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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 16, 2007

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.
Agenda of AUO’s 2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting dated June 13, 2007
2.
Proposed Candidate List for the Election of Directors
3.
Q&A with respect to the Election of Directors





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  16, 2007
By:
/s/ Max Cheng  
   
Name: Max Cheng
 
   
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
       

 


 
Item 1

 
 
 
 
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
 
 
 
 
 
2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting
 
 
 
 
 
Meeting Agenda
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: June 13, 2007

NOTES TO SHAREHOLDERS:
 
 
 
1.       For the Company’s 2006 annual report on Form 20-F, which includes an explanation of the main differences between ROC GAAP and US GAAP affecting the Company’s consolidated financial statements, please refer to the “US SEC filings” section under “Investors” of the Company’s website at http://www.auo.com/auoDEV/investors.php?sec=usSecFilings&func=ussecfilings&ls=en after July 1, 2007.
 
2.       For the significant differences in the corporate governance between the practices of US and ROC, please refer to the “Corporate Governance” section under “Investors” of the Company’s website at http://www.auo.com.tw/auoDEV/investors.php?sec=invCG&func=governance&ls=en
 
3.       Shareholders who wish to obtain the 2006 annual report on Form 20-F may request copy to be sent free of charge by contacting the Depositary at 1-888-301-0508 after July 31, 2007.
 
4.       After June 14, 2006, the Company’s resolution notice of 2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting will be accessible on the Company’s website at http://www.auo.com/auoDEV/investors.php?sec=invInfo&func=information&ls=en
 
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Table of Contents
 
 
 
I. Meeting Procedure
 
 
 
II. Meeting Agenda
 
 
 
III. Attachments
 
 
 
1.
2006 Business Report
2.
Supervisors’ Review Report
3.
Rules for Meetings of Board of Directors
4.
Independent Auditors’ Report and 2006 Financial Statements
5.
2006 earnings distribution statement
6.
Comparison table for the “Articles of Incorporation” before and after amendments
7.
Comparison table for the “Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets” before and after amendments
8.
Comparison table for the “Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions” before and after amendments
9.
Comparison table for the “Guidelines for Lending” before and after amendments
10.
Comparison table for the “Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees” before and after amendments
 
 
IV.Appendices
 
1.
Shareholding of directors and supervisors
2.
AUO Rules and Procedures for Shareholders' Meeting
3.
Articles of Incorporation (before amendments)
4.
Influence of proposed stock dividend distribution upon 2007 operating performance, EPS, and return on investment
5.
Earning distribution proposal and the presumed EPS after the distribution
 
 
 
------Disclaimer----
THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE ADGENDA FOR THE 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING (“THE AGENDA”) OF AU OPTRONICS CORP. (“THE COMPANY”). THE TRANSLATION IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY. IF THERE IS ANY DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH VERSION AND CHINESE VERSION, THE CHINESE VERSION SHALL PREVAIL.
 
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I. Meeting Procedure
 
 
 
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AU Optronics Corp.
2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Procedure
 
 
 
1. Commencement
   
   
2. Chairman’s address
   
   
3. Report items
   
   
4. Acceptances
   
   
5. Discussions and Elections
   
   
6. Extraordinary motions
   
   
7. Adjourn meeting

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II. Meeting Agenda
 
 
 
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AU Optronics Corp.
2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda
 
 
 
1. Time: 9:00 a.m., June 13, 2007
2. Place: 2 Hsin-An Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
      (Auditorium in the Activity Center of Hsinchu Science Park)
3. Attendants: All shareholders or their proxy holders
4. Chairman’s address
5. Report Items

 
(1)      
2006 Business Report.
   
  (2)       Supervisors’ Report of 2006 Audited Financial Reports.
   
  (3)       Report of indirect investments in China in 2006.
   
  (4)       Report on the merger with Quanta Display Inc. (“QDI”).
   
  (5)       Report on the “Rules for Meetings of Board of Directors”.
   
6.     Acceptances
 
  (1)       To accept the 2006 Business Report and Financial Statements.
   
  (2)  To accept the proposal for distribution of 2006 profits.
   
7.     Discussions and Elections
 
  (1)       To approve the capitalization of 2006 stock dividends and employee stock bonus.
   
  (2)       To approve the revisions to Articles of Incorporation.
   
  (3)       To approve the revisions to “Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”, “Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions”, “Guidelines for Lending” and “Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees”.
   
  (4)       To elect the Directors.
   
  (5)       To release the Directors from non-competition restrictions.
   
8.       Extraordinary Motions
 
9.       Adjourn Meeting
 
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1. Report Items
 
 
 
(1)       2006 Business Report
 
  Explanation : The 2006 Business Report is attached hereto as attachment 1.
 
(2)       Supervisors’ Report of 2006 Audited Financial Report
 
  Explanation : The Supervisors’ Report is attached hereto as attachment 2.
 
(3)       Report of indirect investments in China in 2006
 
  Explanation: The status of the Company’s indirect investments in China:
 
As of Dec. 31, 2006
Investee
Method of
Accumulated investment
Limit for investment
 
investment
amount
amount in China*
AU Optronics (Suzhou)   USD 200,000 thousand  
Corp.   (or NTD 6,705,733 thousand)  
AU Optronics (Shanghai)   USD 1,000 thousand  
Corp.   (or NTD 33,400 thousand)  
Darwin Precisions (Suzhou) Indirect USD 7,500 thousand  
Corp. investment (or NTD 245,362 thousand) NTD 47,646,861 thousand
AU Optronics (Xiamen) through an USD 50,000 thousand  
Corp. offshore entity (or NTD 1,616,600 thousand)  
Darwin Precisions (Xiamen)   USD 3,000 thousand  
Corp.   (or NTD 96,015 thousand)  
Tech-Well (Shanghai) Corp.   USD 80,000 thousand  
    (or NTD 2,647,920 thousand)  

*       As per local regulations, the limit is calculated based on AUO’s net worth as of Dec 31, 2006 as follows
(Amount in NTD million): [net worth 230,734 – 10,000] * 20% + 5,000 * 30% + 5,000 * 40%.
 
 
(4)
Report on the merger with Quanta Display Inc. (“QDI”)
 
Explanation :
-
In order to upgrade the Company’s competitiveness and expand the Company’s market share, each of the Company’s and QDI’s board of directors and shareholders meeting held on June 15, 2006 approved the merger between the Company and QDI under the Merger and Acquisition Law and the Company Law. Upon consummation of the merger, the Company is the surviving company and QDI is a dissolved company.
-
The Company issued one common share for every 3.5 common shares of QDI (after dividend distribution) and the total number of common shares issued by the Company to shareholders of QDI for merger is 1,479,110,029 common shares.
-
The record date for merger is October 1, 2006 and all merger procedures have been completed in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
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The merger has been approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission on August 15, 2006 (Jing-Kuan-Cheng-1-Tzu-Di No. (1)-0950134972).

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(5) Report on the “Rules for Meetings of Board of Directors”
 
Explanation :
-
It is proposed to revise the “Rules for the Meetings of Board of Directors” to comply with the ROC Securities and Exchange Act and the Regulations Governing Procedure for Board of Directors Meetings of Public Companies.
-
The Rules for Meetings of Board of Directors is attached hereto as Attachment 3.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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2.     Acceptances and Discussions
 
 
 
(2)       To accept the 2006 Business Report and Financial Statements (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
The 2006 Financial Statements, including Balance Sheet, Statement of Income, Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows, have been audited by KPMG and approved by the Board of Directors. The Supervisors have reviewed the 2006 Business Report and Financial Statements.
-
For 2006 Business Report, Supervisors’ Review Report, and Financial Statements thereto, please refer to Attachment 1, 2 and 4 (page 13-15 and page 20- 27).
 
Resolution :
 
(3)       To accept the proposal for distribution of 2006 profits (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
The proposed distributions are allocated from 2006 earnings available for distribution.
-
The proposed have been approved by the Board of Directors and reviewed by the Supervisors. For 2006 earning distribution statement, please refer to Attachment 5 (page 28).
 
Resolution :
 
(4)       To approve the capitalization of 2006 stock dividends and employee stock bonus (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
For the purpose of capacity expansion, it is proposed that a total of NTD 2,088,311,590 (representing 208,831,159 common shares) from AUO’s retained earnings be capitalized and of which NTD 1,514,792,890 is allocated for shareholder stock dividend and NTD 573,518,700 for employee stock bonus.
-
The capitalization plan will take effect upon the approval of related authorities. The stock dividend distribution will be based on the list of shareholders registered as of the record date of stock dividend. Each shareholder will be entitled to receive 20 common shares for every 1,000 common shares. If a portion of the dividend does not amount to one full share, the shareholders concerned may pool together fractional shares to form one full share and register the same within 5 days from the record date. Shareholders will be paid unregistered fractions of shares in cash based on the fraction of the face value represented with calculations rounded down to the nearest one NTD. The remaining shares will be designated for subscription at face value by AUO Employee Welfare Commission. AUO’s Chairman is authorized to decide the allocation of employee stock bonus.
-
It is proposed to authorize the Board of Directors to adjust the amount of dividends distributed if the number of outstanding shares changes as a result of the exercise of employee stock options, the conversion of convertible bonds, or the issuance of new common shares.
-
The rights and obligations of the new common shares are the same as existing ones.
-
The capacity expansion plan concerned will be completed by end of 2008, which is expected to result in the increase of the Company total production volume by approximately 900 thousand pieces from 2007 to 2011. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine or

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amend all the matters related to the capacity expansion plan concerned, including but not limited to the use of proceeds and the schedule and estimated effect, as required by the competent authority or the market conditions.
-
The Board is authorized to set the record date of stock dividend after the capitalization plan receives approval from related authorities.
 
Resolution :
 
 
(5)       To approve the revisions to Articles of Incorporation (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
It is proposed that Articles 10, 10-1, 10-2, 14, 15 and 17 be amended to accommodate the revision of law and regulation and the Company’s operation needs.
-
A comparison table for the Articles of Incorporation before and after revisions is attached hereto as attachment 6 (page 29-31).
 
Resolution :
 
 
(6)       To approve the revisions to “Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”, “Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions”, “Guidelines for Lending” and “Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees”. (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
It is proposed to revise the “Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”, “Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions”, “Guidelines for Lending” and “Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees” to accommodate the revision of law and regulation and the Company’s operation needs.
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The comparison tables for the “Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”, “Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions”, “Guidelines for Lending” and “Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees” before and after amendments are attached hereto as attachment 7~10 (page 32-63).
 
Resolution :
 
(7)      To elect the Directors. (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)
 

Explanation :
 
-
The term of the office of the fourth term of directors and supervisors will expire on April 28, 2007. Thus, the board of directors proposes the 2007 annual general shareholders meeting to elect nine directors (including three independent directors) in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. The term of office of the new directors (including independent directors) is three years from the date on which they are elected at the 2007 annual general shareholders meeting. The old directors will leave their office on the date the new directors are elected. Because the Company will set the audit committee in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Law, thus, the Company will not have supervisors any more.
 
Resolution :
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(8)       To release the Directors from non-competition restrictions. (the proposal was submitted by the Board of Directors)

Explanation :
-
According to Article 209 of the Company Law, any Director conducting business for himself/herself or on another's behalf and the scope of the business coincides with the Company's business scope shall explain at the Shareholders’ Meeting the essential contents of such conduct, and obtain approval from shareholders in the Meeting.
-
It is proposed to release the newly-elected Directors from non-competition restrictions.
 
Resolution :
 
 
3.       Extraordinary Motions
 
 
 
4.       Adjourn Meeting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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III. Attachments
 
 
 
 
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Attachment 1:
 
2006 Business Report
 
      2006 was a year of expansion for AU Optronics Corp. (AUO). In April 2006, we announced our merger with Quanta Display, Inc. (QDI), a transaction which we successfully completed on October 1, 2006. This transaction represented the second merger in our history since the merger of Acer Display and Unipac in 2001 which established AUO. The two successful mergers have expedited our growth strategy and has positioned us alongside our Korean counterparts, Samsung and LG Philips, as world-class leaders in the TFT-LCD industry.
 
      Our consolidated revenues in 2006 reached a record NT$293.1 billion, a 34.8% increase over the previous year. However, our net income decreased to NT$9.1 billion amid pricing pressures. Relative to the overall TFT-LCD industry performance, we continued to demonstrate a strong earning capability despite difficult market conditions.
 
      The TFT-LCD industry has gone through a period of transformation in the past year. As we look back, there are four major trends worth mentioning:
 
1.       Industry competition clearly favors large scale competitors as evidenced by the fact that the world’s top three TFT-LCD panel makers are making up more than 65% of the total market share and 70% of the LCD TV panel market.
 
2.       The TFT-LCD industry is taking a more rational approach towards capital investment which will help maintain a balance between market supply and demand resulting in order in the marketplace.
 
3.       Increasing barriers to entry relating to the establishment of new generation fabs will widen the gap between tier one and tier two manufacturers in terms of capacity planning and technology advancement.
 
4.       The continuous growth of the consumer electronics product-segment requires our product cycle to align with the consumer electronics market. Accordingly, we have to carefully manage our capacity planning and production costs to efficiently meet seasonal demand.
 
      Our management team has developed its operational focus for 2007, which will be an extension of our operating plan in 2006. The following five business initiatives will be the basis of our continuous growth and achievements:
 
1.       Our Taichung G7.5 operation commenced volume production in the fourth quarter of 2006, which made us the first volume supplier in Taiwan of 40”, 42” and 46” LCD TV panels. By July 2007, our G7.5 fabrication facility will be operating on full capacity, which will further strengthen our global position.
 
2.       Our merger with QDI will reinforce our competitive advantage in the market place in numerous ways. We believe benefits of this merger will be realized in the second quarter of this year as we combine QDI into our operating structure.
 
3.       In addition to enhancing our competitive advantage in information technology (IT) display products for monitors and notebooks, we also plan to further develop our business in the area of LCD TV and mobile displays.
 
4.       To cope with the new competitive environment, we are transforming our operational model from one that is driven by manufacturing to one that focuses more on our customers. We are reorganizing our operations into three business groups: IT Display Business Group (ITBG), Television Display Business Group (TVBG) and Consumer Product Display
 
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  Business Group (CPBG). Each business group will be vertically integrated and will have designated teams in research and development, manufacturing and supply chain management, which will offer a total solution to our end customers.
 
5.       In 2007, for the first time, we will experience negative growth in our capital expenditures. We believe this will improve our loading rates of our fabs and help us actively manage our assets.
 
      AUO celebrated its 10th anniversary in August 2006. The theme from our celebratory activities was, “Full-fledged At Ten Years Old, AUO Full Of Heartfelt Gratitude.” We are grateful for the long-term support from our shareholders, employees and their devoted families. In return, AUO’s management team will strive to achieve maximum return for our shareholders.
 
Thank You.
 
 
 
 
/s/ KY Lee
KY Lee, Chairman and CEO
 
 
 
/s/ HB Chen
HB Chen, President and COO

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Attachment 2:
 
 
Supervisors’ Review Report
 
The Board of Directors has prepared and submitted to us the Company’s 2006 Financial Statements, which have been audited by KPMG. The Financial Statements present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations and cash flows. We, as the Supervisors of the Company, have reviewed these Financial Statements, Business Report, and the proposals relating to distribution of net profit. According to Article 219 of the Company Law in ROC, we hereby submit this report.
 
AU Optronics Corp.
 
Supervisors:
 
/s/ Chieh-Chien Chao                         
Chieh-Chien Chao
 
 
 
Representative of China Development Industrial Bank
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ David Chen                                 
Shin (David) Chen

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Attachment 3:
 
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
(the “Company”)
 
Rules for Meetings of Board of Directors
(the “Rules”)
 
Article 1Scope
 
Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations or the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (“AOI”), meetings of the board of directors of the Company (the “Meetings”) shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules.
 
Article 2Convening the Meetings and Notices of the Meetings
 
The Company shall convene the Meetings quarterly and shall send the notice of each Meeting specifying the reasons for the Meeting to each director and supervisor seven days prior to the relevant Meeting, provided that the Company may convene the Meetings from time to time for urgent matters.
 
The first Meeting of each term of the board of directors shall be convened and chaired by the director (“Eligible Director”) who received a ballot representing the largest number of votes for election of directors at the shareholders meeting. If there are more than two Eligible Directors, the Eligible Directors shall elect one Eligible Director to convene and chair the Meeting.
 
 
Article 3Place and Time for the Meetings
 
Place and time of the relevant Meeting shall be specified in the notice for such Meeting.
 
 
Article 4In Charge Department and Meeting Materials
 
The in charge department (“In Charge Department”) for the Meetings is the finance department.
 
The In Charge Department shall set the agenda to be discussed at the Meeting and provide the sufficient materials for the Meeting which shall be sent out together with the notice for Meeting. If any director thinks the materials are not sufficient, he/she/it may request the In Charge Department to provide the supplement materials.
 
The agenda of the Meetings to be periodically convened shall include the following items:
 
I.           Report Items:
 
1.       Minutes of the last Meeting and implementation status.
2.       Report on important financial business.
 
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3.       Report on important audit business.
4.       Report on other important business or items.
 
II.          Discussion Items:
 
1.       Discussion items reserved by the last Meeting.
2.       Discussion items for this Meeting.
 
III.     Extraordinary Motions
 
The following matters shall be submitted to the Meetings for discussion:
 
1.       The Company’s business plan.
2.       The Company’s financial statements.
3.       Adoption of or amendment to the Company’s internal control system.
4.       Adoption of or amendment to the Company’s Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets, the Company’s Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions, the Company’s Guidelines for Capital Lending, and the Company’s Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees.
5.       Offering, issuance or private placement of equity securities.
6.       Appointment or discharge of the head of the finance department, the accounting department or internal auditing department.
7.       Any matters required by Article 14-3 of the Securities and Exchange Law, other applicable laws or regulations or the AOI to be approved by the resolutions adopted by the shareholders meeting or to be submitted to the Meetings or any other significant matters as prescribed by the competent authority.
 
 
Article 5Preparation of Attendance Books and other Documents
 
Each director, supervisor and other person attending the Meetings shall sign in the attendance book. If any director or supervisor attends the Meetings via video conference, such director or supervisor shall be deemed as attendance in person and such shall be recorded in the attendance book.
 
Article 6Audio or Video Recording of Process of the Meetings
 
The entire proceedings of the Meetings shall be recorded on audio or video and such recordings shall be kept by the Company for at least five years.
 
If there is a lawsuit arising with respect to a resolution adopted at a Meeting, the relevant audio or video recordings shall be preserved for a further period, in which case, the preceding paragraph does not apply.
 
Where a Meeting is held via video conference, the audio or video recordings of such Meeting form a part of the Meeting minutes and shall be preserved permanently.
 
Article 7Chairperson and Attending Persons
 
Meetings shall be called and chaired by the chairman of the board of directors. If the chairman of the board of directors is on leave or for any reason is unable to exercise the powers of the chairman, the
 
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vice chairman shall do so in place of the chairman, or, if there is no vice chairman or the vice chairman is also on leave or for any reason is unable to act, the chairman shall designate one director to act, or, if the chairman does not make such designation, the director elected by and from among themselves shall act.
 
A director appointing another director to attend a Meeting in his/her/its place, shall in each case give to that director a written proxy specifying the scope of authorization with respect to the reasons for the Meeting.
 
A director may accept one proxy from one director only.
 
The board of director shall invite the supervisors to attend the Meetings as non-voting participants. Attending supervisors may state their opinion.
 
The board of directors may also invite the managers of the relevant departments or other professionals to attend the Meetings and help directors to understand the Company’s business and respond to the questions raised by the directors.
 
Article 8Calling Meetings and Manner for Adoption of Resolutions
 
Agendas for the Meetings shall be set by the relevant personnel designated by the chairman and the Meetings shall proceed in accordance with the agendas.
 
When the time of a Meeting has arrived and one-half of the directors are not present, chairperson of the Meeting may announce postponement of the Meeting time, provided that only two postponements, in combined total of not more than one hour, may be made. If the quorum is still not met after two such postponements, the chairperson shall re-call the Meeting in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the relevant regulations.
 
During the Meeting, the chairperson may, at his discretion, set time for intermission. Unless otherwise announced by the chairperson, the Meeting shall not be adjourned. After adjournment of the Meeting, directors cannot elect by and from among themselves another chairperson to resume the Meeting. Unless otherwise approved by a majority of directors present at the Meeting, the chairperson cannot announce adjournment of the Meeting before all the discussion items listed in the agenda and extraordinary motions.
 
Each attending director has one vote with respect to each matter discussed at the Meeting.
 
Except otherwise provided by the Company Law or the AOI, a resolution on a matter discussed at the Meeting requires approval of a majority of the directors present at the Meeting that shall be attended by a majority of all directors. When a matter comes to a vote at a Meeting, if upon inquiry by the chairperson no director voices an objection, the subject matter is deemed approved, as if it has been approved by vote. If upon inquiry by the chairperson, there is any director voices an objection, the subject matter shall be voted. Voting shall be conducted in accordance with any of the following manners to be decided by the chairperson, provided that if any attendant voices an objection, the voting manner shall be decided by a majority of the directors present at the Meeting:
 
1.       voting by raising hands;
 
2.       voting by reading names of the directors; or
 
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3.      voting by casting ballots.
 
If there is amendment to or substitute for a discussion item, the chairperson shall decide the sequence of voting for such discussion item, the amendment or the substitute. If any one of them has bee approved, the others shall be deemed voted and no further voting is necessary.
 
If it is necessary to appoint persons to monitor and count ballots, such persons shall be appointed by the chairperson and results of voting shall be announced by the chairperson.
 
Article 9Minutes of Meetings and Signing Affairs
 
Discussion of matters at the Meetings shall fully consider opinion from the independent directors.
 
Summary of resolutions adopted at Meetings, voting manner and results shall be recorded accurately and completely. The dissenting opinion, if any, shall also be recorded. Minutes of the Meetings shall be affixed with the seals of the Company, the chairperson and the person who takes the minutes and distributed to each director and supervisor within 20 days after the Meeting. Production and distribution of the minutes may be done in electronic form.
 
Minutes of Meetings shall be preserved as important records of the Company during existence of the Company.
 
Article 10System for Avoiding Directors’ Conflict of Interest
 
Directors shall have good discipline. A director is prohibited from participating in discussion of or voting on a discussion item in which such director has a personal interest, which may impair the interest of the Company. Such director cannot vote nor exercise the voting right on behalf of another director.
 
Article 11Others
 
During the Meeting, in case of incident of force majeure, the chairperson may decide to temporarily suspend the Meeting or call the Meeting at different time. The matters not provided in the Rules shall be governed by the Company Law, the AOI or other applicable laws or regulations.
 
Article 12
 
The Rules were approved by the board of directors and become effective from January 1, 2007 and shall be submitted to the shareholders meeting for reporting. The same shall apply to amendments to the Rules.
 
The Rules were enacted on October 25, 2006 and the first amendment was made on June 13, 2007.
 
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Attachment 4:
 
 
 
 
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2006
(With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)
 
 
 
 
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English Translation of Audit Report Originally Issued in Chinese
 
Independent Auditors’ Report
 
The Board of Directors
AU Optronics Corp.:
 
We have audited the balance sheets of AU Optronics Corp. as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China and the “Rules Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants.” Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of AU Optronics Corp. as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports, Business Accounting Law, Regulations Governing Business Accounting, and Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the Republic of China by Securities Issuers.
 
We have also audited the consolidated financial statements of AU Optronics Corp. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, and have expressed an unqualified opinion on such financial statements.
 
KPMG Certified Public Accountants
 
Hsinchu, Taiwan (the Republic of China)
March 19, 2006
 
 
 
 
The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with the accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.
 
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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Balance Sheets
December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars )

            2006    
2005
 
   
NT$
 
 
NT$
 
      Assets            
Current assets:            
      Cash and cash equivalents     41,041,557       24,667,216  
      Notes and accounts receivable, net     46,992,982       34,841,347  
      Receivables from related parties     11,286,255       7,823,460  
      Other current financial assets     1,017,490       1,075,377  
      Inventories, net     37,168,055       16,508,466  
      Prepayments and other current assets     1,937,187       1,340,262  
      Deferred tax assets     2,669,232       3,709,886  
      Financial assets in available for sale-current     1,841,663       1,586,504  
        Total current assets     143,954,421       91,552,518  
Long-term investments:                
      Equity method                
      Financial assets in available for sale-noncurrent     23,617,842       12,008,161  
      Financial assets at cost-noncurrent                
        Total long-term investments     23,617,842       12,008,161  
Property, plant and equipment:                
      Land     6,273,615       3,590,536  
      Buildings     53,986,935       35,838,352  
      Machinery and equipment     392,989,948       232,185,409  
      Other equipment     13,705,439       9,611,988  
      466,955,937       281,226,285  
      Less: accumulated depreciation     (133,189,203 )     (88,479,610 )
      Construction in progress     3,182,163       559,132  
      Prepayments for purchases of land and equipment     18,438,903       14,897,429  
        Net property, plant and equipment     355,387,800       208,203,236  
Intangible assets:                
      Technology related fees     2,485,374       2,483,329  
      Goodwill     14,288,008       -  
      Core Technology     3,369,392       -  
      20,142,774       2,483,329  
Other assets:                
      Idle assets, net     1,776,756       1,165,781  
      Refundable deposits     245,037       227,463  
      Deferred charges and others     2,459,633       1,087,466  
      Deferred tax assets     2,428,062       222,157  
      Restricted cash in bank     43,200       32,200  
      Long-term prepayments for materials     3,999,383       1,918,888  
      Prepaid pension     70,602       -  
        Total other assets     11,022,673       4,653,955  
Total Assets     554,125,510       318,901,199  

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Balance Sheets (continued)
December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

   
  2006
   
  2005
 
   
  NT$
   
  NT$
 
      Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity            
Current liabilities:            
      Short-term borrowings     -       -  
      Accounts payable     37,120,245       27,814,737  
      Payables to related parties     34,886,477       19,734,700  
      Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     12,611,410       8,927,674  
      Financial liabilities at fair value through income statement-current     506,632       -  
      Equipment and construction in progress payable     29,157,160       19,040,116  
      Current installments of long-term liabilities     26,973,494       8,185,222  
      Current installments of Bonds     10,818,265       -  
  Total current liabilities     152,073,683       83,702,449  
Long-term liabilities:                
    Financial liabilities at fair value through income statement-noncurrent     1,534       -  
      Bonds payable, excluding current installments     16,000,000       12,000,000  
      Covertible bonds payable, excluding current installments     11,559,907       -  
      Long-term borrowings, excluding current installments     143,421,434       67,323,528  
      Derivative financial liability for hedging     322,619       -  
  Total long-term liabilities     171,305,494       79,323,528  
Other liabilities     12,029       173,035  
  Total liabilities     323,391,206       163,199,012  
Stockholders’ equity:                
      Capital stock:                
  Common stock, NT$10 par value     75,734,028       58,305,471  
      Capital surplus     110,679,508       57,664,144  
      Retained earnings:                
  Legal reserve     6,527,244       4,964,545  
  Special reserve     201,809       201,809  
  Unappropriated retained earnings     37,262,566       34,507,005  
      43,991,619       39,673,359  
      Cumulative translation adjustment     305,857       59,213  
      Unrealized gain or loss on financial instrument     27,182       -  
      Deferred compensation cost     (3,890 )     -  
      329,149       59,213  
      Minority interest                
  Total stockholders’ equity     230,734,304       155,702,187  
Commitments and contingent liabilities                
    Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     554,125,510       38,901,199  

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Statement of Income
Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for per share data)

   
2006
   
  2005
 
   
NT$
   
  NT$
 
   
Net sales     293,028,061       217,295,128  
Cost of goods sold     265,676,687       189,750,849  
Gross profit     27,351,374       27,544,279  
Operating expenses :                
      Selling     6,351,810       3,632,146  
      General and administrative     3,113,829       3,057,796  
      Research and development     4,717,800       4,861,233  
      14,183,439       11,551,175  
Operating income     13,167,935       15,993,104  
Non-operating income and gains:                
      Interest income     1,084,706       210,405  
      Investment gain recognized by equity method investment, net     -       308,337  
      Gain on sale of investments, net     -       106,080  
      Foreign currency exchange gain, net     512,261       629,050  
      Other income     360,471       168,330  
      1,957,438       1,422,202  
Non-operating expenses and losses:                
      Interest expense     2,924,452       1,118,335  
      Investment loss recognized by equity method investment, net     974,086       -  
      Long-lived assets impairment loss     268,984       13,350  
      Loss on valuation of financial asset     610,629       -  
      Other loss     228,188       183,201  
      5,006,339       1,314,886  
Income before income tax     10,119,034       16,100,420  
Income tax expense     976,576       473,429  
Net income before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles     9,142,458       15,626,991  
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles     (38,986)       -  
  Net income     9,103,472       15,626,991  
Attributable to:                
      Equity holders of the parent company                
      Minority interest                
  Net income                
Earnings per common share:                
      Basic earnings per common share   $ 1.41     $ 2.77  
      Diluted earnings per common share   $ 1.31     $ 2.77  
      Basic earnings per common share                
retroactively adjusted
    -     $ 2.65  
      Diluted earnings per common share                
retroactively adjusted
    -     $ 2.65  

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
 
AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, US dollars and shares)
 
 
Capital Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retained Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unappropriated
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
earnings
 
 
Cumulative
 
 
gain or loss
 
 
Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common
 
Common
 
 
Capital
 
 
Legal
 
 
Special
 
 
(accumulated
translation
on financial
compensation
 
 
Treasury
 
 
Minority
 
 
 
 
 
shares
 
stock
 
 
surplus
 
 
reserve
 
 
reserve
 
 
    deficit)
 
 
adjustment
 
 
intrument
 
 
cost
 
 
stock
 
 
interest
 
 
Total
 
Balance at December 31, 2005
 
  $
49,580,409
     
45,165,093
     
2,168,260
     
-
     
34,104,623
      (201,809 )    
-
     
-
      (250,981 )    
--
     
130,565,595
 
Appropriation for legal reserve
 
   
-
     
-
     
2,796,285
     
-
      (2,796,285 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Appropriation for special reserve
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
201,809
      (201,809 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Cash dividends
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (5,935,249 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
      (5,935,249 )
Issuance of shareholders stock dividends
 
   
4,451,437
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (4,451,437 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Issuance of employee stock bonus
 
   
973,625
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (973,625 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
 -
     
-
 
Cash employees’ profit sharing
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (649,084 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (649,084 )
Directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (37,447 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (37,447 )
Issuance of common stock for cash
 
   
3,300,000
     
12,294,150
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
15,594,150
 
Issuance of treasury stock to
 
                                                                                       
    employees(note4-12)
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (73,076 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
250,981
     
-
     
177,905
 
Effect of disproportionate participation in
 
                                                                                       
    investee’s capital increase
 
   
-
     
204,901
     
-
     
-
      (106,597 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
98,304
 
Net income for 2005
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
15,626,991
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
15,626,991
 
Cumulative translation adjustment
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
261,022
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
261,022
 
Balance at December 31, 2005
 
                                                                                       
 
 
   
58,305,471
     
57,664,144
     
4,964,545
     
201,809
     
34,507,005
     
59,213
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
155,702,187
 
Appropriation for legal reserve
 
   
-
     
-
     
1,562,699
     
-
      (1,562,699 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Cash dividends
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (1,749,164 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
      (1,749,164 )
Issuance of shareholders stock dividends
 
   
1,749,164
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (1,749,164 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Issuance of employee stock bonus
 
   
886,051
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (886,051 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Cash employees’ profit sharing
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (379,736 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
      (379,736 )
Directors’ and supervisors’ remuneration
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (21,097 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
      (21,097 )
Issuance new shares from merger under
 
                                                                                       
    purchase method
 
   
14,791,100
     
52,957,471
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
67,748,571
 
Acquisition of QDI’s stock options
 
   
-
     
79,952
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (6,570 )    
-
     
--
     
73,382
 
Deferred compensation cost
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
2,680
     
-
     
--
     
2,680
 
Issuance of stock from exercising stock options
 
   
2,242
     
6,390
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
8,632
 
Effect of disproportionate participation in
 
                                                                                       
    investee’s capital increase and unrealized
 
                                                                                       
    gain or loss on financial instrument(note 4-6)
 
   
-
      (28,449 )    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
11,912
     
-
     
-
     
--
      (16,537 )
Net income for 2006
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
9,103,472
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
9,103,472
 
Unrealized gain or loss on available for sale
 
                                                                                       
    financial assets
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
255,159
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
255,159
 
Unrealized gain or loss on cash flow hedge
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
      (239,889 )    
-
     
-
     
--
      (239,889 )
 
 
Cumulative translation adjustment
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
246,644
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
246,644
 
Adjustments for changes in minority interests
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
--
     
-
 
Balance at December 31, 2006
 
   
75,734,028
     
110,679,508
     
6,527,244
     
201,809
     
37,262,566
     
305,857
     
27,182
     
27,182
     
-
     
--
     
230,734,304
 
 

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars and US dollars)

   
  2006
   
2005
 
   
  NT$
   
NT$
 
Cash flows from operating activities:            
      Net income   $ 9,103,472     $ 15,626,991  
      Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by                
  operating activities:                
  Depreciation and amortization     49,548,668       32,259,078  
  Amortization of intangible assets and deferred charges     -       -  
  Provision for inventory devaluation     2,956,725       576,949  
  Investment loss (gain)     -       (106,080 )
  Proceeds from cash dividends     -       187,425  
  Unrealized foreign currency exchange loss (gain), net     (393,310 )     (391,789 )
  Provision for idle assets revaluation and others     268,984       13,350  
  Loss from disposal of property, plant and equipment     4,143       26,325  
  Amortization of discount for convertible bonds and                
commercial paper     (549,683 )     -  
  Loss on valuation of financial asset and cumulative effect of                
changes in accountting principles     974,086       (308,337 )
  Loss on valuation of financial asset and Cumulative                
effect of changes in accounting principles     712,993       -  
  Increase in notes and accounts receivable (including related                
parties)     1,709,304       (22,088,556 )
  Increase in inventories     (16,492,930 )     (3,291,942 )
  Decrease (increase) in prepayments and other current assets     -       -  
  Increase in deferred tax assets, net     (153,852 )     (1,048,303 )
  Increase in long-term prepayments for materials     1,363,060       (3,348,409 )
  Increase in notes and accounts payable (including related                
parties)     6,220,677       22,521,812  
  Increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities     5,842,244       3,960,143  
  Increase (decrease) in accrued pension liabilities and others     (87,790 )     (19,299 )
  Net cash provided by operating activities     61,026,791       44,569,358  
Cash flows from investing activities:                
      Purchase of short-term investment     -       -  
      Proceeds from disposal of short-term investments     -       -  
      Acquisition of property, plant and equipment     (76,965,480 )     (76,992,745 )
      Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment     32,322       402,956  
      Purchase of long-term investments     (11,423,417 )     (417,137 )
      Proceeds from disposal of long-term investments     -       297,198  
      Proceeds from long-term investments returned     -       -  
      Increase in intangible assets and deferred charges     (1,740,080 )     (2,756,635 )
      Decrease in refundable deposits     51,016       882,221  
      Increase in restricted cash in bank     (11,000 )     (3,000 )
      Proceeds from acquisition of being mergered company     14,217,915       -  
  Net cash used in investing activities     75,838,724       (78,587,142 )
Cash flows from financing activities:                
      Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings     -       (5,800,000 )
      Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits     704       15  
      Increase in long-term borrowings and bonds payable     50,318,600       44,657,750  
      Proceeds from long-term borrowings and bonds payable     (16,772,480 )     (5,896,110 )
      Issuance of common stock for cash     -       15,594,150  
      Cash dividends     (1,749,164 )     (5,935,249 )

 
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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese
Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars and US dollars)

      Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock     -       177,905  
      Proceeds from issuance of subsidiary shares to minority                
  interests     -       -  
  Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     31,405,459       42,111,930  
Effect of exchange rate change on cash     (219,185 )     44,512  
Cash decrease resulting from consolidated entity changes                
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     16,374,341       8,138,658  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year     24,667,216       16,528,558  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year     41,041,557       24,667,216  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:                
      Cash paid for interest expense     2,452,789       1,009,396  
      Cash paid (received) for income taxes     1,232,844       607,279  
Additions to property, plant and equipment:                
      Increase in property, plant and equipment     79,914,578       90,530,309  
      Increase in equipment and construction in process payable     (2,949,098 )     (13,537,564 )
      Cash paid     76,965,480       76,992,745  
Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing and financing                
    activities                
      Current installments of long-term liabilities     37,791,756       8,185,222  
Cash acquired through merger:                
      Liability assumed from QDI   $ 111,880,411          
      Goodwill acquired     (14,288,008 )        
      Common stock issued for acquisition of QDI     67,764,472          
      Stock options assumed from QDI     73,383          
      Non-cash assets assumed from QDI     (151,212,343 )        
      Cash acquired though merger     14,217,915          

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Attachment 5:
 
2006 Earnings Distribution Statement Amount in NTD
   
Items Amount
Net profit, 2006 9,103,471,536
Less:  
        10% provisioned as legal reserve 910,347,154
2006 earnings available for distribution 8,193,124,382
Plus:  
        Un-appropriated retained earnings for previous years 28,159,094,336
          Reversal of Special Reverse 201,808,797
Un-appropriated retained earnings up to Dec. 31, 2006 36,554,027,515
Earnings distribution items:  
        Remunerations to directors and supervisors (Note 1) 30,500,000
        Profit sharing to employees in cash 245,793,731
        Profit sharing to employees in stock 573,518,700
        Stock dividends to common shareholders 1,514,792,890
        Cash dividends to common shareholders (Note 2) 1,514,792,891
Total earnings distribution 3,879,398,212
Un-appropriated retained earnings after earnings distribution 32,674,629,303

Note:
 
1.       Reversal of reservation for debit balance of 2004 cumulative translation adjustment.
2.       Allocated as 0.37% of 2006 earnings available for distribution.
3.       A list of shareholders as of the dividend record date will be entitled for cash dividends. Cash dividends will be paid per the number of shares held as of the record date, with calculations rounded down to the nearest one NTD.
 
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Attachment 6:  
 
Comparison Table for the Articles of Incorporation
Before and After Amendments

Number     Reason for
of Article Before Amendment After Amendment Amendment
Article 10    
To be
      comprehensive
  Board of Directors and Supervisors Board of Directors and Audit Committee  
       
  The Company shall have seven to nine directors The Company shall have seven to nine directors  
  and three supervisors elected at shareholders' and three supervisors elected at shareholders'  
  meetings and the person to be elected must have meetings and the person to be elected must have  
  legal competence. The term of office for all legal competence. The term of office for all  
  directors and supervisors shall be three (3) years. directors and supervisors shall be three (3) years.  
  The directors and supervisors are eligible for The directors and supervisors are eligible for  
  re-election. re-election. The number of the directors shall be  
  The Board is authorized to determine the decided by the board of directors.  
  compensation for the directors and supervisors, The Board is authorized to determine the  
  taking into account the extent and value of the compensation for the directors and supervisors,  
  services provided for the Company’s operation and taking into account the extent and value of the  
  with reference to the standards of local and services provided for the Company’s operation and  
  overseas industry. with reference to the standards of local and  
    overseas industry.  
Article     To be
10-1
t to the Article 183 of the Securities and Exchange
In p Pursuant to the Article 14-2 and Article 183 of comprehensive
 
ompany shall have 3 independent directors on the
the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company  
  independent directors shall be nominated under the shall have 3 independent directors on the Board.  
  Nomination System, and be elected from among the The independent directors shall be nominated under  
  isted in the roster of independent director the Candidate Nomination System, and be elected  
  The professional qualifications, restrictions on the from among the nominees listed in the roster of  
  ngs and concurrent positions held, method of independent director candidates. The professional  
  n, and other matters with respect to independent qualifications, restrictions on the shareholdings and  
  hall be handled in accordance with the relevant laws concurrent positions held, method of nomination,  
  ions. and other matters with respect to independent  
    directors shall be handled in accordance with the  
    relevant laws and regulations.  
Article This is a new article Pursuant to Article 14-4 and Article 183 of the To
10-2   Securities and Exchange Law, the Company shall accommodate
    have the audit committee which shall be composed the
    of all independent directors. The first term of amendment to
    audit committee shall be established on the date on law and
    which the first term of independent directors are regulation
    elected in accordance with Article 10-1.  
    Commencing from the date on which the audit  
    committee is established, the provisions relating to  
    supervisors in Article 10 shall cease to be applied.  
    The term of office of the elected supervisors shall  
    expire on the date on which the provisions relating  
    to supervisors in Article 10 shall cease to be  
    applied.  
Article 15 Where the Company has a profit at the end of each Where the Company has a profit at the end of each To
  fiscal year, the Company shall first allocate the fiscal year, the Company shall first allocate the accommodate
  profit to recover losses for preceding years. Ten profit to recover losses for preceding years. Ten the
  percent of any remaining net earnings shall be percent of any remaining net earnings shall be amendment to
  allocated as the Company's legal reserve and a allocated as the Company's legal reserve and a law and
  certain amount shall be allocated as special reserve certain amount shall be allocated as special reserve regulation
  in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in accordance with applicable laws and regulations  
  or as requested by the competent authority. The or as requested by the competent authority. The  
  balance shall be distributed as follows: balance shall be distributed as follows:  

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  1. employee bonus: 5% to 10%; 3. employee bonus: not less than 1%.  
  2. remuneration of directors and supervisors: not 4. remuneration of directors and supervisors : no  
  more than 1%; and more than 1%; and  
  3. all or a portion of the remaining balance shall 3. all or a portion of the remaining balance shall  
  be distributed as shareholders' dividends. be distributed as shareholders' dividends.  
       
  The Company's dividend policy is to pay dividends The Company's dividend policy is to pay dividends  
  from surplus. consideration of factors such as the from surplus. consideration of factors such as the  
  Company's current and future investment Company's current and future investment  
  environment, cash requirements, competitive environment, cash requirements, competitive  
  conditions inside and outside of the R.O.C. and conditions inside and outside of the R.O.C. and  
  capital budget requirements, the shareholders' capital budget requirements, the shareholders'  
  interest, maintenance of a balanced dividend and interest, maintenance of a balanced dividend and  
  the Company's long term financial plan, the Board the Company's long term financial plan, the Board  
  shall propose the profit allocation each year subject shall propose the profit allocation each year subject  
  to relevant laws, then submit such proposal to the to relevant laws, then submit such proposal to the  
  shareholders' meeting for approval. In principle, shareholders' meeting for approval. In principle,  
  no less than 10% of the total dividend to be paid no less than 10% of the total dividend to be paid  
  with respect to any fiscal year shall be paid in the with respect to any fiscal year shall be paid in the  
  form of cash. However, the ratio for cash form of cash. However, the ratio for cash  
  dividend may be adjusted in accordance with the dividend may be adjusted in accordance with the  
  actual profits generated in and the operation status actual profits generated in and the operation status  
  of the fiscal year concerned. of the fiscal year concerned.  
Article This is a new article Subject to the resolutions adopted by the To
15-1   shareholders meeting, the Company may issue accommodate
    employee stock options at the price which is lower the
    than the closing price of the Company’s stock as of amendment to
    the issuance date. law and
      regulation and
      the
      Company’s
      operation need
Article This is a new article Subject to the resolutions adopted by the To
15-2   shareholders meeting, the Company may transfer accommodate
    the treasury shares to employees at the price which the
    is lower than the buy back price of such treasury amendment to
    shares. law and
      regulation and
      the
      Company’s
      operation need
Article 17 These Articles of Incorporation were enacted by the These Articles of Incorporation were enacted by the To add
  promoters in the promoters meeting held on July promoters in the promoters meeting held on July amendment
  18, 1996 and were effectively approved by the 18, 1996 and were effectively approved by the date
  competent authority. competent authority.  
       
  The first amendment was made on September 18, The first amendment was made on September 18,  
  1996. 1996.  
       
  The second amendment was made on September The second amendment was made on September  
  15, 1997. 15, 1997.  
       
  The third amendment was made on April 23, 1998. The third amendment was made on April 23, 1998.  
       
  The fourth amendment was made on April 23, The fourth amendment was made on April 23,  
  1999. 1999.  

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  The fifth amendment was made on March 9, 2000. The fifth amendment was made on March 9, 2000.  
       
  The sixth amendment was made on May 10, 2001. The sixth amendment was made on May 10, 2001.  
       
  The seventh amendment was made on May 10, The seventh amendment was made on May 10,  
  2001. 2001.  
       
  The eighth amendment was made on October 17, The eighth amendment was made on October 17,  
  2001. 2001.  
       
  The ninth amendment was made on May 21, 2002. The ninth amendment was made on May 21, 2002.  
       
  The tenth amendment was made on May 29, 2003. The tenth amendment was made on May 29, 2003.  
       
  The eleventh amendment was made on April 29, The eleventh amendment was made on April 29,  
  2004. 2004.  
       
  The twelfth amendment was made on June 14, The twelfth amendment was made on June 14,  
  2005. 2005.  
       
  The thirteenth amendment was made on June 15, The thirteenth amendment was made on June 15,  
  2006. 2006.  
       
    The fourteenth amendment was made on June 13,  
    2007.  

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Attachment 7:
Comparison Table for Guidelines for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
(“ Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets ”)
(“Handling Procedures”)
Before and After Amendments

Number
Before amendment After amendment Reasons for
of Article     Amendment
       
Article 1 In order to provide specific operating rules in respect In order to provide specific operating rules in respect To
  of acquisition or disposal of assets by the Company, of acquisition or disposal of assets by the Company, accommodate
  the Operational Procedures are enacted in accordance the Handling Procedures are enacted in accordance the amendment
  with the “Guidelines for Handling Acquisition or with the “Guidelines for Handling Acquisition or of law and
  Disposal of Assets by Public Company” issued by the Disposal of Assets by Public Company” issued by the regulation
  Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) on Financial Supervisory Commission (“FSC”) of the  
  December 10, 2002 per the SFC letter (Ref. No.: Executive Yuan .  
  Tai-Tsai-Cheng-(1)-0910006105).    
Article 2 Scope of Application Scope of Application To
      accommodate
  (1) Long term and short term investments such as (1) Long term and short term investments such as the amendment
      stock, government bonds, corporate bonds,     stock, government bonds, corporate bonds, of law and
      financial debentures, domestic beneficiary     financial debentures, securities representing interest regulation
      certificates, oversea mutual funds, depositary     in a fund, depositary receipts, call/put warrants,  
      receipts, call/put warrants, beneficial certificates,     beneficial certificates, and asset-backed securities;  
      and asset-backed securities;    
       
       
Article 3 Evaluating and Operating Procedures Evaluating and Operating Procedures To
      accommodate
  To conduct any acquisition or disposal of assets, the To conduct any acquisition or disposal of assets, the the amendment
  in-charge division shall submit to the authority in-charge division shall submit to the authority of law and
  division the reason for the proposed acquisition or division the reason for the proposed acquisition or regulation
  disposal, the object, the transaction counterparty, the disposal, the object, the transaction counterparty, the  
  transfer price, the payment terms, and the price transfer price, the payment terms, and the price  
  reference for their approval in accordance with reference for their approval in accordance with  
  Article 16 of the Operational Procedures, and then the Article 16 of the Handling Procedures, and then the  
  acquisition or disposal of assets shall be implemented acquisition or disposal of assets shall be implemented  
  by relevant division. by relevant division.  
Article 5 Evaluation Report is Required for Acquisition or Evaluation Report is Required for Acquisition or To

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  Disposal of Real Properties or Other Fixed Assets Disposal of Real Properties or Other Fixed Assets accommodate
      the amendment
  (1) Except for the assets which are to be acquired (1) Except for the assets which are to be acquired of law and
      from a government institution or by ways of     from a government institution or by ways of regulation
      mandating others to build on the Company’s own     mandating others to build on the Company’s own  
      land or on the land leased by the Company or the     land or on the land leased by the Company or the  
      machines and equipments which are to be acquired     machines and equipments which are to be acquired  
      for business use, any acquisition or disposal of real     for business use, any acquisition or disposal of real  
      property or other fixed assets the transaction     property or other fixed assets the transaction  
      amount of which reaches 20% of the Company’s     amount of which reaches 20% of the Company’s  
      paid-in capital or is more than NT$300,000,000,     paid-in capital or is more than NT$300,000,000,  
      shall be subject to obtaining the evaluation report     shall be subject to obtaining the evaluation report  
      issued by the professional appraisers and     issued by the professional appraisers and  
      compliance with the following provisions:     compliance with the following provisions:  
       
      i) If a limited price or a specified price is used as a i) If a limited price, a specified price or a special price  
    reference for determination of the transactional    is used as a reference for determination of the  
    price due to special reason, such transaction shall    transactional price due to special reason, such  
    be submitted to the Board of Directors for prior    transaction shall be submitted to the Board of  
    approval. The same procedure shall apply to    Directors for prior approval. The same procedure  
    amendments to the transaction terms.
shall apply to amendments to the transaction terms.
 
       
Article 6
Certified Public Accountant’s Opinion is Required for
Certified Public Accountant’s Opinion is Required for To
  Acquisition or Disposal of Securities, Certificate of Acquisition or Disposal of Securities, Certificate of accommodate
  Membership and Intangible Assets Membership and Intangible Assets the amendment
      of law and
  (1) The latest financial statements of the target (1) The latest financial statements of the target regulation
      company certified or reviewed by the certified     company certified or reviewed by the certified  
      public accountants shall be used as a reference to     public accountants shall be used as a reference to  
      determine the transaction price of any acquisition     determine the transaction price of any acquisition  
      or disposal of the securities. A certified public     or disposal of the securities. A certified public  
      accountant shall be retained to issue a fairness     accountant shall be retained to issue a fairness  
      opinion on the transaction price, if the relevant     opinion on the transaction price, if the relevant  
      transaction falls into any of the following     transaction falls into any of the following  
      circumstances and the transaction amount reaches     circumstances and the transaction amount reaches  
      20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or is more     20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or is more  
      than NT$300,000,000:     than NT$300,000,000 .: This requirement does  

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        not apply, however, to publicly quoted prices of  
      i) acquiring or disposal of securities which are not     securities that have an active market, or where  
    listed on any stock exchange or traded on any     otherwise provided by the FSC.  
    over-the-counter market; or    
        i) acquiring or disposal of securities which are not  
      ii) acquiring or disposal of privately placed   listed on any stock exchange or traded on any  
    securities.   over-the-counter market; or  
        ii) acquiring or disposal of privately placed  
      securities.  
       
Article 9 Acquisition of Real Property from Related Parties Acquisition of Real Property from Related Parties To
      accommodate
  (1) Acquisition or disposal of real property from (1) Acquisition or disposal of real property from the amendment
      related party, by way of purchase or exchange of     related party, by way of purchase or exchange of of law and
      property, shall be subject to the resolution     property, shall be subject to the resolution regulation
      procedures and appraisal reports as provided in     procedures and appraisal reports as provided in  
      Articles 5 and 8 and this Article.     Articles 5, 6, 8 and this Article.  
       
  (2) Acquisition of real property from related party (2) Acquisition of real property from related party  
      shall be subject to the Board of Directors’ prior     shall be subject to the Board of Directors’ prior  
      approval of the following matters which shall also     approval of the following matters which shall also  
 
 be submitted to the supervisors for reorganization: 
 be submitted to the supervisors for reorganization:
 
           
      iii) the relevant information required for evaluation     iii) the relevant information required for evaluation  
    of the reasonableness of the proposed transaction    of the reasonableness of the proposed transaction  
    terms in accordance with Paragraph 3 and    terms in accordance with Paragraph 3, Paragraph  
    Paragraph 4 of this Article;
4, Paragraph 5, and Paragraph 6 of this Article;
 
       
  (6) If the transaction cost evaluated under all the (6) If the transaction cost evaluated under all the  
      methods provided for in Paragraph 3 of this Article     methods provided for in Paragraph 3 of this Article  
      is less than the transaction price, acquisition of real     is less than the transaction price, acquisition of real  
      property from related parties shall be handled in     property from related parties shall be handled in  
      accordance with Paragraph 7 of this Article;     accordance with Paragraph 7 of this Article;  
      provided, that, if in any of the following     provided, that, if in any of the following  
      circumstances, objective evidence is provided and     circumstances, objective evidence is provided and  
      the Company obtains reasonable opinion on the     the Company obtains reasonable opinion on the  
      transaction price from a real property professional     transaction price from a real property professional  

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      appraiser and the certified public accountant, such     appraiser and the certified public accountant, such  
      acquisition of real property from a related party     acquisition of real property from a related party  
      will not be subject to Paragraph 7 of this Article:     will not be subject to Paragraph 7 of this Article:  
       
      ii) the Company provides evidence to prove that the     ii) the Company may provide s evidence to prove  
          terms of the target real property are similar to the         that the terms of the target real property are  
          terms of a similar transaction done by an         similar to the terms of a similar transaction done  
          unrelated party within the previous one year for         by an unrelated party within the previous one  
          similar size property in the neighborhood where         year for similar size property in the  
          the target property is located.         neighborhood where the target property is  
            located.  
       
       
  (7) If the transaction cost evaluated under all the (7) If the transaction cost evaluated under all the  
      methods provided for in this Article is less than the     methods provided for in this Article is less than the  
      transaction price, the Company shall conduct the     transaction price, the Company shall conduct the  
      following for acquisition of real property from the     following for acquisition of real property from the  
 
 related party:
 related party:
 
           
      ii) supervisors shall handle the subject matter     ii) Audit Committee shall handle the subject matter  
    pursuant to Article 218 of the Company Law;   pursuant to Article 218 of the Company Law;  
    and    
        iv) If a special reserve is required to be set aside  
            under this Article, such special reserve may not  
            be utilized until the Company has recognized a  
            loss on decline in market value of the assets it  
            purchased at a premium, or they have been  
            disposed of, or adequate compensation has been  
            made, or the status quo has been restored, or  
            there is other evidence confirming that there was  
            noting unreasonable about the transaction, and  
            the FSC has grant its consent. When the  
            Company acquires real property from a related  
            party, it shall also comply with this Article, if  
            there is other evidence indicating that the  
            acquisition was not an arms length transaction.  
Article Conducting the Derivative Transactions Conducting the Derivative Transactions To

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10     accommodate
  The Company shall conduct derivative transactions in The Company shall conduct derivative transactions in the amendment
  accordance with the Handling Procedures for accordance with the Handling Procedures for of law and
  Conducting Derivative Financial Translations. Conducting Financial Derivative Translations. regulation
Article Merger, Spin-off, Acquisition, and Share Transfer Merger, Spin-off, Acquisition, and Share Transfer To
11     accommodate
  (1) The Company shall retain a certified public (1) The Company shall retain a certified public the amendment
      accountant, lawyer or underwriter to issue the     accountant, lawyer or underwriter to issue the of law and
      fairness opinion on share swap ratio, acquisition     fairness opinion on share swap ratio, acquisition regulation
      price or the amount of cash or other property     price or the amount of cash or other property  
      distributed to shareholders prior to convening the     distributed to shareholders prior to convening the  
      relevant board of directors meeting to discuss the     relevant board of directors meeting to discuss the  
      subject merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share     subject merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share  
      transfer. Such fairness opinion should be     transfer. Such fairness opinion should be  
      submitted to the board of directors meeting for     submitted to the board of directors meeting for  
      discussion and approval.     discussion and approval.  
       
  (2) Unless otherwise provided by laws that the (2) Unless otherwise provided by laws that the  
      resolution adopted by the shareholders’ meeting is     resolution adopted by the shareholders’ meeting is  
      not required for a merger, spin-off, or acquisition,     not required for a merger, spin-off, or acquisition,  
      the material terms of or the matters relating to a     the material terms of or the matters relating to a  
      merger, spin-off, or acquisition shall be included in     merger, spin-off, or acquisition shall be included in  
      a public documents together with the     a public documents together with the  
      above-mentioned fairness opinion and the meeting     above-mentioned fairness opinion and the meeting  
      notice delivered to shareholders prior to the     notice delivered to shareholders prior to the  
      shareholders meeting as a reference to shareholders     shareholders meeting as a reference to shareholders  
      to decide vote for or against such merge, spin-off or     to decide vote for or against such merge, spin-off or  
      acquisition.     acquisition.  
       
      If the Company fails to convene the required     If the Company fails to convene the required  
      shareholders’ meeting or adopt the resolution at     shareholders’ meeting or adopt the resolution at  
      such meeting to approve the merger, spin-off, or     such meeting to approve the merger, spin-off, or  
      acquisition due to the insufficient quorum or other     acquisition due to the insufficient quorum or other  
      legal restrictions, the Company shall immediately     legal restrictions, the Company shall immediately  
      make a public announcement of the reasons for     make a public announcement of the reasons for  
      such occurrence, the follow-up measures to be     such occurrence, the follow-up measures to be  
      taken, and the date scheduled for convening the     taken, and the date scheduled for convening the  
      shareholders meeting.     shareholders meeting.  

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  (3) Unless otherwise provided by laws or under (3) Unless otherwise provided by laws or under  
      special circumstances where the prior approval has     special circumstances where the prior approval has  
      been obtained from the Securities and Futures     been obtained from the FSC , the Company and  
      Commission (“SFC”), the Company and other     other companies participating the subject merger,  
      companies participating the subject merger, spin-off     spin-off or acquisition shall convene the board of  
      or acquisition shall convene the board of directors     directors meetings and the shareholders’ meetings  
      meetings and the shareholders’ meetings on the     on the same date to discuss and approve such  
      same date to discuss and approve such merger,     merger, spin-off or acquisition.  
      spin-off or acquisition.    
  Unless otherwise provided by laws or under special     Unless otherwise provided by laws or under special  
  circumstances where the prior approval has been     circumstances where the prior approval has been  
  obtained from the SFC, the companies participating     obtained from the FSC , the companies participating  
  the share transfer shall convene the board of directors     the share transfer shall convene the board of  
  meetings on the same date.     directors meetings on the same date.  
       
  (5) Except in any of the following circumstances, the (5) Except in any of the following circumstances, the  
      share swap ratio or acquisition price cannot be     share swap ratio or acquisition price cannot be  
      changed and the permitted situations for changing     changed and the permitted situations for changing  
      such share swap ratio or acquisition price must be     such share swap ratio or acquisition price must be  
      included in the contract for merger, spin-off,     included in the contract for merger, spin-off,  
      acquisition or share transfer:     acquisition or share transfer:  
       
  (6) The contract for conducting merger, spin-off, (6) The contract for conducting merger, spin-off,  
      acquisition, or share transfer shall specify the     acquisition, or share transfer shall specify the  
      rights and obligations of the companies     rights and obligations of the companies  
      participating in such merger, spin-off, acquisition,     participating in such merger, spin-off, acquisition,  
      or share transfer and shall also specify the     or share transfer and shall also specify the  
      following:     following:  
       
  (7) After the proposed merger, spin-off, acquisition, (7) After the proposed merger, spin-off, acquisition, or  
  or share transfer becomes public information, if any share transfer becomes public information, if any  
  company participating in such merger, spin-off, party company participating in such merger, spin-off,  
  acquisition, or share transfer intends to conduct a acquisition, or share transfer intends to conduct a  
  further merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer further merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer  

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  with another company, any procedures or legal with another company, any procedures or legal  
  actions already carried out by the companies actions already carried out by the companies  
  participating in the initial merger, spin-off, participating in the initial merger, spin-off,  
  acquisition, or share transfer shall be carried out by acquisition, or share transfer shall be carried out by  
  all the companies participating in the further all the companies participating in the further  
  merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer, except merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer, except  
  that if the number of participating companies that if the number of participating companies  
  decreases and the board of directors has been decreases and the board of directors has been  
  authorized by the shareholders’ meetings to amend authorized by the shareholders’ meetings to amend  
  terms of the subject merger, spin-off, acquisition or terms of the subject merger, spin-off, acquisition or  
  share transfer, the participating companies are not share transfer, the participating companies are not  
  required to convene the shareholders meeting(s) to required to convene the shareholders meeting(s) to  
  approve such amendment. approve such amendment.  
       
  (8) If any participating company is a non-public (8) When participating in a merger, spin off or  
  company, other participating companies which are acquisition, a company whose shares are listed on an  
  public companies must enter into an agreement with exchange or traded on an OTC market shall prepare a  
  such non-public company to ensure such non-public full written record of the following information and  
  company’s compliance with Paragraphs 3, 4 and 7 retain such record for five years for exanimation  
  above of this Article. and check.  
       
    (i) Basic identification data for personnel: Including  
    the occupational titles, names, and national ID  
    numbers (or passport numbers in the case of foreign  
    nationals) of all persons involved in the planning or  
    implementation of any merger, spin off or acquisition  
    prior to public disclosure of the information.  
       
    (ii) Dates of material events: Including the signing of  
    any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding,  
    the hiring of a financial or legal advisor, the execution  
    of a contract, and the convening of a board of  
    directors meeting.  
       
    (iii) Important documents and minutes: Including  
    merger, spin off or acquisition plans, any letter of  
    intent or memorandum of understanding, material  
    contracts, and minutes of board of directors meetings.  

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    (9) When participating in a merger, spin off,  
    acquisition, or transfer of another company's shares, a  
    company whose shares are listed on an exchange or  
    traded on an OTC market shall, within two days of  
    after the relevant resolutions were adopted by the  
    board of directors, shall report (in the prescribed  
    format and via the Internet-based information system)  
    the information set out in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of  
    the preceding paragraph to the FSC for recordation.  
       
    (10) Where any of the companies participating in a  
    merger, spin off, acquisition, or transfer of another  
    company's shares is neither listed on an exchange nor  
    has its shares traded on an OTC market, the  
    company(s) so listed or traded shall sign an  
    agreement with such non-listed company whereby the  
    latter is required to abide by the provisions of  
    paragraphs (8) and (9).  
       
    (11) If any participating company is a non-public  
    company, other participating companies which are  
    public companies must enter into an agreement with  
    such non-public company to ensure such non-public  
    company’s compliance with Paragraphs 3, 4 and 7  
    above of this Article.  
Article Penalty Penalty To
12     accommodate
  If any manager or person in-charge of the acquisition If any manager or person in-charge of the acquisition the amendment
  or disposal of assets, due to his/her negligence, or disposal of assets, due to his/her negligence, of law and
  violates the Operational Procedures and as a result violates the Handling Procedures and as a result regulation
  causes serious damages to the Company, such causes serious damages to the Company, such  
  manager or person shall report to his/her direct manager or person shall report to his/her direct  
  superior and the most senior decision-making officer superior and the most senior decision-making officer  
  of the finance division immediately. Such manager of the finance division immediately. Such manager  
  or person’s violation shall be handled in accordance or person’s violation shall be handled in accordance  
  with the relevant internal personnel and with the relevant internal personnel and  
  administration regulations of the Company. If it is administration regulations of the Company. If it is  

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  found that such manager or person intentionally found that such manager or person intentionally  
  violated the Operational procedures and as a result violated the Handling Procedures and as a result  
  caused damages to the Company, the Company may, caused damages to the Company, the Company may,  
  in addition to the punishment made in accordance in addition to the punishment made in accordance  
  with its relevant internal regulations, require such with its relevant internal regulations, require such  
  manager or person to compensate the Company’s manager or person to compensate the Company’s  
  loss. The punishment and how to handle the above loss. The punishment and how to handle the above  
  mentioned violation shall be reported to the next mentioned violation shall be reported to the next  
  Board of Directors meeting. Board of Directors meeting.  
Article The Procedures for Supervising Acquisition or The Procedures for Supervising Acquisition or To
13 Disposal of Assets by Subsidiaries Disposal of Assets by Subsidiaries accommodate
      the amendment
  (1) Acquisition or disposal of assets by the (1) Acquisition or disposal of assets by the of law and
  Company’s subsidiary shall be made in accordance     Company’s subsidiary shall be made in accordance regulation
  with such subsidiary’s own “Operational Procedures     with such subsidiary’s own “ Handling Procedures  
  for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets” which shall be     for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets” which shall  
  adopted in accordance with the “Rules Governing     be adopted in accordance with the “Rules  
  Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public     Governing Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by  
  Companies” promulgated by the SFC and after     Public Companies” promulgated by the FSC and  
  consulting with the Company’s opinions. Subsidiary’s     after consulting with the Company’s opinions.  
  Operational Procedures shall be approved by the     Subsidiary’s Handling Procedures shall be approved  
  subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted to the     by the subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted  
  shareholders’ meeting for approval. The same shall     to the shareholders’ meeting for approval. The same  
  apply to amendments to such Operational Procedures.     shall apply to amendments to such Handling  
        Procedures .  
  (2) If the above mentioned subsidiary is not a    
  domestic public company and the subject acquisition (2) If the above mentioned subsidiary is not a  
  or disposal of assets by such subsidiary is required to     domestic public company and the subject  
  subject to the information disclosure as provided in     acquisition or disposal of assets by such subsidiary  
  Article 4 of the Operational Procedures, the Company     is required to subject to the information disclosure  
  shall make a public announcement and file the     as provided in Article 4 of the Handling  
  necessary report(s), for and on behalf of such     Procedures , the Company shall make a public  
  subsidiary, of acquisition or disposal of the subject     announcement and file the necessary report(s), for  
  assets by such subsidiary.     and on behalf of such subsidiary, of acquisition or  
        disposal of the subject assets by such subsidiary.  
Article Miscellaneous Miscellaneous To
14   accommodate
  (6) The term “make a public announcement” and “file (6) The term “make a public announcement” and “file the amendment

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      the necessary report(s)” as used in the Operational the necessary report(s)” as used in the Handling of law and
  Procedures, shall mean information disclosure Procedures , shall mean information disclosure regulation
  posted in the website designated by the SFC. posted in the website designated by the FSC .  
       
Article The Operational Procedures approved by the Board Enactment of or amendment to the Handling To
15 of Directors shall be delivered to each supervisor and Procedures shall be approved by a majority of all accommodate
  submitted to shareholders’ meeting for approval. If members of the Audit Committee and further the amendment
  there is any dissenting opinion from any director submitted to the board of directors for resolution. If of law and
  which has been recorded in the minutes or submitted enactment of or amendment to the Handling regulation
  in writing to the Board of Directors, such dissenting Procedures is not approved by a majority of all  
  opinion should also be delivered to each supervisor members of the Audit Committee, alternatively, such  
  and submitted to shareholders’ meeting for may be approved by two-thirds of all directors,  
  discussion. The same shall apply to amendments to provided that in such case, the resolutions adopted by  
  the Operational Procedures. the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes  
    of the meeting of the board of directors.  
  When discussing the Guidelines in the meeting of the    
  Board of Directors, the opinions of each independent If the relevant acquisition or disposal of assets or the  
  director shall be fully considered. The consent or Handling Procedures are required to be submitted to  
  dissenting opinion from each independent director the board of directors for discussion, the board of  
  and the reasons of such dissenting opinion shall be directors shall fully consider the opinion from each  
  recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board independent director. If any independent director  
  of Directors. has dissenting or qualified opinion, such opinion shall  
    be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the  
    board of directors.  
       
    The Handling Procedures shall be approved by the  
    board of directors and further submitted to the  
    shareholders meeting for approval and will become  
    effective afterwards. The same shall apply to  
    amendments to the Handling Procedures.  
       
    “All members of the Audit Committee” referred to in  
    the Handling Procedures and “all directors” referred  
    to in the preceding paragraph shall mean the actual  
    number of the committee members/directors.  
Article The Operational Procedures were enacted on June 7, The Handling Procedures were enacted on June 7, To add the date
17 1991; 1991; of amendment

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  first amendment was made on April 17, 1993; first amendment was made on April 17, 1993;  
  sixth amendment was made on May 23, 2003. sixth amendment was made on May 23, 2003;  
    seventh amendment was made on June 13, 2007.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Attachment 8:
Comparison Table for Operating Guidelines for Conducting Derivative Transactions
(“ Handling Procedures for Conducting Derivative Transactions ”)
(“Handling Procedures”)
Before and After amendments

  Before Amendment After Amendment Reason of
      Amendment
  Handling Procedures for Derivative
Handling Procedures for Conducting Derivative
To
  Transactions Transactions accommodate
      the
      amendment
      to law and
      regulation
Number of Before Amendment After Amendment Reason of
Article     Amendment
Article 2 Scope of Application
Scope of Application
To
  (types of Derivative transactions)
(types of Derivative transactions)
accommodate
   
 
the
  (1) The derivative transactions which the
(1) The derivative transactions which the
amendment
  Company may conduct mean products the
Company may conduct mean forward contracts,
to law and
  value of which derives from an assets,
  options contracts, futures contracts, leverage
regulation
  interest rates, exchange rates, index-based
  contracts, and swap contracts, and compound
 
  financial products or others, such as 
contracts combining the above products, whose
 
  forward contracts, options, futures, swaps
value is derives from assets, interest rates,
 
  and combinations thereof. The Handling
exchange rates, indexes or other interests. The
 
  Procedures shall also apply to the bond
  term “forward contracts” does not include
 
  margin trading transactions.
insurance contracts, performance contracts,
 
   
after-sales service contracts, long term leasing
 
   
contracts, or long-term purchase (sales)
 
   
agreements.
 
       
       
Article 3 Operational Strategies
Operational or Hedge Strategies
To
   
 
accommodate
  The derivative transactions should be
The derivative transactions should mainly be
the
  conducted for the purpose to ensure profits
conducted for the purpose to ensure profits of
amendment
  of the Company’s business and avoid risks
the Company’s business and avoid risks
to law and
  associated with fluctuation in exchange 
associated with fluctuation in exchange rate,
regulation

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  rate, interest rate, and/or value of assets, interest rate, and/or value of assets. , rather than  
  rather than for the speculative purpose. for the speculative purpose. Conducting other  
  Conducting other transactions should be   transactions should be approved by the general  
  approved by the general manager of the manager of the Company  
  Company.    
       
Article 4 Authorized Department for Trading Authorized Department for Trading To meet the
      actual need
  The finance department of the Company Head Office of the finance department of the  
  shall:  Company shall:   
       
  (2) make the periodic performance (2) establish the position of the confirmation and  
      evaluation;     settlement personnel; confirmation personnel  
        is in charge of confirmation with the  
  (3) provide information regarding positions     transaction counterparty and settlement  
      of risk exposure; and     personnel is in charge of settlement of the  
        transaction at the maturity.  
  (4) make public announcement and file the    
  required report periodically. (3) make the periodic performance evaluation;  
       
    ( 4 ) provide information regarding positions of  
        risk exposure; and  
       
    ( 5 ) make public announcement and file the  
        required report periodically.  
Article 5 Key Points for Performance Evaluation Key Points for Performance Evaluation To delete
      partial
  (1) Positions held in derivative transactions (1) Positions held in derivative transactions by provisions
      by the Company shall be evaluated at     the Company shall be evaluated at least every and move
      least every two weeks. The evaluation     two weeks. The evaluation report shall be certain
      report shall be submitted to the most     submitted to the most senior decision making provisions
      senior decision making officer of the     officer of the finance division for approval and to Article 10
      finance division for approval and     instruction.  
      instruction.    
    (2) Performance on the evaluation date shall be  
  (2) Performance on the evaluation date shall compared with the benchmark set for such  
      be compared with the benchmark set for evaluation. The result of evaluation shall be  
      such evaluation. The result of used as a reference for decision-making in the  

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      evaluation shall be used as a reference for future.  
      decision-making in the future.    
Article 6 Permitted Aggregate Contracts Amount and Trading Limit and Authorization
To meet the
  Maximum Loss     
actual need
  (1)      (1) Aggregate amount of all contracts  
       
   
Derivative
Derivative
1. Hedge transactions required for daily  
   
transactions
transactions
business
 
   
for hedge
for
   
   
purpose/
speculation
(i) exchange rate transactions : The amount  
   
revenue of
purpose/
for hedge transactions shall base on the position  
   
the latest
revenue of
arising from the Company’s business. Except  
   
quarter
the latest
for the cross currency swap transactions for  
   
 
quarter
funding purpose, the aggregate amount of all  
  The
100%
10%
contracts shall be limited to the Company’s  
  aggregate  
 
revenue of the prior three months.  
  amount of        
  all contracts     (ii) interest rate transactions : With respect to the  
  Maximum
US$
expenditure for the specified purposes,  
  loss for all  
500,000
including, without limitation the long term  
  contracts  
 
interest rate position arising from the  
  Maximum
US$ 50,000
syndication facilities and etc. for the hedge  
  loss for  
 
purpose, the aggregate amount of all contracts  
  individual     shall be limited to the Company’s long term  
  contract     borrowings with floating interest.  
           
  If the aggregate amount of all contracts (iii) other hedge transactions : In order to hedge  
  or the maximum loss exceeds the above the risk of exchange rate or interest and etc.  
  limits, any subsequent derivative arising from issuance of overseas equity (such as  
  transaction shall be subject to the ADR and etc.) or bonds (such as ECB, CB and  
  approval of the Chairman of the Board etc.) or other financial products, the aggregate  
  of Directors. amount of all contracts shall be limited to the  
    total outstanding amount of such issued  
  (2) A stop-loss point shall be set in instruments (i.e. ADR, ECB, CB), provided that  
  accordance with the average price of the such transactions together with the evaluation  
  derivative products traded by the Company. report shall be submitted to the general manager  
  If the market price such derivative is below for approval.  
  the stop-loss point, a meeting attended by    

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  the relevant personnel shall be held to (iv) Authorization for exchange rate/interest rate  
  discuss the measures to deal with the transactions:  
  situation. Authorization       Authorized Amount    Authorization Amount  
    Level                      per transaction                 per day  
       
    General Manager     USD45M above       USD90M above  
       
    Chief Financial Officer  USD45M                 USD90M  
       
    Finance Director            USD30M                USD60M  
       
    Finance Manager           USD15M                USD30M  
       
    2. Transactions not for the above purposes  
    (speculation transactions) shall together with the  
    evaluation reports be submitted to the meeting of  
    the board of directors for approval. The  
    aggregate amount of all contracts shall be  
    limited to 10% of the Company’s revenue for the  
    prior three months.  
       
    (2) Maximum loss for all contracts and for  
    individual contract:  
       
    1. Hedge transactions  
       
    This kind of transaction is to be made to hedge  
    the Company’s position arising from operation,  
    thus no stop-loss point shall be set.  
       
    2. Speculation transactions  
       
    (i) Maximum loss for all speculation contracts  
    shall be limited to 10% of the aggregate amount  
    of all contracts  
       
    (ii) Maximum loss for individual contract  
    shall be limited to 5% of the amount of  

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    individual contract  
       
    (3) If the maximum loss for all contracts or  
    individual contract is reached, a meeting  
    attended by the relevant personnel shall be held  
    to discuss the measures to deal with the  
    situation.  
       
Article 7 The Operational Procedures The Operational Procedures
To meet the
      
actual need
  (3) Decide methods to be used for hedge: (3) Decide methods to be used for hedge:  
  i) the target of the derivative transaction; i) the target of the derivative transaction;  
  ii) the position to be held in the derivative
ii) the position to be held in the derivative
 
  transaction; transaction;  
  iii) the proposed price and range; and iii) the proposed price and range; and  
  iv) the trading strategy and pattern of the
iv) the trading strategy and pattern of the
 
  derivative transaction. derivative transaction.  
   
v) the reference price shall be based on the
 
  (4) Obtain the approval for derivative
price provided by the trading platform of
 
  transaction. Reuters.  
       
  (5) Execute the derivative transaction: (4) Obtain the approval for derivative  
  i) Transaction counterparties: Unless transaction.  
  otherwise approved by the most senior    
  decision-making officer of the finance (5) Execute the derivative transaction:  
  department, the counterparties shall be i)     Transaction counterparties: Unless  
  limited to the domestic or foreign financial otherwise approved by the most senior  
  institutions. decision-making officer of the finance  
  ii) Trading personnel: The personnel
department, the counterparties shall be limited to
 
  authorized and approved by the most senior the domestic or foreign financial institutions.  
  decision-making officer of the finance The first priority for choosing the transaction  
  department (“authorized personnel”) may counterparty is to consider the credit risk of the  
  conduct the derivative transactions for and counterparty. In order to avoid the legal risk,  
  on behalf of the Company and the any documentation to be entered into with a  
  Company shall inform the corresponding financial institution, shall be reviewed by the  
  financial institutions of names of the Company’s legal personnel or professional  
  authorized personnel. Persons other than lawyer prior to execution.  
  authorized personnel are not permitted to    

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  conduct derivative transactions. ii) Trading personnel: The personnel  
    authorized and approved by the most senior  
    decision-making officer of the head office of the  
    finance department (“authorized personnel”)  
    may conduct the derivative transactions for and  
    on behalf of the Company and the Company  
    shall inform the corresponding financial  
    institutions of names of the authorized  
    personnel. Persons other than authorized  
    personnel are not permitted to conduct  
    derivative transactions.  
       
Article 10 Internal Control System Internal Control System To
      accommodate
  (1) The risk management measures include: (1) The risk management measures include: the
      amendment
  iii) Liquidity risk management: To ensure iii) Liquidity and cash flow risk management: to law and
  the liquidity, the authorized personnel shall To ensure the liquidity, the authorized personnel regulation
  check with the treasury personnel prior to shall check with the treasury personnel prior to  
  conducting the derivative transaction to conducting the derivative transaction to make  
  make sure that the proposed transaction sure that the proposed transaction amount will  
  amount will not cause liquidity shortage. not cause liquidity shortage.  
       
  (2) Internal control (2) Authorized trading personnel of financial  
    department shall not concurrently engage in  
  i) Authorized trading personnel of financial confirmation and settlement of the derivative  
  division shall not concurrently engage in transactions.  
  confirmation and settlement of the    
  derivative transactions. (3) Measurement, supervision and control  
    personnel and the above personnel cannot be in  
  ii) Authorized trading personnel shall the same department and shall report to the  
  deliver the transaction document or contract board of directors or the senior decision making  
  to the recording personnel to record the officer who is not in charge of the decision  
  transaction in the book. making of the transaction or position.  
       
  iii) The recording personnel shall check (4) Positions held in derivative transactions by  
  with the counterparties or record the Company shall be evaluated at least once  

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  derivative transactions in the book every week, provided that the hedge transactions  
  periodically. for business need shall be evaluated at least  
    twice every month and the evaluation report  
    shall be submitted to the senior decision making  
    officer authorized by the board of directors.  
       
    (5) Internal Control  
       
    i) Authorized trading personnel shall deliver the  
    transaction document or contract to the  
    recording personnel to record the transaction in  
    the book.  
    ii) The recording personnel shall check with the  
    counterparties or record derivative transactions  
    in the book periodically.  
Article 11 (this is a new article) Board of Directors To
      accommodate
    (1) If the Company conducts derivative the
    transactions, the board of director shall amendment
    faithfully supervise and manage such to law and
    transactions in accordance with the following regulation
    principles:  
       
    1. Designate senior management personnel to  
    pay continuous attention to monitoring and  
    controlling derivative transaction risk.  
       
    2. Periodically evaluate whether derivative  
    transactions performance is consistent with  
    established operational strategy and whether the  
    risk undertaken is within the Company's  
    permitted scope of tolerance.  
       
    (2) Senior management personnel authorized  
    by the board of directors shall manage  
    derivative transaction in accordance with the  
    following principles:  

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    1. Periodically evaluate the risk management  
    measures currently employed are appropriate  
    and are faithfully conducted in accordance with  
    the Handling Procedures.  
       
    2. When irregular circumstances are found in  
    the course of supervising trading and profit-loss  
    circumstances, appropriate measures shall be  
    adopted and a report immediately made to the  
    board of directors and an independent director  
    shall be present at the meeting and express an  
    opinion.  
       
    (3) If any personnel is authorized by the  
    Company to handle derivate transactions in  
    accordance with the Handling Procedures, such  
    authorization shall be reported to the board of  
    directors afterwards.  
       
    (4) If the relevant derivative transaction is  
    required to be submitted to the board of  
    directors for discussion, such transaction shall  
    be approved by a majority of all members of the  
    Audit Committee and further submitted to the  
    board of directors for resolution. If such  
    transaction is not approved by a majority of all  
    members of the Audit Committee, alternatively,  
    such may be approved by two-thirds of all  
    directors, provided that in such case, the  
    resolutions adopted by the Audit Committee  
    shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting  
    of the board of directors.  
       
    (5) If the relevant derivative transaction is  
    required to be submitted to the board of  
    directors for discussion, the board of directors  
    shall fully consider the opinion from each  
    independent director. If any independent  

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    director has dissenting or qualified opinion,  
    such opinion shall be recorded in the minutes of  
    the meetings of the board of directors.  
       
    (6) “All members of the Audit Committee”  
    referred to in the Handling Procedures and “all  
    directors” referred to in the preceding paragraph  
    shall mean the actual number of the committee  
    members/directors.  
       
Article 12 Article 11 Internal Auditing To change
  Internal Auditing (1) Internal auditing personnel shall the
  (1) Internal auditing personnel shall periodically review the appropriateness of sequence of
  periodically review the appropriateness of internal controls for derivative transactions in the article
  internal controls for derivative transactions accordance with the “Internal Control System” and to
  in accordance with the “Internal Control and make monthly checks of the trading accommodate
  System” and make monthly checks of the department’s compliance with the Handling amendment
  trading department’s compliance with the Procedures and make the auditing report. If to the law
  Handling Procedures and make the auditing internal auditing personnel finds any serious and
  report. If internal auditing personnel finds violation of the Handling Procedures, they regulation
  any serious violation of the Handling should inform each supervisor the Audit  
  Procedures, they should inform each Committee of such violation in writing.  
  supervisor of such violation in writing.    
  (2)The above-mentioned auditing (2) The above-mentioned auditing report(s)  
  report(s) and any rectification of an and any rectification of an irregularity shall be  
  irregularity shall be filed with the Securities filed with the Securities and Futures  
  and Futures Commission (“SFC”), in Commission (“SFC”) , the Financial Supervisory  
  accordance with the “Guidelines Governing Commission of the Executive Yuan (“FSC”) in  
  Establishment of Internal Control Systems accordance with the “Guidelines Governing  
  by Public Companies”. Establishment of Internal Control Systems by  
    Public Companies”.  
       
Article 13 Article 12 The Procedures for Supervising Derivative To
    Transactions Conducted by Subsidiaries accommodate
  The Procedures for Supervising Derivative   the
  Transactions Conducted by Subsidiaries (1) If any Company’s subsidiary is to conduct amendment
    derivative transactions, such subsidiary’s own of law and
  (1) If any Company’s subsidiary is to    “Handling Procedures for Conducting regulation

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  conduct derivative transactions, such
Derivative Transactions” shall be adopted in
 
  subsidiary’s own “Handling Procedures for accordance with the “Rules Governing  
  Conducting Derivative Transactions” shall Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public  
  be adopted in accordance with the “Rules Companies” promulgated by the FSC and after  
  Governing Acquisition and Disposal of consulting with the Company’s opinions. Such  
  Assets by Public Companies” promulgated Handling Procedures shall be approved by the  
  by the SFC and after consulting with the subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted to  
  Company’s opinions. Such Handling the shareholders’ meeting for approval. The  
  Procedures shall be approved by the same shall apply to amendments to the  
  subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted Handling Procedures.  
  to the shareholders’ meeting for approval.    
  The same shall apply to amendments to the    
  Handling Procedures.    
       
Article 14 Article 13 Penalty To change
      the
  Penalty If any manager or person in-charge of the sequence of
    derivative transactions, due to his/her the article
  If any manager or person in-charge of the negligence, violates the Handling Procedures  
  derivative transactions, due to his/her and as a result causes serious damages to the  
  negligence, violates the Handling Company, such manager or person shall report  
  Procedures and as a result causes serious to his/her direct superior and the most senior  
  damages to the Company, such manager or decision-making officer of the finance  
  person shall report to his/her direct superior department immediately. Such manager or  
  and the most senior decision-making officer person’s violation shall be handled in  
  of the finance department immediately. accordance with the relevant internal personnel  
  Such manager or person’s violation shall be and administration regulations of the Company.  
  handled in accordance with the relevant If it is found that such manager or person  
  internal personnel and administration intentionally violated the Handling Procedures  
  regulations of the Company. If it is and as a result caused damages to the Company,  
  found that such manager or person the Company may, in addition to the punishment  
  intentionally violated the Handling made in accordance with its relevant internal  
  Procedures and as a result caused damages regulations, require such manager or person to  
  to the Company, the Company may, in compensate the Company’s loss. The  
  addition to the punishment made in punishment and how to handle the above  
  accordance with its relevant internal mentioned violation shall be reported to the next  
  regulations, require such manager or person Board of Directors meeting.  
  to compensate the Company’s loss. The    

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  punishment and how to handle the above    
  mentioned violation shall be reported to the    
  next Board of Directors meeting.    
Article 15 Article 14 Miscellaneous To change
  Miscellaneous   the
      sequence of
  (2) The term “make a public (2) The term “make a public announcement” article and
  announcement” and “file the necessary     and “file the necessary report(s)” as used in accommodate
  report(s)” as used in the Derivative     the Derivative Guidelines, shall mean the
  Guidelines, shall mean information     information disclosure posted in the website amendment
  disclosure posted in the website     designated by the FSC . of law and
  designated by the SFC.   regulation
Article 16 Article 15 Article 16 Effectiveness and Amendment To change
      the
  The Handling Procedures approved by the (1) Enactment of or amendment to the sequence of
  Board of Directors shall be delivered to each Handling Procedures shall be approved by a article and
  supervisor and submitted to shareholders’ majority of all members of the Audit Committee accommodate
  meeting for approval and will become and further submitted to the board of directors the
  effective afterwards. The same shall apply for resolution. If enactment of or amendment amendment
  to amendments to the Handling Procedures. to the Handling Procedures is not approved by a of law and
    majority of all members of the Audit regulation
    Committee, alternatively, such may be approved  
    by two-thirds of all directors, provided that in  
    such case, the resolutions adopted by the Audit  
    Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of  
    the meeting of the board of directors.  
       
    (2) If the derivative transaction is required to  
    be submitted to the board of directors for  
    discussion, the board of directors shall fully  
    consider the opinion from each independent  
    director. If any independent director has  
    dissenting or qualified opinion, such opinion  
    shall be recorded in the minutes of the meetings  
    of the board of directors.  
       
    (3) The Handling Procedures shall be  
    approved by the board of directors and further  

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    submitted to the shareholders meeting for  
    approval and will become effective afterwards.  
    The same shall apply to amendments to the  
    Handling Procedures.  
       
Article 17 Article 16 The course of change and development To change
      the
  The Handling Procedures were enacted on The Handling Procedures were enacted on sequence of
  October 9, 1998; first amendment was October 9, 1998; first amendment was made on article and
  made on February 19, 2001; second February 19, 2001; second amendment was to meet the
  amendment was made on August 7, 2002; made on August 7, 2002; third amendment was actual need
  third amendment was made on October 23, made on October 23, 2002; forth amendment  
  2002; and forth amendment was made on was made on May 29, 2003; and the fifth  
  May 29, 2003. amendment was made on June 13, 2007.  
Schedule     To
  Authorization for forward and interest rate   incorporate
  swap transactions:   the
      Schedule
  Per Transaction Per Day Total Amount   into the
      provisions
  GM USD50M USD100M USD300M   and to meet
      the actual
  CFO USD30M USD60M USD300M   need
       
  Finance    
  Manager USD10M USD30M USD100M    
       
  Finance    
  Vice Manager USD5M USD10M USD50M    

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Attachment 9:    
Comparison Table for Guidelines for Lending
(“Handling Procedures for Capital Lending”)
(“Operational Procedures”)
Before and After amendments

Before Amendment
After Amendment
Reason for
Amendment
  Operational Procedures for Capital Lending Handling Procedures for Capital Lending To
      accommodate
      the amendment
      of law and
      regulation
Number Before Amendment After Amendment Reason for
of     Amendment
Article      
Article Purpose Purpose To
1           accommodate
  In order to provide specific operating rules in respect In order to provide specific operating rules in respect the amendment
  of capital lending by the Company, the Operational of capital lending by the Company, the Handling of law and
  Procedures are enacted in accordance with the Procedures are enacted in accordance with the regulation
  “Guidelines for Handling Capital Lending, “Guidelines for Handling Capital Lending,  
  Endorsements and Guarantees Made by Public Endorsements and Guarantees Made by Public  
  Companies” promulgated by the Securities and Companies” promulgated by the Financial  
  Futures Commission (“SFC”) on December 18, 2002 Supervisory Commission (“FSC”) of the Executive  
  per the SFC letter (Ref. No.: Yuan.  
  Tai-Tsai-Cheng-(6)-0910161919).    
Article Information Disclosure Information Disclosure To
6       accommodate
    (5) The term “make a public announcement” and “file the amendment
    the necessary report(s)” as used in the Handling of law and
    Procedures, shall mean information disclosure posted regulation
    on the website designated by the FSC.  
       
        
Article 7 The Subsequent Measures for Supervising Capital
Lending and the Procedures for Handling Overdue
Lending 
The Subsequent Measures for Supervising Capital
Lending and the Procedures for Handling Overdue
Lending 
To meet
the actual
need
       
    (4) If the relevant capital lending is required to be  

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        submitted to the board of directors for discussion,  
        such lending shall be approved by a majority of all  
        members of the Audit Committee and submitted to  
        the board of directors for resolution. If such  
        lending is not approved by a majority of all  
        members of the Audit Committee, alternatively,  
        such lending may be approved by two-thirds of all  
        directors, provided that in such case, the resolutions  
        adopted by the Audit Committee shall be recorded  
        in the minutes of the meeting of the board of  
        directors.  
       
    (5) If the relevant capital lending is required to be  
        submitted to the board of directors for discussion,  
        the board of directors shall fully consider the  
        opinion from each independent director. If any  
        independent director has dissenting or qualified  
        opinion, such opinion shall be recorded in the  
        minutes of the meetings of the board of directors.  
       
    (6) “All members of the Audit Committee” referred to  
        in the Handling Procedures and “all directors”  
        referred to in item (5) above shall mean the actual  
        number of the committee members/directors.  
Article Penalty Penalty To
8     accommodate
  If any manager or person in-charge of capital If any manager or person in-charge of capital lending, the amendment
  lending, due to his/her negligence, violates the due to his/her negligence, violates the Handling of law and
  Guidelines and as a result causes serious damages to Procedures and as a result causes serious damages to regulation
  the Company, such manager or person shall report to the Company, such manager or person shall report to  
  his/her direct superior and the most senior his/her direct superior and the most senior  
  decision-making officer of the finance division decision-making officer of the finance division  
  immediately. Such manager or person’s violation immediately. Such manager or person’s violation  
  shall be handled in accordance with the relevant shall be handled in accordance with the relevant  
  internal personnel and administration regulations of internal personnel and administration regulations of  
  the Company. If it is found that such manager or the Company. If it is found that such manager or  
  person intentionally violated the Guidelines and as a person intentionally violated the Handling Procedures  
  result caused damages to the Company, the and as a result caused damages to the Company, the  

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  Company may, in addition to the punishment made Company may, in addition to the punishment made in  
  in accordance with its relevant internal regulations, accordance with its relevant internal regulations,  
  require such manager or person to compensate the require such manager or person to compensate the  
  Company’s loss. The punishment and how to Company’s loss. The punishment and how to  
  handle the above mentioned violation shall be handle the above mentioned violation shall be  
  reported to the next Board of Directors meeting. reported to the next Board of Directors meeting.  
Article The Procedures for Supervising Capital Lending by The Procedures for Supervising Capital Lending by To
9 Subsidiaries Subsidiaries accommodate
      the amendment
 
(1) If the Company’s subsidiary intends to lend
(1) If the Company’s subsidiary intends to lend of law and
 
capital to the third party, the Company shall
capital to the third party, the Company shall
regulation
 
supervise such subsidiary to adopt its own
supervise such subsidiary to adopt its own
 
 
Guidelines for Capital Lending in accordance
Handling Procedures for Capital Lending in
 
 
with the “Rules Governing Capital Lending and
accordance with the “Rules Governing Capital
 
 
Endorsements and Guarantees by Public
Lending and Endorsements and Guarantees by
 
 
Companies” promulgated by the SFC, after
Public Companies” promulgated by the FSC,
 
 
consulting with the Company’s opinions.
after consulting with the Company’s opinions.
 
 
Subsidiary’s Guidelines shall be approved by the
Subsidiary’s Handling Procedures shall be
 
 
subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted to
approved by the subsidiary’s Board of Directors
 
 
the shareholders’ meeting for approval. The
and submitted to the shareholders’ meeting for
 
 
same shall apply to amendments to such
approval. The same shall apply to amendments
 
 
Guidelines.
to such Handling Procedures.
 
  (2) The Company shall supervise its subsidiaries to (2) The Company shall supervise its subsidiaries to  
 
check whether or not the Operational Procedures
check whether or not the Handling Procedures
 
 
promulgated by the subsidiaries are in
promulgated by the subsidiaries are in compliance
 
 
compliance with the relevant regulations and
with the relevant regulations and whether or not
 
 
whether or not the capital lending transactions are
the capital lending transactions are done in
 
 
done in accordance with the Operational
accordance with the Handling Procedures.
 
 
Procedures.
   
Article
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous To meet the
10     actual need
  (1) The term “subsidiary” as used in the Operational (1) The term “subsidiary” as used in the Handling  
      Procedures shall have the same meaning as     Procedures shall have the same meaning as defined  
      defined in the Statements for Financing     in the Statements for Financing Accounting  
      Accounting Standards No. 5 and No. 7 issued by     Standards No. 5 and No. 7 issued by Accounting  
      Accounting Research and Development     Research and Development Foundation of the  
      Foundation of the Republic of China.     Republic of China.  

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  (2) The term “make a public announcement” and (2) The term “make a public announcement” and “file  
     “file the necessary report(s)” as used in the     the necessary report(s)” as used in the Guidelines,  
      Guidelines, shall mean information disclosure     shall mean information disclosure posted in the  
      posted in the website designated by the SFC.     website designated by the SFC.  
       
  (3) The internal auditing personnel shall examine and (3) (2) The internal auditing personnel shall examine  
      audit the Guidelines and the implementation     and audit the Handling Procedures and the  
      thereof at least on the quarterly basis and produce     implementation thereof at least on the quarterly  
      the written record. If internal auditing personnel     basis and produce the written record. If internal  
      find any material violation of the Guidelines, they     auditing personnel find any material violation of  
      shall inform each supervisor of such violation in     the Handling Procedures, they shall inform the  
      writing immediately.     Audit Committee of such violation in writing  
        immediately.  
  (4) If the outstanding amount of capital lending    
      exceeds the limit provided for in the Guidelines (3) If the outstanding amount of capital lending  
      due to change of the circumstances, such situation     exceeds the limit provided for in the Handling  
      shall be improved within a prescribed period and     Procedures due to change of the circumstances,  
      the improvement plan shall be submitted to each     such situation shall be improved within a  
      supervisor.     prescribed period and the improvement plan shall  
        be submitted to the Audit Committee.  
  (5) Matters not provided for in the Guidelines shall    
  be governed by relevant laws, regulations, and the (4) Matters not provided for in the Handling  
  Company’s other internal regulations.     Procedures shall be governed by relevant laws,  
        regulations, and the Company’s other internal  
        regulations.  
Article (1) The Operational Procedures approved by the (1).Enactment of or amendment to the Handling To meet the
11     Board of Directors shall be delivered to each     Procedures shall be approved by a majority of all actual need
      supervisor and submitted to shareholders’ meeting     members of the Audit Committee and further  
      for approval. If there is any dissenting opinion     submitted to the board of directors for resolution.  
      from any director which has been recorded in the     If enactment of or amendment to the Handling  
      minutes or submitted in writing to the Board of     Procedures is not approved by a majority of all  
      Directors, such dissenting opinion should also be     members of the Audit Committee, alternatively,  
      delivered to each supervisor and submitted to     such may be approved by two-thirds of all  
      shareholders’ meeting for discussion. The same     directors, provided that in such case, the resolutions  
      shall apply to amendments to the Operational     adopted by the Audit Committee shall be recorded  
      Procedures.     in the minutes of the meeting of the board of  
        directors.  
  (2) When discussing the Operational Procedures in    

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  the meeting of the Board of Directors, the opinions  (2) If the Handling Procedures are required to be  
  of each independent director shall be fully      submitted to the board of directors for discussion,  
  considered. The consent or dissenting opinion      the board of directors shall fully consider the  
  from each independent director and the reasons of      opinion from each independent director. If any  
  such dissenting opinion shall be recorded in the      independent director has dissenting or qualified  
  minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors.      opinion, such opinion shall be recorded in the  
         minutes of the meetings of the board of directors.  
       
     (3) The Handling Procedures shall be approved by the  
         board of directors and further submitted to the  
         shareholders meeting for approval and will become  
         effective afterwards. The same shall apply to  
         amendments to the Handling Procedures.  
Article The Operational Procedures approved by the Board  The Handling Procedures were enacted on October 9,  To add the
12 of Directors shall be delivered to each supervisor and  1998; first amendment was made on April 11, 2002;  amendment date
  submitted to shareholders’ meeting for approval and  second amendment was made on May 29, 2003 and  
  will become effective afterwards. The same shall  the third amendment was made on       , 2007.  
  apply to amendments to the Operational Procedures.    
Article The Operational Procedures were enacted on    To change the
13 October 9, 1998; first amendment was made on    sequence of
  April 11, 2002 and second amendment was made on    Articles
  May 29, 2003.    

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Attachment 10:    

Comparison Table for Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees
(“Handling Procedures for Providing Endorsements
and Guarantees for Third Parties”)
(“Handling Procedures”)
Before and After amendments

 
Before amendment
After amendment
Reason of
      amendment
Number Guidelines for Endorsements and Guarantees Handling Procedures for Providing Endorsements To accommodate
of Article   and Guarantees for Third Parties the amendment to
      law and regulation
Article 1 In order to provide specific operating rules in In order to provide specific operating rules in To accommodate
  respect of the endorsements and guarantees to be respect of the endorsements and guarantees to be the amendment to
  provided by the Company, the Guidelines are provided by the Company, the Guidelines are law and regulation
  enacted in accordance with the “Guidelines for enacted in accordance with the “Guidelines for  
  Handling Capital Lending, Endorsements and Handling Capital Lending, Endorsements and  
  Guarantees Made by Public Companies” Guarantees Made by Public Companies”  
  promulgated by the Securities and Futures promulgated by the Financial Supervisory  
  Commission (“SFC”) on December 18, 2002 per the Commission (“FSC”) of the Executive Yuan  
  SFC letter (Ref. No.:    
  Tai-Tsai-Cheng-(6)-0910161919).    
Article 7 The Procedures for Supervising Endorsement or The Procedures for Supervising Endorsement or To accommodate
  Guarantee Provided by Subsidiaries Guarantee Provided by Subsidiaries the amendment of
      law and regulation
  If the Company’s subsidiary wishes to provide If the Company’s subsidiary wishes to provide  
  endorsement or guarantee for other companies, the endorsement or guarantee for other companies, the  
  Company shall supervise such subsidiary to adopt Company shall supervise such subsidiary to adopt  
  its own Guidelines for Endorsements and its own Handling Procedures for Providing  
  Guarantees in accordance with the “Rules Endorsements and Guarantees for Third Parties in  
  Governing Capital Lending and Endorsements and accordance with the “Rules Governing Capital  
  Guarantees by Public Companies” promulgated by Lending and Endorsements and Guarantees by  
  the SFC, after consultation with the Company. Public Companies” promulgated by the FSC, after  
  Subsidiary’s Guidelines shall be approved by the consultation with the Company. Subsidiary’s  
  subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted to the Handling Procedures shall be approved by the  
  shareholders’ meeting for approval. The same shall subsidiary’s Board of Directors and submitted to the  
  apply to amendments to such Guidelines. shareholders’ meeting for approval. The same shall  
    apply to amendments to such Handling Procedures.  

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Article 9 The Management level Responsible for The Management level Responsible for To meet the
  Decision-Making and Authorization Decision-Making and Authorization actual need
  ................................................. .................................................  
  (3) If the company for which the Company (3) If the company for which the Company  
  provides endorsement or guarantee is no longer the provides endorsement or guarantee is no longer the  
  Company’s subsidiary due to change of the permitted subsidiary due to change of the  
  circumstances, the Company shall establish the circumstances, the Company shall establish the  
  improvement plan which shall be submitted to each improvement plan which shall be submitted to the  
  supervisor. If the outstanding amount of Audit Committee. If the outstanding amount of  
  endorsement or guarantee exceeds the limit endorsement or guarantee exceeds the limit  
  provided for in the Guidelines due to change of the provided for in the Guidelines due to change of the  
  circumstances, the Board of Directors shall circumstances, the Board of Directors shall  
  terminate the exceeding portion within a prescribed terminate the exceeding portion within a prescribed  
  period. period.  
       
    (4) If the relevant endorsement/guarantee  
    transaction is required to be submitted to the board  
    of directors for discussion, such transaction shall  
    be approved by a majority of all members of the  
    Audit Committee and further submitted to the  
    board of directors for resolution. If such  
    transaction is not approved by a majority of all  
    members of the Audit Committee, alternatively,  
    such may be approved by two-thirds of all  
    directors, provided that in such case, the  
    resolutions adopted by the Audit Committee shall  
    be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the  
    board of directors.  
       
    (5) If the relevant endorsement/guarantee  
    transaction is required to be submitted to the board  
    of directors for discussion, the board of directors  
    shall fully consider the opinion from each  
    independent director. If any independent director  
    has dissenting or qualified opinion, such opinion  
    shall be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of  
    the board of directors.  

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    (6) “All members of the Audit Committee”  
        referred to in the Handling Procedures and “all  
        directors” referred to in the preceding paragraph  
        shall mean the actual number of the committee  
          members/directors.  
Article Internal Auditing Internal Auditing To meet the actual
11   need
  The internal auditing personnel shall examine and The internal auditing personnel shall examine and  
  audit the Guidelines and the implementation audit the Handling Procedures and the  
  thereof at least on the quarterly basis and produce implementation thereof at least on the quarterly  
  the written record. If internal auditing personnel basis and produce the written record. If internal  
  find any material violation of the Guidelines, they auditing personnel find any material violation of  
  shall inform each supervisor of such violation in the Handling Procedures, they shall inform the  
  writing immediately. Audit Committee of such violation in writing  
    immediately.  
Article Penalty Penalty  
12      
  If any manager or person in-charge of endorsement If any manager or person in-charge of endorsement  
  and/or guarantee, due to his/her negligence, and/or guarantee, due to his/her negligence,  
  violates the Guidelines and as a result causes violates the Handling Procedures and as a result  
  serious damages to the Company, such manager or causes serious damages to the Company, such  
  person shall report to his/her direct superior and the manager or person shall report to his/her direct  
  most senior decision-making officer of the finance superior and the most senior decision-making  
  division immediately. Such manager or person’s officer of the finance division immediately. Such  
  violation shall be handled in accordance with the manager or person’s violation shall be handled in  
  relevant internal personnel and administration accordance with the relevant internal personnel and  
  regulations of the Company. If it is found that administration regulations of the Company. If it  
  such manager or person intentionally violated the is found that such manager or person intentionally  
  Guidelines and as a result caused damages to the violated the Handling Procedures and as a result  
  Company, the Company may, in addition to the caused damages to the Company, the Company  
  punishment made in accordance with its relevant may, in addition to the punishment made in  
  internal regulations, require such manager or accordance with its relevant internal regulations,  
  person to compensate the Company’s loss. The require such manager or person to compensate the  
  punishment and how to handle the above Company’s loss. The punishment and how to  
  mentioned violation shall be reported to the next handle the above mentioned violation shall be  
  Board of Directors meeting. reported to the next Board of Directors meeting.  
Article Miscellaneous Miscellaneous To accommodate
13 .....................                                                                                       ..................... the amendment of

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  (3) The term “make a public announcement” and (3) The term “make a public announcement” and law and regulation
  “file the necessary report(s)” as used in the “file the necessary report(s)” as used in the  
  Guidelines, shall mean information disclosure Handling Procedures, shall mean information  
  posted in the website designated by the SFC. disclosure posted in the website designated by the  
      FSC.  
Article The Guidelines approved by the Board of Directors Effectiveness and Amendment To meet the actual
14 shall be delivered to each supervisor and submitted   need
  to shareholders’ meeting for approval. If there is (1) Enactment of or amendment to the Handling  
  any dissenting opinion from any director which has Procedures shall be approved by a majority of all  
  been recorded in the minutes or submitted in members of the Audit Committee and further  
  writing to the Board of Directors, such dissenting submitted to the board of directors for resolution.  
  opinion should also be delivered to each supervisor If enactment of or amendment to the Handling  
  and submitted to shareholders’ meeting for Procedures is not approved by a majority of all  
  discussion. The same shall apply to amendments to members of the Audit Committee, alternatively,  
  the Guidelines. such may be approved by two-thirds of all  
    directors, provided that in such case, the  
  When discussing the Guidelines during the meeting resolutions adopted by the Audit Committee shall  
  of the Board of Directors, the opinions of each be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the  
  independent director shall be fully considered. board of directors.  
  The consent or dissenting opinion from each    
  independent director and the reasons of such (2) If the Handling Procedures are required to be  
  dissenting opinion shall be recorded in the minutes submitted to the board of directors for discussion,  
  of the meeting of the Board of Directors. the board of directors shall fully consider the  
    opinion from each independent director. If any  
    independent director has dissenting or qualified  
    opinion, such opinion shall be recorded in the  
    minutes of the meetings of the board of directors.  
       
    (3) The Handling Procedures shall be approved  
    by the board of directors and further submitted to  
    the shareholders meeting for approval and will  
    become effective afterwards. The same shall  
    apply to amendments to the Handling Procedures.  
Article The Guidelines were enacted on October 9, 1998; The Guidelines were enacted on October 9, 1998; To add the date of
15 first amendment was made on May 29, 2003 and first amendment was made on May 29, 2003; the amendment
  the second amendment was made on June 15, second amendment was made on June 15, 2006  
  2006. and the third amendment was made on June 13,  
    2007  

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IV. Appendices
 
 
 
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Appendix 1: Shareholding of Directors and Supervisors
 
As of April 14, 2007, the local record date of 2007 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, AUO has issued capital stocks for NTD 75,739,644,550 representing 7,573,964,455 common shares. In accordance with the Article 26 of ROC Securities & Exchange Act, the minimum requirements of the collective shareholding are 302,958,578 common shares for Directors and 30,295,858 shares for Supervisors.
 
As of the local record date, April 14, 2007, the actual collective shareholdings of Directors and Supervisors were 654,749,899 and 678,762,421 shares, respectively. The sum of the both accounted for 9.18% of AUO’s total issued shares. Each of their shareholdings is shown as below:
 
Title   Name of Representative   Shareholders represented   No. of shareholding  
Shareholding %
Chairman   Kuen-Yao (KY) Lee       9,697,454  
0.13
Director   Hsuan Bin (HB) Chen       5,461,956  
0.07
Director   Hsi-Hua Sheaffer Lee   BenQ Corporation   638,029,792  
8.42
Director   Chee-Chun Leung   BenQ Corporation   638,029,792  
8.42
Director   Hui Hsiung   BenQ Corporation   638,029,792  
8.42
Director   Michael Wang   Darly 2 Venture Ltd.   1,560,697  
0.02
Independent Director   Vivien Huey-Juan Hsieh       0  
0.00
Independent Director   T.J. Hunag       0  
0.00
Independent Director   Cheng-Chu Fan       0  
0.00
Total           654,749,899  
8.64
                 
Independent Supervisor   Chieh-Chien Chao       0  
0.00
Supervisor   Ko-Yung (Eric) Yu   BenQ Corporation   638,029,792  
8.42
Supervisor   Shin (David) Chen   China Development Industrial   40,732,629  
0.53
        Bank        
Total           678,762,421  
8.96

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Appendix 2: AUO Rules and Procedures for Shareholders' Meeting
 
Approved by the Shareholders' Meetings
 
on April 17, 1997
 
Amended by the Shareholders' Meetings
 
on April 23, 1999
 
 
1.       Shareholders’ meeting of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules and Procedures.
 
2.       Shareholders or their proxies attending the shareholders’ meeting (the “Meeting”) shall submit the attendance card for the purpose of signing in. The number of shares represented by shareholders or their proxies attending the Meeting shall be calculated in accordance with the attendance cards submitted by the shareholders or their proxies.
 
3.       The quorum required for the Meeting and the votes cast by the shareholders shall be calculated in accordance with the number of shares representing by shareholders attending the Meeting.
 
4.       The Meeting shall be held at the head office of the Company or at any other appropriate place that is convenient for the shareholders to attend. The time to start the Meeting shall not be earlier than 9:00 a.m. or later than 3:00 p.m.
 
5.       The chairman of the board of directors shall be the chairman presiding at the Meeting in the case that the Meeting is convened by the board of directors. In case the chairman of the board of directors is on leave or cannot exercise his power and authority for any reason, the vice chairman shall act on behalf of the chairman. In case the Company has no vice chairman, or the vice chairman is also on leave or unable to exercise his and authority for any reason, the chairman of the board of directors shall designate one of the directors to act on behalf of the chairman. If the chairman does not make such designation, the directors shall elect from and among themselves an acting chairman of the board of directors. If the Meeting is convened by the person other than the board of directors who is permitted to convene such Meeting, such person shall be the chairman presiding the Meeting.
 
6.       The Company may appoint designated counsel, CPA or other related persons to attend the Meeting.
 
7.       The process of the Meeting shall be tape-recorded or videotaped and these tapes shall be preserved for at least one year.
 
8.       Chairman shall call the Meeting to order at the time scheduled for the meeting. If the number of shares represented by the shareholders present at the Meeting has not yet constituted the quorum at the time scheduled for the Meeting, the chairman may postpone the time for the Meeting. The postponements shall be limited to two times at the most and Meeting shall not be postponed for longer than one hour in the aggregate. If after two postponements no quorum can yet be constituted but the shareholders present at the Meeting represent more than one-third of the total outstanding shares of the Company, tentative resolutions may be made in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 175 of the Company Law of the Republic of China. If during the process of the Meeting the number of shares represented by the shareholders present becomes sufficient to constitute the quorum, the chairman may submit the tentative resolutions to the Meeting for approval in accordance with Article 174 of the Company law of the Republic of China.
 
9.       The agenda of the Meeting shall be set by the board of directors, if the Meeting is convened by the board of directors. The Meeting shall proceed in accordance with the agenda unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting. During the Meeting, the chairman may, at his/her discretion, set time for intermission. Unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting, the chairman cannot announce adjournment of the Meeting before all the discussion items listed in the agenda are resolved. The shareholders cannot designated any other person as chairman and continue the Meeting in the same or other place after the Meeting is adjourned.
 
10.       When a shareholder present at the Meeting wishes to speak, a speech note should be filled out with summary of the speech, the shareholder’s number, and the name of the shareholder. The sequence of speeches by shareholders
 
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  should be decided by the chairman. If any shareholder presenting the Meeting submits a speech note but does not speak, no speech should be deemed to have been made by such shareholder. In case the contents of the speech of a shareholder are inconsistent with the contents of the speech note, the contents of actual speech shall prevail. Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman and the shareholder in speaking, no shareholder shall interrupt the speeches of the other shareholder, otherwise the chairman shall stop such interruption.
 
11.       Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman, each shareholder shall not, for each discussion item, speak more than two times or longer than 5 minutes each time. In case the speech of any shareholder violates this provision or exceeds the scope of the discussion item, the chairman may stop the speech of such shareholder.
 
12.       Any legal entity designated as proxy by a shareholder(s) to be present at the Meeting may appoint only one representative to attend the Meeting. If a legal entity designates two or more representatives to attend the Meeting, only one representative can speak for each discussion item.
 
13.       After the speech of a shareholder, the chairman may respond him/herself or appoint an appropriate person to respond.
 
14.       The chairman may announce to end the discussion of any discussion item and go into voting if the chairman deems it appropriate.
 
15.       The person(s) to monitor and the person(s) to count the ballots shall be appointed by the chairman. The person(s) monitoring the ballots shall be a shareholder(s). The result of voting shall be announced at the Meeting and recorded in the minutes of the Meeting.
 
16.       Except otherwise provided in the Company Law of the Republic of China or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, a resolution shall be adopted by a majority of the votes represented by the shareholders present at the Meeting. The resolution shall be deemed adopted and shall have the same effect as if it was voted by casting ballots if no objection is voiced after solicitation by the chairman.
 
17.       If there is amendment to or substitute for a discussion item, the chairman shall decide the sequence of voting for such discussion item, the amendment or the substitute. If any of them has been adopted, the other shall be deemed vetoed and no further voting is necessary.
 
18.       The chairman may require or supervise the disciplinary officers or the security guards to assist in keeping order of the Meeting place. Such disciplinary officers or security guards shall wear badges marked “Disciplinary Officer” for identification purpose.
 
19.       In case of incident due to force majeure, the chairman may decide to temporarily suspend the Meeting or to announce adjournment and decide the day to reconvene the Meeting.
 
20.       Any matter not provided in the Rules and Procedures shall be handled in accordance with the Company Law of Republic of China and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
 
21.       The Rules and Procedures shall become effective from the date on which the Rules and Procedures are approved by the Meeting. The same shall apply to amendments to the Rules and Procedures.
 
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Appendix 3: Articles of Incorporation (before amendments)
 
Chapter 1: General Provisions
 
Article 1
 
 
      The Company is incorporated, registered and organized as a company limited by shares and permanently existing in accordance with the Company Law of the Republic of China (the "Company Law") and the Company's English name is AU Optronics Corp.
 
Article 2
 
The scope of business of the Company shall be as follows:
 
1.   CC01080   Electronic parts and components manufacturing business
2.   F119010   Electronic material wholesale business (for operations outside the Science Park only)
3.   CC01030   Electronic appliances and AV electronics products manufacturing business (for operations
    within Central Taiwan Science Park only)

  To research, develop, produce, manufacture and sell the following products:
 
(1)       Plasma display and related systems
 
(2)       Liquid crystal display and related systems
 
(3)       Organic light emitting diodes and related systems
 
(4)       Amorphous silicon photo sensor device parts and components
 
(5)       Thin film photo diode sensor device parts and components
 
(6)       Thin film transistor photo sensor device parts and components
 
(7)       Touch imaging sensors
 
(8)       Full color active matrix flat panel displays
 
(9)       Field emission displays
 
(10)       Single crystal liquid crystal displays
 
(11)       Original equipment manufacturing for amorphous silicon thin film transistor process and flat panel display modules
 
(12)       Original design manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing business for flat panel display modules
 
(13)       The simultaneous operation of a trade business relating to the Company's business

The operation of the businesses listed above shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.
 
Article 3
 
      The head office of the Company shall be in the Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, the Republic of China ("R.O.C.") or such other appropriate place as may be decided by the board of directors (the "Board"). Subject to the approval of the Board and other relevant authorities, the Company may, if necessary, set up branches, factories, branch operation offices or branch business offices both inside and outside of the R.O.C.
 
Article 4
 
      The total amount of the Company's investment is not subject to the restriction of Article 13 of the Company Law. The Company may provide guarantees or endorsements on behalf of third parties due to business or investment relationships with such third parties.
 
 
 
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Chapter 2: Shares
 
Article 5
 
      The total capital of the Company is Ninety Billion New Taiwan Dollars (NT$90,000,000,000), divided into Nine Billion (9,000,000,000) shares with a par value of Ten New Taiwan Dollars (NT$10) each and in registered form. The Board of Directors is authorized to issue the un-issued shares in installments.
 
      A total of 100,000,000 shares among the above total capital should be reserved for issuance of employee stock options, which may be issued in installments.
 
Article 6
 
      The share certificates of the Company shall be all in registered form. The share certificates, after due registration with the competent authority, shall be signed or sealed by at least three directors and shall be legally authenticated prior to issue.
 
      Where it is necessary for the Company to deliver its share certificates to the Taiwan Securities Central Depositary Co., Ltd. (“TSCD”) for custody of such share certificates, the Company may, upon request of the TSCD, combine its share certificates into larger denominations.
 
      The Company may, pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations, deliver shares or other securities through the book-entry system maintained by the TSCD, instead of physical certificates evidencing shares or other securities.
 
Article 7
 
      The Company may charge its net cost for handling, replacing or exchanging share certificates if the original share certificates were transferred, lost or destroyed.
 
Chapter 3: Shareholders' Meetings
 
Article 8
 
      Shareholders' meetings shall be of two types, ordinary meetings and extraordinary meetings. Ordinary meetings shall be convened annually by the Board within six months of the end of each fiscal year. Extraordinary meetings shall be convened in accordance with the relevant laws, whenever necessary.
 
Article 9
 
      Unless otherwise provided in the Company Law, a resolution shall be adopted at a meeting attended by the shareholders holding and representing a majority of the total issued and outstanding shares and at which meeting a majority of the attending shareholders shall vote in favor of the resolution. In case a shareholder is unable to attend a shareholders' meeting, such shareholder may issue a proxy in the form issued by the Company, setting forth the scope of authorization by signing and affixing such shareholder's seal on the proxy form for the representative to be present on such shareholder's behalf. Except for trust enterprises or other stock transfer agencies approved by the securities authorities, if a person is designated as proxy by more than two shareholders, any of his voting rights representing in excess of 3% of the total issued and outstanding shares shall not be considered. The relevant matters related to the use and rescission of the proxy shall be conducted in accordance with the Company Law and applicable rules.
 
Chapter 4: Directors and Supervisors
 
Article 10
 
      The Company shall have seven to nine directors and three supervisors elected at shareholders' meetings and the person to be elected must have legal competence. The term of office for all directors and supervisors shall be three (3) years. The directors
 
 
 
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and supervisors are eligible for re-election.
 
      The Board is authorized to determine the compensation for the directors and supervisors, taking into account the extent and value of the services provided for the Company’s operation and with reference to the standards of local and overseas industry.
 
Article 10-1
 
      In pursuant to the Article 183 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company shall have 3 independent directors on the Board. The independent directors shall be nominated under the Candidate Nomination System, and be elected from among the nominees listed in the roster of independent director candidates. The professional qualifications, restrictions on the shareholdings and concurrent positions held, method of nomination, and other matters with respect to independent directors shall be in compliance with the laws and regulations prescribed by the competent authority.
 
Article 11
 
      The Company shall have a chairman of the Board. The chairman of the Board shall be elected by and among the directors by a majority of directors present at a meeting attended by more than two thirds of directors. As necessary, a vice chairman may be elected by and among the directors. The chairman of the Board shall preside internally at the meetings of the Board and shall externally represent the Company. In case the chairman of the Board cannot exercise his power and authority, the vice chairman shall act on his behalf. In case there is no vice chairman or the vice chairman is also on leave or cannot exercise his power and authority for any reason, the chairman of the Board may designate one of the directors to act on his behalf. In the absence of such a designation, the directors shall elect a designee from among themselves.
 
Article 12
 
      Where a director is unable to attend a meeting of the Board, he may appoint another director to represent him by proxy in accordance with Article 205 of the Company Law. Each director may act as a proxy for one other director only.
 
Chapter 5: President & Vice Presidents
 
Article 13
 
      The Company shall have a president and several vice presidents. Appointment, dismissal, and remuneration of the president and vice presidents shall be subject to the provisions of the Company Law.
 
Chapter 6: Accounting
 
Article 14
 
      After the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall submit the following documents: (1) business report, (2) financial statements, (3) proposal for allocation of surplus or recovery of loss. The above documents shall be examined by the supervisors or audited by an accountant appointed by the supervisors and then submitted to the shareholders at the ordinary meeting of shareholders for their adoption.
 
Article 15
 
Where the Company has a profit at the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall first allocate the profit to recover losses for preceding years. Ten percent of any remaining net earnings shall be allocated as the Company's legal reserve and a certain amount shall be allocated as special reserve in accordance with applicable laws and regulations or as requested by the competent authority. . The balance shall be distributed as follows:
 
5. employee bonus: 5% to 10%;
 
 
 
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6. remuneration of directors and supervisors: no more than 1%; and
3. all or a portion of the remaining balance shall be distributed as shareholders' dividends.
 
      The Company's dividend policy will be to pay dividends from surplus. Upon consideration of factors such as the Company's current and future investment environment, cash requirements, competitive conditions inside and outside of the R.O.C. and capital budget requirements, the shareholders' interest, maintenance of a balanced dividend and the Company's long term financial plan, the Board shall propose the profit allocation each year subject to relevant laws, then submit such proposal to the shareholders' meeting for approval. In principle, no less than 10% of the total dividend to be paid with respect to any fiscal year shall be paid in the form of cash.
 
Chapter 7: Supplementary Articles
 
Article 16
 
      With respect to the matters not provided herein, the Company Law and other applicable laws and regulations shall govern.
 
Article 17
 
      These Articles of Incorporation were enacted by the incorporators in the incorporators meeting held on July 18, 1996 and were effectively approved by the competent authority.
 
The first amendment was made on September 18, 1996.
The second amendment was made on September 15, 1997.
The third amendment was made on April 23, 1998.
The fourth amendment was made on April 23, 1999.
The fifth amendment was made on March 9, 2000.
The sixth amendment was made on May 10, 2001.
The seventh amendment was made on May 10, 2001.
The eighth amendment was made on October 17, 2001.
The ninth amendment was made on May 21, 2002.
The tenth amendment was made on May 29, 2003.
The eleventh amendment was made on April 29, 2004.
The twelfth amendment was made on June 14, 2005.
The thirteenth amendment was made on June 15, 2006.
 
 
 
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Appendix 4: Influence of proposed stock dividend distribution upon 2007 operating performance, EPS, and return on investment
 
Year
2007
Items
(forecast)
Capital stock, beginning of the year
NTD 75,739,645
 
thousand
Dividend distribution (per common share)
Cash dividend
NTD 0.2(Note 1)
Stock dividend from retained earnings
0.02 common shares (Note 1)
Stock dividend from capital surplus
-
Operating performance
Operating Income
Note 2
% change in operating profit (YoY)
Note 2
Net Income
Note 2
% change in net income (YoY)
Note 2
EPS
Note 2
% change in EPS
Note 2
Average return on investment (%)
Note 2
Pro forma EPS and P/E ratio
If retained earnings distributed in cash dividend
    Pro forma EPS
Note 2
    Pro forma average return on investment (%)
Note 2
If capital surplus not distributed in stock dividend
    Pro forma EPS
Note 2
    Pro forma average return on investment (%)
Note 2
If retained earnings distributed in cash dividend & capital surplus not distributed in stock dividend
    Pro forma EPS
Note 2
    Pro forma average return on investment (%)
Note 2
 
Note:
 
1.       Earnings distribution proposal is to be approved by Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on June 13, 2007.
 
2.       The Company will not announce any financial forecast for year 2007. The influence of proposed stock dividend distribution upon 2007 operating performance and EPS is not applicable.
 
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Appendix 5: Earning distribution proposal and the presumed EPS after the distribution (resolved by the Board of Directors meeting on April 24, 2007)
 
(1)       Employee profit sharing: NTD 573,518,700 distributed in stock at par value (NTD 10), and NTD 245,793,731 distributed in cash.
 
  Remuneration for Directors and Supervisors: NTD 30,500,000 in cash.
 
(2)       The amount of employee stock bonus is estimated to be 27.46% of the total capitalization of 2006 stock dividends and employee stock bonus.
 
(3)       Presumed EPS is NTD 1.28 to reflect distribution of employee profit sharing and cash remuneration for Directors and Supervisors.
 
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Item 2

AU Optronics Corp.
 

Director Candidate List
Name
ID No.
Shareholding
 
Education & Current/Selected Past Positions
   
(Note 1)
   
(Independent Director)
P200062523
0
Ph.D., Finance, University of Houston, U.S.A.
Vivien Huey-Juan Hsieh
   
Director, AU Optronics Corp.
     
Professor, National Taipei University of Technology
(Independent Director)
J100588946
0
Ph.D., Economics, National Taiwan University
Chieh-Chien Chao
   
Supervisor, AU Optronics Corp.
     
Professor, Department of Information and Finance Management,
       
National Chiao Tung University
(Independent Director)
A102241340
0
Ph.D., Business Administration, National Chengchi University
Tze-Kaing Yang
   
Chairman, Yangtze Associates
     
Director, Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation
Kuen-Yao (KY) Lee
K101577037
9,697,454
M.B.A., International Institute for Management Development,
       
Switzerland
     
Chairman and CEO, AU Optronics Corp.
     
Chairman and CEO, BenQ Corporation.
Hsuan Bin (HB) Chen
J101514119
5,461,956
B.S. Communications Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
     
Director, President, and COO, AU Optronics Corp.
Hui Hsiung
Y100138545
3,700,000
Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
     
Director and Executive President, AU Optronics Corp.
Cheng-Chu Fan
J101966328
638,027,792
Master, Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
– Representative of BenQ
 
(Note2)
Director, AU Optronics Corp.
Corporation
       
Lai-Juh Chen
A121498798
638,027,792
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
– Representative of BenQ
 
(Note2)
Vice President, AU Optronics Corp.
Corporation
       
Ching-Shih Han
E220500302
40,732,629
M.B.A., University of Connecticut
– Representative of China
 
(Note2)
Vice President, Direct Investment Department, China
Development Industrial Bank
     
Development Industrial Bank
Note 1:
 
Number of common shares held as of April 14, 2007
2:
 
The shareholding held by the represented entity.
 
 





Item 3
 
AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”)
 
2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting
 
Q & A

1.
What is candidate nomination system adopted for Independent Directors?

Pursuant to the ROC Company Law, the board of directors or any shareholder holding 1% or more of the total number of outstanding shares issued by the Company may submit to the Company in writing a roster of independent director candidates. The board of directors or other authorized conveners of shareholders’ meetings shall examine and/or screen the data and information of each candidate nominated; and shall, unless under any of the circumstances specified in the ROC Company Law, include all qualified candidates in the final roster of candidates accordingly.
The shareholders shall elect the independent directors from among the nominees listed in the roster of candidates.

2.
What is cumulative voting?

Cumulative voting is a method of voting for the election of directors of AUO, where each common share is entitled to as many votes as the number of directors to be elected.
The votes can be concentrated on one candidate only or be allocated among several candidates. An ADS holder can allocate his/her votes among the candidates in a manner whereby the votes allocated to one candidate shall be the integral multiple of the number of shares of common stock underlying the ADSs held as of the ADS Record Date.

3.
How do I calculate how many votes I have for the election of directors?

There are nine (9) directors (including three (3) independent directors) to be elected at our 2007 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting and please note that each ADS represents 10 common shares of AUO.
Election of directors: you are entitled to a number of votes equal to nine (9) times the total number of common shares underlying your ADSs as of the ADS Record Date.
For example, if you own 10 ADSs as of the ADS Record Date, you are entitled to: 9 (number of candidates) x 10 (number of ADSs held as of the ADS Record Date) x 10 (number of common shares represented by each ADS) = 900 votes for directors:

4.
Can I vote for more than one candidate for the board of directors?

You can cast all your votes for one candidate only or allocate your votes among several candidates in a manner whereby the votes allocated to one candidate shall be the integral multiple of the number of common shares underlying your ADSs held as of the Record Date. If you wish to allocate your votes among the candidates proposed, you must select the “EXCEPTIONS” box.
In the example provided in question number 3, you can cast your votes in the following combinations: (The votes to be allocated to one candidate shall be 100 votes or integral multiples of 100 votes, i.e. 10 ADSs held times 10 common shares represented by each ADS)
 


 
 
Candidate
#1
Candidate  
#2
Candidate  
#3
Candidate  
#4
Candidate  
#5
Candidate  
#6
Candidate  
#7
Candidate  
#8
Candidate  
#9
 
Alternative
#1
900
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Effective
Alternative
#2
400
0
100
100
300
0
0
0
0
Effective
Alternative
#3
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Effective
Alternative
#4
50
850
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Void
 
Please note that there are various alternative ways in which you may cast your votes, and the above combinations are just some examples for illustration purpose.
 
5.
What happens if I vote for each candidate on the ballot?

If you vote for each candidate on the ballot, your votes will be split equally among the candidates. You can vote for each candidate proposed by selecting the “FOR ALL” box.
 
6.
What happens if the Depositary does not receive vote from 51% of the outstanding ADSs?

Subject to the Deposit Agreement, if the Depositary does not receive timely voting instructions from 51% of all outstanding ADSs to vote in the same manner on any resolution on the agenda, including the election of the directors, the holders of all ADSs outstanding shall be deemed to have authorized and directed the Depositary to authorize the Chairman of our board of directors, or his designee, to vote the common shares underlying their ADSs in his discretion, with respect to the resolution for the election of director for which the Depositary has not received the above-mentioned 51% of the votes.

7.
If I am a beneficial owner what do I need to do to cumulate my votes for the elections of directors and supervisors?

Beneficial owners should contact their broker, bank or nominee to cumulate votes for directors election.