ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
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GROUP STATUS <strong>REPORT</strong> FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GROUP STRUCTURE GLOSSARY<br />
ÿ Financial statements<br />
ÿ Notes<br />
Auditor’s certificate<br />
ÿ Notes to consolidated financial statements<br />
1. ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS<br />
<strong>ELMOS</strong> <strong>Semiconductor</strong> Aktiengesellschaft (“the company” or “<strong>ELMOS</strong>”) develops,<br />
produces, and sells Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). The company has<br />
sales subsidiaries in France, the United States of America, and the Netherlands and<br />
cooperates with other German companies with regard to the development and pro-<br />
duction of ASIC chips.<br />
The company’s fiscal year is the calendar year.<br />
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND VALUATION METHODS<br />
Basis of consolidated financial statements<br />
The consolidated financial statements at hand have been prepared in accordance<br />
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US-GAAP). The<br />
company maintains its financial records in Euro in accordance with the German Com-<br />
mercial Code (HGB), which represents generally accepted accounting principles in<br />
Germany (German GAAP). German GAAP varies in certain aspects from US-GAAP.<br />
The company has carried out all adjustments made necessary by the presentation of<br />
the consolidated financial statements in accordance with US-GAAP.<br />
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in compliance with generally<br />
accepted accounting principles requires the management to make estimates and as-<br />
sumptions that affect the disclosures in the consolidated financial statements and<br />
accompanying notes. Actual results can differ from those estimates and assump-<br />
tions.<br />
In <strong>2004</strong> the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) published new standards of<br />
accounting which could have an influence on the next consolidated financial state-<br />
ments:<br />
The FASB published SFAS 123, “Share-Based Payment”, in a revised version in Decem-<br />
ber <strong>2004</strong>. It replaces the FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Com-<br />
pensation”, abolishes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”,<br />
and adjusts the FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows”.<br />
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