Hsinchu, Taiwan,


AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced another record month for May 2007 based on sales and unit shipments. AUO’s preliminary consolidated May 2007 revenue of NT$35,503 million and unconsolidated net sales of NT$35,499 million both broke the historical mark since last October and rose 12.5% sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated May 2007 revenues largely increased by 76.3% and 76.4% respectively.

 

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for May also set a new record of 6.51 million units, up 6.1% from the previous month. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels broke the ten-million unit milestone and hit a historical high to total 10.65 million, a 14.2% 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.

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Sales Report：

 

(Unit：NT$ million)

Net Sales(1)(2)

Consolidated(3)

Unconsolidated

May 2007

35,503

35,499

April 2007

31,551

31,549
M-o-M Growth

12.5%

12.5%
May 2006

20,134

20,127
Y-o-Y Growth

76.3%

76.4%
Jan to May 2007

147,773

147,741
Jan to May 2006

108,830

108,812
Y-o-Y Growth

35.8%

35.8%

 

 

(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) Corporation, AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation, AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation and Tech - Well (Shanghai) Display Co.