TE Connectivity plc 10-Q

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities The following table presents information about our purchases of our common shares during the quarter ended March 26, 2021: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Maximum ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Total Number of ​ Approximate ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Shares Purchased ​ Dollar Value ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ as Part of ​ of Shares that May ​ ​ ​ Total Number ​ Average Price ​ Publicly Announced ​ Yet Be Purchased ​ ​ ​ of Shares ​ Paid Per ​ Plans or ​ Under the Plans ​ Period Purchased (1) Share (1) Programs (2) or Programs (2) December 26, 2020–January 22, 2021 ​ 308,559 ​ $ 126.17 ​ 308,500 ​ $ 829,012,757 ​ January 23–February 26, 2021 570,123 ​ 127.53 567,400 ​ 756,643,559 ​ February 27–March 26, 2021 549,137 ​ 129.09 548,700 ​ 685,801,112 ​ Total 1,427,819 ​ $ 127.84 1,424,600 ​ ​ (1) These columns include the following transactions which occurred during the quarter ended March 26, 2021: (i) the acquisition of 3,219 common shares from individuals in order to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with the vesting of restricted share awards issued under equity compensation plans; and (ii) open market purchases totaling 1,424,600 common shares, summarized on a trade-date basis, in conjunction with the share repurchase program announced in September 2007. (2) Our share repurchase program authorizes us to purchase a portion of our outstanding common shares from time to time through open market or private transactions, depending on business and market conditions. The share repurchase program does not have an expiration date . 38 Table of Contents ITEM 6. EXHIBITS ​ ​ ​ Exhibit Number ​ Exhibit 4.1 ​ Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture among Tyco Electronics Group S.A., as issuer, TE Connectivity Ltd., as guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, dated February 16, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to TE Connectivity’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 16, 2021) 10.1 ‡ TE Connectivity Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated as of March 10, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to TE Connectivity’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 10, 2021) 22.1 * Guaranteed Securities 31.1 * Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2 * Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.1 ** Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101.INS ​ Inline XBRL Instance Document (1)(2) 101.SCH ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (2) 101.CAL ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (2) 101.DEF ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (2) 101.LAB ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (2) 101.PRE ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (2) 104 ​ Cover Page Interactive Data File (3) ‡ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement * Filed herewith ** Furnished herewith (1) Submitted electronically with this report in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S-T (2) The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document (3) Formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in exhibit 101 ​ 39 Table of Contents 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. ​ ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ Heath A. Mitts Heath A. Mitts Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) ​ Date: April 23, 2021 ​ ​ 40