d8k3812.htm

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): March 8, 2012


 

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: (972) 995-3773
 



 
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ITEM 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure

The Registrant’s news release dated March 8, 2012, regarding the Registrant’s outlook for the first quarter of 2012 attached hereto as Exhibit 99 is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01.    Exhibits

Designation
of Exhibit
in this
Report
  
Description of Exhibit
99
  
Registrant’s News Release
 
  
Dated March 8, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 7.01)
 
 
“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
 
This report includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as TI or its management “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “foresees,” “forecasts,” “estimates” or other words or phrases of similar import.  Similarly, statements herein that describe TI’s business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements.  All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.
 
We urge you to carefully consider the following important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations of TI or its management:

 
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Market demand for semiconductors, particularly in key markets such as communications, computing, industrial and consumer electronics;
 
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TI’s ability to maintain or improve profit margins, including its ability to utilize its manufacturing facilities at sufficient levels to cover its fixed operating costs, in an intensely competitive and cyclical industry;
 
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TI’s ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment;
 
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TI’s ability to compete in products and prices in an intensely competitive industry;
 
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TI’s ability to maintain and enforce a strong intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties;
 
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Expiration of license agreements between TI and its patent licensees, and market conditions reducing royalty payments to TI;
 
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Economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which TI, its customers or its suppliers operate, including security risks, health conditions, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
 
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Natural events such as severe weather and earthquakes in the locations in which TI, its customers or its suppliers operate;
 
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Availability and cost of raw materials, utilities, manufacturing equipment, third-party manufacturing services and manufacturing technology;
 
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Changes in the tax rate applicable to TI as the result of changes in tax law, the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed, the outcome of tax audits and the ability to realize deferred tax assets;
 
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Changes in laws and regulations to which TI or its suppliers are or may become subject, such as those imposing fees or reporting or substitution costs relating to the discharge of emissions into the environment or the use of certain raw materials in our manufacturing processes;
 
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Losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers and the timing and amount of distributor and other customer inventory adjustments;
 
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Customer demand that differs from our forecasts;
 
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The financial impact of inadequate or excess TI inventory that results from demand that differs from projections;
 
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Impairments of our non-financial assets;
 
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Product liability or warranty claims, claims based on epidemic or delivery failure or recalls by TI customers for a product containing a TI part;
 
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TI’s ability to recruit and retain skilled personnel;
 
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Timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies, installation of manufacturing equipment and the ability to obtain needed third-party foundry and assembly/test subcontract services;
 
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TI’s obligation to make principal and interest payments on its debt; and
 
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TI’s ability to successfully integrate National Semiconductor’s operations, product lines and technologies, and to realize opportunities for growth and cost savings from the acquisition.

For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the Risk Factors discussion in Item 1A of TI’s most recent Form 10-K.  The forward-looking statements included in this report on Form 8-K are made only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.



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: March 8, 2012
  
By:
  
/s/ KEVIN P. MARCH
 
  
  
  
Kevin P. March
 
  
  
  
Senior Vice President and
 
  
  
  
Chief Financial Officer