[Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure Conflict Minerals Disclosure TSMC’s conflict minerals disclosure and the description of its due diligence framework, are included in its Conflict Minerals Report and incorporated by reference herein. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Stephen Tso Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sylvia Fang Vice President and General Counsel Description 1.01 TSMC Conflict Minerals Report] [TSMC CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT I. Preliminaries Rule 13p-1, through Form SD, requires the disclosure of certain information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain “conflict minerals” (“Covered Minerals” as defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form SD defines “conflict minerals” as: (i)(a) columbite-tantalite (or coltan, the metal ore from]