AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated January 2013 revenue of NT$28,595 million, down by 10.8% from the previous month and up by 31.7% from the same period last year.

 

Large-sized panel (a) shipments, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, decreased by 18.2% month-over-month to around 8.49 million units. As for small-and-medium-sized panels, the shipments were over 9.01 million units, down by 13.8% 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)

January 2013

28,595

December 2012

32,051

M-o-M Growth

(10.8%)

January 2012

21,706

Y-o-Y Growth

31.7%

 

 

(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, BriView Electronics Corp. and its affiliates, Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., Darshin Microelectronics Inc., and AUO Crystal Corp. and its affiliates.