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 21, 2014

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.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Item

 
1.
Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “AUO will attend “17th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference””, dated March 21, 2014.
 
 
2.
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 2013”, dated March 21, 2014.
 
 
 
 
 
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: March 21, 2014
By:
/s/ Andy Yang
  
   
Name:
Andy Yang
  
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
  
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1
AU Optronics Corp.
March 21, 2014
English Language Summary

 
Subject:
AUO will attend “17th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference”
 
Regulation:
Published pursuant to Article 2-12 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
 
Contents:
 
1.Date of the investor conference:2014/03/26~2014/03/27
 
2.Time of the investor conference:09:30
 
3.Location of the investor conference: Conrad Hotel Hong Kong
 
4.Brief information disclosed in the investor conference:
 
To brief AUO's operating and financial results based on the information released at 4Q2013 investor conference.
 
5.The presentation of the investor conference release:
 
 Please refer to MOPS or AUO's website for 4Q2013 investor conference presentation.
 
6.Will the presentation be released in the Company’s website:
 
http://auo.com/
 
7.Any other matters that need to be specified: None.

 
 
 

Item 2

AU Optronics Corp.
March 21, 2014
English Language Summary

 
Subject:
To announce the differences for consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Taiwan IFRS and IFRS for the year of 2013
 
Regulation:
Published pursuant to Article 2-47 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
 
Contents:
 
1.Date of occurrence of the event:2014/03/21
 
2.Cause of occurrence:
 
To announce the differences for consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Taiwan IFRS and IFRS for the year of 2013
 
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):
Since 2013, AUO has prepared its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and endorsed by the ROC Financial Supervisory Commission (“Taiwan IFRS”), and filed it with the Taiwan Securities and Futures Bureau. In addition, since 2013, AUO has prepared its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”), and filed it with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(1)Under Taiwan IFRS, AUO reported consolidated net profit attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$4,180,376 thousand, total comprehensive income attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$6,355,154 thousand, basic and diluted earnings per share, net of tax, of NT$0.45 and NT$0.44, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013; consolidated total assets of NT$492,242,851 thousand, consolidated total liabilities of NT$313,896,982 thousand, non-controlling interests of NT$14,036,520 thousand, and equity attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$164,309,349 thousand as of December 31, 2013.
 
(2)Under IFRS, AUO reported consolidated net profit attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$3,804,142 thousand, total comprehensive income attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$6,367,518 thousand, basic and diluted earnings per share, net of tax, of NT$0.41 and NT$0.40, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013; consolidated total assets of NT$464,835,935 thousand, consolidated total liabilities of NT$311,845,715 thousand, non-controlling interests of NT$14,036,520 thousand, and equity attributable to stockholders of the parent company of NT$138,953,700 thousand as of December 31, 2013.
 
(3)The differences between Taiwan IFRS and IFRS followed by AUO mainly come from 10% tax on undistributed earnings, recognition of deferred tax assets, recognition of provisions and impairment assessment of intangible 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