Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) Acquisitions (2009 - 2012)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) has reported Acquisitions for 4 consecutive years, with $2.2 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2012.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2012, Acquisitions rose 35.3% year-over-year to $2.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2012 stood at $8.3 billion (up 9.27% YoY), and the FY2012 full-year result was $8.3 billion, up 7.7% from the prior year.
• Acquisitions fell to $2.2 billion in Q4 2012 per TSM's latest filing, from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Acquisitions topped out at $2.6 billion in Q1 2011 and bottomed at $160.5 million in Q1 2009.
• Historically, Acquisitions has averaged $1.5 billion across 4 years, with a median of $1.6 billion in 2010.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2010 and 2012: Acquisitions jumped 801.79% in 2010, then plunged 39.56% in 2012.
• Over 4 years, Acquisitions stood at $1.3 billion in 2009, then climbed by 17.74% to $1.6 billion in 2010, then rose by 1.23% to $1.6 billion in 2011, then jumped by 35.3% to $2.2 billion in 2012.
• According to Business Quant data, Acquisitions over the past three periods registered $2.2 billion, $2.6 billion, and $2.0 billion for Q4 2012, Q3 2012, and Q2 2012 respectively.