HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ('AUO' or the 'Company') (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated July 2009 revenue of NT$32,551 million and NT$31,843 million, up 7.1% and 6.3% respectively from June 2009. In terms of Y-o-Y comparison, they were slightly down by 0.3% and 1.9% respectively.

Large-sized panel (a) shipments for July 2009, with applications on desktop monitors, notebook PCs, LCD TVs and other applications, exceeded 8.26 million units, up 6.2% from previous month. As for small- and medium-sized panels, the shipments topped 21.51 million units, up 12.5% sequentially.

    (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
    July 2009                            32,551                 31,843
    June 2009                            30,399                 29,952
    M-o-M Growth                           7.1%                   6.3%
    July 2008                            32,654                 32,460
    Y-o-Y Growth                          (0.3%)                 (1.9%)
    Jan to July 2009                    165,778                163,758
    Jan to July 2008                    292,760                291,072
    Y-o-Y Growth                         (43.4%)                (43.7%)

    (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 4Q2008 WW Large-Area TFT-LCD Shipment Report dated February 25, 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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