Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated May 2009 revenue of NT$27,728 million and NT$27,421 million, up 13.8% and 13.9% respectively from April 2009. In terms of Y-o-Y comparison, they were down by 37.5% and 37.6% respectively.

 

Large-sized panel(a) shipments for May 2009, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, exceeded 7.77 million units, representing a 13.3% M-o-M increase. As to small- and medium-sized panels, the shipments were close to 19.29 million units, a 13.9% sequential decrease.

 

(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

May 2009

27,728

27,421

April 2009

24,359

24,073
M-o-M Growth

13.8%

13.9%
May 2008

44,339

43,914
Y-o-Y Growth

 (37.5%)

(37.6%)
Jan to May 2009

102,828

101,963
Jan to May 2008

223,370

222,224
Y-o-Y Growth

(54.0%)

(54.1%)

 

 

(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., Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., AU Optronics (Czech) s.r.o., Lextar Electronics Corp., Darwin Precision Corp., BriView Technology Corp. and BriView Electronics Corp.