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

 

May 19, 2016

 

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)
     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F   X         Form 40-F ___
 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  Yes .....     No ..X...

 

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Item

 

1. Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “To announce the resignation of AUO's independent director”, dated May 19, 2016.

 

 

 

 

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: May 19, 2016 By: /s/  Andy Yang
    Name: Andy Yang
    Title: Chief Strategy Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1

 

AU Optronics Corp.

May 19, 2016

English Language Summary

 

Subject: To announce the resignation of AUO's independent director

 

Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 4-6 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies

 

Date of Events: 2016/05/19

 

Contents:

 

1.Date of occurrence of the change:2016/05/19

 

2.Appointment of or changed personnel (juristic-person director, juristic-person supervisor, independent director, natural-person director or natural-person supervisor):

independent director

 

3.Title, name and resume of the replaced personnel:

 

Independent director, Tain-Jy Chen, professor at the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University

 

4.Title, name and resume of the new personnel: none

 

5.Type of the change (please enter: “resignation”, “discharge”, “tenure expired”, “death” or “new appointment” ):resignation

 

6.Reason for the change:Resign the commission of independent director due to personal career planning

 

7.Number of shares held by the new personnel at the time of appointment:N/A

 

8.Original term (from __________ to __________):2013/06/19~2016/06/18

 

9.Effective date of the new appointment:N/A

 

10.Rate of turnover of directors of the same term:11%

 

11.Rate of turnover of supervisor of the same term:N/A

 

12.Rate of turnover of independent director of the same term:20%

 

13.Change in one-third or more of directors (“Yes” or “No”):NO

 

14.Any other matters that need to be specified:none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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