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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on March 4, 2014. Meeting Information TE CONNECTIVITY LTD. Meeting Type: Annual Meeting For holders as of: Close of business (Eastern Standard Time) on February 12, 2014 Date: March 4, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m., Central European Time (8:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time) Location: The Dolder Grand Hotel Zürich, Switzerland You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet or by mail. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper or e-mail copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. TE CONNECTIVITY LTD. RHEINSTRASSE 20 CH-8200 SCHAFFHAUSEN SWITZERLAND M64669-P45226 See the reverse side of this notice to obtain proxy materials and voting instructions.

 

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Voting Items The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” each of the director nominees listed below and “FOR” each agenda item (including each subpart thereof). 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 1a. Pierre R. Brondeau 5.1 To approve the 2013 Annual Report of TE Connectivity Ltd. (excluding the statutory financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2013 and the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2013) 1b. Juergen W. Gromer 5.2 To approve the statutory financial statements of TE Connectivity Ltd. for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2013 1c. William A. Jeffrey 1d. Thomas J. Lynch 5.3 To approve the consolidated financial statements of TE Connectivity Ltd. for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2013 1e. Yong Nam 6. To release the members of the Board of Directors and executive officers of TE Connectivity for activities during the fiscal year ended September 27, 2013 1f. Daniel J. Phelan 1g. Frederic M. Poses 7.1 To elect Deloitte & Touche LLP as TE Connectivity’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2014 1h. Lawrence S. Smith 7.2 To elect Deloitte AG, Zurich, Switzerland, as TE Connectivity’s Swiss registered auditor until the next annual general meeting of TE Connectivity 1i. Paula A. Sneed 1j. David P. Steiner 7.3 To elect PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, Switzerland, as TE Connectivity’s special auditor until the next annual general meeting of TE Connectivity 1k. John C. Van Scoter 8. An advisory vote to approve executive compensation 1l. Laura H. Wright 9. To approve the appropriation of available earnings for fiscal year 2013 2. To elect Thomas J. Lynch as the Chairman of the Board of Directors 10. To approve a dividend payment to shareholders in a Swiss franc amount equal to US 1.16 per issued share to be paid in four equal quarterly installments of US 0.29 starting with the third fiscal quarter of 2014 and ending in the second fiscal quarter of 2015 pursuant to the terms of the dividend resolution 3. To elect the individual members of the Management Development & Compensation Committee M64671-P45226 3a. Daniel J. Phelan 11. To approve an authorization relating to TE Connectivity's share repurchase program 3b. Paula A. Sneed 12. To approve a reduction of share capital for shares acquired under TE Connectivity’s share repurchase program and related amendments to the articles of association 3c. David P. Steiner 4. To elect Dr. Jvo Grundler, of Ernst & Young Ltd., or another individual representative of Ernst & Young Ltd. if Dr. Grundler is unable to serve at the meeting, as the independent proxy 13. To approve any adjournments or postponements of the Annual General Meeting

 

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