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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 20-F
     
o   Registration Statement Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
OR
     
þ   Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended: March 31, 2006
Commission File Number: 0-26448
 
     
(DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. LOGO)
  DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Virgin Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
17B, Edificio Comercial Rodrigues
599 Avenida da Praia Grande, Macao
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common shares, no par value per share
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: Common shares, no par value per share
As of March 31, 2006, there were 14,923,730 common shares of the registrant outstanding.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o Yes þ No
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. o Yes þ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. þ Yes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o      Accelerated filer þ      Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: o Item 17 þ Item 18
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yes þ No
 
 

 


 

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 EXHIBIT 4.3
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 EXHIBIT 12.1
 EXHIBIT 12.2
 EXHIBIT 13.1
 EXHIBIT 14.1
     This Annual Report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to those discussed in the section entitled Risk Factors under Item 3. – Key Information.
     Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s view only as of the date of this Report. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Readers should also carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     As used in this Report,” we,” “our,” “us,” “Deswell” or the “Company” refers to Deswell Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise indicates.
     All share and per share information in this Report, has been adjusted to reflect the Company’s three-for-two stock split effected in July 2002 and the Company’s three-for-two stock split effected in March 2005.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CURRENCY PRESENTATION
     The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and publishes such statements in United States dollars. See “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” included elsewhere herein. The Company publishes its financial statements in United States dollars as the Company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, where the currency is the United States dollar, and the functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries are Hong Kong dollar and Chinese RMB. All dollar amounts (“$”) set forth in this Report are in United States dollars, the references to HK$ refer to Hong Kong dollars and RMB to Chinese renminbi.

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PART I
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS
     Not applicable.
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
     Not applicable.
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION
Selected Financial Data (1)
     The selected consolidated financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report. The selected income statement data for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended March 31, 2006, and the balance sheet data as of March 31, 2005 and 2006 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included in this Report. The selected income statement data for the years ended March 31, 2002 and 2003, and the balance sheet data as of March 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are not included in this Report.
                                         
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    Year ended March 31,  
Income Statement Data   2002     2003     2004     2005     2006  
Net sales
  $ 83,320     $ 90,905     $ 97,195     $ 125,590     $ 115,276  
Cost of sales
    54,448       61,006       66,105       92,072       89,850  
 
                             
Gross profit
    28,872       29,899       31,090       33,518       25,426  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    14,939       15,354       14,718       15,759       15,052  
 
                             
Operating income
    13,933       14,545       16,372       17,759       10,374  
Interest expense
    (26 )     (6 )     (16 )     (12 )     (6 )
Other income (expenses), net
    877       818       910       342       (376 )
 
                             
Income before income taxes
    14,784       15,357       17,266       18,089       9,992  
Income taxes
    535       3,826       589       576       (27 )
 
                             
Income before minority interests
    14,249       11,531       16,677       17,513       10,019  
Minority interests
    925       1,288       1,957       2,330       1,240  
 
                             
Net income
  $ 13,324     $ 10,243       14,720       15,183       8,779  
 
                             
Basic earnings per share (2)(3)
  $ 1.06     $ 0.79     $ 1.08     $ 1.04     $ 0.59  
 
                             
Average number of shares outstanding—basic (2)(3)
    12,605       13,008       13,664       14,656       14,908  
Diluted earnings per share (3)
  $ 1.05     $ 0.77     $ 1.04     $ 1.02     $ 0.59  
Average number of shares outstanding—diluted (2)(3)
    12,699       13,278       14,160       14,933       14,936  
 
                                       
Statistical Data:
                                       
Gross margin
    34.7 %     32.9 %     32.0 %     26.7 %     22.1 %
Operating margin
    16.7 %     16.0 %     16.8 %     14.1 %     9.0 %
Dividends per share (3)
  $ 0.57     $ 0.51     $ 0.63     $ 0.65     $ 0.63  
 
  At March 31,
Balance Sheet Data   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006
Working capital
  $ 54,922     $ 58,223     $ 52,876     $ 57,576     $ 55,114  
Total assets
    94,744       106,172       113,534       136,976       130,670  
Long-term debt, less current portion
                             
Total debt
    482                          
Shareholders’ equity
    69,651       81,846       89,730       104,767       106,768  
 
(1)   Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and are stated in U.S. dollars. See “Financial Statements and Currency Presentation.”
 
(2)   Basic EPS excludes dilution from potential common shares and is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution from potential common shares.
 
(3)   Share and per share amounts presented above have been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock splits effected in July 2002 and March 2005 (see Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

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Risk Factors
     We may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements. Written forward-looking statements may appear in this document and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in press releases, in reports to shareholders, on our website, and other documents. The Private Securities Reform Act of 1995 contains a safe harbor for forward-looking statements on which we rely in making such disclosures. In connection with this “safe harbor” we are hereby identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. Any such statement is qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements:
We face numerous risks as a result of our operations in China.
     Our manufacturing facilities are located in China. As a result, our operations and assets are subject to significant political, economic, legal and other uncertainties associated with doing business in China, which are discussed in more detail below.
     The Chinese government could change its policies toward or even nationalize private enterprise, which could result in the total loss of our investment in that country.
     Over the past several years, the Chinese government has pursued economic reform policies including the encouragement of private economic activity and greater economic decentralization. The Chinese government may not continue to pursue these policies or may significantly alter them to our detriment from time to time without notice. Changes in policies by the Chinese government resulting in changes in laws, regulations, or their interpretation, or the imposition of confiscatory taxation, restrictions on currency conversion or imports and sources of supply could materially and adversely affect us. The nationalization or other expropriation of private enterprises by the Chinese government could result in the total loss of our investment in that country.
     There may be a lack of remedies and impartiality under the Chinese legal system that prevents us from enforcing the agreements under which we operate our factories.
     We do not own the land on which our factories in China are located. We occupy our manufacturing facilities under land use agreements or under tenancy agreements with the local Chinese government. These agreements may be difficult to enforce in China, which could force us to accept terms that may not be as favorable as those provided in our agreements. Unlike the U.S., China has a civil law system based on written statutes in which judicial decisions have little precedential value. The Chinese government has enacted some laws and regulations dealing with matters such as corporate organization and governance, foreign investment, commerce, taxation and trade. However, their experience in implementing, interpreting and enforcing these laws and regulations is limited, and our ability to enforce commercial claims or to resolve commercial disputes is unpredictable. These matters may be subject to the exercise of considerable discretion by agencies of the Chinese government, and forces unrelated to the legal merits of a particular matter or dispute may influence their determination.
     If our business licenses in China were not renewed, we would be required to move our operations out of China, which would impair our profitability, competitiveness and market position and jeopardize our ability to continue operations.
     Our activities in China require business licenses. This requires a review and approval of our activities by various national and local agencies of Chinese government. The Chinese government may not continue to approve our activities or grant or renew our licenses. Our inability to obtain needed approvals or licenses could prevent us from continuing to conduct operations in China. If for any reason we were required to move our manufacturing operations outside of China, our profitability would be substantially impaired, our competitiveness and market position would be materially jeopardized and we may not be able to continue operations.

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     A fire, severe weather, flood, or other act of God could cause significant damage to our properties in China and disrupt our business operations.
     Firefighting and disaster relief or assistance in China are primitive by Western standards. At March 31, 2006, we maintained fire, casualty and theft insurance aggregating approximately $53,271,000 covering certain of our stock in trade, goods and merchandise, furniture and equipment and factory buildings in China. The proceeds of this insurance may not be sufficient to cover material damage to, or the loss of, any of our factories due to fire, severe weather, flood, or other act of God or cause. We do not maintain any business interruption insurance.
     Possible changes and uncertainties in economic policies in the Special Economic Zones of China in which we operate could harm our operations by eliminating benefits we currently enjoy.
     As part of its economic reform, China has designated certain areas, including Shenzhen where we have certain manufacturing facilities, as Special Economic Zones. Foreign enterprises in these areas benefit from greater economic autonomy and more favorable tax treatment than enterprises in other parts of China. Changes in the policies or laws governing Special Economic Zones could eliminate these benefits. Moreover, economic reforms and growth in China have been more successful in certain provinces than others, and the continuation or increase of these disparities could affect the political or social stability of China.
     Changes to Chinese tax laws and heightened efforts by the Chinese tax authorities to increase revenues could subject us to greater taxes.
     Under applicable Chinese law, we can obtain and have obtained tax breaks by reinvesting profits of certain of our subsidiaries in China. For information on our income taxes, rates and concessions with respect to our Chinese operations, see Note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements. However, the Chinese tax system is subject to substantial uncertainties with respect to its interpretation and enforcement. Moreover, the Chinese government has attempted to augment its revenues through heightened tax collection efforts. Continued efforts by the Chinese government to increase tax revenues could result in decisions or interpretations of the tax laws by the Chinese tax authorities that would increase our future tax liabilities or deny us expected concessions or refunds.
     We could suffer losses from corrupt or fraudulent business practices. Conducting business in China is inherently risky.
     Corruption, extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft, and other fraudulent practices are common in China. For example, in the six months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a provision of approximately $1 million for doubtful sales transactions, consisting of orders primarily from three customers for products of the metallic parts division of our electronic & metallic parts business segment that had been shown as shipped to, and received by, the customers but in fact had been surreptitiously cancelled without shipment. Documentation reflecting the cancellation of the orders was uncovered following the departure of the General Manager of the Company’s metallic parts division who, with the assistance of a Production and Materials Control Supervisor in that division (who since left Deswell), had previously concealed such documentation. We could suffer additional losses from similar or other fraudulent practices if we are not successful in implementing and maintaining preventative measures.
     Controversies affecting China’s trade with the United States could harm our operations or depress our stock price.
     While China has been granted permanent most favored nation trade status in the United States, controversies between the United States and China may arise that threaten the status quo involving trade between the United States and China. These controversies could adversely affect our business by, among other things, causing our products in the United States to become more expensive, which could result in a reduction in the demand for our products by customers in the United States. Political or trade friction between the United States and China, whether or not actually affecting our business, could also adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common shares. This risk has increased in recent years as our sales into the United States have accounted for increasing amounts of our global sales, culminating with our year ended March 31, 2006, when, for the first time, the United States became the largest geographic market for our products.

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     Changes in currency rates involving the Hong Kong dollar could increase our expenses or cause economic or political problems affecting our business. Changes in currency rates involving the RMB implemented in July 2005 increased our expenses in the year ended March 31, 2006.
     Our sales are mainly in United States dollars and Hong Kong dollars and our expenses are mainly in United States dollars, Hong Kong dollars and Chinese RMB. The Chinese government may not continue to maintain the present currency exchange mechanism, which fixes the Hong Kong dollar at approximately 7.78 to each United States dollar and has not in the past presented a currency exchange risk. This could change in the future if those in Hong Kong arguing for a floating currency system prevail in the ongoing debate over whether to continue to peg the Hong Kong dollars to the U.S. dollars. For approximately three years prior to July 2005, the exchange rate between the Chinese currency, the renminbi, and the U.S. dollars varied by less than one-tenth of one percent. However, on July 21, 2005, the People’s Bank of China adjusted the exchange rate of U.S. dollars to RMB from 1:8.27 to 1:8.11, resulting in an approximately 2% appreciation in the value of the RMB against the U.S. dollar. As a result, and in addition to increases in our plastic resin and labor costs, our operating costs increased from levels in 2005. Since we were not able to pass most of these cost increases on to our customers by increasing sales prices of our products, our gross margins, operating income and net income were adversely affected in the year ended March 31, 2006. If the Chinese government allows a further and significant RMB appreciation, and there are indications that the Chinese government has accelerated the RMB’s appreciation to the dollar with it reaching 1:7.99 on July 12, 2006, our operating costs could further increase and could further adversely affect our financial results.
     Our financial results could be adversely impacted by tax audits by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department on profits derived from activities of certain of our subsidiaries.
     Over the last few years, the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department, or IRD, which is tax authority of the Hong Kong Government, has been engaged in aggressive and frequent field audits and close and critical scrutiny of commercial transactions. For example, during 2003 through July 2003, the Company engaged in discussions with the IRD regarding whether Deswell should be assessed taxes on profits derived from activities of certain of its subsidiaries during the six fiscal years ended March 31, 2002, which the Company believed were conducted outside of Hong Kong and were not subject to a profits tax under the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance. While, based on consultations with Hong Kong tax experts, Deswell believes that its tax position for these years was sound and supportable, management nevertheless concluded that it would be in the Company’s best interest to reach an immediate resolution of the tax issue with the IRD in order to avoid the expenditure of substantial time, effort and expense involved in proceedings that could extend years and to limit the assessment of taxes, interest and/or penalties that would be incurred if the Company did not prevail or sought to settle the dispute later. Accordingly, in June 2003 the Company made a proposal to settle the entire tax dispute and in July 2003, the IRD accepted the proposal. As a result, a provision of $3,532,000 was charged to the Company’s consolidated income statements for year ended March 31, 2003 and this adversely impacted the Company’s net income reported for the fourth quarter of, and the year ended, March 31, 2003. The Company believes, based on consultations with Hong Kong tax experts, that it has restructured the operations of its subsidiaries in order to strengthen further its tax position if audited by the IRD in the future for fiscal years after March 31, 2002. However, litigating with the IRD is inherently uncertain, lengthy, time consuming and expensive and there is no guarantee that the Company would prevail. Even if the Company believed it would prevail, Deswell might choose to settle future assessments for amounts in excess of the tax provisions it made for the years involved in order to eliminate the expense or uncertainty of challenging such assessments. In either event, Deswell’s financial results could be adversely impacted.
     Any future outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome or other diseases may have a negative impact on our business and operating results.
     In the first calendar quarter of 2003, several economies in Asia, including Hong Kong, where our logistic support office and some of our customers are located, and southern China, where our factories are located, were affected by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. If there is a recurrence of an outbreak of SARS, it may adversely affect our business and operating results. For example, a future SARS outbreak could result in quarantines or closure to our office in Hong Kong or factories in China if our employees are infected with SARS

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and ongoing concerns regarding SARS, particularly its effect on travel, could negatively impact our customers and suppliers based in Hong Kong or China and our business and operating results.
     In addition, there has recently been an outbreak of avian influenza in humans in Asian countries, including Vietnam, South Korea and Japan, which has proven fatal in some instances. As the human death toll continues to grow, many are concerned that the virus will mutate and trigger a human pandemic. If such an outbreak were to spread to southern China, it may adversely affect our business operating results.
     Political and economic instability of Hong Kong and Macao could harm our operations.
     Our administration and accounting office are located in Macao, formerly a Portuguese Colony and some of our customers and suppliers are located in Hong Kong, formerly a British Crown Colony. Sovereignty over Macao and Hong Kong was transferred to China effective on December 20, 1999 and July 1, 1997, respectively. Since their transfers, Macao and Hong Kong have become Special Administrative Regions of China, enjoying a high degree of autonomy except for foreign and defense affairs. Moreover, China’s political system and policies are not practiced in Macao or Hong Kong. Under the principle of “one country, two systems,” Macao and Hong Kong maintain legal systems that are different from that of China. Macao’s legal system is based on the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region and, similarly, Hong Kong’s legal system is based on the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is generally acknowledged as an open question whether Hong Kong’s future prosperity in its role as a hub and gateway to China after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (introducing market liberalization in China) will be diminished. The continued stability of political, economic or commercial conditions in Macao and Hong Kong remain uncertain, and any instability could have an adverse impact on our business.
     A recent labor shortage in southern China could adversely affect our gross margins or decrease revenue.
     The Company carries out all of its manufacturing operations in Southern China, where it has been able to take advantage of the lower overhead costs and inexpensive labor rates as compared to Hong Kong. Historically, there has been an abundance of labor in southern China, but factories in southern China are facing a labor shortage as migrant workers seek better wages and working conditions elsewhere. In an effort to counter this trend, minimum wages for workers in Southern China were increased during the year ended March 31, 2006, adversely impacting our gross margins, operating income and net income. If this trend continues, the Company’s operations could again be adversely affected. Independent of any regional increases imposed by the government on minimum wages, the Company’s business could also be adversely affected by, for example, having insufficient workers to permit the Company from manufacturing at peak capacity or forcing the Company to increase wages in order to recruit from a smaller pool of available workers. This could result in lower revenues and/or increased manufacturing costs, which would adversely affect gross margins, operating income and net income.
We are dependent on a few major customers and have no long-term contracts with them. Our sales would substantially decrease and we would suffer decreases in net income or losses if we lose any of our major customers, if they substantially reduce their orders or if they are unable to pay us.
     Historically, a substantial percentage of our sales have been to a small number of customers. Our three largest customers during the year ended March 31, 2006 were Digidesign Inc., Epson Precision (H.K.) Limited, and Line 6 Manufacturing. Each of these customers individually accounted for 10% or more of our total net sales during the year ended March 31, 2006 and accounted for an aggregate of 57.6%, 64.6% and 46.5%, respectively, of our total net sales during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Our sales are based on purchase orders and we have no long-term contracts with any of our customers and the percentage of sales to any of our customers may fluctuate from time to time. The loss of any one of our largest customers or a substantial reduction in orders from any of them would adversely impact our sales and decrease our net income or cause us to incur losses unless and until we were able to replace the customer or order with one or more of comparable size. In addition, a substantial portion of our sales is made on credit and our results of operations would be adversely affected if a major customer were unable to pay for our products or services.

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We have no long-term contracts to obtain plastic resins and our profit margins and net income could suffer from an increase in resin prices.
     The primary materials used by us in the manufacture of our plastic injection molded products are various plastic resins. The following table shows our cost of plastic resins as a percentage of our cost of plastic products sold and as a percentage of our total costs of goods sold for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004   2005   2006
Resins cost as a % of plastic products sold
    52 %     58 %     53 %
Resins cost as a % of total cost of goods sold
    25 %     24 %     21 %
We have no long-term contracts with our resin suppliers. Accordingly, our financial performance is dependent to a significant extent on resin markets and the ability to pass through price increases to our customers. The capacity, supply and demand for plastic resins and the petrochemical intermediates from which they are produced are subject to cyclical price fluctuations, including those arising from supply shortages. Consequently, resin prices may fluctuate as a result of changes in natural gas and crude oil prices and the capacity, supply and demand for resin and petrochemical intermediates from which they are produced. We have found that increases in resin prices are difficult to pass on to our customers. In the past increases in resin prices have increased our costs of goods sold and adversely affected our profit margins. A significant increase in resin prices in the future could likewise adversely affect our profit margins and results of operations.
We are facing increasing competition, which has had an adverse effect on our gross profit margins.
     Over the last few years we have been forced to lower our prices as a result of increasing competition in our market segments. This has resulted in lower gross profit margins, which have declined by:
    17.2% from 26.7% during the year ended March 31, 2005, to 22.1% during the year ended March 31, 2006,
 
    16.6% from 32.0% during the year ended March 31, 2004, to 26.7% during the year ended March 31, 2005, and
 
    2.7%, from 32.9% during the year ended March 31, 2003, to 32.0% during the year ended March 31, 2004,
If we are forced to continue to lower our prices and are unable to offset this decrease by increasing our sales volumes, our net sales and gross margins will decline. If we cannot stem the decline in our gross margins, our financial position may be harmed and our stock price may decrease.
Our customers are dependent on shipping companies for delivery of our products and interruptions to shipping could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.
     Generally, we sell our products F.O.B. Hong Kong or F.O.B. China and our customers are responsible for the transportation of products from Hong Kong or China to their final destinations. Our customers rely on a variety of carriers for product transportation through various world ports. A work stoppage, strike or shutdown of one or more major ports or airports could result in shipping delays materially and adversely affecting our customers, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. Similarly, an increase in freight surcharges due to rising fuel costs or general price increases could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.
Because our operations are international, we are subject to significant worldwide political, economic, legal and other uncertainties.
     We are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and have subsidiaries incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Macao, Samoa, Malaysia and China. Our administrative and accounting office is located in Macao. We manufacture all of our products in China. As of March 31, 2006, approximately 96% of the net book value of our total identifiable fixed assets was located in China. We sell our products to customers principally in

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China, the United States, Europe and Hong Kong. Our international operations may be subject to significant political and economic risks and legal uncertainties, including:
    changes in economic and political conditions and in governmental policies,
 
    changes in international and domestic customs regulations,
 
    wars, civil unrest, acts of terrorism and other conflicts,
 
    changes in tariffs, trade restrictions, trade agreements and taxation,
 
    difficulties in managing or overseeing foreign operations, and
 
    limitations on the repatriation of funds because of foreign exchange controls.
     The occurrence or consequences of any of these factors may restrict our ability to operate in the affected region and decrease the profitability of our operations in that region.
Our loss of certain members of our senior management could cause disruptions in our business and harm our customer relationships thereby adversely affecting sales.
     We depend to a large extent on the abilities and continued participation of
    Richard Lau, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer;
 
    C. P. Li, our Executive Director, General Manager in charge of manufacturing and administrative operations for plastic products;
 
    C. W. Leung, Executive Director of Engineering in charge of the mold division and engineering for our plastic manufacturing operations;
 
    S. K. Lee, our Director of Administration and Marketing and General Manager in charge of administrative and marketing operations for electronic and metallic products; and
 
    M. C. Tam, our Director of Engineering and Manufacturing, in charge of manufacturing and operations for electronic and metallic products.
Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung founded our company and have played integral roles in the management, growth and development of our company in general and our plastic injection molding business in particular. They have developed and maintain relationships with several of our key customers in our plastic injection molding business. Mr. S. K. Lee and Mr. M. C. Tam founded our electronic products manufacturing business and have developed and continue to manage it since we acquired control of the business from them. We have no employment contracts with any of these executives and their loss would require us to find executives suitable to replace them, which could be difficult and disruptive to our business. Customers with whom they have relationships may cease to deal with us or choose to use a competitor for a greater portion of their business, resulting in our loss of sales.
Our results could be adversely affected if we have to comply with new environmental regulations.
     Our operations create some environmentally sensitive waste that may increase in the future depending on the nature of our manufacturing operations. The general issue of the disposal of hazardous waste has received increasing attention from Chinese national and local governments and foreign governments and agencies and has been subject to increasing regulation. Currently, relevant Chinese environmental protection laws and regulations impose fines on discharge of waste materials and empower certain environmental authorities to close any facility which causes serious environmental problems. Although it has not been alleged that we have violated any current environmental regulations by China government officials, the Chinese government could amend its current environmental protection laws and regulations. Our business and operating results could be materially and adversely affected if we were to increase expenditures to comply with environmental regulations affecting our operations.
Power shortages in China could affect our business.
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power shortages in recent years. We have experienced a number of power shortages at our production facilities in China to date. We are sometimes given advance notice of power shortages and in relation to this we currently have a backup power system. However, there can be no assurance that in the future our backup power system will be completely effective in the event of a power shortage, particularly if that power shortage is over a sustained period of time and/or we are not given advance notice of it. Any power shortage, brownout or blackout for a significant period of time may disrupt our manufacturing, and as a result, may have an adverse impact on our business.
The concentration of share ownership in our senior management allows them to control or substantially influence the outcome of matters requiring shareholder approval.
     Our senior management as a group, each of whom are also members and constitute a majority of our board of directors, directly or indirectly through an affiliated company beneficially own approximately 30.1% our shares at June 30, 2006. As a result, acting together they may be able to control, and they can substantially influence, the outcome of all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This ability may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of Deswell, or causing a change in control of Deswell that may not be favored by our other shareholders.
If we do not receive an unqualified opinion on the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (currently required for our fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 and thereafter), investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could result in a decrease in the value of our shares.
     As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on the company’s internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting in their annual reports on Form 20-F that contains an assessment by management of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting. In addition, the public accounting firm auditing the company’s financial statements must attest to and report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting. While we intend to conduct a rigorous review of our internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting in order to assure compliance with Section 404 requirements by the deadline applicable to us (currently March 31, 2007 and fiscal years thereafter), if our independent auditors interpret Section 404 requirements and the related rules and regulations differently from us or if our independent auditors are not satisfied with our internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting or with the level at which it is documented, operated or reviewed, they may decline to attest to management’s assessment or issue a qualified report. This could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could cause the market price of our shares to decline.
Legislative actions and potential new accounting pronouncements are likely to impact our future financial position and results of operations and in the case of FASB’s new pronouncement regarding the expensing of stock options will adversely impact our financial results.
     There have been regulatory changes, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and Nasdaq Stock Market rules and there may be potential new accounting pronouncements or regulatory rulings, which will have an impact on our future financial position and results of operations. These regulatory changes and other legislative initiatives have increased general and administrative costs. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s recent change to mandate the expensing of stock options will require us to record charges to earnings for stock option grants to employees and directors and will adversely affect our financial results after we implement the new pronouncement. As required, we implemented the new pronouncement effective on April 1, 2006 and the impact of that implementation will be reflected in our financial results beginning with for the first quarter of 2007, i.e., the quarter ended June 30, 2006

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Our board’s ability to amend our charter without shareholder approval could have anti-takeover effects that could prevent a change in control.
     As permitted by the law of the British Virgin Islands, our Memorandum and Articles of Association, which are the terms used in the British Virgin Islands for a corporation’s charter and bylaws, may be amended by our board of directors without shareholder approval provided that a majority of our independent directors do not vote against the amendment. This includes amendments to increase or reduce our authorized capital stock or to create from time to time and issue one or more classes of preference shares (which are analogous to preferred stock of corporations organized in the United States). Our board’s ability to amend our charter documents without shareholder approval, including its ability to create and issue preference shares, could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of Deswell, including a tender offer to purchase our common shares at a premium over the then current market price.
Our exemptions from certain of the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act limits the protections and information afforded to investors.
     We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt or excluded from certain provisions applicable to United States public companies including:
    the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the Commission of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K;
 
    the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations in respect to a security registered under the Exchange Act;
 
    the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and establishing insider liability for profits realized from any “short-swing” trading transaction (i.e., a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the issuer’s equity securities within less than six months); and
 
    Regulation FD, the SEC’s rules regulating disclosure of information by publicly traded companies and other issuers and requiring that when an issuer discloses material nonpublic information to certain individuals or entities such as stock analysts, or holders of the issuer’s securities who may trade on the basis of the information, the issuer must make public disclosure of that information.
     In addition, because we are a foreign private issuer, certain of the corporate governance standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market that are applied to domestic companies having securities included on The Nasdaq Stock Market are not applicable to us. For example, as a foreign private issuer organized under the law of the British Virgin Islands, we may follow our home company practice in lieu of some of the provisions of Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rule 4350. Accordingly, as the law of the British Virgin Islands does not prohibit us from doing so and since our practices are in compliance with our Memorandum and Articles of Association, we follow our home company practices with respect to the following Nasdaq Market Place rules:
    Rule 4350(c)(1): A majority of our Board of Directors are not “independent” directors within the definition of “independent director” in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15);
 
    Rule 4350(c)(2): Our “independent” directors do not meet in executive session;
 
    Rule 4350(c)(3): Our board does not have a compensation committee;
 
    Rule 4350(c)(4): Nominees for appointment as our directors are not selected or recommended by (i) a majority of our independent directors, or a nominating committee composed solely of independent directors.

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     Because of these exemptions or exclusions, investors are not afforded the same protections or information generally available to investors in public companies organized in the United States or with securities included on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
We may not pay dividends in the future.
     Although we have declared dividends during each of the last nine fiscal years, we may not be able to declare them or may decide not to declare them in the future. We will determine the amounts of the dividends when they are declared and even if dividends are declared in the future, we may not continue them in any future period.
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
History and Development of Deswell
     The Company was incorporated in December 1993 as a limited liability International Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The Company’s registered agent in the British Virgin Islands is HWR Services Limited, P.O. Box 71, Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The Company’s principal administrative office is located in 17B, Edificio Comercial Rodrigues, 599 Avenida da Praia Grande, Macao, and its telephone number is (853) 322096 and its facsimile number is (853) 323265.
     Deswell developed from the initial incorporation of Jetcrown Industrial Limited (“JIL”), a Hong Kong limited liability company, in February 1987. Richard Lau, C. P. Li and C. W. Leung founded JIL to manufacture injection-molded plastic parts for OEMs and contract manufacturers. JIL is the ultimate predecessor of the Company as restructured in March 1994. In January 1990, Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited, a limited liability China foreign operation (“Jetcrown Shenzhen”), was organized to conduct the Company’s manufacturing operations in China and JIL’s manufacturing operations were relocated to China in 1990. Marcon Enterprises Limited, a British Virgin Islands International Business Company (“Marcon”), was organized in July 1991 to hold the beneficial ownership of Jetcrown Shenzhen and to supervise the latter’s manufacturing operations. Marcon has been dormant since April 2003 and was sold to a third party in October 2003. Richtex Services Limited (“Richtex”), a Hong Kong limited liability company, was organized in November 1991 to serve as Marcon’s local agent and to discharge Marcon’s duties to supervise the manufacturing operations of Jetcrown Shenzhen. Richtex was deregistered from the Companies Registry in March 2004. JIL has been dormant since January 2004.
     In October 1992, the Company purchased a controlling interest of the outstanding stock of Kwanasia Electronics Company Limited, a Hong Kong limited liability company (“Kwanasia”) and an independent contract manufacturer of electronic products, components and subassemblies, from two former shareholders. In December 1994, the Company increased its interest in Kwanasia to 51% of the outstanding Kwanasia shares by purchasing the requisite stock from Mr. S. K. Lee and Mr. M. C. Tam, Kwanasia’s then remaining two shareholders. The total price paid by the Company in 1994 for its majority interest in Kwanasia’s shares was approximately $517,000, which was paid in cash.
     Kwanasia originally conducted the Company’s contract electronic manufacturing operations through a joint venture enterprise (organized as a limited liability China company) called Shenzhen Kwanam Electronics, Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Kwanam”). Shenzhen Kwanam was initially established as a 70%-30% joint venture company pursuant to a Joint Venture Agreement between Kwanasia and Commercial Trading Corporation (“CTC”), an independent Chinese party. However, the parties to the Joint Venture Agreement subsequently elected to modify such arrangement. Such modification took various forms but in each case essentially provided that Kwanasia and its successor (through the subsidiaries which held the joint venture interest) would have in substance a 100% economic interest in the joint venture enterprise, subject to a RMB60,000 (approximately $7,200 at May 30, 1996) annual payment by it to CTC. In May 1996, Kwanasia and CTC agreed that Kwanasia would purchase CTC’s 30% interest in Shenzhen Kwanam (the “Buy-out Agreement”) for RMB180,000 (approximately $22,000 at May 30, 1996, the day the purchase price was paid). This transaction was completed during the year ended March 31, 1998 and resulted in Shenzhen Kwanam becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. Following reorganization in electronic operations and its move into a new manufacturing plant in Dongguan, China, the manufacturing operations of Shenzhen Kwanam were switched to another wholly owned subsidiary, Dongguan Kwan Hong Electronics Co. Ltd. (“Kwan Hong”) commencing April 1, 1999. Kwan Hong was initially established as an 85%-15% joint venture company pursuant to

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a Joint Venture Agreement dated January 31, 1997 between Kwanasia and Dongguan Cheung On Lang Wang Electronics Development Company (“Lang Wang”), an independent Chinese party. Pursuant to a subsequent supplemental agreement signed on February 27, 1997 between Kwanasia and Lang Wang, both parties agreed that Kwanasia would have in substance a 100% economic interest in the joint venture enterprise with Lang Wang guaranteed an annual rental income for the buy out. In March 2004, Kwanasia’s 85% interest in Kwan Hong was transferred to Integrated International Limited (see discussion of Integrated below) and in May 2004, Lang Wang’s 15% interest in Kwan Hong was also transferred to Hong Xin Electronics Company Limited (“Hong Xin”), a new independent Chinese party. The registrations of Integrated and Hong Xin with the Chinese Government were approved in April and July 2004, respectively. In a supplemental agreement signed on July 1, 2004, both parties agreed that Intergrated’s wholly-owned subsidiary would have in substance a 100% economic interest in the joint venture enterprise with Hong Xin guaranteed an annual rental income for the buy out.
     The Company’s incorporation in the British Virgin Islands in December 1993 was part of a restructuring in which Deswell Industries, Inc. was organized to become the ultimate parent holding company of the companies engaged in actual business operations and to spin off to Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung other companies that hold real estate in Hong Kong. This restructuring, which was completed in March 1994, involved the following steps. First, on December 13, 1993, the Company (i) allotted a total of 2,539 common shares to provide the initial capital of the Company and (ii) acquired the entire issued share capital of Leesha Holdings Limited, the former ultimate parent company, in exchange for which it issued a total of 3,387,304 common shares. These shares were issued in equal portions to Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung, the former shareholders of Leesha Holdings Limited. Second, on March 22, 1994, the Company acquired the entire issued share capitals of JIL, Marcon (including its interest in Jetcrown Shenzhen) and Richtex from Leesha Enterprises Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leesha Holdings Limited and a second-tier holding company, in exchange for which the Company issued an aggregate of 7,618 common shares in equal proportions to Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung. Third, also on March 22, 1994, the Company acquired Leesha Enterprises Limited’s 50.00005% interest in Kwanasia in exchange for the issue of 2,539 common shares in the Company in equal proportions to Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung and the assignment of a debt due to JIL of approximately $465,000 relating to the original purchase of Kwanasia. Finally, on March 22, 1994, the Company made a distribution in specie of the entire share capital of Leesha Holdings Limited to Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung.
     The immediate effect of this restructuring was that the Company wholly owned JIL, Marcon (which wholly owned Jetcrown Shenzhen) and Richtex and also owned 51% of the outstanding capital stock of Kwanasia (which, in turn had a 100% economic interest in Shenzhen Kwanam). Messrs. Lee and Tam owned the balance of Kwanasia. In 1995, this restructuring was fine-tuned further, with the Company forming two new corporations, Union International Limited (which changed its name to Integrated International Limited on May 1, 1996) (“Integrated”) and Oriental Enterprises Limited (which changed its name to Bright Oriental Enterprises Limited on May 1, 1996) (“Oriental Enterprises”), both corporations organized under the laws of Samoa. Integrated issued its shares proportionately to Deswell and Messrs. Lee and Tam in exchange for all outstanding capital stock of Kwanasia respectively held by them, with the result that through February 1998, Integrated was 51%-owned by Deswell and 49%-owned by Messrs. Lee and Tam.
     In March 1998, Messrs. Lee and Tam together sold 5% shareholding interest in Integrated to Micropower Enterprises, Ltd. In January 2003, the Company increased its interest in Integrated to 71% by purchasing an additional 20% from Messrs. Lee and Tam in exchange for the issuance to Messrs. Lee and Tam of an aggregate of 251,880 common shares of Deswell. In April 2005, the Company increased its interest in Integrated to 76% by purchasing the 5% interest owned by Micropower Enterprises Ltd. in exchange for the issuance to Micropower Enterprises Ltd. of 120,000 common shares of Deswell. Integrated in turn owns all of the outstanding capital stock of Kwanasia. Messrs. Lee and Tam still own, in equal shares, 24% of the capital stock of Integrated and continue to serve as the executives in charge of administrative and manufacturing operations, respectively, for the Company’s contract manufacturing operations for electronic products and subassemblies. See Item 6 Directors, Senior Management and Employees.
     As part of the Company’s restructuring, Oriental Enterprises was organized as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated and it was assigned Kwanasia’s joint venture interest in Shenzhen Kwanam and assumed Kwanasia’s rights and responsibilities under the Shenzhen Kwanam joint venture. With the completion during the year ended March 31, 1998 of the purchase of CTC’s 30% joint venture interest in Shenzhen Kwanam pursuant to the Buy-out

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Agreement, Shenzhen Kwanam became a wholly owned subsidiary of Oriental Enterprises. Shenzhen Kwanam was closed on January 1, 2004 upon the expiration of its 10-year business license. Oriental Enterprises has been dormant since April 2002 and was sold to a third party in October 2003.
     In October 1996, Integrated acquired a 64.9% interest in Kwanta Precision Metal Products Co., Ltd. (“Kwanta”), a corporation organized under the laws of Hong Kong, for $64,000, which was paid in cash. In April and July 1999, Integrated acquired the remaining 35.1% interest in Kwanta for $6,000, which was paid in cash. Kwanta manufactures metallic molds and accessory parts for use in audio equipment, copying machines and fax machines. Kwanta supplies metallic molds for the Company’s plastic and electronic operations and manufactures metal parts for OEMs and contract manufacturers, including the Company. Since September 2002, the Company’s metallic manufacturing operation was shifted to Kwan Hong and Kwanta has been dormant since then.
     In January 1999, the Company organized Star Peace Limited, a British Virgin Islands International Business Company, in order to hold securities the Company acquires for investment.
     In January 2000, the Company organized Blue Collar Holdings Limited (“Blue Collar”), a British Virgin Islands International Business Company to hold the beneficial ownership of Jetcrown Industrial (Dongguan) Limited (“Jetcrown Dongguan”). Jetcrown Dongguan, a limited liability China Foreign Enterprise registered in January 2000, was organized to conduct the Company’s plastic injection molding manufacturing operations in Dongguan, China. Jetcrown Dongguan commenced production in July 2000.
     In April 2000, Integrated organized Digiwave Limited (originally named Wisetop Technology Limited), a limited liability Hong Kong Company, to carry on original design manufacturing, or ODM, in connection with our electronic manufacturing business. Digiwave was deregistered from the Companies Registry in March 2004.
     In June 2000, the Company organized Jetcrown Industrial Sdn. Bhd. (“JISB”), a limited liability Malaysian Company, to establish a representative office in Dongguan, China to handle our overseas plastic injection product sales. On May 22, 2001, the Company’s representative office successfully obtained a registration certificate to allow it to do business from the Chinese Government and it commenced business in August 2001. The representative office was deregistered with the Chinese Government in January 2004 and JISB has been dormant since December 2003.
     In August 2001, the Company organized Jetcrown & Kwanasia (OEM) Specialist Limited (“J&K OEM”), a limited liability Hong Kong Company, to conduct marketing for Deswell’s plastic and electronic businesses. The capital stock of J&K OEM was owned 51% by Deswell, 39% by Dickson Lam, Deswell’s former Director of Marketing for plastic and electronic products, and 10% by two other individuals who were then employees of J&K OEM. In March 2003, the Company reorganized J&K OEM’s operations by organizing Triumph Wise Technology Limited (“Triumph Wise”), a British Virgin Islands International Business Company, and in August 2003 also incorporated a new Macao company, namely, J&K (OEM) Specialist (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited (“J&KMCO”), as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Triumph Wise. In August 2003, J&KMCO obtained business license approval to carry out offshore marketing service activities in Macao. J&K OEM’s operations were transferred to J&KMCO in September 2003 and J&K OEM has been dormant since then. In March 2005, the Hong Kong Companies Registry approved the application to deregister J&K OEM from the Companies Registry. J&KMCO has been dormant since January 2005 following the retirement of Dickson Lam and in June 2005, the Macao Company Registry approved the application of Deswell and the minority shareholders of Triumph Wise to deregister J&KMCO from the Company Registry. In July 2005, Deswell acquired the minority 49% interest in the capital stock of Triumph Wise from Mr. Lam and the two other individuals and since then. Triumph Wise has been dormant.
     In March 2003, Deswell also organized Rainbow Hill Limited, a 100% owned British Virgin Islands International Business Company, in order to establish another new 100% owned Macao incorporated company, namely Jetcrown Industrial (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited (“JIMCO”). In August 2003, JIMCO was incorporated and obtained business license approval to carry out offshore trading activities in Macao.
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with the Chinese Government was approved in December 2003. In September 2004, Ideatop reinvested retained earnings of $1,800,000 from Jetcrown Shenzhen to Jetcrown Donnguan, a sister subsidiary. At the same time, Ideatop also invested an additional cash capital of $1,800,000 in Jetcrown Dongguan, making its total investment holdings in Jetcrown Dongguan to approximately 26.1%. As a result, Blue Collar’s holdings in Jetcrown Donnguan were reduced from 100% to approximately 73.9%.
     In October 2003, the Company also organized Joint Harvest Industries Limited, a British Virgin Islands International Business Company and 100% owned by Integrated, in order to establish another new 100% owned Macao incorporated company, namely Kwanasia Electronics (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited (“KEMCO”). In April 2004, KEMCO was incorporated and obtained business license approval to carry out offshore trading activities in Macao. Kwanasia has been dormant since June 2004 when KEMCO commenced operations.
     In December 2003, the Company also organized Spring Fountain Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands International Business Company and 100% owned by Integrated for investment holding purpose.
     In March 2006, the Company received approval to establish Shenzhen Kwan Wing Trading Company Limited (“Kwan Wing”), as a limited liability China Foreign Enterprise wholly owned by KEMCO. Kwan Wing was registered in March 2006 to engage in the distribution of audio, lightings and network visual equipments operations and import and export operations in China.
Organizational Structure
     The following chart illustrates the organizational structure of the Company and its active subsidiaries at March 31, 2006.
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Capital Expenditures
     Principal capital expenditures and divestitures made by Deswell during the three years in the period ended March 31, 2006 include the following:
                         
    2004   2005   2006
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
  $ 19,862,000     $ 17,003,000     $ 6,940,000  
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
    430,000       36,000       50,000  
     Principal capital expenditures made and currently in progress relate to improvements we are constructing and have constructed on the land we purchased in Dongguan, China to build a new factory. The construction of our new Dongguan factory and dormitories is planned to occur in three to four phases. The pace of construction depends on our financial situation and future operating results.
     Through March 31, 2006, Deswell spent an aggregate of approximately $7.6 million on the first phase of construction of its new plastic injection molding plant. The facility comprises approximately 466,000 square feet of factory space, an approximately 91,000 square foot amenity center and approximately 116,000 square feet of dormitory space. Construction began in October 2001 and was completed in March 2003 with the interior build-out finished in June 2003. After installation of machinery and final touch up, Phase I of the new factory became operational at the end of November 2003. During the same period, approximately $16.7 million were used to expand the Company’s injection molding and tool-making capacity through the purchase of additional injection molding and tooling machinery and $6.9 million were used to acquire and install furniture and fixtures for operations.
     Following completion of space built through Phase I, we spent an aggregate of approximately $6.9 million for the second phase of construction, which comprises two additional factory building units covering approximately 227,000 square feet and three additional dormitory units of approximately 216,000 square feet. During the same period, we spent approximately $2.8 million to expand our injection molding and tool-making capacity through the purchase of additional injection molding and tooling machinery and spent approximately $1.7 million to acquire and install furniture and fixtures for operations.
     Phase III of construction, with a planned investment of $10 million, of which we spent an aggregate of $4.6 million through March 31, 2006, will consist of an estimated 133,000 square foot office building, an estimated 377,000 square feet of additional factory space and one additional dormitory unit of an estimated 120,000 square feet. Phase IV of construction, to consist of planned additional two dormitory units and two other buildings, is planned for the long-term, with construction to begin following completion of Phase III, as resources become available and further capacity is needed.
     In July 2003, Deswell’s electronic & metallic subsidiary completed the $4.1 million acquisition of approximately 240,000 square feet of land and approximately 400,000 square feet of factory buildings and accommodations in Cheung On, Dongguan. These premises were previously leased from a local government unit for the Company’s electronics and metallic operations.
     All of the foregoing capital expenditures were financed principally from internally generated funds and our current plan is to continue to use internally generated funds principally to finance future capital expenditures. However, we may choose to obtain debt or equity financing if we believe it appropriate to accelerate the phases of construction of our facilities.

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Business Overview
     Introduction to Deswell
     We are an independent manufacturer of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies and metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers, or “OEMs” and contract manufacturers. We conduct all of our manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallic operation factories located in the People’s Republic of China. Beginning in January 2005, we also began to engage in the business of distributing audio equipment in China.
     We produce a wide variety of plastic parts and components that are used in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products, using different plastic injection technologies, such as film injection, integrated injection and insert injection. The products include
    cases and key tops for personal organizers and remote controls;
 
    cases for flashlights, telephones, paging machines, projectors and alarm clocks;
 
    grips and rods for fishing tackle;
 
    toner cartridges and cases for photocopy and printer machines;
 
    parts for electrical products such as air-conditioning and ventilators;
 
    parts for audio equipment;
 
    double injection caps and baby products;
 
    laser key caps; and
 
    automobile components.
     Electronic products manufactured by the Company include
    complex printed circuit board assemblies using surface mount (“SMT”), ball grip assembly (“BGA”) and pin-through-hole (“PTH”) interconnection technologies and
 
    finished products which include
  Ø   telecommunication products such as special purpose telephones used as a private automated branch exchange (“IPBX”), a network terminal and an internet platform etc.,
 
  Ø   IP switches, routers, and
 
  Ø   sophisticated professional audio equipment such as power amplifiers, digital mixers, digital signal processors, etc.
     Metal products manufactured by the Company include metallic molds and accessory parts used in audio equipment, telephones, copying machines, pay telephones, multimedia stations, automatic teller machines, etc.
     As part of its manufacturing operations, the Company consults with its customers in the design of plastic parts and the design and production of the molds used to manufacture plastic parts, which are made by Deswell at its customers’ expense, and provides advice and assistance in the design and manufacturing of printed circuit boards. The Company believes that its ability to manufacture high-end plastic and metal parts of the quality required by OEMs and contract manufacturers which furnish products and services internationally, Deswell’s expertise in designing and manufacturing molds for its customers and the Company’s low production costs distinguish Deswell from most other manufacturers of plastic products and provide it with a competitive advantage. However, as a result of increased competition, Deswell has been forced to reduce the sales prices of its products during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, which has resulted in lower gross profit margins during these years.

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     Industry Overview
     Management believes that the injection molding and metal molds and parts manufacturing industries have each benefited in recent years from a trend among major users of injection molded and metal products to outsource an increasing portion of the parts requirements and to select a small number of suppliers or a sole supplier to provide those products. The Company is not aware of any empirical data defining the manufacturing industry in China, however, management believes that injection molding and metal manufacturing firms which are much smaller than the Company make up the largest segment of the industry in China. The Company’s experience indicates that such smaller firms are often unable to react quickly and responsively to the diverse demands of many customers and are not capable of furnishing the level of quality that high-end plastic and metal products require. Management believes that this inability on the part of these smaller manufacturers has created opportunities for the Company to increase sales by catering to the outsourcing requirements of OEMs and contract manufacturers that manufacture such high-end products.
     Similarly, as a result of the recognition by OEMs in the electronics industry of the rising costs of operating a manufacturing site and the need to add more sophisticated and expensive manufacturing processes and equipment, OEMs have turned increasingly to outside contract manufacturers. By doing so, OEMs are able to focus on research, product conception, design and development, marketing and distribution, and to rely on the production expertise of contract manufacturers. Other benefits to OEMs of using contract manufacturing include: access to manufacturers in regions with low labor and overhead costs, reduced time to market, reduced capital investment, improved inventory management, improved purchasing power and improved product quality. In addition, the use of contract manufacturers has helped OEMs manage production in view of increasingly shorter product life cycles.
Operations
     Plastic Injection Molding
     Plastic injection molding manufacturing accounted for 54.6%, 47.5% and 41.9% of the Company’s total sales during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. At March 31, 2006, the Company conducted its plastic manufacturing operations in approximately 206,000 and 1,070,000 square feet of factory space in its factories located in Shekou, Shenzhen, China and Dongguan, Guangzhou, China, respectively.
     The Company’s plastic injection molding process consists of three phases: (1) mold design and production; (2) plastic injection; and (3) finishing.
     Mold design and production. The plastic injection-molding process begins when a customer provides the Company with specifications for a product or part, which specifications are often created in consultation with the Company’s technical staff. Next the Company designs and produces the mold, using great care in the design process and in the selection of materials to produce the mold in an effort to create a high quality appearance of the completed product by reducing or eliminating potential flaws such as the sinkage of materials and irregularities in the knit line of joints.
     The mold-making process ranges from 25 to 75 days, depending on the size and complexity of the mold. Mold making requires specialized machines and is capital intensive. At March 31, 2006, the Company used 32 EDMs (electrical discharge machines), 32 CNC (computer numerical control) milling machines and 86 NC (numerical control) milling machines in the mold-making process.
     Deswell is continually adding equipment to expand its mold making and injection molding capabilities. During February to April 2002, the Company purchased 12 additional injection-molding machines with clamping force of 365 to 550 tons for approximately $1.5 million. These new injection-molding machines were installed in July 2002. In December 2002, the Company purchased five additional sets of injection-molding machines with clamping force of 368 to 650 tons for approximately $1 million. These new injection-molding machines, two of which have gas injection functionality, were installed in March 2003. In March 2003, the Company purchased four sets of precision double injection molding machines and one additional injection-molding machine with clamping force of 650 tons for an aggregate of approximately $1 million. These new injection-molding machines were installed in March and July 2003.

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     During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company purchased and installed approximately $3.6 million worth of small- to medium-size machines and equipment, including 102 sets of Chen Hsong hydraulic injection machines with a clamping force of 55 tons to 218 tons; five sets of double-injection machines with a clamping force of 200 tons; nine sets of Fanuc electric precision-injection machines with a clamping force of 75 tons to 140 tons; four sets of Sumitomo high-speed precision-injection machines with a clamping force of 75 tons to 100 tons; two sets of high-precision large Makino electric discharge machines; and two sets of high-precision Mitsubishi wire-cut machines.
     During the year ended March 31, 2005, the Company continued to expand its production capabilities, purchasing and installing approximately $2.9 million of machines and equipment, including four sets of EDMs; five sets of CNC milling machines; seven sets of NC milling machines; sixteen sets of Chen Hsong hydraulic injection machines with clamping force of 128 tons to 268 tons; and six sets of injection molding machines with clamping force of 85 to 200 tons, replacing 10 sets of old injection machines and one set of EDMs. During the year ended March 31, 2006, the Company acquired machines and equipment costing approximately $1.9 million, including three sets of EDMs, three sets of CNC milling machines and 29 sets of injection machines with clamping forces of 86 tons to 160 tons; replacing one set of CNC milling machines and 19 sets of old injection machines.
     Molds produced by the Company generally weigh from 110 to 17,600 pounds and generally cost between $1,000 and $200,000.
     The customer generally bears the cost of producing the molds and, as is customary in the industry, the customer owns them. However, the Company maintains and stores the molds at its factory for use in production and it is Deswell’s policy generally not to make molds for customers unless the customer undertakes to store its molds at the Company’s factory and uses Deswell to manufacture the related parts. In that way, the Company seeks to use its mold-making expertise to create dependence on it for the customer’s parts requirements. Beginning in 2005, however, through its then newly created Export Tooling Department, Deswell’s began producing molds for export to customers and thus does not use those molds to manufacture related parts.
     During the year ended March 31, 2006, the Company made on average about 50 to 100 different molds every month. Management believes that the Company’s skills and expertise in mold-making, coupled with having its facilities and operations in China, allow the Company to produce molds at costs substantially less than molds of comparable quality made in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
     Plastic Injection. During the mold-making process, suitable plastic resin for the particular product is selected and purchased. See “Raw Materials, Component Parts and Suppliers, below.” The completed mold is mounted onto injection machines, which are classified according to the clamping force (the pressure per square inch required to hold a mold in place during the injection molding process). At March 31, 2006, the Company had 378 injection molding machines, ranging from 50 to 1,600 tons of clamping force, with most machines in the range of from 88 to 268 tons. Each of the Company’s machines is capable of servicing a variety of applications and product configurations and the Company has machines, which permit the Company to fabricate plastic parts as small as a button and as large as a 3 ft. x 2 ft. case for a copy machine.
     Using separate shifts, injection molding is generally conducted 24 hours a day, five to seven days per week, other than normal down time for maintenance and changing of product molds. Molding of products requiring extra concerns for appearance, such as cases for calculators, personal organizers and telephones are conducted in an isolated and dust free section of the factory. In a continuous effort to assure quality, the Company’s quality control personnel inspect the products produced from each machine generally at hourly intervals during production. When defects are discovered, the Company’s maintenance personnel inspect the mold and the machine to determine which is responsible. If the mold is the cause of the defect, it will be immediately removed from the machine and serviced or repaired by one of a team of technicians employed to maintain molds. The mold will then be remounted on the machine and production will continue. If the machine is the source of the defect, the Company’s technicians and engineers service the machine immediately. Through this continuous vigilance to molds and machines, the Company has experienced what it believes to be a relatively low scrap rate and has been able to maintain a high level of productivity of its injection molding machines.

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     Finishing. After injection molding, products are finished. Finishing consists of smoothing and polishing, imprinting letters, numbers and signs through silk screening process, pad printing or epoxy ultra violet cutting, and treating the product with an anti-fog coating for a lasting and attractive appearance. Most of these functions are conducted by hand.
     Electronic Products and Assemblies
     In an aggregate of approximately 223,000 square feet of factory space at March 31, 2006 located at facilities in Dongguan, China, the Company manufactures and assembles electronic products and electronic assemblies for OEMs. Finished products include consumer and sophisticated studio-quality audio equipment, IPBX and commercial telephone units, network education platforms, IP switches, routers etc. Assemblies consist of PCBs with passive (e.g., resistors, capacitors, transformers, switches and wire) and active (e.g., semiconductors and memory chips) components mounted on them. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 manufacturing of electronic products accounted for approximately 41.2%, 48.1% and 54.5%, respectively, of the Company’s total sales. During the same periods, manufacturing of finished products accounted for 99%, 99% and 99%, respectively, of electronic product sales and assembling of printed circuit boards accounted for the balance of such sales during those periods.
     In assembling printed circuit boards the Company purchases printed circuit boards, surface mounted components and chips and uses PTH, BGA and SMT interconnection technologies to assemble various components onto the PCBs. Before delivery, completed PCBs are checked by in-circuit-testers and outgoing quality assurance inspections are performed.
     PTH is a method of assembling printed circuit boards in which component leads are inserted and soldered into plated holes in the board. While this technology is several decades old and is labor intensive, it still has a significant market, particularly for consumer product applications.
     BGA is a method of mounting an integrated circuit or other component to a PCB. Rather than using pins that consume a large area of the PCB, the component is attached to the circuit board with small balls of solder at each contact. This method allows for greater component density and is used in more complex PCBs.
     SMT is the automatic process of printed circuit board assembly in which components are mounted directly to the surface of the board, rather than being inserted into holes. With this process, solder is accurately stenciled in paste form on pads located on the printed circuit board and the components are then placed onto the solder paste and fused to the melting point of the paste to establish a strong solder joint between components and the printed circuit board. The SMT process allows miniaturization of PCBs, cost savings and shorten lead paths between components (which results in faster signal speed and improved reliability). Additionally, it allows components to be placed on both sides of the printed circuit board, a major factor for the purpose of miniaturization.
     Manufacturing operations include PCB assembly, wiring and testing. The process is completed by assembling the PCBs into a plastic or metal housing that comprises the finished product. Quality assurance is then conducted in accordance with the customers’ requirements before the shipment.
     Metal Parts Manufacturing
     In an aggregate of approximately 111,000 square feet of factory space at March 31, 2006 located at facilities in Dongguan, China in the same complex and next to the Company’s electronic products assembly facilities, Deswell’s metal forming division manufactures metallic molds and accessory parts for use in audio equipment, routers, payphones, multimedia stations and ATMs. The Company’s metal molds and metal parts (products) manufacturing accounted for approximately 4.2%, 4.4% and 2.1% of Deswell’s total sales during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.

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     Quality Control
     The Company maintains strict quality control procedures for its products. At hourly intervals, the Company’s quality control personnel monitor machines and molds to assure that plastic parts are free from defects.
     For electronic operations, the Company’s quality control personnel check all incoming components. Moreover, during the production stage, the Company’s quality control personnel check all work in process at several points in the production process. Finally, after the final assembly and before shipment, the Company conducts quality assurance inspections in accordance with the customers’ Acceptable Quality Level, or AQL, requirements.
     Plastic, electronic and metal products manufactured and assembled at the Company’s facilities have a low level of product defects, and aggregate returns represented less than 3% of total net sales during each of the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
     In 1995, the Company earned ISO 9001 certifications for both its plastic and electronic products manufacturing operations. In April 2000, the Company also received ISO 9002 for its metal manufacturing operation. The “ISO” or International Organization for Standardization is a Geneva-based organization dedicated to the development of worldwide standards for quality management guidelines and quality assurance. ISO 9000, which is the first quality system standard to gain worldwide recognition, requires a company to gather, analyze, document and monitor and to make improvements where needed. ISO 9001 is the ISO level appropriate for manufacturers like the Company. The Company’s receipt of ISO 9001 certification demonstrates that the Company’s manufacturing operations meet the established world standards.
     In August 2003, the Company’s plastic injection manufacturing plant in Shenzhen obtained ISO 14001 certification, which evidences that the Company’s environmental management standards or EMS meet established international standards. In August 2004, the Company’s plastic injection manufacturing plant in Dongguan also obtained ISO 14001 certification. ISO 14000 is a series of international standards on environmental management, ISO 14001 is the most well known of these standards and is often seen as the corner stone standard of the ISO 14000 series. In January 2006, the Company’s electronic and metallic manufacturing plant also obtained ISO 14001 certification.
     The Company was working toward having its plastic injection manufacturing plant to obtain QS 9000 Certification but before completing that process elected to seek ISO/TS 16949 Certification. ISO/TS 16949 is an ISO Technical Specification. This specification aligns existing American (QS-9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF) and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality systems standards within the global automotive industry. Together with ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949 specifies the quality system requirements for the design/development, production, installation and servicing of automotive related products. ISO/TS 16949 has been accepted as an equivalent to QS-9000, VDA6.1, AVSQ, and EAQF. ISO/TS 16949 does not replace QS-9000; but is optional and eliminates the need for multiple certifications. Deswell is in the process of seeking ISO/TS 16949 Certification. Initial assessment was successfully completed in January 2006 and the Company expects its plastic injection manufacturing plant to obtain QS 9000 Certification sometime later in 2006 or 2007.
     Raw Materials, Component Parts and Suppliers
     Plastic Resins. The primary raw materials used by the Company in the manufacture of its plastic parts are various plastic resins, primarily ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), which in the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 averaged approximately 50%, 58% and 53%, respectively, of the Company’s cost of plastic products sold and 24%, 24% and 21%, respectively, of the Company’s total cost of goods sold. Because plastic resins are commodity products, the Company selects its suppliers primarily based on price. The Company has no long-term supply agreements for plastic resins. The Company currently obtains its plastic resins from suppliers in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan and normally maintains a three to four month inventory supply.
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the Company is not generally bound by fixed price contracts with its customers, the Company has found that increases in resin prices can be difficult to pass on to its customers and, as a consequence, a significant increase in resin prices could have, and in the past has had, a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations.
     The primary plastic resins used by the Company are produced from petrochemical intermediates derived from products of the natural gas and crude oil refining processes. Natural gas and crude oil markets have in the past experienced substantially cyclical price fluctuations as well as other market disturbances including shortages of supply and crises in the oil producing regions of the world. The capacity, supply and demand for plastic resins and the petrochemical intermediates from which they are produced are also subject to cyclical and other market factors. Consequently, plastic resin prices may fluctuate as a result of natural gas and crude oil prices and the capacity, supply and demand for resin and petrochemical intermediates from which they are produced.
     Although the plastics industry has from time to time experienced shortages of plastic resins, the Company has not experienced to date any such shortages. Management believes that there are adequate sources available to meet the Company’s raw material needs.
     Component Parts and Supplies. The Company purchases over 500 different component parts from more than 100 suppliers and is not dependent upon any single supplier for any essential component. The Company purchases from suppliers in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and elsewhere. At various times there have been shortages of parts in the electronics industry, and certain components, including PCBs and semiconductors, have been subject to limited allocations. Although shortages of parts and allocations have not had a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, there can be no assurance that any future shortages or allocations would not have such an effect.
     Raw Metal. The primary materials used by the Company in metal molds and parts manufacturing are various metals, but purchases of raw metal were immaterial to the Company’s total operations during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Typically the Company buys metals from a variety of suppliers in Hong Kong and China and has no long-term contracts with metal suppliers.
     Transportation
     Transportation of components and finished products to customers in Shenzhen and to and from Hong Kong and Shenzhen and Dongguan is by truck. Generally, the Company sells its products F.O.B. China or F.O.B. Hong Kong. To date, the Company has not been materially affected by any transportation problems and has found that the transition of Hong Kong to Chinese control in July 1997 has not had an adverse impact on the Company’s ability to transport goods to and from Hong Kong and China.
     Customers and Marketing
     The Company’s customers are OEMs and contract manufacturers. The Company sells its products in the United States, Asia (Hong Kong, Japan and China) and Europe (Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy). Net sales to customers by geographic area are determined by reference to shipping destinations as directed by the Company’s customers. For example, if the products are delivered to the customer in Hong Kong, the sales are recorded as generated in Hong Kong; if the customer directs the Company to ship its products to Europe, the sales are recorded as sold to Europe. See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the dollar amounts of export sales by geographic area for each of the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Net sales as a percentage of total sales to customers by geographic area consisted of the following for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:

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    Year ended March 31,
Geographic areas   2004   2005   2006
United States
    38.4 %     40.5 %     49.0 %
China
    51.6       44.8       37.5  
Europe
    5.9       10.9       7.0  
Hong Kong
    2.3       0.8       3.0  
Others
    1.8       3.0       3.5  
     
Total
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
     
     The Company markets its products and services to existing customers through direct contact with the Company’s management and direct sales personnel. The Company’s sales personnel attend trade shows and the Company advertises in trade publications such as Modern Plastics International and Injection Molding. Collecting information from trade-show, as well as websites, Deswell’s marketing staffs contacts existing and potential customers directly by telephone, mail, fax, e-mail via the Internet and in person, stressing Deswell’s capability as a complete solution provider for plastic injection mold design, tooling and molding as well as an electronics manufacturing services, or EMS, provider of advanced technology manufacturing processes and flexible logistic services.
     Major Customers
     The table below sets forth each of the Company’s customers which accounted for 10% or more of net sales during the year ended March 31, 2006 the products purchased and the percentage of total Company net sales accounted for by such customers during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
                                 
            Year ended March 31,
Customer   Product   2004   2005   2006
Digidesign, Inc.
  Professional audio equipments     17.8 %     19.1 %     17.4 %
Epson Precision (H.K.) Limited
  Plastic components     15.4       18.5       14.6  
Line 6 Manufacturing
  Professional audio equipments       *     14.9       14.5  
 
*   Less than 10%.
     The Company’s success will depend to a significant extent on the success achieved by its customers in developing and marketing their products, some of which may be new. Many of the industry segments served by the Company’s customers are subject to technological change, which can result in short product life cycles. The Company could be materially adversely affected if advances in technology or other factors reduce the marketability of essential products of its customers or if new products being developed by its customers do not attain desired levels of acceptance. If the Company was to lose any customers who account for a material portion of total net sales, or if any of these customers were to decrease substantially their purchases from the Company, the Company’s revenues, earnings and financial position would be materially and adversely affected. The Company’s dependence on these customers is expected to continue in the foreseeable future.
     The Company’s sales transactions with all of its customers are based on purchase orders received by the Company from time to time. Except for these purchase orders, the Company has no written agreements with its customers. Sales of plastic parts and metallic products are primarily made on credit terms, with payment in Hong Kong dollars expected within 30 to 60 days of shipment. Sales of electronic products are typically based on letters of credit and are payable in United States dollars. To date the Company has not experienced any significant difficulty in collecting accounts receivable on credit sales. Management communicates regularly with credit sale customers and closely monitors the status of payment and in this way believes it has kept the default rate low. Additionally, plastic parts deliveries are made in several installments over a lengthy period of time, which permits the Company to withhold delivery in the event of any delinquency in payment for past shipments. While the Company has not

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experienced any difficulty in being paid by its major customers, there can be no assurance that the Company’s favorable collection experience will continue in every case or at all. The Company could be adversely affected if a major customer were unable to pay for the Company’s products or services.
     Competition
     Management believes that the plastic injection molding, contract electronic manufacturing and metal molds and accessories industries are each highly fragmented, although it is not aware of any empirical data defining the business segments in China. Plastic injection molding and metal molds and accessories manufacturing are characterized by a large number of relatively small operators and divisions of larger companies and contract electronic manufacturing by numerous independent manufacturers whose capabilities are evaluated by customers against each other and against the merits of in-house production. Competition in each industry is intense and many competitors in each industry are larger and have greater financial and other resources than the Company.
     The Company believes that competition for plastic injection molding, contract electronic manufacturing and metal molds and parts manufacturing businesses are based on price, quality, service and the ability to deliver products in a timely and reliable basis. The Company believes that it competes favorably in each of these areas in each business segment.
     Patents, Licenses and Trademarks
     The Company has no patents, trademarks, licenses, franchises, concessions or royalty agreements that are material to its business.
Seasonality
     For information concerning the seasonality of the Company’s business, see “Seasonality” included under Item 5 “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.”
Property, Plants and Equipment
     Macao
     The Company leases Units 17B and 17E, Edificio Comercial Rodrigues, 599 Avenida da Praia Grande, Macao from an unaffiliated party for a term of two years to July 2007. The premises are used as trading, administrative and accounting office for the Company’s plastic injection business and electronic & metallic business, respectively. The monthly rent is approximately $2,020.
     Hong Kong
     The Company owns Unit 10-14, 19/F., Kwong Sang Hong Centre, 151-153 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Deswell leased this property to an unaffiliated party for a term of three years to October 2006.
     Southern China
     In October 2000, the Company acquired under sale and purchase agreement with third party an aggregate of approximately 112,900 square feet of manufacturing space at Block G, Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen, China which was previously leased by the Company for the use of its plastic injection molding operations. Deswell paid approximately $1,461,000 to acquire this property.
     At March 31, 2006 the Company leased approximately 93,000 square feet of manufacturing space at Block A, 1/F-2/F, Block D, 1/F-5/F, and Block F, 1/F Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen, China which are used for its plastic injection molding operations. These factory premises are leased from the local Chinese government and third parties under separate leases expiring from May 2007 to March 2008. The aggregate monthly rent is approximately $23,900.

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     In January 2000, the Company acquired under sale and purchase agreement with the local government party an aggregate of approximately 1.3 million square feet of land to construct its own manufacturing plant and dormitory buildings in Houjie, Dongguan, China. As at March 31, 2006, there were built and operational 1,070,000 square feet of factory space, 91,000 square feet of amenity space and 452,000 square feet of dormitory space.
     The Company leases space at various locations near its plastics manufacturing factories in Shekou and Dongguan that it uses as dormitories for factory staff and workers. Management estimates that the space leased for dormitories approximated 51,200 square feet and 2,200 square feet at March 31, 2006 in Shekou and Dongguan, respectively. The facilities are leased for periods of one to two years, expiring from December 2006 to January 2007. The aggregate monthly rental is approximately $9,900. The Company has acquired under purchase and sale agreements with third parties an aggregate of approximately 24,600 square feet of additional space at various locations near its plastics manufacturing operations in Shenzhen, which are also used as dormitories for factory staff and workers.
     In July 2003, the Company completed the acquisition with a third party an aggregate of approximately 244,000 square feet of land and approximately 420,000 square feet of buildings, including six blocks of dormitory buildings, a canteen, a factory building, a car park and a guard room, at Cheung On, Dongguan, China, which was previously named Kwan Hong Building. This property was previously leased by the Company for the use in its contract electronic and metal manufacturing operations. The land use period is for 50 years from February 1, 2003 to January 31, 2053. The Company paid approximately $4,186,000 to acquire this property.
     At March 31, 2006, the Company leased approximately 69,400 square feet of manufacturing space in Kwanta Building, Cheung On, Dongguan, China for its contract metal manufacturing operation. These premises are leased from third party expiring in May 2007. The aggregate monthly rental is approximately $8,600.
     In addition, the Company leases approximately 36,900 square feet of space at various locations near its contract electronics and metal manufacturing factories in Dongguan, Shenzhen, which are used as staff quarters. The facilities are leased from third parties for periods of one to two years and expire from August 2006 to December 2007. The aggregate monthly rental is approximately $8,100.
     Management believes that Deswell will be able to renew each of the leases described above as it expires for periods comparable to the current term or find alternative space as needed.
     The Company believes that its existing offices and manufacturing space, together with the additional manufacturing space in our Dongguan plant to be completed by end of this year and manufacturing space in close proximity to its existing facilities, which management believes will be available as needed for limited expansion, will be adequate for the operation of its business for at least the next two years.
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
     We do not have any unresolved comments from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding our periodic reports under the Exchange Act.

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ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
     Except for statements of historical facts, this section contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by forward looking words including “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe” “seek”, “estimate”. Forward looking statements are not guarantees of Deswell’s future performance or results and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under the section of this Report entitled Item 3. Key Information — “Risk Factors”. This section should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 18 of this Report.
Operating Results
     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included later in this Report. The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
     General
     The Company’s revenues are derived from the manufacture and sale of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electrical products and subassemblies and metallic molds and accessories. JIMCO, Jetcrown Shenzhen and Jetcrown Dongguan (wholly owned subsidiaries) carry on the plastics operations whereas Integrated carries out the electronics operations. The Company acquired a controlling interest in Integrated’s predecessor in October 1992 and has included the results of the predecessor in its consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. Through December 2002, the Company owned a 51% interest in Integrated. In January 2003, the Company increased its interest in Integrated to 71% by purchasing an additional 20% from its minority shareholders in exchange for the issuance to them of an aggregate of 251,880 common shares. In April 2005, the Company increased its interest in Integrated to 76% by purchasing an additional 5% from a minority shareholder in exchange for the issuance to it of 120,000 common shares.
     The Company’s plastics operations are the mainstay of its business and have historically accounted for the majority of its sales. The Company carries out all of its manufacturing operations in Southern China, where it is able to take advantage of the lower overhead costs and inexpensive labor rates as compared to Hong Kong. At the same time, the proximity of the Company’s factories in Southern China to Hong Kong permits the Company to manage easily its manufacturing operations from Hong Kong, facilitates transportation of its products through Hong Kong and provides the Company’s plastic manufacturing operations with access to electricity from Hong Kong and to nearby water, both of which resources are needed in abundance to manufacture plastic parts and are often inadequate elsewhere in China.
     The Company’s earnings have benefited from favorable overall effective income tax rates of 3.4%, 3.2% and -0.27% for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. The Company is subject to Hong Kong income tax on its income arising in, or derived from, Hong Kong. For information regarding Chinese governmental economic, fiscal, monetary or political policies or factors have affected or could materially affect Deswell’s operations and investments, please see “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — We Face Numerous Risks as a Result of Our Operations in China And Hong Kong.”
     Currently, under the Chinese tax system Deswell can obtain tax refunds by reinvesting profits of certain of our subsidiaries in China. For information on our income taxes, rates and concessions with respect to our Chinese operations, see Note 10 of Notes to Financial Statements. The Company expects to continue to benefit from a low overall effective income tax rate in the future, barring unforeseen changes in tax laws and regulations in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. See “Uncertain applications of Chinese tax laws could subject us to greater taxes in China” included under “We face numerous risks as a result of our operations in China and Hong Kong” in Item 3. Key Information — “Risk Factors.”
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parts manufacturing operations have not been material to the Company’s operations as a whole and have therefore been combined as the electronic and metallic segment for the table presentation and discussion below. The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. The following table sets forth present selected consolidated financial information stated as a percentages of net sales for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2006.
                                                                         
    Year ended March 31, 2004   Year ended March 31, 2005   Year ended March 31, 2006
    Plastic                   Plastic                   Plastic        
    Injection-   Electronic           Injection-   Electronic           Injection-   Electronic    
    Molding   & Metallic           Molding   & Metallic           Molding   & Metallic    
    Segment   Segment   Total   Segment   Segment   Total   Segment   Segment   Total
 
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
    60.4       77.2       68.0       65.2       80.6       73.3       72.5       81.9       77.9  
 
                                                                       
 
    39.6       22.8       32.0       34.8       19.4       26.7       27.5       18.1       22.1  
 
                                                                       
 
    18.5       11.1       15.2       16.6       8.9       12.5       17.7       9.7       13.1  
 
                                                                       
 
    21.1       11.7       16.8       18.2       10.5       14.1       9.9       8.4       9.0  
 
                                                     
 
    1.0       0.9       0.9       0.2       0.3       0.3       (0.5 )     (0.2 )     (0.3 )
 
                                                                       
 
                                                                       
 
    22.1       12.6       17.8       18.4       10.8       14.4       9.4       8.2       8.7  
 
    0.5       0.8       0.6       0.3       0.6       0.5       (0.6 )     0.4        
 
                                                                       
 
                                                                       
 
    21.6       11.8       17.2       18.1       10.2       13.9       10.0       7.8       8.7  
 
    0.9       3.4       2.0       0.7       2.9       1.9             1.9       1.1  
 
                                                                       
 
    20.7 %     8.4 %     15.1 %     17.4 %     7.3 %     12.1 %     10.0 %     5.9 %     7.6 %
 
                                                                       
Year ended March 31, 2006 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2005
     Net Sales - Deswell’s net sales for the year ended March 31, 2006 were $115,276,000, a decrease of $10,314,000 or 8.2% as compared to the year ended March 31, 2005. Sales to Digidesign Inc. (“Digidesign”), Epson Precision (H.K.) Ltd. (“Epson”), and Line 6 Manufacturing (Line 6), the Company’s three largest customers during the year ended March 31, 2006, represented approximately 46.5% of net sales for the year. See Item 4 “Information on the Company — Major Customers”.
     The decrease in sales was primarily related to a decrease in sales at our plastic segment of $11,366,000 or 19.1% offsetting an increase in sales of electronics and metallic segment of $1,052,000 or 1.6%, as compared with fiscal 2005.
     The revenue decrease at our plastic segment during fiscal 2006 was principally the result of the decrease in telecommunication product orders from VTech Telecommunications Limited, formerly one of major customers, of $5,796,000, which we chose not to accept because of the significantly lower margins from fabricating the products would produce; a decrease in orders from another major customer of $6,378,000 as a result of delays by that customer in the progress of its new model production; a decrease in orders from another telecommunication customer of $4,846,000 as a result its discontinuation of a product it had launched in Europe due to product design revisions; and the decrease in orders from other existing customers of $1,873,000. These decreases combined to offset increases in orders from both new and other existing customers aggregating $3,066,000 and $4,461,000.
     The increase in net sales in the electronic and metallic segment during fiscal 2006 was for the most part due to an increases in orders for electronic products from both existing and new customers aggregating $3,352,000 and $3,392,000, respectively, and the addition of a full-year’s sales from our audio equipment distribution business in China, which we began in January 2005, of $1,822,000. These factors together offset a net decrease in orders from existing customers of electronic products and metallic products of $3,507,000 and $4,007,000, respectively. We attribute the overall net increase in fiscal 2006 to changes in business focus to more on professional audio equipment than telecommunication products and our strategy of offering volume discount pricing in an effort to counter the

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intense competition in this market and to induce large orders for our electronics division and our addition of more new customers compared with fiscal 2005 as well the full year’s impact from our new business of distributing of OEM’s professional audio equipment products in China.
     Gross Profit - Our overall gross profit for the year ended March 31, 2006 was $25,426,000, representing a gross profit margin of 22.1%. This compares with and overall gross profit and gross profit margin of $33,518,000, or 26.7%, for the year ended March 31, 2005.
     Gross profit in our plastics segment decreased by $7,462,000, to $13,290,000, or 27.5% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $20,752,000, or 34.8% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2005. As compared to fiscal 2005, we attribute the fiscal 2006 decrease in this gross profit mainly to increased plastic resin costs resulting from the rise in oil prices that we could not pass on to customers by raising selling prices; an average of an approximate 27% increase in our labor costs resulting primarily from the increase in the minimum wage in Southern China where are factories are located, and increases aggregating approximately 2% from the appreciation, when translated to US dollars, in the RMB, the currency we use to pay substantially all of our direct overhead expenses.
     Gross profit in the electronic & metallic segment decreased by $630,000 to $12,136,000 or 18.1% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $12,766,000 or 19.4% of net sales, for the prior year. We attribute the fiscal 2006 decrease in gross profit from fiscal 2005 principally from the combined effects of our strategy of offering volume discount pricing in an effort to counter the intense competition in this market and to induce large orders for our electronics division and an increase in our labor costs due to the minimum wage increases because of the increase of an average 14% as compared with prior year. These decreases were offset slightly by savings we were able to make by improving our material sourcing strategy and improved procurement efficiency.
     Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, or SG&A, expenses for the year ended March 31, 2006 were $15,052,000, amounting to 13.1% of total net sales, as compared to $15,759,000 or 12.5% of total net sales for the year ended March 31, 2005.
     SG&A expenses in the plastic segment decreased by $1,368,000, or 13.8%, to $8,522,000, or 17.7% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $9,890,000, or 15.0% of net sales, for fiscal 2005. The decrease was primarily related to savings we realized in administration expenses of $816,000 as a result of the closure of one of our marketing subsidiaries at the beginning of calendar 2005; decreases in salaries, selling and depreciation expenses of $478,000, $15,000 and $117,000, respectively; and our continuing efforts to reduce SG&A general expenses of $58,000. These savings together offset an increase in employee benefits during fiscal 2006 of approximately $115,000.
     SG&A expenses in our electronic & metallic segment increased by $661,000, or 11.3%, to $6,530,000 or 9.7% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $5,869,000, or 8.9% of net sales, for the prior year. The increase was principally related to increases in salaries and welfare expenses of $269,000, selling and logistic expenses of $185,000, traveling expenses of $54,000, rental expenses of $50,000, financial expenses of $24,000 and other general expenses of $79,000 as a result of our expansion into the distribution of audio equipment in China and a general increase in sales activities in this segment during the year.
     Operating Income - Operating income was $10,374,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006, a decrease of $7,385,000, or 41.6% as compared with the prior year.
     On a segment basis, operating income of our plastics segment decreased $6,094,000, to $4,768,000, or 9.9% of net sales, in the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $10,862,000 or 16.5% of net sales in the prior year. The decrease in operating income was attributable to the decrease in gross profit offsetting the improvement in SG&A expenses described above.
     Operating income in our electronics & metallic segment decreased $1,291,000, to $5,606,000, or 8.4% of net sales, in the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $6,897,000 or 10.5% of net sales in the prior year. The

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decrease in operating income was attributable to the decrease in gross profit and the increase in SG&A expenses described above.
     Other income(expenses) - Other expenses were $376,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $718,000 as compared with the other income of $342,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005.
     On a segment basis, other expenses attributable to our plastic segment increased $352,000 to $247,000 in the year ended March 31, 2006, as compared to other income of $105,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005. The increase in other expenses was primarily attributable to a provision of $970,000 which we made for a doubtful account relating to one of our telecommunications customer’s discontinuation of its European product launch in order to make revisions to the product’s design This provision in the year ended March 31, 2006 offset a $173,000 tax refund we received on our reinvestment of certain retained earnings in one of our PRC subsidiaries; an increase in interest income of $279,000, an increase in exchange gain of $25,000 coupled with a decrease in loss on disposal of fixed assets of $61,000 as compared to the year ended March 31, 2005.
     Other expenses attributable to our electronic & metallic segment increased $366,000, to $129,000 in the year ended March 31, 2006, as compare to other income of $237,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005. This increase in other expenses was primarily due to the increase in bad debt write off of $135,000 during the year ended March 31, 2006 and a realized gain on disposal of investment of $295,000 during the year ended March 31, 2005 but nil in fiscal 2006, an unrealized loss on revaluation of marketable securities of $25,000 offsetting the increase in interest income of $51,000 in the year ended March 31, 2006.
     Income Taxes — Income taxes for the year ended March 31, 2006 comprised of income tax expenses of $267,000 and deferred income tax assets of $294,000, compared with income tax expenses of $576,000 in the prior year.
     On a segment basis, income taxes of the plastic segment comprised an income tax expenses of $8,000 and deferred income tax assets of $294,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006, as compared with income tax expenses of $202,000 in the prior year. The increase was a result of the recognition of such deferred income tax assets of $294,000 arising from the taxable losses incurred in one of our plastic manufacturing subsidiaries during fiscal year and the decrease in income tax expenses of $194,000 from another of our subsidiaries as a result of its operating losses incurred during the year.
     The income tax expenses for the electronic & metallic segment decreased $115,000, to $259,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006. The decrease in income tax expenses in the electronic & metallic segment was primarily due to the write off of doubtful sales of the metal division of $1,006,000 and the decrease in operating income during the year ended March 31, 2006.
     Minority Interest - Minority interests represent a 24% minority interest in Integrated International Limited, the company holding the capital stock of Deswell’s electronic and metallic subsidiaries. In April 2005, the Company acquired an additional 5% interest in Integrated, increasing its ownership in that subsidiary from 71% to 76%. In June 2005, the marketing subsidiary in which the Company had held a 51% shareholding interest was liquidated by its stockholders. As a result of the decrease in minority interests in Deswell’s electronic & metallic segment and the marketing subsidiary, the dollar amount of minority interest decreased to $1,240,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006, from $2,330,000 for the prior year. This represented a decrease in minority interest of $700,000 in the electronics and metallic subsidiaries, and a decrease in the minority interest in the company’s marketing subsidiary from $390,000 to nil.
     Net Income - Net income was $8,779,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006, a decrease of $6,404,000 or 42.2%, as compared to net income of $15,183,000 for the year March 31, 2005. Net income as a percentage of net sales decreased from 12.1% to 7.6% for the year ended March 31, 2006. The decrease in net income was mainly the result of the decrease in operating income and other income offsetting the decrease in income tax expenses and minority interest, as described above.

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     Net income for the plastic segment decreased by $5,567,000 or 53.7% to $4,807,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $10,374,000 for the prior year 2005. The decrease in net income of the plastic segment was mainly the result of the decrease in operating profits and other income, offsetting the decrease in income tax expenses and minority interest, as described above.
     Net income for the electronic & metallic segment decreased by $837,000 or 17.4% to $3,972,000 for the year ended March 31, 2006 compared to $4,809,000 for the prior year 2005. The decrease in net income of the electronic & metallic segment was mainly the result of the decrease in operating profit and other income offsetting the decrease in income tax expenses and minority interest, as described above.
Year ended March 31, 2005 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2004
     Net Sales - The Company’s net sales for the year ended March 31, 2005, were $125,590,000, an increase of $28,395,000 or 29.2% as compared to year ended March 31, 2004. Sales to Digidesign Inc. (“Digidesign”), Epson Precision (H.K.) Ltd. (“Epson”), Line 6 Manufacturing and VTech Telecommunications Ltd. (“VTech”), the Company’s four largest customers during the year ended March 31, 2005, represented approximately 64.6% of net sales for the year.
     The increase in sales was mainly related to the increase in sales of plastic segment of $6,596,000 and the increase in sales of electronic and metallic segment of $21,799,000. This represented an increase of 12.4% and 49.4%, respectively, as compared with the respective net sales from these segments in the prior year.
     The revenue increase in the plastics segment was mainly a result of increase in orders from its existing and new customers of $5,461,000 and $1,135,000, respectively, as compared to the corresponding period last year. The increase in net sales in the electronic and metallic segment was mainly due to an increase in orders from both existing and new customers of $21,041,000 and $1,950,000, respectively, offsetting the net decrease in orders from old customers of $1,192,000 during the year ended March 31, 2005. The net increase resulted from a change in the customer mix during the period as compared with last year.
     Gross Profit - The overall gross profit for the year ended March 31, 2005 was $33,518,000, representing an overall gross profit margin of 26.7%. This compares with the overall gross profit and gross profit margin of $31,090,000 or 32.0% for the year ended March 31, 2004.
     Gross profit in plastic segment decreased by $266,000, to $20,752,000 or 34.8% of net sales, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, compared to $21,018,000 or 39.6% of net sales for fiscal 2004. This was mainly attributed to an average 20% to 30% increase in resin cost and the increase in net sales of relatively lower margin plastic injection assemblies over the fiscal year 2005, and therefore offsetting the increase in net sales for the year.
     Gross profit in the electronic & metallic segment increased by $2,694,000, to $12,766,000 or 19.4% of net sales, for fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 compared to $10,072,000 or 22.8% of net sales, for fiscal 2004. This was mainly attributed to the change in sales mix and the increased demand for lower margin products over the corresponding year. There was also an increase in electronic material cost which could not be added to the selling price to customers. In addition, Deswell’s electronic division was more proactive in fiscal 2005 in offering volume pricing for large orders than it was in fiscal 2004.
     Selling, general and administrative expenses — SG&A expenses for the year ended March 31, 2005 were $15,759,000, amounting to 12.5% of total net sales, as compared to $14,718,000 or 15.1% of total net sales for the year ended March 31, 2004.
     The SG&A expenses in the plastic segment increased by $86,000 or 0.9%, to $9,890,000 or 16.6% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2005 compared to $9,804,000 or 18.5% of net sales, for fiscal 2004.
     The SG&A expenses in the electronic and metallic segment increased by $955,000 or 19.4%, to $5,869,000 or 8.9% of net sales, for the year ended March 31, 2005, compared to $4,914,000 or 11.1% of net sales for fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily related to the increase in salary expenses of $542,000, other general

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administration expenses of $350,000 and selling expenses of $218,000, offsetting a decrease in depreciation expenses of $159,000 during the year ended March 31, 2005.
     Operating income — Operating income was $17,759,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, an increase of $1,387,000 or 8.5% as compared with the prior year.
     On a segment basis, the operating income of plastic segment decreased $352,000 to $10,862,000 or 18.2% of net sales, in fiscal 2005 compared to $11,214,000 or 21.1% of net sales in fiscal 2004. The decrease in operating income was due to the decrease in gross profit together with the increase in SG&A expenses.
     The operating income of electronic and metallic segment increased $1,739,000 to $6,897,000 or 10.5% of net sales, in fiscal 2005 compared to $5,158,000 or 11.7% of net sales in fiscal 2004. The increase in operating income is attributable to the increase in net sales and gross profit, despite the increase in SG&A expenses described above.
     Other income — Other income was $342,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, a decrease of $568,000 or 62.4% as compared with the prior year. On a segment basis, other income attributable to the plastic segment decreased $397,000 to $105,000 in fiscal 2005. This decrease in other income was primarily attributable to the decrease in interest income of $103,000 and the decrease in net realized gain on disposal of investment securities of $533,000, which offset the decrease in loss on disposal of fixed assets of $269,000 during the year.
     Other income attributable to the electronic and metallic segment decreased $171,000, to $237,000 in fiscal 2005. This decrease in other income was primarily attributable to the unrealized loss on revaluation of marketable securities of $53,000, a decrease in rental income of $102,000, a decrease in exchange gain of $92,000 and a decrease in compensation and rework charges of $209,000, which offset a realized gain on disposal of other investments of $295,000 during the year.
     Income Taxes - Income tax expense was $576,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, compared to $589,000 for the prior year.
     On a segment basis, the income taxes of plastic segment decreased $51,000 to $202,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005 whereas the income tax expenses for the electronic and metallic segment increased $38,000 to $374,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, respectively. The decrease in the plastic segment was primarily due to the increase in net sales in a subsidiary that still benefited from a tax exemption holiday period during the year ended March 31, 2005 whereas the increase in the electronic and metallic segment was due to the increase in net sales during the fiscal year 2005 despite the tax exemption we receive since we relocated our trading operations to Macao in June 2004.
     Minority Interest —Minority interests represent a 29% minority interest in Integrated International Limited, the holding company holding the capital stock of Deswell’s electronic and metallic subsidiaries and a 49% minority interest in the subsidiary conducting marketing for Deswell’s plastic and electronic businesses. In January 2003, the Company acquired an additional 20% interest in Integrated, increasing its ownership in that subsidiary from 51% to 71%. In January 2005, the marketing subsidiary ceased operations and has been dormant since then. Despite the decrease in minority interest in Deswell’s electronic and metallic segment, the dollar amount of minority interest increased to $2,330,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, from $1,957,000 in the prior year, which reflects that the electronics and metallic subsidiary generated more net income in the quarter ended March 31, 2005, compared with corresponding quarter in fiscal 2004.
     Net Income - Net income was $15,183,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005, an increase of $463,000 or 3.6%, as compared to the year ended March 31, 2004, and net income as a percentage of net sales decreased to 12.1% from 15.1%.
     Net income for the plastic segment decreased by 5.7% to $10,374,000 for fiscal 2005 compared to $10,996,000 for fiscal 2004. The decrease in net income of the plastic segment was mainly the result of the decrease in operating income and other income offsetting the decrease in tax expenses described above.

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     Net income for the electronic and metallic segment increased $1,085,000 or 29.1% to $4,809,000 for fiscal 2005 compared to $3,724,000 for fiscal 2004. The increase in net income of the electronic and metallic segment was mainly the result of the increase in operating income offsetting the decrease in other income, the increase in income tax expenses and minority interest as described above.
Seasonality
     The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly financial information for the twelve quarters in the three-year period ended March 31, 2006 (in thousands):
                                                                                                 
    Year ended March 31,
    2004   2005   2006
    Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
Net sales
  $ 26,075     $ 25,079     $ 24,784     $ 21,257     $ 28,788     $ 31,924     $ 36,185     $ 28,693     $ 30,075     $ 29,046     $ 29,972     $ 26,183  
Gross profit
    8,411       7,980       8,401       6,298       8,318       8,461       9,402       7,337       7,640       6,209       6,561       5,016  
Operating income
    4,646       4,511       4,403       2,812       4,812       4,499       4,837       3,611       3,986       2,766       2,689       933  
Net income
    4,354       4,121       3,535       2,710       3,995       3,628       4,207       3,353       3,151       2,795       2,380       453  
     The first calendar quarter (the fourth quarter of the fiscal year) is typically the Company’s slowest sales period because, as is customary in China, the Company’s manufacturing facilities in China are closed for two weeks for the Chinese New Year holidays. The Company does not experience any other significant seasonal fluctuations.
Impact of Inflation
     The Company believes that inflation has not had a material effect on its business. Although the Company has found it difficult to increase the prices of its products in order to keep pace with inflation, particularly in its plastics operations, the Company believes that the location of its manufacturing operations in Southern China has resulted in a lower cost base which still provides it with a competitive advantage. Accordingly, the Company is reliant upon increasing its transaction volume in order to compensate for the effects of inflation.
Exchange Rates
     The Company sells most of its products and pays for most components in either Hong Kong dollars or U.S. dollars. Labor cost and overhead expenses of the Company are paid primarily in Hong Kong dollars and RMB, respectively.
     Since 1983, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar to the U.S. dollar has been fixed by the Hong Kong government at approximately HK$7.80 to US$1.00 and accordingly Hong Kong Dollars has not, to date, represented a currency exchange risk to U.S. dollars. This could change in the future if those in Hong Kong arguing for a floating currency system prevail in the ongoing debate over whether to continue to peg the Hong Kong dollar to the U.S. dollar. There can be no assurance that the Chinese government will continue to maintain the present currency exchange mechanism in Hong Kong and if the currency exchange mechanism between the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar were changed, the Company’s results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
     Until August 2005, exchange rate fluctuations between the RMB and the US dollar had not had a significant impact on the Company’s operating results. In 1994, China adopted a floating currency system whereby the official exchange rate is equal to the market rate. Between 1994 and July 2005, the market and official RMB rates were unified and the value of the RMB was essentially pegged to the US dollar and was relatively stable. During its fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, the average exchange rate was 8.28 Yuan per US$1.00. On July 21, 2005, the People’s Bank of China adjusted the exchange rate of RMB to the U.S. dollar by linking the RMB to a basket of currencies and simultaneously setting the exchange rate of RMB to U.S. dollars, from 1:8.27, to a narrow band of around 1:8.11, resulting in an approximately 2% appreciation in the value of the RMB against the U.S. dollars. As a consequence, and in addition to increases in plastic resin and labor costs, in the year ended March 31, 2006

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Deswell’s operating costs increased from levels existing prior to the exchange rate adjustment. Since the Company was not able to pass on to its customers most of these cost increases by price increases of its products, Deswell’s gross margins, operating income and net income were adversely affected.
     The four main currencies in the basket to which the RMB was linked in July 2005 were the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the Korean won. In the months since July 2005, a further small but steady appreciation against the US dollar continued to occur and by the middle of May 2006, the RMB had risen to 8.02 to the US dollar. If this trend continues or the Chinese government allows a further and significant RMB appreciation, Deswell’s operating costs would further increase and its financial results would be adversely affected by such increase. If Deswell determined to pass onto its customers through price increases the effect of increases in the Chinese RMB relative to the U.S. dollar, it would make the Company’s products more expensive in global markets, such as the United States and the European Union. This could result in the loss of customers, who may seek, and be able to obtain, products comparable to those Deswell offers in lower-cost regions of the world.
     We did not hedge our currency risk during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and at March 31, 2006, we had no open forward currency contracts. We continually review our hedging strategy and there can be no assurance that hedging techniques we may implement will be successful or will not result in charges to our results of operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
     For the year ended March 31, 2006, net cash generated from operations totaled $12,322,000, including net income of $8,779,000 and depreciation and amortization of $5,299,000. Accounts receivable decreased by $6,773,000, over levels at March 31, 2005, primarily as a result of a provision of doubtful account receivable of $970,000 and the decreases in sales. Inventories increased by $709,000, over levels at March 31, 2005, primarily resulting from the shortage in supplies of some materials we use in the manufacture of electronic parts during the last quarter ended March 31, 2006 which delayed our production and delivery schedule. Accounts payable decreased by $5,563,000 over levels at March 31, 2005, primarily because of the decrease in materials purchases. For the year ended March 31, 2005, net cash generated from operations totaled $16,425,000, including net income of $15,183,000 and depreciation and amortization of $4,970,000.
     Net cash used in investing activities amounted to $6,890,000 and $16,967,000 for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Capital expenditures during these periods totaled $6,940,000 and $17,003,000, respectively. There were no acquisitions of marketable securities during either of these periods. Our capital expenditures were primarily related to the construction of our new Dongguan manufacturing plant and our acquisition of plant and machinery for our production facilities in China.
     Net cash used in financing activities for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 were $7,967,000 and $1,578,000, respectively. Net cash we used in financing activities during the year ended March 31, 2006 was primarily to fund the our dividend payments to shareholders of $7,311,000, dividend payments to minority shareholders of subsidiaries of $1,229,000 netting off the proceeds of $352,000 from the exercise of stock options from directors and employees and the release of restricted cash of $391,000. Net cash we used in financing activities during the year ended March 31, 2005 was primarily to fund our dividend payments to shareholders of $9,234,000, dividend payments to minority shareholders of subsidiaries of $756,000, increase in restricted cash of $650,000 netting off the proceeds of $9,092,000 from the exercise of stock options from directors and employees.
     As a consequence of the fixed exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar, interest rates on Hong Kong dollar borrowings are similar to U.S. interest rates. The Hong Kong Prime Rate was increased from 5.25% to 8.25% during the year ended March 31, 2006.
     At March 31, 2006, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $25,369,000 and committed credit facilities of $1,285,000, of which none had been used. The Company also had restricted cash of $649,000, which was pledged as collateral for those credit facilities. Deswell expects that working capital requirements and capital additions will continue to be funded through cash on hand and internally generated funds. The Company’s working capital requirements are expected to increase in line with the growth in the Company’s business.

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     We had capital commitments for construction of our Dongguan plastic injection-molding manufacturing plant and purchase of plant and machinery of $974,000 as of March 31, 2006. We expect that internally generated funds will be sufficient to satisfy its cash needs for at least the next 12 months. However, we may choose to obtain debt or equity financing if we believe it appropriate to accelerate the phases of construction of its new factory.
     A summary of our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of March 31, 2006 is as follows:
                                         
    Payments due by period
    (In thousands)
                    Period from   Period from   Period
            Year ending   April 1, 2007   April 1, 2009   after
            March 31,   to March 31,   to March 31,   March 31,
Contractual obligations   Total   2007   2009   2011   2011
Long-term bank borrowing
                             
Capital (finance) lease obligations
                             
Operating lease payments
    783       571       212              
Capital expenditures
    974       895       79              
Purchase obligations
    10,582       10,582                    
Other long-term liabilities
                             
 
                                       
Total
    12,339       12,048       291              
 
                                       
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
     We do not use off-balance sheet financing arrangements, such as securitization of receivables or obtaining access to assets through special purpose entities.
Critical Accounting Policies
     The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates and judgments, including those related to inventories and the valuation of long-lived assets. The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that the Company believes are reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
     The following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
     Inventories — Inventories, consisting of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods, are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost determined using the first-in, first-out method. The Company makes certain obsolescence and other assumptions to adjust inventory based on historical experience and current information. The Company writes down inventory for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the costs of inventory and estimated market value, based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. These assumptions, although consistently applied, can have a significant impact on current and future operating results and financial position.
     Valuation of long-lived assets - The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used, including other intangible assets subject to amortization, when events and circumstances warrant such a review. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived asset. Fair market value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets to be disposed of are determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost to dispose.

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     Foreign currency translation- The Company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands where the currency is the U.S. dollar and the financial statements are in U.S. dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries conduct substantially all of their business in Hong Kong dollars, Chinese Renminbi or U.S. dollars. The exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars has been fixed to the U.S. dollar at approximately HK$7.78 to $1.00 since April 2005. There is, however, no assurance that this rate will continue indefinitely.
     All transactions in currencies other than functional currencies during the year are translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Related accounts payable or receivable existing at the balance sheet date denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies are translated at period end rates. Gains and losses resulting from the translation of foreign currency transactions and balances are included in income.
     On consolidation, the financial statements of subsidiaries are translated from Hong Kong dollars and Chinese Renminbi, being the functional currencies of the Company’s subsidiaries, into U.S. dollars in accordance with SFAS No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation”. Accordingly all assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet dates and all income and expenditure items are translated at the average rates for each of the years. The exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar used for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 were HK$7.75 to US$1.00 and 2006 was HK$7.78 to US$1.00, respectively. The exchange rate between the Chinese Renminbi and the U.S. dollar used for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 were RMB 8.29 to US$1.00 and 2006 was RMB8.09 to US$1.00, respectively. All exchange differences arising from translation of subsidiaries financial statements are recorded as a component of comprehensive income.
     Allowance for doubtful account- The Company regularly monitors and assesses the risk of not collecting amounts owed to the Company by customers. This evaluation is based upon a variety of factors including: an analysis of amounts current and past due along with relevant history and facts particular to the customer. Based upon the results of this analysis, the Company records an allowance for uncollectible accounts for this risk. This analysis requires the Company to make significant estimates, and changes in facts and circumstances could result in material changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Recent Changes in Accounting Standards
     In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Statements Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”, which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, SFAS No. 123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No.25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and amends SFAS No.95, “Statement of Cash Flows”. Generally, the approach in SFAS No.123(R) is similar to the approach described in SFAS No. 123. However, SFAS No.123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. SFAS No. 123(R) was to be effective from the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period after June 15, 2005. In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed the implementation of SFAS 123(R). As a result, SFAS 123(R) will be effective from the beginning of the first annual reporting period after June 15, 2005, which is the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 for the Company. The Company believes that the impact of adoption of SFAS No.123(R) on its financial position or results of operations will approximate the magnitude of the “Stock-Based Compensation” disclosed in Note 2 pursuant to the disclosure requirements of SFAS No.123.
     In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”. SFAS No. 153 addresses the measurement of exchanges of nonmonetary assets and redefines the scope of transactions that should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005, which is the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 153 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
     In September 2005, the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a final consensus on Issue 04-13 “Accounting for Purchase and Sales of Inventory with the Same Counterparty”. EITF 04-13 requires that two or more legally separate exchange transactions with the same counterparty be combined and considered a single arrangement for purpose of applying APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions”, when the transactions are entered into in contemplation of one another. EITF 04-13 is effective for new arrangements entered into, or modifications or renewals of existing arrangements, in interim or annual periods beginning after March 15, 2006. The Company is evaluating the effect of the adoption of EITF 04-13. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operation or cash flows.

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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
Directors and Senior Management
          The directors and executive officers of the Company at June 30, 2006 are as follows:
             
Name   Age   Position(s) with Company
Lau Pui Hon (Richard Lau)
    61     Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
           
Li Chin Pang (C. P. Li)
    60     Executive Director and General Manager of Manufacturing and Administration for Plastic Operations, Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors
 
           
Leung Chi Wai (C. W. Leung)
    51     Executive Director of Engineering for Plastic Operations and Member of the Board of Directors
 
           
Hung-Hum Leung
    60     Member of Board of Directors and Audit Committees
 
           
Allen Yau-Nam Cham
    59     Member of Board of Directors and Audit Committees
 
           
Wing-Ki Hui
    60     Member of Board of Directors and Audit Committees
 
           
Eliza Y. P. Pang
    44     Chief Financial Officer
 
           
Lee Shu Kwan (S. K. Lee)
    60     Director of Administration and Marketing for Electronic Operations
 
           
Tam Man Chi (M. C. Tam)
    56     Director of Engineering and Manufacturing for Electronic Operations
          Richard Lau. Mr. Lau has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and its predecessors since their inception in 1987.
          C. P. Li. Mr. Li has served the Company as a Member of the Board of Directors and in various executive capacities with the Company and its predecessors since their inception in 1987. He became Secretary of the Company in February 1995 and Chief Financial Officer in May 1995, a position which he held until March 31, 2006. As Executive Director and General Manager of Manufacturing and Administration for Plastic Operations, Mr. Li is in charge of the day-to-day manufacturing and administrative operations for the Company’s plastic products. Mr. Li received his Bachelor of Science degree from Chun Yan Institute College, Taiwan in 1967.
          C. W. Leung. Mr. Leung has served the Company as a Member of the Board of Directors and in various executive capacities with the Company and its predecessors since their inception in 1987. As Executive Director of Engineering for Plastic Operations, Mr. Leung is in charge of the mold division and engineering for the Company’s plastic manufacturing operations.
          Hung-Hum Leung. Mr. Leung has been a director of the Company and member of the Audit Committee since December 1999. Mr. Leung has over 25 years of experience in the manufacture of electronic products. Mr. Leung was the founder of Sharp Brave Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and from 1991 to 1995 served as the Chairman of Sharp Brave Holdings Ltd. Since 1995, Mr. Leung has been an independent consultant to the electronics industry. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971.
          Allen Yau-Nam Cham. Mr. Cham has been a director of the Company and member of the Audit Committee since August 2003. Mr. Cham has been the Managing Director and shareholder of Kwong Fat Hong (Securities) Limited since 1995. He has over 20 years of experience in the securities industry. He is a Certified General Accountant in Canada. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from Nova Scotia Technical College, Halifax, Canada and Master of Business Administration degree from University of British Columbia, Canada.

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          Wing-Ki Hui. Mr. Hui has been a director of the Company and member of the Audit Committee since October 2004. Since 1995 he has been the Operation Director of Tomorrow International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange engaged in manufacturing of consumer electronics and printed circuit boards. Prior to serving in this capacity, Mr. Hui was Executive Director of Sharp Brave International Holdings Limited from 1991 to 1995 and Director of Sharp Brave Electronics Co., Ltd. from 1984 to 1995. Mr. Hui possesses over 20 years of experience in the electronic manufacturing industry, and is a graduate of South East Electronic College in Hong Kong.
          Eliza Y. P. Pang. Ms. Pang served as the Company’s Financial Controller from January 1995 until March 31, 2006 and was appointed as Deswell’s Chief Financial Officer effective on April 1, 2006. Ms. Pang is a registered fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Pang has worked at KPMG and Ernst & Young in Hong Kong. Ms. Pang received her Professional Diploma in Accountancy and her MBA degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1985 and 1996, respectively.
          S. K. Lee. Mr. Lee has served as Director of Administration and Marketing for Electronic Operations since the Company acquired its majority interest in Kwanasia, Integrated’s predecessor, in 1992 and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Kwanasia and Integrated since Kwanasia’s inception in 1986. As Director of Administration and Marketing for Electronic Operations, Mr. Lee is in charge of the Company’s day-to-day administrative and marketing operations for electronic products. Mr. Lee received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1967.
          M. C. Tam. Mr. Tam has served as Director of Engineering and Manufacturing for Electronic Operations since the Company acquired its majority interest in Kwanasia, Integrated’s predecessor, in 1992 and has served in a similar capacity for Kwanasia and Integrated since Kwanasia’s inception in 1986. As Director of Engineering and Manufacturing for Electronic Operations, Mr. Tam is in charge of the Company’s day-to-day contract manufacturing activities for electronic products. Mr. Tam received his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in physics and minor in electronics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1973.
          No family relationship exists among any of the named directors, executive officers or key employees. No arrangement or understanding exists between any director or officer and any other persons pursuant to which any director or executive officer was elected as a director or executive officer of the Company.
Compensation of Directors and Senior Managers
          Executive Officers
          The aggregate amount of compensation (including non-cash benefits) paid by the Company and its subsidiaries during the year ended March 31, 2006 to all directors and officers as a group for services in all capacities was approximately $2,186,000. This excludes amounts paid by the Company or its subsidiaries as dividends to shareholders during the year ended March 31, 2006.
          Directors
          Effective August 1, 2003, directors who are not employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are paid $2,000 per month for services as a director, and are reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with services as a director and member of Board committees. The Board has determined that Messrs. Hung-Hum Leung, Allen Yau-Nam Cham, Wing-Ki Hui are “independent” within the meaning of Rule 4200 of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

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Board Practices
          The directors of the Company are elected at its annual meeting of shareholders and serve until their successors take office or until their death, resignation or removal. The executive officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Audit Committee
          The Audit Committee meets from time to time to review the financial statements and matters relating to the audit and has full access to management and the Company’s auditors in this regard. The Audit Committee recommends the engagement or discharge of the Company’s independent accountants, consults on the adequacy of the Company’s internal controls and accounting procedures and reviews and approves financial statements and reports. Deswell’s audit committee consists of Messrs. Hung-Hum Leung, Allen Yau-Nam Cham and Wing-Ki Hui. Mr. Allen Yau-Nam Cham currently acts as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Other Committees; Nasdaq Compliance
          In August 2005, Deswell determined to disband and no longer have either a compensation committee or a nominating committee as the law of the British Virgin Islands, Deswell’s place of organization, and its Memorandum and Articles of Association do not require it to have such committees. Although such committees, consisting of independent directors as defined by the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, are required of domestic companies having securities included on The Nasdaq Stock Market, they are not required of foreign private issuers such as Deswell if such issuers follow their home country practice. In addition to not having a compensation committee or a nominating committee consisting of independent directors, Deswell also follows home country practice of not having nominees to its board selected or recommended by a majority of its independent directors; a majority of its Board of Directors are not “independent” directors within the definition of “independent director” in the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules and Deswell’s independent directors do not meet in executive session.
Employees
          At March 31, 2006, the Company employed 5,028 persons on a full-time basis, of which 9 were located in Macao and 5,019 located in and traveled to and from China. Of the Company’s employees 3,408 and 1,620 were engaged in plastic injection molding manufacturing and contract electronic manufacturing, metal molds and parts manufacturing, respectively, at March 31, 2006. The Company has not experienced significant labor stoppages. Management believes that relations with the Company’s employees are satisfactory.
Share Ownership
          Share Ownership of Directors and Senior Management
          For information concerning the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common shares by Directors and Senior Management and major shareholders, see Item 7 of this Report.
          Employee Stock Option Plans
          In 1995, the Company adopted its 1995 Stock Option Plan permitting the Company to grant options to purchase up to 1,012,500 common shares to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. On September 29, 1997, the Company’s Board of Directors and shareholders approved an increase of 549,000 shares in the number of shares that can be optioned and sold under the Option Plan bringing to a total of 1,561,500 shares the number of common shares that can be optioned and sold under the 1995 Stock Option Plan.
          On August 15, 2001 the Board approved the adoption of the 2001 Stock Option Plan permitting the Company to grant options to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 common shares to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. On January 7, 2002 shareholders approved the 2001 plan.

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          On August 20, 2003, the Board approved the adoption of the 2003 Stock Option Plan permitting the Company to grant options to purchase up to an additional 900,000 common shares to employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company. On September 30, 2003 shareholders approved the 2003 plan. On August 1, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors, subject to shareholder approval, approved amendments to the 2003 Stock Option to increase by 500,000 shares in the number of shares that can be optioned and sold under the 2003 Stock Option Plan, bringing to a total of 1,400,000 shares the number of common shares that can be optioned and sold under the 2003 Stock Option Plan. The Company’s shareholders approved this amendment at the Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting held on September 19, 2005.
          The Company’s option plans are administered by the Board of Directors, which determines the terms of options granted, including the exercise price, the number of shares subject to the option and the option’s exercisability. The exercise price of all options granted under the option plans must be at least equal to the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant. The maximum term of options granted under the option plans is 10 years.
          At June 30, 2006, options to purchase an aggregate of 4,086,500 common shares had been granted under the option plans, options to purchase an aggregate of 1,144,000 common shares were outstanding and no options to purchase common shares were available for future grant under the option plans.

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ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
          Except as disclosed in the footnotes to the table below with respect to Leesha Holdings Limited (“Leesha”), the Company is not directly owned or controlled by another corporation or by any foreign government. The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 2006, the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Shares by each person known by the Company to beneficially own 5% or more of the Common Shares of the Company and by each of the Directors and Senior Management of the Company who beneficially own in excess of one percent of the Company’s Common Shares.
                 
    Number of shares
    beneficially owned (1)
Name of beneficial owner or identity of group   Amount   Percent
Richard Lau
    3,942,125       26.0 %
C. P. Li
    3,818,901       25.2 %
C. W. Leung
    3,688,750       24.3 %
Leesha Holdings Ltd.
    3,453,750       23.1 %
Royce & Associates, Inc. (6)
    1,552,423       10.4 %
Wellington Management Company, LLP (7)
    1,436,478       9.6 %
Micropower Enterprises Limited
    1,143,750       7.7 %
FMR Corp./ Edward C. Johnson 3d (8)
    937,403       6.3 %
M. C. Tam
      *       *
S. K. Lee
      *       *
Eliza Y. P. Pang
      *       *
Hung-Hum Leung
      *       *
Allen Yau-Nam Cham
      *       *
Wing-Ki Hui
      *       *
 
*   Less than 1%.
(1)  Based on 14,923,730 Common Shares outstanding on June 30, 2006. However, in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Common Shares not outstanding but which are the subject of currently exercisable options have been considered outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding Common Shares owned by the listed person holding such options, but are not considered outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of Common Shares owned by any of the other listed persons.
(2)  Consists of 3,453,750 Common Shares held of record by Leesha, 253,375 Common Shares held of record by Mr. Lau and options to purchase 235,000 Common Shares granted to Mr. Lau under the Company’s stock option plans. Mr. Lau’s options are exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $11.61 per share until June 25, 2016. As a director of Leesha, Mr. Lau shares the voting and investment power of the Common Shares held by Leesha.
(3)  Consists of 3,453,750 Common Shares held of record by Leesha, 130,151 Common Shares held of record by Mr. Li and options to purchase 235,000 Common Shares granted to Mr. Li under the Company’s stock option plans. Mr. Li’s options are exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $11.61 per share until June 25, 2016. As a director of Leesha, Mr. Li shares the voting and investment power of the Common Shares held by Leesha.
(4) Consists of 3,453,750 Common Shares held of record by Leesha, nil Common Shares held of record by Mr. Leung and options to purchase 235,000 Common Shares granted to Mr. Leung under the Company’s stock option plans. Mr. Leung’s

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options are exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $11.61 per share until June 25, 2016. As a director of Leesha, Mr. Leung shares the voting and investment power of the Common Shares held by Leesha.
(5)  Leesha is an investment holding company organized as an International Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung, who are its directors, wholly own Leesha in equal shares. Among other investments, Leesha owns the 3,453,750 Common Shares of Deswell, which were transferred to Leesha by Messrs. Lau, Li and Leung after Deswell’s initial public offering.
(6)  Based on Amendment No. 6 to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 6, 2006.
(7)  Based on Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006.
(8)  Based on Amendment No. 3 to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006.
          The following table reflects the percentage ownership of Deswell’s common shares by its major shareholders during the past three years:
                         
    Percentage Ownership (1) at
    June 30,   June 28,   June 30,
    2004   2005   2006
Richard Lau
    29.0 %     25.9 %     26.0 %
C. P. Li
    28.9 %     25.6 %     25.2 %
C. W. Leung
    27.2 %     24.1 %     24.3 %
Leesha Holdings Ltd.
    25.2 %     23.2 %     23.1 %
Royce & Associates, Inc.
    10.3 %     9.3 %     10.4 %
Wellington Management Company, LLP
    6.5 %     8.4 %     9.6 %
Micropower Enterprises Limited
    7.5 %     7.7 %     7.7 %
FMR Corp./ Edward C. Johnson 3d/ Abigail P. Johnson
    9.6 %     7.6 %     6.3 %
 
(1)   Based on 13,723,627, 14,908,730 and 14,923,730 common shares outstanding on June 30, 2004, June 28, 2005 and June 30, 2006, respectively. However, in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, common shares not outstanding but which are the subject of currently exercisable options have been considered outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding common shares owned by the listed person holding such options, but are not considered outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of common shares owned by any of the other listed persons.
          All of the holders of the Company’s common shares (including Deswell’s major shareholders) have equal voting rights with respect to the common shares held. As of June 30, 2006, approximately 21 holders of record, who, management believes, held for more than 3,000 beneficial owners, held Deswell’s common shares. According to information supplied to the Company by its transfer agent, at June 30, 2006, 21 holders of record with addresses in the United States held approximately 9.8 million of our outstanding common shares.
Related Party Transactions
          During the year ended March 31, 2002, the Company organized Jetcrown & Kwanasia (OEM) Specialist Limited (“J&K OEM”), a limited liability Hong Kong Company, to conduct marketing for Deswell’s plastic and electronics businesses. The capital stock of J&K OEM was owned 51% by Deswell, 39% by Dickson Lam, Deswell’s former Director of Marketing for plastic and electronic products who retired in January 2005, and 10% by two other individuals, who were then employees of J&K OEM. During the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, J&K OEM made distributions to its shareholders, including Deswell, aggregating $935,000 and $289,000, respectively, with Mr. Lam’s share of these distributions amounting to $365,000 and $113,000, respectively. In March 2003, the Company reorganized J&K OEM’s operations by organizing Triumph Wise Technology Limited (“Triumph Wise”), a British Virgin Islands International Business Company, and in August 2003 also incorporated another new Macao company, namely, J&K (OEM) Specialist (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited (“J&KMCO”), that was wholly-owned by Triumph Wise. The capital stock of Triumph Wise was owned 51% by Deswell, 39% by Dickson Lam and 10% by same two other individuals who had been employees of J&K OEM, who became employees employed by J&KMCO. In August 2003, J&KMCO obtained business license approval to carry

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out offshore marketing service activities in Macao. J&K OEM’s operations were transferred to J&KMCO in September 2003 and, J&K OEM has been dormant and made no further distributions to shareholders since then. During the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, Triumph Wise did not make any distributions to its shareholders. During the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, J&KMCO made distributions to its shareholders, including Deswell, aggregating $nil and $1,255,000, respectively, with Mr. Lam’s share of these distributions amounting to $nil and $489,000, respectively. In March 2005, the Hong Kong Companies Registry approved the application to deregister J&K OEM from the Companies Registry. J&KMCO has been dormant since January 2005 following the retirement of Dickson Lam in January 2005 and in June 2005, the Macao Company Registry approved the application of Deswell and the minority shareholders of Triumph Wise to deregister J&KMCO from the Company Registry. In July 2005, Deswell acquired the minority 49% interest in the capital stock of Triumph Wise from Mr. Lam and the two other individuals paying them an aggregate of $3 for their interests. Since then, Triumph Wise has been dormant.
          During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, Integrated made distributions to its shareholders, including Deswell, aggregating approximately $426,000, $nil and $5,122,000, respectively, with Mr. S. K. Lee’s and Mr. M. C. Tam’s share of these distributions (which were divided between them equally) amounting to $102,000, $nil and $1,229,000, respectively.
          Since Deswell completed its initial public offering in the United States, it has been Deswell’s policy that all transactions between Deswell and any interested director or executive officer be approved by a majority of the disinterested directors and be on terms that are no more favorable than would be available from an independent third party.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Financial Statements
          Our Consolidated Financial Statements are set forth under Item 18 Financial Statements.
Legal Proceedings
          The Company is not involved in any material legal proceedings.
Exports Sales
          Information regarding our export sales is provided in Item 4 “Information on the Company – “Business Overview – Customers and Marketing.”
Dividend Policy
          Dividends paid under Hong Kong law are tax free to the recipient. confirm While the Company had paid dividends to its shareholders prior to its IPO, it discontinued payment of dividends after the IPO until July 1996, when Deswell announced that it planned to pay cash dividends semi-annually. Commencing with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, the Company announced it would pay cash dividends on a quarterly basis based upon the Company’s quarterly results. Under this dividend policy, the Company declared and paid dividends during the year ended March 31,
    2004 aggregating $8,569,000, $2,002,000 of which was based on results for the last quarter of the year ended March 31, 2003 and $6,567,000 of which was based on results for the first three quarters of the year ended March 31, 2004;
 
    2005 aggregating $9,234,000, $2,196,000 of which was based on results for the last quarter of the year ended March 31, 2004 and $7,038,000 of which was based on results for the first three quarters of the year ended March 31, 2005; and
 
    2006 aggregating $9,400,000, $2,535,000 of which was based on results for the last quarter of the year ended March 31, 2005 and $6,865,000 of which was based on results for the first three quarters of the year ended March 31, 2006.
          The Company currently plans to continue its quarterly dividend policy as announced, but such plans and policy for future dividends consist of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Whether future dividends will be declared will depend upon the Company’s future growth and earnings, of which there can be no assurance, and the Company’s cash flow needs for future development, which growth, earning or cash flow needs may be adversely affected by one or more of the factors discussed in Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that future cash dividends on the Company’s common shares will be declared, what the amounts of such dividends will be or whether such dividends, once declared for a specific period will continue for any future period or at all.

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ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
          The Company’s common shares are traded exclusively on The Nasdaq Global Market (before July 4, 2006, known as the Nasdaq National Market) under the symbol “DSWL”.
          The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices as reported by The Nasdaq National Market for each of the last five years ended March 31, 2006 (adjusted for the Company’s three-for-two stock splits effected in July 2002 and March 2005):
                 
Year Ended   High   Low
March 31, 2006
  $ 16.48     $ 9.000  
March 31, 2005
    18.167       12.867  
March 31, 2004
    20.40       10.43  
March 31, 2003
    27.23       7.33  
March 31, 2002
    9.83       5.83  
          The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices as reported by The Nasdaq National Market during each of the quarters in the two-year period ended March 31, 2006 and the average daily trading volume during each of the quarters (adjusted for the Company’s three-for-two stock split effected in March 2005).
                         
                    Average
                    Daily
                    Trading
Quarter ended   High   Low   Volume(1)
March 31, 2006
  $ 12.671     $ 9.000       32,085  
December 31, 2005
    14.850       10.200       21,447  
September 30, 2005
    16.000       14.090       20,852  
June 30, 2005
    16.480       13.670       18,033  
March 31, 2005
    18.167       14.213       22,529  
December 31, 2004
    17.327       13.007       26,420  
September 30, 2004
    16.313       12.867       13,692  
June 30, 2004
    18.147       14.340       6,469  
 
(1)   Determined by dividing the sum of the reported daily volume for the quarter by the number of trading days in the quarter (adjusted for the Company’s three-for-two stock split effected in March 2005).
          The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices as reported by The Nasdaq National Market during each of the most recent six months and the average daily trading volume during each of the months.
                         
                    Average
                    Daily
                    Trading
Month ended   High   Low   Volume(1)
June 30, 2006
  $ 9.220     $ 8.100       23,688  
May 31, 2006
    9.900       8.750       12,487  
April 30, 2006
    9.780       9.050       18,969  
March 31, 2006
    10.220       9.000       25,938  
February 29, 2006
    11.050       10.150       28,224  
January 31, 2006
    12.671       10.370       42,822  
 
(1)   Determined by dividing the sum of the reported daily volume for the month by the number of trading days in the month.

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ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Share Capital
Not applicable.
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Objects and Purposes
          Our objects and purposes are described in Clause 4 of our Memorandum of Association and are generally to engage in any act or activity that is not prohibited under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
Directors
          British Virgin Islands law and our Articles of Association provide that no agreement or transaction between Deswell and one or more of its directors or any entity in which any director has a financial interest or to whom any director is related (including as a director of that other entity) is void or voidable for this reason only or by reason only that the director is present at the meeting of directors, or at the meeting of the committee of directors, that approves the agreement or transaction or that the vote or consent of the director is counted for the purpose if the material facts of the interest of each director in the agreement or transaction and his or her interest in or relationship to any other party to the agreement or transaction are disclosed in good faith or are known by the other directors and a majority of the Company’s directors (at least one whom is an “Independent Director”) approve such transaction. Alternatively, the interest in the transaction may be disclosed or known to or ratified by the shareholders.* In addition, a director who has an interest in any particular business to be considered at a meeting of directors or shareholders may be counted for the purposes of determining whether the meeting is duly constituted. An “Independent Director” is defined in our Articles of Association as a director other than an officer or employee of Deswell or any of its subsidiaries, a person related to an officer or employee of Deswell or any of its subsidiaries, a person representing family or concentrated (more than 10%) holdings of Deswell’s outstanding voting shares or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
          Our Articles of Association provide that the directors may by a resolution of directors, fix the emoluments of directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company.
          British Virgin Islands law and our Articles of Association provide that the management of the business and the control of Deswell shall be vested in the directors, who in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred by the Articles of Association, may also exercise all such powers, and do all such acts and things, as may be done by Deswell and are not by the Articles of Association or British Virgin Islands law expressly directed or required to be exercised or done by a meeting of shareholders. Our Articles of Association provide that the directors may by resolution exercise all the powers of Deswell to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertakings and property or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of Deswell or of any third party.
          British Virgin Islands law and our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association do not contain an age limit requirement for our directors. Under our Articles of Association, no shares are required for director’s qualification.
 
*   British Virgin Islands law does not use the term “shareholder” or “stockholder” but rather refers to holders of shares of a company, like Deswell, organized under the International Business Companies Act as “members.” In this Report, for the convenience of our U.S. holders, we use the term “shareholders” rather than members.

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Rights, Preferences and Restrictions of Authorized and Outstanding Shares and Changes to Rights of Shareholders
          Deswell has one class and series of shares authorized or outstanding: common shares, no par value per share. Our authorized capital consists of 30,000,000 common shares, no par value per share, of which 14,923,730 common shares were outstanding on June 30, 2006.
          Holders of our common shares are entitled to one vote for each whole share on all matters to be voted upon by shareholders, including the election of directors. Holders of our common shares do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. All of our common shares are equal to each other with respect to liquidation and dividend rights. Holders of our common shares are entitled to receive dividends if and when declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available under British Virgin Islands law. In the event of our liquidation, all assets available for distribution to the holders of our common shares are distributable among them according to their respective holdings. Holders of our common shares have no preemptive rights to purchase any additional, unissued common shares.
Calling Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders.
          British Virgin Islands law does not require an international business company, such as Deswell, to have an annual meeting. Our Articles of Association do, however, require an annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may come before the meeting.
          Under British Virgin Islands law, unless otherwise provided by a company’s Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association, the directors may call meetings of shareholders at any time. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association do not provide otherwise. Under British Virgin Islands law, unless otherwise provided by a company’s Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association, directors are required to call meetings upon a written request from shareholders holding more than 50% of outstanding voting shares. Our Articles of Association provide that meetings of shareholders may be called only upon a written request from shareholders holding 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares.
          British Virgin Islands law and our Articles of Association state that the directors may fix the date that notice is given of a meeting of shareholders, whether extraordinary or annual, as the record date for determining those shares that are entitled to vote at the meeting.
          British Virgin Islands law and our Articles of Association provide that notice of all meetings of shareholders, stating the time, place and purposes thereof, shall be given not fewer than seven days before the date of the proposed meeting to those persons whose names appear as shareholders in our share register on the date of the notice and are entitled to vote at the meeting.
Limitations on Share Ownership
          British Virgin Islands law and our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association do not impose any limitations on the right of anyone to own, hold or exercising voting rights to our common shares.
Potential Anti-Takeover Deterrence
          Neither our Articles of Association nor Memorandum of Association contain provisions that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of Deswell and that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving Deswell or any of its subsidiaries. However, pursuant to our Memorandum and Articles of Association and pursuant to the laws of the British Virgin Islands, our board of directors without shareholder approval may amend our Memorandum and Articles of Association (provided that a majority of our independent directors do not vote against the amendment). This includes amendments to increase or reduce our authorized capital stock. Our ability to amend our Memorandum and Articles of Association without shareholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of Deswell, including a tender offer to purchase our common shares at a premium over the then current market price.

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Ownership Information
          Neither our Articles of Association nor Memorandum of Association provide that information about our shareholders, even those owning significant percentages of our shares, must be disclosed.
Differences from United States Law
          The laws of the British Virgin Islands governing the provisions of our Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association discussed above are not significantly different than the laws governing similar provisions in the charter documents of Delaware companies, other than with respect to amending our Memorandum of Association without shareholder approval. Delaware law requires shareholders to approve any amendments to a corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.
Material Contracts
          The following summarizes each material contract, other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, to which Deswell or any subsidiary of Deswell is a party for the two years immediately preceding the filing of this report. The Reference to an Exhibit is to the exhibits appearing in Item 19 of this report.
Banking Facilities (Exhibit 4.1)
Date: April 13, 2005
Parties: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Macao Branch (“HSBC”) and Jetcrown Industrial (Macao Commercial Offshore Limited (“JIMCO”)
Nature of Contract: HSBC provide JIMCO various general banking facilities.
Terms and Conditions: Combined facilities of HK$10,000,000 within which (1) Overdraft facility of sub-limit HK$5,000,000 (2) import facility of sub-limit HK$10,000,000. Interest on the overdraft facility is charged at 1 % per annum below bank’s best lending rate.
Consideration: HSBC time deposit for US$649,000 (or other currency equivalent HK$5,000,000 with interest accrual) held under lien to bank together with security over deposit and letter of set-off. Letter of awareness from Deswell Industries, Inc.
Tenancy Agreement (Exhibit 4.2)
Date: April 29, 2005
Parties: Shenzhen Shekou Yu Yi Shareholding Company Ltd. (Lessor) and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited.
Nature of Contract: Rental of property located at 1/F and 2/F, of Block A, Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen.
Terms and Conditions: The construction area of the property is 2,051 square meters. Two-year term, commencing June 1, 2005 to May 30, 2007. Lessor is responsible for property tax, land use fees and rental housing management fees. A deposit in the amount of RMB118,668 is required. Lessee can only sublet with Lessor’s approval. Lessee should inform Lessor of desire to renew lease one month before expiration.
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Tenancy Agreement (Exhibit 4.3)
Date: February 27, 2006
Parties: Shenzhen Shekou Yu Yee Shareholding Company Ltd. (Lessor) and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited.
Nature of Contract: Rental of property located at 1/F, of Block F, Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen.
Terms and Conditions: The construction area of the property is 1,088 square meters. Two-year term, commencing April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2008. The total rent for the property is RMB30,464 per month. The lessor is responsible for property tax, land use fees and rental housing management fees. The Lessee is responsible for the water, electricity, cleansing and management charges. The lessee may not sublet the property without the written approval of the Lessor. Lessee should be given first priority to rental the property under the same terms and conditions as offered by any third party.
Consideration: Rent is RMB30,464 per month.
Tenancy Agreement (Exhibit 4.4)
Date: March 30, 2006
Parties: Shenzhen Shekou Real Property Company (Lessor) and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited (Lessee).
Nature of Contract: Lease of 1/F-7/F, Block 13, Nanshui Siu Village and Room 201, 202,204, 409 of Block 9, NanShui Siu Village, Shekou for use as a dormitory.
Terms and Conditions: The total construction area for all the rooms is 1,974.95 square meters. The rental period is one year, commencing January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006. The total rent for the property is RMB34,522.08 per month. A deposit of RMB75,048 is required. The Lessee is responsible for the water, electricity and garbage cleaning charges. If any delay of rental payment, a late charge penalty of 3% shall be levied on the rental.
Consideration: Rent of RMB34,522 per month.
Stock Purchase Agreement (Exhibit 4.5)
Date: April 20, 2005
Parties: Deswell Industries, Inc. and Micropower Enterprises Ltd.
Nature of Contract: Purchase of 5% of the outstanding shares of Integrated International Ltd.
Terms and Conditions: Deswell issued 120,000 of its common shares to Micropower Enterprises Ltd in exchange for the transfer to Deswell by Micropower Enterprises Ltd. of five percent of the outstanding shares of Integrated International Ltd.

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Taxation
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
General
          This section is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our common shares as of the date of this Report. The summary applies to you only if you hold our common shares as a capital asset for tax purposes (that is, for investment purposes), and it does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations that may be relevant to the ownership of our common shares. The summary is based on current law. Changes in the law may alter your tax treatment of holding our common shares, possibly on a retroactive basis. There can be no assurance that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will not challenge the tax consequences described below, and we have not requested, nor will we request, a ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of acquiring, holding or disposing of our common shares. The discussion below does not cover tax consequences that depend upon your particular tax circumstances and it does not address any aspect of U.S. federal tax law other than U.S. federal income taxation. Specifically, it does not cover any state, local or foreign law, or the possible application of U.S. federal estate or gift tax. You are urged to consult your own tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws to your particular situation as well as any state, local, foreign and the U.S. federal estate and gift tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the common shares. In addition, this summary does not take into account any special U.S. federal income tax rules that apply to a particular holder of our common shares, including, without limitation, the following:
    a dealer in securities or currencies;
 
    a trader in securities that elects to use a market-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings;
 
    a financial institution;
 
    a life insurance company;
 
    a tax-exempt organization;
 
    a person that holds our common shares in a hedging transaction or as part of a straddle or a conversion transaction;
 
    a person whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar;
 
    a person liable for alternative minimum tax;
 
    a person that owns, or is treated as owning, 10 percent or more of our common shares; or
 
    a person who receives our shares pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation.
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders
          For purposes of the discussion below, you are a “U.S. Holder” if you are a beneficial owner of our common shares who or which is:
    an individual U.S. citizen or resident alien of the United States (as specifically defined for tax purposes);
 
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    an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source;
 
    a trust (x) if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (y) if it was in existence on August 20, 1996, was treated as a U.S. person prior to that date and has a valid election in effect under applicable treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person; or
 
    any other person or entity that would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of our common shares.
          If a partnership holds our common shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding our common shares, you should consult your tax advisor.
          Distributions
          Subject to the “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) rules discussed below, for cash dividends, the gross amount of any such distribution (other than in liquidation) that you receive with respect to our common shares generally will be taxed to you as dividend income to the extent such distribution does not exceed our current or accumulated earnings and profits (“E&P”), as calculated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such income will be includable in your gross income as ordinary income on the date of receipt. Dividends received by individuals and certain other non-corporate taxpayers in their tax years beginning on January 1, 2003 from “qualified foreign corporations” are taxed at the rate of either 5 percent (zero, for tax years beginning in 2008, 2009 and 2010) or 15 percent, depending upon the particular taxpayer’s U.S. federal income tax bracket; provided that the recipient-shareholder has held his or her shares as a beneficial owner for more than 60 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the shares’ ex-dividend date. Dividends received in tax years beginning after December 31, 2010 will be taxed at higher ordinary income tax rates. A foreign corporation is a “qualified foreign corporation” if the stock with respect to which it pays dividend is traded on an established securities market in the United States, provided that the foreign corporation is not a PFIC. Our stock is traded on an established securities market in the United States, although we cannot guarantee that our stock will be so traded in the future. We believe that we were not a PFIC for U.S. federal income purposes for our fiscal years ended March 31, 2005 or 2006; and, although we cannot provide assurances in this regard, we do not anticipate becoming a PFIC in the future The U.S Treasury announced in the past and has recently reconfirmed its intention to promulgate rules for foreign issuers to certify, as one of the prerequisites to the application of the reduced tax rates on dividends paid, that they are qualified foreign corporations, including a certification that they are not a PFIC. At June 30, 2006, no such guidance was issued, and it is unclear whether we will be able to comply with it, once it is finalized. If we are a PFIC with respect to a particular U.S. Holder (or if we are unable or it would be impractical for us to certify that we are not a PFIC under the certification guidance issued in the future), dividends received from us will be taxed at regular ordinary income tax rates, currently, up to 35 percent. Holders of our shares should consult their own tax advisers regarding the availability of the reduced dividend tax rate in light of their own particular circumstances.
          To the extent any distribution exceeds our E&P, the distribution will first be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your adjusted tax basis in our common shares and will be applied against and reduce such basis on a dollar-for-dollar basis (thereby increasing the amount of gain and decreasing the amount of loss recognized on a subsequent disposition of such shares). To the extent that such distribution exceeds your adjusted tax basis, the distribution will be taxed as gain recognized on a sale or exchange of our common shares. See “Sale or Other Disposition of Our Common Shares,” below. Because we are not a U.S. corporation, no dividends-received deduction will be allowed to corporations with respect to dividends paid by us.
          Sale or Other Disposition of Our Common Shares
          Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, generally, in connection with the sale or other taxable disposition of our common shares:
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  o   the amount realized on such sale or other taxable disposition and
 
  o   your adjusted tax basis in such common shares (your adjusted tax basis in the shares you hold generally will equal your U.S. dollar cost of such shares);
    such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if your holding period for our common shares is more than one year at the time of such sale or other disposition;
 
    net long-term capital gains derived by individual U.S. Holders from sales or other taxable dispositions of our shares after May 5, 2003 and before January 1, 2011 will generally be taxed at the rate of 5 percent (zero, in 2008, 2009 and 2010) or 15 percent, depending upon the particular taxpayer’s U.S. federal income tax bracket;
 
    such gain or loss will generally be treated as having U.S. source for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes; and
 
    your ability to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations.
          Passive Foreign Investment Company
          A U.S. Holder generally would be subject to a special tax regime (that differs in certain material respects from that described above) if we were a PFIC at any time during which such Holder held our shares.
          An actual determination of PFIC status is factual in nature and cannot be made until the close of the applicable tax year. We are a PFIC for our fiscal year if either:
    75 percent or more of our gross income in that year is passive income (including our pro-rata share of the gross income of any company in which we own, or are treated as owning, 25 percent or more of the shares by value), which includes dividends, interests, royalties, rents, annuities, and some types of gains; or
 
    the average percentage of the value of our assets in that year (including our pro-rata share of the assets of any company in which we own, or are treated as owning, 25 percent or more of the shares by value) that produce or are held for the production of passive income is at least 50 percent.
          The application of the above tests could result in our classification as a PFIC even in a year in which we have substantial gross revenues from product sales. If you own common shares during any year in which we are a PFIC, you must file IRS Form 8621.
          If we are or were classified as a PFIC during the time you hold our shares, unless you timely make one of the available elections, a special tax regime would apply to both:
    any “excess distribution,” which would be your share of distributions in any year that are greater than 125 percent of the average annual distributions received by you in the three preceding years before the current taxable year (or during your holding period for the shares, if shorter), and
 
    any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of our common shares.
          Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain would be treated as ordinary income and would be subject to tax generally in the following manner:
    the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably to each day that you have held our common shares,
 
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    the amount allocated to the taxable years prior to the first taxable year in which we are a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income for the taxable year in which you realize the excess distribution or gain, and
 
    the amounts allocated to each of the prior taxable years for which we were a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income at the highest applicable tax rate in effect for that year, and, in addition, an interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax would be imposed on you, as if the tax had been due for the tax year to which such amounts were allocated under these rules.
          Subject to certain limitations, if you own common shares in a PFIC that are treated as marketable stock, you may make a mark-to-market election. If you make this election, for all taxable years during which you held common shares and we were a PFIC, you would not be subject to the PFIC rules described above. Instead, in general, you would include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of your shares at the end of the taxable year over the adjusted tax basis in your shares. You would also be allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of your shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election. Your basis in the shares would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. Any gain realized upon disposition would be taxed as ordinary income. If we are or become a PFIC, we believe our shares would be treated as marketable stock for purposes of the mark-to-market election but we can give you no assurance that they in fact will be so treated.
          In lieu of making a mark-to-market election, you may make a qualifying electing fund election. In many situations, it would be desirable to make this election. However, even if your tax advisor determines that this election is beneficial to you, if we are or were to become a PFIC, we may not be able or willing to satisfy the record-keeping and other requirements that would enable you to make a qualified electing fund election.
          You are urged to consult your own tax advisor concerning the potential application of the PFIC rules to your ownership and disposition of our common shares, as well as a mark-to-market and other elections that may be available to you.
Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
          If you are not a U.S. Holder, you are a “Non-U.S. Holder.”
          Distributions
          You generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, including withholding tax, on distributions made on our common shares unless:
    you conduct a trade or business in the United States and
 
    the distributions are effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business (and, if an applicable income tax treaty so requires as a condition for you to be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of income from our common shares, such distributions are attributable to a permanent establishment that you maintain in the United States).
          If you meet the two tests above, you generally will be subject to tax in respect of such dividends in the same manner as a U.S. Holder, as described above. In addition, any effectively connected dividends received by a non-U.S. corporation may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a 30 percent rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.
          Sale or Other Disposition of Our Common Shares
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    your gain is effectively connected with a trade or business that you conduct in the United States (and, if an applicable income tax treaty so requires as a condition for you to be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of gain from the sale or other disposition of our common shares, such gain is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by you in the United States), or
 
    you are an individual Non-U.S. Holder and are present in the United States for at least 183 days in the taxable year of the sale or other disposition, and certain other conditions exist.
          You will be subject to tax in respect of any gain effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States generally in the same manner as a U.S. holder, as described above. Effectively connected gains realized by a non-U.S. corporation may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a rate of 30 percent or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
          Payments (or other taxable distributions) in respect of our common shares that are made in the United States or by a U.S.-related financial intermediary will be subject to U.S. information reporting rules. In addition, such payments may be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding currently at a rate of 28 percent. You will not be subject to backup withholding provided that:
    you are a corporation or other exempt recipient, or
 
    you provide your correct U.S. federal taxpayer identification number and certify that no loss of exemption from backup withholding has occurred.
          If you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally are not subject to information reporting and backup withholding, but you may be required to provide a certification of your non-U.S. status in order to establish that you are exempt.
          Amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, and you may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS.
          The discussions above are for general information only. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws to your particular situation as well as any state, local, foreign tax and the U.S. federal estate and gift tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our common shares.
British Virgin Islands Tax Consequences
          Under the International Business Companies Act of the British Virgin Islands as currently in effect, a holder of common equity, such as our common shares, who is not a resident of the British Virgin Islands is exempt from British Virgin Islands income tax on dividends paid with respect to the common equity and all holders of common equity are not liable to the British Virgin Islands for income tax on gains realized on sale or disposal of such shares: The British Virgin Islands does not impose a withholding tax on dividends paid by a company incorporated under the International Business Companies Act.
          There are no capital gains, gift or inheritance taxes levied by the British Virgin Islands on companies incorporated under the International Business Companies Act. In addition, our common shares are not subject to transfer taxes, stamp duties or similar charges. There is no income tax treaty or convention currently in effect between the United States and the British Virgin Islands.

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ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Exchange Controls
     There are no exchange control restrictions on payments of dividends on the Company’s common shares or on the conduct of the Company’s operations either in Macao, where the Company’s principal executive offices are located, or the British Virgin Islands, where the Company is incorporated. Other jurisdictions in which the Company conducts operations may have various exchange controls. There are no material British Virgin Islands’ laws which impose foreign exchange controls on the Company or that affect the payment of dividends, interest or other payments to nonresident holders of the Company’s common shares. British Virgin Islands’ law and the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association impose no limitations on the right of nonresident or foreign owners to hold the Company’s Securities or vote the Company’s common shares.
     China’s laws and regulations regulate dividend distribution and repatriation by the Company’s China subsidiaries. To date these controls have not had and are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial results. To the extent that the Company may decide to pay cash dividends in the future, such dividends will be declared from the retained earnings, i.e., surplus, as determined by resolution of the directors of the Company. As the Company is a holding company, the amount of its retained earnings will be limited by the amount of dividends that can be declared by its subsidiaries. Dividends declared by subsidiaries will be based on the profits reported in their statutory accounts prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the relevant countries, primarily Macao and China, which differ from U.S. GAAP. See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Further, the Company intends that portions of the profits earned by Jetcrown Shenzhen will be reinvested and therefore such profits will not be available for the declaration of dividends. See Notes 1 and 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
     None of our Chinese subsidiaries had any restricted net assets at, nor restricted retained earnings for the years ended March 31, 2005 or 2006.
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Foreign Currency Risk
     At March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Company had no open forward exchange contracts or option contracts.
     Cash on hand at March 31, 2006 of $26,018,000 was held in the following currencies:
         
    Equivalent
    U.S. Dollar
    Holdings
United States dollars
  $ 13,748,000  
Hong Kong dollars
    6,914,000  
Euro
    24,000  
Chinese RMB
    4,815,000  
Japanese yen
    491,000  
Macao dollars
    26,000  
See discussion of Exchange Rate Fluctuation in Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.
Interest Rate Risk
     Our interest expenses and income are sensitive to changes in interest rates, as all of our cash reserves and borrowings are subject to interest rate changes. Cash on hand of $14,623,000 as at March 31, 2006 was invested in short-term interest bearing investments. As such, interest income will fluctuate with changes in short term interest rates. As of March 31, 2006 we had no long-term debt or short-term bank loans outstanding on our credit facilities.

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ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
     Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
     Not Applicable.
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
     Not Applicable.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
     As required by Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of March 31, 2006, the Company carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s controls and procedures were designed which provided reasonable assurance of preventing errors and irregularities.
     Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Company reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures. The Company’s management have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report and have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
     The Company has confidence in its internal controls and procedures and has expanded its efforts to develop and improve its controls. Nevertheless, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that the Company’s disclosure procedures and controls, or its internal controls, will necessarily prevent all error or intentional fraud. An internal control system, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the objectives of such internal controls are met. Further, the design of an internal control system must reflect the fact that the Company is subject to resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all internal control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all internal control issues or instances of fraud, if any, within the Company be detected.
Changes in Internal Controls
     There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls during the year ended March 31, 2006, nor were there any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls requiring corrective actions.
     However, as we previously announced, we delayed announcing our financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2005 until we could assess the impact of certain transactions on those results. The transactions, which consisted of orders primarily from three customers for products of the metallic parts division of our Electronic & Metallic parts business segment that were shown as shipped to, and received by, the customers but in fact had been surreptitiously cancelled without shipment, were discovered in October 2005. Our internal auditing staff uncovered documentation reflecting the cancellation of the orders following the departure of the General

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Manager of our metallic parts division who, with the assistance of a Production and Materials Control Supervisor in that division (who has since resigned), had previously concealed such documentation. As a result of an investigation into these matters by our internal auditors, we determined to record provisions in our financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2005 of approximately $1 million for doubtful sales and of approximately $160,000 for obsolete inventory attributable to the metallic parts division. We disclosed these matters to our Audit Committee and to our independent registered public accounting firm. Based on the recommendations of our Audit Committee, we retained independent forensic accountants to continue the investigation. In accordance with the advice of the independent forensic accountants and the recommendation of our Audit Committee, we have implemented certain corrective changes to our internal control procedures to improve the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in an effort to reduce the likelihood of fraudulent transactions adversely effecting our financial statements in the future. However, as we pointed out above in this Item 15 and discussed in the Risk Factor earlier in this Form 20-F (see ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION – Risk Factors – “We face numerous risks as a result of our operations in China” – “We could suffer losses from corrupt or fraudulent business practices”), because of the inherent limitations in all internal control systems in general and the prevalence of fraudulent business practices and corruption in China in particular, no system of, or improvements in, internal controls can provide assurance that all internal control issues or instances of fraud within a company can be detected promptly or at all.
ITEM 16. [RESERVED]
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
     Deswell’s Board of Directors has determined that at least one person serving on the Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under Item 16A(b) of Form 20-F. Mr. Allen Yau-Nam Cham is an “audit committee financial expert.”
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
     The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, which applies to the Company’s principal executive officer and to its principal financial and accounting officers. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as Exhibit 11.1 to this Annual Report on Form 20-F.
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
     Deswell’s principal accountants for the audit of its financial statements for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2006 was BDO McCabe Lo Limited (“BDO”).
     The following table presents the aggregate fees for professional services and other services rendered by the principal accountant to Deswell in the years ended March 31, 2005 and 2006.
                 
    Year ended March 31,
    2005   2006
    (US $ (in thousands))
Audit Fees(1)
    100       115  
Audit-related Fees(2)
           
Tax Fees(3)
           
All Other Fees(4)
           
 
               
 
    100       115  
 
               
 
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    which are those services that only the external auditor reasonably can provide, and include the provision for consents relating to the review of documents filed with the SEC.
 
(2)   There were no other audit-related fees billed by the principal accountant during the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit not reported under “Audit Fees” above.
 
(3)   There were no tax fees billed by the principal accountant during the last two fiscal years.
 
(4)   There were no other fees billed by the principal accountant during the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by BDO.
Audit Committee Pre-approval Policies and Procedures
     The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit related services provided by the independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. The management will periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided and the fees for the services performed by the independent auditors in accordance with this pre-approval policy. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
     As of the date of this Report, Deswell is not availing itself of an exemption from the independence standards contained in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (except paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(B) of that Rule), the general exemption contained in paragraph (c)(3) of that Rule or the last sentence of paragraph (a)(3) of that Rule.
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATE PURCHASERS.
     Not applicable.
PART III
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Not Applicable.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Deswell Industries, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Deswell Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2005 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits include consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. Our audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Deswell Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2005 and 2006, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

(BDO MCCABE LO LIMITED)
BDO McCabe Lo Limited
Hong Kong, June 16, 2006

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DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(U.S. dollars in thousands)
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
 
ASSETS
               
 
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 28,073     $ 25,369  
Restricted cash (note 7)
    1,040       649  
Marketable securities (note 3)
    244       164  
Accounts receivable, less allowances for doubtful amounts of $28 and $970 at March 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively
    25,091       18,318  
Inventories (note 4)
    21,136       21,845  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (note 5)
    4,761       5,035  
Income taxes receivable (note 10)
    20        
     
Total current assets
    80,365       71,380  
Property, plant and equipment-net (notes 6 and 7)
    56,133       58,286  
Deferred income tax assets (note 10)
          294  
Goodwill (note 8)
    478       710  
     
Total assets
  $ 136,976     $ 130,670  
     
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
Current liabilities:
               
 
               
Accounts payable
  $ 16,449     $ 10,886  
Dividend payable
          2,089  
Accrued payroll and employee benefits
    2,020       1,415  
Customer deposits
    868       674  
Other accrued liabilities (note 9)
    3,127       1,018  
Income taxes payable
    325       184  
     
Total current liabilities
    22,789       16,266  
     
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (note 11)
           
 
               
Minority interests
    9,420       7,636  
     
 
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Common shares nil par value-authorized 30,000,000 shares, shares issued and outstanding March 31, 2005 - 14,778,730; March 31, 2006 – 14,923,730 (note 12)
    39,068       41,254  
Additional paid-in capital
    6,970       6,970  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
          436  
Retained earnings
    58,729       58,108  
     
Total shareholders’ equity
    104,767       106,768  
     
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 136,976     $ 130,670  
     
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DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                         
    Year ended March 31,  
    2004     2005     2006  
 
Net sales
  $ 97,195     $ 125,590     $ 115,276  
Cost of sales
    66,105       92,072       89,850  
     
Gross profit
    31,090       33,518       25,426  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    14,718       15,759       15,052  
     
Operating income
    16,372       17,759       10,374  
Interest expense
    (16 )     (12 )     (6 )
Other income (expenses), net
    910       342       (376 )
     
Income before income taxes and minority interests
    17,266       18,089       9,992  
Income taxes (note 10)
    589       576       (27 )
     
Income before minority interests
    16,677       17,513       10,019  
Minority interests
    1,957       2,330       1,240  
     
Net income
    14,720       15,183       8,779  
 
                       
Other comprehensive income
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                436  
     
Comprehensive income
  $ 14,720     $ 15,183     $ 9,215  
     
 
                       
Net income per share (note 2)
                       
Basic:
                       
Net income per share
  $ 1.08     $ 1.04     $ 0.59  
     
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    13,664       14,656       14,908  
     
 
                       
Diluted:
                       
Net income per share
  $ 1.04     $ 1.02     $ 0.59  
     
Weighted average common and potential common shares
    14,160       14,933       14,936  
     
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DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                                 
                            Accumulated        
    Common stock   Additional   other        
    Shares           paid-in   comprehensive   Retained   Shareholders’
    outstanding   Amount   capital   income   earnings   equity
     
Balance at March 31, 2003
    13,546,252       28,247       6,970             46,629       81,846  
Exercise of stock options
    177,375       1,733                         1,733  
Net income
                            14,720       14,720  
Dividends ($0.63 per share)
                            (8,569 )     (8,569 )
     
Balance at March 31, 2004
    13,723,627       29,980       6,970             52,780       89,730  
Exercise of stock options
    1,055,250       9,092                         9,092  
Odd share redemption upon stock split
    (147 )     (4 )                       (4 )
Net income
                            15,183       15,183  
Dividends ($0.65 per share)
                            (9,234 )     (9,234 )
     
Balance at March 31, 2005
    14,778,730       39,068       6,970             58,729       104,767  
Exercise of stock options
    25,000       352                         352  
Issue of common stock for acquisition of additional interest in a subsidiary
    120,000       1,834                         1,834  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                      436             436  
Net income
                            8,779       8,779  
Dividends ($0.63 per share)
                            (9,400 )     (9,400 )
     
Balance at March 31, 2006
    14,923,730       41,254       6,970       436       58,108       106,768  
     
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DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(U.S. dollars in thousands)
                         
    Year ended March 31,  
    2004     2005     2006  
 
Cash flows from operating activities
                       
Net income
  $ 14,720     $ 15,183     $ 8,779  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization
    4,402       4,970       5,299  
Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment
    392       125       45  
Realized gain on disposal of other investments
          (295 )      
Net realized (gain) and unrealized holding loss on marketable securities
    (533 )     53       80  
Minority interests
    1,901       2,330       1,215  
Deferred tax
          (15 )     (294 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable
    (2,230 )     (6,134 )     6,773  
Inventories
    (1,390 )     (4,962 )     (709 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (304 )     (1,809 )     (274 )
Income taxes receivable
    196       107       20  
Accounts payable
    1,525       5,281       (5,563 )
Accrued payroll and employee benefits
    954       (246 )     (605 )
Customer deposits
    265       109       (194 )
Other accrued liabilities
    (857 )     1,533       (2,109 )
Income taxes payable
    (3,816 )     195       (141 )
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    15,225       16,425       12,322  
     
 
                       
Cash flows from investing activities
                       
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
    (19,862 )     (17,003 )     (6,940 )
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
    430       36       50  
Acquisition of marketable securities
    (1,056 )            
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities
    6,410              
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (14,078 )     (16,967 )     (6,890 )
     
 
                       
Cash flows from financing activities
                       
Dividends paid
    (8,569 )     (9,234 )     (7,311 )
Dividends paid to minority shareholders of a subsidiary
    (582 )     (756 )     (1,229 )
Exercise of stock options
    1,733       9,092       352  
Odd shares redemption
          (4 )      
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
    1,976       (650 )     391  
Contribution from (loan to) minority shareholders of subsidiaries
    88       (26 )     (170 )
     
Net cash used in financing activities
    (5,354 )     (1,578 )     (7,967 )
     
 
                       
Cash effect of exchange rate changes
                (169 )
 
                       
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (4,207 )     (2,120 )     (2,704 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    34,400       30,193       28,073  
     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
  $ 30,193     $ 28,073     $ 25,369  
     
 
                       
Supplementary disclosures of cash flow information:
                       
Cash paid during the year for:
                       
Interest
  $ 16     $ 12     $ 6  
Income taxes
  $ 4,210     $ 289     $ 387  
     
 
                       
Supplementary disclosures of significant non-cash transactions:
                       
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of additional 5% shareholding in a subsidiary
  $     $     $ 1,834  
Excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of acquired net assets of additional shareholding of a subsidiary
  $     $     $ 234  
     
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DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data)
1. Organization and Basis of Financial Statements
     Deswell Industries, Inc. was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on December 2, 1993.
     The principal activities of the Company comprise the manufacture and sale of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products assembling and metallic parts manufacturing. The manufacturing activities are subcontracted to subsidiaries operating in Mainland China. The selling and administrative activities were originally performed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Hong Kong”) of the People’s Republic of China (“China”). From August 2003, these activities were moved to the Macau Special Administrative Region (“Macau”) of China.
     As the Company is a holding company, the amount of any dividends to be declared by the Company will be dependent upon the amount which can be dividended up from its subsidiaries. Dividends from subsidiaries are declared based on profits as reported in their statutory accounts. Such profits differ from the amounts reported under U.S. GAAP. At March 31, 2006, the retained earnings available for distribution as reflected in the statutory books of the subsidiaries were $52,226.
     On January 20, 2003, the Company acquired a further 20% of the outstanding stock of Integrated International Limited (“Integrated”), a subsidiary of the Company, from the minority shareholders. After the acquisition, the Company increased its ownership in Integrated to 71% of the outstanding stock. The purchase consideration for the 20% of the outstanding stock of Integrated is 251,880 common shares of the Company. The value of the purchase consideration is based on the market price of the stocks issued which is lower than the fair value of net assets acquired by $115. The excess has been allocated as a pro rata reduction of the amounts that would have been assigned to certain acquired assets.
     On April 20, 2005, the Company acquired a further 5% of the outstanding stock from one of the minority shareholders of Integrated. After the acquisition, the Company increased its ownership in Integrated to 76% of the outstanding stock. The purchase consideration for the 5% of the outstanding stock of Integrated is 120,000 common shares of the Company. The value of the purchase consideration is based on the market price of the stocks issued which is higher than the fair value of net assets acquired by $232. The excess purchase price has been recorded on the balance sheet as goodwill.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
     Principles of consolidation-The consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, include the assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flows of all subsidiaries. Intercompany balances, transactions and cash flows are eliminated on consolidation.
     Goodwill-The excess purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired is recorded on the balance sheet as goodwill. Prior to April 1, 2002, goodwill was amortized to expense on a straight line basis over 20 years. On April 1, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142 “Goodwill and other Intangible Assets”, which established new standards for goodwill acquired in a business combination, eliminates the amortization of goodwill and requires the carrying value of goodwill to be evaluated for impairment on an annual basis.
     In accordance with SFAS No. 142, goodwill is evaluated to determine if fair value of the asset has decreased below its carrying value. The Company regularly conducted annual impairment evaluation and determined that there was no impairment in goodwill.
     Cash and cash equivalents-Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash accounts, interest bearing savings accounts and time certificates of deposit with a maturity of three months or less when purchased.
     Marketable securities-All marketable securities are classified as trading securities and are stated at fair market value. Market value is determined by the most recently traded price of the security at the balance sheet date. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading securities are included in other income. The cost of investments sold is based on the average cost method and interest earned is included in other income.
     Inventories-Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined by the first-in, first-out method, or market. Work-in-progress and finished goods inventories consist of raw materials, direct labour and overhead associated with the manufacturing process.
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets-Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist principally of rental deposits, prepaid expenses and other miscellaneous receivables.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — continued
     Property, plant and equipment-Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost including the cost of improvements. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation and amortization are provided on the straight line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
     
Leasehold land and buildings
  40 - 50 years
Plant and machinery
  4 - 10 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
  4 - 5 years
Motor vehicles
  3 - 4 years
Leasehold improvements
  the shorter of 5 years or the lease term
     Valuation of long-lived assets-The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used, including other intangible assets subject to amortization, when events and circumstances warrant such a review. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived asset. Fair market value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets to be disposed of are determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost to dispose.
     Revenue recognition-Sales of goods are recognized when goods are shipped and title of goods sold has passed to the purchaser. Customers do not have a general right of return on products shipped. Products returns to the Company were insignificant during past years.
     Comprehensive income-The comprehensive income of the Company for the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 was represented by the net income of the respective years. Other comprehensive income for the year ended March 31, 2006 represents foreign currency translation adjustments and is included in the consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity.
     Allowance for doubtful account-The Company regularly monitors and assesses the risk of not collecting amounts owed to the Company by customers. This evaluation is based upon a variety of factors including: an analysis of amounts current and past due along with relevant history and facts particular to the customer. Based upon the results of this analysis, the Company records an allowance for uncollectible accounts for this risk. This analysis requires the Company to make significant estimates, and changes in facts and circumstances could result in material changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts.
     Shipping and handling cost- Shipping and handling costs related to the delivery of finished goods are included in selling expenses. During the year ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, shipping and handling costs expensed to selling expenses were $989, $549 and $658, respectively.
     Income taxes-Income taxes are provided on an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes. Any China tax paid by subsidiaries during the year is recorded. Deferred income tax liabilities or assets are recorded to reflect the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and the financial reporting amounts at each year end. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
     Foreign currency translation-The consolidated financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars as the Company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands where the currency is the U.S. dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries conduct substantially all of their business in Hong Kong dollars, Chinese renminbi or U.S. dollars. The exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars has been fixed to the U.S. dollar at approximately HK$7.78 to $1.00 since April 2005. There is, however, no assurance that this rate will continue indefinitely.
     All transactions in currencies other than functional currencies during the year are translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Related accounts payable or receivable existing at the balance sheet date denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies are translated at period end rates. Gains and losses resulting from the translation of foreign currency transactions and balances are included in income.
     Aggregate net foreign currency transaction losses included in income were $52, $111 and $86 for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
     On consolidation, the financial statements of subsidiaries are translated from Hong Kong dollars and Chinese renminbi, being the functional currencies of the Company’s subsidiaries, into U.S. dollars in accordance with SFAS No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation”. Accordingly all assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet dates and all income and expenditure items are translated at the average rates for each of the years. The exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar used for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 were HK$7.75 to US$1.00 and 2006 was HK$7.78 to US$1.00, respectively. The exchange rate between the Chinese renminbi and the U.S. dollar used for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 were RMB 8.29 to US$1.00 and 2006 was RMB8.09 to US$1.00, respectively. All exchange differences arising from translation of subsidiaries financial statements are recorded as a component of comprehensive income.
     Post-retirement and post-employment benefits-The Company and its subsidiaries contribute to a state pension scheme in respect of its Chinese employees and a mandatory provident fund scheme in respect of its Hong Kong employees. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries provide any other post-retirement or post-employment benefits.
     Stock-based compensation-SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” allows companies which have stock-based awards to employees to adopt a new fair value basis of accounting for stock options and other equity instruments or to continue to apply the existing accounting rules under Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, but with additional financial statement disclosure.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — continued
     The Company accounts for its stock-based awards to employees using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB No. 25, SFAS No.123 requires the disclosure of pro forma net income and net income per share as if the Company had adopted the fair value method, as follows:
                         
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Net income:
                       
As reported
  $ 14,720     $ 15,183     $ 8,779  
Pro forma
    11,525       15,183       8,779  
     
Stock-based employee compensation cost, net of tax
  $ 3,195     $     $  
 
                       
Basic net income per share:
                       
As reported
  $ 1.08     $ 1.04     $ 0.59  
Pro forma
    0.85       1.04       0.59  
 
                       
Diluted net income per share:
                       
As reported
  $ 1.04     $ 1.02     $ 0.59  
Pro forma
    0.81       1.02       0.59  
     The fair value of options granted in the year ended March 31, 2004 was estimated to be approximately $3.55 per share respectively using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
                         
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Risk-free interest rate — weighted average
    3.93 %     n/a       n/a  
Expected life of options — weighted average
  10 years     n/a       n/a  
Expected volatility
    34.78 %     n/a       n/a  
Expected dividend yield
    4.60 %     n/a       n/a  
     Net income per share-Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding is adjusted to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. In computing the dilutive effect of potential common shares, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of treasury shares assumed to be purchased with the proceeds from the exercise of options.
     Basic net income per share and diluted net income per share calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”, are reconciled as follows (shares in thousands):
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Net income
  $ 14,720     $ 15,183     $ 8,779  
     
Basic net income per share
  $ 1.08     $ 1.04     $ 0.59  
     
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    13,664       14,656       14,908  
Effect of dilutive securities — Options
    496       277       28  
     
Diluted weighted average common and potential common shares outstanding
    14,160       14,933       14,936  
     
Diluted net income per share
  $ 1.04     $ 1.02     $ 0.59  
     
     Use of estimates- The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — continued
     Recent changes in accounting standards — In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Statements Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”, which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, SFAS No. 123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No.25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and amends SFAS No.95, “Statement of Cash Flows”. Generally, the approach in SFAS No.123(R) is similar to the approach described in SFAS No. 123. However, SFAS No.123 (R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. SFAS No. 123 (R) was to be effective from the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period after June 15, 2005. In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed the implementation of SFAS 123(R). As a result, SFAS 123(R) will be effective from the beginning of the first annual reporting period after June 15, 2005, which is the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 for the Company. The Company believes that the impact of adoption of SFAS No.123 (R) on its financial position or results of operations will approximate the magnitude of the “Stock-Based Compensation” disclosed in Note 2 pursuant to the disclosure requirements of SFAS No.123.
     In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”. SFAS No. 153 addresses the measurement of exchanges of nonmonetary assets and redefines the scope of transactions that should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005, which is the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 153 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
     In September 2005, the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a final consensus on Issue 04-13 “Accounting for Purchase and Sales of Inventory with the Same Counterparty”. EITF 04-13 requires that two or more legally separate exchange transactions with the same counterparty be combined and considered a single arrangement for purpose of applying APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions”, when the transactions are entered into in contemplation of one another. EITF 04-13 is effective for new arrangements entered into, or modifications or renewals of existing arrangements, in interim or annual periods beginning after March 15, 2006. The Company is evaluating the effect of the adoption of EITF 04-13. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operation or cash flows.
3. Marketable Securities
     The Company acquired equity securities listed in Hong Kong.
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Cost
  $ 297     $ 297  
     
 
               
Market value
  $ 244     $ 164  
     
     Unrealized loss for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 were $nil, $53 and $78, respectively.
     Net proceeds from sale of marketable securities for the year ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 were $6,410, $nil and $nil, and realized gains from sale of marketable securities for the year ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 were $533, $nil and $nil, respectively. For the purposes of determining realized gains and losses, the cost of securities sold was determined based on the average cost method.
4. Inventories
     Inventories by major categories are summarized as follows:
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Raw materials
  $ 8,329     $ 8,782  
Work in progress
    8,088       6,932  
Finished goods
    4,719       6,131  
     
 
  $ 21,136     $ 21,845  
     

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5. Prepaid expenses and other current assets
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Value added tax receivable
  $ 1,667     $ 1,893  
Deposit for purchase of plant and equipment
    460       71  
Rental and utility deposit
    179       169  
Advance to suppliers
    456       1,183  
Prepayment
    496       346  
Others
    1,503       1,373  
     
 
  $ 4,761     $ 5,035  
     
6. Property, Plant and Equipment
     Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
At cost:
               
Land and buildings
  $ 24,638     $ 25,528  
Plant and machinery
    31,386       34,708  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
    17,701       18,247  
Motor vehicles
    2,367       2,383  
Leasehold improvements
    4,939       5,237  
     
Total
    81,031       86,103  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (30,088 )     (35,116 )
Construction in progress
    5,190       7,299  
     
Net book value
  $ 56,133     $ 58,286  
     
 
               
Cost of land and buildings consist of the following:
               
 
               
Leasehold land and buildings (a)
  $ 1,482     $ 1,476  
Land use right of state-owned land and buildings erected thereon (b)
    16,144       17,067  
Long term leased land and buildings erected thereon (c)
    4,186       4,170  
Other buildings (d)
    2,826       2,815  
     
 
  $ 24,638     $ 25,528  
     
 
(a)   Leasehold land and buildings are located in Hong Kong with lease terms of 50 years expiring in 2047.
 
(b)   The land use rights of state-owned land and buildings erected thereon represent land and buildings located in China with lease terms of 50 years expiring in 2050.
 
(c)   Long term leased land and buildings erected thereon represent land and buildings on collectively-owned land located in China on which an upfront lump-sum payment has been made for the right to use the land and building for a term of 50 years to 2053. Dongguan Cheng An Xiaobian District Co-operation, the lessor, is the entity to whom the collectively-owned land has been granted. According to existing China laws and regulations, collectively-owned land is not freely transferable unless certain application and approval procedures are fulfilled by the Dongguan Cheng An Xiaobian District Co-operation to change the legal form of the land from collectively-owned to state-owned. As of March 31, 2006, the Company is not aware of any steps being taken by the Dongguan Cheng An Xiaobian District Co-operation for such application.
 
(d)   Other buildings represent factory premises and dormitory units located in China purchased by the Company with lease terms from 30 to 70 years expiring from 2018 to 2063.
7. Credit facilities and pledged assets
     The Company has credit lines with various banks representing trade acceptances, loans and overdrafts. At March 31, 2005 and 2006 these facilities totaled $8,078, and $1,285, respectively. The maturities of these facilities are generally up to 90 days. Interest rates are generally based on the banks’ prime lending rates and the credit lines are normally subject to annual review. There are no significant covenants or other financial restrictions relating to the Company’s facilities except that at March 31, 2005 and 2006, cash of $1,040 and $649, respectively, and leasehold land and buildings of net book value $1,259 and $nil, respectively, have been pledged as collaterals for the above facilities. As of March 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company has not borrowed against these lines.

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8. Goodwill
     The change in the carrying value of goodwill amounted to $232 represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired in relation to the acquisition of further 5% ownership in a subsidiary during the year ended March 31, 2006. There were no impairment in goodwill for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
9. Other Accrued liabilities
     Other accrued liabilities consist of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Value added tax payable
  $ 972     $ 70  
Accrued expenses
    1,323       131  
Commission expenses
    138       217  
Others
    694       600  
     
 
  $ 3,127     $ 1,018  
     
10. Income Taxes
     The components of income before income taxes and minority interests are as follows:
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Hong Kong
  $ 216     $ 80     $ 4  
China and others
    17,050       18,009       9,988  
     
 
  $ 17,266     $ 18,089     $ 9,992  
     
     Hong Kong
     The Company is subject to Hong Kong taxation on its activities conducted in Hong Kong. Each company in Hong Kong files a separate tax return and is subject to tax on its taxable income arising in or derived from Hong Kong.
     China
     Enterprise income tax in China is generally charged at 33%, in which 30% is for national tax and 3% is for local tax, of the assessable profit. For foreign investment enterprises established in a Special Economic Zone or Coastal Open Economic Zone, where the subsidiaries of the Company are located, and which are engaged in production-oriented activities, the national tax rate could be reduced to 15% and 24% respectively. The Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in China are subject to China income taxes at the applicable tax rates on the taxable income as reported in their Chinese statutory accounts in accordance with the relevant income tax laws applicable to foreign enterprises. Pursuant to the same income tax laws, the subsidiaries are fully exempted from China income tax for two years starting from the first profit-making year, followed by a 50% tax exemption for the next three years.
     Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited (“Jetcrown Shenzhen”) (a subsidiary of the Company) had fully enjoyed the above tax holiday and concessions by December 31, 1995. Afterwards, Jetcrown Shenzhen has been approved as an “Export-oriented Enterprise” by the local tax authority and enjoyed a lower tax rate of 10% for the calendar years ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
     Dongguan Kwan Hong Electronics Company Limited (“Dongguan Kwan Hong”) (a subsidiary of the Company) has been approved as a “High-tech Enterprise” by the local tax authority and enjoyed a lower national tax rate of 15%. Dongguan Kwan Hong has its first tax exemption year in the calendar year ended December 31, 2000 and enjoyed the 50% tax exemption on national tax and a full exemption of local tax for the calendar years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2005, the tax rate for Dongguan Kwan Hong was 18%, in which 15% is for national tax and 3% is for the local tax.
     Jetcrown Industrial (Dongguan) Limited (“Jetcrown Dongguan”) (a subsidiary of the Company) has commenced its first and second tax exemption year for the calendar year ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 respectively.

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10. Income Taxes — continued
     Pursuant to a further concession in the income tax laws, the Company, as a foreign shareholder in a foreign enterprise in China, is eligible for a refund of taxes paid by its Chinese subsidiaries in proportion to the after-tax profits of these subsidiaries which are reinvested by the Company in these subsidiaries or in other foreign enterprises in China provided that the reinvestment period relating to such subsidiaries or other foreign enterprises is for at least five years from the date the reinvested funds are contributed. If the reinvestment period is less than five years, the income tax refunded will be repayable to the Chinese tax authorities.
     During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Company recorded a benefit relating to its decision to reinvest earnings of its Chinese subsidiary, Jetcrown Shenzhen, in another Chinese subsidiary, Jetcrown Dongguan totaling $nil, $nil and $173, respectively.
     Had the all above tax holidays and concessions not been available, the tax charge would have been higher by $1,811, $719 and $92 and the basic net income per share would have been lower by $0.13, $0.05 and $0.01 for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively, and diluted net income per share for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 would have been lower by $0.13, $0.05 and $0.01, respectively.
     Others
     Certain of the Company’s income accrues in tax free jurisdictions and is not subject to any income taxes.
     The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Current tax
                       
— Hong Kong
  $ 132     $ 51     $ 29  
— China
    457       540       238  
Deferred tax
          (15 )     (294 )
     
 
  $ 589     $ 576     $ (27 )
     
     A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes computed by applying the statutory tax rate in China to income before income taxes and the actual provision for income taxes is as follows:
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Provision for income taxes at statutory tax rate in China
    4,661       4,884       2,698  
Effect of different tax rate in various jurisdictions
    (210 )     (219 )     6  
Tax holidays and concessions
    (1,811 )     (666 )     99  
Effect of income for which no income tax is payable
    (1,977 )     (3,459 )     (2,853 )
Under (over) provision of income tax in previous year
    (22 )     34       8  
Others
    (52 )     2       15  
     
Effective tax
  $ 589     $ 576     $ (27 )
     
     The components of deferred income tax are as follows:
                 
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Deferred tax asset:
               
Net operating loss carryforwards
  $     $ 294  
Less: Valuation allowances
           
     
 
          294  
 
               
Deferred tax liability
           
     
Net deferred tax asset
  $     $ 294  
     

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11. Commitments and Contingencies
     The Company leases premises under various operating leases, certain of which contain escalation clauses. Rental expenses under operating leases included in the statement of income were $1,507, $981 and $868 for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
     At March 31, 2006, the Company was obligated under operating leases requiring minimum rentals as follows:
         
Years ending March 31
       
2007
    571  
2008
    212  
 
     
Total minimum lease payments
  $ 783  
 
     
     At March 31, 2006, the Company had capital commitments for construction of our Dongguan plastic injection-molding manufacturing plant and purchase of plant and machinery totaling $895 which is expected to be disbursed during the year ending March 31, 2007.
     The Company has contracted with some building contractors to construct the Company’s new factory plant in Dongguan, China. The budgeted costs of the whole project are estimated to be $32,969. At March 31, 2006, a total of $32,121 has been paid on the project and are recorded in property, plant and equipment.
12. Shareholders’ Equity
     On March 15, 2005, the Company completed a three-for-two stock split. No fractional shares were issued and 147 shares were redeemed and cancelled upon the stock split. All financial statements have been retroactively restated to account for the change.
13. Employee Benefits
     The Company contributes to a state pension scheme run by the Chinese government in respect of its employees in China. The expense related to this plan, which is calculated at 16% of the average monthly salary, was $272, $310 and $515 for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. According to the Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) legislation regulated by the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority in Hong Kong, with effect from December 1, 2000, the Company is required to participate in a MPF scheme operated by approved trustees in Hong Kong and to make contributions for its eligible employees. The contributions borne by the Company are calculated at 5% of the salaries and wages (monthly contribution is limited to 5% of $3 for each eligible employee) as calculated under the MPF legislation. The expense related to the MPF in the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 amounted to $31, $2 and nil, respectively.
14. Stock Option Plan
     On March 15, 1995, the Company adopted 1995 Stock Option Plan that permits the Company to grant options to officers, directors, employees and others to purchase up to 1,012,500 shares of Common Stock. On September 29, 1998, the Company approved an increase of 549,000 shares making a total of 1,561,500 shares of common stock available under the stock option plan. On January 7, 2002, the Company adopted 2001 Stock Option Plan to purchase an additional 1,125,000 shares of Common Stock. On September 30, 2003, the Company adopted 2003 Stock Option Plan to purchase an additional 900,000 shares of Common Stock. On September 19, 2005, the Company approved an increase of 500,000 shares making a total of 1,400,000 shares of common stock available under the 2003 Stock Option Plan.
     At March 31, 2006, options to purchase an aggregate of 3,586,500 common shares had been granted under the stock option plans. Options granted under the stock option plans will be exercisable for a period of up to 10 years commencing on the date of grant, at a price equal to at least the fair market value of the Common Stock at the date of grant, and may contain such other terms as the Board of Directors or a committee appointed to administer the plan may determine. A summary of the option activity (with weighted average prices per share) is as follows:

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14. Stock Option Plan — Continued
                                                 
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
            Weighted             Weighted             Weighted  
    Number     average     Number     average     Number     average  
    of stock     exercise     of stock     exercise     of stock     exercise  
    options     price     options     price     options     price  
     
Outstanding at beginning of the year
    1,001,625     $ 7.55       1,724,250     $ 10.74       669,000     $ 14.10  
Granted during the year
    900,000       14.10                          
Exercised during the year
    (177,375 )     9.77       (1,055,250 )     8.61       (25,000 )     14.10  
     
Outstanding and exercisable at the end of the year
    1,724,250       10.74       669,000       14.10       644,000       14.10  
     
 
                                               
Range of exercise price per share  
$7.55 to $14.10
  $ 14.10             $ 14.10  
     There were nil options forfeited or expired for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The weighted average remaining contractual life of the share options outstanding at March 31, 2006 was 7.50 years. At March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, there were nil , nil and 500,000 options available for future grant under the plans respectively.
15. Operating Risk
     Concentrations of Credit Risk and Major Customers-A substantial percentage of the Company’s sales are made to a small number of customers and are typically sold either under letter of credit or on an open account basis. Details of customers accounting for 10% or more of total net sales for each of the three years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are as follows:
                         
    Percentage of net sales  
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
     
Digidesign, Inc.
    17.8 %     19.1 %     17.4 %
Epson Precision (H.K.) Limited
    15.4 %     18.5 %     14.6 %
Line 6 Manufacturing
      *     14.9 %     14.5 %
VTech Telecommunications Limited
    17.6 %     12.1 %       *
Inter-Tel Incorporated
    10.3 %       *       *
 
*   Less than 10%
     Sales to the above customers relate to both injection-molded plastic parts and electronic and metallic products.
     Details of the amounts receivable from the five customers with the largest receivable balances at March 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively, are as follows:
                 
    Percentage of
    accounts
    receivable
    March 31,
    2005     2006  
     
Largest receivable balances
    53.7 %     59.4 %
     There were bad debt expense of $nil, $28 and $208 during the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 and 2006 respectively. There were provision for bad debts expenses of $nil, $nil and $970 during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively.
     Country risk-The Company has significant investments in China. The operating results of the Company may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in China, and by changes in Chinese government policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods taxation, among other things. There can be no assurance, however, those changes in political and other conditions will not result in any adverse impact.

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16. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
     The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable and are reasonable estimates of their fair value. All the financial instruments are for trade purposes.
17. Segment Information
     The Company has three reportable segments: plastic injection molding, electronic products assembling and metallic parts manufacturing. The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies. Most of the businesses were acquired as a unit, and the management at the time of the acquisition was retained.
     The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company accounts for intersegment sales and transfers as if the sales or transfers were to third parties, that is, at current market prices.
     Contributions of the major activities, profitability information and asset information of the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are as follows:
                                                                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004   2005   2006
            Intersegment                     Intersegment                     Intersegment        
    Net sales     sales     Profit (loss)     Net sales     sales     Profit (loss)     Net sales     sales     Profit (loss)  
             
Segment:
                                                                       
Injection molded plastic parts
  $ 54,745     $ 1,699     $ 11,717     $ 61,519     $ 1,877     $ 10,967     $ 49,429     $ 1,152     $ 4,521  
Electronic products
    40,083       3       5,378       60,472             6,660       66,563       1,926       7,282  
Metallic parts
    6,185       2,116       171       8,200       2,724       462       2,362             (1,811 )
             
Segment total
  $ 101,013     $ 3,818     $ 17,266     $ 130,191     $ 4,601     $ 18,089     $ 118,354     $ 3,078     $ 9,992  
 
                                                                       
Reconciliation to consolidated totals:
                                                                       
Sales eliminations
    (3,818 )     (3,818 )           (4,601 )     (4,601 )           (3,078 )     (3,078 )      
             
Consolidated totals:
                                                                       
Net sales
  $ 97,195     $             $ 125,590     $             $ 115,276     $          
                                     
Income before income taxes and minority interests
                  $ 17,266                     $ 18,089                     $ 9,992  
 
                                                                 
                                                 
    Year ended March 31,
    2004   2005   2006
    Interest     Interest     Interest     Interest     Interest     Interest  
    income     expenses     income     expenses     income     expenses  
                   
Segment:
                                               
Injection molded plastic parts
  $ 230     $     $ 128     $     $ 407     $  
Electronic products
    17       16       13       12       64        
Metallic parts
                                  6  
                   
Consolidated total
  $ 247     $ 16     $ 141     $ 12     $ 471     $ 6  
             
                                                                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004   2005   2006
                    Depreciation                     Depreciation                     Depreciation  
    Identifiable     Capital     and     Identifiable     Capital     and     Identifiable     Capital     and  
    assets     expenditure     amortization     assets     expenditure     amortization     assets     expenditure     amortization  
                         
Segment:
                                                                       
Injection molded plastic parts
  $ 83,391     $ 14,285     $ 2,992     $ 94,707     $ 15,232     $ 3,550     $ 89,622     $ 6,156     $ 3,844  
Electronic products
    29,182       5,162       949       36,072       1,479       968       33,796       555       993  
Metallic parts
    5,083       414       460       8,628       292       452       6,768       230       462  
                         
Segment totals
  $ 117,656     $ 19,861     $ 4,401     $ 139,407     $ 17,003     $ 4,970     $ 130,186     $ 6,941     $ 5,299  
Reconciliation to consolidated totals:
                                                                       
Elimination of receivables from intersegments
    (4,600 )                 (2,909 )                 (226 )            
Goodwill not allocated to segments
    478                   478                   710              
                         
Consolidated totals
  $ 113,534     $ 19,861     $ 4,401     $ 136,976     $ 17,003     $ 4,970     $ 130,670     $ 6,941     $ 5,299  
                         

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17. Segment Information — Continued
     The Company’s sales are coordinated through the Hong Kong or Macau subsidiaries and a breakdown of sales by destination is as follows:
                         
    Year ended March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
         
Net sales
                       
China
  $ 50,095     $ 56,311     $ 43,220  
United States of America
    37,359       50,837       56,514  
Hong Kong
    2,186       1,001       3,409  
Europe
    5,778       13,733       8,098  
Others
    1,777       3,708       4,035  
         
Total net sales
  $ 97,195     $ 125,590     $ 115,276  
         
     The location of the Company’s identifiable assets is as follows:
                         
    March 31,
    2004     2005     2006  
         
Hong Kong and Macau
  $ 43,660     $ 49,626     $ 41,933  
China
    69,396       86,872       88,027  
         
Total identifiable assets
  $ 113,056     $ 136,498     $ 129,960  
Goodwill
    478       478       710  
         
Total assets
  $ 113,534     $ 136,976     $ 130,670  
         

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ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
     The following documents are filed as exhibits herewith:
     
Exhibit No.   Description
  1.1
  Memorandum and Articles of Association (as amended through March 7, 1995) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Deswell’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on June 19, 1995).
   
   
  1.2
  Amendment to Memorandum and Articles of Association filed with BVI Registry of Companies on July 19, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Deswell’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2001 filed with the SEC on July 10, 2001).
   
   
  1.3
  Notice of amendment of Memorandum and Articles of Association, with Certified Extract of a Resolution Adopted by the Directors Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company on the 8th day of July 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.3 to Deswell’s Form 8A/A (Amendment No. 1) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002).
   
   
  1.4
  Notice of amendment of Memorandum and Articles of Association (“Amendment No. 2”), with Notice of Increase in Authorised Capital and Certified Extract of a Resolution Adopted by the Directors Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company on the 8th day of July 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.4 to Deswell’s Form 8A/A (Amendment No. 2) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002)
   
   
  2.1
  Form of common share certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Amendment No. 1 to Deswell’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on July 13, 1995).
   
   
  4.1
  Facility letter dated April 13, 2005 between The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Macao Branch (“HSBC”) and Jetcrown Industrial (Macao Commercial Offshore Limited (“JIMCO”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Deswell’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on July 8, 2005).
   
   
  4.2
  Tenancy Agreement dated April 29, 2005 between Shekou Yu Yi Shareholding Co. Ltd. and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited for the 1st and 2nd Floor, Block A, Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Deswell’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on July 8, 2005).
   
   
  4.3
  Tenancy Agreement dated February 27, 2006 between Shekou Yu Yee Shareholding Co. Ltd. and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited for the 1st Floor, Block F, Wing Village Industrial Estate, Shekou, Shenzhen.
   
   
  4.4
  Tenancy Agreement dated March 30, 2006 between Shenzhen Shekou Real Property Company (Lessor) and Jetcrown Industrial (Shenzhen) Limited (Lessee) for 1/F-7/F, Block 13, Nanshui Siu Village, Room 201, 202, 204, 206, 409 of Block B9, NanShui Siu Village, Shekou, Shenzhen.
   
   
  4.5
  Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and Microwpower Enterprises Ltd. dated April 20, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Deswell’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on July 8, 2005).
   
   
  4.6
  2001 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC under cover of Form 6-K on December 12, 2001.)
   
   
  4.7
  2003 Stock Option Plan of Deswell Industries, Inc., as amended August 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K on August 29, 2005).
   
   
  8.1
  Diagram of the Company’s operating subsidiaries and affiliates — (see page 16 of this report)
   
   
11.1
  Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 11.1 of registrant’s Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on July 16, 2004)

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Exhibit No.   Description
12.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
   
12.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
   
13.1
  Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
 
   
14.1
  Consent of BDO International to incorporation of its report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements into Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
             
    DESWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.    
 
           
Date: July 14, 2006
           
 
  By:   /s/ Richard Lau
 
Richard Lau
   
 
      Chairman of the Board and    
 
      Chief Executive Office    

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