Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced February 2008 revenue with preliminary consolidated revenue of NT$42,474 million and unconsolidated revenue of NT$42,426 million; both representing a sequential decrease of 9.8%. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated February 2008 revenues increased by 87.2% and 87.1% respectively.

 

Despite Chinese New Year holidays and less working days in February, shipments of large-sized panels(a)used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for February 2008 totaled 6.77 million units with a mild sequential decrease of 6.6%. However, shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels posted a 2.6% M-o-M increase to 12.18 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 2008

42,474

42,426

January 2008

47,097

47,052

M-o-M Growth

(9.8%)

(9.8%)

February 2007

22,690

22,674

Y-o-Y Growth

87.2%

87.1%

Jan to Feb 2008

89,571

89,478

Jan to Feb 2007

51,148

51,128

Y-o-Y Growth

75.1%

75.0%

 

 

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