Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated January 2007 monthly revenues of NT$28,458 million and unconsolidated revenues totaled NT$28,455 million, increasing 1.0% and 1.1% respectively from December 2006. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated revenues of January 2007 rose by 28.2% respectively.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and general display applications, increased 9.2% sequentially, recorded as 5.50 million units, while shipments of small- and medium-sized panels posted a 4% M-o-M decline to 6.91 million units because of seasonal demand.

 

(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

January 2007

28,458

28,455

December 2006

28,190

28,150

M-o-M Growth

1.0%

1.1%

January 2006

22,200

22,200

Y-o-Y Growth

28.2%

28.2%

 

 

(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, AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation, AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation and Tech - Well (Shanghai) Display Co.