Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated April 2007 monthly revenues of NT$31,551 million and unconsolidated net sales totaled NT$31, 549 million, both increasing 6.7% sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, both consolidated and unconsolidated April 2007 revenues increased by 40.6%.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for April broke the six-million mark and set a new record of 6.13 million units, a 4.1% increase from March 2007. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels also hit a historical high to total 9.32 million, a 1.4% sequential growth.

 

(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

 

(UnitNT$ million)

Net Sales(1)(2)

Consolidated(3)

Unconsolidated

April 2007

31,551

31,549

March 2007

29,572

29,566

M-o-M Growth

6.7%

6.7%

April 2006

22,444

22,444

Y-o-Y Growth

40.6%

40.6%

Jan to Apr 2007

112,271

112,243

Jan to Apr 2006

88,696

88,685

Y-o-Y Growth

26.6%

26.6%

 

 

(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.