Yeap Choh Fei 4

What Happened

• Yeap Choh Fei, Senior Vice President at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC / TSM), acquired 68 common shares on 2026-04-09. The reported U.S. dollar price was $57.87 per share, for a total of about $3,935. This was a purchase made under the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), an employer-administered plan that buys shares on behalf of participants under preset terms.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-04-09, 68 shares at $57.87 each (total ≈ $3,935). (Transaction code: P = Purchase)
• Price conversion: The USD price was translated from NT$1,837.2789 at an exchange rate of NT$31.748 = US$1. (see filing footnote)
• How the purchase occurred: Shares were purchased by the ESPP administrator on behalf of the filer and are held under the ESPP (footnotes F1 and F3).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the Form 4 filing.
• Filing timeliness: Form filed 2026-04-13 for the 2026-04-09 transaction — filed within the SEC’s typical 2-business-day window.

Context

• ESPP purchases are typically automatic under pre-set plan terms (less indicative of active market timing by the insider). For retail investors, direct purchases by insiders can be informative, but ESPP-administered buys often reflect routine employee benefit participation rather than a one-off bullish bet.