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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 />

elmos annual report <strong>2004</strong><br />

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