TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC") today reported unaudited net sales for the month of October 2015.

Revenues for October 2015



       Period         2015        2014 Y/Y Change            Y/Y (%)
       ------         ----        ---- ----------            -------

      October   12,059,010  13,495,698            -1,436,688         -10.65%
      -------   ----------  ----------            ----------          ------

     Jan.-Oct. 123,040,049 116,272,484            +6,767,565          +5.82%
     --------- ----------- -----------            ----------           -----

(*) 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

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SOURCE United Microelectronics Corporation