UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): April 21, 2016

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

 

001-03761

 

75-0289970

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

12500 TI BOULEVARD

DALLAS, TEXAS 75243

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 479-3773

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the annual meeting of stockholders held on April 21, 2016, the stockholders elected TI’s Board of Directors and voted upon three Board proposals contained within our Proxy Statement dated March 9, 2016.

 

The Board nominees were elected with the following vote:

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

Ralph W. Babb, Jr.

823,989,946

2,636,655

1,491,802

83,773,947

Mark A. Blinn

824,077,431

2,431,373

1,609,599

83,773,947

Daniel A. Carp

817,532,082

7,957,423

2,628,898

83,773,947

Janet F. Clark

824,081,771

2,386,384

1,650,248

83,773,947

Carrie S. Cox

818,463,478

8,048,680

1,606,245

83,773,947

Ronald Kirk

823,453,718

3,225,189

1,439,496

83,773,947

Pamela H. Patsley

815,859,473

10,634,682

1,624,248

83,773,947

Robert E. Sanchez

823,439,096

3,119,335

1,559,972

83,773,947

Wayne R. Sanders

813,109,330

13,408,841

1,600,232

83,773,947

Richard K. Templeton

806,712,692

16,021,842

5,383,869

83,773,947

Christine Todd Whitman

818,331,238

7,290,904

2,496,261

83,773,947

 

The stockholders voted on the following proposals and cast their votes as described below:

 

Proposal

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

Board proposal regarding advisory approval of the company’s executive compensation

785,591,583

40,047,891

2,478,929

83,773,947

 

Proposal

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

Board proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016

900,324,871

10,177,415

1,390,064

 

Proposal

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

Board proposal to approve amendments to the Texas Instruments 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan

757,965,292

67,347,658

2,805,453

83,773,947



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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

Date: April 26, 2016

  

By:

  

/s/ Cynthia Hoff Trochu

 

  

 

  

Cynthia Hoff Trochu

 

  

 

  

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel