• United Microelectronics Corporation

• United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is engaged in the business of manufacturing or fabrication of ICs for applications in major sectors of semiconductor industry.

  Founded in 1980 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1985, the company is best known for dedicated semiconductor foundry business maintaining a customer base across industries, including communication, consumer electronics, computer, memory and others.

  UMC employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide including operation sites in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States.

• Performance

  The company's stock price closed at NT$12.7 on the TSE on Thursday, March 6, 2014.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10,063 million for January 2014, representing a 1.6% increase on month and 6.5% increase on year.

  For the third quarter of 2013, the company totaled NT$33,407 million in consolidated revenues, up 4.7% sequentially and up 10.7% on year.
  Brief

  Full name: United Microelectronics Corporation

  Chinese name: 聯華電子股份有限公司

  Short name: UMC

  Arconym: UMC

  Stock code: 2303

  Tax ID: 47217677

  Market: TSE

  Established: 22 May 1980

  Paid in capital: NT$126.54 billion

  Listed on TSE: 16 Jul 1985

  Public since: 30 May 1981

  Website: www.umc.com
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• On display
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    300mm wafer from UMC with 11 copper layers

    SemiTech Taipei 2006: UMC showcases a 300mm wafer with 11 copper layers, manufactured on a 65nm process using triple-gate...

    Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
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    SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu, UMC.

    SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu from UMC delivering his presentation "Microloop brings foundry and fabless closer on 65nm yield...

    Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, Sep 13.
• Latest stock

  UMC [2303] historical stock price (NT$)
  Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
  7-Mar	73,753	8,977	938,610,277	12.80	12.85	12.60	12.65	-0.05	-0.39%	12.65	12.60
  6-Mar	73,697	9,760	933,610,824	12.50	12.80	12.50	12.70	+0.25	+2.01%	12.75	12.70
  5-Mar	33,561	4,606	419,697,026	12.50	12.60	12.45	12.45	+0.05	+0.40%	12.50	12.45
  4-Mar	39,181	5,805	488,467,873	12.50	12.60	12.35	12.40	-0.10	-0.80%	12.45	12.40
  3-Mar	100,106	13,531	1,252,311,728	12.35	12.65	12.35	12.50	+0.20	+1.63%	12.55	12.50

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  Jan-14	10,063	1.6%	6.5%	10,063	6.5%
  Dec-13	9,905	(4.3%)	13.7%	123,812	7%
  Nov-13	10,345	(1.2%)	2.5%	113,906	6.5%
  Oct-13	10,468	(3.5%)	4.1%	103,561	6.9%
  Sep-13	10,851	(1.3%)	14.7%	93,093	7.2%
  Aug-13	10,998	(4.8%)	6.2%	82,242	6.3%
  Jul-13	11,558	7.4%	11.6%	71,244	6.3%
  Jun-13	10,761	(0.9%)	11.2%	59,686	5.4%
  May-13	10,863	5.7%	5.2%	48,925	4.2%
  Apr-13	10,281	7.1%	(0.8%)	38,062	3.9%
  Mar-13	9,599	9.9%	6.9%	27,781	5.8%
  Feb-13	8,731	(7.6%)	3.4%	18,183	5.2%
  Jan-13	9,452	8.5%	6.9%	9,452	6.9%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  3Q-13	33,407	4.7%	10.7%	93,093	7.2%
  2Q-13	31,905	14.8%	5%	59,686	5.4%
  1Q-13	27,781	(3.7%)	5.8%	27,781	5.8%
  4Q-12	28,854	(4.4%)	10.7%	115,675	(0.9%)
  3Q-12	30,174	(0.7%)	8.5%	86,820	(4.2%)

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  UMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)
  Item	4Q-2012	3Q-2012	2Q-2012	1Q-2012	4Q-2011
  Current assets	80,917,522	84,572,900	90,160,318	83,537,425	84,057,514
  Long-term investments	11,792,007	11,915,233	11,759,654	11,955,215	11,275,894
  Intangible assets	1,357,492	1,362,289	1,701,118	355,593	350,860
  Other assets	4,850,371	5,773,705	7,088,920	7,417,218	7,524,884
  Assets	280,958,918	290,331,561	299,377,656	283,141,588	279,831,746
  Current liabilities	40,033,821	45,880,555	53,254,248	42,062,159	42,905,954
  Other liabilities	3,749,339	3,595,799	3,856,725	3,879,097	3,705,443
  Liabilities	75,937,973	81,525,592	89,613,688	68,590,064	67,706,783
  Stockholders' equity	205,020,945	208,805,969	209,763,968	214,551,524	212,124,963

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014

  UMC: Consolidated income statement, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$k)
  Item	3Q-2013		2Q-2013		1Q-2013		4Q-2012		3Q-2012
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Gross sales	32,482,133		30,955,534		26,817,811		28,258,995		29,671,455
  Operating revenue	33,406,772	102.8%	31,904,704	103.1%	27,781,416	103.6%	28,854,353	102.1%	30,173,646	101.7%
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	7,336,900	22.6%	6,177,310	20%	4,491,507	16.7%	3,237,350	11.5%	5,756,338	19.4%
  Operating expenses	4,894,439	15.1%	5,016,713	16.2%	4,177,410	15.6%	4,170,070	14.8%	3,773,552	12.7%
  Operating income (loss)	2,394,778	7.4%	1,149,469	3.7%	293,993	1.1%	-932,720	-3.3%	1,982,994	6.7%
  Non-operating revenues and gains					7,248,702	27%	2,996,765	10.6%	3,738,266	12.6%
  Non-operating expenses and losses	1,561,640	4.8%	0	0%					2,481,199	8.4%
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	3,956,418	12.2%	1,780,174	5.8%	7,542,695	28.1%	900,939	3.2%	2,608,389	8.8%
  Net income (loss)	3,365,561	10.4%	1,738,173	5.6%	6,413,694	23.9%	744,154	2.6%	1,342,579	4.5%
  Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$)	0.3		0.1		0.5		0.1		0.2
  Simple earnings per share (NT$)									0.1

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014

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