Hsinchu, Taiwan

 

AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated net sales of NT$12,702 million and unconsolidated net sales of NT$12,690 million for the month of January 2005.

 

Preliminary January shipments of large-sized panels for applications such as desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV, and other applications decreased by 2.1% M-o-M to 1.90 million, mainly due to seasonal weakness in notebook segment (a). Shipments of small- and medium-sized panels resumed a seasonal decline in January, decreasing by 19.4% from December to 2.51 million.

 

Unaudited consolidated revenues for the month of January 2005 decreased by 4.8% sequentially, while unconsolidated net sales fell 2.4% from December. On a year-over-year basis, consolidated fell 1.7%, while unconsolidated net sales rose 4.6% .

 

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

 

 

Sales Report:

 

(Unit:NT$ million)

Net Sales(1)(2)

Consolidated(3)

Unconsolidated

January 2005

12,702

12,690

December 2004

13,339

13,005

M-o-M Growth

-4.8%

-2.4%

January 2004

12,916

12,135

Y-o-Y Growth

-1.7%

4.6%

 

 

(1 ):All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan.
(2):Monthly figures are unaudited, prepared by AUO Corporation.
(3):Consolidated numbers include AUO Corporation, AU Optronics (Labuan) Corporation, and AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation.