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.