Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
March 13 2020 - 6:05AM
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 13, 2020
Commission File Number
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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 ___
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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)(1):
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Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
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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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.
If "Yes" is marked,
indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
Not applicable
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Item
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1.
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Taiwan
Stock Exchange filing entitled, “The Company announced that the period of the tender
offer for the common shares of ADLINK Technology Inc. had expired.”, dated March
13, 2020.
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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 13, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Benjamin Tseng
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Name:
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Benjamin Tseng
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Item 1
AU Optronics Corp.
March 13, 2020
English Language Summary
Subject:
The Company announced that the period of the tender offer for the common shares of ADLINK Technology Inc. had expired
Regulation:
Published pursuant to Article 4-38 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information
by Listed Companies
Date
of events: 2020/03/12
Contents:
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Date of expiry of the public
tender offer period:2020/03/12
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Company name of the public
tender offeror :AU Optronics Corporation ("AUO")
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Location of the public
tender offeror:
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No.
1, Li-Hsin Rd. 2, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30078, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Name of the public company
whose securities were acquired: ADLINK Technology Inc. ("ADLINK")
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Kinds of securities acquired:Common
shares
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Public tender offer period:2020/02/07~2020/03/12
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If the requirement that
the number of acquired offeree securities reach the predetermined acquisition volume was a condition of acquisition, whether the
condition was met:
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All
the conditions of this tender offer have been satisfied. The shares tendered in this tender offer shall reach at least 10,874,863
shares as the condition of this tender offer, and as of March 3, 2020, the accumulated tendered shares exceeded such minimum shares
condition. Therefore, all the conditions of this tender offer have been satisfied, and the relevant public announcement was made
pursuant to Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Regulations Governing Public Tender Offers for Securities of Public
Companies on March 3, 2020.
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8.
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Number of responding offeree
securities; actual volume of trades:
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(1)
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Number of tendered shares:
42,310,407 shares
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(2)
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Actual volume of trades:
42,310,407 shares
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Time, method, and location
of payment of the purchase consideration:
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(1)
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Time: Within five business
days (including the fifth business day which is 2020/03/19) after the completion date of this tender offer, if all the conditions
of this tender offer are satisfied, the consideration of this tender offer will be paid by the tender offer agent, KGI Securities
Co., Ltd. (“KGI Securities”).
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The consideration
of this tender offer will be paid by KGI Securities to the bank accounts of the offerees of this tender offer (“Offerees”)
provided by the Taiwan
Depository &
Clearing Corporation (“TDCC”) through bank remittance. If the remittance cannot be completed due to the incorrect
information of the Offeree’s bank account or other reasons, on the next business day after the failure of the remittance
is confirmed, a check (crossed, on-endorsable and non-negotiable) will be mailed to the Offeree’s address provided by the
Offeree or the TDCC.
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(ii)
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Calculation Method of Consideration:
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The amount of the
remittance or the check is the amount of the consideration of tendered shares (i.e., the number of shares acquired by AUO from
Offeree multiply with NT$57 per share) less securities transaction tax, bank remittance fees, postage, handling charges of TDCC/securities
broker (which are calculated separately according to the number of deposit applications made by the Offeree) and other related
expenses; and such amount shall be rounded to the nearest whole number in New Taiwan Dollars. To avoid the circumstance where
the Offeree receives insufficient consideration for paying the securities transaction tax, handling charges of TDCC and securities
brokers, bank remittance fees, postage or other related expenses, tenders of less than 2 shares will not be accepted.
The
tender offer agent, KGI Securities, shall remit the consideration for this tender offer to the Offeree’s central depository
account, or mail a check to the Offeree’s address provided by the TDCC.
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Time, method, and location
of settlement of the traded securities:
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(1)
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Time: Within five business
days (including the fifth business day which is 2020/03/19) after the completion date of this tender offer, if all the conditions
of this tender offer are satisfied, the consideration of this tender offer will be paid by KGI Securities.
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(2)
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Method: If the tendered
shares have been remitted to the tender offer account of KGI Securities, such shares shall be transferred from the KGI Securities’
tender offer account (account no.: (9203)059600-8) to the AUO’s central depository account by book entry.
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KGI
Securities Co., Ltd.
Address:
No. 700, Mingshui Road, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
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Return time, method, and
location of the deposited but not dealt securities:
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Not
Applicable.
The
cap of this tender offer is 65,249,177 common shares of ADLINK. As of March 12, 2020, the number of accumulated tendered shares
was 42,310,407 shares. Therefore, the number of accumulated tendered shares does not exceed the cap of this tender offer and all
the tendered shares will be fully purchased.
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Any other matters that
need to be specified:None.
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