Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated October 2010 revenue of NT$35,131 million, down by 16.3% month-over-month and 11.3% year-over-year.

 

Large-sized panel (a) shipments for October 2010, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, reached almost 9.15 million units, down by 3.8% from the previous month. As for small-and-medium-sized panels, the shipments amounted to nearly 17.76 million units, down by 11.7% month-over-month.

 

(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 2010

35,131

33,430

September 2010

41,986

39,946
M-o-M Growth

(16.3%)

(16.3%)
October 2009

39,603

38,075
Y-o-Y Growth

(11.3%)

(12.2%)
Jan. to Oct. 2010

399,684

380,526
Jan. to Oct. 2009

284,073

278,190
Y-o-Y Growth

 40.7%

36.8%

 

 

(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) Corp. and its affiliates, Darwin Precision Corp. and its affiliates, BriView Electronics Corp., Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., and AUO Energy Taiwan Corp. Revenue of Lextar Electronics Corp. and its affiliates is no longer included in the consolidated numbers starting from this July.