Edgar Filing: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Date: July 14, 2016

/s/ Lora Ho

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Form 6-K

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 July 2016

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.

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2016 Second Quarter Earnings Conference

July 14, 2016

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Agenda

Welcome Elizabeth Sun

2Q16 Financial Results and 3Q16OutlookLora Ho

Key Messages Lora Ho

Mark Liu

C.C. Wei

Q&A

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Safe Harbor Notice

TSMC’s statements of its current expectations are forward-looking statements subject to significant risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

Information as to those factors that could cause actual results to vary can be found in TSMC’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

(the “SEC”) on April 11, 2016 and such other documents as

TSMC may file with, or submit to, the SEC from time to time.

Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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Statements of Comprehensive Income

Selected Items from Statements of Comprehensive Income

2Q162Q162Q16

2Q16 1Q162Q15overover

Guidance

(In NT$ billions) 1Q162Q15

Net Revenue 221.81 215-218203.50205.449.0%8.0%

Gross Margin 51.5% 49%- 51%44.9%48.5%+6.6 ppts+3.0 ppts

Operating Expenses (23.01) (20.88)(22.56)10.2%2.0%

Operating Margin 41.2% 38.5%- 40.5%34.6%37.5%+6.6 ppts+3.7 ppts

Non-Operating Items 2.09 1.7921.0616.5%-90.1%

Net Income to Shareholders of the Parent Company 72.51 64.7879.4211.9%-8.7%

Net Profit Margin 32.7% 31.8%38.7%+0.9 ppt-6.0 ppts

EPS (NT Dollar) 2.80 2.503.0611.9%-8.7%

ROE 23.4% 20.7%29.0%+2.7 ppts-5.6 ppts

Shipment (Kpcs, 12”-equiv. Wafer) 2,297 2,0562,24011.7%2.5%

Average Exchange Rate—USD/NTD 32.41 32.3033.1430.84-2.2%5.1%

Diluted weighted average outstanding shares were 25,930mn units in 2Q16.

ROE figures are annualized based on average equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company.

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2Q16 Revenue by Application

Consumer 12%

Computer 8%

Industrial/Standard 21%

Communication 59%

Communication 150 0 Revenue (NT$B) 1Q16 2Q16 QoQ +0%

Computer 150

0 Revenue (NT$B) 1Q16 2Q16 QoQ+19%

Consumer 150

0 Revenue (NT$B) 1Q16 2Q16 QoQ+ 80%

Industrial/Standard 150

0 Revenue (NT$B) 1Q16 2Q16 QoQ+12%

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2Q16 Revenue by Technology

0.11/0.13 um2%

0.25um and above 4%

90nm 5%

65nm 12%

40/45um 15%

28nm 28%

16/20nm 23%

0.15/0.18um

11%

28nm and below revenue

150

100

1Q14

2Q14

3Q14

4Q14

1Q15

2Q15

3Q15

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

Revenue(NT$B)

Open Innovation Platform

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Balance Sheets & Key Indices

Selected Items from Balance Sheets 2Q16 1Q162Q15

(In NT$ billions) Amount %Amount%Amount%

Cash & Marketable Securities 667.86 37.0%648.3937.6%550.3534.3%

Accounts Receivable 111.72 6.2%96.965.6%99.746.2%

Inventories 60.71 3.3%57.243.3%66.284.1%

Long-term Investments 53.40 3.0%46.342.7%27.771.7%

Net PP&E 875.87 48.5%844.3148.9%829.7051.6%

Total Assets 1,804.49 100.0%1,726.53100.0%1,608.85100.0%

Current Liabilities 398.74 22.1%235.8913.7%309.3819.2%

Long-term Interest-bearing Debts 181.30 10.0%181.1510.5%202.6612.6%

Total Liabilities 607.16 33.6%445.5825.8%542.2233.7%

Total Shareholders’ Equity 1,197.33 66.4%1,280.9574.2%1,066.6366.3%

Key Indices

A/R Turnover Days 43 4144

Inventory Turnover Days 54 5462

Current Ratio (x) 2.1 3.42.4

Asset Productivity (x) 1.0 1.01.0

* Total outstanding shares were 25,930mn units at 6/30/16.

** Asset productivity = Annualized net revenue / Average net PP&E

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Cash Flows

(In NT$ billions) 2Q16 1Q162Q15

Beginning Balance 617.98 562.69437.41

Cash from operating activities 106.68 121.53111.07

Capital expenditures (73.59) (38.14)(53.81)

Short-term loans 3.96 (4.12)(12.99)

Investments and others (32.67) (23.98)47.22

Ending Balance 622.36 617.98528.90

Free Cash Flow (1) 33.09 83.3957.26

(1) Free cash flow = Cash from operating activities – Capital expenditures

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3Q16 Guidance

Based on our current business outlook and exchange rate assumption, management expects: ? Revenue to be between NT$ 254 billion and NT$ 257 billion, at a forecast exchange rate of 32.30 NT dollars to 1 US dollar

? Gross profit margin to be between 50% and 52%

? Operating profit margin to be between 39.5% and 41.5%

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Recap of Recent Major Events TSMC

TSMC Doubles Its Green Power Purchase to 200 million kWh ( 2016/06/15 )

TSMC Board of Directors Sets June 27 as Ex-dividend Date and July 3 as Record Date for Common Share Dividends ( 2016/06/07 )

TSMC Shareholders Approve NT$6 Cash Dividend ( 2016/06/07 )

Please visit TSMC’s website (http://www.tsmc.com) and Market Observation Post System (http://mops.twse.com.tw) for details and other announcements

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