Wang Ying-Lang 4

What Happened Wang Ying‑Lang, Senior Vice President at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), purchased 53 common shares on 2026-07-07 in an open-market/ESPP transaction. The reported purchase price was $76.62 per share, for a total cash outlay of approximately $4,061. This was a buy (purchase) transaction rather than a sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-07; Filing date: 2026-07-09 (filed within standard Form 4 timing).
• Price: $76.62 per share (price translated from NT$2,462.6361 at NT$32.143 = US$1).
• Shares purchased: 53; total value ≈ $4,061.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not stated in the provided filing excerpt.
• Relevant footnotes from the filing:
  • F1: Shares were purchased by the administrator of the issuer’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) on behalf of the filer under pre‑determined plan terms.
  • F2: Price conversion from New Taiwan dollars to US dollars as noted above.
  • F3: Shares are held under the issuer’s ESPP.
• No indication in the provided data that this filing was late.

Context ESPP purchases are routine employee benefit transactions where shares are bought on behalf of participants under pre-set plan rules; they are usually smaller, periodic purchases and do not by themselves indicate a change in company outlook. For retail investors, purchases by executives can be a mild positive signal, but consider size (this one is small) and overall insider activity before drawing conclusions.