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<strong>LDK</strong> SOLAR CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES<br />
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Ì (<strong>Co</strong>ntinued)<br />
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 5, 2005 TO DECEMBER 31, 2005<br />
AND THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006<br />
(Amounts in US$ thousands, except share and per share data)<br />
the award and is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in<br />
exchange for the award, which generally is the vesting period.<br />
The Group accounts for equity instrument issued to non-employee vendors in accordance with the<br />
provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (""EITF'') Issue No. 96-18, ""Accounting for Equity Instruments<br />
That are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in <strong>Co</strong>njunction with Selling, Goods or Services.''<br />
All transactions in which goods or services are received in exchange for equity instruments are accounted for<br />
based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued,<br />
whichever is more reliably measurable. The measurement date of the fair value of the equity instrument issued<br />
is the date on which the counterparty's performance is completed.<br />
(w) Embedded beneficial conversion of convertible instruments<br />
In accordance with the provisions of EITF Issue No. 98-5 ""Accounting for <strong>Co</strong>nvertible Securities with<br />
Beneficial <strong>Co</strong>nversion Features or <strong>Co</strong>ntingently Adjustable <strong>Co</strong>nversion Ratios'' and EITF Issue No. 00-27<br />
""Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain <strong>Co</strong>nvertible Instruments'', the Group recognizes and measures the<br />
embedded beneficial conversion feature of convertible instruments by allocating a portion of the proceeds from<br />
the convertible instruments equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital. The<br />
intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature is calculated at the commitment date as the<br />
difference between the effective conversion price and the fair value of the common stock or other securities<br />
into which the security is convertible, multiplied by the number of shares into which the security is<br />
convertible. Any recorded discount resulting from the allocation of proceeds to the beneficial conversion<br />
feature are recognized as interest expenses for convertible instruments in the form of debt or as a deemed<br />
dividend for redeemable convertible preferred shares over the period from its date of issuance to its stated<br />
mandatory redemption date or to its earliest conversion date if the convertible instruments do not have a stated<br />
redemption date. Unamortized discount remaining at the date when the convertible instruments are converted<br />
into their respective underlying securities are immediately recognized as interest expenses or as a deemed<br />
dividend, as appropriate. Changes to the conversion terms that would be triggered by future events not<br />
controlled by the Group is accounted for as contingent conversion options, and the intrinsic value of the such<br />
contingent conversion options will not be recognized until and unless the triggering event occurs.<br />
(x) Employee benefit plans<br />
As stipulated by the regulations of the PRC, the Group's PRC subsidiary, JX<strong>LDK</strong> participates in various<br />
defined contribution plans organized by municipal and provincial governments for its employees. These<br />
companies are required to make contributions to these plans at a rate of 29% on a standard salary base as<br />
determined by the local Social Security Bureau, to a defined contribution retirement scheme organized by the<br />
local Social Security Bureau in respect of the retirement benefits for the Group's employees. Under these<br />
plans, certain pension, medical and other welfare benefits are provided to the employees. The Group has no<br />
other material obligation for the payment of employee benefits associated with these plans beyond the annual<br />
contributions described above. Employee benefits associated with these plans are expensed when incurred.<br />
The total amounts for such employee benefits, which were expensed as incurred, were US$ nil for the period<br />
from July 5, 2005 to December 31, 2005 and US$220 for the year ended December 31, 2006.<br />
(y) Net (loss) income per share<br />
Basic net (loss) income per share is computed by dividing net (loss) income available to ordinary<br />
shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net<br />
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