Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced January 2008 revenue with preliminary consolidated revenue of NT$47,097 million and unconsolidated revenue of NT$47,052 million; both slightly decreased 3.8% and 3.6% respectively from December 2007. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated January 2008 revenues increased by 65.5% and 65.4% respectively.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for January totaled 7.25 million units with a sequential decrease of 1.8%. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels posted a 26.8% M-o-M decline to 11.88 million units because of weak 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 2008

47,097

47,052

December 2007

48,936

48,828
M-o-M Growth

(3.8%)

(3.6%)
January 2007

28,458

28,455
Y-o-Y Growth

65.5%

65.4%

 

 

(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, Tech - Well (Shanghai) Display Co., AU Optronics (Xiamen) Corp., Darwin Precisions (L) Corp. and Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd.

 

 

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