Taipei, Taiwan, February 27, 2024 – United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today, approved the 2023 Business Report and Financial Statements, and set the agenda for the Annual General Meeting. A brief summary of major recognition and discussion items is as follows:

• Approved the 2023 Business Report and Financial Statements. The consolidated revenue for 2023 was NT$222,533 million and net income attributable to the shareholders of the parent was NT$60,990 million, with earnings per share of NT$4.93.
• Shareholder cash distribution of approximately NT$3.00 per share.
• Employee cash compensation of NT$5,439.1 million.

Other major resolutions of today’s Board Meeting:

• Approved the capital budget execution of NT$1,915 million towards capacity deployment.
• Approved the issuance of Restricted Stock Awards
• Approved a donation of NT$15.25 million to UMC Science and Culture Foundation.
• Announced that the Annual General Meeting will be held at 9:00 AM on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at No. 16, Creation Rd. 1, Hsinchu Science Park.

About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry company. The company provides high-quality IC fabrication services, focusing on logic and various specialty technologies to serve all major sectors of the electronics industry. UMC’s comprehensive IC processing technologies and manufacturing solutions include Logic/Mixed-Signal, embedded High-Voltage, embedded Non-Volatile-Memory, RFSOI, BCD, etc. Most of UMC's 12-in and 8-in fabs with its core R&D are in Taiwan, with additional ones throughout Asia. UMC has a total of 12 fabs in production with a combined capacity of more than 400,000 wafers per month (12-in equivalent), and all of them are certified with IATF 16949 automotive quality standards. UMC is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, plus local offices in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, with a worldwide total of 20,000 employees. For more information, please visit: http://www.umc.com.

Note from UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement are forward-looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities laws, including statements about introduction of new services and technologies, future outsourcing, competition, wafer capacity, business relationships and market conditions. Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially from these statements as a result of a variety of factors, including conditions in the overall semiconductor market and economy; acceptance and demand for products from UMC; and technological and development risks. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in UMC’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. UMC does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.