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
December 12, 2006
Commission File Number 001-31335
AU Optronics Corp.
(Translation of registrants 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. | Press release entitled, Statement Regarding Antitrust Investigation, dated December 12, 2006. |
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: December 12, 2006 | By: | /s/ Max Cheng | |
Name: | Max Cheng | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Item 1
AU Optronics Corp.
December 12, 2006
English Language Summary
Subject: | Statement Regarding Antitrust Investigation | |
Regulation: | Published pursuant to Article 2-6 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies | |
Date of events: 2006/12/12 | ||
Content: | ||
1. | Date of occurrence of the event: 2006/12/12 |
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: In response to recent inquiries by the United States Department of Justice and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission with regards to an antitrust investigation into TFT-LCD industry practices for the sale of panels, AU Optronics Corporation announces that its affiliates in the US and Japan plan to cooperate with the investigation. |
6. | Countermeasures: None |
7. | Any other matters that need to be specified: None |