DALLAS, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.19 billion, net income of $836 million and earnings per share of 80 cents. Earnings per share included 9 cents for two items that were not in the company's prior guidance for the quarter.

Regarding the company's performance and returns to shareholders, Rich Templeton, TI's chairman, president and CEO, made the following comments:


    --  "Revenue declined 2 percent from a year ago and was in line with our
        expectations, even though we experienced slowing demand within a sector
        of the personal electronics market late in the quarter.
    --  "Our combined core businesses of Analog and Embedded Processing
        performed well in the quarter and comprised 87 percent of fourth-quarter
        revenue.
    --  "Gross margin of 58.5 percent, a new record, reflects the quality of our
        product portfolio as well as the efficiency of our manufacturing
        strategy, including the benefit of 300-millimeter Analog production.
    --  "Our cash flow from operations once again underscored the strength of
        our business model. Free cash flow for the trailing 12 months was up 6
        percent from a year ago to $3.7 billion. This represents 28.6 percent of
        revenue, up from 26.9 percent a year ago, and is consistent with our
        targeted range of 20-30 percent of revenue.
    --  "We have returned $4.2 billion to shareholders in the past 12 months
        through stock repurchases and dividends.
    --  "Our strategy to return to shareholders 100 percent of free cash flow
        plus proceeds from exercises of equity compensation minus net debt
        retirement reflects our confidence in the long-term sustainability of
        our business model.
    --  "Our balance sheet remains strong with $3.2 billion of cash and
        short-term investments at the end of the quarter, 82 percent of which
        was owned by the company's U.S. entities. Inventory ended the quarter at
        115 days.
    --  "TI's first-quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $2.85 billion
        to $3.09 billion, and earnings per share between 57 and 67 cents. This
        outlook includes about a $150 million decline in revenue from a year ago
        within a sector of the personal electronics market. Aside from this,
        overall expectations for the remainder of our business are about even
        with the first quarter of 2015.
    --  "For 2016, TI's annual effective tax rate is expected to be about 30
        percent."

TI also announced its intentions to phase out a small, older manufacturing facility in Greenock, Scotland, over the next three years. Plans are to move production from this facility to more cost-effective 200-millimeter TI fabs in Germany, Japan and Maine.

Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow is cash flow from operations less capital expenditures.

Earnings summary

Amounts are in millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.



                        4Q15        4Q14        Change
                        ----        ----        ------
                             $3,189      $3,269
                Revenue                                -2%
                             $1,142      $1,100
       Operating profit                                 4%
                               $836        $825
             Net income                                 1%
                              $0.80       $0.76
     Earnings per share                                 5%

Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2015 included a 9-cent benefit for two items not included in the company's prior outlook: 5 cents due to a net tax benefit as a result of the reinstatement of the R&D tax credit and 4 cents for Restructuring charges/other, which included gains on sales of assets and a charge for the planned site closure.

Cash generation

Amounts are in millions of dollars.



                                             Trailing 12 Months
                                             ------------------

                                 4Q15                           4Q15        4Q14         Change
                                 ----                           ----        ----         ------
                                      $1,430                         $4,268       $3,892
       Cash flow from operations                                                                10%
                                        $164                           $551         $385
            Capital expenditures                                                                43%
                                      $1,266                         $3,717       $3,507
                  Free cash flow                                                                 6%

     Free cash flow % of revenue                                     28.6%       26.9%

Capital expenditures for the past 12 months were 4 percent of revenue. The company's long-term expectation is about 4 percent.

Cash return

Amounts are in millions of dollars.



                                Trailing 12 Months
                                ------------------

                    4Q15                           4Q15        4Q14        Change
                    ----                           ----        ----        ------
                           $386                         $1,444      $1,323
     Dividends paid                                                                9%
                           $627                         $2,741      $2,831
              Stock
        repurchases                                                               -3%
                         $1,013                         $4,185      $4,154
         Total cash
           returned                                                                1%

The company's targeted cash return is 100 percent of free cash flow plus proceeds from exercises of equity compensation minus net debt retirement.




                                                                                              TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                                                                     Consolidated Statements of Income

                                                                                         (Millions of dollars, except share and per-share amounts)


                                                                                                                                For Three Months Ended                              For Years Ended

                                                                                                                                     December 31,                                    December 31,
                                                                                                                                   ------------                                ------------

                                                                                                                                2015                    2014                    2015                      2014
                                                                                                                                ----                    ----                    ----                      ----

    Revenue                                                                                                                              $3,189                              $3,269                               $13,000         $13,045

    Cost of revenue (COR)                                                                                                                 1,323                               1,374                                 5,440           5,618
                                                                                                                                          -----                               -----                                 -----           -----

    Gross profit                                                                                                                          1,866                               1,895                                 7,560           7,427

    Research and development (R&D)                                                                                                          306                                 311                                 1,280           1,358

    Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)                                                                                              405                                 429                                 1,748           1,843

    Acquisition charges                                                                                                                      81                                  82                                   329             330

    Restructuring charges/other                                                                                                            (68)                               (27)                                 (71)           (51)
                                                                                                                                            ---                                 ---                                   ---             ---

    Operating profit                                                                                                                      1,142                               1,100                                 4,274           3,947

    Other income (expense), net (OI&E)                                                                                                       19                                   9                                    32              21

    Interest and debt expense                                                                                                                22                                  22                                    90              94
                                                                                                                                            ---                                 ---                                   ---             ---

    Income before income taxes                                                                                                            1,139                               1,087                                 4,216           3,874

    Provision for income taxes                                                                                                              303                                 262                                 1,230           1,053
                                                                                                                                            ---                                 ---                                 -----           -----

    Net income                                                                                                                             $836                                $825                                $2,986          $2,821
                                                                                                                                           ====                                ====                                ======          ======


    Diluted earnings per common share                                                                                                      $.80                                $.76                                 $2.82           $2.57
                                                                                                                                           ====                                ====                                 =====           =====


    Average diluted shares outstanding (millions)                                                                                         1,027                               1,063                                 1,043           1,080
                                                                                                                                          =====                               =====                                 =====           =====


    Cash dividends declared per common share                                                                                               $.38                                $.34                                 $1.40           $1.24
                                                                                                                                           ====                                ====                                 =====           =====


    As a result of accounting rule ASC 260, which requires a portion of Net income to be allocated to unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) on which we pay dividend equivalents, diluted EPS is calculated using the following:


    Net income                                                                                                                             $836                                $825                                $2,986          $2,821

    Income allocated to RSUs                                                                                                               (12)                               (13)                                 (42)           (43)
                                                                                                                                            ---                                 ---                                   ---             ---

    Income allocated to common stock for diluted EPS                                                                                       $824                                $812                                $2,944          $2,778
                                                                                                                                           ====                                ====                                ======          ======


                                                                       TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                                                 Consolidated Balance Sheets

                                                                         (Millions of dollars, except share amounts)


                                                                                                                       December 31,
                                                                                                                       ------------

                                                                                                                               2015          2014
                                                                                                                               ----          ----

    Assets

    Current assets:

    Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                         $1,000         $1,199

    Short-term investments                                                                                                             2,218          2,342

    Accounts receivable, net of allowances of ($7) and ($12)                                                                           1,165          1,246

    Raw materials                                                                                                                        109            101

    Work in process                                                                                                                      846            896

    Finished goods                                                                                                                       736            787
                                                                                                                                         ---            ---

    Inventories                                                                                                                        1,691          1,784
                                                                                                                                       -----          -----

    Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                                                          1,000            850
                                                                                                                                       -----            ---

    Total current assets                                                                                                               7,074          7,421
                                                                                                                                       -----          -----

    Property, plant and equipment at cost                                                                                              5,465          6,266

    Accumulated depreciation                                                                                                         (2,869)       (3,426)
                                                                                                                                      ------         ------

    Property, plant and equipment, net                                                                                                 2,596          2,840
                                                                                                                                       -----          -----

    Long-term investments                                                                                                                221            224

    Goodwill, net                                                                                                                      4,362          4,362

    Acquisition-related intangibles, net                                                                                               1,583          1,902

    Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                201            180

    Capitalized software licenses, net                                                                                                    46             83

    Overfunded retirement plans                                                                                                           85            127

    Other assets                                                                                                                          62            233
                                                                                                                                         ---            ---

    Total assets                                                                                                                     $16,230        $17,372
                                                                                                                                     =======        =======


    Liabilities and stockholders' equity

    Current liabilities:

    Current portion of long-term debt                                                                                                 $1,000         $1,001

    Accounts payable                                                                                                                     386            437

    Accrued compensation                                                                                                                 664            651

    Income taxes payable                                                                                                                  95             71

    Accrued expenses and other liabilities                                                                                               410            498
                                                                                                                                         ---            ---

    Total current liabilities                                                                                                          2,555          2,658
                                                                                                                                       -----          -----

    Long-term debt                                                                                                                     3,120          3,630

    Underfunded retirement plans                                                                                                         196            225

    Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                 37             64

    Deferred credits and other liabilities                                                                                               376            405
                                                                                                                                         ---            ---

    Total liabilities                                                                                                                  6,284          6,982
                                                                                                                                       -----          -----

    Stockholders' equity:

    Preferred stock, $25 par value. Authorized - 10,000,000 shares

    Participating cumulative preferred - None issued                                                                                       -             -

    Common stock, $1 par value. Authorized - 2,400,000,000 shares

    Shares issued - 1,740,815,939                                                                                                      1,741          1,741

    Paid-in capital                                                                                                                    1,629          1,368

    Retained earnings                                                                                                                 31,176         29,653

    Treasury common stock at cost

    Shares: 2015 - 729,547,527; 2014 - 694,189,127                                                                                  (24,068)      (21,840)

    Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (AOCI)                                                                 (532)         (532)
                                                                                                                                        ----           ----

    Total stockholders' equity                                                                                                         9,946         10,390
                                                                                                                                       -----         ------

    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                                                                                       $16,230        $17,372
                                                                                                                                     =======        =======

As of December 31, 2015, we elected to early adopt and retrospectively apply two new accounting standards that require reclassification on our Consolidated Balance Sheets of: (1) deferred income taxes from current to noncurrent accounts, and (2) debt issuance costs from Other assets to Long-term debt. We have reclassified these amounts in the prior periods' financial statements to conform to the 2015 presentation.


                                                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                             Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                                                                     (Millions of dollars)


                                                     For Three Months Ended                             For Years Ended

                                                          December 31,                                    December 31,
                                                          ------------                                  ------------

                                                                       2015                               2014             2015 2014
                                                                       ----                               ----             ---- ----

    Cash flows from operating activities

    Net income                                                                                   $836                     $825          $2,986     $2,821

    Adjustments to Net income:

    Depreciation                                                                                  172                      211             766        850

    Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles                                                79                       80             319        321

    Amortization of capitalized software                                                           10                       14              48         59

    Stock-based compensation                                                                       58                       60             286        277

    Gains on sales of assets                                                                     (82)                    (29)           (85)      (73)

    Deferred income taxes                                                                          51                       23            (55)      (61)

    Increase (decrease) from changes in:

    Accounts receivable                                                                           318                      223              77       (49)

    Inventories                                                                                    80                     (33)             93       (53)

    Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                       5                     (16)             94         65

    Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                           2                       30           (188)     (194)

    Accrued compensation                                                                           44                       38               7         89

    Income taxes payable                                                                         (10)                       9              11       (81)

    Changes in funded status of retirement plans                                                 (88)                   (131)           (23)      (58)

    Other                                                                                        (45)                    (32)           (68)      (21)
                                                                                                  ---                      ---             ---        ---

    Cash flows from operating activities                                                        1,430                    1,272           4,268      3,892
                                                                                                -----                    -----           -----      -----


    Cash flows from investing activities

    Capital expenditures                                                                        (164)                   (125)          (551)     (385)

    Proceeds from asset sales                                                                     100                       96             110        142

    Purchases of short-term investments                                                       (1,054)                   (937)        (2,767)   (3,107)

    Proceeds from short-term investments                                                          437                      475           2,892      2,966

    Other                                                                                           6                        -             14          7
                                                                                                  ---                      ---            ---        ---

    Cash flows from investing activities                                                        (675)                   (491)          (302)     (377)
                                                                                                 ----                     ----            ----       ----


    Cash flows from financing activities

    Proceeds from issuance of debt                                                                  -                       -            498        498

    Repayment of debt                                                                               -                       -        (1,000)   (1,000)

    Dividends paid                                                                              (386)                   (356)        (1,444)   (1,323)

    Stock repurchases                                                                           (627)                   (698)        (2,741)   (2,831)

    Proceeds from common stock transactions                                                       110                      140             442        616

    Excess tax benefit from share-based payments                                                   15                       25              83        100

    Other                                                                                           -                       1             (3)       (3)
                                                                                                  ---                     ---             ---        ---

    Cash flows from financing activities                                                        (888)                   (888)        (4,165)   (3,943)
                                                                                                 ----                     ----          ------     ------


    Net change in Cash and cash equivalents                                                     (133)                   (107)          (199)     (428)

    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                            1,133                    1,306           1,199      1,627
                                                                                                -----                    -----           -----      -----

    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                                 $1,000                   $1,199          $1,000     $1,199
                                                                                               ======                   ======          ======     ======

4Q15 segment results

Amounts are in millions of dollars.



                         4Q15        4Q14        Change
                         ----        ----        ------

    Analog:
                              $2,073      $2,123
    Revenue                                              -2%
                                $787        $822
    Operating profit                                     -4%

    Embedded Processing:
                                $700        $670
    Revenue                                               4%
                                $164        $114
    Operating profit                                     44%

    Other:
                                $416        $476
    Revenue                                             -13%
                                $191        $164
    Operating profit*                                    16%




    * Includes Acquisition charges and
     Restructuring charges/other.

Compared with the year-ago quarter:

Analog: (includes High Volume Analog & Logic, Power Management, High Performance Analog and Silicon Valley Analog)


    --  Revenue decreased due to Power Management and High Performance Analog.
        Silicon Valley Analog also declined while High Volume Analog & Logic
        grew.
    --  Operating profit decreased due to lower revenue and associated gross
        profit.

Embedded Processing: (includes Microcontrollers, Processors and Connectivity)


    --  Revenue increased due to Connectivity and Microcontrollers. Processors
        declined.
    --  Operating profit increased due to lower operating expenses as well as
        higher revenue and associated gross profit.

Other: (includes DLP(® )products, calculators, custom ASIC products and royalties)


    --  Revenue declined due to custom ASIC products and DLP products.
    --  Operating profit increased primarily due to Restructuring charges/other,
        partially offset by lower gross profit.

Year 2015 segment results

Amounts are in millions of dollars.



                           2015   2014 Change
                           ----   ---- ------

    Analog:
                         $8,339 $8,104
    Revenue                                     3%
                         $3,048 $2,786
    Operating profit                            9%

    Embedded Processing:
                         $2,787 $2,740
    Revenue                                     2%
                           $596   $384
    Operating profit                           55%

    Other:
                         $1,874 $2,201
    Revenue                                   -15%
                           $630   $777
    Operating profit*                         -19%




    * Includes Acquisition charges and
     Restructuring charges/other.

Compared with the prior year:


    --  Analog revenue increased primarily due to High Volume Analog & Logic.
        Power Management and Silicon Valley Analog also grew and High
        Performance Analog declined. Operating profit increased due to higher
        revenue and associated gross profit, and lower manufacturing costs.
    --  Embedded Processing revenue increased due to Connectivity and
        Microcontrollers, which together offset a decline in Processors.
        Operating profit increased primarily due to lower operating expenses.
    --  Other revenue declined primarily due to custom ASIC products. Revenue
        from DLP products also declined. Operating profit declined primarily due
        to lower revenue and associated gross profit.

Non-GAAP financial information

This release includes references to free cash flow and ratios based on that measure. These are financial measures that were not prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow was calculated by subtracting Capital expenditures from the most directly comparable GAAP measure, Cash flows from operating activities (also referred to as cash flow from operations).

The company believes that free cash flow and the associated ratios provide insight into its liquidity, its cash-generating capability and the amount of cash potentially available to return to investors, as well as insight into its financial performance. These non-GAAP measures are supplemental to the comparable GAAP measures.

Reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP-based measures is provided in the table below.

Amounts are in millions of dollars.




                                                                 For Years Ended

                                                                   December 31,
                                                                   ------------

                                                             2015                2014         Change
                                                             ----                ----         ------

    Cash flow from operations (GAAP)                                    $4,268         $3,892        10%

    Capital expenditures                                                 (551)         (385)
                                                                          ----           ----

    Free cash flow (non-GAAP)                                           $3,717         $3,507         6%
                                                                        ======         ======


    Revenue                                                            $13,000        $13,045
                                                                       =======        =======


    Cash flow from operations as a percent of revenue (GAAP)             32.8%         29.8%

    Free cash flow as a percent of revenue (non-GAAP)                    28.6%         26.9%

Notice regarding forward-looking statements

This release 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:


    --  Market demand for semiconductors, particularly in markets such as
        personal electronics and communications equipment;
    --  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;
    --  TI's ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a
        rapidly changing technological environment;
    --  TI's ability to compete in products and prices in an intensely
        competitive industry;
    --  TI's ability to maintain and enforce a strong intellectual property
        portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties;
    --  Expiration of license agreements between TI and its patent licensees,
        and market conditions reducing royalty payments to TI;
    --  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, communications and
        information technology networks and fluctuations in foreign currency
        exchange rates;
    --  Natural events such as health epidemics, severe weather and earthquakes
        in the locations in which TI, its customers or its suppliers operate;
    --  Availability and cost of raw materials, utilities, manufacturing
        equipment, third-party manufacturing services and manufacturing
        technology;
    --  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;
    --  Compliance with or changes in the complex laws, rules and regulations to
        which TI is or may become subject, or actions of enforcement
        authorities, that restrict our ability to manufacture our products or
        operate our business, or subject us to fines, penalties, or other legal
        liability;
    --  Losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers and the timing
        and amount of distributor and other customer inventory adjustments;
    --  Financial difficulties of our distributors or their promotion of
        competing product lines to TI's detriment;
    --  A loss suffered by a customer or distributor of TI with respect to
        TI-consigned inventory;
    --  Customer demand that differs from our forecasts;
    --  The financial impact of inadequate or excess TI inventory that results
        from demand that differs from projections;
    --  Impairments of our non-financial assets;
    --  Product liability or warranty claims, claims based on epidemic or
        delivery failure, recalls by TI customers for a product containing a TI
        part or other legal proceedings;
    --  TI's ability to recruit and retain skilled personnel;
    --  Timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies and installation
        of manufacturing equipment, and the ability to obtain needed third-party
        foundry and assembly/test subcontract services;
    --  TI's obligation to make principal and interest payments on its debt;
    --  TI's ability to successfully integrate and realize opportunities for
        growth from acquisitions, and our ability to realize our expectations
        regarding the amount and timing of restructuring charges and associated
        cost savings; and
    --  Breaches of our information technology systems or those of our customers
        or suppliers.

For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the Risk Factors discussion in Item 1A of TI's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release. TI undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or risks. If we do update any forward-looking statement, you should not infer that we will make additional updates with respect to that statement or any other forward-looking statement.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com.

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