Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated April 2006 monthly revenues of NT$22,444 million and unconsolidated net sales totaled NT$22,444 million, both remained flat sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, April 2006 consolidated revenues increased by 50.5%, while unconsolidated net sales rose by 50.8%.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, achieved new record high of 3.45 million, increased by 8.1% from March 2005. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels posted a growth to 6.90 million, increasing 8.5% sequentially.

 

(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

April 2006

22,444

22,444

March 2006

22,455

22,447
M-o-M Growth

0.0%

0.0%
April 2005

14,913

14,882
Y-o-Y Growth

50.5%

50.8%
January to April 2006

88,696

88,685
January to April 2005

53,750

53,678
Y-o-Y Growth

65.0%

65.2%

 

 

(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, and AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation.