TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
S-3/A, 1996-10-15
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 15, 1996
    
 
   
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-07127
    
   
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
   
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
    
   
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
    
 
   
                                    FORM S-3
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
   
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                         TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    
   
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
    
 
   
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<S>                                             <C>
                    DELAWARE                                       75-0289970
        (State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                      Identification Number)
</TABLE>
    
 
   
                         13500 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
                                P.O. BOX 655474
                            DALLAS, TEXAS 75265-5474
    
   
                                 (927) 995-2551
    
   
         (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
            area code, of Registrants' principal executive offices)
    
 
   
                               RICHARD J. AGNICH,
    
   
              SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL
    
   
                         TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
                         13500 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
                                P.O. BOX 655474
                            DALLAS, TEXAS 75265-5474
    
   
                                 (972) 995-2551
    
   
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
    
   
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     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time
to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
    
   
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     If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.  / /
    
 
   
     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities being offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  /X/
    
 
   
     If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.  / /   _______
    
 
   
     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.  / /   _______
    
 
   
     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.  / /
    
 
   
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
    

   
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                                                                                 PROPOSED
                                                            PROPOSED MAXIMUM      MAXIMUM         AMOUNT OF
            TITLE OF SECURITIES                AMOUNT TO     OFFERING PRICE      AGGREGATE      REGISTRATION
             TO BE REGISTERED                BE REGISTERED     PER SHARE*     OFFERING PRICE*       FEE*
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<S>                                        <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Common Stock ($1 par value)................     7,502,931       $53.3125       $399,999,994       $137,932
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* Computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for Common
  Stock on October 7, 1996, which is used as the estimated offering price solely
  for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule
  457 under the Securities Act.
    
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                         TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    
 
   
                                  COMMON STOCK
                                 ($1 PAR VALUE)
    
 

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     Texas Instruments Incorporated ("TI" or the "Company") may offer and sell
the securities registered pursuant to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part from time to time as set forth in the Company's 1996
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to certain employees of the Company and
its subsidiary companies pursuant to the terms of the Plan and stock options and
other awards granted thereunder. Awards under the Plan may take the form of 
incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock,
restricted stock units, performance units or other stock-based awards,
including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights.
    
 
   
     The purpose of the Plan is 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.
    
 
   
     Any employee of the Company, including any officer or employee-director, is
eligible to be designated a participant in the Plan. Directors who are not
full-time or part-time officers or employees are not eligible to be designated
participants.
    
 
   
     The securities offered and sold under the Plan may be newly issued by the
Company or may be sold out of treasury.
    
 
   
     The Company intends to file a post-effective amendment covering the
registered securities on Form S-8 to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part.
    
 

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 THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
      EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
           COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
                    PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                       CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
    

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                THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS OCTOBER 15, 1996.
    
 
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                         TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    
 
   
     TI was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1938, and has its principal
executive offices in Dallas, Texas. TI is engaged in the development,
manufacture and sale of a variety of products in the electrical and electronics
industry for industrial, government and consumer markets. These products consist
of components, defense electronics and digital products. TI also produces
metallurgical materials. TI's business is based principally on its broad
semiconductor technology and application of this technology to selected
electronic end-equipment markets.
    
 
   
     The mailing address of TI's principal executive offices is P.O. Box 655474,
Dallas, Texas 75265-5474, and its telephone number is (972) 995-2551.
    
 
   
                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
    
 
   
     The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part, as well as reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company, may be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; 7 World Trade Center, New York, New
York 10048; and Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400,
Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such material can be obtained at prescribed
rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Company's common stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange and reports and other information herein and therein
concerning the Company may also be inspected at the offices of the New York
Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. Such material may
also be accessed electronically by means of the Commission's home page on the
Internet at http://www.sec.gov.
    
 
   
               INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
    
 
   
     The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act and are hereby incorporated herein by reference and
made a part of this prospectus:
    
 
   
     1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1995 (as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed June 21, 1996);
    
 
   
     2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 1996 (as amended by the Form 10-Q/A filed July 19, 1996) and Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996;
    
 
   
     3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 2, 1996 (as
amended by the Form 8-K/A filed August 9, 1996), January 18, 1996, January 24,
1996, January 25, 1996, February 5, 1996, March 6, 1996, May 30, 1996 and June
24, 1996; and
    
 
   
     4. The description of the Company's common stock set forth in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
12 of the Exchange Act, and the descriptions concerning changes in securities
contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1988 relating to the Company's Share Purchase Rights Plan, together
with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of
updating such descriptions.
    
 
   
     All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
prospectus and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
    
 
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reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statements
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
    
 
   
     The Company hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person,
including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered,
upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of its Annual Report to
Stockholders for its most recent fiscal year and any or all of the documents
referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference in this
prospectus (not including the exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits
are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such
copies should be directed to Texas Instruments Incorporated, 13500 North Central
Expressway, P.O. Box 655474, Mail Station 413, Dallas, Texas 75265-5474,
Attention: Manager of Investor Relations (Telephone 972-995-3773).
    
 
   
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
    
 
   
     The Company intends to use any proceeds derived from the sale of the
registered securities for general corporate purposes.
    
 
   
                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
    
 
   
     The registered securities will be offered and sold by the Company as set
forth in the Company's 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan to certain employees of the
Company and its subsidiary companies pursuant to the terms of the Plan and stock
options and other awards granted thereunder. Any employee of the Company,
including any officer or employee-director, is eligible to be designated a
participant in the Plan. Directors who are not full-time or part-time officers
or employees are not eligible to be designated participants. The securities
offered and sold under the Plan may be newly issued by the Company or may be
sold out of treasury.
    
 
   
     The Company intends to file a post-effective amendment covering the
registered securities on Form S-8 to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part.
    
 
   
                                 LEGAL OPINIONS
    
 
   
     Certain matters relating to the legality of the registered securities have
been passed upon for the Company by O. Wayne Coon, Vice President, Corporate
Staff, Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company.
    
 
   
                                    EXPERTS
    
 
   
     The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated
herein by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1995 (as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed June 21, 1996)
have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in
their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such
financial statements are incorporated herein in reliance upon the report of
Ernst & Young LLP pertaining to such financial statements (to the extent covered
by consents filed with the Commission) and upon such report given on the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
    
 
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                     INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
    
 
   
     O. Wayne Coon, Vice President, Corporate Staff, Chief Corporate Counsel and
Assistant Secretary of the Company, is potentially eligible for awards under the
Plan and owns less than 1% of the outstanding shares of TI common stock.
    
 
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                                    PART II
 
   
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
    
 
   
     The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at Section 145,
provides, in pertinent part, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as the
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. In
addition, the indemnification of expenses (including attorneys' fees) is allowed
in derivative actions, except no indemnification is allowed in respect to any
claim, issue or matter as to which any such person has been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought decides that
indemnification is proper. To the extent that any such person succeeds on the
merits or otherwise, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith. The determination that the person to be indemnified met the
applicable standard of conduct, if not made by a court, is made by the directors
of the corporation by a majority vote of the directors not party to such an
action, suit or proceeding even though less than a quorum or, if there are no
such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion or by the stockholders. Expenses may be paid in advance upon
the receipt, in the case of officers and directors, of undertakings to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled
to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. A
corporation may purchase indemnity insurance.
    
 
   
     The above described indemnification and advancement of expenses, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inure to the benefit of
such person's heirs, executors and administrators.
    
 
   
     Article VI, Section 2 of the Company's By-laws provides that the Company
shall indemnify its officers and directors for such expenses, judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement to the full extent permitted by the laws of the
State of Delaware.
    
 
   
     Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. Article Seventh of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
contains such a provision.
    
 
   
     Under insurance policies of the Company, directors and officers of the
Company may be indemnified against certain losses arising from certain claims,
including claims under the Securities
    
 
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Act of 1933, which may be made against such persons by reason of their being
such directors or officers.
    
 
   
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
    
 
   
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      EXHIBIT
       NUMBER
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        <S>             <C>                  
         5           -- Opinion of O. Wayne Coon, Esq.
        23(a)        -- Consent of Independent Auditors.
        23(b)        -- Consent of O. Wayne Coon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).
       *24           -- Powers of Attorney for the Directors of the Company.
</TABLE>
    
 
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* Previously filed except Power of Attorney of Clayton K. Yeutter, filed
herewith.
    
 
   
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
    
 
   
     The Company hereby undertakes:
    
 
   
          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made
     of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this
     registration statement:
    
 
   
             (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
        Securities Act of 1933;
    
 
   
             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
        the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
        in this registration statement; and
    
 
   
             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
        of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement
        or any material change to such information in this registration
        statement;
    
 
   
     provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs 1(i) and
     1(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
     post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
     reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
     registration statement.
    
 
   
          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
     be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
    
 
   
          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.
    
 
   
     The Company hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
    
 
   
     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the provisions set forth or described in Item 15 of this
registration statement, or otherwise (but that term shall not include the
insurance policies referred to in Item 15), the Company has been advised that in
the
    
 
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opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in a successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Company by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
registered hereby, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
    
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Dallas and State of Texas, on the 14th day of
October, 1996.
    
 
   
                                            TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
                                            (Registrant)
    
 
   
                                            By:  /s/  WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH
                                               -------------------------------
                                                    William A. Aylesworth
                                               Senior Vice President, Treasurer
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer
    
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 14th day of October, 1996.
    

   
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                  SIGNATURE                                       TITLE
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             /s/  JAMES R. ADAMS*                         Chairman of the Board;
- ---------------------------------------------                    Director
                James R. Adams

             /s/  DAVID L. BOREN*                                Director
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                David L. Boren

           /s/  JAMES B. BUSEY IV*                               Director
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              James B. Busey IV

           /s/  THOMAS J. ENGIBOUS*                     President; Chief Executive
- ---------------------------------------------                Officer; Director
              Thomas J. Engibous                             

         /s/  GERALD W. FRONTERHOUSE*                            Director
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            Gerald W. Fronterhouse

             /s/  DAVID R. GOODE*                                Director
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                David R. Goode

          /s/  WILLIAM B. MITCHELL*                           Vice Chairman;
- ---------------------------------------------                    Director
             William B. Mitchell                                 

            /s/  GLORIA M. SHATTO*                               Director
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              Gloria M. Shatto

           /s/  WILLIAM P. WEBER*                             Vice Chairman;
- ---------------------------------------------                    Director
              William P. Weber                                   

          /s/  CLAYTON K. YEUTTER*                               Director
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             Clayton K. Yeutter
</TABLE>
    
 
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<CAPTION>
                  SIGNATURE                                       TITLE
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<S>                                          <C>
         /s/  WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH                 Senior Vice President; Treasurer;
 ------------------------------------------               Chief Financial Officer
            William A. Aylesworth                        

          /s/  MARVIN M. LANE, JR.*                Vice President; Corporate Controller
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             Marvin M. Lane, Jr.

     *By:  /s/  WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH
 ------------------------------------------
            William A. Aylesworth
              Attorney-in-fact
</TABLE>
    
 
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER
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     5     -- Opinion of O. Wayne Coon, Esq.
    23(a)  -- Consent of Independent Auditors.
    23(b)  -- Consent of O. Wayne Coon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).
   *24     -- Powers of Attorney for the Directors of the Company.
</TABLE>
    
 
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* Previously filed except Power of Attorney of Clayton K. Yeutter, filed
herewith.
    

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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5
 
   
                                October 14, 1996
    
 
   
Board of Directors
Texas Instruments Incorporated
13500 North Central Expressway
Dallas, Texas 75265
    
 
   
          Re: Texas Instruments Incorporated
          Registration Statement (Form S-3, to be post-effectively amended on
          Form S-8)
    
 
   
Gentlemen:
    
 
   
     This opinion of counsel is given in connection with a Registration
Statement (Form S-3, to be post-effectively amended on Form S-8) being filed by
you with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to 7,502,931 shares of
common stock of Texas Instruments Incorporated ("TI") to be issued pursuant to
awards granted under the Texas Instruments 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Plan").
    
 
   
     As Vice President, Corporate Staff, Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant
Secretary of TI, I am familiar with all corporate action taken or expected to be
taken with respect to the Plan and the common stock expected to be issued
thereunder.
    
 
   
     I am pleased to advise that the 7,502,931 shares of Common Stock of TI,
when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Plan and
applicable Delaware General Corporation Law, will be duly authorized and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
    
 
   
     I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-referenced Registration Statement.
    
 
   
                                            Sincerely,
    
 
   
                                            /s/  O. WAYNE COON
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            O. Wayne Coon
                                            Vice President, Corporate Staff,
                                            Chief Corporate Counsel and
                                            Assistant Secretary
    


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(A)
 
   
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
    
 
   
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement No. 333-07127 (Form S-3, to be post-effectively amended
on Form S-8) pertaining to the Texas Instruments 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan
and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 22,
1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Texas Instruments Incorporated included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended December 31, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    
 
   
                                            /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Ernst & Young LLP
    
 
   
October 10, 1996
Dallas, Texas
    


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
   
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
    
 
   
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints WILLIAM P. WEBER, WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH and RICHARD J. AGNICH, and each
of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 in connection with the registration of
securities of Texas Instruments Incorporated from which Texas Instruments
Incorporated will receive proceeds of up to an aggregate of $400,000,000, and
any or all amendments to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
    
 
   
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 30th day of June, 1996.
    
 
   
                                            /s/  CLAYTON K. YEUTTER
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Clayton K. Yeutter
    



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