| Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 10, 2009 ¡VTSMC (NYSE: TSM) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which passed the following resolutions:
1. Approved capital appropriations of US$2,240.8 million to expand advanced technology capacity for twelve-inch wafer fabs, and increase twelve-inch capacity for wafer level chip scale packaging process.
2. Approved capital appropriations of US$254.6 million to expand 12-inch wafer fab facilities.
3. Approved capital appropriations of US$46 million to set up a production line and product development lab for solid state lighting.
4. Appointed Dr. Jack Sun as Chief Technology Officer of TSMC, in charge of formulating TSMC¡¦s technology strategy and conducting the development of the company¡¦s most advanced technologies. Dr. Sun will report directly to Dr. S.Y. Chiang, Senior Vice President of Research and Development.
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