As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2006
Registration No. 333-118892
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
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(Exact name of Registrar as Specified in its Articles of Incorporation)
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AU Optronics Corp.
(Translation of issuer's name into English)
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Taiwan, Republic of China
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
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CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
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388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 816-6763
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
depositary's principal executive offices)
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Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
(302) 738-6680
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Show-Mao Chen, Esq. Herman H. Raspe, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP
18th Floor, The Hong Kong Club Building 1133 Avenue of the Americas
3A Chater Road New York, New York 10036
Hong Kong (212) 336-2000
852-2533-3300
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It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466: (check the
appropriate box)
|_| immediately upon filing.
|_| on (Date) at (Time).
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited
shares, check the following box : |_|
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Cross Reference Sheet
Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt ("Receipt")
Item Number and Caption Filed Herewith as Prospectus
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1. Name of Depositary and address of its principal Face of Receipt - introductory article
executive office
2. Title of Receipts and identity of deposited Face of Receipt - top center
securities
Terms of Deposit:
(i) The amount of deposited securities Face of Receipt - upper right corner
represented by one American Depositary
Share
(ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (15),
deposited securities (16), (25) and (26).
(iii) The collection and distribution of Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (14)
dividends
(iv) The transmission of notices, reports and Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13)
proxy soliciting material Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (15)
and (16).
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Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt ("Receipt")
Item Number and Caption Filed Herewith as Prospectus
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(v) The sale or exercise of rights Face of Receipt - Paragraph (2);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (14)
and (15).
(vi) The deposit or sale of securities Face of Receipt - Paragraphs (3), (6)
resulting from dividends, splits or plans and (7);
of reorganization Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (14)
and (17).
(vii) Amendment, extension or termination Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (21)
the deposit agreement and (22) (no provision for
extensions).
(viii) Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
the transfer books of the Depositary
and the list of holders of Receipts
(ix) Restrictions upon the right to deposit or Face of Receipt - Paragraphs (2), (3),
withdraw the underlying securities (4),(6) and (7), (9) and (10).
(x) Limitation upon the liability of the Face of Receipt - Paragraph (7)
Depositary Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (18)
and (19).
3. Fees and charges which may be imposed Face of Receipt - Paragraph (10).
directly or indirectly on holders of Receipts
Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
AU Optronics Corp. (the "Company") will, upon the effectiveness of this F-6
Registration Statement on Form F-6, continue to be subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and,
accordingly, will file certain reports with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). These reports can be retrieved from the
Commission's website (www.sec.gov), and can be inspected by holders of ADSs and
copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission located at
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the principal executive
office of the Depositary.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3. EXHIBITS
(a)(i) Deposit Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2002, by and among the
AU Optronics Corp. (the "Company"), Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the
"Depositary"), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary
Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder ("Deposit
Agreement").*
(a)(ii) Form of Amendment No. 1 to Deposit Agreement, by and among
the Company, the Depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American
Depositary Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Receipts issued
thereunder. -- Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(ii).
(b) Letter Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2002, by and among
the Company, the Depositary and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") for
the sole purpose of accommodating the issuance of American Depositary Shares
evidenced by American Depositary Receipts upon UMC's deposit of the Company's
shares with the Depositary following the exchange of bonds issued by UMC in
accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the indenture
governing such bonds. -- Filed herewith as Exhibit (b).
(c) Every material contract relating to the deposited securities
between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at
any time within the last three (3) years. -- None.
(d) Opinion of counsel for the Depositary as to the legality of the
securities to be registered.*
(e) Certificate under Rule 466. -- None.
(f) Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the
authorized representative of the Company.*
* Previously filed and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement
on Form F-6 (Reg. No. 333-118892), filed with the Commission on September 9,
2004.
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Item 4. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The Depositary undertakes to make available at the principal office of the
Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the Receipts, any
reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities
which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited
securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying
securities by the issuer.
(b) If the amount of fees charged is not disclosed in the prospectus, the
Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any
fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver
promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The
Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of a Receipt thirty (30)
days before any change in the fee schedule.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Citibank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity created by the
Deposit Agreement, to be amended by Amendment No. 1 to Deposit Agreement, by and
among AU Optronics Corp., Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and all Holders and
Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by
American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 31st day of
January, 2006.
Legal entity created by the Deposit
Agreement, as amended, for the issuance
of American Depositary Receipts
evidencing American Depositary Shares
issued as (i) Share American Depositary
Shares ("Share ADSs"), each Share ADS
representing ten (10) shares of Common
Stock, par value NT $10.00 per share
("Shares"), of AU Optronics Corp. (the
"Company"), (ii) Temporary COP American
Depositary Shares ("Temporary COP ADSs")
automatically exchangeable into Share
ADSs, each Temporary COP ADS
representing an undivided interest in a
global Certificate of Payment, each
interest representing the irrevocable
right to receive ten (10) Shares from
the Company, or (iii) Temporary EC
American Depositary Shares ("Temporary
EC ADSs") automatically exchangeable
into Share ADSs, each Temporary EC ADS
representing the rights and interests in
deposited Entitlement Certificates
("ECs"), each EC evidencing the
irrevocable right to receive ten (10)
Shares from the Company.
CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity
as Depositary
By: /s/ Paul Martin
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Name: Paul Martin
Title: Vice President
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, AU
Optronics Corp. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the
requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in Taipei,
Taiwan on this 31st day of January, 2006.
AU Optronics Corp.
By: /s/ Max Cheng
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Name: Max Cheng
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been
signed by the following persons in the following capacities on January 31, 2006.
Signature Title
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* Chairman; Chief Executive Officer
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Kuen-Yao (K.Y.) Lee
/s/ Max Cheng Chief Financial Officer;
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Max Cheng
* Director
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Hsuan Bin (H.B.) Chen
* Director
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Hsi-Hua Sheaffer Lee
* Director
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Po-Yen Lu
* Director
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Hui Hsiung
* Director
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Chin-Bing Peng
* By: /s/ Max Cheng
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Max Cheng
Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
AU Optronics Corp.
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly
authorized representative in the United States of AU Optronics Corp., has signed
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 on the
31st day of January, 2006.
PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
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Name: Donald J. Puglisi
Title: Managing Director
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Index to Exhibits
Sequentially
Exhibit Document Numbered Page
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(a)(ii) Form of Amendment No. 1 to
Deposit Agreement
(b) Letter Agreement