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 January 2004 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English) No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, 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 ------- ------- (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 ------- ------- (If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82: _______.) 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: January 15, 2004 By /s/ Lora Ho ------------------------------- Lora Ho Vice President & Chief Financial Officer TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED ESOP Granted to Management Team and to Top 10 Employees with an Individual Grant Value over NT$30,000,000 in 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accumulated Number of Number of Options Grant Price Beginning of End of Shares Title Name Options Granted Granted in 2003 Per Shares Vesting Period Vesting Period Exercised ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Morris Chang 615,000 615,000 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President & Chief Operating Officer Rick Tsai 615,000 615,000 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Senior Vice President Kenneth Kin 298,476 298,476 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vice President C.C. Wei 206,019 206,019 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vice President Mark Liu 615,000 615,000 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vice President & General Counsel Richard Thurston 65,262 65,262 NT$38.20 03/07/2005 03/06/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Employees 3,421,829 1,854,728 NT$53.80 06/06/2005 06/05/2013 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------