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WASHINGTON – Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco today convicted an executive of the largest Taiwan liquid crystal display (LCD) producer for his participation in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels sold worldwide, the Department of Justice announced.

Shiu Lung Leung, AU Optronics Corp.’s former senior manager in the Desktop Display Business Group, was found guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, of participating in a worldwide TFT-LCD price-fixing conspiracy from May 15, 2002 to Dec. 1, 2006.

AU Optronics Corp., based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and its American subsidiary, AU Optronics Corp. America, headquartered in Houston, were found guilty on March 13, 2012, following an eight-week trial. Former AU Optronics Corp. president Hsuan Bin Chen and former AU Optronics Corp. executive vice president Hui Hsiung were also found guilty at that time. A mistrial was declared against Leung after that trial. Today’s verdict is the result of Leung’s retrial.

“This international price-fixing conspiracy impacted countless American consumers by raising the price of computer monitors, notebooks and televisions containing LCD panels,” said Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement program. “Today’s guilty verdict demonstrates that the Antitrust Division will continue to hold executives accountable for crimes that undermine a competitive marketplace.”

The indictment charged that AU Optronics Corp. participated in the worldwide price-fixing conspiracy from Sept. 14, 2001, to Dec. 1, 2006, and that its subsidiary joined the conspiracy as early as spring 2003. Today a jury found that Leung, along with the previously convicted companies and former executives, was guilty of fixing the prices of LCD panels sold in the United States. The conspirators fixed the prices of LCD panels during monthly meetings with their competitors, which were secretly held in hotel conference rooms, karaoke bars and tea rooms around Taiwan.

LCD panels are used in computer monitors and notebooks, televisions and other electronic devices. By the end of the conspiracy, the worldwide market for LCD panels was valued at $70 billion annually. The LCD price-fixing conspiracy affected some of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, including Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple.

Today’s charges are the result of a joint investigation by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s San Francisco Field Office and the FBI in San Francisco. Anyone with information concerning illegal conduct in the TFT-LCD industry is urged to call the Antitrust Division’s San Francisco Field Office at 415-436-6660 or visit

Customers check LCD television sets made at a Tokyo electronics shop on November 1, 2012. A US jury found a former senior manager at Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. guilty of taking part in a global scheme to rig prices of liquid crystal display screens.

A US jury on Tuesday found a former senior manager at Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. guilty of taking part in a global scheme to rig prices of liquid crystal display screens.

Marketplace rivals fixed the prices of LCD panels during monthly meetings held secretly at hotel conference rooms, karaoke bars and tea rooms around Taiwan, according to prosecutors.

A trial in San Francisco ended in March with AUO executives Hsuan Bin Chen and Hui Hsiung convicted for their roles in a conspiracy between late 2001 and late 2006 to rig prices of thin film transistor LCD panels.

"This international price-fixing conspiracy impacted countless American consumers by raising the price of computer monitors, notebooks and televisions containing LCD panels," said Deputy Assistant Attorney General Scott Hammond.

The global LCD market was valued at $70 billion annually by the end of the alleged conspiracy, and companies that wound up paying inflated prices for screens included Apple, Dell and Hewlett Packard, according to prosecutors.

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AU Optronics (OTCPK:AUOTY) (AUO) is a Taiwanese company that specializes in optoelectrical technology. In other words, they produce LCD displays for a wide variety of markets and uses and also produce solar modules and systems.

2020 was a much better year despite or rather because of Covid, as the cost of sales fell dramatically. Other SGA costs were flat year over year and some other one-time items like strong performance and valuation from their equity subsidiary investments produced a strong $6 million net income for year.

There wasn"t a huge movement in the end markets during Covid, but gaming did increase slightly as automotive struggled in Q2 2020 but they have since reverted.

The results that AUO has been putting up is impressive and they are likely to continue to produce more in the short term, but the question that lingers for me is when things return to "normal", in this case similar to 2019 in terms of financial results, where will the company be and how will it perform?

At approximately 13% market share, AUO does not seem like a long-term buy-and-hold type of company and is clearly benefitting temporarily from the unique demand and supply characteristics that exist at present. Like other commodity producers, they are trying to position more towards value-added products that they can charge higher prices for.

The market has certainly noticed AUO"s improving performance, with the stock rising from $2 to over $12 at its peak, although it"s now down slightly at $8.58.

On the surface the stock seems cheap at a P/E of ~11, but again given the cyclical nature of the stock that should return in 2022, earnings could easily fall from the $1-2 expected this year to negative EPS should ASPs normalize. Much like an oil company at the top and bottom of cycles, P/E does a poor job of valuing a company because of how rapidly and dramatically earnings can change, whereas for a more predicable company like a food manufacturer, it might be much more useful.

Despite claims of changing market conditions, new value added products, and solar expansion, 97% of AUO"s revenue is still from traditional LCD displays. They are not the market leader nor do they have tremendous financial resources to acquire or dominate the industry. At best, one is hoping for a transformational supply and demand change to manifest on the other side of the pandemic, and I am not willing to take that bet.

Our company is committed to the customization service, R&D, sale and after-sales service of LCD and TFT display products.At present, our company has a team of more than 100 employees. Our products include monochrome LCD (TN and STN), color LCD (CSTN and TFT) and LCD modules (both COG and COB).

Taiwan’s two biggest LCD panel makers, AU Optronics Corp ( 友達光電) and Innolux Corp (群創), on Friday reported that revenue soared more than 50 percent year-on-year last quarter, as prices continued to rise amid supply constraints and strong demand for laptops.

The logos of Innolux Corp and AU Optronics Corp are pictured at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in an undated photograph. The two companies on Friday reported that revenue soared more than 50 percent year-on-year last quarter, as prices continued to rise amid supply constraints and strong demand for laptops.

AU Optronics’ strong quarterly results were boosted by its best monthly revenue in the past four years at NT$30.72 billion last month, after flat-panel shipments rose 10.1 percent month-on-month to 2.21 million square meters.

The LCD panel industry expects the price uptrend from the second quarter of last year to continue through August or September, as the COVID-19 pandemic would continue to stimulate demand for laptops, TVs and other information technology devices, the Hsinchu-based firm said.

Shipments of LCD panels for TVs and computers expanded 15.4 percent month-on-month to 13.36 million units last month, an increase of 1.2 percent to 37.47 million in the first quarter from the previous quarter, the Miaoli-based manufacturer said.

In the current market environment, most LCD panel makers can only supply 30 to 50 percent of orders of screens for notebook computers, market researcher TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said in a report.

However, Innolux’s and AU Optronics’ revenue results showed that they were less affected by key component supplies than their international competitors, as the Taiwanese firms have long-term partnerships with their suppliers, TrendForce said.