Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated April 2006 monthly revenues of NT$22,444 million and unconsolidated net sales totaled NT$22,444 million, both remained flat sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, April 2006 consolidated revenues increased by 50.5%, while unconsolidated net sales rose by 50.8%.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, achieved new record high of 3.45 million, increased by 8.1% from March 2005. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels posted a growth to 6.90 million, increasing 8.5% sequentially.

 

(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 2006

22,444

22,444

March 2006

22,455

22,447

M-o-M Growth

0.0%

0.0%

April 2005

14,913

14,882

Y-o-Y Growth

50.5%

50.8%

January to April 2006

88,696

88,685

January to April 2005

53,750

53,678

Y-o-Y Growth

65.0%

65.2%

 

 

(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, and AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation.