The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters in the US$350.8 million registered follow-on offering of 79,719,958 American Depositary Shares by AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”). Citigroup Global Markets acted as the Global Coordinator for the offering, and Citigroup Global Markets and UBS AG acted as joint bookrunners for the offering. ANZ, ING Bank, Mizuho Securities and Standard Chartered Securities acted as the Co-Managers of the offering.
AUO is one of the world’s leading providers of optoelectronic solutions, including TFT-LCD panels. AUO offers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications ranging from 1.5 inches to 65 inches. AUO’s common shares are traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the trading code “2409”, and AUO’s ADRs are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “AUO”.
The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Chris Lin, Asher Hsu, Christina Chiang and Tse-Yu Su (Corporate) and Robert Holo and Michael Cardella (Tax).
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