TSMC to Sell 8.1% Stake in Vanguard International Semiconductor

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TSMC announced plans to sell 8.1% of its shares in Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) to institutional investors, reducing its stake to about 19% as it focuses on core operations.

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• Divestiture of VIS Shares

  TSMC plans to sell up to 152.0 million common shares of Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) through a block trade.

• Significant Stake Reduction

  This sale represents approximately 8.1% of VIS's fully-diluted paid-in-capital, reducing TSMC's ownership from 27.1% to about 19%.

• Strategic Focus

  The divestiture is part of TSMC's plan to concentrate resources on its core semiconductor manufacturing business.

• Continued Strategic Relations

  TSMC confirmed that the share sale will not affect its strategic relations with VIS, including interposer production outsourcing and GaN technology licensing.

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TSMC is divesting a significant portion of its non-core investment in Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) to sharpen its focus on its primary semiconductor foundry business. This move, which reduces TSMC's stake in VIS from 27.1% to approximately 19%, follows TSMC's earlier withdrawal of board representation from VIS. The company states this sale will not impact its strategic relationship with VIS, including existing outsourcing and licensing agreements.