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Investments Accounted for Using Equity Method
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure In Investments In Associates And Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments Accounted for Using Equity Method

15.

INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING EQUITY METHOD

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Investments in associates

 

$

6,685

 

 

$

7,127

 

Investment in joint venture

 

 

10

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

$

6,695

 

 

$

7,137

 

 

 

a.

Investments in associates

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Material associate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (“NCB”)

 

$

3,777

 

 

$

3,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associates that are not individually material

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”)

 

 

841

 

 

 

926

 

KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)

 

 

213

 

 

 

222

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-listed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. (“STS”)

 

 

488

 

 

 

518

 

Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)

 

 

363

 

 

 

447

 

Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)

 

 

324

 

 

 

341

 

WiAdvance Technology Corporation (“WATC”)

 

 

 

 

 

254

 

Chunghwa PChome Fund I Co., Ltd. (“CPFI”)

 

 

193

 

 

 

221

 

So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)

 

 

225

 

 

 

217

 

KKBOX Taiwan Co., Ltd. (“KKBOXTW”)

 

 

163

 

 

 

157

 

Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)

 

 

56

 

 

 

70

 

CHT Infinity Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“CISG”)

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Imedtac Co., Ltd. (“IME”)

 

 

 

 

 

45

 

Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”)

 

 

33

 

 

 

37

 

AgriTalk Technology Inc. (“ATT”)

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

Cornerstone Ventures Co., Ltd. (“CVC”)

 

 

6

 

 

 

7

 

Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

UUPON Inc. (“UUPON”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Integrated Systems, Inc. (“IISI”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MeWorks Limited (HK) (“MeWorks”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,685

 

 

$

7,127

 

 

The percentages of ownership interests and voting rights in associates held by the Company as of balance sheet dates were as follows:

 

 

 

% of Ownership Interests and

Voting Rights

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

Material associate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (“NCB”)

 

 

42

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associates that are not individually material

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”)

 

 

34

 

 

 

34

 

KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”)

 

 

23

 

 

 

23

 

ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. (“STS”)

 

 

38

 

 

 

38

 

Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”)

 

 

30

 

 

 

30

 

Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”)

 

 

40

 

 

 

40

 

WiAdvance Technology Corporation (“WATC”)

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Chunghwa PChome Fund I Co., Ltd. (“CPFI”)

 

 

50

 

 

 

50

 

So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”)

 

 

30

 

 

 

30

 

KKBOX Taiwan Co., Ltd. (“KKBOXTW”)

 

 

30

 

 

 

30

 

Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”)

 

 

27

 

 

 

27

 

CHT Infinity Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“CISG”)

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

Imedtac Co., Ltd. (“IME”)

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”)

 

 

49

 

 

 

49

 

AgriTalk Technology Inc. (“ATT”)

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

Cornerstone Ventures Co., Ltd. (“CVC”)

 

 

49

 

 

 

49

 

Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”)

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

UUPON Inc. (“UUPON”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Integrated Systems, Inc. (“IISI”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MeWorks Limited (HK) (“MeWorks”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summarized financial information of NCB was set out below:

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Assets

 

$

9,907

 

 

$

9,197

 

Lliabilities

 

 

(789

)

 

 

(525

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

9,118

 

 

$

8,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The percentage of ownership interest held by the Company

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity attributable to the Company

 

$

3,820

 

 

$

3,634

 

Unrealized gain or loss from downstream transactions

 

 

(43

)

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The carrying amount of investment

 

$

3,777

 

 

$

3,592

 

 

 

 

Period from

the

Beginning

Date of

Preparation to

December 31,

2019

 

 

Year Ended December 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Revenues

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss for the period

 

$

(276

)

 

$

(605

)

 

$

(446

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

 

$

(276

)

 

$

(605

)

 

$

(446

)

 

Except for NCB, no associate is considered individually material to the Company.  Summarized financial information of associates that are not individually material to the Company was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

 

 

 

 

The Company’s share of profits

 

$

575

 

 

$

540

 

 

$

607

 

The Company’s share of other comprehensive loss

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(6

)

The Company’s share of total comprehensive income

 

$

572

 

 

$

532

 

 

$

601

 

 

The Level 1 fair values of associates based on the closing market prices as of the balance sheet dates were as follows:

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

SNI

 

$

1,708

 

 

$

1,699

 

KWT

 

$

676

 

 

$

910

 

The Company invested and obtained 50% ownership interest in CPFI.  However, as the Company has only two out of five seats of the Board of Directors of CPFI and has no control but significant influence over CPFI.  Therefore, the Company recognized CPFI as an investment in associate.

The Company invested and obtained 49% ownership interest in CVC.  However, as the Company has only two out of five seats of the Board of Directors of CVC and has no control but significant influence over CVC.  Therefore, the Company recognized CVC as an investment in associate.

The participation of establishing NCB was approved by Chunghwa’s Board of Directors in January 2019.  The establishment of NCB was approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission in July 2019 and the incorporation of NCB was approved by the ROC’s Ministry of Economic Affairs Department of Commerce in January 2020.  Chunghwa prepaid investment funds to NCB in February and November 2019 amounting to $4,190 million, for ownership interest of 41.90%.  Although Chunghwa is the single largest stockholder of NCB, it only obtained six out of fifteen seats of the Board of Directors of NCB.  In addition, the management considered the size of ownership interest and the dispersion of shares owned by the other stockholders, other holdings are not extremely dispersed.  Chunghwa is not able to direct its relevant activities.  Therefore, Chunghwa does not have control over NCB and merely has

significant influence over NCB and treats it as an associate.  NCB mainly engages in online banking business in Taiwan.

IISI issued new shares in March, September 2019 and April 2020, as its employees exercised options; therefore, the Company’s ownership interest in IISI decreased to 31.47% and 31.16% as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, respectively.  Chunghwa’s Board of Directors approved the investment of 20.58% ownership interest in IISI in January 2020 and the equity transaction was completed on July 1, 2020 (“acquisition date”).  As the business combination was achieved in stages, the Company remeasured the previously held equity interest of IISI and recognized gain on disposal of $1 million under “other gains and losses” on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.  The Company treated IISI as a subsidiary starting from the acquisition date and included IISI and its subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements.  Please refer to Note 14(c).

The Company disposed some shares of KWT in April 2019 before KWT traded its shares on the General Stock Market of the Taipei Exchange according to the local requirements and recognized gain on disposal of $151 million. In addition, the Company did not participate in the capital increase of KWT in May 2019 and KWT repurchased its stock from December 2019 to February 2020.  Therefore, the Company’s ownership interest in KWT changed to 22.72% as of December 31, 2020.

The Company disposed of all shares of MeWorks in September 2020.

UUPON reduced 95.44% of its capital to offset accumulated deficits in September 2020 and the Company did not participate in the capital increase of UUPON in October 2020.  Therefore, the Company’s ownership interest in UUPON decreased to 5.36% and lost its significant influence over UUPON.  Hence the Company discontinued to treat UUPON as an associate. Instead, the Company treated it as a financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income and recognized gain on disposal of $15 million under “other gains and losses” on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

The Company invested $274 million and obtained 20.33% ownership interest by participating in the capital increase of WATC in March 2021.  WATC mainly engages in software solution integration.

The Company invested $56 million and obtained 40.00% ownership interest in CISG in June 2021.  CISG mainly engages in investment business.

The Company owns 14% equity shares of ADT.  Considering the seats that the Company controls in the Board of Directors of ADT and the relative size of ownership interest and the dispersion of shares owned by the other stockholders, the Company has significant influence over ADT.  ADT completed its liquidation in August 2021.  The Company received the liquidation distribution of $9 million and recognized gain on disposal of $4 million under “other gains and losses” on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

The Company invested and obtained 17.19% ownership interest in ATT. The Company originally treated it as a financial asset at FVOCI.  However, as the Company obtained one out of three seats of the Board of Directors of ATT in July 2021 and has significant influence over ATT, the Company reclassified it as an associate.

The Company invested and obtained 7.54% ownership interest in IME. The Company originally treated it as a financial asset at FVOCI.  However, as the Company obtained one out of five seats of the Board of Directors of IME in August 2021 and has significant influence over IME, the Company reclassified it as an associate.  IME issued new shares in December 2021 as its employees exercised options; therefore, the Company’s ownership interest in IME decreased to 6.74% as of December 31, 2021.

 

b.

Investment in joint venture

The Company invested $10 million to establish a joint venture, CHT SEA, with Delta Electronics, Inc. and Kwang Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd. in December 2020 and obtained 51% ownership interest of CHT SEA.  However, according to the mutual agreements among stockholders, the Company does not individually direct CHT SEA’s relevant activities and has joint control with the other party; therefore, the Company treated CHT SEA as a joint venture.

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

% of Ownership Interests and Voting Rights

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

December 31

 

Name of Joint Venture

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

Non-listed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chunghwa SEA Holdings (“CHT SEA”)

 

$

10

 

 

$

10

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

51

 

The joint venture is not considered individually material to the Company.  Summarized financial information of CHT SEA was set out below:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

The Company’s share of loss

 

$

 

 

$

 

The Company’s share of other comprehensive

   income

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company’s share of total comprehensive loss

 

$

 

 

$