Edgar Filing: AU OPTRONICS CORP

AUO 6-K

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 6, 2003

Commission File Number 001-31335

AU Optronics Corp.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

No. 1 Li-Hsin Road 2
Science-Based Industrial Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
(Address of principal executive offices)

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Item

1.	Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “AU Optronics Operation Remained Intact Under the Shadow of SARS”, dated May 06, 2003.

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 6, 2003	By:	/s/ Max Weishun Cheng
		Name: Max Weishun Cheng Title: Chief Financial Officer

Item 1

AU Optronics Corp.
May 06, 2003
English Language Summary

Subject: AU Optronics Operation Remained Intact Under the Shadow of SARS

Regulation:	Published pursuant to Article 2-46 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
Date of events:	2003/05/06

Content:

Date of occurrence of the event: 2003/05/06
Cause of occurrence: On May 2, 2003, one AUO non-operational employee (non fab employee) of Lungtan office, was measured with body temperature of 38° before entered the office area, hence was immediately advised to take home quarantine on sick leave. On May 5, 2003, the employee went to hospital for medical treatment due to fever symptom. Although the initial diagnosis showed no confirmed symptoms of SARS, the employee is still kept hospitalized for safety concerns until the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) releases formal examination result, according to the National SARS notification standard procedure. For maximum safety precaution, the Company has disinfected all the office areas immediately and informed all the employees who had contact with this employee recently to take home quarantine. So far, there is no other employee reported SARS symptom. The Company has already taken all necessary measures on SARS. This incident so far has no impact on the Company’s production nor business activities.
Countermeasures: Same as 2.
Any other matters that need to be specified: none