AU Optronics Corp. Reports August 2009 Consolidated Revenue

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated August 2009 revenue of NT$37,713 million and NT$36,911 million, both up 15.9% from July 2009. In terms of Y-o-Y comparison, they were up by 1.7% and down by 0.4% respectively.

Large-sized panel(a) shipments for August 2009, with applications on desktop monitors, notebook PCs, LCD TVs and other applications, broke the nine-million mark and set a new record of 9.07 million units, up 9.7% from previous month. As for small- and medium-sized panels, the shipments surpassed 19.69 million units, down by 8.5% from July 2009.

(a) Large-sized refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small- and medium-sized refers to those below 10 inches



    Sales Report :(Unit: NT$ million)

    Net Sales(1)(2)           Consolidated(3)        Unconsolidated
    August 2009                   37,713                  36,911
    July 2009                     32,551                  31,843
    M-o-M Growth                   15.9%                   15.9%
    August 2008                   37,097                  37,072
    Y-o-Y Growth                    1.7%                   (0.4%)
    Jan to Aug. 2009             203,492                 200,669
    Jan to Aug. 2008             329,856                 328,143
    Y-o-Y Growth                  (38.3%)                 (38.8%)


    (1) All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted
        accounting principles in Taiwan.
    (2) Monthly figures are unaudited, prepared by AU Optronics Corp.
    (3) Consolidated numbers include AU Optronics Corp., 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., Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., AU
        Optronics (Czech) s.r.o., Lextar Electronics Corp., Darwin Precision
        Corp., BriView Technology Corp., BriView Electronics Corp. and AUO
        Energy Taiwan Corp.

ABOUT AU OPTRONICS

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) is the worldwide top 3 manufacturer* of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD). AUO is able to provide customers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.2 inches to greater than 65 inches. AUO generated NT$423.9 billion (US$12.9 billion) in sales revenue in 2008 and now houses a staff of more than 40,000 employees throughout its global operations spreading across Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.S., and Europe. Additionally, AUO is the first pure TFT-LCD manufacturer to successfully list at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). For more information, please visit AUO.com.

* DisplaySearch 2Q2009 WW Large-Area TFT-LCD Shipment Report dated August 5, 2009. This data is used as reference only and AUO does not make any endorsement or representation in connection therewith. 2008 year end revenue converted by an exchange rate of NTD32.76:USD1.

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