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 16, 2015

 

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

P.O. BOX 660199

DALLAS, TEXAS 75266-0199

(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:

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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 16, 2015, the stockholders elected TI’s Board of Directors and voted upon two Board proposals contained within our Proxy Statement dated March 4, 2015.

 

The Board nominees were elected with the following vote:

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

Ralph W. Babb, Jr.

854,413,220

1,907,390

2,307,982

82,122,519

Mark A. Blinn

854,422,064

1,834,672

2,371,856

82,122,519

Daniel A. Carp

849,954,649

6,300,268

2,373,675

82,122,519

Carrie S. Cox

849,647,671

6,683,534

2,297,387

82,122,519

Ronald Kirk

852,732,103

3,634,639

2,261,850

82,122,519

Pamela H. Patsley

840,052,628

16,257,560

2,318,404

82,122,519

Robert E. Sanchez

853,603,959

2,744,802

2,279,831

82,122,519

Wayne R. Sanders

844,733,663

10,060,494

3,834,435

82,122,519

Ruth J. Simmons

847,485,625

7,280,343

3,862,624

82,122,519

Richard K. Templeton

833,378,331

19,916,860

5,333,401

82,122,519

Christine Todd Whitman

850,907,558

5,435,559

2,285,475

82,122,519

 

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

819,811,084

34,980,617

3,836,891

82,122,519

 

Proposal

 

For

 

Against

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

Board proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015

930,827,900

7,331,768

2,591,443

 



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 20, 2015

  

By:

  

/s/ Joseph F. Hubach

 

  

 

  

Joseph F. Hubach

 

  

 

  

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel