Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
March 22 2016 - 6:11AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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
March 22, 2016
Commission File Number 001-31335 |
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AU Optronics Corp. |
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(Translation of registrant’s name into English) |
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No. 1 Li-Hsin Road 2 |
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Hsinchu Science Park |
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Hsinchu, Taiwan |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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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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submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
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6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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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.
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Not applicable
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item
| 1. | Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “To announce the differences for consolidated financial statements prepared in
accordance with Taiwan IFRS and IFRS for the year of 2015” dated March 22, 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.
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AU Optronics Corp.
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Date: March 22, 2016 |
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/s/ Andy Yang |
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Name: |
Andy Yang |
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Title: |
Chief Strategy Officer |
Item 1
AU
Optronics Corp.
March
22, 2016
English
Language Summary
Subject:
To announce the differences for consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Taiwan IFRS and IFRS for the year
of 2015
Regulation:
Published pursuant to Article 4-47 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information
by Listed Companies
Date
of Events: 2016/03/22
Contents:
| 1. | Date
of occurrence of the event:2016/03/22 |
To
announce the differences for consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Taiwan IFRS and IFRS for the year of
2015
| 3. | Content
of overseas financial report required to be adjusted due to inconsistency in the accounting principles applied in the two places
for (please enter in Chinese): |
| (1) | Under
International Financial Reporting Standards endorsed by the ROC Financial Supervisory Commission (“Taiwan IFRS”),
AUO reported consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company of NT$4,931,960 thousand, total comprehensive
income attributable to shareholders of the parent company of NT$4,838,950 thousand, basic and diluted earnings per share, net
of tax, of NT$0.51 and NT$0.46, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2015; consolidated total assets of NT$425,554,245
thousand, consolidated total liabilities of NT$220,917,840 thousand, non-controlling interests of NT$22,651,183 thousand, and
equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company of NT$181,985,222 thousand as of December 31, 2015. |
| (2) | For
the purpose of filing the annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, AUO prepared its consolidated
financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board (“IFRS”) and reported consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company of
NT$7,242,170 thousand, total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders of the parent company of NT$7,185,693 thousand,
basic and diluted earnings per share, net of tax, of NT$0.75 and NT$0.70, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2015;
consolidated total assets of NT$399,237,131 thousand, consolidated total liabilities of NT$218,576,058 thousand, non-controlling
interests of NT$22,648,604 thousand, and equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company of NT$158,012,469 thousand
as of December 31, 2015. |
| (3) | The
differences between Taiwan IFRS and IFRS followed by AUO for year 2015, in addition to the accumulated effects of differences
carried over from prior years, mainly come from 10% tax on undistributed earnings and recognition of deferred tax assets, etc. |
| 4. | Any
other matters that need to be specified: |
For
more details, please refer to AUO’s annual report on Form 20-F at:
http://auo.com/?sn=161&lang=en-US
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