Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)



			1934 Act Registration No. 1-14700

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

		FORM 6-K
	REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the month of November 2021 (Commission File Number: 001-14700)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
		No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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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:	November 10, 2021	By	/s/ Wendell Huang
			Wendell Huang
			Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

TSMC October 2021 Revenue Report

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Nov. 10, 2021 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for October 2021: On a consolidated basis, revenue for October 2021 was approximately NT$134.54 billion, a decrease of 11.9 percent from September 2021 and an increase of 12.8 percent from October 2020. Revenue for January through October 2021 totaled NT$1,283.77 billion, an increase of 17.0 percent compared to the same period in 2020.

TSMC October Revenue Report (Consolidated):

(Unit:NT$ million)

Period

October

2021

September

2021

M-o-M Increase

(Decrease)

October

2020

Y-o-Y

Increase

(Decrease)

January to October

2021

January to October

2020

Y-o-Y

Increase

(Decrease)

Net

Revenue

134,539

152,685

(11.9)

119,303

12.8

1,283,765

1,097,024

17.0

TSMC Spokesperson:

Media Contacts:

Wendell Huang
Vice President and CFO
Tel: 886-3-505-5901

Nina Kao

Head of Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext.7125036

Mobile: 886-988-239-163

E-Mail: nina_kao@tsmc.com

Hui-Chung Su

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125033

Mobile: 886-988-930-039

E-Mail: hcsuq@tsmc.com

Michael Kramer

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125031

Mobile: 886-988-931-352

E-Mail: pdkramer@tsmc.com


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited


This is to report the changes or status of 1) revenue, 2) funds lent to other parties, 3) endorsements and guarantees, and 4) financial derivative transactions for the period of October 2021.

1.	Revenue (in NT$ thousands)
		Period	Items	2021	2020
		Oct.	Net Revenue	134,539,477	119,302,707
		Jan. ~ Oct.	Net Revenue	1,283,765,208	1,097,024,461

2.	Funds lent to other parties (in NT$ thousands)
		Lending Company		Limit of lending	Amount Drawn
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC China*		71,423,195	24,338,160
		* The borrower is TSMC Nanjing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.

3.	Endorsements and guarantees (in NT$ thousands)：
		Guarantor		Limit of guarantee	Amount
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC*		519,005,016	2,314,911
		TSMC**			180,823,500
		TSMC***			126,087,392
		TSMC Japan Ltd.****		337,760	324,324
		* The guarantee was provided to TSMC North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. The guarantee was provided to TSMC Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. * The guarantee was provided to TSMC Arizona, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. **** The guarantee was provided to TSMC Design Technology Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.


4. Financial derivative transactions (in NT$ thousands)
	(1) Derivatives not under hedge accounting.
		‧TSMC
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	131,514,283
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	(796,484)
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	(2,828,011)
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	690,194,171
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	(3,492,655)
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N

		‧TSMC China
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	31,895,777
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	137,825
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	49,848
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	261,843,256
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	1,057,382
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


	‧TSMC Nanjing
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	17,646,119
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	61,276
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	23,383
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	154,213,151
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	572,952
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


(2) Derivatives under hedge accounting.
	‧TSMC
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	-
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	-
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	(1,144)
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	-
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	(40,272)
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N



‧TSMC Global
		Future
Margin Payment		(22,394)
Premium Income (Expense)		-
Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	2,181,010
	Mark to Market Profit/Loss	42,417
	Unrealized Profit/Loss	43,688
Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	15,144,664
Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	111,919
Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N

‧TSMC Arizona
		Forward
Margin Payment		-
Premium Income (Expense)		-
Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	-
	Mark to Market Profit/Loss	-
	Unrealized Profit/Loss	-
Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	11,176,180
Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	119,345
Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N