Edgar Filing: AU OPTRONICS CORP

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

December 6, 2007

Commission File Number 001-31335

	AU Optronics Corp.
	(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

	No. 1 Li-Hsin Road 2
	Hsinchu Science Park
	Hsinchu, Taiwan
	(Address of principal executive offices)

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Item:

1.	Press release entitled, “AU Optronics Corp. November 2007 Consolidated Revenues Totaled NT$53.4 Billion”, dated December 6, 2007.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	AU Optronics Corp.
Date: December 6, 2007	By:	/s/ Max Cheng
		Name:	Max Cheng
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

News Release

AU Optronics Corp. November 2007 Consolidated Revenues Totaled NT$53.4 Billion

Issued by: AU Optronics Corp.

Issued on: December 6, 2007

Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 6, 2007 –

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced November 2007 revenue with preliminary consolidated revenue of NT$53,438 million and unconsolidated revenue of NT$53,364 million; both slightly rose 0.6% from the previous month. On a year-over-year comparison, consolidated and unconsolidated November 2007 revenues increased by 61% and 60.8% respectively.

Shipments of large-sized panels^(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for November presented a 0.3% sequential increase to 7.93 million units. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels set a new record of 16.29 million units with a 5.1% sequential increase, and also represented record-breaking shipments in second successive months.

^(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
November 2007	53,438	53,364
October 2007	53,121	53,062
M-o-M Growth	0.6%	0.6%
November 2006	33,185	33,178
Y-o-Y Growth	61.0%	60.8%
Jan to Nov 2007	431,247	430,899
Jan to Nov 2006	264,916	264,878
Y-o-Y Growth	62.8%	62.7%

(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. and Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd.

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ABOUT AU OPTRONICS

AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”) is one of the top three largest manufacturers* of large-size thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (“TFT-LCD”), with approximately 20.2%* of global market share with revenues of NT$293.1billion (US$9.0bn)* in 2006. TFT-LCD technology is currently the most widely used flat panel display technology. Targeted for 40”+ sized LCD TV panels, AUO’s new generation (7.5-generation) fabrication facility production started mass production in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company currently operates one 7.5-generation, two 6th-generation, four 5th-generation, one 4th-generation, and four 3.5-generation TFT- LCD fabs, in addition to eight module assembly facilities and the AUO Technology Center specializes in new technology platform and new product development. AUO is one of few top-tier TFT-LCD manufacturers capable of offering a wide range of small- to large- size (1.5”-65”) TFT-LCD panels, which enables it to offer a broad and diversified product portfolio.

* DisplaySearch 2Q2007 WW Large-Area TFT-LCD Shipment Report dated Aug 7, 2007. This data is used as reference only and AUO does not make any endorsement or representation in connection therewith. 2006 year end revenue converted by an exchange rate of NTD32.59:USD1.

For more information, please contact:

Rose Lee Yawen Hsiao

Corporate Communications Dept Corporate Communications Dept.

AU Optronics Corp AU Optronics Corp.

Tel: +886-3-5008899 ext 3204 +886-3-5008899 ext 3211

Fax: +886-3-5772730 +886-3-5772730

Email: rose.lee@auo.com yawen.hsiao@auo.com