AUO Reports December and Full-Year 2008 Consolidated Revenue

Hsinchu, Taiwan,

AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced December 2008 revenue with preliminary consolidated revenue of NT$14,736 million and unconsolidated revenue of NT$14,684 million, down by 17.0% and 16.7% respectively from the previous month. On a Y-o-Y comparison, both December 2008 consolidated and unconsolidated revenues decreased by 69.9%.

For the year ended December 31, 2008, unaudited consolidated revenue totaled NT$423,929 million, resulting in an 11.7% Y-o-Y decrease. Meanwhile, unconsolidated revenue amounted to NT$421,957 million, representing a 12.0 %Y-o-Y decline.

In December 2008, shipments of large-sized panels^(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications reached around 4.22 million units, down by 6.4% month-over-month. Shipments of small- and medium-sized panels totaled 9.85 million units, representing a 33.7 % sequential decrease.

Preliminary shipments of large-sized panels for the fourth quarter of 2008 exceeded 15.08 million units, down by 27.2% from last quarter. Shipments for small- and medium-sized panels reached around 47.40 million units, representing a 22.5 % sequential decrease.

In terms of the 2008 full-year unit shipments, large-sized panels reached 79.67 million units, a 1.5 % Y-o-Y decrease. Meanwhile, small- and medium-sized panels exceeded 188.07 million units, representing a 31.5 % Y-o-Y 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.

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