Hsinchu, Taiwan


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced that consolidated net sales revenue for April 2003 totaled NT$7,616 million, while unconsolidated net sales was NT$7,091 million.

 

Consolidated revenues for April 2003 rose 12.2% over March. Consolidated and unconsolidated revenues for January through April 2003 totaled NT$25,879 million and NT$24,206 million, respectively.

 

"The revenue growth for April 2003 was mainly due to record shipments and strong customer demand for both large and small & medium size panels. Approximately 910K large size panels were shipped in April 2003, while unit shipment for small & medium size panels was over 1.25 million." said AUO CFO & VP, Mr. Max Cheng.

 

 

Sales Report：

 

(Unit：NT$ million)

Net Sales(1)

2003(2)

April (Consolidated)(3)(4)

7,616

March (Consolidated)(3)(4)

6,786

M-o-M Growth

12.2%

April (Unconsolidated)

7,091

 

 

(1 )：All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan.
(2)：Year 2003 figures have not been audited, prepared by AUO Corporation.

(3)：All consolidated figures are unaudited, prepared by AUO Corporation.

(4)：Including AUO Corporation ("AUT"), AU Optronics (Lauban) Corporation ("AUL"), and AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation ("AUS").