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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on March 13, 2019. TE CONNECTIVITY LTD. You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. TE CONNECTIVITY LTD. RHEINSTRASSE 20 CH-8200 SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. proxy materials and voting instructions. E54198-P16156-Z73717 See the reverse side of this notice to obtain Meeting Information Meeting Type:Annual General Meeting For holders as of: Close of business (Eastern Standard Time) on February 21, 2019 Date: March 13, 2019 Time: 2:00 p.m., Central European Time (9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time) Location: Park Hyatt Hotel Zürich, Switzerland

 

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The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the director nominees listed below and "FOR" each agenda item (including each subpart thereof). 5.2 To approve the statutory financial statements of TE Connectivity Ltd. for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018 1. Election of Directors 1a. Pierre R. Brondeau 5.3 To approve the consolidated financial statements of TE Connectivity Ltd. for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018 1b. Terrence R. Curtin 6. To release the members of the Board of Directors and executive officers of TE Connectivity for activities during the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018 1c. Carol A. ("John") Davidson 7.1 To elect Deloitte & Touche LLP as TE Connectivity's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019 To elect Deloitte AG, Zürich, Switzerland, as TE Connectivity's Swiss registered auditor until the next annual general meeting of TE Connectivity To elect PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zürich, Switzerland, as TE Connectivity's special auditor until the next annual general meeting of TE Connectivity An advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation 1d. William A. Jeffrey 7.2 1e. David M. Kerko 1f. Thomas J. Lynch 7.3 1g. Yong Nam 8. 1h. Daniel J. Phelan 9. A binding vote to approve fiscal year 2020 maximum aggregate compensation amount for executive management 1i. Paula A. Sneed 10. A binding vote to approve fiscal year 2020 maximum aggregate compensation amount for the Board of Directors To approve the carryforward of unappropriated accumulated earnings at September 28, 2018 To approve a dividend payment to shareholders equal to $1.84 per issued share to be paid in four equal quarterly installments of $0.46 starting with the third fiscal quarter of 2019 and ending in the second fiscal quarter of 2020 pursuant to the terms of the dividend resolution To approve an authorization relating to TE Connectivity's share repurchase program To approve a reduction of share capital for shares acquired under TE Connectivity's share repurchase program and related amendments to the articles of association of TE Connectivity Ltd. To approve any adjournments or postponements of the meeting 1j. Abhijit Y. Talwalkar 11. 1k. Mark C. Trudeau 12. 1l. Laura H. Wright 2. To elect Thomas J. Lynch as the Chairman of the Board of Directors 3. To elect the individual members of the Management Development and Compensation Committee 13. 3a. Daniel J. Phelan 14. 3b. Paula A. Sneed 15. 3c. Abhijit Y. Talwalkar 3d. Mark C. Trudeau 4. To elect Dr. René Schwarzenbach, of Proxy Voting Services GmbH, or another individual representative of Proxy Voting Services GmbH if Dr. Schwarzenbach is unable to serve at the relevant meeting, as the independent proxy at the 2020 annual meeting of TE Connectivity and any shareholder meeting that may be held prior to that meeting To approve the 2018 Annual Report of TE Connectivity Ltd. (excluding the statutory financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018, the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018 and the Swiss Compensation Report for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2018) 5.1 E54200-P16156-Z73717 Voting Items

 

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