UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 October 2009

Commission File Number 000-27811

CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Republic of Singapore
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of registrant)

60 Woodlands Industrial Park D
Street 2, Singapore 738406
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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SIGNATURE EXHIBITS INDEX Ex-99.1 Announcement of the ~~Company~~Acquiror dated October 912, 2009 Ex-99.2 ~~Scheme~~CRPS ~~Document~~Offer and attached Notice of Court Meeting Ex-99.3 Notice of EGM and accompanying EGM Proxy Statement Ex-99.4 Notice of Class Meeting and accompanying Class Meeting Proxy Statement Ex-99.5 Court Meeting Proxy Form Ex-99.6 ADS Depositary Notice Ex-99.7 ADS Voting Instructions CardLetter

Other Events

On October 912, 2009 in Singapore, ~~Chartered~~in ~~Semiconductor~~connection ~~Manufacturing~~with ~~Ltd. (~~the ~~“Company”)~~ previously announced ~~that~~proposed ~~the meeting~~ acquisition of ~~ordinary~~Chartered ~~shareholders~~Semiconductor ofManufacturing ~~the~~Ltd. ~~Company~~ (the “~~Court Meeting~~Company”) ~~convened at the direction of the High Court of Singapore to approve the previously announced proposed acquisition of the Company~~ by ATIC International Investment Company LLC (the “Acquiror”), by way of a scheme of arrangement ~~(the “Scheme”)~~ under Section 210 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of ~~Singapore~~ ~~has been fixed for November 4~~Singapore, ~~2009.~~the ItAcquiror ~~also~~ announced that it has ~~dispatched~~made ~~(i) the scheme~~an ~~document~~offer (~~the~~ “~~Scheme~~Preference ~~Document~~Share Offer”) to ~~ordinary~~holders ~~shareholders~~(the ~~containing~~“Preference ~~details~~Share Holders”) of the ~~Scheme, together~~convertible ~~with~~redeemable apreference ~~notice~~shares in the capital of the ~~Court~~Company ~~Meeting~~ (the “~~Notice~~CRPS”) ofto ~~Court~~purchase ~~Meeting”);~~all ~~(ii) a~~the ~~notice~~CRPS ofheld anby the Preference Share ~~extraordinary~~Holders ~~general~~on ~~meeting~~the (terms set out in the ~~“Notice~~Acquiror’s ofoffer ~~EGM~~letter dated October 12, 2009 (“CRPS Offer Letter”), ~~together~~attached ~~with~~to the Acquiror’s announcement. Attached as an ~~accompanying~~appendix ~~proxy~~to ~~statement (~~the ~~“EGM~~CRPS ~~Proxy~~Offer ~~Statement”);~~Letter is ~~and~~a ~~(iii)~~letter dated October a12, ~~notice~~2009 ofissued aby ~~class~~the ~~meeting~~Company (the “~~Notice~~Company’s ~~of Class Meeting~~Letter”) ~~for~~to Preference Share Holders in connection with the ~~holders~~Preference ofShare ~~convertible~~Offer ~~redeemable~~(which ~~preference~~contains ~~shares~~the recommendation of the independent directors of the Company~~, together~~ ~~with~~on anthe ~~accompanying~~Preference ~~proxy~~Share ~~statement~~Offer ~~(the~~and ~~“Class Meeting~~also ~~Proxy~~appends ~~Statement”).~~thereto ~~Further~~a letter dated October 12, ~~the~~2009 ~~Company~~issued ~~has~~by ~~also~~Deutsche ~~dispatched~~Bank, ~~the~~AG ~~proxy~~Singapore ~~form~~Branch, ~~for~~as ~~the~~an ~~Court~~independent ~~Meeting~~financial advisor (the “~~Court~~IFA’s ~~Meeting~~Letter ~~Proxy~~on ~~Form~~the Preference Share Offer”), ~~together~~to ~~with~~the independent directors of the ~~Scheme~~Company ~~Document~~in relation to the Preference Share Offer).

~~Also,~~The onannouncement of the Acquiror dated October 912, 2009 inand ~~New York,~~ the ~~Company,~~CRPS ~~through~~Offer ~~Citibank,~~Letter ~~N.A.,~~(including the ~~depositary bank of~~ ~~the~~ Company’s ~~American~~Letter ~~Depositary~~and ~~Share (“ADS”) program (~~the ~~“Depositary”),~~IFA’s ~~gave~~Letter ~~notice to ADS holders~~ on ~~how ADS holders may give instructions on~~ the ~~voting~~Preference ofShare ~~the ordinary shares underlying their ADSs at the Court Meeting and the extraordinary general meeting (along with the ADS Voting Instructions Card~~Offer) ~~and notice~~are ofattached ~~termination~~hereto ofas ~~the deposit agreement for the ADS program (conditional upon the~~Exhibit ~~effectiveness of the Scheme) (the “ADS Depositary Notice”)~~99.1 ~~The Depositary also dispatched to ADS holders the Scheme Document being furnished as an exhibit hereto~~ and ~~the~~Exhibit 99.2, ~~Notice of EGM and the accompanying EGM Proxy Statement~~respectively.

The announcement of the Company dated October 9, 2009, Scheme Document and attached Notice of Court Meeting, Notice of EGM and the accompanying EGM Proxy Statement, Notice of Class Meeting and the accompanying Class Meeting Proxy Statement, Court Meeting Proxy Form, ADS Depositary Notice and ADS Voting Instructions Card are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2, Exhibit 99.3, Exhibit 99.4, Exhibit 99.5, Exhibit 99.6 and Exhibit 99.7, respectively.

The Scheme Document that is being furnished in this Form 6-K is substantially the same as the scheme document that was lodged with the Securities Industry Council of Singapore, which can be located on the website of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited at www.sgx.com and the website of the Company at www.charteredsemi.com. The Scheme Document that is being furnished in this Form 6-K omits a letter from KPMG LLP pertaining to the Scheme Document’s Appendix 10. That letter is specifically excluded from, and is also not incorporated by reference in, this Form 6-K.

Exhibits

99.1		Announcement of the ~~Company~~Acquiror dated October 912, 2009
99.2		~~Scheme~~CRPS ~~Document~~Offer ~~and attached Notice of Court Meeting~~Letter
99.3		Notice of EGM and accompanying EGM Proxy Statement
99.4		Notice of Class Meeting and accompanying Class Meeting Proxy Statement
99.5		Court Meeting Proxy Form
99.6		ADS Depositary Notice
99.7		ADS Voting Instructions Card

SIGNATURE

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, thereunder duly authorized.

Date: October 913, 2009

CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. By: /s/ George Thomas Name: George Thomas Title: Senior Vice ~~President~~Presidentand ~~and~~ Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBITS INDEX

Exhibits

99.1		Announcement of the ~~Company~~Acquiror dated October 912, 2009
99.2		~~Scheme~~CRPS ~~Document~~Offer ~~and attached Notice of Court Meeting~~Letter
99.3		Notice of EGM and accompanying EGM Proxy Statement
99.4		Notice of Class Meeting and accompanying Class Meeting Proxy Statement
99.5		Court Meeting Proxy Form
99.6		ADS Depositary Notice
99.7		ADS Voting Instructions Card

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