Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information and Holders

Our common shares are listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol “TEL.” As of November 3, 2022, there were 16,860 shareholders of record of our common shares.

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common shares against the cumulative return on the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Electrical Components and Equipment Index. The graph assumes the investment of $100 in our common shares and in each index at fiscal year end 2017 and assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. The graph shows the cumulative total return for the last five fiscal years. The comparisons in the graph are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of our common shares.


	Fiscal Year End
	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
TE Connectivity Ltd.	$	100.00	$	107.74	$	116.07	$	121.96	$	187.03	$	145.46
S&P 500 Index		100.00		117.91		122.30		138.81		190.29		155.55
Dow Jones Electrical Components and Equipment Index		100.00		111.20		107.06		112.22		162.93		135.08

(1)	$100 invested on September 29, 2017 in TE Connectivity Ltd.’s common shares and in indexes. Indexes calculated on month-end basis.

Dividends

Future dividends on our common shares, if any, must be approved by our shareholders. In exercising their discretion to recommend to the shareholders that such dividends be approved, our board of directors will consider our results of operations, cash requirements and surplus, financial condition, statutory requirements of applicable law, contractual restrictions, and other factors that they may deem relevant.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents information about our purchases of our common shares during the quarter ended September 30, 2022:


					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)
June 25–July 22, 2022	602,818	$	114.66	602,600	$	1,949,678,000
July 23–August 26, 2022	920,046		132.46	915,800		1,828,380,436
August 27–September 30, 2022	1,209,425		121.56	1,208,700		1,681,457,030
Total	2,732,289		123.71	2,727,100

(1)	These columns include the following transactions which occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2022:

	(i)	the acquisition of 5,189 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 2,727,100 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.

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