Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 12th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.4941 per share by the semiconductor company on Thursday, January 13th. This represents a $1.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 16th. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has raised its dividend payment by 49.5% over the last three years and has increased its dividend every…