---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-040312"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TXN"
cik: "0000097476"
company_name: "TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:14:15.751008+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Texas Instruments amends bylaws to add exclusive forum provision for certain claims

## Summary
- Board approved bylaw amendments on Feb 3, 2026, adding a forum selection clause.
- Delaware Court of Chancery designated exclusive forum for state law and derivative claims.
- Federal district courts designated exclusive forum for Securities Act of 1933 claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-040312
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TXN
- cik: 0000097476
- company_name: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97476/000119312526040312/0001193125-26-040312-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97476/000119312526040312/d937106d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9bafff2f6a73935868ff107b2d3014a0461f5386
  claim: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC: Added forum selection provision designating Delaware courts as exclusive forum for certain claims and federal district courts for Securities Act claims (effective 2026-02-03).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated (the “Company”) approved By-Law amendments to add a forum selection provision which provides that the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for certain state corporate law or shareholder derivative claims, and that the federal district courts of the United States shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended from time to time).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97476/000119312526040312/0001193125-26-040312-index.htm

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