TSMC July 2013 Revenue Report

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Aug 9, 2013 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenues for July 2013: On a consolidated basis, reveunues for July 2013 were approximately NT$52.10 billion, a decrease of 3.6 percent from June 2013 and an increase of 7.3 percent over July 2012. Revenues for January through July 2013 totaled NT$340.75 billion, an increase of 20.7 percent compared to the same period in 2012.

Beginning in July 2013, the revenues of Xintec Inc. (Xintec) are no longer included in TSMC's consolidated revenues. This reduced TSMC July revenues by NT$305 million, with an 0.6 percentage point impact when compared with June and year-ago revenues. In other words, If Xintec continued to be included in consolidated revenues, TSMC's July consolidated revenues would have declined 3.0% from June 2013 and increased 7.9% from the year-ago period.