TAIPEI, Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of August 2014.

Revenues for August 2014



            Period                    2014             2013                Y/Y Change            Y/Y (%)
            ------                    ----             ----                ----------            -------

            August              11,415,416       10,998,405                             +417,011          +3.79%
            ------              ----------       ----------                             --------           -----

          Jan.-Aug.             90,520,348       82,242,377                           +8,277,971         +10.07%
          ---------             ----------       ----------                           ----------          ------

    (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages.

    (**) All figures are consolidated

Additional information about UMC is available on the web at http://www.umc.com.

Contacts:

Bowen Huang / David Wong
UMC, Investor Relations
Tel: + 886-2-2658-9168, ext. 16900
Email: bowen_huang@umc.com
david_wong@umc.com

SOURCE United Microelectronics Corporation