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 April 2004
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
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(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
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82: .)
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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: April 7, 2004 By /s/ Lora Ho
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Lora Ho
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
This is to report the amount of common shares bought back by TSMC from the
Taiwan Stock Exchange from March 24 to April 6, 2004.
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Date(s) 03/24/2004 - 03/31/2004 - 04/06/2004
03/29/2004 04/02/2004
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Number of common shares bought back 8,067,000 6,685,000 7,000,000
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Value of common shares bought back NT$477,168,533 NT$397,654,369 NT$434,271,246
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Average buyback price per share NT$59.15 NT$59.48 NT$62.04
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Accumulative number of shares bought back 8,067,000 14,752,000 21,752,000
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Percentage of accumulative shares bought back
to total outstanding common shares 0.04% 0.07% 0.11%
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Note: The Company is required by the ROC Securities and Futures Commission to
make a public announcement whenever accumulative shares repurchased exceed
NT$300,000,000 in value.