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
November 3, 2004
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)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Item | |
| 1. | Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “Revision of The Original Financial Forecast For Year 2004 (Audited)”, dated November 3, 2004 |
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: November 3, 2004 | By: | /s/ Max Weishun Cheng | |
| Name: | Max Weishun Cheng | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AU Optronics Corp.
November 3, 2004
English Language Summary
Subject: Revision of the original financial forecast
for 2004 (audited)
Regulation: Published pursuant to Article 2-13 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies
| 1. | Fiscal year of the financial forecast: 2004 |
| 2. | Date of preparation, correction, updating of the financial forecast: 2004/10/28 |
| 3. | Reason for preparation of the financial forecast: Cumulative changes in Board of Directors reached one-third or more within the same term of the Board. |
| 4. | Name of the reviewing CPA and date of review: Emily Tseng and Alfred Chen of KPMG Certified Public Accountants on November 1, 2004 |
| 5. | Date of the board of directors resolution: 2004/11/3 |
| 6. | Date of public announcement: 2004/11/3 |
| 7. | Monetary amounts of major accounting items of the balance sheet and income statement: |
| Balance Sheet | 2004 (Original) |
Unit: NTD thousand 2004 (Updated) |
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| Current assets | $ | 71,931,243 | 59,099,976 | ||
| Long-term investments | 5,222,103 | 7,148,437 | |||
| Net property, plant and equipment | 159,443,702 | 154,413,036 | |||
| Intangible assets – patents | 1,944,139 | 1,359,472 | |||
| Other assets | 3,080,586 | 3,502,991 | |||
| Current liabilities | 52,033,118 | 38,787,957 | |||
| Long-term liabilities | 36,602,700 | 53,658,200 | |||
| Other liabilities | 552,746 | 1,064,423 | |||
| Common stock | 49,580,409 | 49,580,409 | |||
| Capital surplus | 53,197,790 | 45,165,093 | |||
| Retained earnings: | 49,978,560 | 37,459,616 | |||
| Cumulative translation adjustment | (72,569 | ) | 59,195 | ||
| Treasury stock | (250,981 | ) | (250,981 | ) | |
| Total assets | 241,621,773 | 225,523,912 | |||
| Total liability | 89,188,564 | 93,510,580 | |||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 152,433,209 | 132,013,332 | |||
| Income Statement | 2004 (Original) | 2004 (Updated) | |||
| Net sales | $ | 186,970,371 | 162,396,853 | ||
| Cost of goods sold | 134,367,267 | 121,892,896 | |||
| Gross profit (loss) | 52,603,104 | 40,503,957 | |||
| Operating expenses: | 10,467,403 | 10,335,006 | |||
| Operating income (loss) | 42,135,701 | 30,168,951 | |||
| Non-operating income: | 320,639 | 260,571 | |||
| Non-operating expenses and losses: | 910,145 | 1,310,471 | |||
| Income (loss) before income tax | 41,546,195 | 29,119,051 | |||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | (110,169 | ) | (30,536 | ) | |
| Net income (loss) | 41,656,364 | 29,149,587 | |||
| 8 | Reason for the correction or update and monetary amount affected: Major assumptions differed from those under original financial forecast. |
| 9. | CPA review opinion (please enter: "Standard (or Adverse or Disclaimer of) Review report"; if a non-standard review report, please further enter the explanation section and the conclusion of the review opinion): Standard |
| 10. | Any other matters that need to be specified: N/A |