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AU Optronics Corp. Reports April 2009 Consolidated Revenue

Hsinchu, Taiwan, - (May 7, 2009)

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated April 2009 revenue of NT$24,359 million and NT$24,073 million, up 10.1% and 9.7% respectively from March 2009. In terms of Y-o-Y comparison, they were down by 42.6% and 42.8% respectively.

Large-sized panel^(a) shipments for April 2009, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, reached 6.86 million units, a 15.6% M-o-M increase. As to small- and -medium-sized panels, the shipments were close to 22.41 million units, representing a 16.2% sequential increase.

(a) Large size refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small and medium size refers to those below 10 inches

Sales Report :(Unit: NT$ million)

Net Sales^{(1) (2)}	Consolidated⁽³⁾	Unconsolidated
April 2009	24,359	24,073
March 2009	22,115	21,947
M-o-M Growth	10.1%	9.7%
April 2008	42,401	42,071
Y-o-Y Growth	(42.6%)	(42.8%)
Jan to April 2009	75,100	74,542
Jan to April 2008	179,031	178,310
Y-o-Y Growth	(58.1%)	(58.2%)

(1) All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan.
(2) Monthly figures are unaudited, prepared by AU Optronics Corp.
(3) Consolidated numbers include AU Optronics Corp., AU Optronics (L) Corporation, AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation, AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation, Tech - Well (Shanghai) Display Co., AU Optronics (Xiamen) Corp., Darwin Precisions (L) Corp., Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., AU Optronics (Czech) s.r.o., Lextar Electronics Corp., Darwin Precision Corp., BriView Technology Corp. and BriView Electronics Corp.

Yawen Hsiao
Corporate Communications Division
AU Optronics Corp.

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Email: Yawen.Hsiao@auo.com