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AU OPTRONICS CORP.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting

Meeting Agenda (Translation)

Date: June 15, 2017

NOTES TO SHAREHOLDERS:

For the Company’s 2016 annual report on Form 20-F, which was prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), please refer to the “U.S. SEC Filings” section under “Investor Relations” of the Company’s website at http://auo.com/?sn=161&lang=en-US.
For the significant differences in the corporate governance between the practices of US and ROC, please refer to the “U.S. SEC Filings” section under “Investor Relations” of the Company’s website at http://auo.com/?sn=161&lang=en-US.
Shareholders who wish to obtain the 2016 annual report on Form 20-F may request a copy to be sent, free of charge, by contacting the Depositary at 1-888-301-6618 or http://citibank.ar.wilink.com.
Minutes of the Company’s 2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting will be available on the Company’s website within 20 days after the Meeting at http://auo.com/?sn=160&lang=en-US.
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I. Meeting Procedure

II. Meeting Agenda

III. Attachments

2016 Business Report
Audit Committee’s Review Report
Independent Auditors’ Report and 2016 Parent Company Only Financial Statements 4. Independent Auditors’ Report and 2016 Consolidated Financial Statements
2016 Earnings Distribution Proposal 6. Comparison Table of the Articles of Incorporation before and after amendment
Comparison Table of the Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets before and after amendment
Tentative Terms and Conditions for Issuance of Overseas or Domestic Convertible Bonds in Private Placement

IV. Appendices

Shareholding of Directors
AUO Rules and Procedures for Shareholders’ Meeting
Articles of Incorporation (Before the amendments)
Influence of Proposed Stock Dividend Distribution upon 2017 Operating Performance, Earnings Per Share, and Return on Investment

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THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF AU OPTRONICS CORP. 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.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Procedure

Call Meeting to Order
Chair’s Address
Report Items
Recognition Items
Discussion Items
Extraordinary Motions
Meeting Adjourn
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II. Meeting Agenda

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AU Optronics Corp.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda

Time: 9:30 a.m., June 15, 2017, Thursday

Place: No. 2, Jhongke Rd., Situn District, Taichung City, Taiwan R.O.C. (Meeting Room in the Central Taiwan Science Park Administration)

Attendants: All shareholders or their proxy holders

Chair: Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng, Chairman

1. Chair’s Address

2. Report Items

(1) To report the business of 2016
(2) Audit Committee’s Review Report
(3) To report the distribution of employees’ and directors’ remuneration of 2016
(4) To report the indirect investments in China in 2016
(5) To report the issuance of securities in private placement
(6) To report the merger of Taiwan CFI Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company

3. Recognition Items

(1) To accept 2016 Business Report and Financial Statements
(2) To accept the proposal for the distribution of 2016 earnings

4. Discussion Items

(1) To approve the amendment to Articles of Incorporation
(2) To approve the amendment to Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets
(3) To approve issuance of new common shares for cash to sponsor issuance of the overseas depositary shares and/or issuance of new common shares for cash in public offering and/or issuance of new common shares for cash in private placement and/or issuance of overseas or domestic convertible bonds in private placement

5. Extraordinary Motions

6. Meeting Adjourn

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Report Items

1. To report the business of 2016

Explanation: The 2016 Business Report is attached hereto as Attachment 1 (pages 15-16).

2. Audit Committee’s Review Report

Explanation: The Audit Committee’s Review Report is attached hereto as Attachment 2 (page 17).

3. To report the distribution of employees’ and directors’ remuneration of 2016

Explanation: Distribution of NT$1,107,485,720 and NT$24,226,250 in cash as remunerations to employees and directors, respectively, have been approved by the meeting of board of directors held on March 22, 2017.

4. To report the indirect investments in China in 2016

Explanation: Below is the Company’s indirect investments in China as of December 31, 2016:

Investee	Accumulated investment amount from R.O.C. (Note 1)	Method of investment	Ceiling for total investment amount in China(Note 2)
AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corp., Ltd.	NT$6,462,400 thousand	Indirect investment through offshore entities	NT$119,781,109 thousand
AU Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	NT$32,312 thousand
AU Optronics (Xiamen) Corp.	NT$8,078,000 thousand
AU Optronics Manufacturing (Shanghai)Corp.	NT$2,584,960 thousand
BVCH Optronics (Sichuan) Corp.	NT$241,371 thousand
AU Optronics (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.	NT$15,836,434 thousand

Note 1: The amount of New Taiwan dollars (“NT dollars” or “NT$”) is calculated based on the exchange rate on the Company's balance sheet date.

Note 2: The ceiling is 60% of NT$199,635,182 thousand (the Company's net worth as shown in the Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 2016).

5. To report the issuance of securities in private placement

Explanation:

(1) It has been approved by the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 16, 2016 to authorize the Board of Directors, within the limit of 950,000,000 common shares, depending on the market conditions and the Company’s capital needs, to choose appropriate timing and one or more fund raising instruments to issue new common shares for cash to sponsor issuance of the overseas depositary shares and/or new common shares for cash in public offering and/or new common shares for cash in private placement and/or overseas or domestic convertible bonds in private placement in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
(2) It is reported in accordance with Article 5 of the “Directions for Public Companies
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Conducting Private Placements of Securities”.

6. To report the merger of Taiwan CFI Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company

Explanation:

(1) In accordance with Article 318 of the Company Act and Article 26 of the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act, the Company is required to provide a report on the merger between the Company and Taiwan CFI Co., Ltd. (hereinafter CFI).
(2) The Company carried out a merger with CFI, a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, in accordance with the approvals of the Board of Directors of both parties on August 5, 2016.The Company is the surviving company, and CFI is the dissolving company. The name of the surviving company remains AU Optronics Corp. after the merger.
(3) As CFI was a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, a short-form merger between both parties proceeds according to Article 19 of the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act. Since the short-form merger does not require share exchange ratios, cash dividend to shareholders, or any other financial consideration, there shall be no impact on shareholders’ equity.
(4) The merger has come into effect on October 1, 2016, and all legal procedures have been duly completed.

Recognition Items

1. To accept 2016 Business Report and Financial Statements (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

(1) The 2016 Financial Statements were audited by the independent auditors, Yu, Wan-Yuan and Tseng, Mei- Yu of KPMG.
(2) For the 2016 Business Report, Independent Auditors’ Report, and the 2016 Financial Statements, please refer to Attachments 1 and 3-4 (pages 15-16 and pages 18-33).

Resolution:

2. To accept the proposal for the distribution of 2016 earnings (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

(1) The proposed distribution is allocated from the 2016 earnings available for distribution. For the Proposal for 2016 Earnings Distribution, please refer to Attachment 5 (page 34).
(2) If the dividend distribution ratio is adjusted due to change of the Company's total number of outstanding common shares it is proposed that the Chairman of Board of Directors is authorized to adjust the ratio of dividend to be distributed to each common share based on the total amount approved by the 2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting to be distributed and the actual number of common shares outstanding on the record date for distribution.
(3) The calculation of dividends is based on the roster of shareholders and the number of shares
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held by each shareholder as recorded in the roster as of the record date for distribution. The cash dividend distribution to each shareholder will be paid to the rounded-down full NT dollar. Amounts less than one whole NT dollar are rounded-down to the nearest NT dollar. The aggregate unpaid cash dividend resulting from the above rounded-down, will be distributed to shareholders in the descending order of decimal point and the ascending order of shareholder account numbers, until the total amount of the approved cash dividend has been fully distributed.

Resolution:

Discussion Items

1. To approve the amendment to Articles of Incorporation (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

(1) To add new business items of the Company and to clarify the Company’s dividend policy, it is proposed to amend the Articles of Incorporation.
(2) A comparison table of the Articles of Incorporation before and after the amendment is attached hereto as Attachment 6 (pages 35-37).

Resolution:

2. To approve the amendment to Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

(1) To comply with the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies, it is proposed to amend the Company’s Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets.
(2) A comparison table of the Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets before and after the amendment is attached hereto as Attachment 7 (pages 38-43).

Resolution:

3. To approve issuance of new common shares for cash to sponsor issuance of the overseas depositary shares ("DR Offering") and/or issuance of new common shares for cash in public offering and/or issuance of new common shares for cash in private placement ("Private Placement Shares") and/or issuance of overseas or domestic convertible bonds in private placement ("Private Placement CB") (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

(1) Fund raising purpose and size:

In order to invest in equipment and technology of high-level products, enrich working capital, have sound financial structure and/or support the Company’s long term development funding needs, it is hereby proposed that the shareholders meeting to authorize the Board of Directors ("Board"), within the limit of 950,000,000 common shares, depending on the market conditions and the Company’s capital needs, to choose appropriate timing and fund raising instrument(s), to issue new common shares for cash to sponsor DR Offering and/or

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issue new common shares for cash in public offering and/or issue Private Placement Shares and/or issue Private Placement CB, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and the following fund raising principles. For issuance of Private Placement CB, the number of common shares to be converted within the limit of 950,000,000 common shares shall be calculated in accordance with the conversion price determined at the time of issuance of Private Placement CB.

(2) Fund raising method(s) and handling principles:
I. Issuance of new common shares for cash to sponsor DR Offering:
(i) The issue price of the new common shares will be decided with reference to (a) the closing price of the Company’s common shares or American Depositary Shares (" ADSs") on the pricing date or (b) the average of the closing price of the Company’s common shares or ADSs for 1, 3 or 5 trading days prior to the pricing date (each of (a) and (b) is referred to hereinafter as the "reference price"). The Chairman of the Company is authorized to coordinate with the foreign lead-underwriter(s) of the DR Offering to determine the actual issue price in accordance with market conditions, provided that, the actual price shall not be less than 90% of the reference price after adjustment for shares issued as stock dividends, shares cancelled in connection with capital reduction and the cash dividends.

The reference price and the actual price will be decided in accordance with market practice and applicable law and regulations. In addition, assuming that the Company issues 950,000,000 common shares which is approximately 9.87% of the Company’s total outstanding common shares on the record date for the Company’s 2017 annual shareholders meeting, as the actual price shall be no less than 90% of the reference price after adjustment for shares issued as stock dividends, shares cancelled in connection with capital reduction and the cash dividends, it is unlikely that such issuance will have a material dilutive effect on the holding of the current existing shareholders. Thus, determination of the issue price of the new common shares to be issued in connection with the DR Offering should be reasonable and should not have a material adverse effect on the rights and benefits of the current existing shareholders.

(ii) Except for 10% to 15% of the new common shares shall be allocated for the employees' subscription in accordance with the applicable law, it is proposed for the shareholders meeting to approve the rights to subscribe to the remaining shares to be waived by the shareholders and such remaining shares should be offered to the public under Article 28-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act as the underlying shares of the global depositary shares to be sold in the DR Offering. Any new common shares not subscribed by employees of the Company shall be determined by the Chairman of the Company, depending on the market needs, to be allocated as underlying shares of the global depositary shares or to be subscribed by the designated person(s).
II. Issuance of new common shares for cash in public offering:
(i) The par value of the new common shares to be issued per share is NT$10. It is proposed to authorize the Chairman of the Company to coordinate with the underwriter(s) of the public offering to determine the actual issue price in accordance with the Taiwan Securities Association's Self-regulatory Rules Governing the Provision of Advisory Services by Underwriter Members to Issuing Companies for Offering and
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Issuing Securities and the market conditions and the issue price shall be reported to, and approved by the regulatory authority before issuance.

(ii) It is proposed to authorize the Board to choose either of the following methods to sell the new shares in the public offering through the underwriter(s)：
(a) Except for 10% to 15% of the new shares must be offered to employees in accordance with Article 267, Paragraph I of the Company Act, it is proposed for the shareholders meeting to approve the pre-emptive rights to subscribe to the remaining shares to be waived by the shareholders in accordance with Article 28-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act and such remaining shares will be offered to the public via book building. It is proposed that any new common shares not subscribed by employees of the Company will be sold to the person(s) designated by the Chairman of the Company at the issue price.
(b) Except for 10% to 15% of the new shares must be offered to employees in accordance with Article 267, Paragraph I of the Company Act, it is proposed that 10% of the new shares to be sold to the public through the underwriter(s) in accordance with Article 28-1, Paragraph 2 of the Securities and Exchange Act and the remaining shares will be subscribed to by the existing shareholders of the Company in accordance with their shareholding. It is proposed that any new common shares not subscribed by employees and shareholders of the Company will be sold to the person(s) designated by the Chairman of the Company at the issue price.

III. Issuance of Private Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB:

(i) Basis and reasonableness for determination of the subscription price of the Private Placement Shares:
(a) The higher of (x) the simple average closing price of the Company’s common shares for 1, 3 or 5 trading days prior to the pricing date, and (y) the simple average closing price of the Company’s common shares for 30 trading days prior to the pricing date, after adjustment for shares issued as stock dividends, shares cancelled in connection with capital reduction and the cash dividends, as the reference subscription price of the Private Placement Shares.
(b) The issue price of the Private Placement Shares shall be no less than 80% of the reference price. It is proposed to authorize the Board to decide the actual issue price within the range approved by the shareholders meeting, depending on the status of finding specific investor(s) and market conditions.

The issue price of the Private Placement CB shall be no less than 80% of the theoretical price.

(c) As aforementioned, subscription price of the Private Placement Shares and issue price of Private Placement CB will be determined with reference to the price of the Company’s common shares and the theoretical price in accordance with the Regulations Governing Public Companies Issuing Securities in Private Placement, thus, the price should be reasonable.
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(ii) The method, purpose, necessity and projected benefits to determine specific investor(s):

The investors to subscribe to the Private Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB must meet the qualifications listed in Article 43-6 of the Securities and Exchange Act and are limited to strategic investor(s). Priority will be given to the investor(s) who could benefit the Company's long term development, competitiveness, and existing shareholders' rights. The Board is fully authorized to determine the specific investor(s). The purpose, necessity and projected benefits for choosing strategic investor(s) are to accommodate the Company’s operation and development needs to have the strategic investor(s) to assist the Company, directly or indirectly, in its finance, business, manufacturing, technology, procurement, management, and strategy development, etc. so to strengthen the Company’s competitiveness and enhance its operational efficiency and long term development.

(iii) The necessity of issuance of Private Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB:

Considering the effectiveness and convenience for issuance of the Private Placement Shares/Private Placement CB and accommodating the Company’s development planning, including inviting the strategic investor(s), it would be necessary to issue the Private Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB.

(iv) For the Private Placement Shares and/or the new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB, after expiration of three years following delivery date of the Private Placement Shares/Private Placement CB, the Board is authorized to apply for approval from the Taiwan Stock Exchange ("TSE") acknowledging that the Private Placement Shares /new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB meet the requirements for TSE listing before the Company submitting application with the Financial Supervisory Commission for retroactive handling of public issuance of such shares and submitting application with TSE for listing such shares on TSE.
(v) The tentative terms and conditions of the Private Placement CB ("Offering Plan") are shown in Attachment 8 (pages 44-46).
(3) Use of proceeds, the schedule and the projected benefits:

The Company plans to use the funds raised from the DR Offering and/or issuance of the new common shares in public offering and/or issuance of the Private Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB to invest in equipment and technology of high-level product, enrich working capital, strengthen financial structure and/or support the Company’s long term development funding needs and plans to use such funds within three years after completing the fund raising and it is expected that use of such funds will strengthen the Company’s competition and improve operational efficiency.

(4) The new common shares to be issued to sponsor the DR Offering, the new common shares to be issued in public offering, Private Placement Shares and the new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB will be issued in the scriptless form. Except that the Private Placement Shares and the new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB are subject to the selling restrictions within three years
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after the delivery date of the Private Placement Shares/Private Placement CB under Article 43-8 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the new common shares to be issued to sponsor the DR Offering, the new common shares to be issued in public offering, the Private Placement Shares and the new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB will have the same rights and obligations as the Company’s existing issued and outstanding common shares.

(5) The reason for the situation where the issue price of the new common shares to be issued to sponsor the DR Offering, the new common shares to be issued in public offering, Private Placement Shares and the conversion price for the Private Placement CB is set as a price less than the par value due to change of the market change and the reason for the Company not adopt other fund raising method and the reasonableness for such determination:

This is mainly based on considerations of the sound operation of the Company and the security of its financial structure and issuing equity related securities for fund raising is more appropriate than pure debt financing. If the Company decides to use the fund raising methods, such as issuing new shares for cash to sponsor the DR Offering, issuing new shares for cash in public offering, and issuing Private Placement Shares, etc. the Company would not incur any interest of the debt in such case not only the Company's financial risk could be reduced, the Company's financial structure could be improved and the flexibility of the Company’s treasury management would also be increased. For issuance of Private Placement CB, if investor converts Private Placement CB into the common shares, such would improve the Company’s financial structure and would benefit the Company’s long term development. Thus, it should be reasonable for the Company to issue the equity related securities. If the issue price and the conversion price is less than the par value, such would be expected to cause decrease of the Company’s capital surplus and retained earnings in which case the Company will, depending on the actual operating conditions in the future, make up for the losses. As the issue price and the conversion price will be determined in accordance with the relevant regulations, thus, after realization of the benefits of the capital increase, the Company's financial structure will be effectively improved which would be favorable to the Company’s long-term development and would not have adverse impact on the rights and benefits of the shareholders.

(6) After the shareholders meeting approves issuance of new common shares to sponsor the DR Offering, new common shares in public offering, the Private Placement Shares and the Private Placement CB, it is proposed for the shareholders meeting to authorize the Board to determine and amend, at the Board’s sole discretion, the terms and condition of the new common shares to be issued for the DR Offering and/or in public offering and/or terms and condition of the Private Placement Shares and/or Offering Plan of the Private Placement CB, the plan for the use of proceeds, the schedule and projected benefits and all matters in connection therewith, in accordance with the Company’s actual needs, market conditions and relevant regulations and if any amendment thereto is required due to any change of the regulations or as requested by the regulator’s order or based on the Company’s operation evaluation or change of the market conditions, the Board is authorized to make the required amendments at the Board’s sole discretion.
(7) To complete the fund raising, the Chairman or the Chairman's designee is authorized, on behalf of the Company, to handle all matters relating to, and sign all agreements and documents in connection with, issuance of the new common shares to sponsor the DR Offering, issuance of new common shares in public offering and issuance of the Private
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Placement Shares and/or Private Placement CB.

(8) The Board is authorized to handle all matters at the Board’s sole discretion which are not addressed herein in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

Resolution:

Extraordinary Motions

Meeting Adjourn

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III. Attachments

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Attachment 1 2016 Business Report

The display panel market recovered from a sluggish start in 2016. Beginning in the second half of 2016, growth in end-market demand became steady and the closure of production lines by some industry peers resulted in a tightening of supply which led to a rebound in the selling prices of display panels. The Company has been committed to value transformation in recent years. This has allowed us to take advantage of market opportunities as they arise. In 2016, the expanded capacity at our generation 8.5 TFT-LCD fab has already been running at full utilization, while our generation 6 LTPS TFT-LCD fab in Kunshan has set a new industry record as the fastest LTPS fab to have achieved equipment move in light up, and mass production. Although our consolidated net revenue decreased by 8.7% YoY to NT$329.09 billion in 2016, our net profit increased by 36.4% YoY to NT$6.61 billion in 2016. Profit attributable to shareholders of AUO was NT$7.82 billion, 58.5% higher than 2015, with basic earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.81. In addition to delivering four consecutive years of profit, the Company has also been able to maintain the overall financial structure at a solid and healthy condition.

Looking back on 2016, AUO's key products and technology developments include:

Bezel-less ALCD (Advanced LCD) TV panels: We have continuously challenged the technical specifications of displays by integrating to our bezel-less LCD TV panels various leading technologies, such as UHD (Ultra HD) 4K ultra-high resolution, curved design, quantum dot wide color gamut, and HDR (High Dynamic Range). Our product strategy is to create product differentiation through technology stacking. In addition, with the exhibition of the world's first 65-inch 8K4K ultra-high resolution, golden curvature and bezel-less TV panels, we hope to set the display technology barriers even higher.
LTPS notebook panels: AUO leads the industry in expanding the application of LTPS technologies to notebook panels. Theses panels feature ultra-high resolution, slim borders, and low power consumption. In recognition of our technology capability, our 13.3-inch UHD 4K LTPS notebook panel won the Outstanding Product Award at the 2016 Gold Panel Awards.
Wearable devices display panels: Our wearable device offerings provide complete panel solutions including AMOLED, traditional TFT-LCD, and transflective TFT-LCD to meet the needs of wearable devices in stylish appearance, power savings, outdoor visibility, and other diverse needs. Working closely with customers, we have achieved steady shipments in wearable devices and we anticipate this to be an area for future growth.
Car display panels: Our products showcase features such as ultra-high resolution, wide color gamut, wide viewing angle, high weather tolerance, free-form cutting, curved, etc. These qualities help in strengthening our entry into markets with high barriers. AUO's share of the car displays market is currently in the top three globally. Notably, our 25-inch ultra wide curved car displays that use high-end technologies such as free-form cutting and curved design have won the Excellence in Technology Awards in 2016, further demonstrating our competitiveness in high-end car display panels.
High specification gaming display panel: We have the most complete gaming display panel product lines, and led the industry by developing a series of professional grade gaming monitor panels integrating high refresh rate, large-sized display, high resolution, bezel-less, and curved design. As the market leader, our market share is significantly larger than our competitors. AUO's products include the world's first 27-inch gaming monitor panel with 144Hz refresh rate and UHD 4K ultra-high resolution. We are also the first to launch a 25-inch 240Hz ultra high refresh rate gaming monitor panel. These products demonstrate our professional capability and leading position in gaming display panels.
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Development trends in the display panel industry:

For TV panels, we expect to see the trend towards high-resolution, curved, quantum dot wide color gamut, and bezel-less to continue. As the major markets for TVs entering replacement cycle, it also drives the increase in the average size of TV panels.
The continuous capacity expansion of Chinese display panel makers has an impact on the supply and demand balance of the display panel industry. With additional capacity coming into the market, technologies, operational management, and customers have become the key differentiating factors for the competitiveness of display panel makers.
With applications for the Internet of Things and the Internet of Vehicles continuing to be developed, display panels remain the most important human-machine interface. Business opportunities can be expected in these new applications.

On the other hand, Bloomberg forecasted that 73-gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic power system will be installed worldwide in 2017. Taiwan government’s long-term green energy policy has also set a goal of achieving 20-gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic power system by 2025 and expected to install 900-megawatts of new solar photovoltaic power system in 2017. The demand from these developments will drive the growth momentum of the solar industry. We will continue to improve the competitiveness of our solar products, in terms of both cost and efficiency.

In response to these trends in the industry and market, our business strategies in 2017 include:

Highly flexible management and mass-production capability: We have leading advantages in various technologies and have complete production lines of different generations. We are able to make the most effective capacity allocation to cater to various products. Our solid mass-production foundation, supplemented by our complete upstream and downstream supply-chain management, places us in a highly cost-competitive position.
Continue to enhance customer relationships: We will continue to build our foundation based on solid technological strength and comprehensive patents strategy, provide customers with value-added solutions, and move from production to services oriented.
Build up high-quality and optimal production capacity: We will expand our high-quality production capacity at an appropriate pace and time based on market demands to enhance our leading position in the value-added and high-end products market, thereby safeguarding our profitability.

Looking forward, new display applications continue to expand. We will appropriately optimize our high-end production capacity, reinforce our growth momentum and provide the best total solution to customers with our professional skill and integrated services to position ourselves as the industry leader. We will work toward meeting the goal of creating value together with our customers and enhancing shareholder value.

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Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng,
Chairman
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Kuo-Hsin (Michael) Tsai, President

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Benjamin Tseng, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Note: Based on market information available to the company as at December 31, 2016.
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Attachment 2:

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Audit Committee’s Review Report

The Board of Directors has prepared the Company’s Business Report, Financial Statements, and Earning Distribution Proposal for the year of 2016. Yu, Wan-Yuan and Tseng, Mei -Yu, Certified Public Accountants of KPMG, have audited the Financial Statements. The 2016 Business Report, Financial Statements, and Earning Distribution Proposal have been reviewed and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee of AU Optronics Corp. I, as the Chair of the Audit Committee, hereby submit this report according to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Law.

AU Optronics Corp.

Chair of the Audit Committee

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Vivien Huey-Juan Hsieh

March 22, 2017

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Attachment 3:

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors of AU Optronics Corp.:

Opinion

We have audited the parent-company-only financial statements of AU Optronics Corp. (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, and statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and notes to the parent-company-only statements including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying parent-company-only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and its financial performance and its cash flows for each of the years then ended, in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Ethics in Republic of China (“the Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the parent-company-only financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the parent-company-only financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Impairment of long-term non-financial assets (including goodwill)

Refer to Note 4(16) “Impairment – non-financial assets”, Note 5(2) and Note 5(3) “Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation and assumption uncertainty”, Note 6(7) “Property, plant and equipment”, and Note 6(9) “Intangible assets” to the parent-company-only financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

The Company operates in an industry with high investment costs, has goodwill through the acquisition of subsidiaries, and may experience volatility in response to changes in the external market; hence, it is important to assess the impairment of its long-term non-financial assets (including goodwill). The impairment assessment includes identifying cash-generating units, determining a valuation model, determining significant assumptions, and computing recoverable amounts. With the complexity of the impairment assessment process and the involvement of significant management judgment regarding assumptions used, this is one of the key areas our audit focused on.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, our principal audit procedures included understanding and testing the Company’s controls surrounding the impairment assessment and testing process; assessing whether there are impairment indications for the identified cash-generating units of the Company and its related assets;

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understanding and assessing the appropriateness of the valuation model used by the management in the impairment assessment and the significant assumptions used to determine related assets’ future cash flows projection, useful lives, and weighted-average cost of capital; retrospectively reviewing the accuracy of assumptions used in prior-period estimates and performing a sensitivity analysis of key assumptions and results; in addition to the above audit procedures, appointing specialists to evaluate the appropriateness of the weighted-average cost of capital used and related assumptions; performing an inquiry of the management and identifying any event after the balance sheet date if able to affect the results of the impairment assessment; and assessing the adequacy of the Company’s disclosures of its policy on impairment of noncurrent non-financial assets and other related disclosures.

Recognition of deferred tax assets

Refer to Note 4(20) “Income taxes”, Note 5(5) “Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation and assumption uncertainty”, and Note 6(24) “Income taxes” to the parent-company-only financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

The recognition of deferred tax assets for the related unused tax losses, unused tax credits, and deductible temporary differences is based on management estimates of its future available taxable profits and the probability that the related deferred tax assets will be realized. This is one of the key areas our audit focused on.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, our principal audit procedures included understanding and testing the controls surrounding the Company’s assessment process for recognition of deferred tax assets; understanding the Company’s significant operating entities for which deferred tax assets are recognized and assessing the management estimates for assumptions used in the future cash flow projection and future taxable profits calculation; retrospectively reviewing the accuracy of assumptions used in prior-period estimates of future cash flow projection and assessing whether there are any other matters that will affect the recognition of deferred tax assets; and assessing the adequacy of the Company’s disclosures regarding its deferred tax asset recognition policy and other related disclosures.

Revenue recognition

Refer to Note 4(18) “Revenue recognition”, and Note 6(18) “Revenue” to the parent-company-only financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

Revenue is recognized when the risks and rewards specified in each individual contract with customers are transferred. The Company recognizes revenue depending on the various sales terms in each individual contract with customers to ensure the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred. In addition, the Company operates in an industry in which sales revenue is easily influenced by various external factors such as supply and demand of the market, and this may impact the recognition of revenue. Consequently, this is one of the key areas our audit focused on.

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How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, our principal audit procedures included testing the Company’s controls surrounding revenue recognition; assessing whether appropriate revenue recognition policies are applied through comparison with accounting standards and understanding the Company’s main revenue types, its related sales agreements, and sales terms; on a sample basis, inspecting contracts with customers or customers’ orders and assessing whether the accounting treatment of the related contracts (including sales terms) is applied appropriately; performing a test of details of sales revenue and understanding the rationale for any identified significant sales fluctuations and any significant reversals of revenue through sales discounts and sales returns which incurred within a certain period before or after the balance sheet date; and assessing the adequacy of the Company’s disclosures of its revenue recognition policy and other related disclosures.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the parent-company-only financial statements in accordance with Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of parent-company-only financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the parent-company-only financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern, and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance (inclusive of the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the parent-company-only financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these parent-company-only financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercised professional judgment and maintained professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

Identified and assessed the risks of material misstatement of the parent-company-only financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Obtained an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.
Evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
Concluded on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related
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disclosures in the parent-company-only financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

Evaluated the overall presentation, structure and content of the parent-company-only financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the parent-company-only financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of equity-accounted investees to express an opinion on the parent-company-only financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group audit.

We communicated with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identified during our audit.

We also provided those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicated with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determined those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the parent-company-only financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

KPMG Yu, Wan Yuan Hsinchu, Taiwan (Republic of China) CPA of Republic of China February 13, 2017

KPMG Tseng, Mei Yu Hsinchu, Taiwan (Republic of China) CPA of Republic of China February 13, 2017

Note:

The auditors’ report and the accompanying parent-company-only financial statements were an English translation of the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and parent-companyonly financial statements shall prevail.

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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

AU OPTRONICS CORP.

Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for earnings per share)

2016	2015	% 101 1
Amount 301,417,018 688,338 300,728,680 272,658,594 28,070,086 2,977,151 4,205,932 8,348,310 15,531,393 12,538,693 780,267 (443,247) (1,978,148) (492,968) (2,134,096 ) 10,404,597 2,585,659 7,818,938 (225,194) 672 38,283 (186,239 ) (1,427,407) 764,090 7,199 (4,581,922) 931,901 (4,306,139 ) (4,492,378 ) 3,326,560 0.81 0.80	Amount 336,793,412 2,913,587 333,879,825 300,174,791 33,705,034 3,151,773 4,772,773 8,149,223 16,073,769 17,631,265 718,207 (4,281,009) (1,949,294) (5,052,481) (10,564,577 ) 7,066,688 2,134,728 4,931,960 (247,015) (11,089) 25,299 (232,805 ) 2,819,164 (503,181) (3,646) (2,110,711) (61,831 ) 139,795 (93,010 ) 4,838,950 0.51 0.46
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English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

AU OPTRONICS CORP.

Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Cash flows from operating activities: Profit before income tax $ Adjustments for: Depreciation Amortization Interest expense Interest income Dividend income Share of profit of equity-accounted investees Losses (gains) on disposals of property, plant and equipment, net Losses on disposals of investments, net Losses on purchase of convertible bonds payable Effect of exchange rates on purchase and redemption of convertible bonds payable Changes in fair values of financial instruments Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses (gains) Others Subtotal of income and expense items not affecting cash flows Change in operating assets and liabilities: - accounts receivable - receivables from related parties - inventories - other current assets - accounts payable - payables to related parties - net defined benefit liability - provisions - other current liabilities Subtotal of net changes in operating assets and liabilities Subtotal of adjustment items Cash generated from operations Cash received from interest income Cash received from dividend income Cash paid for interest Cash paid for income taxes Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from disposals of financial assets carried at cost Acquisitions of equity-accounted investees Proceeds from disposals of equity-accounted investees Proceeds from return of capital by equity-accounted investees Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposals of property, plant and equipment Decrease (increase) in refundable deposits Increase in intangible assets Decrease in other financial assets Net cash inflows resulting from acquisitions of subsidiaries Net cash used in investing activities Cash flows from financing activities: Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings Purchase of convertible bonds payable Redemption of convertible bonds payable Proceeds from long-term borrowings Repayments of long-term borrowings Increase in guarantee deposits Cash dividends Net cash used in financing activities Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at January 1 Cash and cash equivalents at December 31 $	2016 10,404,597 27,525,078 1,159,465 1,978,148 (43,570) (102,500) 492,968 16,931 36,100 - - 374,854 (1,136,070) 34,047 30,335,451 (12,957,936) (616,371) 3,239,898 (2,252,449) 927,778 (2,976,357) (84,135) (3,126,982) (2,660,963) (20,507,517) 9,827,934 20,232,531 42,855 718,949 (1,832,035) (708,037 ) 18,454,263 - (218,300) 11,750 - (16,565,254) 12,667 5,023 (187,020) 8,555 1,338,384 (15,594,195 ) (1,500,000) - - 36,670,000 (38,408,791) 9,825 (3,368,486) (6,597,452) 55,184 (3,682,200) 42,089,471 38,407,271	2015 7,066,688 33,468,799 892,567 1,949,294 (151,322) (111,818) 5,052,481 (346,889) 81,959 87,984 576,167 78,733 107,556 741 41,686,252 21,850,861 1,558,830 2,327,346 (135,634) (526,225) (10,250,217) (84,313) (3,818,541) (212,676) 10,709,431 52,395,683 59,462,371 152,870 795,284 (1,846,470) (7,326 ) 58,556,729 35,726 (28,042,190) - 3,300,000 (23,910,247) 908,001 (2,683) (303,282) 3,033 - (48,011,642 ) 1,500,000 (14,799,715) (563,999) 27,541,250 (31,325,414) 95,763 (4,812,123) (22,364,238 ) (25,863) (11,845,014) 53,934,485 42,089,471

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Attachment 4:

Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors of AU Optronics Corp.:

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of AU Optronics Corp. and its subsidiaries (“the Company”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity, and consolidated statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and notes to the consolidated financial statements including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for each of the years then ended, in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and with the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, interpretation as well as related guidance endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Ethics in Republic of China (“the Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Impairment of long-term non-financial assets (including goodwill)

Refer to Note 4(17) “Impairment – non-financial assets”, Note 5(2) and Note 5(3) “Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation and assumption uncertainty”, Note 6(8) “Property, plant and equipment”, and Note 6(10) “Intangible assets” to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

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Recognition of deferred tax assets

Refer to Note 4(22) “Income taxes”, Note 5(5) “Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation and assumption uncertainty”, and Note 6(26) “Income taxes” to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

The recognition of deferred tax assets for the related unused tax losses, unused tax credits, and deductible temporary differences arising from operating entities located in other areas is based on management estimates of its future available taxable profits and the probability that the related deferred tax assets will be realized. This is one of the key areas our audit focused on.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

Revenue recognition

Refer to Note 4(19) “Revenue recognition”, and Note 6(20) “Revenue” to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

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How the matter was addressed in our audit:

Other Matters

AU Optronics Corp. has additionally prepared its parent-company-only financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, on which we have issued an unmodified opinion.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, interpretation as well as related guidance endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern, and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance (inclusive of the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

Identified and assessed the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Obtained an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.
Evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
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and related disclosures made by management.

Concluded on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
Evaluated the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group audit.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determined those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

KPMG Yu, Wan Yuan Hsinchu, Taiwan (Republic of China) CPA of Republic of China February 13, 2017

KPMG Tseng, Mei Yu Hsinchu, Taiwan (Republic of China) CPA of Republic of China February 13, 2017

Note:

The auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements were an English translation of the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.

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AU OPTRONICS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for earnings per share)

2016	2015	% 101 1
Amount 329,931,849 842,813 329,089,036 294,598,017 34,491,019 3,895,089 9,176,683 9,080,791 22,152,563 12,338,456 2,380,228 (925,673) (2,707,887) 100,778 (1,152,554 ) 11,185,902 4,579,191 6,606,711 (225,194) 574 38,283 (186,337 ) (7,500,071) 766,534 7,199 (609,071) 1,162,102 (6,173,307 ) (6,359,644 ) 247,067 7,818,938 (1,212,227 ) 6,606,711 3,326,560 (3,079,493 ) 247,067 0.81 0.80	Amount 363,484,151 3,137,657 360,346,494 320,509,439 39,837,055 4,206,101 9,205,987 8,903,819 22,315,907 17,521,148 2,197,593 (9,978,320) (2,591,023) 449,452 (9,922,298 ) 7,598,850 2,755,968 4,842,882 (251,401) (2,381) 25,980 (227,802 ) (294,749) (521,173) (3,646) 324,928 (45,783 ) (540,423 ) (768,225 ) 4,074,657 4,931,960 (89,078 ) 4,842,882 4,838,950 (764,293 ) 4,074,657 0.51 0.46
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AU OPTRONICS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Cash flows from operating activities: Profit before income tax $ Adjustments for: Depreciation Amortization Interest expense Interest income Dividend income Share of profit of equity-accounted investees Gains on disposals of property, plant and equipment, net Losses on disposals of investments and financial assets, net Impairment losses on assets Losses on purchase of convertible bonds payable Effect of exchange rates on purchase and redemption of convertible bonds payable Changes in fair values of financial instruments Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses (gains) Others Subtotal of income and expense items not affecting cash flows Change in operating assets and liabilities: - notes and accounts receivable - receivables from related parties - inventories - other current assets - notes and accounts payable - payables to related parties - net defined benefit liability - provisions - other current liabilities Subtotal of net changes in operating assets and liabilities Subtotal of adjustment items Cash generated from operations Cash received from interest income Cash received from dividend income Cash paid for interest Cash paid for income taxes Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Acquisitions of financial assets carried at cost Proceeds from disposals of financial assets carried at cost Proceeds from disposals of available-for-sale financial assets Proceeds from return of capital by available-for-sale financial assets Acquisitions of equity-accounted investees Proceeds from disposals of equity-accounted investees Net cash inflows resulting from disposals of subsidiaries Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposals of property, plant and equipment Decrease (increase) in refundable deposits Increase in intangible assets Decrease (increase) in other financial assets Net cash used in investing activities Cash flows from financing activities: Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings Purchase of convertible bonds payable Redemption of convertible bonds payable Proceeds from long-term borrowings Repayments of long-term borrowings Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits Cash dividends Net change of non-controlling interests and others Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at January 1 Cash and cash equivalents at December 31 $	2016 11,185,902 38,533,775 1,159,465 2,707,887 (494,542) (107,141) (100,778) (24,278) 333,858 34,733 - - 491,860 (1,386,370) (37,295 ) 41,111,174 (13,023,581) (47,075) 3,785,921 7,312,751 (601,488) (504,779) (57,382) (3,125,053) (4,454,647) (10,715,333) 30,395,841 41,581,743 501,076 311,492 (2,105,285) (3,593,180 ) 36,695,846 (66,948) - 9,917 - (240,500) 3,522,610 179,262 (46,220,129) 789,682 (16,955) (187,020) (37,246 ) (42,267,327 ) (1,065,842) - - 61,799,594 (45,650,997) (30,944) (3,368,486) (962,106 ) 10,721,219 (3,839,190 ) 1,310,548 78,880,700 80,191,248	2015 7,598,850 46,851,487 894,362 2,591,023 (672,638) (112,661) (449,452) (585,196) 10,618 7,026,226 87,984 576,167 240,002 107,556 10,671 56,576,149 22,073,800 1,150,032 4,162,665 (7,567,250) (10,266,543) (2,165,658) (86,866) (4,012,891) (2,967,282) 320,007 56,896,156 64,495,006 595,475 380,589 (2,474,887) (992,795 ) 62,003,388 (33,593) 99,517 - 1,497 (51,700) - - (33,440,160) 1,762,401 3,341 (303,282) 227,320 (31,734,659 ) 1,212,392 (14,799,715) (563,999) 30,633,963 (50,849,749) 156,994 (4,812,123) 4,745,245 (34,276,992 ) 923,630 (3,084,633) 81,965,333 78,880,700

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Attachment 5:

2016 Earnings Distribution Proposal

Amount in NT$ Items Amount Net income of 2016 7,818,938,520 Less: Adjustments arising from investments in equity-accounted investees in 2016 428,337,819 Change in remeasurement of defined benefitplan in 2016 186,239,539 10%provisioned as legal reserve 781,893,852 Retained earnings in 2016 available for distribution 6,422,467,310 Plus: Unappropriated retained earnings frompreviousyears 14,380,999,133 Retained earnings available for distribution as of December 31, 2016 20,803,466,443 Distribution item: Cash dividends to common shareholders (NT$0.56 per common share, i.e., NT$560 for every 1,000 common shares) 5,389,577,264 Unappropriated retained earnings after earnings distribution 15,413,889,179	Amount in NT$ Items Amount Net income of 2016 7,818,938,520 Less: Adjustments arising from investments in equity-accounted investees in 2016 428,337,819 Change in remeasurement of defined benefitplan in 2016 186,239,539 10%provisioned as legal reserve 781,893,852 Retained earnings in 2016 available for distribution 6,422,467,310 Plus: Unappropriated retained earnings frompreviousyears 14,380,999,133 Retained earnings available for distribution as of December 31, 2016 20,803,466,443 Distribution item: Cash dividends to common shareholders (NT$0.56 per common share, i.e., NT$560 for every 1,000 common shares) 5,389,577,264 Unappropriated retained earnings after earnings distribution 15,413,889,179
Items	Amount
Net income of 2016	7,818,938,520
Less:
Adjustments arising from investments in equity-accounted investees in 2016	428,337,819
Change in remeasurement of defined benefitplan in 2016	186,239,539
10%provisioned as legal reserve	781,893,852
Retained earnings in 2016 available for distribution	6,422,467,310
Plus:
Unappropriated retained earnings frompreviousyears	14,380,999,133
Retained earnings available for distribution as of December 31, 2016	20,803,466,443
Distribution item:
Cash dividends to common shareholders (NT$0.56 per common share, i.e., NT$560 for every 1,000 common shares)	5,389,577,264
Unappropriated retained earnings after earnings distribution	15,413,889,179

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Comparison Table of the Articles of Incorporation Before and After Amendment

	Before amendment		After amendment	Reason of amendment
Number of Article	Text of Article	Number of Article	Text of Article
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 4. CC01010 Electric Power Supply, Electric Transmission and Power Distribution Machinery Manufacturing 5. CC01090 Batteries Manufacturing 6. IG03010 Energy Technical Services 7. CA02990 Other Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing 8. C801990 Other Chemical Materials Manufacturing 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 displaymodules	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 4. CC01010 Electric Power Supply, Electric Transmission and Power Distribution Machinery Manufacturing 5. CC01090 Batteries Manufacturing 6. IG03010 Energy Technical Services 7. CA02990 Other Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing 8. C801990 Other Chemical Materials Manufacturing 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 displaymodules	To clarify business items

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(12) Original design manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing business for flat panel display modules
(12) Original design manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing business for flat panel display modules
(13) Solar Cell, modules, and related system and service
(13) Solar Cell, modules, and related system and service
(14) New green energy related system and service (for operations outside the Science Park only)
(14) New green energy related system and service (for operations outside the Science Park only)
(15)Color Filters
(15) The simultaneous operation of a trade business relating to the Company's business
~~(15)~~ (16)The simultaneous operation of a trade business relating to the Company's business
(16) The simultaneous operation of metals, Refuse Derived Fuel and chemical products from the Company’s manufacturing recycle processes
The operation of the businesses listed above shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

~~(16)~~ (17)The simultaneous operation of metals, Refuse Derived Fuel and chemical products from the Company’s manufacturing recycle processes The operation of the businesses listed above shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. Article Where the Company has a profit at the To clarify the 15-1 end of each fiscal year, the Company Company’s shall first allocate the profit to pay dividend taxes and cover accumulated losses, policy and then 10% of the remaining net earnings shall be allocated as the Company's legal reserve unless and until the accumulated legal reserve reaches the paid in capital. Certain amount shall be further allocated as special reserve or the special reserve shall be reversed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations or as requested by the competent authority. The balance (if any) together with accumulated unappropriated retained earnings can be distributed after the distribution plan proposed by the Board and approved by the shareholders’ meeting.

Article Where the Company has a profit at 15-1 the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall first allocate the profit to pay taxes and cover accumulated losses, and then 10% of the remaining net earnings shall be allocated as the Company's legal reserve unless and until the accumulated legal reserve reaches the paid in capital. Certain amount shall be further allocated as special reserve or the special reserve shall be reversed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations or as requested by the competent authority. The balance (if any) together with accumulated unappropriated retained earnings can be distributed after the distribution plan proposed by the Board and approved by the shareholders’ meeting.

The Company's dividend policy is to pay dividends from surplus considering factors such as the Company's current and future investment environment, cash requirements, domestic and overseas competitive conditions and capital budget requirements, and taking into account the shareholders' interest, maintenance of a balanced dividend and the Company's long term financial plan. The cash portion of the dividend shall not be less than 10% of the total dividend in the form of cash and stock.

The Company's dividend policy is to pay dividends from surplus considering factors such as the Company's current and future investment environment, cash requirements, domestic and overseas competitive conditions and capital budget requirements, and taking into account the shareholders' interest, maintenance of a balanced dividend and the Company's long term financial plan. If the retained earnings available for distribution of the current year reaches 2% of the paid in capital of the Company, no less than 20% of the retained earnings available for distribution of the current year shall be distributed as dividend. If the retained

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			earnings available for distribution of the
			current year does not reach 2% of the
			paid in capital of the Company, the Company may distribute no dividend. The cash portion of the dividend shall not be less than 10% of the total dividend in the form of cash and stock. The dividend distribution ratio in the preceding paragraph could be adjusted
			by the shareholders’meeting taking into consideration finance, business and
			operations, etc.
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 nineteenth amendment was made on June 16, 2016.	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 nineteenth amendment was made on June 16, 2016.The twentieth amendment was made on June 15, 2017.	To add the amendment date

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Attachment 7:

Comparison Table of the Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets Before and After Amendment

	Before amendment		After amendment	After amendment	After amendment	After amendment	Reason of amendment
Number of Article	Text of Article	Number of Article	Text of Article
Article 4	Information Disclosure (1) If the Company or the Company’s subsidiary acquires or disposes of the following assets, the Company shall make a public announcement and file the necessary report(s) in the format prescribed by the FSC within two days from occurrence of the relevant event: (i) acquisition or disposal of real property from any related party or acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property from or to a related party where the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more, except for trading in government bonds, bond trading with repurchase and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or repurchase of domestic money market funds; (ii)conducting merger, spin-off, acquisition or share transfer; (iii) except for any of those referred to in the preceding two subparagraphs or investing in Mainland China, where an asset transaction, the cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions or disposals, of the same type of underlying asset, with the same trading counterparty within one year, the accumulative transaction amount of real property acquisitions or disposals within the same development within one year, or the accumulative transaction amount of acquisitions or	Article 4	Information Disclosure (1) If the Company or the Company’s subsidiary acquires or disposes of the following assets, the Company shall make a public announcement and file the necessary report(s) in the format prescribed by the FSC within two days from occurrence of the relevant event: (i) acquisition or disposal of real property from any related party or acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property from or to a related party where the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more, except for trading in government bonds, bond trading with repurchase and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or~~re~~ ~~purchase~~ redemption of~~domestic~~ money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises ; (ii)conducting merger, spin-off, acquisition or share transfer; (iii) the acquired and/or disposed assets are equipments which are for business use and the transaction counterparties are not related parties, and the transaction amounts reach any of the following, (a) NT$500 million or more if the Company’s paid-in capital does not reach NT$10 billion, (b) NT$1 billion or more if the Company’s paid-in capital reaches NT$10 billion or more. (iv) the real property was acquired by ways of mandating others to				To comply with the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies

					not related parties, and the transaction amounts reach any
					of the following, (a) NT$500 million or more if
					(a)
					(b)	the Company’s paid-in capital does not reach NT$10 billion, NT$1 billion or more if the
				(iv)	Company’s paid-in capital reaches NT$10 billion or more. the real property was acquired
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	disposals of the same security within one year reaches 20 % or more of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances: (a) trading in government bonds; (b) bond trading with repurchase and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or repurchase of domestic money market funds; (c) the acquired and/or disposed assets are equipments which are for business use, the transaction counterparties are not related parties, and the transaction amount is less than NT$500 million; and (d) the real property was acquired by ways of mandating others to build on the Company’s own land, or mandating others to build on the rented land, joint construction with others to share the buildings, joint construction with others to acquire certain proportion of ownership of the buildings, or joint construction with others to separately sell the buildings, and the proposed investment amount to be contributed by the Company is less than NT$500 million. (2) If any of the following circumstances occurs with respect to a transaction that the Company has already publicly announced and reported in accordance with the relevant rules, a public report of relevant information shall be made on the information reporting website designated by FSC within two days commencing from the day of occurrence of the fact: (i) change, termination, or rescission of the contract		build on the Company’s own land, or mandating others to build on the rented land, joint construction with others to share the buildings, joint construction with others to acquire certain proportion of ownership of the buildings, or joint construction with others to separately sell the buildings, and the proposed investment amount to be contributed by the Company reaches NT$500 million or more. (v~~)~~ ~~(iii)~~ except for any of those referred to in the preceding ~~two~~ four subparagraphs or investing in Mainland China, ~~where an asset transaction, the~~ ~~cumulative transaction amount~~ ~~of acquisiti~~ ~~ons or~~ ~~dispos~~ ~~al~~ ~~s, of~~ ~~the same type of underlying~~ ~~asset, with the same trading~~ ~~counterparty within one year,~~ ~~the accumulative transaction~~ ~~amount of real prop~~ ~~erty~~ ~~acquisitions or dispos~~ ~~al~~ ~~s within~~ ~~the same development within~~ ~~one year, or the accumulative~~ ~~transaction~~ the transaction amount~~of acquisitions or~~ ~~dispos~~ ~~al~~ ~~s of the same security~~ ~~within one year~~ reaches 20 % or more of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances: (a) trading in government bonds; (b) bond trading with repurchase and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or~~re~~ ~~purchase~~ redemption of~~domestic~~ money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises . ~~(c) the acquired and/or~~ ~~disposed assets ar~~ ~~e~~ ~~equipments which are for~~ ~~business use, the~~ ~~transaction counterparties~~ ~~are not related parties, and~~ ~~the transaction amount is~~ ~~less than NT$500 million;~~	build on the Company’s own land, or mandating others to build on the rented land, joint construction with others to share the buildings, joint construction with others to acquire certain proportion of ownership of the buildings, or joint construction with others	build on the Company’s own land, or mandating others to build on the rented land, joint construction with others to share the buildings, joint construction with others to acquire certain proportion of ownership of the buildings, or joint construction with others
				to separately sell the buildings,
				and the proposed investment amount to be contributed by the Company reaches NT$500
				~~c)~~
					~~are no reae pares, an~~ ~~the transaction amount is~~ ~~less than NT$500 million;~~

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	signed in regard to the original transaction; and (ii) the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares is not completed by scheduled date set forth in the contract; or (iii) change of the originally publicly announced and reported information. (3) Within one year as used in paragraph (1)(iii) refers to the year preceding the base date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly announced in accordance with these Regulations need not to be entered. (4) The term "the date of occurrence of the relevant event" as used in the Handling Procedures, shall mean the earliest of contract execution date, the payment date, the consignment date, the transfer date, the date of resolution adopted by the board of directors and other date which can confirm the counterparty and the transaction amount, provided that if the relevant investment is subject to the competent authority’s approval, it shall mean the earlier of the respective above-mentioned date or the date of receiving the approval letter from the competent authority. (5) If there is any mistake or omission in the required announced/reported items and the correction is required, the Company shall make public announcement and file necessary report(s) of all required items again.		~~and~~ ~~(d) the real property was~~ ~~acquired by ways of~~ ~~mandating others to build~~ ~~on the Company’s own land,~~ ~~or mandating others to~~ ~~build on the rented land,~~ ~~joint construction with~~ ~~others to share the~~ ~~buildings, joint construction~~ ~~with others to acquire~~ ~~certain proportion of~~ ~~ownership of the buildings,~~ ~~or joint construction with~~ ~~others to separately sell the~~ ~~bui~~ ~~ldings, and the proposed~~ ~~investment amount to be~~ ~~contributed by the~~ ~~Company is less than~~ ~~NT$500 million.~~ (2) The transaction amounts in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated as follows, (i) the amount of any individual transaction (ii)the cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions or disposals, of the same type of underlying asset with the same trading counterparty within one year (iii)the cumulative transaction amount of real property acquisitions or disposals (acquisitions and disposals are accumulated separately) within the same development plan within one year (iv)the cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions or disposals (acquisitions and disposals are accumulated separately) of the same securities within one year ~~(2)~~ (3) If any of the following circumstances occurs with respect to a transaction that the Company has already publicly announced and reported in accordance with the relevant rules, a public report of relevant information shall be made on the information reporting website designated by FSC within two days commencing from the day of occurrence of the fact:	~~d~~	~~and~~ ~~the real property was~~ ~~acquired by ways of~~ ~~mandating others to build~~ ~~th C’ ld~~
					~~on e ompanys own an,~~ ~~or mandating others to~~ ~~build on the rented land,~~ ~~joint construction with~~ ~~others to share the~~ ~~bildi it tti~~
					~~ungs, jon consrucon~~ ~~with others to acquire~~ ~~certain proportion of~~ ~~ownership of the buildings,~~ ~~or joint construction with~~ ~~th t tl ll th~~
					~~oers o separaey se e~~ ~~bi~~ ~~ldi d th d~~

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			(i) change, termination, or rescission of the contract signed in regard to the original transaction; and (ii) the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares is not completed by scheduled date set forth in the contract; or (iii) change of the originally publicly announced and reported information. ~~(3)~~ (4) Within one year as used in paragrap~~h (1)(iii)~~ (2) refers to the year preceding the base date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly announced in accordance with these Regulations need not to be entered. ~~(4)~~ (5) The term "the date of occurrence of the relevant event" as used in the Handling Procedures, shall mean the earliest of contract execution date, the payment date, the consignment date, the transfer date, the date of resolution adopted by the board of directors and other date which can confirm the counterparty and the transaction amount, provided that if the relevant investment is subject to the competent authority’s approval, it shall mean the earlier of the respective above-mentioned date or the date of receiving the approval letter from the competent authority. ~~(5)~~ (6) If there is any mistake or omission in the required announced~~/reported~~ items and the correction is required, the Company shall make public announcement~~and file necessary~~ ~~report(s)~~ of all required items again within two days commencing from the day when the Company knows such mistake or omission.
Article 5	Evaluation Procedures (1) Except for the assets which are dealing with a government institution or by ways of mandatingothers to build on the	Article 5	Evaluation Procedures (1) Except for the assets which are dealing with a government ~~institution~~ authority or by ways of mandatingothers to build on	To comply with the amendments to the Regulations

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	Company’s own land or on the land rented by the Company or equipments which are to be acquired for business use, any acquisition or disposal of real property or equipment the transaction amount of which reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300,000,000 or more, shall be subject to obtaining the evaluation report issued by the professional appraisers prior to occurrence of the event and compliance with the following provisions: (omitted) (3) If the transaction amount of any acquisition or disposal of the certificate of membership or intangible asset reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300,000,000 or more, except for the assets which are dealing with a government institution, a certificated public accountant shall be retained to issue a fairness opinion on the transaction price prior to occurrence of the event. The certificated public accountant shall issue such fairness opinion in accordance with the Statements of Auditing Standards No. 20 issued by Accounting Research and Development Foundation of the Republic of China. (omitted)		the Company’s own land or on the land rented by the Company or equipments which are to be acquired for business use, any acquisition or disposal of real property or equipment the transaction amount of which reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300,000,000 or more, shall be subject to obtaining the evaluation report issued by the professional appraisers prior to occurrence of the event and compliance with the following provisions: (omitted) (3) If the transaction amount of any acquisition or disposal of the certificate of membership or intangible asset reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300,000,000 or more, except for the assets which are dealing with a government ~~institution~~ authority , a certificated public accountant shall be retained to issue a fairness opinion on the transaction price prior to occurrence of the event. The certificated public accountant shall issue such fairness opinion in accordance with the Statements of Auditing Standards No. 20 issued by Accounting Research and Development Foundation of the Republic of China. (omitted)	Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies
Article 6	Related Party Transactions (omitted) (2) When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of real property from or to a related party, or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets other than real property from or to a related party and the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more, except for trading in government bonds, bond tradingwith repurchase	Article 6	Related Party Transactions (omitted) (2) When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of real property from or to a related party, or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets other than real property from or to a related party and the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more, except for trading in government bonds, bond tradingwith repurchase	To comply with the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies

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	and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or repurchase of domestic money market funds, the Company may not proceed to enter into a transaction contract and make a payment until the following matters have been approved by the audit committee and the board of directors: (omitted)		and/or reverse purchase arrangement, or subscription or ~~re~~ ~~purchase~~ redemption of ~~domestic~~ money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises ,the Company may not proceed to enter into a transaction contract and make a payment until the following matters have been approved by the audit committee and the board of directors: (omitted)
Article 8	Merger, Spin-off, Acquisition, and Share Transfer (1) The Company shall retain a certified public accountant, lawyer or underwriter to issue the fairness opinion on share swap ratio, acquisition price or the amount of cash or other property distributed to shareholders prior to convening the relevant board of directors meeting to discuss the subject merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer. Such fairness opinion should be submitted to the board of directors for discussion and approval. (omitted)	Article 8	Merger, Spin-off, Acquisition, and Share Transfer (1) The Company shall retain a certified public accountant, lawyer or underwriter to issue the fairness opinion on share swap ratio, acquisition price or the amount of cash or other property distributed to shareholders prior to convening the relevant board of directors meeting to discuss the subject merger, spin-off, acquisition, or share transfer. Such fairness opinion should be submitted to the board of directors for discussion and approval. It is not required to obtain the fairness opinion issued by the above-mentioned experts for mergers between the Company and its subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly 100% owned by the Company, or the mergers between the Company’s subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly 100% owned by the Company. (omitted)	To comply with the amendments to the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies
Article 14	The Handling Procedures were enacted on October 9, 1998; the first amendment was made on November 10, 1999; the second amendment was made on May 29, 2003; the third amendment was made on June 13, 2007, the fourth amendment was made on June 19, 2009, the fifth amendment was made on June 13, 2012, and the sixth amendment was made on June 6, 2014.	Article 14	The Handling Procedures were enacted on October 9, 1998; the first amendment was made on November 10, 1999; the second amendment was made on May 29, 2003; the third amendment was made on June 13, 2007, the fourth amendment was made on June 19, 2009, the fifth amendment was made on June 13, 2012,~~and~~ the sixth amendment was made on June 6, 2014, and the seventh amendment was made on June 15, 2017 .	To add the amendment date
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Attachment 8:

AU Optronics Corp. Tentative Terms and Conditions for Issuance of Overseas or Domestic Convertible Bonds in Private Placement

1. Issuer

AU Optronics Corp. (“Issuer” or “AUO”).

2. Issuance Size

The Board of Directors (“Board”) is authorized, within the limit of 950,000,000 common shares, to issue new common shares for cash to sponsor issuance of the overseas depositary shares (“DRs”) and/or issue new common shares for cash in public offering and/or issue new common shares in private placement and/or issue overseas or domestic convertible bonds in private placement (“Private Placement CB”). For issuance of Private Placement CB, the number of common shares to be converted within the limit of 950,000,000 common shares shall be calculated in accordance with the conversion price determined at the time of issuance of Private Placement CB.

3. Issuance Date

The Private Placement CB will be issued within one year after the 2017 annual general shareholders’ meeting, provided that the Private Placement CB should be issued by the Company at one time.

4. Issuance Method

The Private Placement CB will be issued in accordance with Article 43-6 of the Securities and Exchange Act and the regulations of the jurisdiction where the Private Placement CB is issued.

The investors subscribing to the Private Placement CB must meet the qualifications listed in Article 43-6 of the Securities and Exchange Act and are limited to strategic investor(s). Priority will be given to the investor(s) who could benefit the Company's long term development, competitiveness, and existing shareholders' rights. The Board is fully authorized to determine the specific investor(s). The purpose, necessity and projected benefits for having strategic investor(s) are to accommodate the Company’s operation and development needs to have the strategic investor(s) to assist the Company, directly or indirectly, in its finance, business, manufacturing, technology, procurement, management, and strategy development, etc. so to strengthen the Company’s competitiveness and enhance its operational efficiency and long term development.

5. Form, Denomination and Issuance Price

The Private Placement CB will be issued in registered form in denomination of US$10,000 or multiples thereof or NT$100,000 or multiples thereof and the issue price shall be no less than 80% of the theoretical price.

6. Coupon Rate

To be determined by the Board.

7. Term

The term of the Private Placement CB shall not be more than seven years.

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8. Redemption

Unless previously redeemed, converted, or purchased and cancelled, the Private Placement CB will be redeemed by the Issuer at the maturity date in cash at a price equal to the par value or the par value plus the interest.

9. Conversion Securities

The Private Placement CB will be convertible into AUO’s common shares or the DRs representing AUO’s common shares.

10. Conversion

(1) Conversion Period:

Unless previously redeemed, purchased, cancelled or converted, except during the closed period the holders are not permitted to convert under the Indenture, a holder of the Private Placement CB may request the Issuer to convert the Private Placement CB into AUO’s common shares or DRs at any time after a designated period of time following the issuance date of the Private Placement CB and until certain days prior to the maturity date in accordance with applicable rules and regulations and terms of the Indenture.

(2) Conversion Procedure:

To exercise the relevant conversion rights attached to the Private Placement CB, the holder thereof must deposit with the Issuer a notice of conversion together with the Private Placement CB and any other documents or certificates required by ROC laws.

(3) Conversion Price Determination:

The conversion price of the Private Placement CB shall be no less than 80% of (x) the simple average closing price of the Issuer’s common shares for 1, 3 or 5 trading days prior to the pricing date, after adjustment for shares issued as stock dividends, shares cancelled in connection with capital reduction and the cash dividends, or (y) the simple average closing price of the Issuer’s common shares for 30 trading days prior to the pricing date, after adjustment for shares issued as stock dividends, shares cancelled in connection with capital reduction and the cash dividends. It is proposed for the shareholders meeting to authorize the Board to determine the actual conversion price in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.

(4) Dividend Entitlement at Conversion

Prior to conversion of the Private Placement CB, holders are not entitled to receive any dividend distribution. Following the conversion of the Private Placement CB, the rights to receive dividend payments will be the same as the other common shareholders of the Issuer.

(5) Rights and Obligations after Conversion

Except that the Private Placement CB is subject to the selling restrictions within three years after the delivery date of the Private Placement CB under Article 43-8 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the new common shares to be issued upon conversion of Private Placement CB will have the same rights and obligations as the Company’s existing issued and outstanding common shares.

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11. Early Redemption at the Option of the Issuer

To be determined by the Board.

12. Holders’ Put Option

The Issuer may choose not to grant holders’ put option, or after expiry of a designated period following issuance of the Private Placement CB, holders may require the Issuer to redeem all or part of the Private Placement CB at a price that would result in certain annual yield on the Private Placement CB.

13. Others

The Board is authorized to determine and amend, at its sole discretion, the terms and conditions of the Private Placement CB and other matters which are not addressed herein.

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IV.Appendices

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Appendix 1: Shareholding of Directors

(1) As of April 17, 2017, the first date of local bookclose period for the 2017 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the issued capital of the Company is NT$96,242,451,150 representing 9,624,245,115 common shares. The independent directors of the Company exceed one-half of the total director seats, and the audit committee has been established. Therefore, the provision in Article 26 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the total shares held by all directors and supervisors shall not be less than a specified percentage of its total issued shares, shall not apply.
(2) As of April 17, 2017, the actual collective shareholdings of directors were shown as below:

Title	Name	Shareholders Represented	No. of Shareholding	Shareholding %
Chairman	Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng		4,699,138	0.05
Director	Kuen-Yao (K.Y.) Lee		10,512,153	0.11
Director	Kuo-Hsin (Michael) Tsai	BenQ Foundation	100,000	0.00
Director	Peter Chen	Qisda Corporation	663,598,620	6.90
Independent Director	Vivien Huey-Juan Hsieh		0	-
Independent Director	Mei-Yueh Ho		0	-
Independent Director	Ding-Yuan Yang		0	-
Independent Director	Chin-Bing (Philip) Peng		96,670	0.00
Independent Director	Yen-ShiangShih		0	-
Total			679,006,581	7.06

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Appendix 2: AUO Rules and Procedures for Shareholders’ Meeting

Shareholders’ meeting of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules and Procedures.
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 plus the number of shares exercised by correspondence or electronic means.
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.
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.
The chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the chair 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 chair. 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 chair. If the chairman does not make such designation, the directors shall elect from and among themselves an acting chair. 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 chair presiding the Meeting.
The Company may appoint designated counsel, Certified Public Accountant or other related persons to attend the Meeting.
The process of the Meeting shall be tape-recorded or videotaped and these tapes or videos shall be preserved for at least one year.
Chair 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 chair 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 Act 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 chair may submit the tentative resolutions to the Meeting--- for approval in accordance with Article 174 of the Company Act of the Republic of China.
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 chair may, at his/her discretion, set time for intermission. Unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting, the chair 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 chair and continue the Meeting in the same or other place after the Meeting is adjourned.
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 should be decided by the chair. 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 chair and the shareholder in speaking, no shareholder shall interrupt the speeches of the other shareholder, otherwise the chair shall stop such interruption.
Unless otherwise permitted by the chair, each shareholder shall not, for each discussion item, speak more than two
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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 chair may stop the speech of such shareholder.

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 is a shareholder and designates two or more representatives to attend the Meeting, only one representative can speak for each discussion item.
After the speech of a shareholder, the chair may respond him/herself or appoint an appropriate person to respond.
The chair may announce to end the discussion of any discussion item and go into voting if the chair deems it appropriate.
The voting method and procedures shall be announced by the chair or a person designated by the chair. The person(s) to monitor and the person(s) to count the ballots shall be appointed by the chair. 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.
Except otherwise provided in the Company Act 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 chair.
If there is amendment to or substitute for a discussion item, the chair 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.
The chair 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.
In case of incident due to force majeure, the chair may rule the meeting temporarily suspended and announce a time when, in view of the circumstances, the meeting will be resumed. If the meeting venue is no longer available for continued use and not all of the items on the meeting agenda have been addressed, the shareholders meeting may adopt a resolution to resume the meeting at another venue.
Any matter not provided in the Rules and Procedures shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act of Republic of China and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
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.
These Rules were enacted on April 17, 1997; the first amendment was made on April 23, 1999; the second amendment was made on June 6, 2014.
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Appendix 3: Articles of Incorporation (Before the 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 Act of the Republic of China (the "Company Act") 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
4.CC01010		Electric Power Supply, Electric Transmission and Power Distribution Machinery
		Manufacturing
5.	CC01090	Batteries Manufacturing
6.	IG03010	Energy Technical Services
7.	CA02990	Other Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing
8.	C801990	Other Chemical Materials Manufacturing

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)	Solar Cell, modules, and related system and service.
(14)	New green energy related system and service (for operations outside the Science Park
	only)
(15)	The simultaneous operation of a trade business relating to the Company's business
(16)	The simultaneous operation of metals, Refuse Derived Fuel and chemical products from
	the Company’s manufacturing recycle processes

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.

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Article 4

The total amount of the Company's investment is not subject to the restriction of Article 13 of the Company Act. The Company may provide guarantees or endorsements on behalf of third parties due to business or investment relationships with such third parties.

Chapter 2: Shares

Article 5

The total capital of the Company is One Hundred and Twenty Billion New Taiwan Dollars (NT$120,000,000,000), divided into Twelve Billion (12,000,000,000) 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 new shares for performing obligation under the 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.

The Company may, pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations, deliver shares or other securities in book-entry form, instead of delivering physical certificates evidencing shares or other securities.

Article 7

Unless otherwise provided by applicable law and regulations, the shareholders services shall be handled in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies.

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 applicable law and regulations, 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 such person’s 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 Act and applicable rules.

Chapter 4: Board of Directors and Audit Committee

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Article 10

The Company shall have seven to eleven directors. Directors shall be elected from a slate of director candidates, which are nominated under the Candidate Nomination System, at shareholders' meetings. Within the entire Board, the Company shall have at least three independent directors on the Board. The professional qualifications, restrictions on the shareholdings and concurrent positions held, method of nomination and election, and other matters with respect to independent directors shall be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The term of office for all directors shall be three (3) years. The directors are eligible for re-election. The number of the directors shall be decided by the board of directors.

The Board is authorized to determine the compensation for the directors, 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.

The Company may take out liability insurance for the directors with respect to the liabilities resulting from exercising their duties during their terms of office.

Article 10-1

Pursuant to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company shall have the audit committee which shall be composed of all independent directors.

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 in the same manner. 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 asks for leave or for other reason 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 Act. Each director may act as a proxy for one other director only.

The meeting of the Board of Directors shall be convened in accordance with the Company Act. In calling a meeting of the Board of Directors, a notice may be given to each director by means of electronic mail or facsimile.

Chapter 5: President & Vice Presidents

Article 13

The Company shall have one or more managerial personnel. Appointment, dismissal, and remuneration of the president and vice presidents shall be subject to the provisions of the Company Act.

Chapter 6: Accounting

Article 14

After the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare and submit the following documents: (1) business report, (2) financial statements, (3) proposal for allocation of earnings or recovery of loss to the shareholders at the ordinary meeting of shareholders for their acceptance.

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Article 15

Where the Company has a profit before tax for each fiscal year, the Company shall first reserve certain amount of the profit to recover losses for preceding years, and then set aside no less than 5% of the remaining profit for distribution to employees as remuneration and no more than 1% of the remaining profit for distribution to directors as remuneration.

The Company may allocate employees’ remuneration prescribed in the preceding paragraph in the form of stock or cash to employees of an affiliated company meeting certain conditions. The Board or the person duly designated by the Board is authorized to decide the conditions and allocation method.

Article 15-1

Where the Company has a profit at the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall first allocate the profit to pay taxes and cover accumulated losses, and then 10% of the remaining net earnings shall be allocated as the Company's legal reserve unless and until the accumulated legal reserve reaches the paid in capital. Certain amount shall be further allocated as special reserve or the special reserve shall be reversed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations or as requested by the competent authority. The balance (if any) together with accumulated unappropriated retained earnings can be distributed after the distribution plan proposed by the Board and approved by the shareholders’ meeting.

Chapter 7: Supplementary Articles

Article 16

With respect to the matters not provided herein, the Company Act 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. The fourteenth amendment was made on June 13, 2007. The fifteenth amendment was made on June 19, 2009. The sixteenth amendment was made on June 10, 2011. The seventeen amendment was made on June 13, 2012. The eighteenth amendment was made on June 19, 2013. The nineteenth amendment was made on June 16, 2016.

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Appendix 4: Influence of Proposed Stock Dividend Distribution upon 2017 Operating Performance, Earnings Per Share, and Return on Investment

Not applicable because the Company’s Board of Directors did not propose stock dividend distribution for the year of 2016.

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AUO — AGM Information 2017

52062_rns_2017-06-30_2206ad2b-7a51-4156-b7b3-724c51685012.pdf

AU OPTRONICS CORP.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting

Date: June 15, 2017

NOTES TO SHAREHOLDERS:

Table of Contents

II. Meeting Agenda

III. Attachments

IV. Appendices

------Disclaimer----

I. Meeting Procedure

AU Optronics Corp.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Procedure

II. Meeting Agenda

AU Optronics Corp.

2017 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda

1. Chair’s Address

2. Report Items

3. Recognition Items

4. Discussion Items

5. Extraordinary Motions

6. Meeting Adjourn

Report Items

4. To report the indirect investments in China in 2016

5. To report the issuance of securities in private placement

Explanation:

Conducting Private Placements of Securities”.

6. To report the merger of Taiwan CFI Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company

Explanation:

Recognition Items

1. To accept 2016 Business Report and Financial Statements (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

Resolution:

Explanation:

Resolution:

Discussion Items

1. To approve the amendment to Articles of Incorporation (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

Resolution:

2. To approve the amendment to Handling Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets (proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanation:

Resolution:

Explanation:

(1) Fund raising purpose and size:

Resolution:

Extraordinary Motions

Meeting Adjourn

III. Attachments

Development trends in the display panel industry:

Audit Committee’s Review Report

AU Optronics Corp.

Chair of the Audit Committee

Vivien Huey-Juan Hsieh

March 22, 2017

English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

Independent Auditors’ Report

Opinion

Basis for Opinion

Key Audit Matters

Impairment of long-term non-financial assets (including goodwill)

Description of key audit matter:

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

Recognition of deferred tax assets

Description of key audit matter:

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

Revenue recognition

Description of key audit matter:

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Note:

English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

AU OPTRONICS CORP.

Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except for earnings per share)

English Translation of Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese

AU OPTRONICS CORP.

Statements of Cash Flows

AUO AGM Information 2017