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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-22-039567
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221222
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001046179
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14700
		FILM NUMBER:		221479662

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 8, LI-HSIN ROAD 6
		STREET 2:		SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK
		CITY:			HSINCHU
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		886-3-5636688

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 8, LI-HSIN ROAD 6
		STREET 2:		SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK
		CITY:			HSINCHU
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			00000
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This is to report 1) the changes in the shareholdings of TSMC board of directors, executive officers and shareholders who own more than 10% of total outstanding common shares of TSMC; 2) the changes in the pledge of TSMC common shares by TSMC board of directors, executive officers and shareholders who own more than 10% of total outstanding common shares of TSMC; 3) the acquisition and disposition of assets by TSMC and its subsidiaries; 4) the capital appropriations approved by TSMC board of directors and 5) The unsecured bonds issued by TSMC and its subsidiaries for the month of November 2022.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:12pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">C.C. Wei</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">6,779,468</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">6,979,468</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">200,000</p></td>
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<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Senior Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Cliff Hou</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">459,139</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">461,447</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,308</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Senior Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Kevin Zhang</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">100,000</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">105,000</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,000</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a>Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Michael Wu</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">683,444</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">684,444</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,000</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice President and </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Chief Financial Officer</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Wendell Huang</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,651,868</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,651,887</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">19</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Geoffrey Yeap</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">56,000</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">58,000</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,000</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Jonathan Lee</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">358,187</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">363,516</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,329</p></td>
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<tr style="height:36pt;">
<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" style=" border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice President</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:11pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">L.C. Lu</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">180,227</p></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">185,227</p></td>
<td valign="middle"  style=" border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-left:solid 0.75pt #000000; border-right:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;">
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,000</p></td>
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<td valign="middle"  BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:3.34%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Note: Shareholdings include shares held by the related parties.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<tr style="height:34pt;">
<td colspan="7" valign="middle" >
<p style="line-height:14pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:12pt;;text-indent:-12pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2. The changes in the pledge of TSMC common shares by TSMC board of directors, executive officers and shareholders who own more than 10% of total outstanding common shares of TSMC:<font style="color:#FF0000;"> </font>Inapplicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="line-height:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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