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 15, 2018

 

 

TE CONNECTIVITY LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Switzerland

 

98-0518048

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

001-33260

(Commission File Number)

 

Rheinstrasse 20

CH-8200 Schaffhausen

Switzerland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

+41 (0)52 633 66 61

(Registrant’s telephone number, including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 



 

Item 5.03  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of TE Connectivity Ltd. (the “Company”) held on March 14, 2018, shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to Article 5 of the Company’s Articles of Association to approve the Board of Director’s authority to issue shares out of the Company’s authorized capital for a two year period ending on March 14, 2020 (the “Amendment”).

 

The Amendment became effective upon its registration with the commercial register of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland on March 15, 2018. The proposal to adopt the Amendment was previously disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2018.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s amended and restated Articles of Association attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Articles of Association of TE Connectivity Ltd., as amended and restated

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

TE CONNECTIVITY LTD.

 

 

 

Date: March 19, 2018

By:

/s/ Harold G. Barksdale

 

 

Harold G. Barksdale

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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