1934 Act Registration No. 1-14700
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6,
Hsinchu Science Park,
Taiwan
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes ¨ No x
(If “Yes” is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82: .)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | ||||||
| Date: August 11, 2015 | By | /s/ Lora Ho | ||||
| Lora Ho | ||||||
| Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions
Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – August 11, 2015 – TSMC (NYSE: TSM) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which approved capital appropriations of approximately US$1,236.9 million for purposes including: 1) Capacity expansion of advanced technology and packaging and assembly; 2) Conversion of certain logic capacity to specialty technologies; 3) Fourth quarter 2015 R&D capital investments and sustaining capital expenditures.
TSMC’s Spokesperson and Senior Vice President, Ms. Lora Ho, said that at its meeting today the Board of Directors also approved TSMC’s acquisition of OmniVision Technologies, Inc.’s (OVT’s) 49.1% ownership in VisEra Holding Cayman, Ltd., and 100% ownership in Taiwan OmniVision Investment Holding Co. Inc. (OVT Taiwan), at an amount not more than US$126 million. The acquisition of shares is conditional on related governments (including the Unites States) approving a Chinese consortium’s acquisition of OVT.
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| TSMC Spokesperson: Ms. Lora Ho Senior Vice President and CFO Tel: 886-3-566-4602 |
TSMC Acting Spokesperson: Dr. Elizabeth Sun Director of Corporate Communication Division Tel: 886-3-568-2085 Mobile: 886-988-937999 E-Mail: elizabeth_sun@tsmc.com |