TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions

Hsin­chu, Tai­wan, R.O.C., Aug. 11, 2020 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today held a mee­ting of the Board of Direc­tors, which pas­sed the fol­lo­wing resolutions:

1. Appro­ved the dis­tri­bu­ti­on of a NT$2.5 per share cash divi­dend for the second quar­ter of 2020, and set Decem­ber 23, 2020 as the record date for com­mon stock share­hol­ders entit­led to par­ti­ci­pa­te in this cash divi­dend dis­tri­bu­ti­on, and the ex-divi­dend date for the com­mon shares shall be Decem­ber 17, 2020. As requi­red by Artic­le 165 of Taiwan’s Com­pa­ny Law, the share­hol­ders’ regis­ter shall be clo­sed for five days pri­or to the record date (Decem­ber 19 through Decem­ber 23, 2020) for regis­tra­ti­on trans­fer, and the divi­dend will be paid on Janu­ary 14, 2021. In addi­ti­on, the ex-divi­dend date for TSMC Ame­ri­can Depo­si­ta­ry Shares (ADSs) will be Decem­ber 17, 2020. The record date for TSMC ADSs entit­led to par­ti­ci­pa­te in this cash divi­dend dis­tri­bu­ti­on will be Decem­ber 18, 2020.

2. Appro­ved capi­tal appro­pria­ti­ons of appro­xi­m­ate­ly US$5,271.6 mil­li­on (appro­xi­m­ate­ly NT$152.9 bil­li­on) for pur­po­ses inclu­ding: 1) Instal­la­ti­on and expan­si­on of advan­ced tech­no­lo­gy capa­ci­ty; 2) Instal­la­ti­on of spe­cial­ty tech­no­lo­gy capa­ci­ty; 3) Instal­la­ti­on of advan­ced pack­a­ging capa­ci­ty; 4) Fab con­s­truc­tion, instal­la­ti­on of fab faci­li­ty sys­tems, and capi­ta­li­zed lea­sed assets; 5) Fourth quar­ter 2020 R&D capi­tal invest­ments and sus­tai­ning capi­tal expenditures.

3. Appro­ved the issu­an­ce of US dol­lar-deno­mi­na­ted unse­cu­red cor­po­ra­te bonds for an amount not to exceed US$1 bil­li­on, and appro­ved the pro­vi­si­on of a gua­ran­tee to TSMC Glo­bal, a whol­ly-owned for­eign sub­si­dia­ry of TSMC, for its issu­an­ce of US dol­lar-deno­mi­na­ted seni­or unse­cu­red cor­po­ra­te bonds for an amount not to exceed US$3 bil­li­on, to finan­ce TSMC’s capa­ci­ty expansion.

4. Appro­ved the pro­mo­ti­on of Busi­ness Deve­lo­p­ment Vice Pre­si­dent Dr. Kevin Zhang to Seni­or Vice President.