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Shareholders' Equity
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2024
Shareholders' Equity  
Shareholders' Equity

14. Shareholders’ Equity

Ordinary Shares

Effective for fiscal 2025, we are organized under the laws of Ireland. The rights of holders of our shares are governed by Irish law and our Irish articles of association. The par value of our ordinary shares is stated in U.S. dollars.

As discussed in Note 1, pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement between TE Connectivity Ltd. and TE Connectivity plc, shareholders received one ordinary share in the share capital of TE Connectivity plc for each common share of TE Connectivity Ltd. held immediately prior to the merger and change in place of incorporation.

Our articles of association authorize our board of directors to allot and issue shares up to the maximum of our authorized but unissued share capital for a period of five years from September 30, 2024. This authorization will need to be renewed by ordinary resolution upon its expiration and at periodic intervals thereafter. The authorized but unissued share capital may be increased or reduced by way of an ordinary resolution of shareholders. The shares comprising the authorized share capital may be divided into shares of such par value as the resolution shall prescribe.

Ordinary Shares Held in Treasury

All treasury shares were cancelled at the beginning of fiscal 2025 in connection with our change in place of incorporation. See Note 1 for additional information regarding our change in place of incorporation.

Authorized Share Capital

In connection with our merger and change in place of incorporation, we converted 25,000 ordinary shares to ordinary class A shares and issued certain preferred shares to facilitate the merger. The ordinary class A shares and preferred

shares were re-acquired and cancelled following the merger. No preferred shares and no ordinary class A shares were outstanding at December 27, 2024.

Our authorized share capital consisted of 1,500,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of $0.01 per share, two preferred shares with a par value of $1.00 per share, and 25,000 ordinary class A shares with a par value of €1.00 per share as of December 27, 2024. The authorized share capital includes 25,000 ordinary class A shares with a par value of €1.00 per share in order to satisfy statutory requirements for the incorporation of all Irish public limited companies.

Contributed Surplus

As a result of cumulative equity transactions, including dividend activity and treasury share cancellations, our contributed surplus balance was reduced to zero with residual activity recorded against accumulated earnings as reflected on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity. To the extent that the contributed surplus balance continues to be zero, the impact of future transactions that normally would have been recorded as a reduction of contributed surplus will be recorded in accumulated earnings.

Dividends

We paid cash dividends to shareholders as follows:

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Quarters Ended

 

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December 27,

    

December 29,

 

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2024

    

2023

    

Dividends paid per ordinary/common share

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$

0.65

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$

0.59

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Upon approval of a dividend payment, we record a liability with a corresponding charge to equity. At December 27, 2024 and September 27, 2024, the unpaid portion of the dividends recorded in accrued and other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $194 million and $390 million, respectively.

We expect future dividends to be made from accumulated earnings as defined under accounting principles generally accepted in Ireland (“Irish GAAP”).

Share Repurchase Program

During the quarter ended December 27, 2024, our board of directors authorized an increase of $2.5 billion in our share repurchase program. Ordinary/common shares repurchased under the share repurchase program were as follows:

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Quarters Ended

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December 27,

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December 29,

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2024

    

2023

    

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Number of ordinary/common shares repurchased

 

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2

 

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3

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Repurchase value

 

$

310

 

$

420

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At December 27, 2024, we had $2.4 billion of availability remaining under our share repurchase authorization.