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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN As Amended October 16, 2008

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Title: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN As Amended October 16, 2008
Date: 2/24/2009
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN As Amended October 16, 2008, Parties: texas instruments inc
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Exhibit 10(e)

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

As Amended October 16, 2008

      S ECTION 1. Purpose.

      The Texas Instruments 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan is designed to enhance the ability of the Company to attract and retain exceptionally qualified individuals and to encourage them to acquire a proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the Company.

      S ECTION 2. Definitions.

      As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

      (a) “ Affiliate ” shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company or (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Committee.

      (b) “ Award ” shall mean any Option, award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

      (c) “ Award Agreement ” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan, which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

      (d) “ Board ” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

      (e) “ Cash Flow ” for a period shall mean net cash provided by operating activities as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and reported to the Committee.

      (f) “ Change of Control ” shall mean the first to occur of:

      (i) an individual, corporation, partnership, group, associate or other entity or person, as such term is defined in Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), other than the Company or any employee benefit plan(s) sponsored by the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors;


      (ii) individuals who constitute the Board of Directors of the Company on the effective date of the Plan (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any Approved Director, as hereinafter defined, shall be, for purposes of this subsection (ii), considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board. An “Approved Director,” for purposes of this subsection (ii), shall mean any person becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of the Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee of the Company for director), but shall not include any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an individual, corporation, partnership, group, associate or other entity or person other than the Board;

      (iii) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan or agreement providing (A) for a merger or consolidation of the Company other than with a wholly-owned subsidiary and other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 65% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) for a sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. If any of the events enumerated in this subsection (iii) occurs, the Committee shall determine the effective date of the Change of Control resulting therefrom for purposes of the Plan;

      (iv) In addition to the events described in subsections (i), (ii) and (iii), it shall be a “Change of Control” for purposes hereof for any Participant principally employed in the business of a Designated Business Unit, as hereinafter defined, if an event described in subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) shall occur, except that for purposes of this subsection (iv), references in such subsections to the “Company” shall be deemed to refer to the Designated Business Unit in the business of which the Participant is principally employed. A Change in Control described in this subsection (iv) shall apply only to a Participant employed principally by the affected Designated Business Unit. For purposes of this subsection (iv), “Designated Business Unit” shall mean any business down to the SBE minus 2 level sold by the Company in which the Company does not retain an equity interest and any other business unit identified as a Designated Business Unit by the Committee from time to time.

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      (g) Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

      (h) Committee ” shall mean a committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Compensation Committee designated by the Board shall be the Committee under the Plan.

      (i) Company ” shall mean Texas Instruments Incorporated, together with any successor thereto.

      (j) Cycle Time Improvement ” shall mean a reduction of the actual time a specific process relating to a product or service of the Company takes to accomplish.

      (k) Earnings Before Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) ” shall mean net income from continuing operations plus (a) provision for income taxes, (b) depreciation expense and (c) amortization expense as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (l) Earnings Per Share ” for a period shall mean diluted earnings per common share from continuing operation before extraordinary items as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (m) Executive Group ” shall mean every person who is expected by the Committee to be both (i) a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code as of the end of the taxable year in which payment of the Award may be deducted by the Company, and (ii) the recipient of compensation of more than $1,000,000 for that taxable year.

      (n) Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to any property (including, without limitation, any Shares or other securities) the fair market value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee.

      (o) Incentive Stock Option ” shall mean an option granted under Section 6 that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

      (p) Manufacturing Process Yield ” shall mean the good units produced as a percent of the total units processed.

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      (q) Market Share ” shall mean the percent of sales of the total available market in an industry, product line or product attained by the Company or one of its business units during a time period.

      (r) Net Revenue Per Employee ” in a period shall mean net revenue divided by the average number of employees of the Company, with average defined as the sum of the number of employees at the beginning and ending of the period divided by two.

      (s) Non-Qualified Stock Option ” shall mean an option granted under Section 6 that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

      (t) Option ” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

      (u) Other Stock-Based Award ” shall mean any right granted under Section 9.

      (v) Participant ” shall mean an individual granted an Award under the Plan.

      (w) Performance Unit ” shall mean any right granted under Section 8.

      (x) Plan ” shall mean this Texas Instruments 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

      (y) Profit from Operations ” for a period shall mean the profit from operations as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (z) Profit from Operations Dollar Growth ” for a period shall mean the percentage change of profit from operations from one period to another as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (aa) Profit from Operations Percentage Growth ” for a period shall mean the percentage change of profit from operations as a percent of revenue from one period to another as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (bb) Restricted Stock ” shall mean any Share granted under Section 7.

      (cc) Restricted Stock Unit ” shall mean a contractual right granted under Section 7 that is denominated in Shares, each of which represents a right to receive the value of a Share (or a percentage of such value, which percentage may be higher than 100%) upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

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      (dd) Return On Capital ” for a period shall mean net income divided by stockholders’ equity as determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with GAAP and reported to the Committee.

      (ee) Return On Common Equity ” for a period shall mean net income less preferred stock dividends divided by total stockholders’ equity, less amounts, if any, attributable to preferred stock.

      (ff) Return On Net Assets ” for a period shall mean net income less preferred stock dividends divided by the difference of average total assets less average non-debt liabilities, with average defined as the sum of assets or liabilities at the beginning and ending of the period divided by two.

      (gg) Revenue Growth ” shall mean the percentage change in revenue (as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board) from one period to another.

      (hh) Shares ” shall mean shares of the common stock of the Company, $1.00 par value.

      (ii) Substitute Awards ” shall mean Awards granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

      (jj) Total Stockholder Return ” shall mean the sum of the appreciation in the Company’s stock price and dividends paid on the common stock of the Company over a given period of time.

      S ECTION 3. Eligibility.

      (a) Any individual who is employed by the Company or any Affiliate, and any individual who provides services to the Company or any Affiliate as an independent contractor, including any officer or employee-director, shall be eligible to be selected to receive an Award under the Plan.

      (b) An individual who has agreed to accept employment by, or to provide services to, the Company or an Affiliate shall be deemed to be eligible for Awards hereunder as of the date of such agreement.

      (c) Directors who are not full-time or part-time officers or employees are not eligible to receive Awards hereunder.

      (d) Holders of options and other types of Awards granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines are eligible for grant of Substitute Awards hereunder in connection with such acquisition or combination transaction.

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      S ECTION 4. Administration.

      (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of not less than three directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Committee. No member or alternate member of the Committee shall be eligible, while a member or alternate member, for participation in the Plan. A director may serve as a member or alternate member of the Committee only during periods in which a director is an “outside director” as described in Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may issue rules and regulations for administration of the Plan. It shall meet at such times and places as it may determine. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

      (b) Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards (including Substitute Awards) to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with) Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited or suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended; (vi) determine, consistent with Section 10(h), whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) determine whether and to what extent Awards should comply or continue to comply with any requirement of statute or regulation; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

      (c) All decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including the Company, the stockholders and the Participants.

      S ECTION 5. Shares Available for Awards.

      (a) Subject to adjustment as provided below, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be 60,000,000 shares, plus any Shares remaining available for grant of awards under the Company’s 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan on the effective date of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5(e), (i) no Participant may receive Options and stock appreciation rights under the P


 
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