• 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$14.05 on the TSE on Thursday, July 31, 2014.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$12,411 million for June 2014, representing a 4% increase on month and 15.3% increase on year.

  For the first quarter of 2014, the company totaled NT$31,694 million in consolidated revenues, up 3.2% sequentially and up 14.1% 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$126.98 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
  1-Aug	145,075	18,088	1,966,587,858	13.55	13.65	13.50	13.55	-0.50	-3.56%	13.60	13.55
  31-Jul	181,306	25,443	2,547,428,238	14.50	14.50	13.90	14.05	-0.85	-5.70%	14.05	14.00
  30-Jul	53,714	8,278	796,251,701	14.70	14.95	14.70	14.90	+0.25	+1.71%	14.95	14.90
  29-Jul	67,935	11,435	1,003,924,234	14.85	15.00	14.60	14.65	-0.20	-1.35%	14.70	14.65
  28-Jul	78,039	13,998	1,169,015,078	15.10	15.15	14.85	14.85	-0.40	-2.62%	14.90	14.85
  25-Jul	53,287	9,862	817,115,832	15.60	15.60	15.20	15.25	-0.40	-2.56%	15.25	15.20
  24-Jul	42,941	8,059	670,756,206	15.65	15.75	15.55	15.65	-0.05	-0.32%	15.65	15.60

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  Jun-14	12,411	4%	15.3%	67,563	13.2%
  May-14	11,930	3.5%	9.8%	55,152	12.7%
  Apr-14	11,529	2.1%	12.1%	43,222	13.6%
  Mar-14	11,289	9.2%	17.6%	31,694	14.1%
  Feb-14	10,342	2.8%	18.5%	20,404	12.2%
  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%

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

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  1Q-14	31,694	3.2%	14.1%	31,694	14.1%
  4Q-13	30,719	(8.1%)	6.5%	123,812	7%
  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%

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

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  UMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	1Q-2014	4Q-2013	3Q-2013	2Q-2013	1Q-2013
  Current assets	96,753,702	88,796,224	88,902,767	92,899,530	91,797,388
  Intangible assets	4,555,177	4,739,647	4,808,838	4,724,729	2,978,473
  Non-current assets	204,873,717	207,106,605	210,846,168	210,192,343	208,634,747
  Assets	301,627,419	295,902,829	299,748,935	303,091,873	300,432,135
  Current liabilities	49,235,637	48,203,970	52,268,518	57,616,303	37,300,419
  Non-current liabilities	34,616,471	35,257,683	36,083,571	35,571,589	48,715,609
  Liabilities	83,852,108	83,461,653	88,352,089	93,187,892	86,016,028
  Stockholders' equity	217,775,311	212,441,176	211,396,846	209,903,981	214,416,107

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

  UMC: Consolidated income statement, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	1Q-2014		4Q-2013		3Q-2013		2Q-2013		1Q-2013
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Gross sales	30,746,719		29,645,507		32,482,133		30,962,116		26,811,229
  Operating revenue	31,693,585	103.1%	30,718,744	103.6%	33,406,772	102.8%	31,904,704	103%	27,781,416	103.6%
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	5,901,378	19.2%	5,557,258	18.7%	7,336,900	22.6%	6,177,310	20%	4,491,507	16.8%
  Operating expenses	5,016,196	16.3%	5,316,961	17.9%	4,894,439	15.1%	5,016,713	16.2%	4,177,410	15.6%
  Operating income (loss)	940,639	3.1%	193,880	0.7%	2,394,778	7.4%	1,149,469	3.7%	293,993	1.1%
  Non-operating expenses and losses	350,944	1.1%	888,627	3%	1,561,640	4.8%	630,705	2%	7,248,702	27%
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	1,291,583	4.2%	1,082,507	3.7%	3,956,418	12.2%	1,780,174	5.7%	7,542,695	28.1%
  Net income (loss)	1,110,807	3.6%	587,532	2%	3,365,561	10.4%	1,738,173	5.6%	6,413,694	23.9%
  Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	0.1		0.1		0.3		0.1		0.5

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

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