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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.     )

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
(Company Registration Number 199002645H)

To our Shareholders:

On August 24, 2016, we will hold our 2016 annual general meeting of our shareholders at our offices located at 847 Gibraltar Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035, U.S.A. Our 2016 annual general meeting of shareholders will begin at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time.

The matters to be voted upon at the meeting are listed in the notice that follows this letter and are described in more detail in the accompanying proxy statement. We urge you to read the entire proxy statement carefully before returning your proxy cards. Part I of the accompanying proxy statement provides general information about the meeting, Part II describes the proposals to be voted upon at the 2016 annual general meeting of shareholders and related information, and Part III provides additional information, including information about our executive officers and their compensation.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING PROXY CARDS: If you are a registered shareholder, you will receive one proxy card for the 2016 annual general meeting. It is very important that you return the proxy card to ensure that your vote is represented at the 2016 annual general meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope as promptly as possible so that your shares may be represented at the meeting and voted in accordance with your wishes.

You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to the time it is voted. Shareholders who are present at the meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person or, if they prefer, may abstain from voting in person and allow their proxies to be voted.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
(Company Registration Number 199002645H)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held on August 24, 2016

To our Shareholders:

You are cordially invited to attend, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of, the annual general meeting of shareholders of FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. (“Flex” or the “Company”), which will be held at our offices located at 847 Gibraltar Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035, U.S.A, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time, on August 24, 2016, for the following purposes:

·                  To re-elect the following directors: H. Raymond Bingham and Willy C. Shih (Proposal No. 1);

·                  To re-appoint Lawrence A. Zimmerman as a director of Flex (Proposal No. 2);

·                  To approve the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors for the 2017 fiscal year and to authorize the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, to fix their remuneration (Proposal No. 3);

·                  To approve a general authorization for the Directors of Flex to allot and issue ordinary shares (Proposal No. 4);

·                  To hold a non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation (Proposal No. 5);

·                  To approve a renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate permitting Flex to purchase or otherwise acquire its own issued ordinary shares (Proposal No. 6);

·                  To approve the change in the Company’s name from Flextronics International Ltd. to Flex Ltd. (Proposal No. 7); and

·                  To approve the adoption of the Company’s new Constitution (Proposal No. 8).

The full text of the resolutions proposed for approval by our shareholders is as follows:

As Ordinary Business

1.              To re-elect each of the following directors, who will retire by rotation pursuant to Article 95 of our existing Constitution, to the Board of Directors:

(a) Mr. H. Raymond Bingham; and

(b) Dr. Willy C. Shih.

2.              To re-appoint Lawrence A. Zimmerman, who will cease to hold office under the resolution passed at our 2015 annual general meeting pursuant to Section 153(6) of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, which Section 153(6) was then in force, to hold office as a director from the date of the 2016 annual general meeting.

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3.              To consider and vote upon a proposal to re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, and to authorize our Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, to fix their remuneration.

4.              To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 161 of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, but subject otherwise to the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50 and our Constitution, authority be and is hereby given to our Directors to:

(a)                                 (i)   allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital; and/or

(ii)   make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require ordinary shares in our capital to be allotted and issued, whether after the expiration of this authority or otherwise (including but not limited to the creation and issuance of warrants, debentures or other instruments convertible into ordinary shares in our capital),

at any time to and/or with such persons and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes as our Directors may in their absolute discretion deem fit, and with such rights or restrictions as our Directors may think fit to impose and as are set forth in our Constitution; and

(b)   (notwithstanding that the authority conferred by this resolution may have ceased to be in force) allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital in pursuance of any offer, agreement or option made or granted by our Directors while this resolution was in force,

and that such authority shall continue in force until the conclusion of our next annual general meeting or the expiration of the period within which our next annual general meeting is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier.”

5.  To consider and put to a non-binding, advisory vote the following non-binding, advisory resolution:

“RESOLVED THAT, the shareholders of Flex approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of SEC Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the compensation tables and related disclosures contained in the section of the accompanying proxy statement captioned ‘Executive Compensation’.”

This resolution is being proposed to shareholders as required pursuant to Section 14A of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The shareholders’ vote on this resolution is advisory and non-binding in nature, will have no legal effect and will not be enforceable against Flex or its Board of Directors.

As Special Business

The full text of the resolutions proposed for approval by our shareholders is as follows:

6.  To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“RESOLVED THAT:

(a)         for the purposes of Sections 76C and 76E of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, the exercise by our Directors of all of our powers to:

(i)                         purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company not exceeding in aggregate the number of issued ordinary shares representing 20% of the total number of issued ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the passing of this Resolution (excluding any ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares as at that date) at such price or prices as may be determined by our Directors from time to time up to the maximum purchase price described in paragraph (c) below, whether by way of:

(i)                         market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted; and/or

(ii)                      off-market purchases (if effected other than on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted) in accordance with any equal access scheme(s) as may be determined or formulated by our

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Directors as they consider fit, which scheme(s) shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50,

and otherwise in accordance with all other laws and regulations and rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted as may be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally;

(b)         unless varied or revoked by our shareholders in a general meeting, the authority conferred on our Directors pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above may be exercised by our Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this resolution and expiring on the earlier of:

(i)  the date on which our next annual general meeting is held; or

(ii)  the date by which our next annual general meeting is required by law to be held;

(c)          the maximum purchase price (excluding brokerage commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased or acquired by us pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above, shall not exceed:

(i)  in the case of a market purchase of an ordinary share, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, permitted under SEC Rule 10b-18, at the time the purchase is effected; and

(ii)   in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the Prior Day Close Price, which means the closing price of our ordinary shares as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, on the day immediately preceding the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase; and

(d)         our Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this resolution.”

7.              To pass the following resolution which will be proposed as a Special Resolution:

“RESOLVED THAT, subject to and contingent upon the approval of the Registrar of Companies, the name of the Company be changed to Flex Ltd., and that the name “Flex Ltd.” be substituted for “Flextronics International Ltd.” wherever the latter name appears in the Constitution of the Company.”

8.              To pass the following resolution which will be proposed as a Special Resolution:

“RESOLVED THAT, the document attached as Annex A to the proxy statement as attached hereto and for the purpose of identification, subscribed to by the Chairman hereof, be and hereby is approved and adopted as the new Constitution of the Company, in substitution for and to the exclusion of, the existing Constitution of the Company.”

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9.  To transact any other business which may properly be put before the annual general meeting.

Notes

Singapore Financial Statements. At the 2016 annual general meeting, our shareholders will have the opportunity to discuss and ask any questions that they may have regarding our Singapore audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, together with the directors’ statement and auditors’ report thereon, in compliance with Singapore law. Shareholder approval of our audited financial statements is not being sought by this proxy statement and will not be sought at the 2016 annual general meeting.

Eligibility to Vote at Annual General Meeting; Receipt of Notice. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on June 27, 2016 as the record date for determining those shareholders of the Company who will be entitled to receive copies of this notice and accompanying proxy statement. However, all shareholders of record on August 24, 2016, the date of the 2016 annual general meeting, will be entitled to vote at the 2016 annual general meeting.

Quorum. Representation of at least 33-1/3% of all outstanding ordinary shares of the Company is required to constitute a quorum to transact business at a general meeting of our shareholders.

Proxies. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the 2016 annual general meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not also be a shareholder. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope. A proxy card must be received by Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717 not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the 2016 annual general meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to the time it is voted. Shareholders who are present at the meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person or, if they prefer, may abstain from voting in person and allow their proxies to be voted.

Availability of Proxy Materials on the Internet. We are pleased to take advantage of Securities and Exchange Commission rules that allow issuers to furnish proxy materials to some or all of their shareholders on the Internet. In accordance with Singapore law, our registered shareholders (shareholders who own our ordinary shares in their own name through our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, LLC) will not be able to vote their shares over the Internet, but we will be providing this service to our beneficial holders (shareholders whose ordinary shares are held by a brokerage firm, a bank or other nominee). We believe these rules will allow us to provide our shareholders with the information they need, while lowering the costs of delivery and reducing the environmental impact of our annual general meeting of shareholders.

Disclosure Regarding Share Purchase Mandate Funds. Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring our issued ordinary shares in accordance with our Constitution and the applicable laws of Singapore will be used for the purchase or acquisition by us of our own issued ordinary shares pursuant to the proposed renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate referred to in this notice. We intend to use our internal sources of funds and/or borrowed funds to finance the purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares. The amount of financing required for us to purchase or acquire our issued ordinary shares, and the impact on our financial position, cannot be ascertained as of the date of this notice, as these will depend on the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired and the price at which such ordinary shares are purchased or acquired and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled. Our net tangible assets and the consolidated net tangible assets of the Company and its subsidiaries will be reduced by the purchase price of any ordinary shares purchased or acquired and cancelled. We do not anticipate that the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares in accordance with the Share Purchase Mandate would have a material impact on our financial condition and cash flows.

Personal Data Privacy. By submitting an instrument appointing a proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) to attend, speak and vote at the 2016 annual general meeting and/or any adjournment thereof, a shareholder of the Company (i) consents to the collection, use and disclosure of the shareholder’s personal data by us (or our agents or service providers) for the purpose of the processing, administration and analysis by us (or our agents or service providers) of proxies and representatives appointed for the 2016 annual general meeting (including any adjournment thereof) and the preparation and compilation of the attendance lists, minutes and other documents relating to the 2016 annual general meeting (including any adjournment thereof), and in order for us (or our agents or service providers) to comply with any applicable laws, listing rules, take-over rules, regulations and/or guidelines (collectively, the “Purposes”), (ii) warrants that where the shareholder discloses the personal data of the shareholder’s proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) to us (or our agents or service providers), the shareholder has obtained the prior consent of such proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) for the collection, use and disclosure by us (or our agents or service providers) of the personal data of such proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) for the Purposes, and (iii) agrees that the shareholder will indemnify us in respect of any penalties, liabilities, claims, demands, losses and damages as a result of the shareholder’s breach of warranty.

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You should read the entire proxy statement
carefully prior to returning your proxy card.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on August 24, 2016. The accompanying proxy statement and our annual report to shareholders are available on our website at http://investors.flextronics.com/investor-relations/financials/proxy-materials.

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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF OUR SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

We strongly encourage our shareholders to conserve natural resources, as well as significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs, by signing up to receive your shareholder communications via e-mail. With electronic delivery, we will notify you when the annual report and the proxy statement are available on the Internet. Electronic delivery can also help reduce the number of bulky documents in your personal files and eliminate duplicate mailings. To sign up for electronic delivery:

1.  If you are a registered holder (that is, you hold your Flextronics ordinary shares in your own name through our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, LLC), visit: www.computershare-na.com/green to enroll. Select the Investor Centre link and then LOGIN. Select MY PROFILE and then UPDATE your Communication preference.

2.  If you are a beneficial holder (that is, your shares are held by a brokerage firm, a bank or other nominee), the voting instruction form provided by most banks or brokers will contain instructions for enrolling in electronic delivery.

Your electronic delivery enrollment will be effective until you cancel it. If you have questions about electronic delivery, please call our Investor Relations department at (408) 576-7985.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials to (i) our registered shareholders by mailing them a full set of proxy materials, including a proxy card, unless the shareholder previously consented to electronic delivery, and (ii) our beneficial holders by notifying them of the availability of our proxy materials on the Internet. For beneficial holders and registered shareholders who previously consented to electronic delivery, instructions on how to request a printed copy of our proxy materials may be found in the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials on the Internet.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting. For more complete information regarding the Company’s 2016 fiscal year performance, please review the Company’s 2016 Annual Report.

2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Time and Date: 9:00 a.m. Pacific time, August 24, 2016

Place: 847 Gibraltar Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035, U.S.A.

Record Date: June 27, 2016

Voting: All shareholders as of the meeting date are entitled to vote. Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on.

Voting Matters at the Annual General Meeting

How to Cast Your Vote

If you are a beneficial holder who holds your shares through a bank, broker or other nominee:

Vote In Person: If you choose to vote in person at the meeting, you must request a “legal proxy.” To do so, please follow the instructions from your bank, broker or other nominee at www.proxyvote.com. You may also request a paper copy of the materials, which will contain the appropriate instructions.

Vote By Internet: To vote now by Internet, go to www.proxyvote.com. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow (located on the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials on the Internet) available and follow the instructions.

Vote By Mail: You can vote by mail by returning the proxy card or, if you do not have a proxy card, by requesting a paper copy of the materials.

If you are a registered holder who holds your shares directly through our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, LLC, you may vote in person at the meeting or you may vote by returning the proxy card (or, if you do not have a proxy card, by requesting a paper copy of the materials). In accordance with Singapore law, our registered shareholders will not be able to vote their shares over the Internet.

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Board Nominees (page 4)

The following table provides summary information about each Director nominee standing for re-election or re-appointment to the Board.

A = Audit Committee

C = Compensation Committee

N = Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

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Fiscal Year 2016 Highlights (pages 31-32)

Business Overview

Headquartered in Singapore, Flex is a globally-recognized leading provider of innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions that span from Sketch to scaleTM; from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. We are a leading end-to-end supply chain solutions company that delivers innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a range of industries and end-markets, including data networking, telecom, enterprise computing and storage, industrial, capital equipment, appliances, automation, medical, automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, mobile, computing and other product categories.  We design, build, ship and service complete packaged consumer electronic and industrial products for original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) through our activities in the following segments:

·                  High Reliability Solutions (“HRS”), which is comprised of our medical business including consumer health, digital health, disposables, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging equipment; our automotive business, including vehicle electronics, connectivity, and clean technologies; and our defense and aerospace businesses, focused on commercial aviation, defense and military;

·                  Consumer Technologies Group (“CTG”), which includes our mobile devices business, including smart phones; our consumer electronics business, including connected living, wearable electronics including digital sport, game consoles, and connectivity devices; and our high-volume computing business, including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computing (“PC”), tablets, and printers; in addition, our CTG group is expanding its business relationships to include supply chain optimization for non-electronics products such as shoes and clothing;

·                  Industrial and Emerging Industries (“IEI”), which is comprised of semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, household industrial and lifestyle, industrial automation and kiosks, energy and metering, and lighting; and

·                  Communications & Enterprise Compute (“CEC”), formerly referred to as Integrated Network Solutions, which includes radio access base stations, remote radio heads, and small cells for wireless infrastructure; optical, routing, broadcasting, and switching products for the data and video networks; server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software defined product solutions.

We provide our advanced design, manufacturing and supply chain services through a network of over 100 facilities in approximately 30 countries across four continents. We have established this extensive network of design and manufacturing facilities in the world’s major consumer electronics and industrial products markets (Asia, the Americas and Europe) in order to serve the outsourcing needs of both multinational and regional OEMs. Our services increase our customers’ competitiveness by delivering improved product quality, increased flexibility, leading manufacturability, improved performance, faster time-to-market and competitive costs. Our OEM customers leverage our services to meet their requirements throughout their products’ entire life cycles.

Business Transformation and Performance Highlights

In fiscal year 2016, we continued to reorganize and rebalance our business portfolio in order to align with our customers’ needs and requirements in an effort to optimize operating results. In particular, we continued to move our long- term portfolio towards a mix of businesses which possess longer product life cycles and higher margins, such as our IEI and HRS businesses. Concurrently, we are also shifting away from customer solutions that have more short-term volatility and lower margins. This business transformation positions us to meet specific customers’ supply chain solutions needs across all of the markets we serve, yield margin improvement, earn a return on our invested capital above the weighted-average cost of that capital, and take advantage of the long-term, future growth prospects for outsourcing of advanced manufacturing capabilities, design and engineering services, and after-market services. Another aspect of our business transformation strategy has been to make targeted investments in technologies and businesses that are complementary to our core business but that represent high growth opportunities with attractive profit margins. The shift away from certain parts of our business limited our short-term top-line growth and created negative year-over-year comparisons on some financial metrics, though it places us in a better position to capitalize on long-term revenue growth and enhanced returns on investment and cash flow.

We delivered solid results in fiscal year 2016 in the face of significant external and internal challenges, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted objectives. Several macro-economic factors such as ongoing growth challenges in Europe, a slowdown in Chinese growth, and a high degree of uncertainty about interest rate and stimulus policies acted as a brake on overall global manufacturing activity and created volatility in global stock prices. Internally, we continued on our business transformation journey during fiscal year 2016 through which we are reorganizing and rebalancing our business portfolio. As a result of an improved cost structure and our strategic business transformation, we delivered solid operating results in fiscal year 2016 and executed on key

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strategic priorities, including acquisitions of NEXTracker, Mirrors Controls International and Wink to expand our innovative offerings, though some results represent year-over-year declines due to our business transformation activities. Highlights include:

·                  Gross profit totaled $1.6 billion, an increase of 4.1% compared to the prior year.

·                  Gross margin increased to 6.6% of net sales in fiscal year 2016, compared with 5.9% of net sales in fiscal year 2015.

·                  We generated operating cash flows of $1.1 billion during the year. The strong cash flow generated from our operations enabled us to return value to shareholders with the repurchase of $420.3 million of our shares paid in fiscal year 2016.

·                  We maintained strong sustainable free cash flow.

·                  We had some less favorable year-over-year financial result comparisons due to our business transformation, though these actions are positioning the company for enhanced future results.

·                  We reported net sales of $24.4 billion, a decrease of 6.6% compared to the prior year.

·                  Diluted earnings per share for the year were $0.79, a decrease of 22.5%.

With the results noted above, our stock price declined 4.9% from $12.68 at the end of fiscal year 2015 to $12.06 at the end of fiscal year 2016. While we are disappointed in the overall decrease in absolute value, we believe we have delivered solid long-term shareholder value creation despite the challenging business environment during fiscal year 2016. Flex’s total shareholder return (TSR) from fiscal year 2014 through the end of fiscal year 2016 (3-year return) was an annualized 22.0%, or above the 80th percentile of our peer group. This represents an annualized return that is nearly 10% ahead of the S&P 500 over the same period, demonstrating strong absolute and relative shareholder value creation over a multi-year time period.

Executive Compensation (pages 52-61)

Pay and Performance Alignment For Fiscal Year 2016

As noted above, we delivered solid operating and shareholder results during fiscal year 2016, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted levels. Our compensation philosophy is to reward above-target performance when achieved, and pay zero or below target when favorable results are not delivered. In line with our fiscal year 2016 performance, our named executive officers (NEOs) earned short-term incentive awards that recognize our solid financial performance, as well as the fact that we did not fully achieve our targeted performance goals. Highlights include the following:

·                  Maintained the CEO’s base salary with no increase, positioned approximately at the peer median.

·                  Provided modest base salary increases to other NEOs, though overall salary positioning continued to be approximately at our peer group median.

·                  The CEO earned a below-target short-term incentive payout of 81.3% of target, and the average payouts for our other NEOs were also below the targeted level at 92.6% of target.

·                  Paid out the long-term performance share unit cycles during fiscal year 2016 at 138% and 129% of target in May 2015 and June 2015, respectively, based upon results that were above target over the multi-year performance cycle from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2016.

·                  Funded our named executive officers’ deferred compensation plans with a value that averaged about 37.5% of our named executive officers’ respective base salaries based on fiscal year 2015 results.

·                  Continued to use fiscal year 2016 long-term incentive grants that balance relative TSR performance share units (PSUs) with a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) that measures cumulative free cash flow (FCF) over a multi-year period (from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2018).

·                  Elementum:  Granted modest profit interest unit value awards to certain executives who have been making significant contributions to the Elementum business.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held on August 24, 2016
9:00 a.m. (Pacific time)

Annual general meeting to be held at our offices
847 Gibraltar Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035, U.S.A.

PART I—INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING

We are furnishing this proxy statement in connection with the solicitation by our Board of Directors of proxies to be voted at the 2016 annual general meeting of our shareholders, or at any adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth in the notice of annual general meeting that accompanies this proxy statement. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this proxy statement to “Flex,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms mean Flextronics International Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

Proxy Mailing. This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card were first mailed on or about [July 11], 2016 to shareholders of record as of June 27, 2016.

Costs of Solicitation. The entire cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by us. Following the original mailing of the proxies and other soliciting materials, our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies by mail, telephone, e-mail, fax or in person. These directors, officers and employees will not receive additional compensation for those activities, but they may be reimbursed for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Following the original mailing of the proxies and other soliciting materials, we will request that brokers, custodians, nominees and other record holders of our ordinary shares forward copies of the proxy and other soliciting materials to persons for whom they hold ordinary shares and request authority for the exercise of proxies. In these cases, we will reimburse such holders for their reasonable expenses if they ask that we do so. We have retained Georgeson Inc., an independent proxy solicitation firm, to assist in soliciting proxies at an estimated fee of $12,000, plus reimbursement of reasonable expenses.

Registered Office. The mailing address of our registered office is No. 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore 486123.

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VOTING RIGHTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The close of business on June 27, 2016 is the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of our 2016 annual general meeting. All of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding on August 24, 2016, the date of the annual general meeting, are entitled to be voted at the annual general meeting, and shareholders of record on August 24, 2016 and entitled to vote at such meeting will, on a poll, have one vote for each ordinary share so held on the matters to be voted upon. As of June 27, 2016, we had [                    ] ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

Proxies. Ordinary shares represented by proxies in the form accompanying this proxy statement that are properly executed and returned to us will be voted at the 2016 annual general meeting in accordance with our shareholders’ instructions.

If your ordinary shares are held through a broker, a bank, or other nominee, which is sometimes referred to as holding shares in “street name,” you have the right to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee on how to vote the shares in your account. Your broker, bank or other nominee will send you a voting instruction form for you to use to direct how your shares should be voted.

Quorum and Required Vote. Representation at the 2016 annual general meeting of at least 33-1/3% of all of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares is required to constitute a quorum to transact business at the annual general meeting.

·                  The affirmative vote by a show of hands of at least a majority of the shareholders present and voting, or, if a poll is demanded by the chair or by holders of at least 10% of the total number of our paid-up shares in accordance with our Constitution, a simple majority of the shares voting, is required at the 2016 annual general meeting, to re-elect the directors nominated pursuant to Proposal No. 1, to re-appoint the director nominated pursuant to Proposal No. 2, to re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors pursuant to Proposal No. 3, to approve the ordinary resolution to allot and issue ordinary shares contained in Proposal No. 4, to approve the non-binding, advisory resolution contained in Proposal No. 5,  and to approve the ordinary resolution to renew the Share Purchase Mandate contained in Proposal No. 6.

·                  The affirmative vote by a show of hands of at least three-fourths of the shareholders present and voting, or, if a poll is demanded in the manner previously described, at least three-fourths of the shares voting at the 2016 annual general meeting, is required to approve the change of our name from Flextronics International Ltd. to Flex Ltd. pursuant to Proposal No. 7, and to approve and adopt our new Constitution pursuant to Proposal No. 8.

·                  Consistent with the Company’s historical practice, the chair of the 2016 annual general meeting will demand a poll in order to enable the ordinary shares represented in person or by proxy to be counted for voting purposes.

Under the Companies Act (Chapter 50) of Singapore, which we refer to as the “Singapore Companies Act” or the “Companies Act,” and our Constitution, the shareholders may by passing an ordinary resolution requiring the simple majority of affirmative votes of shareholders present and voting at an annual general meeting, remove an incumbent director and appoint another person as director to replace the removed director.

Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” are considered present and entitled to vote at the 2016 annual general meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a broker, a bank or other nominee who holds shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the broker, bank or other nominee has not received directions from the beneficial owner and does not have discretionary power to vote on that particular proposal. If a broker, bank or other nominee indicates on the proxy card that it does not have discretionary authority to vote as to a particular matter, those shares, along with any abstentions, will not be counted in the tabulation of the votes cast on the proposal being presented to shareholders.

If you are a beneficial owner, your broker, bank or other nominee has authority to vote your shares for or against the re-appointment of our independent auditors and for or against the approval of the general authorization for our directors to allot and issue ordinary shares, even if the broker does not receive voting instructions from you. Your broker, bank or other nominee, however, does not have the discretion to vote your shares on any other proposals included in this proxy statement without receiving voting instructions from you. It is very important that you instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote on these proposals. If you do not complete the voting instructions, your shares will not be considered in the election of directors or any other proposal included in this proxy statement other than the re-appointment of our independent auditors and the approval of the general authorization for our directors to allot and issue ordinary shares.

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If you are a registered shareholder, in the absence of contrary instructions, shares represented by proxies submitted by you will be voted at the 2016 annual general meeting: “FOR” the Board nominees in Proposal Nos. 1 and 2; and “FOR” Proposal Nos. 3 through 8. Our management does not know of any matters to be presented at the 2016 annual general meeting other than those set forth in this proxy statement and in the notice accompanying this proxy statement. If other matters should properly be put before the meeting, the proxy holders will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

Any shareholder of record has the right to revoke his or her proxy at any time prior to voting at the 2016 annual general meeting by:

·  submitting a subsequently dated proxy; or

·  by attending the meeting and voting in person.

If you are a beneficial holder who holds your ordinary shares through a broker, a bank or other nominee and you wish to change or revoke your voting instructions, you will need to contact the broker, the bank or other nominee who holds your shares and follow their instructions. If you are a beneficial holder and not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the 2016 annual general meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from the record holder giving you the right to vote the shares.

Singapore Financial Statements; Monetary Amounts. We have prepared, in accordance with Singapore law, Singapore statutory financial statements, which are included with the annual report which will be delivered to our shareholders prior to the date of the 2016 annual general meeting. Except as otherwise stated herein, all monetary amounts in this proxy statement have been presented in U.S. dollars.

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Part II — PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE

2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

PROPOSAL NOS. 1 AND 2:

RE-ELECTION AND RE-APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

Article 95 of our existing Constitution requires that at each annual general meeting one-third of the directors (or, if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not more than one-third of the directors), are required to retire from office. The directors required to retire in each year are those who have been in office the longest since their last re-election or appointment. As between persons who became or were last re-elected directors on the same day, those required to retire are (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) determined by lot. Under Article 91 of our existing Constitution, any director holding office as a Chief Executive Officer shall not be subject to retirement by rotation, unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, or be taken into account in determining the number of directors required to retire by rotation. As a result, Mr. McNamara, our Chief Executive Officer and also being one of our directors, is not subject to retirement by rotation or taken into account in determining the number of directors required to retire by rotation. Under Article 101 of our existing Constitution, any director appointed by the Board to fill a vacancy or as an additional director shall not be taken into account in determining the number of directors required to retire by rotation. No directors were appointed as additional directors or appointed to fill a vacancy since our 2015 annual general meeting.

Retiring directors are eligible for re-election. Mr. H. Raymond Bingham and Dr. Willy C. Shih are the members of our Board of Directors who will retire by rotation at our 2016 annual general meeting. Mr. Bingham and Dr. Shih are each eligible for re-election and have been nominated to stand for re-election at the 2016 annual general meeting. If either nominee fails to receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and voting on the resolution to approve his re-election (that is, if the number of shares voted “FOR” the director nominee does not exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that nominee), he will not be re-elected to the Board and the number of incumbent Directors comprising the Board of Directors will be reduced accordingly. Abstentions, if any, will have no effect.

Under Section 153(6) of the Companies Act which was in force during our 2015 annual general meeting, a person of or over the age of 70 years could be appointed or re-appointed as a director of a public company and could only hold office until the next annual general meeting. Mr. Lawrence A. Zimmerman, who reached the age of 70 years prior to the date of the 2015 annual general meeting, was re-appointed as a director of the Company at the 2015 annual general meeting pursuant to Section 153(6) of the Companies Act (which was then in force). Mr. Zimmerman will cease to hold office at the 2016 annual general meeting unless re-appointed by our shareholders. Mr. Zimmerman is eligible for re-appointment and will be seeking re-appointment as a director of the Company at the 2016 annual general meeting without limitation in tenure, save for prevailing laws, applicable listing rules and the Company’s existing Constitution.

The proxy holders intend to vote all proxies received by them in the accompanying form of proxy card for the nominees for directors listed below under “Nominees to our Board of Directors.” In the event that any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the 2016 annual general meeting, the proxies will be voted for any nominee who shall be designated by the present Board of Directors of the Company, in accordance with Article 100 of our existing Constitution, to fill the vacancy.

As of the date of this proxy statement, our Board of Directors is not aware of any nominee who is unable or will decline to serve as a director.

Qualifications of Directors and Nominees

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for assessing the composition and performance of the Board of Directors and Committees of the Board of Directors and for recruiting, evaluating and recommending candidates to be presented for appointment or election to serve as members of the Board of Directors. In evaluating our Board of Directors, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has considered that our directors, including our nominees for election as directors, have experience as officers, directors and private equity investors of large, complex technology companies. In these positions, they have also gained experience in core management skills that are important to their service on our Board of Directors, such as international business, supply chain management, strategic and financial planning, compliance, risk management, intellectual property matters and leadership development. Our directors also have experience serving on the boards of directors and board committees of other public companies, which provides them with an understanding of current corporate governance practices and trends and executive compensation matters. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also believes that our directors have other key attributes that are important to an effective board, including the highest professional and personal ethics and values, a broad diversity of business experience and expertise, an understanding of our business and industry, a high level of education, broad-based business acumen, and the ability to think strategically.

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In addition to the qualifications described above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considered the specific experience described in the biographical details that follow in determining whether each individual nominee or director should serve on our Board of Directors.

The following biographical details for the nominees to our Board of Directors and our directors not standing for re-election are as of June 27, 2016.

Nominees to our Board of Directors

H. Raymond Bingham (age 70)—Mr. Bingham has served as our non-executive Chairman of the Board since January 2008 and as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005. He is an Advisory Director of Riverwood Capital Management, LP, a private equity firm that invests in high growth technology companies in need of financial and intellectual capital on a global scale. Previously, he was an Advisory Director of General Atlantic LLC, from 2011 to 2015, and from 2006 to 2010 was a Managing Director. Prior to that, Mr. Bingham served in various positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic design automation software and services, from 1997 through 2005, most recently as its Executive Chairman from May 2004 to July 2005, director from November 1997 to April 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to May 2004, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1993 to April 1999. Mr. Bingham serves on the board of directors of Oracle Corporation and as chairman of the board of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and of the board of TriNet Group, Inc. Mr. Bingham previously served on the boards of Dice Holdings, Inc., Fusion-io, Inc. and Spansion, Inc. In 2009, Mr. Bingham was awarded the Outstanding Directors Award by the Financial Times and the Outstanding Directors Exchange. He helped found and serves as a director of the Silicon Valley Educational Foundation and is a board member of the National Parks Conservation Association. In 2015, Mr. Bingham became a trustee of the United States Olympic Committee.

Mr. Bingham’s distinguished career and his extensive executive leadership experience, serving as a chief executive officer, chief financial officer and director of large international corporations provides the Board with the critical perspective of someone familiar with all facets of an international enterprise.

Willy C. Shih, Ph.D. (age 65)—Dr. Shih has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2008. Dr. Shih is currently a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, a position he has held since January 2007. Dr. Shih’s broad industry career experience includes significant accomplishments for globally recognized organizations such as Kodak, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Thomson. From August 2005 to September 2006, Dr. Shih served as Executive Vice President of Thomson, a provider of digital video technologies. He was an intellectual property consultant from February to August 2005, and from 1997 to 2005 served as Senior Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company. Dr. Shih holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and S.B. degrees in Chemistry and Life Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Shih previously served on the board of directors of Atheros Communications, Inc.

Dr. Shih’s broad experience in the technology industry and with international corporations, as well as his current role at a premier educational institution, provide the Board with key perspectives relating to the Company’s operations and ongoing initiatives. In addition, Dr. Shih’s experience in teaching and consulting provide him with significant insight into strategic alternatives that are available to technology companies.

Lawrence A. Zimmerman (age 73)—Mr. Zimmerman has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2012. Mr. Zimmerman has extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting, having previously served at Xerox Corporation as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2011 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2009. Prior to that, he spent 32 years with IBM, holding various senior finance positions, including Corporate Controller. Mr. Zimmerman currently serves as a director of Delphi Automotive PLC, and previously served as a director of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. from 2005 to 2011, Brunswick Corporation from 2006 to 2015 and Computer Sciences Corporation from 2012 to 2014.

Mr. Zimmerman’s distinguished career and his extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting, serving as a chief financial officer and corporate controller of large international corporations, provides the Board with the critical perspective of someone familiar with all facets of corporate finance and accounting.

Directors Not Standing for Re-election

Michael D. Capellas (age 61)—Mr. Capellas has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2014. He has served as Principal at Capellas Strategic Partners since June 2013. He served as the Chairman of the Board of VCE Company, LLC (“VCE”) from January 2011 until November 2012 and as VCE’s Chief Executive Officer from May 2010 to September 2011. VCE is a joint venture between EMC Corporation and Cisco with investments from VMware, Inc. and Intel Corporation. Mr. Capellas was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Data Corporation from September 2007 to March 2010. From October 2006 to July 2007, Mr. Capellas served as a Senior Advisor at Silver Lake Partners. From November 2002 to January 2006, he served as Chief Executive Officer of MCI, Inc. (“MCI”), previously WorldCom, Inc. From March 2004 to January 2006, he also served as that company’s President. From November 2002 to March 2004, he was also Chairman of the Board of WorldCom, and he continued to serve as a member of the

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board of directors of MCI until January 2006. Mr. Capellas left MCI as planned in early January 2006 upon its acquisition by Verizon Communications Inc. Previously, Mr. Capellas was President of Hewlett-Packard Company from May 2002 to November 2002. Before the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer Corporation in May 2002, Mr. Capellas held various positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of Compaq, a position he had held since July 1999, and Chairman of the Board of Compaq, a position he had held since September 2000. Mr. Capellas held earlier positions as Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Compaq. Mr. Capellas currently serves as a director of Cisco Systems, Inc and Mulesoft.

Mr. Capellas brings experience in executive roles and a background of leading global organizations in the technology industry. Through this experience, he has developed expertise in several valued areas including strategic product development, business development, and finance.

Michael M. McNamara (age 59)—Mr. McNamara has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005, and as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2006. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. McNamara served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 until January 2006, as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 through December 2001, and as Vice President, North American Operations from April 1994 to April 1997. Mr. McNamara also serves on the board of Workday, Inc. and is on the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. Mr. McNamara previously served on the boards of Delphi Automotive LLP and MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

Mr. McNamara’s long service with the Company, extensive leadership and management experience in international operations and his service on other public company boards provide invaluable perspective to the Board. In addition, as the only management representative on our Board, Mr. McNamara provides management perspective in Board discussions about the business and strategic direction of the Company.

Marc A. Onetto (age 65)— Mr. Onetto has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 8, 2014. Since 2013, Mr. Onetto has provided executive leadership consulting through his company “Leadership from the Mind and the Heart LLC.” Mr. Onetto was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Customer Service for Amazon.com from 2006 to 2013. Previously, Mr. Onetto was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Solectron Corporation, which was acquired by Flex in 2007, from June 2003 to June 2006. He joined Solectron after a 15-year career with General Electric where his last position was Vice President of GE Corporate’s European operations. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Onetto held several senior leadership positions at GE Medical Systems as head of its global supply chain and operations, global quality, and global Component Division. Prior to GE, Mr. Onetto served 12 years with Exxon Corporation in supply operations, information systems and finance. Mr. Onetto also serves on the board of Essilor International and on the Business Board of Advisors of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Mr. Onetto is a seasoned supply chain expert and pioneer and has extensive experience as an officer of large, complex technology companies. This experience and his significant understanding of the Company’s business and industry enable him to bring valuable insight to the Board in these areas.

Daniel H. Schulman (age 58)—Mr. Schulman has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2009. Since September 2014, Mr. Schulman has served as the President and CEO of PayPal, Inc., a subsidiary of eBay, Inc. Previously, Mr. Schulman served as group president of the Enterprise Growth Group at American Express. Prior to that, Mr. Schulman served as the President of Sprint’s Prepaid Group from November 2009 and, from 2001, was Chief Executive Officer and Director for Virgin Mobile USA, a wireless service provider. Mr. Schulman also served as the President, and then Chief Executive Officer, of Priceline.com from June 1999 to May 2001. Prior to joining Priceline, Mr. Schulman served more than 18 years at AT&T. Mr. Schulman is Chairman of the board of directors of Symantec Corporation and a member of its compensation and nominating and governance committees. Mr. Schulman also served on the board of governors of Rutgers University and currently is a board member of Autism Speaks.

Mr. Schulman has extensive senior management experience as a chief executive officer and governance expertise as a director, and he possesses the knowledge and expertise necessary to contribute an important viewpoint on a wide variety of governance and operational issues. Mr. Schulman’s experience in the wireless and telecommunications sectors is particularly valuable to us as we continually enhance the competitive positioning of our segment offerings, such as those in infrastructure and mobile.

Lay Koon Tan (age 57)—Mr. Tan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2012. He previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. from August 2004 to November 2015 and of its predecessor, ST Assembly Test Services Ltd., since June 2002. Mr. Tan joined ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. in May 2000 as its Chief Financial Officer, and in August 2004, he led the formation of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. with the acquisition of ChipPAC, Inc., becoming the combined company’s founding President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining ST Assembly Test Services Ltd., Mr. Tan was an investment banker with Salomon Smith Barney, the global investment banking unit of Citigroup Inc. Before that, he held various senior positions in government and financial institutions in Singapore. Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honors) from the University of Adelaide, Australia as a Colombo Plan Scholar. He also

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has a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he was elected a Palmer scholar.

Mr. Tan’s extensive background in financial and investment matters provides a critical perspective to the Board in these areas, and his executive leadership experience, serving as a chief executive officer and chief financial officer of large international technology-related corporations, enables him to provide the Board with invaluable operational insight.

William D. Watkins (age 63)—Mr. Watkins has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2009. Mr. Watkins was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Imergy Power Systems, Inc., a leading innovator in cost-effective energy storage products in September 2013 and appointed Chairman of the Board in January 2015. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Bridgelux, Inc. from February 2013 to December 2013 and as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to February 2013. He previously served as Seagate Technology’s Chief Executive Officer from 2004 through January 2009, and as Seagate’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 until 2004. During that time, he was responsible for Seagate’s hard disc drive operations, including recording heads, media and other components, and related R&D and product development organizations. Mr. Watkins joined Seagate in 1996 with the company’s merger with Conner Peripherals. Mr. Watkins currently serves on the board of directors of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Mr. Watkins’s operational expertise and broad experience in the technology industry and with international corporations, particularly with product development companies, provides critical insight and perspective relating to the Company’s customer base.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR”

(i) the re-election of each of Mr. H Raymond Bingham and Dr. Willy C. Shih and

(ii) for the re-appointment of Mr. Lawrence A. Zimmerman

to our Board of Directors.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees (including our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our principal accounting officer). The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the Corporate Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.flextronics.com. In accordance with SEC rules, we intend to disclose on the Corporate Governance page of our website any amendment (other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments) to, or any material waiver from, a provision of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller or persons performing similar functions.

Shareholder Communications with our Board of Directors

Our shareholders may communicate with our Board of Directors by sending an e-mail to Board@flextronics.com. All e-mails received will be sent to the Chairman of the Board and our Chief Financial Officer and/or Senior Vice President, Finance. The e-mail correspondence is regularly reviewed and summaries are provided to the full Board.

Board of Directors

Our Constitution gives our Board of Directors general powers to manage our business. The Board oversees and provides policy guidance on our strategic and business planning processes, oversees the conduct of our business by senior management and is principally responsible for the succession planning for our key executives, including our Chief Executive Officer.

Our Board of Directors held a total of ten meetings during fiscal year 2016. During the period for which each current director was a director or a committee member, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of our Board in fiscal year 2016 together with the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board on which he served. During fiscal year 2016, our non-employee directors met at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management participation.

Our Board has adopted a policy that encourages each director to attend the annual general meeting, but attendance is not required. All nine directors attended the Company’s 2015 annual general meeting.

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Director Independence

To assist our Board of Directors in determining the independence of our directors, the Board has adopted Director Independence Guidelines that incorporate the definition of “independence” adopted by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, which we refer to as Nasdaq in this proxy statement. Our Board has determined that each of the Company’s directors, other than Mr. McNamara, is an independent director as defined by the applicable rules of Nasdaq and our Director Independence Guidelines. Under the Nasdaq definition and our Director Independence Guidelines, a director is independent only if the Board determines that the director does not have any relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In addition, under the Nasdaq definition and our Director Independence Guidelines, a director will not be independent if the director has certain disqualifying relationships. In evaluating independence, the Board broadly considers all relevant facts and circumstances. As part of its director independence assessment, the Board considered certain relationships Messrs. Bingham and Schulman have with Flex other than through their memberships on the Board and its committees.  Mr. Bingham serves as a board member, and Flex employs Mr. Bingham’s adult son in an entry-level human resources position.  Mr. Schulman serves as a board member, and his brother-in-law provides immaterial consulting services periodically to Flex and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  The Board determined that these relationships and transactions for Messrs. Bingham and Schulman do not conflict with the elements of independence set forth in the Nasdaq listing rules or our Director Independence Guidelines.  Our Director Independence Guidelines are included in our Guidelines with Regard to Certain Governance Matters, a copy of which is available on the Corporate Governance page of our website at www.flextronics.com.

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

Our Board of Directors currently consists of nine directors, each of whom, other than Mr. McNamara, is independent under the Company’s Director Independence Guidelines and the applicable rules of Nasdaq. Mr. McNamara has served as our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, since January 1, 2006, and as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005. Mr. Bingham, who is an independent director, has served as our Chairman of the Board since January 2008. The Board has separated the roles of Chairman and CEO since 2003.

Our Board of Directors believes that the most effective Board leadership structure for the Company at the present time is for the roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board to be separated, and for the Chairman of the Board to be an independent director. Under this structure, our CEO is generally responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Company and for providing the day-to-day leadership over the Company’s operations, while the Chairman of the Board provides guidance to the CEO, sets the agenda for meetings of the Board and presides over Board meetings. Our Board of Directors believes that having an independent Chairman set the agenda and establish the priorities and procedures for the work of the Board provides a greater role for the independent directors in the oversight of the Company, and also provides the continuity of leadership necessary for the Board to fulfill its responsibilities. This leadership structure is supplemented by the fact that all of our directors, other than Mr. McNamara, are independent and all of the committees of the Board are composed solely of, and chaired by, independent directors. In addition, our non-employee directors meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management participation. The Board retains the authority to modify this leadership structure as and when appropriate to best address the Company’s unique circumstances at any given time and to serve the best interests of our shareholders.

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Our Board of Directors’ role in risk oversight involves both the full Board of Directors and its committees. The Audit Committee is charged with the primary role in carrying out risk oversight responsibilities on behalf of the Board. Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee reviews the Company’s policies and practices with respect to risk assessment and risk management, including discussing with management the Company’s major risk exposures and the steps that have been taken to monitor and mitigate such exposures. The Company’s enterprise risk management process is designed to identify risks that could affect the Company’s achievement of business goals and strategies, to assess the likelihood and potential impact of significant risks to the Company’s business, and to prioritize risk control and mitigation. Our Chief Financial Officer, our General Counsel and our Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer periodically report on the Company’s risk management policies and practices to relevant Board committees and to the full Board. The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s major financial risk exposures as well as major operational, compliance, reputational and strategic risks, including steps to monitor, manage and mitigate those risks. In addition, each of the other Board committees is responsible for oversight of risk management practices for categories of risks relevant to their functions. For example, the Compensation Committee has oversight responsibility for the Company’s overall compensation structure, including review of its compensation practices, with a view to assessing associated risk. See “Compensation Risk Assessment.” The Board as a group is regularly updated on specific risks in the course of its review of corporate strategy, business plans and reports to the Board by its respective committees. The Board believes that its leadership structure supports its risk oversight function by providing a greater role for the independent directors in the oversight of the Company.

Board Committees

The standing committees of our Board of Directors are the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The table below provides current membership for each of these committees.

*Committee Chair

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is currently composed of Messrs. Marc A. Onetto, Lay Koon Tan, William D. Watkins and Lawrence A. Zimmerman, each of whom the Board has determined to be independent and to meet the financial experience requirements under both the rules of the SEC and the listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The Board has also determined that each of Messrs. Tan, Watkins and Zimmerman is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the rules of the SEC and is “financially sophisticated” within the meaning of the rules of Nasdaq. The Audit Committee held eight meetings during fiscal year 2016 and regularly meets in executive sessions without management present. The committee’s principal functions are to:

·      monitor and evaluate periodic reviews of the adequacy of the accounting and financial reporting processes and systems of internal control that are conducted by our financial and senior management, and our independent auditors;

·      be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of our independent auditors (including resolution of any disagreements between our management and the auditors regarding financial reporting); and

·      facilitate communication among our independent auditors, our financial and senior management and our Board.

Our Board has adopted an Audit Committee Charter that is available on the Corporate Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.flextronics.com.

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Compensation Committee

Responsibilities and Meetings

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and approving the goals and objectives relating to, and recommending to our Board the compensation of, our Chief Executive Officer and all other executive officers. The committee also oversees management’s decisions concerning the performance and compensation of other officers, administers the Company’s equity compensation plans and regularly evaluates the effectiveness of our overall executive compensation program. The Compensation Committee is currently composed of Messrs. Capellas and Schulman and Dr. Shih, each of whom our Board has determined to be an independent director under applicable listing standards of Nasdaq. The committee held six meetings during fiscal year 2016 and regularly meets in executive sessions without management present. The specific powers and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are set forth in more detail in the Compensation Committee Charter, which is available on the Corporate Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.flextronics.com.

Delegation of Authority

When appropriate, our Compensation Committee may form, and delegate authority to, subcommittees. In addition, in accordance with the Company’s equity compensation plans, the Compensation Committee’s charter allows the committee to delegate to our Chief Executive Officer its authority to grant share options to employees of the Company who are not directors or executive officers.

Compensation Processes and Procedures

The Compensation Committee evaluates our compensation programs and makes recommendations to our Board regarding compensation to be paid or awarded to our executive officers. As part of its process, the Compensation Committee meets with our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and members of our human resources department to obtain recommendations with respect to the structure of our compensation programs, as well as an assessment of the performance of individual executives and recommendations on compensation for individual executives. In addition, the Compensation Committee has the authority to retain and terminate any third-party compensation consultant and to obtain advice and assistance from internal and external legal, accounting and other advisors. In connection with our 2016 fiscal year compensation review, the Compensation Committee engaged Mercer Human Resources Consulting, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (referred to in this proxy statement as Mercer) as its independent adviser for certain executive compensation matters. Mercer was retained by the Compensation Committee to provide an independent review of the Company’s executive compensation programs, including an analysis of both the competitive market and the design of the programs. More specifically, Mercer furnished the Compensation Committee with reports on peer company practices relating to the following matters: short and long-term compensation program design; annual share utilization and shareowner dilution levels resulting from equity plans; and executive share ownership and retention values. As part of its reports to the Compensation Committee, Mercer evaluated our peer companies, and provided competitive compensation data and analysis relating to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and our other executives and senior officers. Mercer also assisted the Compensation Committee with its risk assessment of our compensation programs.

The Compensation Committee relied on input from Mercer in evaluating management’s recommendations and arriving at the Compensation Committee’s recommendations to the Board with respect to the elements of compensation discussed below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” for fiscal year 2016 compensation. The Compensation Committee expects that it will continue to retain a compensation consultant on future executive compensation matters.

Relationship with Compensation Consultant

In addition to serving as compensation consultant to the Compensation Committee in fiscal year 2016 with respect to the compensation of our executive officers and non-employee directors, Mercer and its affiliates have provided other services to our management. Mercer’s fees in connection with providing consulting services with respect to the compensation of our executive officers and non-employee directors in fiscal year 2016 were approximately $306,000.

During our 2016 fiscal year, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (the parent company of Mercer) and its affiliates, which we refer to collectively as Marsh, were retained by the Company to provide services unrelated to executive and director compensation matters. These services included Directors’ and Officers’, Errors and Omissions and Product Recall insurance brokerage services, business continuity consulting services and captive feasibility analysis. The decision to engage Marsh for these other services was made by management. Although aware of such other services, our Compensation Committee did not review or approve such other services provided by Marsh, which services were approved by management in the ordinary course of business. The aggregate fees paid for those other services in fiscal year 2016 were approximately [    ].

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Our Compensation Committee has determined that the provision by Marsh of services unrelated to executive and director compensation matters in fiscal year 2016 was compatible with maintaining the objectivity of Mercer in its role as compensation consultant to the committee and that the consulting advice it received from Mercer was not influenced by Marsh’s other relationships with the Company. The Compensation Committee is sensitive to the concern that the services provided by Marsh, and the related fees, could impair the objectivity and independence of Mercer, and the committee believes that it is important that objectivity be maintained. However, the committee also recognizes that the services provided by Marsh are valuable to the Company and that it could be inefficient and not in the Company’s interest to use a separate firm to provide those services at this time. In addition, the Compensation Committee has confirmed that Mercer and Marsh maintain appropriate safeguards to assure that the consulting services provided by Mercer are not influenced by the Company’s business relationship with Marsh. Specifically, Mercer provided to the Compensation Committee an annual update on Mercer’s and Marsh’s financial relationship with the Company and assurances that members of Mercer who perform consulting services for the Compensation Committee have a reporting relationship and compensation determined separately from Marsh’s other lines of business and from its other work for the Company.

Mercer also represented to the Compensation Committee that there are no personal or business relationships between the Mercer account manager and any member of the committee or a named executive officer beyond the Flex relationship. Further, the Mercer account manager does not directly own any Flex shares (although some of his investments controlled solely by independent, third-party managers may own Flex shares by way of indexed funds). Based on the above and other factors, including the factors set forth under Rule 10C-1 under the Exchange Act, the committee assessed the independence of Mercer and concluded that no conflict of interest exists that would prevent Mercer from independently representing the committee.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During our 2016 fiscal year, Messrs. Capellas and Schulman and Dr. Shih served as members of the Compensation Committee.  None of our executive officers served on the Compensation Committee during our 2016 fiscal year. None of our directors has interlocking or other relationships with other boards, compensation committees or our executive officers that require disclosure under Item 407(e)(4) of SEC Regulation S-K.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is currently composed of Messrs. Bingham, Schulman and Zimmerman, each of whom our Board has determined to be an independent director under the applicable listing standards of Nasdaq. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held eight meetings during fiscal year 2016 and regularly meets in executive sessions without management present. The committee recruits, evaluates and recommends candidates for appointment or election as members of our Board. The committee is also responsible for shaping and overseeing the application of the Company’s corporate governance policies and procedures, including recommending corporate governance guidelines to the Board. In addition, the committee oversees the Board’s annual self-evaluation process and any Board communications with shareholders. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews and makes recommendations to our Board for the compensation of our non-employee directors. Our Board has adopted a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter that is available on the Corporate Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.flextronics.com.

The goal of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to ensure that our Board possesses a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high-quality business and professional experience. Although the Board does not have a formal policy on diversity, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to achieve a balance and diversity of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board, while maintaining a sense of collegiality and cooperation that is conducive to a productive working relationship within the Board and between the Board and management. In addition, the committee seeks nominees with the highest professional and personal ethics and values, an understanding of our business and industry, a high level of education, broad-based business acumen, and the ability to think strategically. Although the committee uses these and other criteria to evaluate potential nominees, we have no stated minimum criteria for nominees.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee generally recruits, evaluates and recommends nominees for our Board based upon recommendations by our directors and management or third-party search firms (which the Company retains from time to time to help identify potential candidates). The committee will also consider recommendations submitted by our shareholders. The committee does not have different standards for evaluating nominees depending on whether they are proposed by our directors and management or by our shareholders. Shareholders can recommend qualified candidates for our Board to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by submitting recommendations to our corporate secretary at Flextronics International Ltd., 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore 486123. Submissions that are received and meet the criteria outlined above will be forwarded to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for review and consideration. Shareholder recommendations for our 2017 annual general meeting should be made not later than March 13, 2017 to ensure adequate time for meaningful consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. To date, we have not received any such recommendations from our shareholders.

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director compensation, our management provides director compensation data compiled from the annual reports and proxy statements of companies in our peer comparison group. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee retained Mercer to assist the committee in its review of our non-employee director compensation program. This review was conducted to establish whether the compensation paid to our non-employee directors was competitive when compared to the practices of our peer group of companies. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed, among other things, the existing cash compensation of our non-employee directors, the grant date fair value of restricted share unit awards, and the aggregate number of our ordinary shares held by each of our non-employee directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with the assistance of Mercer, has also taken into consideration compensation trends for outside directors and the implementation of our share ownership guidelines for non-employee directors. The current compensation payable to our non-employee directors and our Chairman of the Board is discussed in the section below captioned “Non-Management Directors’ Compensation for Fiscal Year 2016.”

Director Share Ownership Guidelines

At the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, our Board of Directors adopted share ownership guidelines for our non-employee directors in July 2009 in connection with its review of our non-employee directors’ compensation. The ownership guidelines encourage our non-employee directors to hold a minimum number of our ordinary shares equivalent to $340,000 in value. The guidelines encourage our non-employee directors to reach this goal within five years of the date that the Board approved the guidelines or the date of their election to our Board of Directors, whichever is later, and to hold at least such minimum value in shares for as long as he or she serves on our Board. All of our non-employee directors have already met the minimum requirements of the share ownership guidelines or are on target to be in compliance with the requirements of the guidelines by the deadline.

NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

The key objective of our non-employee directors’ compensation program is to attract and retain highly qualified directors with the necessary skills, experience and character to oversee our management. By using a combination of cash and equity-based compensation, the compensation program is designed to recognize the time commitment, expertise and potential liability relating to active Board service, while aligning the interests of our Board of Directors with the long-term interests of our shareholders. In accordance with the policy of our Board of Directors, we do not pay management directors for Board service in addition to their regular employee compensation. For a discussion of the compensation paid to our only management director, Mr. McNamara, for services provided as our CEO, see the sections of this proxy statement entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation.”

In addition to the compensation provided to our non-employee directors, which is detailed below, each non-employee director is reimbursed for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending in-person meetings of the Board of Directors and Board committees, as well as for any fees incurred in attending continuing education courses for directors.

Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Cash Compensation

Under the Singapore Companies Act, we may only provide cash compensation to our non-employee directors for services rendered in their capacity as directors with the prior approval of our shareholders at a general meeting. Our shareholders approved the current cash compensation arrangements for our non-employee directors at our 2009, 2011, and 2014 annual general meetings. The current arrangements include the following compensation:

·      annual cash compensation of $85,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each non-employee director for services rendered as a director;

·      additional annual cash compensation of $100,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Board of Directors for services rendered as Chairman of the Board (in addition to the regular cash compensation payable to a member of the Board for services rendered as a director and for service on any Board committee, including service as Chairman of any Board committee);

·      additional annual cash compensation of $50,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Audit Committee for services rendered as Chairman of the Audit Committee and for participation on the committee;

·      additional annual cash compensation of $15,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each other member who serves on the Audit Committee for participation on the committee;

·      additional annual cash compensation of $50,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Compensation Committee for services rendered as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and for participation on the committee;

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·      additional annual cash compensation of $15,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each other member who serves on the Compensation Committee for participation on the committee;

·      additional annual cash compensation of $15,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for services rendered as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and for participation on the committee;

·      additional annual cash compensation of $8,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each other member who serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for participation on the committee; and

·      additional annual cash compensation of $5,000 payable quarterly in arrears to each of our non-employee directors for participation on each standing committee other than the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (of which there are currently none).

Non-employee directors do not receive any non-equity incentive compensation, or participate in any pension plan or deferred compensation plan.

At our 2013 annual general meeting of shareholders, our shareholders approved a change in the structure of our non-employee director compensation program that allows our non-employee directors to receive their compensation in the form of Company shares, cash, or a combination thereof at the election of each director. Each non-employee director can elect to receive his or her annual retainer and committee compensation, or any portion thereof, in the form of fully-vested, unrestricted shares of the Company. A director making such election will receive shares having an aggregate value equal to the portion of compensation elected to be received in shares, valued at the closing price of our shares on the date the compensation would otherwise be paid in cash.

Fiscal Year 2016 Equity Compensation

Yearly Restricted Share Unit Awards

Under the terms of the discretionary restricted share unit grant provisions of our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2010 Plan, each non-employee director is eligible to receive grants of restricted share unit awards at the discretion of our Board of Directors. In accordance with the compensation program recommended by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and approved by the Board, each non-employee director receives, following each annual general meeting of the Company, a yearly restricted share unit award consisting of such number of shares having an aggregate fair market value of $175,000 (increased from $150,000 in fiscal year 2015) on the date of grant. These yearly restricted share unit awards vest in full on the date immediately prior to the date of the next year’s annual general meeting. During fiscal year 2016, each non-employee director received a restricted share unit award covering 16,309 ordinary shares under this program.

Initial Awards

Upon initially becoming a director of the company, each non-employee director receives a pro-rated share of the yearly restricted share unit award granted to our directors, which is discussed above. The pro-rated award vests on the date immediately prior to the date of our next annual general meeting and is based on the amount of time that the director serves on the Board until such date. No director received a restricted share unit award under this program in fiscal year 2016.

Discretionary Grants

Under the terms of the discretionary option grant provisions of the 2010 Plan, non-employee directors are eligible to receive share options granted at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. No director received share options pursuant to the discretionary grant program during fiscal year 2016.

Compensation for the Non-Employee Chairman of the Board

Our non-executive Chairman is entitled to receive, following each annual general meeting of the Company, (i) the $100,000 in additional annual cash compensation described above, payable quarterly in arrears, and (ii) an additional yearly restricted share unit award that consists of such number of shares having an aggregate fair market value of $100,000 on the date of grant, which vests on the date immediately prior to the date of the next year’s annual general meeting. Following the 2015 annual general meeting, our non-executive Chairman of the Board received a restricted share unit award covering 9,319 ordinary shares under the equity portion of this

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program. Our Chairman of the Board is also eligible to receive all other compensation payable to our non-employee directors for his service as a member of the Board.

In addition, our Chairman of the Board is entitled to receive the regular cash compensation payable to a member of the Board for service on any Board committees, including service as chairman of any Board committees. Our non-executive Chairman of the Board currently serves as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

While Company aircraft are generally used for Company business only, our Chairman of the Board may be permitted to use Company aircraft for personal travel, provided that Company aircraft are not needed for business purposes at such time. In such cases, Mr. Bingham is required to reimburse the Company for the incremental costs related to his use of the aircraft. We calculate the incremental cost to the Company for use of the Company aircraft by using an hourly rate for each flight hour, which rate is based on the variable operational costs of each flight.

Director Summary Compensation in Fiscal Year 2016

The following table sets forth the fiscal year 2016 compensation for our non-employee directors.

(1)         This column represents the amount of cash compensation earned in fiscal year 2016 for Board and committee service.

(2)         This column represents the grant date fair value of restricted share unit awards granted in fiscal year 2016 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 (except in the case of Mr. Tan, as explained in footnotes 3 and 4 below). The grant date fair value of restricted share unit awards is the closing price of our ordinary shares on the date of grant. For additional information regarding the assumptions made in calculating the amounts reflected in this column, see Note 3 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, “Share-Based Compensation,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

(3)         In lieu of their cash compensation, Messrs. Capellas and Tan both elected to receive fully vested ordinary shares of the Company under the director share election program for Board and Committee fees earned beginning with the date following the 2015 annual general meeting. During fiscal year 2016, both Messrs. Capellas and Tan each received 9,137 ordinary shares under the share election program, the value of which is reflected in the table above under “Share Awards.”

(4)         Mr. Tan incurred U.S. Federal and California State taxes in addition to local taxes as a result of serving on our Board of Directors. The Company agreed to compensate Mr. Tan in connection with his double taxation by issuing on a tax grossed-up basis fully vested ordinary shares of the Company. Mr. Tan received 4,543 ordinary shares on January 29, 2016, with an aggregate grant date fair value of $47,611. The value of these shares is included in the table above under “Share Awards.”

The table below shows the aggregate number of ordinary shares underlying share options and unvested restricted share units held by our non-employee directors as of the 2016 fiscal year-end:

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Change of Control and Termination Provisions

Dr. Shih has outstanding share options that were issued under the terms of our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as our 2001 Plan, and all of our non-employee directors have outstanding restricted share unit awards granted under the terms of the 2010 Plan. Equity awards to our directors are currently granted under the 2010 Plan, the adoption of which was approved by our shareholders at our 2010 annual general meeting. Under the terms of the 2001 Plan, if a director ceases to provide services to the Company for any reason other than death, cause (as defined in the 2001 Plan) or disability (as defined in the 2001 Plan), then the director may exercise any options which have vested by the date of such termination within three months of the termination date or such other period not exceeding five years or the term of the option, as determined by the Compensation Committee. If a director ceases to provide services to the Company because of death or disability, then the director may exercise any options which have vested by the date of such termination within 12 months of the termination date or such other period not exceeding five years or the term of the option, as determined by the Compensation Committee. All share options held by a director who is terminated for cause expire on the termination date, unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee.

In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or if we are acquired by merger or asset sale or in the event of other change of control events, the treatment of outstanding restricted share units granted under the 2010 Plan is as described in the section entitled “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.”

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PROPOSAL NO. 3:

RE-APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND
AUTHORIZATION OF OUR BOARD TO FIX THEIR REMUNERATION

Our Audit Committee has approved, subject to shareholder approval, the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements and records for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, and to perform other appropriate services. In addition, pursuant to Section 205(16) of the Companies Act, our Board of Directors is requesting that the shareholders authorize the directors, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, to fix the auditors’ remuneration for services rendered through the 2017 annual general meeting. We expect that a representative from Deloitte & Touche LLP will be present at the 2016 annual general meeting. This representative will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Set forth below are the aggregate fees billed by our principal accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and its respective affiliates for services performed during fiscal years 2016 and 2015. All audit and permissible non-audit services reflected in the fees below were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with established procedures.

Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (including services incurred with rendering an opinion under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and the review of our consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These fees include fees for services that are normally incurred in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, such as comfort letters, statutory audits, consents and the review of documents filed with the SEC.

Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for assurance and related services by our independent registered public accounting firm that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit and not included in Audit Fees.

Tax Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services, including assistance regarding federal, state and international tax compliance, return preparation, tax audits and customs and duties.

All Other Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for permissible non-audit services, if any. We did not incur fees under this category in fiscal years 2016 and 2015.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

Our Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year, and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.

Our Audit Committee has determined that the provision of non-audit services under appropriate circumstances may be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte & Touche LLP, and that all such services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP to us in the past were compatible with maintaining such independence. The Audit Committee is sensitive to the concern that some non-audit services, and related fees, could impair independence and the Audit Committee believes it important that independence be maintained. However, the Audit Committee also recognizes that in some areas, services that are identified by the

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relevant regulations as “tax fees” or “other fees” are sufficiently related to the audit work performed by Deloitte & Touche LLP that it would be highly inefficient and unnecessarily expensive to use a separate firm to perform those non-audit services. The Audit Committee intends to evaluate each such circumstance on its own merits, and to approve the performance of non-audit services where it believes efficiency can be obtained without meaningfully compromising independence.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
as our independent auditors for fiscal year 2017 and authorization of the Board, upon the
recommendation of the Audit Committee, to fix their remuneration.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The information contained under this “Audit Committee Report” shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act, or be subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference into any such filing.

The Audit Committee assists our Board of Directors in overseeing financial accounting and reporting processes and systems of internal controls. The Audit Committee also evaluates the performance and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, a copy of which is available on the Corporate Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.flextronics.com. Under the written charter, the Audit Committee must consist of at least three directors, all of whom must be “independent” as defined by the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. The members of the Audit Committee during fiscal year 2016 were Messrs. Tan, Watkins, Zimmerman and Onetto, each of whom is an independent director.

Our financial and senior management supervise our systems of internal controls and the financial reporting process. Our independent auditors perform an independent audit of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements. In addition, our independent auditors express their own opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee monitors these processes.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with both the management of the Company and our independent auditors our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, as well as management’s assessment and our independent auditors’ evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2016. Our management represented to the Audit Committee that our audited consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Audit Committee also discussed with our independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees. The Audit Committee also has discussed with our independent auditors the firm’s independence from Company management and the Company, and reviewed the written disclosures and letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee has also considered whether the provision of non-audit services by our independent auditors is compatible with maintaining the independence of the auditors. The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent auditors. All audit and permissible non-audit services performed by our independent auditors during fiscal years 2016 and 2015 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with established procedures.

Based on the Audit Committee’s discussions with the management of the Company and our independent auditors and based on the Audit Committee’s review of our audited consolidated financial statements together with the reports of our independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements and the representations of our management with regard to these consolidated financial statements, the Audit Committee recommended to the Company’s Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on May 20, 2016.

Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

Lawrence A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Onetto
Lay Koon Tan
William D. Watkins

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PROPOSAL NO. 4:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE
ORDINARY SHARE ISSUANCES

We are incorporated in the Republic of Singapore. Under Singapore law, our directors may only issue ordinary shares and make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares, with the prior approval from our shareholders. We are submitting this proposal because we are required to do so under the laws of Singapore before we can issue any ordinary shares in connection with our equity compensation plans, possible future strategic transactions, or public and private offerings.

If this proposal is approved, the authorization would be effective from the date of the 2016 annual general meeting until the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the 2017 annual general meeting or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the 2017 annual general meeting is required by law to be held.  The 2017 annual general meeting is required to be held 15 months after the date of the 2016 annual general meeting or six months after the date of our 2017 fiscal year end, whichever is earlier, (except that Singapore law allows for a one-time application for an extension of up to a maximum of two months to be made with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority).

Our Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to authorize our directors to issue ordinary shares and to make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares. In the past, the Board has issued shares or made agreements that would require the issuance of new ordinary shares in the following situations:

·        in connection with strategic transactions and acquisitions;

·        pursuant to public and private offerings of our ordinary shares as well as instruments convertible into our ordinary shares; and

·        in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements.

If this proposal is not approved, we would not be permitted to issue any new ordinary shares, including shares issuable pursuant to compensatory equity awards (other than shares issuable on exercise or settlement of outstanding options, restricted share units and other instruments convertible into or exercisable for ordinary shares, which were previously granted when the previous shareholder approved share issue mandates were in force). If we are unable to rely upon equity as a component of compensation, we would have to review our compensation practices, and would likely have to substantially increase cash compensation to retain key personnel.

Notwithstanding this general authorization to issue our ordinary shares, we will be required to seek shareholder approval with respect to future issuances of ordinary shares where required under the rules of Nasdaq, such as where the Company proposes to issue ordinary shares that will result in a change in control of the Company or in connection with a private offering involving the issuance of ordinary shares representing 20% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares at a price less than the greater of book or market value.

Our Board expects that we will continue to issue ordinary shares and grant options and restricted share unit awards in the future under circumstances similar to those in the past. As of the date of this proxy statement, other than issuances of ordinary shares or agreements that would require the issuance of new ordinary shares in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements, we have no specific plans, agreements or commitments to issue any ordinary shares for which approval of this proposal is required. Nevertheless, our Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to provide this general authorization in order to avoid the delay and expense of obtaining shareholder approval at a later date and to provide us with greater flexibility to pursue strategic transactions and acquisitions and raise additional capital through public and private offerings of our ordinary shares as well as instruments convertible into our ordinary shares.

If this proposal is approved, our directors would be authorized to issue, during the period described above, ordinary shares subject only to applicable Singapore laws and the rules of Nasdaq. The issuance of a large number of ordinary shares could be dilutive to existing shareholders or reduce the trading price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

We are not submitting this proposal in response to a threatened takeover. In the event of a hostile attempt to acquire control of the Company, we could seek to impede the attempt by issuing ordinary shares, which may dilute the voting power of our existing shareholders. This could also have the effect of impeding the efforts of our shareholders to remove an incumbent director and replace him with a new director of their choice. These potential effects could limit the opportunity for our shareholders to dispose of their ordinary shares at the premium that may be available in takeover attempts.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the resolution
to authorize ordinary share issuances.

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PROPOSAL NO. 5:

NON-BINDING, ADVISORY RESOLUTION
ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act, and as a matter of good corporate governance, we are asking our shareholders to approve, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers (NEOs) as reported in this proxy statement in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and in the compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosure under “Executive Compensation.” Our named executive officers are identified in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and include our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers serving at the end of our 2016 fiscal year.

As a general matter, our Compensation Committee continually seeks to have a compensation philosophy that emphasizes paying for performance.  Key aspects of the philosophy are to:

·                  Emphasize at-risk compensation;          

·                  Establish market-based, responsible target pay;                                

·                  Balance performance-based metrics and measurement time frames; and

·                  Place emphasis on long-term performance.

The Compensation Committee periodically assesses our compensation programs to ensure that they are appropriately aligned with our business strategy and are achieving their objectives. The Compensation Committee regularly reviews our compensation programs and peer company data and best practices in the executive compensation area. In past years, the Compensation Committee has recommended and our Board has approved changes in our compensation policies and practices in order to align with best practices. Overall, the Compensation Committee has sought to weight a higher percentage of our executives’ total direct compensation to performance-based and long-term components.

Performance Highlights For Fiscal Year 2016

We delivered solid results in fiscal year 2016 in the face of significant external and internal challenges, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted objectives. Several macro-economic factors such as ongoing growth challenges in Europe, a slowdown in Chinese growth, and a high degree of uncertainty about interest rate and stimulus policies acted as a brake on overall global manufacturing activity and created volatility in global stock prices. Internally, we continued on our business transformation journey during fiscal year 2016 through which we are reorganizing and rebalancing our business portfolio. As a result of an improved cost structure and our strategic business transformation, we delivered solid operating results in fiscal year 2016 and executed on key strategic priorities, including acquisitions of NEXTracker Inc., Mirror Controls International and Wink Labs, Inc. to expand our innovative offerings, though some results represent year-over-year declines due to our business transformation activities. Highlights include:

·                  Gross profit totaled $1.6 billion, an increase of 4.1% compared to the prior year.

·                  Gross margin increased to 6.6% of net sales in fiscal year 2016, compared with 5.9% of net sales in fiscal year 2015.

·                  We generated operating cash flows of $1.1 billion during the year. The strong cash flow generated from our operations enabled us to return value to shareholders with the repurchase of $420.3 million of our shares paid in fiscal year 2016.

·                  We maintained strong sustainable free cash flow.

·                  We had some less favorable year-over-year financial result comparisons due to our business transformation, though these actions are positioning the company for enhanced future results.

·                  We reported net sales of $24.4 billion, a decrease of 6.6% compared to the prior year.

·                  Diluted earnings per share for the year were $0.79, a decrease of 22.5%.

With the results noted above, our stock price declined 4.9% from $12.68 at the end of fiscal year 2015 to $12.06 at the end of fiscal year 2016. While we are disappointed in the overall decrease in absolute value, we believe we have delivered solid long-term shareholder value creation despite the challenging business environment during fiscal year 2016. Flex’s total shareholder return (TSR) from fiscal year 2014 through the end of fiscal year 2016 (3-year return) was an annualized 21.3%, or above the 80th percentile of our

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peer group. This represents an annualized return that is nearly 10% ahead of the S&P 500 over the same period, demonstrating strong absolute and relative shareholder value creation over a multi-year time period.

Pay and Performance Alignment For Fiscal Year 2016

As noted above, we delivered solid operating and shareholder results during fiscal year 2016, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted levels. Our compensation philosophy is to reward above-target performance when achieved, and pay zero or below target when favorable results are not delivered. In line with our fiscal year 2016 performance, our named executive officers earned short-term incentive awards that recognize our solid financial performance, as well as the fact that we did not fully achieve our targeted performance goals. Highlights include the following:

·                  Maintained the CEO’s base salary with no increase, positioned approximately at the peer median.

·                  Provided modest base salary increases to other NEOs, though overall salary positioning continued to be approximately at our peer group median.

·                  The CEO earned a below-target short-term incentive payout of 81.3% of target, and the average payouts for our other NEOs were also below the targeted level at 92.6% of target.

·                  Paid out the long-term performance share unit cycles during fiscal year 2016 at 138% and 129% of target in May 2015 and June 2015, respectively, based upon results that were above target over the multi-year performance cycle from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2016.

·                  Funded the named executive officers’ deferred compensation plans with a value that averaged about 37.5% of our named executive officer’s respective base salaries based on fiscal year 2015 results.

·                  Continued to use fiscal year 2016 long-term incentive grants that balance relative TSR performance share units (PSUs) with a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) that measures cumulative free cash flow (FCF) over a multi-year period (from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2018).

·                  Elementum:  Granted modest profits interest unit value awards to certain executives who have been making significant contributions to Elementum business (see details in the Fiscal Year 2016 Compensation section below).

Prior Say on Pay Advisory Vote Results, Shareholder Engagement, and Pay Program Changes

We provided shareholders with a “say on pay” advisory vote on executive compensation at our 2015 Annual General Meeting held on August 20, 2015. The advisory vote received the support of 94% of the votes cast at the General Meeting. We believe the level of support at our 2015 Annual General Meeting reflects ongoing institutional shareholder outreach efforts and the continuing efforts to align our executive compensation with shareholder interests. We plan to hold a “say on pay” advisory vote on an annual basis. Based on the favorable prior say on pay results, shareholder feedback on existing programs, and our review of the alignment of the pay program design with business results, we continued the structure of our fiscal year 2015 compensation programs in fiscal year 2016.

We urge shareholders to carefully read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement to review the correlation between the compensation of our named executive officers and our performance. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis also describes in more detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are designed to achieve our compensation objectives. We also encourage you to read the Summary Compensation Table and the other related compensation tables and narrative that follow the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, which provide detailed information on the compensation of our named executive officers.

While the vote on this resolution is advisory and not binding on the Company, each of the Compensation Committee and the Board values the opinions of our shareholders and will consider the outcome of the vote on this resolution when making decisions regarding future executive compensation arrangements. As previously disclosed, we plan to hold the say on pay advisory vote on an annual basis. The next shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation will occur at the Company’s 2017 annual general meeting of shareholders.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of
the non-binding, advisory resolution on executive compensation.

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PROPOSAL NO. 6

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO RENEW

THE SHARE PURCHASE MANDATE

Our purchases or acquisitions of our ordinary shares must be made in accordance with, and in the manner prescribed by, the Singapore Companies Act, the applicable listing rules of Nasdaq and such other laws and regulations as may apply from time to time.

Singapore law requires that we obtain shareholder approval of a “general and unconditional share purchase mandate” given to our directors if we wish to purchase or otherwise acquire our ordinary shares. This general and unconditional mandate is referred to in this proxy statement as the Share Purchase Mandate, and it allows our directors to exercise all of the Company’s powers to purchase or otherwise acquire our issued ordinary shares on the terms of the Share Purchase Mandate.

Although our shareholders approved a renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held in 2015, the Share Purchase Mandate renewed at the extraordinary general meeting will expire on the date of the 2016 annual general meeting. Accordingly, we are submitting this proposal to seek approval from our shareholders at the annual general meeting for another renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate. Pursuant to the Singapore Companies Act, share repurchases under our share repurchase plans were subject to an aggregate limit of 20% of our issued ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the extraordinary general meeting held on August 20, 2015. On August 20, 2015 and December 14, 2015, the Board, in two respective tranches, authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $500 million of ordinary shares of the Company. Until the 2016 annual general meeting, any repurchases would be made under the Share Purchase Mandate renewed at the extraordinary general meeting held in 2015. Commencing on the date of the 2016 annual general meeting, any repurchases may only be made if the shareholders approve the renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the annual general meeting. The share purchase program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares and may be suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice.

If renewed by shareholders at the annual general meeting, the authority conferred by the Share Purchase Mandate will, unless varied or revoked by our shareholders at a general meeting, continue in force until the earlier of the date of the 2017 annual general meeting or the date by which the 2017 annual general meeting is required by law to be held. The 2017 annual general meeting is required to be held 15 months after the date of the 2016 annual general meeting or six months after the date of our 2017 fiscal year end, whichever is earlier (except that Singapore law allows for a one-time application for an extension of up to a maximum of two months to be made with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority).

The authority and limitations placed on our share purchases or acquisitions under the proposed Share Purchase Mandate, if renewed at the annual general meeting, are summarized below.

Limit on Allowed Purchases

We may only purchase or acquire ordinary shares that are issued and fully paid up. The prevailing limitation under the Singapore Companies Act that is currently in force does not permit us to purchase or acquire more than 20% of the total number of our issued ordinary shares outstanding at the date of the annual general meeting. Any of our ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares will be disregarded for purposes of computing this 20% limitation.

We are seeking approval for our Board of Directors to authorize the purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares not exceeding 20% of our total number of issued ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the passing of this proposal (excluding any ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares as at that date).

Purely for illustrative purposes, on the basis of [                   ] issued ordinary shares outstanding as of June 27, 2016, and assuming no additional ordinary shares are issued or repurchased on or prior to the date of the annual general meeting, based on the prevailing 20% limit, we would be able to purchase not more than [# of shares that is 20%] issued ordinary shares pursuant to the proposed renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate.

During fiscal year 2016, we repurchased approximately 37.3 million shares for an aggregate purchase value of approximately $412.8 million under the Share Purchase Mandate and retired all of these shares. As of June 27, 2016, we had [                         ] shares outstanding.

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Duration of Share Purchase Mandate

Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made, at any time and from time to time, on and from the date of approval of the Share Purchase Mandate up to the earlier of:

· the date on which our next annual general meeting is held or required by law to be held; or

· the date on which the authority conferred by the Share Purchase Mandate is revoked or varied by our shareholders at a general meeting.

Manner of Purchases or Acquisitions of Ordinary Shares

Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made by way of:

·  market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, through one or more duly licensed dealers appointed by us for that purpose; and/or

·  off-market purchases (if effected other than on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted), in accordance with an equal access scheme as prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act.

If we decide to purchase or acquire our ordinary shares in accordance with an equal access scheme, our directors may impose any terms and conditions as they see fit and as are in our interests, so long as the terms are consistent with the Share Purchase Mandate, the applicable rules of Nasdaq, the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act and other applicable laws. In addition, an equal access scheme must satisfy all of the following conditions:

·  offers for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares must be made to every person who holds ordinary shares to purchase or acquire the same percentage of their ordinary shares;

·  all of those persons must be given a reasonable opportunity to accept the offers made; and

·  the terms of all of the offers must be the same (except differences in consideration that result from offers relating to ordinary shares with different accrued dividend entitlements and differences in the offers solely to ensure that each person is left with a whole number of ordinary shares).

Purchase Price

The maximum purchase price (excluding brokerage commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses of the purchase or acquisition) to be paid for each ordinary share will be determined by our directors. The maximum purchase price to be paid for the ordinary shares as determined by our directors must not exceed:

·  in the case of a market purchase, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, permitted under SEC Rule 10b-18, at the time the purchase is effected; and

·  in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the “Prior Day Close Price” of our ordinary shares, which means the closing price of an ordinary share as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, on the day immediately preceding the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase.

Treasury Shares

Under the Singapore Companies Act, ordinary shares purchased or acquired by us may be held as treasury shares. Some of the provisions on treasury shares under the Singapore Companies Act are summarized below.

Maximum Holdings. The number of ordinary shares held as treasury shares may not at any time exceed 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares.

Voting and Other Rights. We may not exercise any right in respect of treasury shares, including any right to attend or vote at meetings and, for the purposes of the Singapore Companies Act, we shall be treated as having no right to vote and the treasury shares shall be treated as having no voting rights. In addition, no dividend may be paid, and no other distribution of our assets may be made,

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to the Company in respect of treasury shares, other than the allotment of ordinary shares as fully paid bonus shares. A subdivision or consolidation of any treasury share into treasury shares of a greater or smaller amount is also allowed so long as the total value of the treasury shares after the subdivision or consolidation is the same as before the subdivision or consolidation, respectively.

Disposal and Cancellation. Where ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, we may at any time:

·  sell the treasury shares for cash;

·  transfer the treasury shares for the purposes of or pursuant to any share scheme, whether for employees, directors or other persons;

·  transfer the treasury shares as consideration for the acquisition of shares in or assets of another company or assets of a person;

·  cancel the treasury shares; or

·  sell, transfer or otherwise use the treasury shares for such other purposes as may be prescribed by the Minister for Finance of Singapore.

Sources of Funds

Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring ordinary shares in accordance with our Constitution and the applicable laws of Singapore shall be used. We intend to use our internal sources of funds and/or borrowed funds to finance any purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares. Our directors do not propose to exercise the Share Purchase Mandate in a manner and to such an extent that would materially affect our working capital requirements.

The Singapore Companies Act permits us to purchase or acquire our ordinary shares out of our capital and/or profits. Acquisitions or purchases made out of capital are permissible only so long as we are solvent for the purposes of Section 76F(4) of the Singapore Companies Act. A company is solvent if, at the date of the payment made in consideration of the purchase or acquisition (which shall include any expenses — including brokerage or commission) the following conditions are satisfied: (a) there is no ground on which the company could be found unable to pay its debts; (b) if it is not intended to commence winding up of the company, the company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due during the period of 12 months immediately after the date of the payment; and (c) the value of the company’s assets is not less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and will not, after the proposed purchase or acquisition, become less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities).

Status of Purchased or Acquired Ordinary Shares

Any ordinary share that we purchase or acquire will be deemed cancelled immediately on purchase or acquisition, and all rights and privileges attached to such ordinary share will expire on cancellation (unless such ordinary share is held by us as a treasury share). The total number of issued shares will be diminished by the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired by us and which are not held by us as treasury shares.

We will cancel and destroy certificates in respect of purchased or acquired ordinary shares as soon as reasonably practicable following settlement of any purchase or acquisition of such ordinary shares.

Financial Effects

Our net tangible assets and the consolidated net tangible assets of our subsidiaries will be reduced by the purchase price (including any expenses) of any ordinary shares purchased or acquired and cancelled or held as treasury shares. We do not anticipate that the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares in accordance with the Share Purchase Mandate would have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition and cash flows.

The financial effects on us and our group (including our subsidiaries) arising from purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares which may be made pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate will depend on, among other things, whether the ordinary shares are purchased or acquired out of our profits and/or capital, the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired, the price paid for the ordinary shares and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled.

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Under the Singapore Companies Act, purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares by us may be made out of profits and/or our capital so long as the Company is solvent.

Our purchases or acquisitions of our ordinary shares may be made out of our profits and/or our capital. Where the consideration (including any expenses) paid by us for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our profits, such consideration (including any expenses such as brokerage or commission) will correspondingly reduce the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us. Where the consideration that we pay for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our capital, the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us will not be reduced. To date, we have not declared any cash dividends on our ordinary shares.

Rationale for the Share Purchase Mandate

We believe that a renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the annual general meeting will benefit our shareholders by providing our directors with appropriate flexibility to repurchase ordinary shares if the directors believe that such repurchases would be in the best interests of our shareholders. Our decision to repurchase our ordinary shares from time to time will depend on our continuing assessment of then-current market conditions, our need to use available cash to finance acquisitions and other strategic transactions, the level of our debt and the terms and availability of financing.

Take-Over Implications

If, as a result of our purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares, a shareholder’s proportionate interest in the Company’s voting capital increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers. If such increase results in a change of effective control, or, as a result of such increase, a shareholder or a group of shareholders acting in concert obtains or consolidates effective control of the Company, such shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert with a director could become obliged to make a take-over offer for the Company under Rule 14 of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers.

The circumstances under which shareholders (including directors and persons acting in concert with them respectively) will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer are set forth in Rule 14 of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, Appendix 2. The effect of Appendix 2 is that, unless exempted, shareholders will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer under Rule 14 if, as a result of the Company purchasing or acquiring our issued ordinary shares, the voting rights of such shareholders would increase to 30% or more, or if such shareholders hold between 30% and 50% of our voting rights, the voting rights of such shareholders would increase by more than 1% in any period of six months. Shareholders who are in doubt as to their obligations, if any, to make a mandatory take-over offer under The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers as a result of any share purchase by us should consult the Securities Industry Council of Singapore and/or their professional advisers at the earliest opportunity.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the resolution
to approve the proposed renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate.

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PROPOSAL NO. 7

SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO APPROVE NAME CHANGE FROM FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. TO FLEX LTD.

Background

Our shareholders are being asked to approve the change of the Company’s name from Flextronics International Ltd. to Flex Ltd.

Over the past few years, we have seen an increased level of diversification by many companies, primarily in the technology sector.  The objective of our business model is to allow us to be flexible and redeploy and reposition our assets and resources as necessary to meet specific customer’s supply chain solutions needs across all of the markets we serve and earn a return on our invested capital above the weighted average cost of that capital.

During the past few years, we have made significant efforts to evolve our long-term portfolio towards a higher mix of businesses which possess longer product life cycles and higher margins such as reflected in our IEI and HRS businesses. During the last two fiscal years, we launched several programs broadly across our portfolio of services and in some instances we deployed certain new technologies.

As such, we introduced our new brand and website to help us more efficiently manage our business opportunities and explain our new product and service offerings. We shortened our brand name from Flextronics to “Flex” to signify that our business continues to evolve past the boundaries and confines of electronics alone.  With the expansion and diversification of our business and product and service offerings, the Board believes that the proposed change of name will more appropriately reflect the new corporate image and reflect the Company’s strategy and future development.

Contingent upon obtaining the approval from (i) the Registrar of Companies (the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore); and (ii) our shareholders, the Company shall adopt Flex Ltd. as its new name with effect from the date upon which this resolution is filed with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore.  Accordingly, if Proposal Nos. 7 and 8 are approved by our shareholders, the name “Flex Ltd.” will be substituted for “Flextronics International Ltd.” wherever the latter name appears in the new Constitution of the Company.

Shareholders should note that notwithstanding the proposed change of name, the Company will not recall any existing share certificates of the Company from shareholders and the rights of shareholders holding certificated shares under currently outstanding share certificates and the number of shares represented by those certificates shall remain unchanged.  No further action is required on the part of our shareholders in respect of their existing share certificates.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR”

the special resolution to approve the name change from Flextronics International Ltd. to Flex Ltd.

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PROPOSAL NO. 8

SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF NEW CONSTITUTION

Background

Our shareholders are being asked to approve the adoption of a new constitution (the “New Constitution”).

The Singapore Companies Act (Amendment) Act 2014 (the “Amendment Act”), which became effective in phases on July 1, 2015 and January 3, 2016, introduced key changes to the Singapore Companies Act (the “Companies Act”).  If approved, the New Constitution will amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company which were in force immediately before January 3, 2016 and which were statutorily merged into a single document known as the Constitution (the “Existing Constitution”) by operation of the Amendment Act without any action being taken by the Company. The New Constitution will incorporate amendments to take into account the changes to the Companies Act introduced pursuant to the Amendment Act and address the personal data protection regime in Singapore (which came into force in 2012).

Key changes introduced by the Amendment Act included, among other things:

·                  the merging of the memorandum and articles of association of a company into one document called the “Constitution”;

·                  reducing the threshold of eligibility to demand a poll from 10% to 5% of the total voting rights of the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting or of the total sum paid on all the shares conferring that right; and

·                  facilitating the electronic transmission of notices and documents.

Our proposed New Constitution contains articles and provisions which need to be expressly incorporated as a result of certain changes made pursuant to the Amendment Act in order for the Company and our shareholders to benefit from certain changes such as putting in place a framework to facilitate the electronic dissemination of notices and documents. The changes to the Amendment Act aim to reduce regulatory burden on companies and provide for greater business flexibility.  In addition, we are proposing that our shareholders approve the adoption of the New Constitution to modernize and streamline certain provisions to be more consistent with the Companies Act, as amended. Finally, the proposed New Constitution includes the re-wording of a number of provisions in order to improve clarity and readability.

The full text of the New Constitution is set forth as Annex A to this proxy statement. The following description of the proposed changes from our Existing Constitution reflected in the New Constitution is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the proposed changes, which is shown in Annex A to this proxy statement. You are urged to read the text of Annex A in its entirety.

Proposal

The following information summarizes the material modifications to our Existing Constitution relating to (i) the changes made by the Amendment Act and (ii) other modifications consisting of a more general nature.

Changes Relating to the Amendment Act

The proposed changes to our Existing Constitution relating to the changes made by the Amendment Act include:

·                  modification of Article 2 of the Existing Constitution (Interpretation) (Article 1 of the New Constitution) to:

·                  clarify that “registered address” or “address”, in relation to any “Member”, means his physical address for the service or delivery of notices or documents personally or by post, except where otherwise specified in the Constitution;

·                  revise the definition of “writing”, “written” and “in writing” to clarify that these expressions include any representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information which may be displayed in visible form, whether physical or electronic. This would facilitate, for example, a proxy instrument being in either physical or electronic form; and

·                  provide a new provision stating that “current address” and “electronic communication” shall have the meanings ascribed to them respectively in the Companies Act to allow for the facilitation of electronic communication;

·                  modification of Article 7 of the Existing Constitution (Articles 9 and 10 of the New Constitution) to provide that new shares may be issued for no consideration in line with new Section 68 of the Companies Act, which clarifies the position that a company having a share capital may issue shares for no consideration;

·                  modification of Article 17 of the Existing Constitution (Article 19 of the New Constitution) to remove the requirement to disclose the amount paid on the shares in the share certificate pursuant to the Amendment Act;

·                  modifications of Article 48 of the Existing Constitution (Article 48 of the New Constitution) to allow the Company (i) to convert its share capital or any class of shares from one currency to another currency in line with the Amendment Act, which sets out procedures for such re-denomination, and (ii) to convert one class of shares into another class of shares in line with the Amendment Act, which sets out procedures for such conversions;

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·                  modifications of Article 58 of the Existing Constitution (Article 58 of the New Constitution), which relates to the routine business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, to:

·                  substitute the references to “balance sheet” with “financial statements”, and references to “reports of the Directors” with “Directors’ statement”, for consistency with the updated terminology in the Companies Act; and

·                  expand the routine business items to include, in addition to the re-appointment of the retiring auditor, the appointment of a new auditor;

·                  modification of Article 64 of the Existing Constitution (Article 64 of the New Constitution), which relates to the method of voting at a general meeting, to reduce the threshold for eligibility to demand a poll from 10% to 5% of the total voting rights of the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting or of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right. The Amendment Act has reduced the threshold for eligibility to demand a poll from 10% to 5% of the total voting rights of the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting or of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right. The modification to Article 64 is therefore to ensure that the New Constitution does not conflict with the requirements of Section 178(1)(b) of the Companies Act, as amended pursuant to the Amendment Act, as otherwise, any conflict with the requirements of the amended section 178(1)(b) would render this article void. The effect of this change is to lower the bar for entitling shareholders to demand a poll.  This change should not have any substantive effect as the Company’s historical practice is that the chairman of the meeting demands a poll in order to enable the ordinary shares represented in person by proxy to be counted for voting purposes;”

·                  addition of Article 87(C) of the New Constitution to provide that the provisions of Article 87, which relate to the power of directors to hold office of profit and to contract with the Company, and the disclosure obligations under Section 156 of the Companies Act in respect of transactions or proposed transactions with the Company or of any office held or property possessed by a director, will, where applicable, apply with the requisite modifications to the Chief Executive Officer;

·                  modification of Article 94(iv) of the Existing Constitution (Article 93(d) of the New Constitution) to additionally provide that a director shall cease to hold office if he shall have a bankruptcy order made against him or if he shall make any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

·                  modification of Article 97 of the Existing Constitution (Article 96 of the New Constitution) to remove the event of a director attaining any applicable retiring age as an exception to a deemed re-election to office, following the repeal of Section 153 of the Companies Act which previously prohibited the appointment of a person of or above 70 years of age as a director of a public company or a subsidiary of a public company unless his appointment or re-appointment is passed by ordinary resolution at an annual general meeting of the Company;

·                  modification of Article 112 of the Existing Constitution (Article 111 of the New Constitution) to clarify that the business of the Company is to be managed by or, additionally, under the direction or supervision of, the directors;

·                  modification of Articles 118, 140 and 141 of the Existing Constitution (Articles 117, 138 and 139 of the New Constitution) to update/substitute the references to the Company’s “accounts”, “profit and loss account(s)” and Directors’ “reports” with references to “financial statements” and Directors’ “statements”, for consistency with the updated terminology in the Companies Act;

·                  modification of Article 136 of the Existing Constitution (Article 134 of the New Constitution) to reflect that the Company is no longer required to keep a register of directors, managers, secretaries and auditors;

·                  modification of Article 145 of the Existing Constitution (Article 143 of the New Constitution) to facilitate the electronic transmission of notices and documents, following the introduction of simplified procedures for such electronic transmission, while including certain safeguards for the use of the deemed and implied consent regimes. There is deemed consent if the constitution (a) provides for the use of electronic communications and specifies the mode of electronic communications, and (b) specifies that shareholders will be given an opportunity to elect, within a specified period of time, whether to receive electronic or physical copies of such notices and documents, and the shareholder fails to make an election within the specified period of time. There is implied consent if the constitution (a) provides for the use of electronic communications and specifies the mode of electronic communications, and (b) specifies that shareholders agree to receive such notices or documents by way of electronic communications and do not have a right to elect to receive physical copies of such notices and documents.

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In particular:

(i)                                     article 143(B) provides that notices and documents may be sent to shareholders using electronic communications either to a shareholder’s current address (which may be an email address) or by making it available on a website;

(ii)                                  article 143(C) provides that for these purposes, a shareholder is deemed to have agreed to receive such notice or document by way of electronic communications and shall not have a right to elect to receive a physical copy of such notice or document (this is the implied consent regime permitted under the new section 387C); and

(iii)                               article 143(D) provides that the directors may in their discretion, nonetheless give a shareholder an opportunity to elect to opt out of receiving such notice or document by way of electronic communications, and a shareholder is deemed to have consented to receive such notice or document by way of electronic communications if he was given such an opportunity but failed to opt out within the specified time (this is the deemed consent regime permitted under the new section 387C);

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company has a registered class of security under Section 12 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any manner of furnishing notices and documents using electronic communications must comply with applicable rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Rule 14a-16 under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Article 143(E) additionally provides for when service is effected in the case of notices or documents sent by electronic communications. In particular, where a notice or document is made available on a website, it is deemed served on the date on which the notice or document is first made available on the website, unless otherwise provided under the Companies Act and/or other applicable regulations or procedures. Further, under article 143(F), in the case of service on a website, the Company must give separate notice of the publication of the notice or document on that website and the manner in which the notice or document may be accessed by (1) sending such separate notice to shareholders personally or by post, and/or (2) sending such separate notice to shareholders’ current addresses (which may be email addresses).

Under new regulation 89D of the Companies Regulations, notices or documents relating to take-over offers and rights issues are excluded from the application of section 387C and therefore cannot be transmitted by electronic means pursuant to section 387C;

·                  modification of Article 155 of the Existing Constitution (Article 152 of the New Constitution) to expand the indemnification of directors to permit the Company to indemnify a director against losses “to be incurred” by him in the execution of his duties. This is in line with new sections 163A and 163B of the Companies Act, which permit a company to lend, on specified terms, funds to a director for meeting expenditures incurred “or to be incurred” by him in defending court proceedings or regulatory investigations; and

·                  addition of Article 154 of the New Constitution to conform with Singapore law requirements and to specify the purposes for which the Company and/or its agents and service providers would collect, use and disclose personal data of shareholders and their appointed proxies or representatives to comply with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012, which came into force in Singapore in 2012.

Other Substantive Changes

Other proposed changes to our Existing Constitution include:

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·                  Deletion of the existing objects clauses from the Existing Constitution and substituting them with a general provision in Article 4 of the New Constitution providing that the Company has full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction, and with full rights, powers and privileges to do so, subject to the law and the provisions of the Constitution;

·                  modifications of Articles 2, 17, 43, 113(a) and 117 of the Existing Constitution (Articles 1, 19, 45, 112(A) and 116 of the New Constitution) to (i) revise the definition of “Seal” to clarify that “Seal” refers to the common seal of the Company or in the appropriate cases the duplicate seal only and does not include the official seal of the Company and (ii) make consequential amendments to terminology accordingly;

·                  modification of Article 17 of the Existing Constitution (Article 19 of the New Constitution) to clarify that the affixation of the official seal shall bear the autographic or facsimile signature of any person authorized by the directors. The authorization will be exercised by the directors in a manner consistent with Section 41(7) of the Companies Act;

·                  modification of Articles 20(c), 72, 80 and 94(v) of the Existing Constitution (Articles 22(C), 72, 80 and 93(e) of the New Constitution) to substitute the references to insane persons and persons of unsound mind with references to persons who are mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself or his affairs, following the enactment of the Singapore Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act, Cap. 178A, which repealed and replaced the Singapore Mental Disorders and Treatment Act;

·                  modification of Article 64 of the Existing Constitution (Article 64 of the New Constitution) to remove the prohibition on demanding a poll on the election of the chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment;

·                  modification of Article 70 of the Existing Constitution (Article 70 of the New Constitution) to clarify that where a shareholder is represented by two proxies, only one of the two proxies as determined by that shareholder or, failing such determination, by the chairman of the meeting (or by a person authorized by him) in his sole discretion, shall be entitled to vote on a show of hands;

·                  modification of Articles 76 and 78 of the Existing Constitution (Articles 76 and 78 of the New Constitution) to facilitate the appointment of proxies through electronic means online, and to accommodate the deposit by shareholders and receipt by the Company of electronic proxy instructions by shareholders who elect to use the electronic appointment process Article 76 provides that a shareholder can elect to signify his approval for the appointment of a proxy via electronic communication through such method and in such manner as may be approved by the directors, in lieu of the present requirement of signing, or where applicable, the affixation of the corporate shareholder’s common seal. Article 78, which relates to the deposit of proxies, has new provisions which authorize the directors to prescribe and determine the manner of receipt by the Company of the instrument appointing a proxy through digital means;

·                  modification of Article 78 of the Existing Constitution (Article 78(A) of the New Constitution) to clarify that although an instrument appointing a proxy or the power of attorney or other authority is, in default, not treated as valid for not being deposited in the manner prescribed in Article 78, the directors can nonetheless determine such instruments to be valid;

·                  modification of Article 79 of the Existing Constitution (Article 79 of the New Constitution) to provide that the instrument appointing a proxy, in the prescribed form or such other form as the directors may accept, shall be deemed to include the right to move an amendment to any resolution in addition to demanding or joining in demanding a poll and to speak at the meeting;

·                  modification of Article 81 of the Existing Constitution (Article 81 of the New Constitution) to clarify that any corporation that is a shareholder of the Company and that authorizes any person as its representative at any meeting of the Company, shall for the purposes of the Constitution be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if the person so authorized is present thereat; and

·                  modification of Article 117(b) of the Existing Constitution (Article 116(C) of the New Constitution) to clarify that the affixation of an official seal of the Company need not comply with the signatory requirements prescribed by Article 116(B) and need only comply with the execution formalities under the Companies Act.

Please also see the summary on Article 145 of the Existing Constitution under the heading “Changes Relating to the Amendment Act” for more information on the changes to facilitate the electronic transmission of notices and documents.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR”

the approval of the adoption of the Company’s New Constitution.

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PART III—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The names, ages and positions of our executive officers as of June 27, 2016 are as follows:

(1)   On June 20, 2016, Mr. Hoak notified the Company that he intends to retire from his current role of Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective June 30, 2016.

Michael M. McNamara. Mr. McNamara has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005, and as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2006. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. McNamara served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 until January 2006, as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 through December 2001, and as Vice President, North American Operations from April 1994 to April 1997. Mr. McNamara also serves on the board of Workday, Inc. and is on the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. Mr. McNamara previously served on the boards of Delphi Automotive LLP and MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

Christopher Collier. Mr. Collier has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 3, 2013. He served as our Senior Vice President, Finance from December 2004 to May 2013 and our Principal Accounting Officer from May 2007 to July 2013. Prior to his appointment as Senior Vice President, Finance in 2004, Mr. Collier served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller since he joined us in April 2000. Mr. Collier is a certified public accountant and he received a B.S. in Accounting from State University of New York at Buffalo.

Francois P. Barbier.  Mr. Barbier has served as our President, Global Operations and Components since February 2012. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Barbier served as our President, Global Operations since June 2008. Prior to his appointment as President, Global Operations, Mr. Barbier was President of Special Business Solutions and has held a number of executive management roles in Flex Europe. Prior to joining Flex in 2001, Mr. Barbier was Vice President of Alcatel Mobile Phone Division. Mr. Barbier holds an Engineering degree in Production from Couffignal School in Strasbourg.

Jonathan S. Hoak. Mr. Hoak has served as our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since January 31, 2011. Prior to joining Flex, Mr. Hoak was vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer at Hewlett-Packard Company from October 2006 to January 2011. Prior to his service at HP, Mr. Hoak was senior vice president and general counsel for NCR Corporation from December 1993 until May 2006. Mr. Hoak was previously general attorney for AT&T’s Federal Systems Division and was also a partner at the law firm of Sidley & Austin. Mr. Hoak has a Juris Doctor from Drake University and undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado.

Paul Humphries. Mr. Humphries has served as our President, High Reliability Solutions since April 2011. From April 2012 to November 2012 and April 2011 to September 2011, he served as our President, High Reliability Solutions and as our Executive Vice President of Human Resources. From April 2006 to April 2011, Mr. Humphries served as our Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Humphries holds a BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies from Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and post-graduate certification in human resource management from West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. Mr. Humphries serves as a director of Superior Industries International, Inc. and Chairman of the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation.

David Bennett. Mr. Bennett has served as our Principal Accounting Officer since July 24, 2013. Mr. Bennett served as Vice President, Finance from 2009 and Corporate Controller from 2011. Prior to joining us in 2005, he was a Senior Manager at Deloitte and Touche LLP. Mr. Bennett is a certified public accountant and earned a B.S in Business and Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The information contained under this “Compensation Committee Report” shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act or under the Exchange Act, or be subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference into any such filing.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis that follows this report. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2016 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Submitted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors:

Daniel H. Schulman
Michael D. Capellas
Willy C. Shih, Ph.D.

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) section, we discuss the material elements of our compensation programs and policies, including our overall compensation philosophy, program objectives and how and why the Compensation Committee of our Board arrived at specific compensation policies and decisions involving our Named Executive Officers (NEOs). The fiscal year 2016 compensation of our NEOs is provided in the Summary Compensation Table and other compensation tables in this Proxy Statement.  These officers and their titles as of the end of fiscal year 2016 are:

(1)   On June 20, 2016, Mr. Hoak notified the Company that he intends to retire from his current role of Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective June 30, 2016.

This CD&A is organized into the following key sections:

·      Executive Summary;

·      Compensation Philosophy;

·      Compensation Setting Process and Decisions for Fiscal Year 2016; and

·      Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Compensation

Executive Summary

Business Overview

Flex is a leading end-to-end supply chain solutions company that delivers innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a range of industries and end-markets, including data networking, telecom, enterprise computing and storage, industrial, capital equipment, appliances, automation, medical, automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, mobile, computing and other product categories.

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In fiscal year 2016, we continued to reorganize and rebalance our business portfolio in order to align with our customers’ needs and requirements as part of an effort to optimize operating results. In particular, we continued to move our long-term portfolio towards a mix of businesses which possess longer product life cycles and higher margins, such as our Industrial and Emerging Industries (IEI) and High Reliability Solutions (HRS) businesses. Concurrently, we are also shifting away from customer solutions that have more short-term volatility and lower margins. This business transformation positions us to meet specific customers’ supply chain solutions needs across all of the markets we serve, yield margin improvement, earn a return on our invested capital above the weighted-average cost of that capital, and take advantage of the long-term, future growth prospects for outsourcing of advanced manufacturing capabilities, design and engineering services, and after-market services. Another aspect of our business transformation strategy has been to make targeted investments in technologies and businesses that are complementary to our core business but that represent high growth opportunities with attractive profit margins. The shift away from certain parts of our business limited our short-term top-line growth and created negative year-over-year comparisons on some financial metrics, though it places us in a better position to capitalize on long-term revenue growth and enhanced returns on investment and cash flow.

Performance Highlights For Fiscal Year 2016

We delivered solid results in fiscal year 2016 in the face of significant external and internal challenges, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted objectives. Several macro-economic factors such as ongoing growth challenges in Europe, a slowdown in Chinese growth, and a high degree of uncertainty about interest rate and stimulus policies acted as a brake on overall global manufacturing activity and created volatility in global stock prices. Internally, we continued on our business transformation journey during FY16 through which we are reorganizing and rebalancing our business portfolio. As a result of an improved cost structure and our strategic business transformation, we delivered solid operating results in fiscal year 2016 and executed on key strategic priorities, including acquisitions of NEXTracker, Mirror Controls International and Wink Labs, Inc. to expand our innovative offerings, though some results represent year-over-year declines due to our business transformation activities. Highlights include:

·                  Gross profit totaled $1.6 billion, an increase of 4.1% compared to the prior year.

·                  Gross margin increased to 6.6% of net sales in fiscal year 2016, compared with 5.9% of net sales in fiscal year 2015.

·                  We generated operating cash flows of $1.1 billion during the year. The strong cash flow generated from our operations enabled us to return value to shareholders with the repurchase of $420.3 million of our shares paid in fiscal year 2016.

·                  We maintained strong sustainable free cash flow.

·                  We had some less favorable year-over-year financial result comparisons due to our business transformation, though these actions are positioning the Company for enhanced future results.

·                  We reported net sales of $24.4 billion, a decrease of 6.6% compared to the prior year.

·                  Diluted earnings per share for the year were $0.79, a decrease of 22.5%.

With the results noted above, our stock price declined 4.9% from $12.68 at the end of fiscal year 2015 to $12.06 at the end of fiscal year 2016. While we are disappointed in the overall decrease in absolute value, we believe we have delivered solid long-term shareholder value creation despite the challenging business environment during fiscal year 2016. Flex’s total shareholder return (TSR) from fiscal year 2014 through the end of fiscal year 2016 (3-year return) was an annualized 21.3%, or above the 80th percentile of our peer group. This represents an annualized return that is nearly 10% ahead of the S&P 500 over the same period, demonstrating strong absolute and relative shareholder value creation over a multi-year time period.

Pay and Performance Alignment For Fiscal Year 2016

As noted above, we delivered solid operating and shareholder results during fiscal year 2016, though final performance was somewhat below our targeted levels. Our compensation philosophy is to reward above-target performance when achieved, and pay zero or below target when favorable results are not delivered. In line with our fiscal year 2016 performance, Flex’s NEOs earned short-term incentive awards that recognize our solid financial performance, as well as the fact that we did not fully achieve our targeted performance goals. Highlights include the following:

·                  Maintained the CEO’s base salary with no increase, positioned approximately at the peer median.

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·                  Provided modest base salary increases to other NEOs, though overall salary positioning continued to be approximately at our peer group median.

·                  The CEO earned a below-target short-term incentive payout of 81.3% of target, and the average payouts for our other NEOs were also below the targeted level at 92.6% of target.

·                  Paid out the long-term performance share unit cycles during fiscal year 2016 at 138% and 129% of target in May 2015 and June 2015, respectively, based upon results that were above target over the multi-year performance cycle from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2016.

·                  Funded the NEO’s deferred compensation plans with a value that averaged about 37.5% of our NEOs’ respective base salaries based on fiscal year 2015 results.

·                  Continued to use fiscal year 2016 long-term incentive grants that balance relative TSR performance share units (PSUs) with a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) that measures cumulative free cash flow (FCF) over a multi-year period (from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2018).

·                  Elementum:  Granted modest profit interest unit value awards to certain executives who have been making significant contributions to our Elementum business (see details in the Fiscal Year 2016 Compensation section below).

Prior Say on Pay Advisory Vote Results, Shareholder Engagement, and Pay Program Changes

We provided shareholders with a “say on pay” advisory vote on executive compensation at our 2015 Annual General Meeting held on August 20, 2015. The advisory vote received the support of 94% of the votes cast at the General Meeting. We believe the level of support at our 2015 Annual General Meeting reflects ongoing institutional shareholder outreach efforts and the continuing efforts to align our executive compensation with shareholder interests. We plan to hold a “say on pay” advisory vote on an annual basis. Based on the favorable prior say on pay results, shareholder feedback on existing programs, and our review of the alignment of the pay program design with business results, we continued the structure of our fiscal year 2015 compensation programs in fiscal year 2016.

Impact of Business Performance on Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Compensation

As noted above, for fiscal year 2016, we delivered solid operating results for certain objectives and did not meet targeted objectives on other goals, resulting in payment of our NEOs’ at-risk compensation below target levels. The Compensation Committee recognizes the challenges with the external environment and the transformation in Flex’s business strategy, though the Company did not achieve our targeted results against our operating plan. Consequently, the Committee believes that the actual compensation earned by our NEOs is appropriate and consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy.  The table below describes the key elements of our executive compensation program and the key actions taken by the Compensation Committee with respect to the compensation of the NEOs for fiscal year 2016:

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Compensation Philosophy

Flex’s compensation philosophy is pay-for-performance.  Our pay programs are designed to align executives’ compensation with performance against the Company’s short-term and long-term performance objectives and the creation of shareholder value. A key objective of our compensation programs is to attract, retain and motivate superior executive talent who are key to the Company’s long-term success by paying for the achievement of meaningful Company objectives, balancing achievement incentives with the need to avoid excessive or inappropriate risk-taking, and maintaining an appropriate cost structure.  We actively manage our pay-for-performance philosophy through the following elements:

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Compensation Setting Process and Decisions for Fiscal Year 2016

Fiscal year 2016 Corporate Governance Highlights

The Compensation Committee regularly reviews our compensation programs, peer company data and corporate governance best practices in the executive compensation area. We have adopted corporate governance and compensation practices and policies that our Board believes help to advance our compensation goals and philosophy, including the following:

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What we don’t do

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee periodically assesses our compensation programs to ensure that they are appropriately aligned with our business strategy and are achieving their objectives. The Compensation Committee also reviews market trends and changes in competitive practices. Based on its review and assessment, the Compensation Committee from time to time recommends changes in our compensation programs to our Board. The Compensation Committee is responsible for recommending to our Board the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and all other executive officers. The Compensation Committee also oversees management’s decisions concerning the compensation of other Company officers, administers our equity compensation plans, and evaluates the effectiveness of our overall executive compensation programs.  Our committee also reviews the Company’s talent assessment and succession planning.

Independent Consultants and Advisors

The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain and terminate any independent, third-party compensation consultants and to obtain advice and assistance from internal and external legal, accounting and other advisors. For fiscal year 2016, the Compensation Committee engaged Mercer, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (referred to in this discussion as Mercer) in connection with its fiscal year 2016 compensation review, as its independent advisers for certain executive compensation matters. Mercer was retained by the Compensation Committee to provide an independent review of the Company’s executive compensation programs, including an analysis of both the competitive market and the design of the programs. More specifically, Mercer furnished the Compensation Committee with reports on peer company practices relating to the following matters: short and long-term compensation program design; annual share utilization and shareowner dilution levels resulting from equity plans; and executive share ownership and retention values. As part of its reports to the Compensation Committee, Mercer recommends our selected peer companies, and provides competitive compensation data and analysis relating to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and our other executives and senior officers. Mercer also assisted the Compensation Committee with its risk assessment of our compensation programs during fiscal year 2016.

Mercer is owned by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a multi-services global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, strategy and human capital. For a discussion of amounts paid to Mercer for executive and director compensation consulting services and amounts paid to Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and its affiliates for non-executive and non-director compensation consulting services, please see, “ Board Committees —Compensation Committee—Relationship with Compensation Consultants.” The Compensation Committee has determined that the provision by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. of services unrelated to executive and director compensation matters in fiscal year 2016 was compatible with maintaining the objectivity of Mercer in its role as compensation consultant to the Compensation Committee and that the consulting advice it received from Mercer was not influenced by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.’s other relationships with the Company. The Compensation Committee has retained Mercer as its independent compensation consultant for fiscal year 2017 and expects that it will continue to retain an independent compensation consultant on future executive compensation matters.

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Role of Executive Officers in Compensation Decisions

The Compensation Committee makes recommendations to our Board on all compensation actions relating to our executive officers. As part of its process, the Compensation Committee meets with our Chief Executive Officer and other executives to obtain recommendations with respect to the structure of our compensation programs, as well as an assessment of the performance of individual executives and recommendations on compensation for individual executives. As discussed in greater detail below under “Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Compensation—Incentive Bonus Plan,” our Chief Executive Officer and other executives develop recommendations for performance measures and target payout opportunities under our incentive bonus plan based on management’s business forecast both at the Company and business unit levels, which are reviewed and approved by our Board.

Competitive Positioning

In arriving at its recommendations to our Board on the amounts and components of compensation for our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers competitive compensation data prepared by Mercer. The Compensation Committee reviews this data in the context of historical performance and our overall compensation programs and objectives. The Compensation Committee considered the following competitive compensation data for our NEOs:

·                  Mercer constructed a peer group consisting of 19 companies based on targeting firms with a high degree of complexity in business scale and scope, as well as similar revenues, numbers of employees, and returns on invested capital.

·                  The Compensation Committee also takes into account Mercer’s review of standardized surveys to check the Company’s compensation programs against other large high technology and durable goods manufacturing firms to gain an understanding of general compensation practices.

Each year, the peer companies are recommended by the Compensation Committee’s independent consultant and approved by the Compensation Committee. We made no changes to its fiscal year 2016 peer group relative to fiscal year 2015. The peer group for fiscal year 2016 compensation decisions consisted of the following companies:

Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Compensation

Total Direct Compensation

Total direct compensation is the sum of base salary, annual incentive bonus payouts and long-term incentive awards, but excludes performance-based contributions to our deferred compensation plan. For the table outlined below, the actual total direct compensation represents the actual bonus earned in each fiscal year plus the grant date fair value of the long-term incentive awards provided in each year (where actual long-term incentive values earned over time are subject to future performance conditions and share price movement). For fiscal year 2016, the actual total direct compensation for all NEOs is approximately 10% to 20% below that of the prior year.  This change reflects our alignment of pay and performance, where the fiscal year 2016 financial performance was solid in the context of market conditions, though it fell short of internal expectations.  Mr. McNamara’s total direct compensation decreased 10.8% from fiscal year 2015, due primarily to a significant decrease in the bonus earned due to performance that was below target.

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Elements of Compensation

We allocate compensation among the following components for our NEOs:

·                  base salary;

·                  annual incentive bonus awards;

·                  long-term performance-based and service-based share incentive awards;

·                  long-term performance-based cash incentive awards;

·                  performance-based and service-based deferred compensation; and

·                  other benefits.

As discussed above, a key element of our compensation philosophy is that a significant portion of executive compensation is performance-based and therefore at-risk. A second key element of our compensation philosophy is that a significant portion of executive compensation is comprised of long-term components in order to align executive compensation with sustained, long-term performance and share price appreciation. Annual incentive compensation, performance-based restricted share units, performance-based cash-based incentives, and performance-funded contributions under our deferred compensation plan are compensation that is at-risk because their payouts depend entirely upon performance. Our performance-based compensation elements coupled with service-based restricted share units and our service-based deferred compensation plan contributions are designed to provide significant retention and alignment with long-term shareholder value enhancement, where our long-term incentive awards fully vest after periods of three or four years.

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The following charts illustrate the mix of our compensation and show that for our Chief Executive Officer, 90% of total target direct compensation is either at-risk or long-term, and, overall for our other NEOs, 83% of total target direct compensation is either at-risk or long-term:

2016 Target Total Direct Compensation
CEO Pay Mix

2016 Target Total Direct Compensation
Average NEO Pay Mix (non-CEO)

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Base Salary Levels

The following table sets forth the base salaries of our NEOs in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, as well as the percentage increase (if any) from the prior year:

For fiscal year 2016, we set our executives’ base salaries at levels which are competitive with our peer companies based on each individual executive’s role and the scope of his or her responsibilities, also taking into account the executive’s experience and the base salary levels of other executives within the Company. Adjustments were modest, reflecting the fact that no individual changed roles significantly or was fundamentally mis-aligned with market. The Compensation Committee typically reviews base salaries every fiscal year and adjusts base salaries to take into account competitive market data, individual performance and promotions or changes in responsibilities.  Overall salaries for our NEOs in fiscal year 2016 positioned our aggregate pay at approximately the median of our peer companies.

Incentive Bonus Plan

Our annual incentive payouts are based entirely on achievement of financial performance objectives and are linked to achievements of the following performance metrics:

·                  revenue growth targets;

·                  adjusted operating profit targets;

·                  return on invested capital targets; and

·                  adjusted earnings per share targets.

For fiscal year 2016, the Company’s performance level with respect to the above performance metrics exceeded targeted amounts for some metrics and fell below targeted amounts against others (see table below), and therefore, resulted in incentive payment amounts that were below target levels for all the NEOs, except for Mr. Humphries, in whose case performance levels exceeded targeted amounts for all metrics. The payout levels are as follows:

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Through our incentive bonus plan, we seek to provide pay for performance by linking incentive awards to Company and business unit performance. In designing the incentive bonus plan, our Chief Executive Officer and management team develop and recommend performance metrics and targets, which are reviewed and are subject to adjustment by the Compensation Committee and our Board. Performance metrics and payout levels are determined based on management’s business forecast both at the Company and business unit levels, as reviewed and approved by the Board. In fiscal year 2016, target levels for performance were set at approximately the levels included in our business forecast. Maximum payout levels were tied to “stretch” levels of performance. As part of the process of setting performance targets, the Compensation Committee reviewed analyst consensus estimates for fiscal year 2016 and confirmed that target performance measures were appropriately aligned with such estimates. Performance measures were based on quarterly and annual targets.

The following table summarizes the key features of our fiscal year 2016 incentive bonus plan:

The Compensation Committee recommended and our Board approved different performance metrics for our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and corporate officers as compared with business unit executives.

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The incentive bonus plan award opportunities for each NEO are shown in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2016 table in “Executive Compensation.” In fiscal year 2016, the target incentive bonus awards were set at approximately the 60th percentile of our peer group for Mr. McNamara; at approximately the 75th percentile of our peer group for Mr. Collier; at between the 60th and 75th percentile of our peer group for Mr. Barbier; between the 25th and 50th percentiles of our peer group for Mr. Hoak; and at approximately the 75th percentile of our peer group for Mr. Humphries.

Non-GAAP Adjustments

We used adjusted non-GAAP performance measures for our incentive bonus plan in fiscal year 2016. We used adjusted measures to eliminate the distorting effect of certain unusual income or expense items. The adjustments were intended to:

·  align award payout opportunities with the underlying growth of our business; and

·  avoid outcomes based on unusual items.

In calculating non-GAAP financial measures, we excluded certain items to facilitate a review of the comparability of the Company’s operating performance on a period-to-period basis because such items are not, in the Compensation Committee’s view, related to the Company’s ongoing operational performance. The non-GAAP measures are used to evaluate more accurately the Company’s operating performance, for calculating return on investment, and for benchmarking performance against competitors. For fiscal year 2016, non-GAAP adjustments consisted of excluding after-tax stock-based compensation expense and intangible amortization. All adjustments are subject to approval by the Compensation Committee to ensure that payout levels are consistent with performance.

Incentive Awards for the CEO and CFO

Messrs. McNamara and Collier were each eligible for a bonus award based on achievement of quarterly and annual revenue growth, adjusted operating profit, ROIC and adjusted EPS targets. We refer to these performance measures as the “Company performance metrics.” The weightings for each of these performance measures was 25%. Mr. McNamara’s annual target bonus was 150% of base salary. Mr. McNamara’s target percentage of base salary remained the same as in fiscal year 2015 and resulted in total target cash approximately between the 50th and 60th percentiles of our peer companies.  Mr. Collier’s bonus target as a percentage of base salary was set at 110% and resulted in total target cash between the 50th and 60th percentiles of our peer companies.

The following table sets forth the payout level opportunities that were available for Messrs. McNamara and Collier as a percentage of the target award for each performance measure based on different levels of performance. Revenue targets represented year over year annual growth targets of (-2.5)% at the 50% payout level, 3.3% at the 100% payout level, 9.0% at the 200% payout level, and 10.9% at the 300% payout level.

No payout is made if the threshold performance level is not achieved.  Targets at the 300% level with respect to the annual bonus reflect sustained performance over the year that is considered to provide stretch targets. For performance levels between 50% and 300% presented in the table below, straight line interpolation was used to arrive at the payout level:

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