65   

Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts for other receivables

     —           98   

Commission earned

     651         878   

Others

     2,689         23,884   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   287,483         222,171   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Details of other non-operating expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013      2012  

Other bad debt expense

   25         —     

Foreign currency loss

     284,631         155,027   

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     137         1   

Impairment loss on intangible assets

     1,157         226   

Donations

     1,370         3,836   

Expenses related to legal proceedings or claims and others

     25,335         29,624   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   312,655         188,714   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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14. Employee Benefits

The Company’s primary defined benefit plan provides a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Company.

 

  (a) Recognized liabilities for defined benefit obligations as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)             
      March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations

   705,148        672,032   

Fair value of plan assets

     (486,962     (491,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   218,186        180,302   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (b) Expenses recognized in profit or loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2013     2012  

Current service cost

   37,348        32,378   

Interest cost

     6,505        5,727   

Expected return on plan assets

     (4,399     (3,548
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   39,454        34,557   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (c) Plan assets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows

 

(In millions of won)              
     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  

Deposits with financial institutions

   486,962         491,730   

As of March 31, 2013, plan assets mainly consist of deposits in banks, for which the payment of their principal and interest is guaranteed.

 

  (d) Actuarial gain and loss recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)    2013     2012  

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss)

   210        (53

Income tax

     (51     13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined benefit plan actuarial gain (loss), net of income tax

   159        (40
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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15. Finance income and Finance costs

 

  (a) Finance income and costs recognized in profit and loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Finance income

     

Interest income

   8,066         7,099   

Dividend income

     300         204   

Foreign currency gain

     10,395         35,842   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   18,761         43,145   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Finance costs

     

Interest expense

   46,042         44,923   

Foreign currency loss

     59,638         20,773   

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

     —           737   

Loss on impairment of investments

     122         7,487   

Loss on sale of trade accounts and notes receivable

     108         139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   105,910         74,059   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Finance income and costs recognized in other comprehensive income or loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)       
     2013     2012  

Gain (loss) on valuation of available-for-sale securities

   446        (68

Tax effect

     (108     16   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

   338        (52
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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16. 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 1,478 million (₩1,644,218 million) and JPY 5,000 million (₩59,007 million) in connection with the Company’s export sales transactions with its subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2013, no short-term borrowings were outstanding 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 pursuant to which the Company could sell its accounts and notes receivable up to an aggregate of ₩100,000 million in connection with its domestic sales transactions and, as of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 66 million (₩73,292 million) were sold to Shinhan Bank, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due. In addition, the Company entered into agreements with Standard Chartered Bank for accounts receivable sales negotiating facilities of up to USD 50 million (₩55,605 million) and USD 23 million (₩25,578 million), in April 2011 and November 2012, respectively. As of March 31, 2013, accounts and notes receivable amounting to USD 48 million (₩53,552 million) were sold to Standard Chartered Bank, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement in April 2011 and no accounts and notes receivable were sold, with none of the underlying accounts and notes receivable being past due under the agreement in November 2012. In connection with all of the contracts in this paragraph, the Company has sold its accounts receivable without recourse.

Letters of credit

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has agreements with Korea Exchange Bank in relation to the opening of letters of credit up to USD 15 million (₩16,682 million), USD 15 million (₩16,682 million) with China Construction Bank, JPY 1,500 million (₩17,702 million) with Woori Bank, USD 70 million (₩77,847 million) with Bank of China, USD 60 million (₩66,726 million) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, USD 15 million (₩16,682 million) with Hana Bank, and USD 30 million (₩33,363 million) with Shinhan Bank.

Payment guarantees

The Company obtained payment guarantees amounting to USD 8.5 million (₩9,453 million) and EUR 215 million (₩306,420 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland and other various banks for a number of occasions including value added tax payments in Poland. In addition, the Company provides a payment guarantee in connection with the term loan credit facilities of LG Display America, Inc. with an aggregate amount of USD 7 million (₩7,785 million) for principals and related interests.

License agreements

As of March 31, 2013, in relation to its TFT-LCD business, the Company has technical license agreements with Hitachi Display, Ltd. and others and has a trademark license agreement with LG Corp.

Long-term supply agreement

In connection with long-term supply agreements, as of March 31, 2013, the Company’s balance of advances received from a customer amount to USD 1,280 million (₩1,423,488 million) in aggregate. The advances received will be offset against outstanding accounts receivable balances after a given period of time, as well as those arising from the supply of products thereafter. The Company received a payment guarantee amounting to USD 260 million (₩289,146 million) from the Industrial Bank of Korea relating to advances received.

 

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16. Commitments, Continued

 

Pledged Assets

Regarding the secured bank loan amounting to USD 50 million (₩55,605 million) from the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Company provided part of its OLED manufacturing machinery as pledged assets.

 

17. Contingencies

Anvik Corporation’s lawsuit for infringement of patent

In 2007, Anvik Corporation filed a patent infringement case against the Company, along with other LCD manufacturing companies in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY district court”), in connection with the usage of photo-masking equipment manufactured by Nikon Corporation. The court granted Nikon Corporation’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the patents-in-suit and entered a judgment in favor of Nikon Corporation, the Company and LG Display America, Inc. and other TFT-LCD manufacturing companies, dismissing the case in April 2012. In April 2012, Anvik Corporation appealed the court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”). The CAFC has reversed the SDNY district court’s summary judgment ruling and remanded the case back to the district court for further proceedings.

Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan’s action for patent infringement

In 2012, the United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”) granted a motion by Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (“ITRI”) to add the Company and LG Display America as additional respondents in an investigation under Section 337 of the United States Tariff Act (In the Matter of Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-805). ITRI is seeking an exclusion order which prohibits the importation of televisions and monitors incorporating the Company’s products into the United States for alleged patent infringement. On October 22, 2012, USITC issued a Notice of Initial Determination finding that the Company and LG Display America, Inc. did not infringe the asserted patent of ITRI. The final determination is scheduled to be issued on June 28, 2013.

Patent Infringement Litigations and Invalidity Proceedings Between the Company and Samsung Display Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In September 2012, the Company filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (“SSD”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“SSE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display technology and relevant manufacturing methods and seeking monetary compensation. As a response, SSD requested for an invalidity proceeding over the identical seven patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Furthermore, in December 2012, SSD filed a complaint in the Seoul Central District Court against the Company and LG Electronics Co., Ltd. (“LGE”) claiming infringement of seven patents related to Liquid Crystal Display (“LCD”) technology and seeking monetary compensation, and of which the Company responded by requesting for an invalidity proceeding over such LCD patents in the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal. Meanwhile, under the mediation of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, the Company and SSD have agreed to work toward resolving the currently pending patent infringement proceedings through settlement.

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

Request for arbitration of Arkema France and its subsidiary regarding termination of a contract with the Company

In October 2012, Arkema France (“Arkema”) and its subsidiary filed a request for arbitration in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce regarding termination of a contract with the Company. The Company is currently defending against Arkema’s claims.

Anti-trust investigations and litigations

In December 2006, the Company received notices of investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the European Commission with respect to possible anti-competitive activities in the TFT-LCD industry. The Company subsequently received similar notices from the Canadian Bureau of Competition Policy, the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico, the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil and the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.

In November 2008, the Company executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) whereby the Company and its U.S. subsidiary, LG Display America, Inc. (“LGDUS”), pleaded guilty to a Sherman Antitrust Act violation and agreed to pay a single total fine of USD 400 million. In December 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accepted the terms of the plea agreement and entered a judgment against the Company and LGDUS and ordered the payment of USD 400 million. The agreement resolved all federal criminal charges against the Company and LGDUS in the United States in connection with this matter.

In December 2010, the European Commission (“the EC”) issued a decision finding that the Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry in violation of European competition laws and imposed a fine of EUR 215 million. In February 2011, the Company filed with the European Union General Court an application for partial annulment and reduction of the fine imposed by the EC. To date the European Union General Court has not ruled on the Company’s application. In November 2011, the Company received an additional Request for Information from the EC relating to the alleged anti-competitive activities in the LCD industry and is responding to the request.

In November 2009, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission terminated its investigation without any finding of violations or levying of fines. Also, in February 2012, the Competition Bureau of Canada terminated its investigation against the Company without any finding of violations or levying of fines. To date no decision has been issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and we believe the statutory time period by which the Commission was required to have issued a decision has already lapsed. To date investigations by the Federal Competition Commission of Mexico and the Secretariat of Economic Law of Brazil are ongoing.

In August 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission issued an Examination Report finding that the Company engaged in anti-competitive activities in violation of Korean fair trade laws and a hearing was held in October 2011. In December 2011, the Korea Fair Trade Commission imposed a fine on the Company and certain of its subsidiaries of approximately ₩31,378 million, and the Company filed an appeal of the decision with the Seoul High Court in December 2011. To date the Seoul High Court has not ruled on the Company’s appeal.

Subsequent to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of class action complaints were filed against the Company and other TFT-LCD panel manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada alleging violation of respective antitrust laws and related laws. The class action lawsuits in the U.S. were transferred to the Northern District of California for pretrial proceedings (“MDL Proceedings”). In March 2010, the court certified the class action complaints filed by direct purchasers and indirect purchasers. Seventy-eight entities (including groups of affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the direct purchaser class. The time period for submitting requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class expired on

 

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17. Contingencies, Continued

 

April 13, 2012 and ten entities (including groups and affiliated entities) submitted requests for exclusion from the indirect purchaser class. In addition, since 2010, the attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed complaints against the Company, alleging similar antitrust violations as alleged in the MDL Proceedings. In June 2011, the Company reached a settlement with the direct purchaser class, which the federal district court approved in December 2011. In July 2012, the Company reached a settlement with the indirect purchaser class and with the state attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, which was approved by the federal district court in April 2013. In March 2013, the Oklahoma attorney general dismissed its action as to the Company pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Apart from the direct and indirect purchaser class actions, individual plaintiffs filed complaints in various state or federal courts in the United States alleging violation of the respective antitrust laws and related laws by various LCD panel manufacturers. To date the Company is defending against thirty-one Direct Action Plaintiffs including Motorola Mobility, Inc., Electrograph Technologies Corp. and its affiliates, TracFone Wireless Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc. and its affiliates, Target Corp., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Kmart Corp., Old Comp Inc., Good Guys, Inc., RadioShack Corp., Newegg Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Office Depot, Inc., Interbond Corp. of America (BrandsMart), Jaco Electronics, Inc., P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp., MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc., ABC Appliance (ABC Warehouse), Schultze Agency Services, LLC (Tweeter), AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust for All American Semiconductor Inc., Tech Data Corp. and its affiliate, CompuCom Systems, Inc., ViewSonic Corp., NECO Alliance LLC, Rockwell Automation Inc., Proview Technology, Inc. and its affiliates, and the attorneys general of Illinois, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class action complaints filed by the direct and indirect purchasers in May 2011. The Company is pursuing an appeal of the decision as well as defending the on-going class actions in Quebec and British Columbia.

While the Company continues its vigorous defense of the various pending proceedings described above, there is a possibility that one or more proceedings may result in an unfavorable outcome to the Company. For certain cases described above, management is not able to estimate the potential loss if the final outcome of the cases is unfavorable to the Company as the cases are in early stage and management does not have sufficient information to estimate the amount of possible loss. Otherwise the Company has established provisions with respect to certain of the contingencies, considering factors such as the nature of the litigation, claim, or assessment, the progress of the case and the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers. These estimates have been based on our assessment of the facts and circumstances and are subject to change materially based upon new information, intervening events and the final outcome of the cases.

 

18. Capital and Reserves

 

  (a) Share capital

The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of capital stock (par value ₩5,000), and as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the number of issued common shares is 357,815,700. There have been no changes in the capital stock from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

 

  (b) Reserve

Reserve is comprised of the fair value reserve which is the cumulative net change in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets until the investments are derecognized or impaired.

 

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19. Related Parties

 

  (a) Key management personnel compensation

Compensation costs of key management for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Short-term benefits

   791         540   

Expenses related to the defined benefit plan

     687         37   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,478         577   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

  (b) Significant transactions with related companies

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 three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
      Sales and others      Purchases and others  
     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Subsidiaries

   5,677,005         5,363,286         800,302         909,793   

Joint ventures

     100,571         200,113         20,670         21,041   

Associates

     300         208         309,751         318,911   

LG Electronics

     407,318         216,171         38,110         53,502   

Other related parties(*)

     1,971         1,171         135,168         85,983   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   6,187,165         5,780,949         1,304,001         1,389,230   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Account balances with related parties as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)                            
      Trade accounts and
notes receivable and others
     Trade accounts and
notes payable and others
 
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     March 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Subsidiaries

   3,472,238         3,979,211         1,270,616         1,139,362   

Joint ventures

     60,073         92,870         117,715         168,620   

Associates

     —           —           284,742         363,654   

LG Electronics

     214,146         198,972         76,077         67,867   

Other related parties(*)

     565         563         167,130         124,826   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   3,747,022         4,271,616         1,916,280         1,864,329   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) The significant transactions for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 and the account balances as of December 31, 2012 were restated because a related party restated its consolidated financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS No.1110, Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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20. Income Taxes

 

  (a) Details of income tax expense (benefit) for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In millions of won)              
     2013      2012  

Current tax expense

   400         564   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     13,491         (86,059
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   13,891         (85,495
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (b) Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the deferred tax assets at the reporting date will be realized with the Company’s estimated future taxable income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are attributable to the following:

 

(In millions of won)    Assets      Liabilities     Total  
     2013      2012      2013     2012     2013     2012  

Other accounts receivable, net

   —           —           (1,661     (2,063     (1,661     (2,063

Inventories, net

     16,461         8,903         —          —          16,461        8,903   

Available-for-sale financial assets

     177         285         —          —          177        285   

Defined benefit obligation

     41,506         38,573         —          —          41,506        38,573   

Accrued expenses

     86,443         79,321         —          —          86,443        79,321   

Property, plant and equipment

     68,826         81,832         —          —          68,826        81,832   

Intangible assets

     2,766         2,488         —          —          2,766        2,488   

Provisions

     12,134         12,979         —          —          12,134        12,979   

Gain or loss on foreign currency translation, net

     4,160         5,340         (954     (958     3,206        4,382   

Others

     17,645         27,336         —          —          17,645        27,336   

Tax loss carryforwards

     246,778         233,139         —          —          246,778        233,139   

Tax credit carryforwards

     678,773         699,529         —          —          678,773        699,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

   1,175,669         1,189,725         (2,615     (3,021     1,173,054        1,186,704   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate applicable to the Company is 24.2% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

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20. Income Taxes, Continued

 

As of March 31, 2013, the Company applied 16% as the minimum tax rate when measuring the amount of tax credit related deferred tax assets for which it is probable that the related tax benefit will be realized. As a result of this rate change, the unused tax credit for which no deferred tax asset is recognized deferred increased by ₩129,811 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013.

 

21. Loss Per Share

 

  (a) Basic loss per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

(In won and No. of shares)    2013      2012  

Loss for the period

   57,634,310,418         175,078,414,289   

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     357,815,700         357,815,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss per share

   161         489   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no events or transactions that resulted in changes in the number of common shares used for calculating loss per share.

 

  (b) Diluted loss per share for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 is not calculated since there was no potential common stock. In addition, there is no effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares due to the Company’s net loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.

 

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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: May 15, 2013   By:   /s/ Heeyeon Kim
    (Signature)
  Name:   Heeyeon Kim
  Title:   Vice President / IR Division

 

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