Hsinchu, Taiwan,

 

AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced another record month for October 2006 based on preliminary consolidated revenues and unit shipments after its successful merger with Quanta Display Inc (QDI). AUO's preliminary consolidated October 2006 revenue of NT$33,270 million and unconsolidated net sales of NT$33,273 million both broke the NT$30 billion mark for the first time and rose 19.3% sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated revenues of October 2006 increased by 38.6% and 38.7% respectively.

 

Increased primarily by the capacity of QDI, shipments of large-sized panels(a) for applications used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and general display applications, broke the five-million mark and set a new record of 5.80 million, a 22.4% increase from September 2006. Shipments of small- and medium-sized panels also broke the nine-million mark and hit a historical high to total 9.06 million, a 10.3% sequential growth.

 

(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 2006

 33,270

33,273

September 2006

27,895

27,891
M-o-M Growth

19.3%

19.3%
October 2005

24,000

23,991
Y-o-Y Growth

38.6%

38.7%
Jan to Oct 2006

231,731

231,700
Jan to Oct 2005

168,589

168,501
Y-o-Y Growth

37.5%

37.5%

 

 

(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, and AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation.