United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 21, 2025 4:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Michael Lin - Head of Investor Relations
Jason Wang - President
Chitung Liu - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Sunny Lin - UBS
Gokul Hariharan - JPMorgan
Brad Lin - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Charlie Chan - Morgan Stanley
Bruce Lu - Goldman Sachs
Jason Zhang - CLSA

Operator

Welcome everyone to UMC's 2024 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent background noise. After the presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions].

For your information, this conference call is now being broadcast in live over the Internet. Webcast replay will be available within an hour after the conference is finished. Please visit our website, www.umc.com, under the Investor Relations, Investors, Events section.

And now I would like to introduce Mr. Michael Lin, Head of Investor Relations at UMC. Mr. Lin, please begin.

Michael Lin

Thank you, and welcome to UMC's conference call for the fourth quarter of 2024. I'm joined by Mr. Jason Wang, President of UMC; and Mr. Chitung Liu, the CFO of UMC. In a moment, we will hear our CFO present the fourth quarter financial results followed by our President's key message to address UMC's focus and first quarter 2025 guidance.

Once our President and CFO complete their remarks, there will be a Q&A session. UMC's quarterly financial reports are available at our website, www.umc.com, under the Investors Financial section. During this conference, we may make forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations and beliefs.

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the risks that may be beyond the company's control. For a more detailed discussion of