Philips and TSMC Announce Joint Plan to Facilitate Orderly Exit by Philips from TSMC Shareholding

Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Hsinchu, Taiwan - March 9, 2007 – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TAIEX: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today jointly announced that the companies have agreed to a multi-phased plan to facilitate an orderly exit by Philips from its current shareholding in TSMC as follows:

1. Philips intends to sell in the near future up to USD 1.75 billion worth of TSMC shares to accommodate identified demand from long-term financial investors in Taiwan. To this end, an application has been filed today with the Taiwan Stock Exchange by Philips.

2. Philips intends to offer up to USD 2.5 billion worth of TSMC shares, in the form of American Depositary shares, through a public offering in the United States without over-allotment option. The ADSs sold in this offering are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This offering would follow a TSMC board resolution to approve the conversion of TSMC common shares into American Depository Shares on behalf of Philips. Each ADS represents five TSMC common shares. This transaction is subject to all regulatory approvals, including registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and is, subject to market conditions, expected to be completed in 2007. It is the intention of TSMC and Philips that no further ADS offerings will be conducted in respect of Philips’ shareholding in TSMC.

3. TSMC plans to conduct a share repurchase via tender offer in 2007 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange to buy back up to approximately USD 1.5 billion worth of shares in TSMC, and cancel the repurchased shares, subject to TSMC board approval. Philips intends to participate in the share repurchase, and Philips’ representative on the TSMC Board of Directors today resigned as a director. Philips will no longer maintain any board position at TSMC.

4. TSMC intends to conduct additional share repurchase programs between 2008 and 2010, subject to maintaining its current annual cash dividend per share and cancel the repurchased shares. Philips intends to participate in these share repurchase programs with its remaining TSMC shares. Philips will also consider other sales to long-term financial investors mutually agreeable to Philips and TSMC.

Philips currently owns 16.2% of TSMC share capital, with a current market valuation of approximately USD 8.5 billion.

“We are pleased to have reached agreement with TSMC on this plan to facilitate our exit from our current shareholding in TSMC in an orderly, responsible manner,” Philips Chief Financial Officer Pierre-Jean Sivignon said. “For Philips, selling our stake in TSMC is a logical consequence of our decision to exit the semiconductor business, to which end we made a first, significant step in 2006 when we sold a majority stake in our semiconductor division.”

Ms. Lora Ho, TSMC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer said: “we are pleased to have come to a satisfactory solution to facilitate the exit of Philips’ holding of TSMC shares. We intend to make good use of our cash while reiterating our commitment to maintain our current annual cash dividend per share.”

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and technology, delivering products, services and solutions through the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 121,700 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 27 billion in 2006, the company is a market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, personal care and home appliances, as well as consumer electronics. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

About TSMC

TSMC is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry’s leading process technology and the foundry industry’s largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. The Company's total managed capacity in 2006 exceeded seven million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from two advanced 12-inch GigaFabs, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC’s wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 65nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC please visit http://www.tsmc.com.