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This excerpt taken from the LPL 20-F filed Apr 11, 2007.

Item 5.E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Historically, we had not engaged in any material off-balance sheet financing activities to finance our operations or expansion. In September 2004, we entered into a revolving asset-backed commercial paper program of up to US$300 million using selected accounts receivable of our four sales subsidiaries in Germany, Taiwan, Japan and the United States. In April 2006, the limit of the revolving asset-backed commercial paper program was increased to US$450 million. We have used the proceeds from this financing to reduce the payment terms of our sales subsidiaries’ accounts payable and to meet working capital needs.

In the second half of 2006, our overseas sales subsidiaries entered into factoring arrangements. In June 2006, our sales subsidiary in Shanghai, China entered into a forfeiting arrangement of up to US$200 million using its accounts receivable backed by letter of credit and in September 2006, our sales subsidiary in Taiwan entered into an accounts receivable factoring facility of up to US$250 million using its accounts receivable. In October 2006, we entered into an accounts receivable purchase facility of up to US$600 million using selected accounts receivable of our sales subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China. We have used the proceeds from these financing activities for our sales subsidiaries’ working capital.

In 2006, payment guarantees were provided to us by ABN AMRO Bank amounting to US$8.5 million relating to deferred tax payments in Poland. In 2006, payment guarantees were provided to our subsidiary in Japan by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ amounting to ¥1,300 million and to our subsidiary in Taiwan by ABN AMRO Bank amounting to NT$68 million, respectively, relating to their local tax payments.

We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge transaction risks related to changes in currency exchange rates.

This excerpt taken from the LPL 20-F filed Jun 21, 2006.

Item 5E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Historically, we had not engaged in any material off-balance sheet financing activities to finance our operations or expansion. In September 2004, we entered into a revolving US$300 million asset-backed commercial paper program using the selected accounts receivable of our four sales subsidiaries in Germany, Taiwan, Japan and the United States. We have used the proceeds from this financing to reduce the payment terms of our sales subsidiaries’ accounts payable and to meet working capital needs.

We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge transaction risks related to changes in currency exchange rates.

This excerpt taken from the LPL 20-F filed Apr 11, 2005.

Item 5E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Historically, we have not engaged in any material off-balance sheet financing activities to finance our operations or expansion. We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge transaction risks related to changes in currency exchange rates.

 

We entered into a revolving US$300 million asset-backed commercial paper program in September 2004 using the aggregate accounts receivable of our four sales subsidiaries in Germany, Taiwan, Japan and the United States. We intend to use the proceeds from this financing to reduce the payment terms of our sales subsidiaries’ accounts payable and to meet working capital needs.

 

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