UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

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Analog Devices, Inc.

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January 26, 2018

Dear Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 9:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at our offices located at 125 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

At the Annual Meeting you are being asked to elect nine members of our Board of Directors, each to serve for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders; to vote on a non-binding advisory proposal on the compensation of our named executive officers; and to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year.

Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of each of the directors named in the proxy statement, FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers, and FOR the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year.

Please carefully review the attached proxy materials and take the time to cast your vote.

Yours sincerely,

Ray Stata Chairman of the Board of Directors				Vincent Roche President and Chief Executive Officer

ANALOG DEVICES, INC.

ONE TECHNOLOGY WAY

NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 02062-9106

NOTICE OF 2018 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held On March 14, 2018

To our Shareholders:

The 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Analog Devices, Inc. will be held at our offices at 125 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. local time. At the meeting, shareholders will consider and vote on the following matters:

The shareholders will also act on any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

We are providing access to our proxy materials over the Internet under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. As a result, we are mailing to our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) instead of a paper copy of this proxy statement and our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 28, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Report”). We are mailing the Notice on or about January 26, 2018, and it contains instructions on how to access those documents over the Internet. The Notice also contains instructions on how each of our shareholders can receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, including this proxy statement, our 2017 Annual Report, and a form of proxy card or voting instruction card. All shareholders who do not receive the Notice, including shareholders who have previously requested to receive paper copies of proxy materials, will receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail unless they have previously requested delivery of proxy materials electronically. We have chosen to employ this distribution process to conserve natural resources and reduce the costs of printing and distributing our proxy materials.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on January 8, 2018 are entitled to vote at the meeting. Your vote is important no matter how many shares you own. Whether you expect to attend the meeting or not, please vote your shares by using the Internet as described in the instructions included on your Notice, by calling the toll-free telephone number, or, if you received a paper copy of the proxy materials, by completing, signing, dating and returning your proxy card or voting instruction form. Your prompt response is necessary to ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting. You can change your vote and revoke your proxy at any time before the polls close at the meeting by following the procedures described in the accompanying proxy statement.

All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting.

By order of the Board of Directors,

MARGARET K. SEIF

Secretary

Norwood, Massachusetts

January 26, 2018

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This Proxy Statement contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safe harbor created under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other safe harbors under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “continues,” “may,” “could” and “will,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections regarding our future financial performance; expected benefits and synergies of the acquisition of Linear Technology Corporation, including expected growth rates of the combined companies and expected product offerings, product development, marketing position and technical advances resulting from the transaction; our future market position and expected competitive changes in the marketplace for our products; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including those identified in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, including to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of the filing of this report, except to the extent required by law.

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ANALOG DEVICES, INC.

ONE TECHNOLOGY WAY

NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 02062-9106

PROXY STATEMENT FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

March 14, 2018

This proxy statement contains information about the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or Annual Meeting, of Analog Devices, Inc. The Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. local time, at our offices at 125 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. You may obtain directions to the location of the Annual Meeting by visiting our website at www.analog.com or by contacting our Investor Relations Department at Analog Devices, Inc., One Technology Way, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062; telephone: 781-461-3282.

We are furnishing this proxy statement to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Analog Devices, Inc. (which we also refer to as Analog Devices, ADI, or the Company) for use at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment, postponement, continuation or rescheduling of the meeting. All proxies will be voted in accordance with the instructions they contain. If you do not specify your voting instructions on the proxy that you submit for the Annual Meeting, it will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised at the Annual Meeting by giving our Secretary written notice to that effect.

We are providing access to our proxy materials over the Internet under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. As a result, we are mailing to our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or Notice, on or about January 26, 2018, and it contains instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 28, 2017, or our 2017 Annual Report, over the Internet. The Notice also contains instructions on how each of our shareholders can receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, including this proxy statement, our 2017 Annual Report, and a form of proxy card or voting instruction card. All shareholders who do not receive the Notice, including shareholders who have previously requested to receive paper copies of proxy materials, will receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail unless they have previously requested delivery of proxy materials electronically.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual

Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on March 14, 2018:

This proxy statement and the 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders are available for viewing, printing and downloading at www.analog.com/AnnualMeeting.

PROXY STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider and you should read the entire proxy statement before voting. For more information on the 2017 financial and operating performance of the Company, please review the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 28, 2017 that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2017.

2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

VOTING MATTERS AND BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPANY STRATEGY AND FISCAL 2017 BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

We are a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Our strategy is to focus on challenges that our customers have in applications that matter the most, helping them to grow and adapt their offerings in complex and evolving markets. Our focus is largely on the business-to-business (B2B) markets of industrial, automotive and communications and their applications, as well as a few selected consumer applications, with the goal of driving sustainable and profitable growth for Analog Devices over the long-term. Our superior innovation and the acquisition of Linear Technology Corporation, which we refer to as Linear Technology, this past year broadened our technology base, which will help us deliver more value to our customers and position us for long-term profitable growth.

Our fiscal year ended October 28, 2017, or fiscal 2017, was a year of strong execution for Analog Devices. Our senior leadership team continued to focus on our business philosophy, which centers on the achievement of superior financial performance; superior innovation; and diversity of products, applications and customers. The following fiscal 2017 financial, strategic and operational accomplishments reinforce our commitment to these priorities, which we believe drive long-term profitable growth, free cash flow generation and shareholder returns.

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Fiscal 2017 Financial Accomplishments¹

We also returned approximately $602 million to shareholders in the form of dividends and increased our dividends per share paid to shareholders by 7%.

Fiscal 2017 Strategic Accomplishments

In addition to achieving excellent financial results, in fiscal 2017 we completed our acquisition of Linear Technology, a leading manufacturer of high performance analog integrated circuits with highly complementary products and customers. Our combined company has a top two market share position across all the key building blocks of the analog market, namely: data converters, power management, amplifiers, interface and high-performance RF and microwave.² In addition, we believe that our wide portfolio of products continues to deliver more value to our customers and positions us for long-term profitable growth.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION HIGHLIGHTS

Key Compensation Actions for Fiscal 2017

Each year, ADI’s Compensation Committee reviews our executive compensation program’s components, targets and payouts to ensure that our pay practices remain competitive and aligned with our performance goals. Our performance is evaluated against short- and long-term goals that support our business strategy and the creation of sustainable long-term shareholder value. These items are described in more detail beginning on page 36 of this proxy statement. With respect to our fiscal 2017 executive compensation program, we did the following:

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Pay for Performance

A significant portion of the total target compensation for our named executive officers, or NEOs, is variable and directly linked to Company performance in the form of variable cash incentive bonus payments and equity awards. This approach provides our executives with an opportunity to earn above peer average compensation if ADI delivers strong results. Conversely, our NEOs’ total compensation is modulated if our business results are below target.

Performance and Incentive Pay Mix

Note: Our “active NEOs” refer to Messrs. Roche, Mahendra-Rajah, Hassett, Pietkiewicz and Real. See “Compensation, Discussion and Analysis” starting on page 36 for a description of our NEOs and our active NEOs.

The pay mix charts above are based on target compensation consisting of the annual rate of base salary and short-term and long-term incentive targets approved by the Compensation Committee. The pay mix for “Other Active NEOs” reflected in the chart above excludes the special Linear Integration PRSUs granted to the active NEOs (other than our Chief Executive Officer) in July 2017 after the completion of the acquisition of Linear Technology, which are exclusively dependent on Company performance. If those awards were taken into account, the percentage of performance-based incentives would increase for such active NEOs. For more information about the Linear Integration PRSUs, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation — Special Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.”

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Pay and Governance Practices

Our pay and governance practices are designed to align our executives’ interests with our shareholders. For example:

Say on Pay and Shareholder Engagement

In 2017, Analog Devices again received strong support for our executive compensation program with approximately 97.9% of votes cast approving our advisory “say on pay” resolution. We pay careful attention to feedback that we receive from our shareholders about our executive compensation program, including the “say on pay” vote. During the course of the year, we held in-person and telephonic meetings with a number of shareholders to discuss a variety of matters, including our executive compensation program and how they evaluate it. Our Compensation Committee carefully considers this feedback when making decisions regarding executive compensation.

Please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section beginning on page 36 of this proxy statement for a more detailed description of our executive compensation program, philosophy and design.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Director Nominees

Composition of Board Nominees

The Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are committed to ensuring that the Board is comprised of a highly capable group of directors who collectively provide a significant breadth of experience, knowledge and ability to effectively represent the interest of shareholders, drive shareholder value and reflect our corporate values of integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. The Board also believes that having directors with a mix of tenure helps transition the institutional knowledge of the more experienced directors while providing a broad, fresh set of perspectives. The following charts reflect the broad experience and tenure of the nominees for our Board of Directors.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Company’s governance practices include:

Corporate Responsibility

We have a long history of leadership in corporate responsibility, and pursue corporate social responsibility and sustainability along four axes — economic, environmental, social, and governance and ethics.

Economic Sustainability. While ADI strives for profitable growth, we are focused not just on the next quarter but on seeking to ensure that our technological innovations continue to have impact and that our employees and investors continue to share in the success of ADI. Our best-in-class financial model, global operations, and smart supply chain management are just a few of the ways we are able to successfully serve our stakeholders while maximizing our ability to pursue the business practices and innovations that support our longer-term success.

Environmental Sustainability. ADI approaches the environmental impact of its operations, including the manufacturing and distribution of its products, with the same focus on innovation as it does the design of those products. We are committed to conserving resources, minimizing the environmental impacts of our operations, and providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and the communities in which we operate. We view this as an economic imperative as much as an environmental one.

Social Sustainability. ADI’s stakeholder ecosystem extends beyond the typical focus on investors, employees, and customers to the communities and world in which we operate. We strive to be a positive influence in our communities by living up to the highest ethical standards, pursuing socially minded business practices, providing rewarding career and employment opportunities, and giving back to our communities in concert with our employees’ individual efforts.

Governance and Ethical Sustainability. Ethical behavior has been a core tenet of our Company’s values since our earliest days. Our employees, across all locations and job functions, have internalized the value of ethical behavior, routinely going beyond mere compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Our long history of leadership in the area of governance and ethics has resulted in a trusted reputation among our customers, investors, and employees, as well as the communities where we operate. That is a trust that we have worked hard to earn and one we don’t take lightly.

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For more information about our corporate responsibility efforts, please refer to our Sustainability Report available on the Analog Devices web site.

Greenhouse gas emissions reduction compared to 2015 levels. Non-hazardous waste and water recycling for calendar year 2016.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

What is the purpose of the Annual Meeting?

At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will consider and vote on the following matters:

1. The election of the nine nominees named in this proxy statement to our Board of Directors, each for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders.

2. The approval, by non-binding “say on pay” vote, of the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosures in this proxy statement.

3. The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 3, 2018, or fiscal 2018.

The shareholders will also act on any other business that may properly come before the meeting or any postponement, adjournment, rescheduling or continuation of the meeting.

Who can vote?

To be able to vote, you must have been an Analog Devices shareholder of record at the close of business on January 8, 2018. This date is the record date for the Annual Meeting. The number of outstanding shares entitled to vote on each proposal at the Annual Meeting is 372,673,991 shares of our common stock.

How many votes do I have?

Each share of our common stock that you own on the record date entitles you to one vote on each matter that is voted on.

Is my vote important?

Yes. Your vote is important no matter how many shares you own. Please take the time to vote. Take a moment to read the instructions below. Choose the way to vote that is easiest and most convenient for you and cast your vote as soon as possible.

How do I vote?

If you are the “record holder” of your shares, meaning that you own your shares in your own name and not through a bank, broker or other nominee, you may vote in one of four ways.

(1) You may vote over the Internet. If you have Internet access, you may vote your shares from any location in the world by following the Internet voting instructions on the Notice or the proxy card.

(2) You may vote by telephone. You may vote your shares by following the telephone voting instructions on the Notice or the proxy card.

(3) You may vote by mail. If you received a printed proxy card, you may vote by completing and signing the proxy card and promptly mailing it in the enclosed postage-prepaid envelope. You do not need to put a stamp on the enclosed envelope if you mail it in the United States. The shares you own will be voted according to your instructions on the proxy card that you mail. If you return the proxy card, but do not give any instructions on a particular matter described in this proxy statement, the shares you own will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each director nominee and FOR Proposals 2 and 3.

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(4) You may vote in person. If you attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote by delivering your completed proxy card in person or by completing a ballot. Ballots will be available at the Annual Meeting.

Please note that you cannot vote by marking up the Notice of Internet Availability of the Proxy Materials and mailing the Notice back. Any votes returned in that manner will not be counted.

Can I vote if my shares are held in “street name”?

If the Analog Devices shares that you own are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee, your bank, broker or other nominee is considered, with respect to those shares, the record holder of your shares, and is required to vote your shares according to your instructions. In order to vote your shares, you will need to follow the instructions that your bank, broker or other nominee provides you. Many banks, brokers or other nominees also offer the option of voting over the Internet or by telephone, instructions for which would be provided by your bank, broker or other nominee on your voting instruction form.

If you hold shares through an account with a broker, the voting of shares by such broker when you do not provide voting instructions is governed by applicable stock exchange rules. These rules allow brokers to vote shares at their discretion on “routine” matters for which their customers do not provide voting instructions. On matters that are considered “non-routine,” brokers may not vote shares without your instruction. The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 (Proposal 3) is considered a “routine” matter and your broker will be able to vote on that proposal even if it does not receive instructions from you, so long as it holds your shares in its name. The election of directors (Proposal 1) and the “say on pay” advisory vote (Proposal 2) are “non-routine” matters. If you do not instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote with respect to these proposals, your bank, broker or other nominee may not vote with respect to these proposals and those votes will be counted as “broker non-votes.” “Broker non-votes” are shares that are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee that indicates on its proxy that it does not have or did not exercise discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal.

If your shares are held in “street name,” you must bring an account statement or letter from your broker or other nominee, showing that you are the beneficial owner of the shares as of the record date (January 8, 2018) in order to be admitted to the Annual Meeting on March 14, 2018. To be able to vote your shares held in “street name” at the Annual Meeting, you will need to obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee, issued in your name giving you the right to vote your shares.

Can I change my vote after I have mailed my proxy card or after I have voted my shares over the Internet or by telephone?

Yes. If you are the “record holder” of your shares, you can revoke your proxy or change your vote at any time before the polls close at the Annual Meeting by doing any one of the following things:

Your attendance at the meeting alone will not revoke your proxy.

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If your shares are held in “street name,” you may submit a new, later-dated voting instruction form or contact your bank, broker or other nominee. You may also vote in person at the Annual Meeting if you obtain a legal proxy as described in the answer to the question above entitled “Can I vote if my shares are held in ‘street name’”?

How do I vote my shares held in trust in the Analog Ireland Success Sharing Share Plan?

If you participate in the Analog Ireland Success Sharing Share Plan, which we refer to as the Ireland share plan, you may instruct Irish Pensions Trust Limited, which serves as the trustee of the Ireland share plan, to vote the amount of shares of common stock that they hold on your behalf as of the record date. You will receive a voting card that you may use to direct Mercer Ireland Limited, or Mercer, which administers the Irish share plan on behalf of Irish Pensions Trust Limited, how to vote your shares. You should sign the voting card and return it to Mercer in the envelope provided. Mercer will vote the shares in the manner that you direct on the voting card. If Mercer does not receive your voting card by 5:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on March 7, 2018, Mercer will not vote your shares.

What constitutes a quorum?

In order for business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting, a quorum must be present in person or represented by valid proxies. For each of the proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting, a quorum consists of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding on January 8, 2018, the record date, or at least 186,336,996 shares.

Shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy (including “broker non-votes” and shares that abstain or do not vote with respect to a particular proposal) will be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists at the Annual Meeting for that proposal.

If a quorum is not present, the Annual Meeting will be adjourned until a quorum is obtained.

What vote is required for each proposal?

Election of directors. Under our bylaws, a nominee will be elected to the Board of Directors if the votes cast “for” the nominee’s election exceed the votes cast “against” the nominee’s election, with abstentions and “broker non-votes” not counting as votes “for” or “against.” If the shares you own are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee, your bank, broker or other nominee, as the record holder of your shares, is required to vote your shares according to your instructions. If you do not instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote with respect to this proposal, your bank, broker or other nominee may not vote your shares with respect to the election of directors. If an incumbent director nominee in an uncontested election of directors receives a majority of votes “against” his election, the director must tender a resignation from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will then decide whether to accept the resignation within 90 days following certification of the shareholder vote (based on the recommendation of a committee of independent directors). We will publicly disclose the Board of Directors’ decision and its reasoning with regard to the offered resignation.

“Say on Pay.” Our Board of Directors is seeking a non-binding advisory vote regarding the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosures contained in this proxy statement. Under our bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of votes cast on the proposal is needed to approve this resolution. The vote is advisory and non-binding in nature but our Compensation Committee will take into account the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation arrangements. If you do not instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote with respect to this proposal, your bank, broker or other nominee may not vote your shares with respect to this proposal.

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Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm. Under our bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of votes cast on the proposal is needed to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018. Even if you do not instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote with respect to this proposal, your bank, broker or other nominee may vote your shares with respect to this proposal.

How will votes be counted?

Each share of common stock will be counted as one vote according to the instructions contained on a properly completed proxy card, whether submitted in person, by mail, over the Internet or by telephone, or on a ballot voted in person at the Annual Meeting. With respect to all proposals, shares will not be voted in favor of the matter, and will not be counted as voting on the matter, if they either (1) abstain from voting on a particular matter, or (2) are “broker non-votes.” Banks, brokers and other nominees who do not receive instructions with respect to Proposals 1 or 2 will not be allowed to vote these shares, and all such shares will be “broker non-votes” rather than votes “for” or “against.” Accordingly, assuming the presence of a quorum, abstentions and “broker non-votes” for a particular proposal will not be counted as votes cast to determine the outcome of a particular proposal.

Who will count the votes?

The votes will be counted, tabulated and certified by Broadridge.

Will my vote be kept confidential?

Yes, your vote will be kept confidential and we will not disclose your vote, unless (1) we are required to do so by law (including in connection with the pursuit or defense of a legal or administrative action or proceeding), or (2) there is a contested election for the Board of Directors. The tabulation agent will forward any written comments that you make on the proxy card to management without providing your name, unless you expressly request disclosure on your proxy card.

How does the Board of Directors recommend that I vote on the proposals?

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote:

FOR the election of each of the nine nominees to serve as directors on the Board of Directors, each for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders (Proposal 1);

FOR the approval, by non-binding “say on pay” vote, of the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosures contained in this proxy statement (Proposal 2); and

FOR the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 (Proposal 3).

Will any other matters be voted on at this meeting?

No. Under the laws of Massachusetts, where we are incorporated, an item may not be brought before our shareholders at a meeting unless it appears in the notice of the meeting. Our bylaws establish the process for a shareholder to bring a matter before a meeting. See “How and when may I submit a shareholder proposal, including a shareholder nomination for director, for the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders?” below.

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Where can I find the voting results?

We will report the voting results in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the end of the Annual Meeting.

How and when may I submit a shareholder proposal, including a shareholder nomination for director, for the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders?

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for inclusion in our proxy statement for the 2019 annual meeting, you need to follow the procedures outlined in Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. To be eligible for inclusion, we must receive your shareholder proposal for our proxy statement for the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders at our principal corporate offices in Norwood, Massachusetts at the address below no later than September 28, 2018.

In addition, our bylaws require that we be given advance written notice for nominations for election to our Board of Directors and other matters that shareholders wish to present for action at an annual meeting other than those to be included in our proxy statement under Rule 14a-8. The Secretary must receive such notice at the address noted below not less than 90 days or more than 120 days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. However, if the date of our annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from the anniversary date, then we must receive such notice at the address noted below not earlier than the 120th day before such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (1) the 90th day before such annual meeting or (2) the seventh day after the day on which notice of the meeting date was mailed or public disclosure was made, whichever occurs first. Assuming that the 2019 annual meeting is not advanced by more than 20 days nor delayed by more than 60 days from the anniversary date of the 2018 annual meeting, you would need to give us appropriate notice at the address noted below no earlier than November 14, 2018, and no later than December 14, 2018. If a shareholder does not provide timely notice of a nomination or other matter to be presented at the 2019 annual meeting, under Massachusetts law, it may not be brought before our shareholders at a meeting.

Our bylaws also specify requirements relating to the content of the notice that shareholders must provide to the Secretary of Analog Devices for any matter, including a shareholder proposal or nomination for director, to be properly presented at a shareholder meeting. A copy of the full text of our bylaws is on file with the SEC and publicly available on our website.

Any proposals, nominations or notices should be sent to:

Margaret K. Seif, Secretary

Analog Devices, Inc.

One Technology Way

Norwood, Massachusetts 02062

Phone: 781-461-3367

Fax: 781-461-3491

Email: margaret.seif@analog.com

What are the costs of soliciting these proxies and who will pay?

We will bear the costs of solicitation of proxies. We have engaged Alliance Advisors LLC to assist us with the solicitation of proxies and expect to pay Alliance Advisors approximately $11,500 for their services. In addition to solicitations by mail, Alliance Advisors and our directors, officers and regular employees may solicit proxies by telephone, email and personal interviews without additional remuneration. We will request brokers, custodians and fiduciaries to forward proxy soliciting material to the owners of shares of our common stock that they hold in their names. We will reimburse banks and brokers for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of our proxy materials.

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Why did I receive a “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials” but no proxy materials?

We are distributing our proxy materials to stockholders via the Internet under the “Notice and Access” approach permitted by the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. This approach expedites stockholders’ receipt of proxy materials while conserving natural resources and reducing our distribution costs. On or about January 26, 2018, we mailed a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access the proxy materials on the Internet to participating stockholders, and if desired, to request to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials by mail.

How can I obtain an Annual Report on Form 10-K?

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 28, 2017, or fiscal 2017, is available on our website at www.analog.com. If you would like a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2017 and/or any of its exhibits, we will send you such materials without charge. Please contact:

Investor Relations Department

Analog Devices, Inc.

One Technology Way

Norwood, Massachusetts 02062

Phone: 781-461-3282

Email: investor.relations@analog.com

Whom should I contact if I have any questions?

If you have any questions about the Annual Meeting or your ownership of our common stock, please contact our Investor Relations Department, at the address, telephone number or email address listed above.

HOUSEHOLDING OF ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS

Some banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of “householding” proxy statements and annual reports. This means that only one copy of our proxy statement and annual report to shareholders may have been sent to multiple shareholders in your household unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more shareholders. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of either document to you if you contact us at the following address, telephone number or email address: Investor Relations Department, Analog Devices, Inc., One Technology Way, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062, telephone: 781-461-3282, email: investor.relations@analog.com. If you want to receive separate copies of the proxy statement or annual report to shareholders in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy per household, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee record holder, or you may contact us at the above address, telephone number or email address.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table contains information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 12, 2018 (unless otherwise specified) by:

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SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and the holders of more than 10% of our common stock to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership of our common stock and other equity securities on a Form 3 and reports of changes in such ownership on a Form 4 or Form 5. Officers, directors and 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To our knowledge, based solely on a review of our records and written representations by the persons required to file these reports, all filing requirements of Section 16(a) were satisfied on a timely basis with respect to our most recent fiscal year or prior fiscal years, with the exception of one Form 4 filed on March 28, 2017 reporting the acquisition in an IRA for the benefit of Mr. Champy on March 10, 2017 of 81 shares in exchange for 350 shares of Linear Technology common stock in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, pursuant to which the Company acquired Linear Technology.

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PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Election Process

Our entire Board of Directors is elected annually by our shareholders and currently consists of nine directors, of whom seven are deemed to be “independent directors.” At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will accordingly have an opportunity to vote for each of the nine nominees listed below. The persons named in the enclosed proxy card, upon receipt of a properly executed proxy, will vote for each of these nominees, unless you instruct them to vote otherwise on the proxy card (whether executed by you or through Internet or telephonic voting). Each of the nominees has indicated his or her willingness to serve, if elected. However, if any or all of the nominees should be unable or unwilling to serve, the proxies may be voted for a substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors or our Board of Directors may reduce the number of directors.

Director Criteria, Qualifications and Experience

The Board of Directors is committed to ensuring that it is composed of a highly capable group of directors who collectively provide a significant breadth of experience, knowledge and abilities, to effectively represent the interests of shareholders and reflect our corporate values of integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. Key factors that the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consider when selecting directors include:

The following paragraphs provide information as of the date of this proxy statement about each nominee. The information presented includes information each director has given us about his or her age, all positions he or she holds, his or her principal occupation and business experience, and the names of other publicly-held companies of which he or she currently serves as a director or has served as a director during the past five years. In addition to the information presented below regarding each nominee’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board of Directors to the conclusion that he or she should serve as a director, we also believe that all of our director nominees have a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. They each have demonstrated business acumen and an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to ADI and our Board of Directors. Finally, we value their significant experience on other public company boards of directors and board committees.

Information about the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each director appears above under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.” See also “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.” There are no family relationships among any of the directors and executive officers of ADI.

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RAY STATA, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Director since 1965

Mr. Stata, age 83, has served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1973 and served as an executive officer of our Company from its inception until April 2012. Mr. Stata served as our Chief Executive Officer from 1973 to November 1996 and as our President from 1971 to November 1991. We believe Mr. Stata’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include more than 50 years of experience and leadership in the semiconductor industry, including as our founder, our Chairman for 43 years and formerly as our President for 20 years. If re-elected, Mr. Stata will continue to serve as our Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2018.

VINCENT ROCHE, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director since 2013

Mr. Roche, age 57, has served as President of Analog Devices since 2012 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and elected as a Director in 2013. Under his leadership, ADI has extended its market leadership and grown to more than $5 billion in revenue in fiscal 2017. Mr. Roche began his career at ADI in 1988 and has served in key positions spanning corporate leadership, worldwide sales, strategic marketing, business development, and product management over his 30-year tenure at ADI. Mr. Roche also serves as a director on the board of Acacia Communications, Inc. We believe that Mr. Roche’s qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his leadership role in the Company and his deep knowledge of the Company’s products, markets, and customers.

JAMES A. CHAMPY, Director since 2003

Mr. Champy, age 75, retired in 2010 as Vice President of the Dell/Perot Systems business unit of Dell, Inc., a computer and technology services company. He was previously a Vice President and the Chairman of Consulting at Perot Systems Corporation from 1996 to November 2009. He served as a director of Perot Systems Corporation from 1996 to 2004. Mr. Champy is the author of several business books and is a Life Member of the MIT Corporation, the governing body of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We believe Mr. Champy’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his expertise in corporate strategy development and his organizational acumen.

BRUCE R. EVANS, Director since 2015

Mr. Evans, age 58, has served in various positions with Summit Partners, a growth equity, venture capital and credit investment firm, since 1986, including most recently as Chairman of Summit Partners’ Board, and as Senior Advisor to the firm. From 2011 to December 2017, he served as Managing Director and Chairman of Summit Partners’ Board. From 1999 to 2011, he was one of Summit Partners’ Co-Managing Partners. During his 32 years with Summit Partners, Mr. Evans has served as a member of the boards of directors of over 30 technology and other growth industry companies in the US and Europe, including 14 public companies. Since 2010 Mr. Evans has served as a director of Casa Systems Inc., which became a publicly traded company in December 2017. He also served as a director of FleetCor Technologies, Inc. from 2002 until 2014. In addition, Mr. Evans is Chairman of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and the former Chairman of Vanderbilt’s Investment Committee. We believe Mr. Evans’ qualifications to serve on our Board include his financial and management expertise, including his investing experience in the technology sector and his experience with acquisitions and other transactions.

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EDWARD H. FRANK, Director since 2014

Dr. Frank, age 61, was most recently co-founder and CEO of Cloud Parity, a voice of the customer startup from January 2014 through August 2016. From May 2009 to October 2013, Dr. Frank held the position of Vice President, Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering at Apple Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices. Prior to his tenure at Apple, Dr. Frank served as Corporate Vice President, Research and Development, of Broadcom Corp. Dr. Frank was founding CEO of Epigram, Inc., a developer of integrated circuits and software for home networking, which Broadcom acquired in 1999, and was a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Dr. Frank also serves as a director of Cavium, Inc. and Quantenna Communications Inc. He served as a director of Fusion-IO, Inc. from October 2013 until July 2014 when it was acquired by SanDisk Corporation. Dr. Frank is vice-chairman of Carnegie Mellon University Board of Trustees, where he has been a Trustee since 2000, and since July 2017, has been Executive Director (pro bono) of Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation. We believe Dr. Frank’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his deep understanding of the communications and hardware technology markets and his extensive executive leadership experience.

MARK M. LITTLE, Director since 2017

Dr. Little, age 65, is the former Senior Vice President, GE Global Research and Chief Technology Officer of General Electric Company, or GE, a global digital industrial company. Dr. Little joined GE in 1978, and during his 37-year tenure, held management positions in engineering and business, culminating with his most recent position, which he held from 2005 until 2015. In addition to his technology leadership, Dr. Little led several multi-billion dollar business units at GE including GE Energy’s power-generation segment. We believe Dr. Little’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive leadership experience in a global technology company, combined with his experience driving change and innovation through GE’s various phases of business transformation.

NEIL NOVICH, Director since 2008

Mr. Novich, age 63, is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryerson Inc., a global metals distributor and fabricator. He joined Ryerson in 1994 as Chief Operating Officer and served in that role until 1999 when he was named Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, a position he held through 2007. Prior to that, he was a partner at Bain & Company, an international consulting firm. Mr. Novich also serves as a director of W.W. Grainger, Inc., Hillenbrand Inc. and Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. We believe Mr. Novich’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his experience as a chief executive officer leading a complex global organization, combined with his broad operational and corporate governance expertise.

KENTON J. SICCHITANO, Director since 2003

Mr. Sicchitano, age 73, retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, a public accounting firm, in July 2001. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Sicchitano was the Global Managing Partner of Independence and Regulatory Matters for PwC. Mr. Sicchitano joined Price Waterhouse LLP, a predecessor firm of PwC, in 1970 and became a partner in 1979. During his 31-year tenure with PwC, Mr. Sicchitano held various positions including the Global Managing Partner of Audit/Business Advisory Services and the Global Managing Partner responsible for Audit/Business Advisory, Tax and Financial Advisory Services. Mr. Sicchitano served as a director of PerkinElmer, Inc. from 2003 to April 2017 and MetLife, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from 2001 until June 2017. We believe Mr. Sicchitano’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience with public and financial accounting matters for complex global organizations.

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LISA T. SU, Director since 2012

Dr. Su, age 48, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, a semiconductor manufacturer since October 2014. Previously she served at AMD as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from July 2014 to October 2014 and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Business Units from January 2012 to July 2014. Prior to joining AMD in January 2012, Dr. Su served as senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Multimedia, at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, from 2008 to 2011 and prior to that, as Chief Technology Officer from 2007 to 2008. Dr. Su also spent 13 years with International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, in various engineering and business leadership positions; and was a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments in the Semiconductor Process and Device Center. Dr. Su also serves as a director of AMD. We believe Dr. Su’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include her experience as a CEO of a global semiconductor company and her understanding of complex technologies.

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of each of the above nominees.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

General

We have long believed that good corporate governance is important to ensure that Analog Devices is managed for the long-term benefit of our shareholders. We periodically review our corporate governance policies and practices and compare them to those suggested by various authorities in corporate governance and the practices of other public companies. As a result, we have adopted policies and procedures that we believe are in the best interests of Analog Devices and our shareholders. In particular, we have adopted the following policies and procedures:

Corporate Governance Guidelines. Our Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines for our Company that establishes a common set of expectations to assist the Board and its committees in performing their duties. The Board reviews these Guidelines at least annually, and updates them as necessary to reflect changing regulatory requirements and evolving practices.

Declassified Board of Directors. We have a declassified Board of Directors and our bylaws provide that each director will serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting following the one at which such director was elected. All of our directors will stand for election for terms expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders.

Majority Voting for Election of Directors. Our bylaws provide for a majority voting standard in uncontested director elections, so a nominee is elected to the Board of Directors if the votes “for” that director exceed the votes “against” (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as for or against the election). If a nominee does not receive more “for” votes than “against” votes, the director must offer his or her resignation, which the Board of Directors must determine whether to accept and publicly disclose that determination.

Executive Sessions. At least twice per year, our Board of Directors holds executive sessions of non-employee directors, who are all independent as defined under The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Marketplace Rules, or Nasdaq Rules. Our Presiding Director, James A. Champy, presides at these executive sessions. In addition, the committees of our Board of Directors also regularly hold executive sessions with their advisors without management present.

No Hedging Policy. We prohibit all hedging transactions or short sales involving Company securities by our directors and employees, including our executive officers.

No Pledging Policy. Since January 2013, we have prohibited our directors and executive officers from holding any Company securities in a margin account, and from any future pledging of their Company securities as collateral for a loan.

Equity Award Grant Date Policy. We do not time or select the grant dates of any stock options or stock-based awards in coordination with our release of material non-public information, nor do we have any program, plan or practice to do so. In addition, the Compensation Committee has adopted specific written policies regarding the grant dates of stock option and stock-based awards made to our directors, executive officers and employees. See “— Director Compensation” and “INFORMATION ABOUT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Equity Award Grant Date Policy” below for more information.

You can access the current charters for our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and our Equity Award Grant Date Policy at investor.analog.com/corporate-governance.cfm or by writing to:

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Investor Relations Department

Analog Devices, Inc.

One Technology Way

Norwood, Massachusetts 02062

Phone: 781-461-3282

Fax: 781-461-3491

Email: investor.relations@analog.com

Determination of Independence

Under applicable Nasdaq Rules, a director of Analog Devices will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship which would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our Board of Directors has established guidelines (within our Corporate Governance Guidelines) to assist it in determining whether a director has a relationship with Analog Devices that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. These guidelines are posted on our website under investor.analog.com/corporate-governance.cfm. For relationships not covered by the guidelines, the determination of whether such a relationship exists is made by the members of our Board of Directors who are independent (as defined above). Our Board of Directors has determined that none of Messrs. Champy, Evans, Novich and Sicchitano and Drs. Frank, Little and Su has a relationship which would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is an “independent director” as defined under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Rules. The Board also determined that Richard Beyer and John Hodgson, both former directors, were each an “independent director” prior to their retirements from the Board on March 8, 2017. The Board has determined that Mr. Roche, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Stata, our Chairman and founder, are not “independent” under the Nasdaq Rules because Mr. Roche is a current employee and Mr. Stata is our founder. We considered the Company’s annual laboratory membership and university research projects with MIT (of which James A. Champy is a board member) and the Company’s membership in fiscal 2017 to the Semiconductor Industry Association, or the SIA, (of which Vincent Roche and Lisa Su are board members) and determined that the relationships were established in the ordinary course of business on an arms-length basis without the involvement of Messrs. Champy or Roche or Dr. Su, and are not material to MIT, the SIA or the Company.

Director Candidates

Shareholders of record of Analog Devices may recommend director candidates for inclusion by the Board of Directors in the slate of nominees that the Board of Directors recommends to our shareholders for election. The qualifications of recommended candidates will be reviewed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. If the Board of Directors determines to nominate a shareholder-recommended candidate and recommends his or her election as a director by the shareholders, the name will be included in Analog Devices’ proxy card for the shareholders’ meeting at which his or her election is recommended.

Shareholders may recommend individuals for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to consider as potential director candidates by submitting their names and background and a statement as to whether the shareholder or group of shareholders making the recommendation has beneficially owned more than 5% of Analog Devices’ common stock for at least one year as of the date the recommendation is made, to the “Analog Devices Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,” c/o Margaret K. Seif, Secretary, Analog Devices, Inc., One Technology Way, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider a recommendation only if appropriate biographical information and background material is provided on a timely basis.

The process followed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to identify and evaluate candidates includes requests to Board members and others for recommendations, input from director search firms for identification and evaluation of candidates, meetings from time to time to evaluate biographical information and background material relating to potential candidates and interviews of selected candidates by members of the

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors. Assuming that appropriate biographical and background material is provided for candidates recommended by shareholders on a timely basis, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate director candidates recommended by shareholders by following substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same criteria, as it follows for director candidates submitted by Board members.

Shareholders also have the right to directly nominate director candidates, without any action or recommendation on the part of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Board of Directors, by following the procedures set forth in ADI’s amended and restated bylaws and described in the response to the question “How and when may I submit a shareholder proposal, including a shareholder nomination for director, for the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders?” above.

In considering whether to recommend any candidate for inclusion in the Board of Directors’ slate of recommended director nominees, including candidates recommended by shareholders, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will apply the criteria set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. These criteria include the candidate’s integrity, business acumen, experience, commitment, and diligence, the presence of any conflicts of interest and the ability of the candidate to act in the interests of all shareholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks nominees with a broad diversity of experience, professions, skills, geographic representation and backgrounds. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is necessarily applicable to all prospective nominees. Analog Devices believes that the backgrounds and qualifications of the directors, considered as a group, should provide a significant composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities that will allow the Board of Directors to fulfill its responsibilities. While we do not have a policy regarding Board diversity, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee includes gender, racial and ethnic diversity as part of its search criteria, consistent with the requirement for relevant and diverse experience, skills and industry familiarity.

Communications from Shareholders and Other Interested Parties

The Board of Directors will give appropriate attention to written communications on issues that are submitted by shareholders and other interested parties, and will respond if and as appropriate. Absent unusual circumstances or as contemplated by committee charters, the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will, with the assistance of Analog Devices’ internal legal counsel, (1) be primarily responsible for monitoring communications from shareholders and other interested parties and (2) provide copies or summaries of such communications to the other directors as he considers appropriate.

Communications will be forwarded to all directors if they relate to substantive matters and include suggestions or comments that the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers to be important for the directors to review. In general, communications relating to corporate governance and long-term corporate strategy are more likely to be forwarded than communications relating to personal grievances, commercial solicitations, and matters as to which Analog Devices tends to receive repetitive or duplicative communications.

Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to send communications on any topic to the Board of Directors (including the Presiding Director or the independent directors as a group) should address such communications to James A. Champy, Presiding Director, c/o Secretary, Analog Devices, Inc., One Technology Way, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062.

Board of Directors Leadership Structure

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors should be separate, unless otherwise determined by a majority of the Board of Directors,

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and we currently separate these roles. Our Chief Executive Officer is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Company and the day-to-day leadership and performance of the Company, while our Chairman of the Board of Directors provides guidance to the Chief Executive Officer, sets the agenda for Board meetings and presides over meetings of the full Board of Directors. Because our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Stata, our Chairman and founder, is not an independent director under the Nasdaq Rules, our Board of Directors has appointed James A. Champy as Presiding Director to preside at all executive sessions of directors without management present. The Board of Directors meets in executive session at each regular meeting.

Board of Directors Meetings and Committees

The Board of Directors has responsibility for reviewing our overall performance, rather than day-to-day operations. The Board of Directors’ primary responsibility is to oversee the management of the Company and, in so doing, serve the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Board of Directors provides for the succession of the Chief Executive Officer, nominates for election at annual shareholder meetings individuals to serve as directors of Analog Devices, and elects individuals to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors. It reviews corporate objectives and strategies, and evaluates and approves significant policies and proposed major commitments of corporate resources. It participates in decisions that have a potential major economic impact on Analog Devices. Management keeps the directors informed of Company activity through regular written reports and presentations at Board and committee meetings.

The Board of Directors met 10 times in fiscal 2017 (including by telephone conference). During fiscal 2017, each of our directors attended 75% or more of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees on which he or she served. The Board of Directors has standing Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. All members of all three committees are independent, non-employee directors. Each committee has a charter that has been approved by the Board of Directors and is reviewed annually. In addition, each Committee conducts an annual self-evaluation of its own performance. Mr. Roche is the only current director who is, or has been in the past three years, an employee of Analog Devices. Messrs. Roche and Stata do not serve on any standing Board committee and do not participate in the portion of any Board or committee meeting during which their compensation is evaluated. The independent directors met in executive session without Mr. Stata or our Chief Executive Officer at two in-person Board meetings in fiscal 2017.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines set forth our policy that directors are expected to attend annual meetings of shareholders. All of our then-serving directors attended the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Audit Committee

The current members of our Audit Committee are Messrs. Sicchitano (Chair) and Evans and Dr. Little. The Board of Directors has determined that each of Messrs. Sicchitano and Evans and Dr. Little qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under the rules of the SEC and is independent as defined under the Nasdaq Rules and the independence requirements under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. In addition, our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is able to read and understand financial statements, including the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and its consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows and related notes as required under the Nasdaq Rules. The Board of Directors has certified that it has at least one member of the audit committee who has past employment experience in finance or accounting as required by the Nasdaq Rules. None of Messrs. Sicchitano and Evans or Dr. Little serves on the audit committees of more than two other public companies.

The Audit Committee is primarily responsible for the Board of Directors’ oversight of (i) the integrity of our financial statements and the Company’s systems of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, (ii) the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm, and (iii) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm.

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The Audit Committee has the authority to engage any independent legal, accounting and other advisors that it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities. These independent advisors may be the regular advisors to the Company. The Audit Committee is empowered, without further action by the Board of Directors, to cause the Company to pay the compensation of those advisors as established by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee selected and appointed Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, and did not retain any other advisors during fiscal 2017. The Audit Committee met 11 times during fiscal 2017 (including by telephone conference). The responsibilities of our Audit Committee and its activities during fiscal 2017 are described in the Report of the Audit Committee below.

Compensation Committee

The current members of our Compensation Committee are Mr. Novich (Chair) and Drs. Frank and Su. The Board of Directors has determined that each of Mr. Novich and Drs. Frank and Su is independent as defined under the Nasdaq Rules and the independence requirements under Rule 10C-1 of the Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee evaluates and sets the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and our other executive officers, and makes recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the compensation of our directors. The Compensation Committee oversees the evaluation of senior management. In connection with its oversight and administration of ADI’s cash and equity incentive plans, the Compensation Committee authorizes the granting of stock options, RSUs and other stock incentives (within guidelines established by our Board of Directors and in accordance with our Stock Option and Stock-Based Award Grant Date Policies) to our officers. In accordance with the terms of our Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, the Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2005 Plan, and the Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2010 Plan (the latter two of which were assumed by us in the Linear Technology acquisition), the Compensation Committee has delegated to our Chief Executive Officer the power to grant and modify options, RSUs and other stock awards to employees who are not executive officers or directors, subject to specified thresholds, parameters and applicable law. Our Compensation Committee held 16 meetings (including by telephone conference) during fiscal 2017.

Compensation Committee Consultants. The Compensation Committee has the authority, in its sole discretion, to retain or obtain the advice of any independent legal, accounting or other advisors it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities. The Compensation Committee is empowered, without further action by the Board of Directors, to cause the Company to pay the compensation of these advisors as established by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer and Partners, or Pearl Meyer, an independent compensation consultant, during fiscal 2017. Pearl Meyer reports directly to the Compensation Committee and assists the Compensation Committee in evaluating and designing our executive and director compensation program and policies. In fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee instructed Pearl Meyer to assist it in defining a peer group of companies, compare our executive and director compensation arrangements to those of the peer group, assist it in defining a comparator group of companies for the 2017 performance-based RSUs and provide market data and advice regarding the design of the Linear Integration PRSUs and provide market data and advice regarding executive and director compensation plan design. Pearl Meyer conducted a detailed analysis of the competitiveness and appropriateness of the Company’s total executive compensation opportunity in comparison to our peer group. Pearl Meyer also conducted a risk assessment of our executive compensation program. In connection with its work for the Compensation Committee, Pearl Meyer is invited to attend many of the Compensation Committee’s meetings and, upon request of the Compensation Committee, attends executive sessions of the Compensation Committee. Pearl Meyer is retained only by the Compensation Committee and does not provide any other consulting services to Analog Devices. The Compensation Committee also solicits advice from time to time from our outside counsel, WilmerHale. The Compensation Committee assesses the independence of its advisors on an annual basis. The Compensation Committee requested and received an independence letter from each of Pearl Meyer and WilmerHale providing information to assist the Compensation Committee in selecting and receiving advice from such advisor after considering the independence factors that are identified in the Nasdaq rules. The Compensation Committee determined that the engagement of these advisors did not raise any conflicts of interest

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for all work performed for the Compensation Committee during fiscal 2017. The activities of our Compensation Committee and the services Pearl Meyer performed for the Compensation Committee during fiscal 2017 are further described in “INFORMATION ABOUT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The current members of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Mr. Champy (Chair) and Dr. Frank. The Board of Directors has determined that each of Mr. Champy and Dr. Frank is independent as defined under the Nasdaq Rules. The primary responsibility of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to identify individuals qualified to become Board members consistent with criteria approved by the Board of Directors, recommend to the Board of Directors the persons to be nominated by the Board of Directors for election as directors at any meeting of shareholders, recommend to the Board of Directors the directors to be appointed to each committee of the Board of Directors, develop and recommend to the Board of Directors a set of corporate governance principles and oversee the evaluation of the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also leads the Board of Directors’ succession planning efforts with respect to senior executives and oversight of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has the authority to engage any independent legal and other advisors it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities. These independent advisors may be the regular advisors to the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is empowered, without further action by the Board of Directors, to cause the Company to pay the compensation of these advisors as established by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. For information relating to nominations of directors by our shareholders, see “— Director Candidates” above. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held six meetings during fiscal 2017 (including by telephone conference).

The Board of Directors’ Role in Risk Oversight

Our management team is responsible for day-to-day risk management activities. The Board of Directors’ role in the Company’s risk oversight process includes receiving regular reports from members of senior management on areas of material risk to the Company, including operational, financial, legal and regulatory, and strategic and reputational risks. Members of management report to the Board of Directors (or the appropriate committee in the case of risks that are under the purview of a particular committee) regarding risk identification, risk management and risk mitigation strategies. In particular, the Audit Committee discusses ADI’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management as they apply to ADI’s financial statement integrity and reporting and internal controls. The Audit Committee also receives regular reports from our Director of Internal Audit on internal audit matters and receives reports at least annually from our Chief Information Officer on information security, technology and data privacy and protection. The Chief Information Officer also provides an annual report to the full Board of Directors regarding cybersecurity risk. The Compensation Committee considers whether ADI’s executive compensation program and non-executive director compensation practices encourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee leads the Board with respect to the adequacy of the Company’s governance structure and process and of succession planning for the Company’s Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers.

Report of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors assisted the Board of Directors’ oversight of (i) the integrity of our financial statements and the Company’s systems of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, (ii) the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm, and (iii) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also met privately with our independent registered public accounting firm and our Director of Internal Audit to discuss our financial statements and disclosures, accounting policies and their application, internal controls over financial reporting, and other matters of importance to the Audit Committee, the

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independent registered public accounting firm and the internal auditors. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls over financial reporting. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and the quarterly financial statements during fiscal 2017, including the specific disclosures in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” These discussions also addressed the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The Audit Committee reported on these meetings to our Board of Directors. The Audit Committee also selected and appointed our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewed the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm during the annual audit and on assignments unrelated to the audit, assessed the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, and reviewed and approved the independent registered public accounting firm’s fees. The Audit Committee also has adopted policies and procedures for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services for the purpose of maintaining the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board of Directors.

The Audit Committee reviewed with our independent registered public accounting firm, who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of the audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of our accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under generally accepted auditing standards. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm (i) the matters to be discussed as required by AS 1301: Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and (ii) the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence from Analog Devices and its management, including the matters in the written disclosures and the letter we received from the independent registered public accounting firm required by the PCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence, regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee on independence. The Audit Committee considered the appropriateness of the provision of non-audit services by the independent registered public accounting firm relative to their independence.

Based on its review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors (and the Board of Directors approved) that our audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 28, 2017. The Audit Committee also selected Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 3, 2018.

Audit Committee

Kenton J. Sicchitano, Chairman

Bruce R. Evans

Mark M. Little

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other Matters

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed for services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, for fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016.

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Audit Fees. These are fees related to professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements, the audit of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, the reviews of our interim financial statements included in each of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, international statutory audits, reviews and comfort letter procedures related to our filings on Form S-3, assistance with registration statements and other periodic filings, and accounting consultations that relate to the audited financial statements and are necessary to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The fees for fiscal 2017 also include audit services relating to the acquisition of Linear Technology.

Audit-Related Fees. These are fees for assurance and related services and consisted primarily of audits of employee benefit plans, due diligence and accounting matters not related to the annual audit, including for fiscal 2016, consultations regarding proposed transactions and due diligence services relating to the acquisition of Linear Technology, and for fiscal 2017, services related to the Company’s pending adoption of ASC 606.

Tax Fees. These are fees for acquisition-related tax advice and services, including services relating to the acquisition of Linear Technology, professional services related to tax return preparation services for our expatriates, international tax returns, tax advice and planning and assistance with international tax audits. Included in this amount are fees of $406,000 in fiscal 2017, and $508,000 in fiscal 2016, for tax compliance services for our international affiliates and tax return preparation services for our expatriate employees on international assignments. Ernst & Young LLP does not provide tax services to any person in a financial reporting oversight role at Analog Devices.

Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has adopted policies and procedures for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services for the purpose of maintaining the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm. We may not engage our independent registered public accounting firm to render any audit or non-audit service unless either the service is approved in advance by the Audit Committee or the engagement to render the service is entered into pursuant to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee may pre-approve services that are expected to be provided to Analog Devices by the independent registered public accounting firm during the following 12 months. At the time the pre-approval is granted, the Audit Committee must (1) identify the particular pre-approved services in a sufficient level of detail so that management will not be called upon to make a judgment as to whether a proposed service fits within the pre-approved services and (2) establish a monetary limit with respect to each particular pre-approved service, which limit may not be exceeded without obtaining further pre-approval under the policy. At regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee, management or the independent registered public accounting firm must report to the Audit Committee regarding each service actually provided to Analog Devices.

If the cost of any service exceeds the pre-approved monetary limit, that service must be approved (1) by the entire Audit Committee if the cost of the service exceeds $100,000 or (2) by the Chairman of the Audit Committee if the cost of the service is less than $100,000 but greater than $10,000. If the cost of any service exceeds the pre-approved monetary limit, individual items with a cost of less than $10,000 each do not require further pre-approval, provided that the total cost of all individual items does not exceed $40,000 and an update of all items in this category is provided to the Audit Committee at each quarterly scheduled meeting. However, if the cost of all the individual items will exceed $40,000, the Chairman of the Audit Committee must receive a summary of those items with a request for approval of any amounts to be incurred in excess of $40,000.

The Audit Committee has delegated authority to the Chairman of the Audit Committee to pre-approve any audit or non-audit services to be provided to Analog Devices by the independent registered public accounting firm for which the cost is less than $100,000. During fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016, all services provided to Analog Devices by Ernst & Young LLP were pre-approved in accordance with the pre-approval policies and procedures described above.

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Director Compensation

Our non-employee director compensation program is designed to attract and retain experienced and knowledgeable directors and to provide equity-based compensation to align the interests of our directors with those of our shareholders. Each non-employee director receives an annual cash retainer and an annual equity award in the form of restricted stock units, or RSUs. To reflect their additional responsibilities, the Chairs and members of all committees receive an additional cash retainer. The Presiding Director also receives an additional cash retainer. Mr. Roche, as an employee director, does not receive any additional compensation for his services as director.

The Board of Directors has delegated to the Compensation Committee the responsibility to review and recommend to the Board of Directors any proposed changes to non-employee director compensation. Annually, the Compensation Committee reviews with Pearl Meyer, the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, non-employee director compensation information for our peer group to check the alignment of our non-employee director compensation package with market practice and current trends. The Compensation Committee then makes recommendations to the full Board with respect to compensation of our non-employee directors, and the full Board reviews these recommendations and makes a final determination.

In fiscal 2017 we granted 100% of the value of the annual equity award to each of our non-employee directors in the form of time-based RSUs. These RSUs vest in full on the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the date of the Company’s next annual meeting. On February 15, 2017, Dr. Little, who joined the Board in January 2017, was granted a stock option to purchase 1,040 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $81.60 per share and 195 RSUs for services to be provided during fiscal 2017. On March 8, 2017, we granted each non-employee director 2,455 RSUs for services to be provided during fiscal 2017. On April 17, 2017, Mr. Swanson, who joined the Board in March 2017, was granted 2,445 RSUs. On June 1, 2017, Mr. Swanson notified the Company that he had decided not to serve on the Board of Directors due to personal reasons. As a result of Mr. Swanson’s resignation, all of his outstanding and unvested RSUs were forfeited.

The following table details the total compensation earned by our non-employee directors in fiscal 2017.

2017 Director Compensation

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The following table includes the assumptions, rounded to the nearest hundredth, which we used to calculate the grant date fair value amounts included in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” column for fiscal 2017 Director Compensation.

The grant date fair value of RSUs represents the value of our common stock on the date of grant, reduced by the present value of dividends expected to be paid on our common stock prior to vesting. We compute the grant date fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes valuation methodology. For a more detailed description of the assumptions used for purposes of determining grant date fair value, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates — Stock-Based Compensation,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 28, 2017.

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We also reimburse our directors for travel to Board meetings and related expenses. Each director can elect to defer receipt of his or her fees under our DCP. See “INFORMATION ABOUT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan” below.

Stock Ownership Guidelines for Non-Employee Directors

Under our stock ownership guidelines, the target share ownership level for non-employee directors is at least four times the directors’ annual cash retainer. Directors have four years to achieve their targeted level. Shares subject to unexercised options, whether or not vested, and any shares that have been pledged as collateral for a loan will not be counted for purposes of satisfying these guidelines. Unvested RSUs are counted for purposes of satisfying the guidelines. All of our non-employee directors were in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines as of the end of fiscal 2017.

Equity Award Policy for Non-Employee Directors

During fiscal 2017, our equity award grant policy for non-employee directors provided for the following:

For fiscal 2017, RSUs granted to our non-employee directors under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan vest on the earlier of the date of the Annual Meeting and the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to acceleration as described below. Prior to the March 2017 RSU grant for non-employee directors, we granted annual equity awards to our non-employees as follows: 50% of the value of the award consisted of stock options and 50% of the value of the award consisted of RSUs. Commencing in March 2017, our non-employee directors receive 100% of the value of their annual equity award in the form of RSUs. The Board believed that this practice better aligns with market practice among our peers. The RSU awards vest in full upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (as defined in the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan) or the director’s death. If the director ceases to serve as a director by reason of his or her disability, as determined by the Board of Directors, each outstanding and unvested RSU will vest in full at the time he or she ceases to be a director. In addition, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event or in the event of the director’s death, disability or retirement after age 60, each vested option will continue to be exercisable for the balance of its term.

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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Transactions with Related Persons

During fiscal 2017, Mr. Stata, our founder and Chairman of the Board, received a cash retainer for service on the Board of $250,000. Following his retirement as an employee in 2012, the Company agreed to provide medical and dental benefits to Mr. Stata and his spouse during their lifetimes on the same basis as provided to U.S. employees of the Company. The value of those medical and dental benefits in 2017 was $12,768. On March 8, 2017, we granted 2,455 RSUs to Mr. Stata. This award is identical to the award granted to our other non-employee directors on March 8, 2017 and vests on the earlier of the date of the Annual Meeting or the first anniversary of the grant date.

Policies and Procedures for Related Person Transactions

Our Board of Directors has adopted written policies and procedures for the review of any transaction, arrangement or relationship in which Analog Devices is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and one of our executive officers, directors, director nominees or 5% shareholders (or their immediate family members, each of whom we refer to as a “related person” has a direct or indirect material interest.

If a related person proposes to enter into such a transaction, arrangement or relationship, which we refer to as a “related person transaction,” the related person must report the proposed related person transaction to our General Counsel. The policy calls for the proposed related person transaction to be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate, approved by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Whenever practicable, the reporting, review and approval will occur prior to entry into the transaction. If advance review and approval is not practicable, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review, and, in its discretion, may ratify the related person transaction. The policy also permits the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to review and, if deemed appropriate, approve proposed related person transactions that arise between committee meetings, subject to ratification by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at its next meeting. Any related person transactions that are ongoing in nature will be reviewed annually.

A related person transaction reviewed under the policy will be considered approved or ratified if it is authorized by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee after full disclosure of the related person’s interest in the transaction. As appropriate for the circumstances, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review and consider:

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may approve or ratify the transaction only if the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee determines that, under all of the circumstances, the transaction is in Analog Devices’ best interests. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may impose any conditions on the related person transaction that it deems appropriate.

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In addition to the transactions that are excluded by the instructions to the SEC’s related person transaction disclosure rule, the Board of Directors has determined that the following transactions do not create a material direct or indirect interest on behalf of related persons and, therefore, are not related person transactions for purposes of this policy:

The policy provides that the transactions involving compensation of executive officers shall be reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee in the manner specified in its charter.

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PROPOSAL 2 — ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

We are requesting shareholder approval of the compensation of the executive officers named in our Summary Compensation Table below, who we refer to as our “named executive officers” or “NEOs.” This proposal, which is commonly referred to as “say-on-pay,” is required by the Dodd-Frank Act, which added Section 14A to the Exchange Act. We are required to provide our shareholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with the SEC’s rules. At the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, our shareholders voted in favor of holding future “say on pay” votes every year. In accordance with the results of that vote, our Board of Directors determined to submit “say on pay” proposals to our shareholders every year.

Our Board of Directors is asking shareholders to approve the following non-binding advisory resolution:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s NEOs, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosures in this proxy statement, is hereby approved.

As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, this is an advisory vote, which means that this proposal is not binding on us. Our Compensation Committee, however, values the opinions expressed by our shareholders and will carefully consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our NEOs. You may vote for, against or abstain from voting on this matter.

At our 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, our compensation program for our NEOs received the support of 97.9% of the total votes cast.

As described in detail in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement, ADI’s executive compensation program is significantly performance-based and designed to attract, retain and motivate strong executives to lead our complex, global organization and to align their interests with those of our shareholders. We seek to provide total compensation to our executives that is competitive with our peers, and we believe that our executive compensation program is designed to encourage the most talented individuals to grow their careers at ADI.

ADI has a longstanding philosophy and practice of paying executives for performance. In order to align our pay practices with shareholder interests, we tie a significant percentage of each executive’s compensation to the Company’s performance, in the form of variable cash incentive bonus payments and equity awards that rise in value only if our stock price increases. In fiscal 2017, a year in which ADI exceeded both our profitability and year-over-year revenue growth targets, aggregate payments under our executive performance incentive bonus plan were made at 248% of target, compared to 85% in fiscal 2016 and 154% in fiscal 2015.

We believe that our executive compensation program is working as intended and appropriately aligns executive pay with Company performance.

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR approval of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement.

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INFORMATION ABOUT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

We intend to provide compensation for our executives that is competitive with our peers, with an opportunity for increased compensation if the Company’s performance warrants. The elements of our executives’ total compensation are base salary, variable cash incentive awards, long-term equity compensation awards, and retirement and other employee benefits. We have designed our compensation program to make a substantial percentage of our executive pay variable, subject to increase when corporate targets are overachieved and reduction when corporate targets are not reached.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis, or CD&A, and the tables and narrative that follow provide important information about our executive officer compensation program for fiscal 2017. In this proxy statement, the terms “named executive officers” or “NEOs” refer to the following individuals who served as executive officers during fiscal 2017:

On March 6, 2017, we announced that David Zinsner, our former Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer would be resigning to pursue a new role as president of a venture-backed technology company. From March 18, 2017 through September 27, 2017, Eileen Wynne, our Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, served as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Effective September 28, 2017, Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah joined Analog Devices as our Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Wynne continues to serve as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

We acquired Linear Technology on March 10, 2017. On June 15, 2017, as part of the integration of Linear Technology, we announced the new senior leadership team for the combined company, resulting in changes to our executive officers, among other things. Rick Hess became a non-executive Strategic Advisor reporting to our CEO. Greg Henderson was promoted to Senior Vice President, Automotive, Communications and Aerospace & Defense, Yusuf Jamal was promoted to Senior Vice President, Industrial, Healthcare, Consumer and IoT Solutions and Security and former Linear Technology executive Steve Pietkiewicz was promoted to Senior Vice President, Power Products. In connection with the acquisition, we made commitments covering the compensation and benefits of legacy Linear Technology employees, including Mr. Pietkiewicz, through March 10, 2018, the first anniversary of the closing date. We subsequently extended these commitments through May 5, 2018, the end of the second quarter of our fiscal 2018 as part of the alignment of the compensation of our executives and legacy ADI and Linear Technology employees commencing the second half of fiscal 2018. For a description of Mr. Pietkiewicz’s fiscal 2017 compensation, see “Components of Executive Compensation — Compensation for Other Active Named Executive Officers — Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Steve Pietkiewicz, Senior Vice President, Power Products” below and in the tabular disclosures.

Except as otherwise indicated, the discussion below addresses the “active” NEOs as of the end of fiscal 2017: Messrs. Roche, Mahendra-Rajah, Hassett, Pietkiewicz and Real.

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Compensation Processes and Philosophy

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain top executive talent and align the interests of our executives and our shareholders. We accomplish this through the following steps:

Our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation is described in more detail below under “— Chief Executive Officer Compensation.” Our other active NEOs’ compensation is described in more detail below under “— Compensation for Other Active Named Executive Officers.”

Fiscal 2017 Business Results

Fiscal 2017 was an excellent year for Analog Devices. Our senior leadership team continued to focus on our business philosophy, which centers on: the achievement of superior financial performance; superior innovation; and diversity of products, applications and customers. The following fiscal 2017 financial, strategic and operational accomplishments reinforce our commitment to these priorities, which we believe drive long-term profitable growth, free cash flow generation and shareholder returns.

Fiscal 2017 Financial Accomplishments¹

We also returned approximately $602 million to shareholders in the form of dividends and increased our dividends per share paid to shareholders by 7%.

Fiscal 2017 Strategic Accomplishments

In addition to achieving excellent financial results, in fiscal 2017 we completed our acquisition of Linear Technology, a leading manufacturer of high performance analog integrated circuits with highly complementary products and customers. Our combined company has a top two market share position across all the key building blocks of the analog market, namely: data converters, power management, amplifiers, interface and high-

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performance RF and microwave.² In addition, we believe that our wide portfolio of products continues to deliver more value to our customers and positions us for long-term profitable growth.

“Say on Pay” Feedback from Shareholders

Each year we submit our executive compensation program to an advisory vote of our shareholders as required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act. Our executive compensation program received the support of 97.9% of the total votes cast at our 2017 Annual Meeting. We pay careful attention to any feedback we receive from our shareholders about our executive compensation program including the “say on pay” vote. During the course of the year, we held in-person and telephonic meetings with a number of shareholders to discuss a variety of matters, including our executive compensation program and how they evaluate it. Our Compensation Committee carefully considers this feedback when making decisions regarding executive compensation.

Pay for Performance

A significant portion of the total target compensation for our executives is in the form of variable, performance-based incentive compensation, with only a small portion of the total target compensation provided in the form of “fixed” compensation. We believe this provides our executives an opportunity to earn above peer average compensation if ADI delivers strong results, and conversely, if the Company delivers weaker results, our executives would earn less compensation. The pay mix for our active NEOs (other than Mr. Pietkiewicz) for fiscal 2017 is shown below:

The pay mix charts above are based on target compensation consisting of the annual rate of base salary and short-term and long-term incentive targets approved by the Compensation Committee. The pay mix for the “Other Active NEOs” in the chart above excludes the special Linear Integration PRSUs granted to the active NEOs (other than our Chief Executive Officer) in July 2017 after the completion of the acquisition of Linear Technology, which are exclusively dependent on Company performance. If those awards were taken into account, the percentage of performance-based incentives would increase for such active NEOs. For more information about the Linear Integration PRSUs, see “Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation — Special Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.”

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Variable Cash Incentive Bonus Payments. For fiscal 2017, we linked a significant portion of our executives’ cash compensation (other than for Mr. Pietkiewicz) to ADI’s performance, measured by our OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth on a quarterly basis, through our executive performance incentive plan. The performance metrics and targets for our executive performance incentive plan for fiscal 2017 excluded the results of Linear Technology and were identical for eligible ADI legacy employees and executives alike, which we believe drives consistent business goals. For fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee set target percentages of 150% of base salary for our Chief Executive Officer and between 80%-100% of base salary for our remaining active NEOs (excluding Mr. Pietkiewicz). The Compensation Committee selected these target bonus percentages to ensure that a substantial portion of each executive’s cash compensation is directly linked to our business performance. For a description of Mr. Pietkiewicz’s fiscal 2017 variable cash incentive bonus payments, see “Compensation for Other Active Named Executive Officers — Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Steve Pietkiewicz, Senior Vice President, Power Products” below.

Our executive performance incentive plan takes into consideration our actual business results, compared to the strategic performance targets we set for our business. In setting our targets, we use an assessment of our business results relative to our peers to ensure that our performance targets are appropriately calibrated. Our Compensation Committee’s independent consultant, Pearl Meyer, conducted an analysis that compared our performance against the three-year median performance of our peers, including OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth, to help us determine the appropriate targets for each quarter of fiscal 2017, which were unchanged from fiscal 2016 targets. The three-year median OPBT margin for our peer group was 16%, compared to our target of 30% for each quarter of fiscal 2017, and our 30% target also exceeded the peer group median for each of the past three years. The three-year median compound annual growth rate for our peer group was 4%, compared to our target of 8% for each quarter of fiscal 2017, and our 8% target exceeded the peer group median for each of the past three years.

Equity Awards. We also link pay and performance by providing a significant amount of our executives’ compensation in the form of equity awards, the value of which is directly tied to our stock price performance over the long term. In fiscal 2017, approximately 67% of the average total target compensation of our active NEOs (other than Mr. Pietkiewicz) was in the form of equity. This figure excludes the Linear Integration PRSUs granted during fiscal 2017 to our active NEOs (other than our Chief Executive Officer) in July 2017 to promote the successful integration of Linear Technology. If those awards were taken into account, equity as a percentage of overall target compensation, would increase to approximately 74%. In fiscal 2017, the form and mix of equity awards delivered as part of our annual equity award program for our executive officers was as follows:

Performance-Based RSUs. Approximately 33% of the value was delivered in the form of performance-based RSUs, under which the number of shares of ADI common stock received following vesting will be based on ADI’s total shareholder return, or TSR, performance (defined as share price appreciation plus cumulative cash dividend payments) measured against the median TSR of a defined comparator group of companies over a three-year period. These performance-based RSUs for our executives ensure a direct link between the value of our long-term incentives and the value that is created for our shareholders.

Time-Based RSUs. Approximately 33% of the value was delivered in the form of time-based RSUs, which increase or decrease in value depending on our share performance.

Stock Options. Approximately 33% of the value of our executives’ equity was delivered in the form of stock options that provide a direct link between these awards and the appreciation of the stock owned by our shareholders.

In addition to the annual equity award program described above, in July 2017, to promote the successful integration of Linear Technology and achievement of the Company’s synergy goals, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of the Linear Integration PRSUs to members of the Company’s senior executive team, including the active NEOs other than our Chief Executive Officer. For more information about the Linear

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Integration PRSUs, see “Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation — Special Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.”

Total Shareholder Return

We calculate and evaluate our TSR performance annually in March in connection with the vesting of our performance-based RSUs. Fiscal 2014 was the first year that we included performance-based RSUs as part of our executives’ annual equity award compensation. The performance period for the 2014 performance-based RSUs ended on March 12, 2017. On a three-year cumulative basis, our TSR performance was 55.41% compared to the median TSR of a defined comparator group of companies of 54.32%, placing our TSR performance above the comparator group on a three-year basis.

For purposes of calculating TSR performance, we use the TSR calculation set forth in our performance-based RSU award agreements. The periods used to calculate share price appreciation and dividends paid are held constant and the beginning stock price used is the average of the closing prices of the applicable stock for the 90 calendar days starting and including the first day of the measured period and the ending stock price used is the average of the closing price of the applicable stock for the 90 calendar days up to and including the last day of the measured period. Companies in the 2014 performance-based RSU award comparator group that are not publicly traded as of the date of the TSR calculation are not included in the calculation. For more information about our performance-based RSUs, see “— Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation” below.

Pay and Governance Practices

Our pay and governance practices are designed to align our executives’ interests with our shareholders. For example:

Benchmarking

In making its compensation determinations, the Compensation Committee annually reviews the total compensation that each of our executives is eligible to receive against the compensation levels of comparable

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positions of a peer group of companies. The Compensation Committee has sought to select peer companies that are publicly traded, headquartered in the United States, compete with us for talent, and are similar to ADI in their product and services offerings, business model, revenue size and market capitalization. The composition of the peer group is reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee. In September 2016, the Compensation Committee engaged Pearl Meyer to conduct a review of the composition of the Company’s peer group for fiscal 2017. Due to the then-pending acquisition of Linear Technology, which the Compensation Committee recognized would substantially increase the Company’s size and complexity, the Compensation Committee instructed Pearl Meyer to perform its analysis and present its recommendation on both a pre-acquisition and post-acquisition basis. As a result of rapid consolidation in the semiconductor industry over the last several years, in addition to companies that meet the criteria outlined above for our fiscal 2016 peer group, the pre-acquisition and post-acquisition peer groups for fiscal 2017 included additional semiconductor companies outside of our historic peer group, as well as companies outside of the semiconductor industry. These additional companies are similar in size and have similar gross margins and research and development spend as the Company, including peers of peers and peers of other companies in our sector.

In March 2017, the Compensation Committee approved the post-acquisition peer group for use in reviewing market data in support of the compensation decisions for the Company’s executive officers in fiscal 2017, including base salary, cash incentive bonus awards targets and long-term equity compensation. The median annual revenue of our 2017 peer group at that time was $4.5 billion, compared to our trailing four quarters revenue at the end of our first quarter of fiscal 2017 combined with Linear Technology for the same period of $5.1 billion. The median market capitalization of our peer group at that time was $13.5 billion, compared to our market capitalization of $19.5 billion. Some companies in our peer group (such as Texas Instruments) fall outside of our selection range. We include them in the peer group, however, because they have similar product and services offerings as ADI, they are direct competitors of ADI, we compete with them for talent, and they include ADI in their own peer group. Because executive compensation comparisons are done using percentiles, rather than averages, we do not believe the data becomes skewed if a company falls outside our selection range.

The peer group used by the Compensation Committee in fiscal 2017 to evaluate executive compensation consisted of the following companies:

2017 Peer Group

For officers in positions for which the fiscal 2017 peer group companies do not publicly disclose compensation data, the Compensation Committee reviewed data collected from Radford’s Global Technology Survey. This survey depicts executive compensation levels across a wide spectrum of technology sector companies comparable in revenue size.

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Components of Executive Compensation

For fiscal 2017, compensation for our executive officers (excluding Mr. Pietkiewicz), consisted of the following principal elements:

In connection with the acquisition of Linear Technology, we made commitments covering the compensation and benefits of legacy Linear Technology employees, including Mr. Pietkiewicz, through March 10, 2018, the first anniversary of the closing date. We subsequently extended these commitments through May 5, 2018, the end of the second quarter of our fiscal 2018 as part of the alignment of the compensation of our executives and legacy ADI and Linear Technology employees, commencing the second half of fiscal 2018. For a description of Mr. Pietkiewicz’s fiscal 2017 compensation, see “Compensation for Other Active Named Executive Officers —Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Steve Pietkiewicz, Senior Vice President, Power Products” below.

Base Salary

We use the median base salary for similar positions within our peer group as an important factor in setting a base salary that can attract and retain talent. When setting the fiscal 2017 base salary for each individual active NEO, the Compensation Committee also considered other factors, including the scope of the role and the performance and experience of the individual.

Fiscal 2017 Executive Performance Incentive Plan

In September 2016, the Compensation Committee approved the terms of our fiscal 2017 Executive Performance Incentive Plan. The plan is designed to be variable, depending on ADI’s operating results. Legacy ADI executive and employee bonuses are calculated using the same plan targets.

All executive officers, including our active NEOs (other than Mr. Pietkiewicz), participated in our fiscal 2017 executive performance incentive plan. We calculated and paid bonuses under the fiscal 2017 plan as follows:

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Individual Target Bonus Percentage. For fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee set target percentages of 150% of base salary for our Chief Executive Officer and between 80%-100% of base salary for our other active NEOs (other than Mr. Pietkiewicz). The Compensation Committee selected these target bonus percentages to ensure that a substantial portion of each executive’s cash compensation is performance-based and linked directly to our business performance, and to ensure that total compensation is competitive with those in similar positions within our peer group. Our Chief Executive Officer’s target was set at 150% in order to tie the majority of his cash compensation directly to Company performance.

Bonus Payout Factor. For fiscal 2017, we based the Bonus Payout Factor for the applicable quarterly bonus period on our OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth compared to the same quarter in the prior year. While our executive performance incentive plan contains quarterly performance targets, the Compensation Committee designed this plan to drive long-term performance. The targets are directly linked to our long-term corporate strategy of profitable growth, which drives shareholder value. We believe this combination ensures that we encourage a long-term focus on our business objectives, while measuring and rewarding progress against those objectives on a quarterly basis.

The Compensation Committee may adjust the OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth metrics in its sole discretion to exclude special items such as (but not limited to) restructuring-related expense, acquisition-related expense, amortization of intangibles, gain or loss on disposition of businesses, non-recurring royalty payments, and other similar non-cash or non-recurring items. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, exclude these items in order to prevent payments under the plan from being adversely or advantageously affected by special items. For purposes of determining the bonus payout factor for each quarter of fiscal 2017, in addition to excluding the financial results of Linear Technology, OPBT margin was adjusted to exclude acquisition-related expenses, acquisition-related transaction costs and restructuring-related expenses, consistent with the non-GAAP adjustments included in our fiscal 2017 quarterly earnings releases.

The Compensation Committee reviews and approves our performance targets at the beginning of each fiscal year, and historically these targets have not been re-set during the year, regardless of Company performance or economic conditions. We believe that this approach fosters accountability for our business results and is in keeping with our core belief that variable compensation expense, which increases when our performance is good and contracts when it is poor, gives us maximum flexibility to operate our business. While the OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth targets are set annually, we measure performance against those targets on a quarterly basis, applying the corresponding Bonus Payout Factor to base salary for that quarter, and pay the bonus amounts on a semi-annual basis following the end of the second and fourth quarters.

For fiscal 2017, we maintained challenging OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth targets of 30% and 8%, respectively, for each quarter. We selected the OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth targets in part based on the historical averages of those metrics for our peer group. The three-year median OPBT margin for our peer group was 16%, compared to our target of 30% for each quarter of fiscal 2017, and our 30% target also exceeded the peer group median for each of the past three years. The three-year median compounded annual growth rate for our peer group was 4%, compared to our target of 8% for each quarter of fiscal 2017, and our 8% target exceeded the peer group median for each of the past three fiscal years. We do not pay any bonus if profit margins fall to 20% or below, regardless of what revenue level we achieve. In addition, if revenue does not grow, we do not pay on that portion of the bonus. We capped the Bonus Payout Factor at 300% of target, and a 300% bonus payout would require us to achieve OPBT margins at or above 40% and year-over-year revenue growth levels at or above 28%.

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For fiscal 2017, the calculated OPBT Margin, Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth and Bonus Payout Factor for each quarter were as follows:

In fiscal 2017, a year in which we had excellent financial results and exceeded our profitability and year-over-year growth targets, aggregate payments under our executive performance incentive plan were made at 248% of target, compared to 85% in fiscal 2016 and 154% in fiscal 2015.

Funding of Executive Performance Incentive Plan. For fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee structured and administered the Company’s executive compensation plans and arrangements in a manner intended to mitigate the deduction limit under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our Executive Section 162(m) Plan, or the 162(m) plan, is a separate plan approved by shareholders that allows for the annual bonus compensation paid to certain of our executive officers under our executive performance incentive plan to become eligible for deduction when it may not otherwise be deductible as a result of Section 162(m) as in effect for fiscal 2017. Pursuant to the 162(m) plan, at the beginning of fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee designated Messrs. Roche, Hess and Hassett as participants in the 162(m) plan and allocated to each designated participant a portion of the annual incentive pool which is funded with 2% of the Company’s profits as described in the plan. Under the 162(m) plan, the Compensation Committee may use its discretion to decrease, but not increase, the amounts that may be paid to the participants out of their allocation of the funded incentive pool. The Compensation Committee exercised this discretion for fiscal 2017 by applying the performance goals of our executive performance incentive plan to the participants’ allocation of the funded incentive pool. For fiscal 2017, the 162(m) plan funded the incentive pool with an aggregate of $21.6 million, of which an aggregate of $4.1 million was distributed to the active NEO participants based on achievement of the performance goals under our executive performance incentive plan.

Equity Compensation

Our equity compensation program is a broad-based, long-term employee rewards program that is intended to attract, retain and motivate our employees, officers and directors and to align their interests with those of our shareholders. We believe that our equity program is critical to our efforts to hire and retain the best talent in the extremely competitive analog semiconductor industry. All equity awards granted to our executive officers are made under the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.

For fiscal 2017, the value of our annual equity awards to our active NEOs (other than Mr. Pietkiewicz) was comprised of approximately 33% of performance-based RSUs, which have a three-year performance period and vest in one installment 14 days after the third anniversary of the grant date subject to the achievement of applicable performance metrics, approximately 33% of time-based RSUs that vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date, and approximately 33% of stock options that vest in equal installments over five years. Because the value of the awards is based on our stock price, stock options, time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs encourage recipients to focus on achievement of longer-term goals, such as strategic opportunities, technological innovation and shareholder return.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. Our equity compensation program includes these performance-based RSUs for our executives to ensure that a direct link exists between the value of our long-term incentives

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and the value that is created for our shareholders. The number of shares of ADI common stock received by an executive officer following vesting of the performance-based RSUs will range from 0% to a maximum of 200% of the target amount based on ADI’s TSR performance measured against the median TSR of an established comparator group over a three-year period, capped at a maximum of 100% of the initial number of performance-based RSUs granted if the Company’s TSR is negative. The performance parameters established by the Compensation Committee are equal to 100% plus or minus two times the difference between the Company’s TSR and the comparator group median TSR. Attainment among performance parameters is subject to interpolation on a linear basis. The performance-based RSUs granted on March 12, 2014 had a three-year performance period that ended on March 12, 2017. On a three-year cumulative basis, our TSR performance was 55.41%, compared to the median peer group TSR of 54.32%. The Company’s TSR performance exceeded the peer group median TSR performance by 1.08%. Two times that difference equals 2.16%, which resulted in a payout percentage of 102.16% of target.

The comparator group designated for the performance-based RSUs granted in fiscal 2017 consisted of the companies represented in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX Index) as of the grant date that are included in the SOX Index for the entire performance period. The Compensation Committee chose this comparator group because it consists of publicly traded companies that compete in the semiconductor industry, are representative of likely alternative investment opportunities for our investors, compete with us for talent, and are similar to ADI in their product and services offerings and business model. Consistent with our Compensation Committee’s desire to tie pay to performance, the value of each of these awards is directly linked to the long-term performance of our stock price.

Stock Options. We use stock options as a way to reward long-term value creation.

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units. In a volatile stock market, RSUs continue to provide value when stock options may not, which the Compensation Committee believes will be useful in retaining talented executives and employees in uncertain economic times. In this way, we use time-based RSUs as a retention tool and to enable our executives to accumulate stock ownership in the Company.

Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. To promote the successful integration of Linear Technology and the achievement of the Company’s synergy goals, in July 2017, the Compensation Committee also approved the grant of the Linear Integration PRSUs to members of the Company’s senior executive team, including the active NEOs other than our Chief Executive Officer. The Linear Integration PRSUs are subject to the achievement of a pre-established performance goal based on the trailing twelve month non-GAAP operating profit before taxes, or non-GAAP OPBT as a percentage of revenue of the Company, determined as of the end of the second quarter of the Company’s fiscal year 2020. A number of Linear Integration PRSUs equal to 120% of the target number of Linear Integration PRSUs will vest on July 17, 2020 only if the Compensation Committee has certified that the non-GAAP OPBT goal has been attained and is subject to the participant’s continued service through the vesting date. The Compensation Committee may then exercise negative discretion to reduce (but not increase) the number of Linear Integration PRSUs that would otherwise vest by considering the attainment level of the following two additional performance goals: (i) 50% of the Linear Integration PRSUs that are determined to vest based on the attainment of the OPBT goal may be reduced based on the attainment level of the pre-established net synergy goal achieved in connection with the acquisition of Linear Technology within eighteen months of the closing of the acquisition, and (ii) 50% of the Linear Integration PRSUs that are determined to vest based on the attainment of the non-GAAP OPBT goal may be reduced based on the attainment level of the pre-established three-year cumulative revenue goal of Linear Technology on a standalone basis. Attainment among performance parameters is subject to interpolation on a linear basis.

We set a goal each year to keep the shareholder dilution related to our equity compensation program to a certain percentage, calculated as the total number of shares of common stock underlying new equity grants made during the year, divided by the total number of outstanding shares of our common stock at the beginning of the

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year. Our gross and net dilution rate have been consistently lower than that of our peers over the past several years. For fiscal 2017, our gross dilution percentage, excluding the equity awards assumed as part of the Linear Technology acquisition, was 1.1%, compared to an average of 1.7% for our peer group, and our net dilution percentage, excluding the equity awards assumed as part of the Linear Technology acquisition, was 1.0%, compared to an average of 1.0% for our peers. For the last five years, our gross dilution percentage, excluding the equity awards assumed as part of the Linear Technology acquisition, was 1.1% on average, compared to 1.8% on average for our peer group, and our net dilution percentage, excluding the equity awards assumed as part of the Linear Technology acquisition, was 0.9% on average, compared to 1.1% on average for our peer group. For the fiscal year ending November 3, 2018, our Board of Directors set the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock with respect to which awards may be granted under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, in the aggregate, at 3.7 million shares, which equals approximately 1.0% of our outstanding common stock at the end of fiscal 2017.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

Under our guidelines, the target stock ownership levels are two times annual base salary for the Chief Executive Officer and one times annual base salary for other executive officers. The Chief Executive Officer has four years from the date of his appointment as CEO to achieve his targeted level. Executive officers other than the CEO have five years from the date he or she becomes an executive officer to achieve their targeted level. Shares subject to unexercised options, whether or not vested, will not be counted for purposes of satisfying these guidelines. RSUs (whether or not vested) are counted for purposes of satisfying the guidelines. All of our executive officers were in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines as of the end of fiscal 2017.

Retirement and Other Employee Benefits

We maintain broad-based benefits for all employees, including health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance and retirement plans. Executives are eligible to participate in all of our employee benefit plans on the same basis as our other employees. The retirement and other employee benefit component of our executive compensation program is designed to attract excellent candidates by providing financial protection and security, and reward our executives for the total commitment we expect from them in service to ADI.

We maintain a Deferred Compensation Plan, or DCP, under which our executive officers and directors, along with a group of highly compensated management and engineering employees, are eligible to defer receipt of some or all of their cash compensation. This plan offers many of the same investment options as our 401(k) plan. Under our DCP, we provide all participants (other than non-employee directors) with Company contributions equal to 8% of eligible deferred contributions.

In the United States, we contribute to our 401(k) plan on behalf all legacy ADI participants, including our NEOs (other than Steve Pietkiewicz), amounts equal to 5% of the employee’s eligible compensation, plus matching contributions up to an additional 3%, subject to Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, limits. For those employees who also participate in the DCP described above, any compensation that is deferred under that plan is not considered eligible compensation for purposes of our Company contributions under the 401(k) plan. We also provide employees who are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan but whose compensation is greater than the amount that may be taken into account in any plan year as a result of IRS limits ($270,000 for fiscal 2017), with a taxable payment equal to 8% of the employee’s 401(k)-eligible compensation in excess of the IRS limit.

In Ireland, we contribute to our Irish Defined Contribution Plan on behalf of all participants. Participants who had their benefits converted from the Analog Devices International Retirement and Death Benefit Plan to our Irish Defined Contribution Plan, including Peter Real, our Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, and continue to participate in the Irish Defined Contribution Plan, contribute 5% of their pensionable salary to the Irish Defined Contribution Plan and the Company, in turn, contributes 15% of the participants’ pensionable salary, subject to limits established by the Irish tax authorities. Participants who were hired by our

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Irish subsidiaries after January 1, 2013 are eligible to receive amounts equal to 5% of the employee’s eligible compensation, plus matching contributions up to an additional 3% of the employee’s eligible compensation. In accordance with the plan rules, in fiscal 2016, Mr. Real opted out of the Irish Defined Contribution Plan. After opting out, he receives a taxable payment equal to 13.5% of his eligible compensation in lieu of our contributions into the Irish Defined Contribution Plan.

Limited Perquisites

We do not award extensive perquisites to our executives. The only perquisites provided to our executives in fiscal 2017 were an executive health physical to executives who chose to take advantage of the benefit, the reimbursement for financial and tax planning services of up to $15,000 for the Chief Executive Officer and up to $10,000 for the other executive officers, and an automobile and certain commuting expenses for Mr. Real. These items are detailed in the Summary Compensation Table below.

We also maintain an expatriate program that provides certain benefits to our employees who accept expatriate assignments. Our executive officers are entitled to the same benefits under the Company’s expatriate program as other Company employees. Under the Company’s expatriate program, such benefits include providing gross-ups on taxable foreign assignment assistance and making tax equalization payments on behalf of (or to) expatriate employees who, as a result of their expatriate assignment, incur tax liabilities in excess of what they would have incurred had they not accepted the expatriate assignment. We did not provide tax equalization payments to any of our NEOs in fiscal 2017.

Compensation Recovery

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in the event of misconduct that results in a financial restatement that would have reduced a previously paid incentive amount, we can recoup those improper payments from our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. We will implement a broader clawback policy that is compliant with the regulations mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act when the regulations are adopted by the SEC and corresponding listing standards become effective.

Chief Executive Officer Compensation

Mr. Roche has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 2013. Under his leadership, the Company successfully executed its fiscal 2017 financial, strategic and operational objectives intended to drive long-term profitable growth and increase shareholder value. In determining Mr. Roche’s compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee considered all elements of Mr. Roche’s compensation and compared his total target compensation to the median of Chief Executive Officer compensation within our peer companies. They also considered Mr. Roche’s experience, tenure, and performance executing the Company’s strategy and driving long-term shareholder value. The design of Mr. Roche’s fiscal 2017 compensation provides incentives that link realized compensation with Company performance and is comprised of the following:

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Compensation for Other Active Named Executive Officers

Base Salary and Individual Target Bonus Percentages

During fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee authorized base salaries and target bonus percentages for our active NEOs (other than our Chief Executive Officer), as specified in the table below:

In March 2017, the Compensation Committee increased the base salaries of Messrs. Hassett and Real in order to maintain these aspects of their compensation within the range of comparable salaries in our peer group, which changed as a result of the acquisition of Linear Technology, which substantially increased the Company’s size and complexity. The individual target bonus percentages for Messrs. Hassett and Real remained unchanged from fiscal 2016. Messrs. Mahendra-Rajah and Pietkiewicz joined the Company during fiscal 2017, and therefore no fiscal 2016 comparable data is included in the table above. In June 2017, the Compensation Committee set the base salary of Mr. Pietkiewicz at $375,000 in connection with his promotion to Senior Vice President, Power Products to lead this business group focused on developing ADI’s power strategy and to take a lead role in the integration of Linear Technology’s and ADI’s power portfolio within ADI’s larger suite of high performance analog and mixed signal products and solutions. Mr. Pietkiewicz’s performance incentive compensation was paid in accordance with the contractual commitments made by the Company in connection with the acquisition of Linear Technology for all Linear Technology employees. Please refer to “— Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Steve Pietkiewicz, Senior Vice President, Power Products” below.

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Equity Awards

The size of the equity awards approved by our Compensation Committee for our executives reflect the executive’s individual responsibilities and where that person is in his or her career with ADI. In fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee authorized grants of equity awards to our active NEOs (other than our Chief Executive Officer), as follows:

In granting awards to Mr. Mahendra-Rajah, the Compensation Committee considered the equity compensation levels of comparable executives at our peer group. In granting awards to Messrs. Hassett and Real, the Compensation Committee considered the equity compensation levels of comparable executives at our peer group, as well as the equity already held by each executive. The time-based restricted stock units granted by the Compensation Committee to Mr. Pietkiewicz consisted of 17,356 RSUs granted in accordance with the contractual commitments made by the Company in connection with the acquisition of Linear Technology for all Linear Technology employees and 6,715 RSUs granted in connection with his promotion to Senior Vice President, Power Products. The stock options granted to Mr. Pietkiewicz were also in connection with his promotion. The Linear Integration PRSUs were granted to all active NEOs, excluding our Chief Executive Officer, to promote the successful integration of Linear Technology. For more information about the Linear Integration PRSUs see “Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation — Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units” above.

Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Steve Pietkiewicz, Senior Vice President, Power Products

The Company acquired Linear Technology on March 10, 2017. In connection with the acquisition, we made commitments covering the compensation and benefits of legacy Linear Technology employees, including Mr. Pietkiewicz, through the first anniversary of the closing date. We subsequently extended these commitments through May 5, 2018, the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2018 as part of the alignment of the compensation of our executives and legacy ADI and Linear Technology employees, commencing the second half of fiscal 2018. Pursuant to these commitments, Mr. Pietkiewicz’s compensation was comprised of the following components in fiscal 2017:

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In addition to the above, Mr. Pietkiewicz also received a Linear Integration PRSU award. For more information about the Linear Integration PRSUs, see “Components of Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation — Special Linear Integration Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units” above.

Fiscal 2017 Compensation of Other Named Executive Officers

On March 6, 2017, we announced that David Zinsner, our former Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer was resigning to pursue a new role as president of a venture-backed technology company. Mr. Zinsner’s resignation was not a result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company. In connection with Mr. Zinsner’s separation from the Company and in recognition of his service and contributions to the Company, effective April 18, 2017, we entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Zinsner pursuant to which, in exchange for a one-year non-competition and non-solicitation agreement, Mr. Zinsner received a payment in the amount of $598,994, which represents what he would have received under the Company’s 2017 Executive Performance Incentive Plan for the first half of fiscal 2017 absent his departure. See the Summary Compensation Table for more information regarding the fiscal 2017 compensation for Mr. Zinsner.

Ms. Wynne, our Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from March 18, 2017 through September 27, 2017. See the Summary Compensation Table for more information regarding the fiscal 2017 compensation of Ms. Wynne.

On June 15, 2017, Mr. Hess ceased serving as an executive officer and transitioned to non-executive Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer providing strategic advice and guidance to our Chief Executive Officer and senior executives with a primary focus on Linear Technology integration matters. In connection with Mr. Hess’ change in responsibilities and reduced schedule, the Compensation Committee approved amendments to Mr. Hess’ employment agreement to change his title, and adjust his annual base salary from $650,000 to $175,000. His target cash incentive bonus under the Company’s employee performance incentive plan remains at 100% of his annual base salary. In addition, the amended employment agreement provides that Mr. Hess’ severance protection thereunder shall remain in place and that any severance benefits that Mr. Hess is entitled to under the terms of his employment agreement, other than in connection with a change in control of the Company, will be calculated on the basis of his annual base salary and target cash incentive bonus in effect as of immediately prior to the effectiveness of the amendment. See the Summary Compensation Table, “Change in Control Benefits” and “Severance Benefits” for further information regarding the fiscal 2017 compensation of Mr. Hess and his employment agreement.

Severance, Retention and Change in Control Benefits