Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated April 2009 revenue of NT$24,359 million and NT$24,073 million, up 10.1% and 9.7% respectively from March 2009. In terms of Y-o-Y comparison, they were down by 42.6% and 42.8% respectively.

 

Large-sized panel(a) shipments for April 2009, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, reached 6.86 million units, a 15.6% M-o-M increase. As to small- and -medium-sized panels, the shipments were close to 22.41 million units, representing a 16.2% sequential 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

April 2009

24,359

24,073

March 2009

22,115

21,947
M-o-M Growth

10.1%

9.7%
April 2008

42,401

42,071
Y-o-Y Growth

(42.6%)

(42.8%)
Jan to April 2009

75,100

74,542
Jan to April 2008

179,031

178,310
Y-o-Y Growth

(58.1%)

(58.2%)

 

 

(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, 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.