TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of January 2016.

Revenues for January 2016



              Period                      2016             2015             Y/Y Change         Y/Y (%)
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             January                12,006,857       12,883,284                       -876,427         -6.80%
             -------                ----------       ----------                       --------          -----

            Jan.-Jan.               12,006,857       12,883,284                       -876,427         -6.80%
            ---------               ----------       ----------                       --------          -----

    (*) 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