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TSMC Common Share Ex-dividend Date July 6th
Issued by: TSMC
Issued on: 2010/06/21
Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. ˇV June 21, 2010 -- TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that the ex-dividend date for TSMC common shares shall be July 6th, 2010. The cash dividend is NT$2.99973242 for each common share.

The above-mentioned dividend is calculated based on the dividend distribution, as approved by the Companyˇ¦s shareholder meeting on June 15th, 2010, and the actual number of common shares outstanding on the record date for the distribution. As a result of the employee stock options exercised between the day the Companyˇ¦s board proposed said dividend distribution, and the record date of the distribution, the total number of outstanding common shares has increased slightly, resulting in a miniscule difference in the per-share dividends from the per-share numbers proposed by the Companyˇ¦s board on February 9th, 2010.
TSMC Spokesperson
Lora Ho
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer & Spokesperson
Tel: 886-3-5664602
TSMC Deputy Spokesperson
Dr. Elizabeth Sun
Director, TSMC Corporate Communication Division
Tel: 886-3-5682085
Email: elizabeth_sun@tsmc.com