2011 summary compensation table
The table below shows the compensation of the company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer and each of the other three most highly compensated individuals who were executive officers during 2011 (collectively called the “named executive officers”) for services in all capacities to the company in 2011. For a discussion of the amount of a named executive officer’s salary and bonus in proportion to his total compensation, please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on pages 68-78.

Grants of plan-based awards in 2011

The following table shows the grants of plan-based awards to the named executive officers in 2011.

     None of the options or other equity awards granted to the named executive officers was repriced or modified by the company.

     For additional information regarding TI’s equity compensation grant practices, please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on pages 70, 72-73 and 76.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2011

     The following table shows the outstanding equity awards for each of the named executive officers as of December 31, 2011.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2011 (cont’d)

The “Option Awards” shown in the table above are non-qualified stock options, each of which represents the right to purchase shares of TI common stock at the stated exercise price. For grants before 2007, the exercise price is the average of the high and low price of TI common stock on the grant date. For grants after 2006, the exercise price is the closing price of TI common stock on the grant date. The term of each option is 10 years unless the option is terminated earlier pursuant to provisions summarized in the chart below and in the paragraph following the chart. Options vest (become exercisable) in increments of 25 percent per year beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. The chart below shows the termination provisions relating to outstanding stock options as of December 31, 2011. The Compensation Committee of the board of directors established these termination provisions to promote employee retention while offering competitive terms.

Options may be cancelled if the grantee competes with TI during the two years after employment termination or discloses TI trade secrets. In addition, for options received while the grantee was an executive officer, the company may reclaim (or “clawback”) profits earned under grants if the officer engages in such conduct. These provisions are intended to strengthen retention and provide a reasonable remedy to TI in case of competition or disclosure of our confidential information.
     Options granted after 2009 become fully vested if the grantee is involuntarily terminated from employment with TI (other than for cause) within 24 months after a change in control of TI. “Change in control” is defined as provided in the Texas Instruments 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan and occurs upon (1) acquisition of more than 50 percent of the voting stock or at least 80 percent of the assets of TI or (2) change of a majority of the board of directors in a 12-month period unless a majority of the directors then in office endorsed the appointment or election of the new directors (“Plan definition”). These terms are intended to reduce employee uncertainty and distraction in the period leading up to a change in control, if such an event were to occur. For options granted before 2010, the stock option terms provide that upon a change in control of TI, the option becomes fully vested to the extent it is then outstanding; and if employment termination (except for cause) has occurred within 30 days before the change in control, the change in control is deemed to have occurred first. “Change in control” is defined in these pre-2010 options as (1) acquisition of 20 percent of TI common stock other than through a transaction approved by the board of directors, or (2) change of a majority of the board of directors in a 24-month period unless a majority of the directors then in office have elected or nominated the new directors (together, the “pre-2010 definition”).

The “Stock Awards” in the table of outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2011 are RSU awards. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of TI common stock on a stated date (the “vesting date”) unless the award is terminated earlier under terms summarized below. In general, the vesting date is approximately four years after the grant date. Each RSU includes the right to receive dividend equivalents, which are paid annually in cash at a rate equal to the amount paid to stockholders in dividends. The table below shows the termination provisions of outstanding RSUs as of December 31, 2011.

These termination provisions are intended to promote retention. All RSU awards contain cancellation and clawback provisions like those described above for stock options. For awards granted after 2009, the terms provide that, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the IRC, the award vests upon involuntary termination of TI employment within 24 months after a change in control. Change in control is the Plan definition. The terms of earlier RSU awards provide for full vesting of the award upon a change in control of TI. Change in control is the pre-2010 definition unless the grant is subject to Section 409A, in which event the definition under Section 409A applies. Section 409A defines a change in control as a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation. These cancellation, clawback and change-in-control terms are intended to conform RSU terms with those of stock options (to the extent permitted by the IRC) and to achieve the objectives described above in the discussion of stock options.

     In addition to the “Stock Awards” shown in the outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2011 table above, Mr. Templeton holds an award of RSUs that was granted in 1995. The award, for 120,000 shares of TI common stock, vested in 2000. Under the award terms, the shares will be issued to Mr. Templeton in March of the year after his termination of employment for any reason. These terms were designed to provide a tax benefit to the company by postponing the related compensation expense until it was likely to be fully deductible. In accordance with SEC requirements, this award is reflected in the 2011 non-qualified deferred compensation table on page 87.

2011 option exercises and stock vested

The following table lists the number of shares acquired and the value realized as a result of option exercises by the named executive officers in 2011 and the value of any RSUs that vested in 2011.

2011 pension benefits

The following table shows the present value as of December 31, 2011, of the benefit of the named executive officers under our qualified defined benefit pension plan (TI Employees Pension Plan) and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans (TI Employees Non-Qualified Pension Plan (which governs amounts earned before 2005) and TI Employees Non-Qualified Pension Plan II (which governs amounts earned after 2004)). In accordance with SEC requirements, the amounts shown in the table do not reflect any named executive officer’s retirement eligibility or any increase in benefits that may result from the named executive officer’s continued employment after December 31, 2011.

TI Employees Pension Plan
The TI Employees Pension Plan is a qualified defined benefit pension plan. Please see page 77 under the Benefits heading of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for a discussion of the origin and purpose of the plan. Employees who joined the U.S. payroll after November 30, 1997, are not eligible to participate in this plan.
     A plan participant is eligible for normal retirement under the terms of the plan if he is at least 65 years of age with one year of credited service. A participant is eligible for early retirement if he is at least 55 years of age with 20 years of employment or 60 years of age with five years of employment. Mr. Ritchie is the only named executive officer who is currently eligible for early or normal retirement.
     A participant may request payment of his accrued benefit at termination or any time thereafter. Participants may choose a lump sum payment or one of six forms of annuity. In order of largest to smallest periodic payment, the forms of annuity are: (i) single life annuity, (ii) 5-year certain and life annuity, (iii) 10-year certain and life annuity, (iv) qualified joint and 50 percent survivor annuity, (v) qualified joint and 75 percent survivor annuity, and (vi) qualified joint and 100 percent survivor annuity. If the participant does not request payment, he will begin to receive his benefit in April of the year after he reaches the age of 70½ in the form of annuity required under the IRC.
     The pension formula for the qualified plan is intended to provide a participant with an annual retirement benefit equal to 1.5 percent multiplied by the product of (i) years of credited service and (ii) the average of the five highest consecutive years of his base salary plus bonus up to a limit imposed by the IRS, less a percentage (based on his year of birth, when he elects to retire and his years of service with TI) of the amount of compensation on which his Social Security benefit is based.
     If an individual takes early retirement and chooses to begin receiving his annual retirement benefit at that time, such benefit is reduced by an early retirement factor. As a result, the annual benefit is lower than the one he would have received at age 65.
     If the participant’s employment terminates due to disability, the participant may choose to receive his accrued benefit at any time prior to age 65. Alternatively, the participant may choose to defer receipt of the accrued benefit until reaching age 65 and then take a disability benefit. The disability benefit paid at age 65 is based on salary and bonus, years of credited service the participant would have accrued to age 65 had he not become disabled and disabled status.
     The benefit payable in the event of death is based on salary and bonus, years of credited service and age at the time of death, and may be in the form of a lump sum or annuity at the election of the beneficiary. The earliest date of payment is the first day of the second calendar month following the month of death.
     Leaves of absence, including a bridge to retirement, are credited to years of service under the qualified pension plan. Please see the discussion of leaves of absence on page 92 below.

TI Employees Non-Qualified Pension Plans
TI has two non-qualified pension plans: the TI Employees Non-Qualified Pension Plan (Plan I), which governs amounts earned before 2005; and the TI Employees Non-Qualified Pension Plan II (Plan II), which governs amounts earned after 2004. Each is a non-qualified defined benefit pension plan. Please see page 77 under the Benefits heading of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for a discussion of the purpose of the plans. As with the qualified defined benefit pension plan, employees who joined the U.S. payroll after November 30, 1997, are not eligible to participate in Plan I or Plan II. Eligibility for normal and early retirement under these plans is the same as under the qualified plan (please see above). Benefits are paid in a lump sum.

     A participant’s benefits under Plan I and Plan II are calculated using the same formula as described above for the TI Employees Pension Plan. However, the IRS limit on the amount of compensation on which a qualified pension benefit may be calculated does not apply. Additionally, the IRS limit on the amount of qualified benefit the participant may receive does not apply to these plans. Once this non-qualified benefit amount has been determined using the formula described above, the individual’s qualified benefit is subtracted from it. The resulting difference is multiplied by an age-based factor to obtain the amount of the lump sum benefit payable to an individual under the non-qualified plans.
     Amounts under Plan I will be distributed when payment of the participant’s benefit under the qualified pension plan commences. Amounts under Plan II will be distributed subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the IRC. Because the named executive officers are among the 50 most highly compensated officers of the company, Section 409A of the IRC requires that they not receive any lump sum distribution payment under Plan II before the first day of the seventh month following termination of employment.
     If a participant terminates due to disability, amounts under Plan I will be distributed when payment of the participant’s benefit under the qualified plan commences. For amounts under Plan II, distribution is governed by Section 409A of the IRC, and the disability benefit is reduced to reflect the payment of the benefit prior to age 65.
     In the event of death, payment under both plans is based on salary and bonus, years of credited service and age at the time of death and will be in the form of a lump sum. The earliest date of payment is the first day of the second calendar month following the month of death.
     Balances in the plans are unsecured obligations of the company. For amounts under Plan I, in the event of a change in control, the present value of the individual’s benefit would be paid not later than the month following the month in which the change in control occurred. For such amounts, the pre-2010 definition of a change in control (please see page 84) applies. For all amounts accrued under this plan, if a sale of substantially all of the assets of the company occurred, the present value of the individual’s benefit would be distributed in a lump sum as soon as reasonably practicable following the sale of assets. For amounts under Plan II, no distribution of benefits is triggered by a change in control.
     Leaves of absence, including a bridge to retirement, are credited to years of service under the non-qualified pension plans. For a discussion of leaves of absence, please see page 92 below.

TI Employees Survivor Benefit Plan
TI’s qualified and non-qualified pension plans provide that upon the death of a retirement-eligible employee, the employee’s beneficiary receives a payment equal to half of the benefit to which the employee would have been entitled under the pension plans had he retired instead of died. We have a survivor benefit plan that pays the beneficiary a lump sum that, when added to the reduced amounts the beneficiary receives under the pension plans, equals the benefit the employee would have been entitled to receive had he retired instead of died. Because Mr. Ritchie became eligible for early retirement in August 2011, his beneficiary would be eligible for a benefit under the survivor benefit plan if he were to die under those circumstances.

2011 non-qualified deferred compensation

The following table shows contributions to the named executive officer’s deferred compensation account in 2011 and the aggregate amount of his deferred compensation as of December 31, 2011.

Please see page 77 under the Benefits heading of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for a discussion of the purpose of the plan. An employee’s deferred compensation account contains eligible compensation the employee has elected to defer and contributions by the company that are in excess of the IRS limits on (i) contributions the company may make to the enhanced defined contribution plan and (ii) matching contributions the company may make related to compensation the executive officer deferred into his deferred compensation account.
     Participants in the deferred compensation plan may choose to defer up to (i) 25 percent of their base salary, (ii) 90 percent of their performance bonus, and (iii) 90 percent of profit sharing. Elections to defer compensation must be made in the calendar year prior to the year in which the compensation will be earned.
     The company has determined that the investment alternatives for deferred compensation balances should generally be the same as the investment alternatives available under the company’s defined contribution plan. These investment alternatives may be changed at any time. During 2011, participants could choose to have their deferred compensation mirror the performance of one or more of the following mutual funds, each of which is managed by a third party (these alternatives are a subset of those offered to participants in the defined contribution plans): Northern Trust Short Term Investment Fund, Northern Trust Daily Aggregate Bond Fund Index, Northern Trust Russell 1000 Value Equity Index, Northern Trust Russell 1000 Growth Equity Index, Northern Trust Russell 2000 Equity Index, Northern Trust S&P 400 Index Fund, Fidelity Puritan Fund, BlackRock Equity Index Fund, BlackRock (EAFE) (Europe, Australia, Far East) Equity Index Fund, BlackRock Lifepath Index 2020 Fund, BlackRock Lifepath Index 2030 Fund, BlackRock Lifepath Index 2040 Fund, BlackRock Lifepath Index 2050 Fund and the BlackRock Lifepath Index Retirement Fund. From among the available investment alternatives, participants may change their instructions relating to their deferred compensation daily. Earnings on a participant’s balance are determined solely by the performance of the investments that the participant has chosen for his plan balance. The company does not guarantee any minimum return on investments. A third party administers the company’s deferred compensation program.
     A participant may request distribution from the plan in the case of an unforeseeable emergency. To obtain an unforeseeable emergency withdrawal, a participant must meet the requirements of Section 409A of the IRC. Otherwise, a participant’s balance is paid pursuant to his distribution election and is subject to applicable IRC limitations.
     Amounts contributed by the company, and amounts earned and deferred by the participant for which there is a valid distribution election on file, will be distributed in accordance with the participant’s election. Annually participants may elect separate distribution dates for deferred compensation attributable to a participant’s (i) bonus and profit sharing and (ii) salary. Participants may elect that these distributions be in the form of a lump sum or annual installments to be paid out over a period of five or ten consecutive years. Amounts for which no valid distribution election is on file will be distributed three years from the date of deferral.
     In the event of the participant’s death, the earliest date of payment is the first day of the second calendar month following the month of death.
     Like the balances under the non-qualified defined benefit pension plans, deferred compensation balances are unsecured obligations of the company. For amounts earned and deferred prior to 2010, a change in control does not trigger a distribution under the plan. For amounts earned and deferred after 2009, distribution occurs, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the IRC, if the participant is involuntarily terminated within 24 months after a change in control. Change in control is the Plan definition.

Potential payments upon termination or change in control

None of the named executive officers has an employment contract with the company. They are eligible for benefits on generally the same terms as other U.S. employees upon termination of employment or change in control of the company. TI does not reimburse executive officers for any income or excise taxes that are payable by the executive as a result of payments relating to termination or change in control.

Termination
The following programs may result in payments to a named executive officer whose employment terminates. Most of these programs have been discussed above in the proxy statement. For a discussion of the impact of these programs on the compensation decisions for 2011, please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on page 78.

Bonus. Our policies concerning bonus and the timing of payments are described on page 70. Whether a bonus would be awarded, and in what amount, to an executive officer whose employment has terminated would depend on the circumstances of termination. It may be presumed that no bonus would be awarded in the event of a termination for cause. If awarded, bonuses are paid by the company.

Qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans. The purposes of these plans are described on page 77. The formula for determining benefits, the forms of benefit and the timing of payments are described on pages 85-87. The amounts disbursed under the qualified and non-qualified plans are paid, respectively, by the TI Employees Pension Trust and the company.

Survivor benefit plan. The purpose of this plan is described on page 87. The formula for determining the amount of benefit, the form of benefit and the timing of payments are described on page 87. Amounts distributed are paid by the TI Employees Health Benefit Trust.

Deferred compensation plan. The purpose of this plan is described on page 77. The amounts payable under this program depend solely on the performance of investments that the participant has chosen for his plan balance. The timing of payments is discussed on page 88. Amounts distributed are paid by the company.

Equity compensation. Depending on the circumstances of termination, grantees whose employment terminates may retain the right to exercise previously granted stock options and receive shares under outstanding RSU awards. Please see pages 84-85. RSU awards include a right to receive dividend equivalents. The dividend equivalents are paid annually by the company in a single cash payment after the last dividend payment of the year.

Profit sharing. The purpose of this program, the formula for determining payments and the timing of payments are described on page 69. Like other U.S. employees, if a named executive officer remains employed through the end of the year, he will receive any profit sharing paid for that year. In the event of retirement or commencement of a bridge to retirement, any profit sharing will be paid for the portion of the year worked before retirement or the beginning of the bridge. In the event of termination due to disability or death, the officer or his beneficiaries would receive any profit sharing paid for the year. Profit sharing payments are made by the company.

Time bank. Based on years of employment with the company, employees accrue hours in a time bank. Time bank hours may be used for paid absences from the office such as vacation and sick days. Employees receive a cash payment for any time bank hours still outstanding on termination of employment. The amount paid is calculated by applying the employee’s base salary rate in effect at the time of termination to the number of hours remaining in the time bank. Time bank payments are made in a lump sum by the company. They are ordinarily paid no later than what would have been the employee’s next regular pay cycle.

Perquisites. Financial counseling is available to executive officers in the year after retirement. Otherwise, no perquisites continue after termination of employment.

The following tables indicate the amounts for which each named executive officer would have been eligible if his employment had terminated on December 31, 2011, as a result of disability, death, involuntary termination for cause, resignation, retirement or involuntary termination not for cause (excluding change in control).

Termination due to disability

Termination due to death

Involuntary termination for cause

Resignation; involuntary termination (not for cause) excluding change in control