Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its July 2008 revenue with preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated basis of NT$32,654 million and NT$32,460 million. Owing to the loading rate adjustment cope with the cautious inventory control in 3Q08, the revenue declined 11.1% and 10.8% sequentially, and 18.6% and 19.1% year-over-year respectively.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other general displays for July 2008 totaled 6.44 million units, decreased by 4.7% sequentially. Small-and-medium-sized panel shipments reached 17.65 million units, a significant 30.7% month-over-month increase.

 

(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

July 2008

32,654

32,460

June 2008

36,736

36,388
M-o-M Growth

(11.1%)

(10.8%)
July 2007

40,126

40,099
Y-o-Y Growth

(18.6%)

(19.1%)
Jan to July 2008

292,760

291,072
Jan to July 2007

226,855

226,722
Y-o-Y Growth

29.1%

28.4%

 

 

(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. and AU Optronics (Czech) s.r.o.