Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated October 2008 revenue of NT$27,261 million and NT$27,211 million, respectively. Caused by the current weak macro environments, AUO’s consolidated and unconsolidated October revenue decreased by 20.6% and 20.7% month-over-month, respectively. Compared to one year ago, the consolidated and unconsolidated monthly revenues both decreased by 48.7% year-over-year.

 

For October 2008, shipments of large-sized panels(a) with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications totaled 6.36 million units, which led to a 9.3% decline month-over-month. In addition, demand for small-and-medium-sized panels remained robust, with shipments coming flattish sequentially and reached 22.69 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

October 2008

27,261

27,211

September 2008

34,322

34,296
M-o-M Growth

(20.6%)

(20.7%)
October 2007

53,121

53,062
Y-o-Y Growth

(48.7%)

(48.7%)
Jan to Oct 2008

391,439

389,650
Jan to Oct 2007

377,810

377,534
Y-o-Y Growth

3.6%

3.2%

 

 

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