[6-K] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. Current Report (Foreign Issuer)

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited filed a Form 6-K reporting several corporate actions for July 2025. The company disclosed no changes in share pledges by directors, officers or >10% shareholders and no capital appropriations approved by the board. TSMC recorded fixed-income investments of NT$10.2 billion acquired and NT$0.4 billion disposed during the month. The report lists items on shareholdings, pledge changes, asset transactions, capital appropriations, unsecured bonds and share cancellations, but the section on unsecured bonds appears incomplete in the provided text.

Positive

• Fixed-income acquisitions of NT$10.2 billion indicating deployment of cash into yielding instruments
• No insider share pledge changes reported, suggesting no new secured obligations from directors/officers
• No board-approved capital appropriations for the month, indicating no immediate dilution or redirected capital

Negative

• Limited disclosure on unsecured bonds in the provided text; issuance details are missing
• Dispositions were small (NT$0.4 billion), providing minimal offset to the larger acquisitions

Insights

Corporate Finance Analyst

NT$10.2B in fixed-income purchases with minimal disposals.

TSMC added NT$10.2 billion of fixed-income investments while disposing NT$0.4 billion, a net increase in short-term/financial assets of NT$9.8 billion for July 2025 as disclosed.

This shift increases the company’s invested cash position; the filing does not specify maturities or counterparties, so liquidity and duration impact cannot be assessed from the text alone.

Governance & Compliance Specialist

No pledge or capital-appropriation changes reported.

The filing explicitly states no changes in share pledges by insiders and no board-approved capital appropriations for July 2025, indicating stability in those governance areas for the month.

The unsecured bonds section is truncated in the supplied content, so any issuance detail (if present) cannot be confirmed from this excerpt.

1934 Act Registration No. 1-14700

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2025

(Commission File Number: 001-14700)

_____________________________

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

_____________________________

No. 8, Li-Hsin Road 6

Hsinchu Science Park

Hsinchu 300-096, Taiwan
Republic of China

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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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  o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in papers as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in papers as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):o

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 Limited

Date:   August 25, 2025

By

/s/ Wendell Huang

Wendell Huang

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

("TSMC"; NYSE: TSM)

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; 5) the unsecured bonds issued by TSMC and its subsidiaries and 6) the cancellation of TSMC common shares for the month of July 2025.

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:

Title

Name

Number of shares held as of

Changes

6/30/2025

7/31/2025

Vice President

Jonathan Lee

459,526

459,872

346

Note: Shareholdings include shares held by the related parties.

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: None.

3.The acquisition and disposition of assets by TSMC and its subsidiaries:

Fixed-income investment: NT$10.2 billion of acquisition and NT$0.4 billion of disposition.

4.The capital appropriations approved by TSMC board of directors: None.

5.The unsecured bonds issued by TSMC and its subsidiaries:

Issuance

Tranche

Issuance Period

Total Amount (in billions)

Coupon Rate

Repayment and Interest Payment

114-3

A

July 2025 ~ July 2030

NT$8.3

1.92%

Bullet repayment; interest payable annually

B

July 2025 ~ July 2035

NT$4.0

2.05%

6.The cancellation of TSMC common shares: None.

FAQ

What fixed-income transactions did TSMC (TSM) report for July 2025?

TSMC reported NT$10.2 billion of fixed-income acquisitions and NT$0.4 billion of dispositions in July 2025.

Did TSMC report any changes in insider share pledges in July 2025?

No. The filing states no changes in the pledge of common shares by directors, executive officers, or >10% shareholders.

Were there any board-approved capital appropriations reported by TSMC for July 2025?

No. The filing explicitly reports none for capital appropriations approved by the board in July 2025.

Does the filing disclose unsecured bond issuances by TSMC in July 2025?

The provided text includes an unsecured bonds section header but no details are present in the supplied content.

How material are the July 2025 fixed-income purchases relative to the company?

The filing shows purchases of NT$10.2 billion, but the document does not provide context (e.g., cash balance or portfolio size), so materiality cannot be determined from the text alone.