Jang Syun-Ming 4

What Happened
Jang Syun-Ming, a Vice President at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), purchased 52 common shares on 2026-05-08 at an average price of $71.82 per share, for a total reported cost of approximately $3,735. This was a purchase (not a sale), executed under the issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-08; Filing date: 2026-05-11.
• Price: $71.82 per share; Total value: $3,735 (reported).
• Shares acquired: 52. Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the filing.
• Relevant footnotes from the filing:
  • F1: Shares were purchased by the ESPP administrator on behalf of the filer under pre-set plan terms.
  • F2: Price shown is translated from NT$2,257.1777 using NT$31.429 = US$1.
  • F3: Shares are held under the issuer's ESPP.
  • F4: (Present in filing) Describes shares purchased by a trust with cash from the issuer's LTI Bonus Plan over which the filer has investment control. (F4 appears as a filing footnote; it does not change that this reported transaction was an ESPP purchase.)
• No timeliness flag was provided in the summary data here.

Context
ESPP purchases are typically routine contributions under predetermined plan terms and often reflect regular employee participation rather than a market-timing decision. The size of this purchase (~$3.7K) is modest compared with many insider trades.