FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
June 14, 2012
Commission File Number 001-31335
AU Optronics Corp.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
No. 1 Li-Hsin Road 2
Hsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item
| 1. | Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “The announcement of impact from the earthquake on June 13, 2012”, dated June 14, 2012. | |
| 2. | Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “The announcement of impact from the earthquake on June 13, 2012”, dated June 14, 2012. | |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| AU Optronics Corp. | ||||||||
| Date: June 14, 2012 | By: | /s/ Andy Yang | ||||||
| Name: | Andy Yang | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
AU Optronics Corp.
June 14, 2012
English Language Summary
Subject: The announcement of impact from the earthquake on June 13, 2012.
Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 2-49 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
Date of Events: 2012/06/14
Content:
| 1. | Date of occurrence of the event: 2012/06/14 |
| 2. | Company name: AU Optronics Corp. |
| 3. | Relationship to the Company (please enter “head office” or “affiliate company”): head office |
| 4. | Reciprocal shareholding ratios: N/A |
| 5. | Cause of occurrence: |
The earthquake occurred on June 13, 2012.
| 6. | Countermeasures: |
Due to the earthquakes yesterday, manufacturing operations at the Company’s Lungtan site has been suspended for system maintenance. The actual impact to the Company’s production capacity is currently under evaluation.
| 7. | Any other matters that need to be specified: |
If there is any other significant impact to the Company, we will make further announcement.
AU Optronics Corp.
June 14, 2012
English Language Summary
Subject: The announcement of impact from the earthquake on June 13, 2012.
Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 2-49 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
Date of Events: 2012/06/14
Content:
| 1. | Date of occurrence of the event: 2012/06/14 |
| 2. | Company name: AU Optronics Corp. |
| 3. | Relationship to the Company (please enter “head office” or “affiliate company”): head office |
| 4. | Reciprocal shareholding ratios: N/A |
| 5. | Cause of occurrence: |
The earthquake occurred on June 13, 2012.
| 6. | Countermeasures: |
| (1) | Our employees are all safe and sound. |
| (2) | Although production capacity at the Lungtan site has been partly affected, it has been recovering gradually and is expected to resume in 3 to 5 days. |
| (3) | The Company is currently evaluating its losses due to the earthquakes. Since the Company maintains insurance policies for the Lungtan site, it is expected the earthquake losses will not have significant impact to the Company’s business operations. |
| 7. | Any other matters that need to be specified: None. |