texas_defa14a.htm

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IMPORTANT NOTICE Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder
Meeting to Be Held On April 15, 2010
 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
INCORPORATED


 
     

            ATTN: JANE NAHRA
            7839 CHURCHILL WAY
            MS 3999
            DALLAS, TX 75251
 







 

 
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:         Annual
For holders as of:   February 16, 2010
Date:     April 15, 2010     Time:  10:00 a.m.
Location:      12500 TI Boulevard
  Dallas, Texas 75243
   
 
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Voting items
           
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the nominees for director and the following proposal:
  
 
 




1.
 
Election of Directors
  
Nominees:
   2.       
Board proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.
    
 
1a.
 
R. W. Babb, Jr. 
 
1b.
 
D. L. Boren 
 
 NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
1c.
 
  
D. A. Carp
 
1d.
 
  
C. S. Cox 
 
1e.
 
  
D. R. Goode 
 
1f.
 
  
S. P. MacMillan 
 
1g.
 
  
P. H. Patsley 
 
    
1h.
 
  
W. R. Sanders 
 
    
1i.
 
  
R. J. Simmons 
 
    
1j.
 
  
R. K. Templeton 
 
    
1k.
 
  
C. T. Whitman