Wei Che-Chia 4

What Happened
Wei Che-Chia, Chairman and CEO (and a director) of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), purchased 186 common shares on April 9, 2026. The reported price was $57.87 per share, for a total reported value of $10,764. This was a purchase (acquisition) reported on Form 4.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-09
• Transaction type: Purchase (code P) — Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) related
• Price: $57.87 per share (price translated from NT$1,837.2789 using NT$31.748 = US$1)
• Shares purchased: 186; Total value: $10,764
• Filing date: 2026-04-13 (filed within the typical Form 4 deadline)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided data
• Footnotes in the filing:
  • F1/F3: Shares were purchased by the ESPP administrator on the filer’s behalf and are held under the issuer’s ESPP.
  • F2: Reported USD price is a conversion from New Taiwan dollars at the rate noted above.
  • F4: The filing also includes a note about shares purchased by a trust under the issuer’s LTI bonus plan over which the filer has investment control.

Context
This was an ESPP purchase—a routine, plan-driven way insiders acquire company stock (often automatic and periodic). Such purchases can be viewed as modestly bullish but are commonly part of compensation or savings programs rather than a discretionary open-market buy. The filing appears timely based on the transaction and filing dates.