Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced another record high for July 2007 revenue with preliminary consolidated revenue of NT$40,126 million and unconsolidated revenue of NT$40,099 million. Both broke the NT$40 billion mark for the first time and rose 3% and 3.1% respectively from the previous month. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated July 2007 revenues increased significantly by 99.5% and 99.4% correspondingly.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for July also set a new record of 6.85 million units, a slight 0.1% increase from June 2007. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels presented a 2.5 % sequential decline to 11.95 million units, due to product mix adjustment shift to medium-sized(b)panels.

 

(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.
(b) Medium-size refers to those below 10 inches and above 5 inches.

 

 

Sales Report

 

(UnitNT$ million)

Net Sales(1)(2)

Consolidated(3)

Unconsolidated

July 2007

40,126

40,099

June 2007

38,955

38,881

M-o-M Growth

3%

3.1%

July 2006

20,110

20,109

Y-o-Y Growth

99.5%

99.4%

Jan to Jul 2007

226,855

226,722

Jan to Jul 2006

147,258

147,230

Y-o-Y Growth

54.1%

54.0%

 

 

(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. and Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd.