Yuan Lipen 4

What Happened

• Yuan Lipen, a Vice President at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), purchased 1,000 common shares on 2026-06-15. The transaction was recorded as an open market/private purchase under the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) at $75.26 per share, for a total of $75,260. This is a purchase (insider buying).

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-06-15 at $75.26 per share (total $75,260). Transaction code: P (purchase).
• Price translation: the USD price was translated from NT$2,375 using an exchange rate of NT$31.559 = US$1 (footnote F1).
• Plan used: Shares were purchased and held under the issuer’s ESPP (footnote F2).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in this filing.
• Timeliness: Reported on 2026-06-16 for a 2026-06-15 transaction (filed timely under Form 4 rules).

Context

• Purchases made through an ESPP are a common form of employee participation and show the insider invested personally in company stock; while purchases can be interpreted positively, they do not by themselves indicate future company performance.
• No options were exercised, no sales or gifts were reported in this filing—just an ESPP purchase.