Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated February 2006 monthly revenues of NT$21,597 million and NT$21,594 million respectively, both representing a slight 2.7% sequential decline. On a year-over-year comparison, February 2006 consolidated revenues increased by 87.5%, while unconsolidated net sales rose by 87.6%.

 

February shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitors, notebook PCs, LCD TVs and other applications increased 6.5% sequentially, reached 3.19 million units, while shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels increased a marginal 0.5% sequentially totaled 4.74 million units.

 

(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

February 2006

21,597

21,594

January 2006

22,200

22,200

M-o-M Growth

(2.7%)

(2.7%)

February 2005

11,517

11,511

Y-o-Y Growth

87.5%

87.6%

Jan to Feb 2006

43,797

43,794

Jan to Feb 2005

24,219

24,200

Y-o-Y Growth

80.8%

81.0%

 

 

(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 (L) Corporation, AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation and AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation.