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    &lt;div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times"&gt;8.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times"&gt;BUSINESS
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    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
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    On August&amp;#160;2, 2008, ST-NXP Wireless, a joint venture owned
    80% by the Company, began operations based on contributions of
    the wireless businesses of the Company and NXP, as the
    noncontrolling interest holder. On February&amp;#160;1, 2009, the
    Company exercised its option to purchase the 20% noncontrolling
    interest of NXP in ST-NXP wireless for a price of
    $92&amp;#160;million. Transactions with NXP noncontrolling interests
    are summarized in the table below:
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    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
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    &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=03 type=lead --&gt;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;Twelve Months Ended&lt;/b&gt;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;December&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;December&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;2010&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;2009&lt;/b&gt;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;In millions of U.S. dollars&lt;/b&gt;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    Net income (loss) attributable to parent company
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    &amp;#160;
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;830&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (1,131
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    )
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    Transfers from noncontrolling interests:
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    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    Increase in parent company&amp;#8217;s capital surplus for purchase
    of outstanding 20% of ST-NXP shares
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    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    119
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
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    &lt;b&gt;Change from net income (loss) attributable to parent company
    and transfers (to) from noncontrolling interests&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;830&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (1,012
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    )
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    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    On February&amp;#160;3, 2009, the Company closed a transaction to
    combine the businesses of Ericsson Mobile Platforms
    (&amp;#8220;EMP&amp;#8221;) and ST-NXP Wireless into a new venture,
    ST-Ericsson (&amp;#8220;STE&amp;#8221;). ST-Ericsson combines the
    resources of the two companies and focuses on developing and
    delivering a complete portfolio of mobile platforms wireless
    semiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobile
    technologies. The operations of ST-Ericsson are conducted
    through two groups of companies. The parent of one of the groups
    is ST-Ericsson Holding AG (&amp;#8220;JVS&amp;#8221;), which is owned 50%
    plus a controlling share by ST. JVS is responsible for the full
    commercial operation of the combined businesses, namely sales,
    marketing, supply and the full product responsibility. The
    parent of the other group of companies, ST-Ericsson AT SA
    (&amp;#8220;JVD&amp;#8221;), is owned 50% plus a controlling share by
    Ericsson and is focused on fundamental R&amp;#038;D activities. Both
    JVS and JVD are variable interest entities. The Company has
    determined that it is the primary beneficiary of JVS and
    therefore consolidates JVS, but that it is not the primary
    beneficiary of JVD and therefore accounts for its investment in
    JVD under the equity method. JVD is further described in
    Note&amp;#160;12. In addition to the contributions made by ST and
    Ericsson of their respective businesses to the venture entities,
    the consideration received from Ericsson included
    $1,155&amp;#160;million in cash. The transaction was accounted for
    as a business combination under the amended business combination
    guidance adopted by the Company as of January&amp;#160;1, 2009.
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    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    The purchase accounting results were the following, in millions
    of U.S.&amp;#160;dollars:
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    &lt;td width="94%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=01 type=maindata --&gt;
    &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
    &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
    &lt;td width="2%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
    &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;
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    &lt;u&gt;Consideration transferred:&lt;/u&gt;
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    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    Noncontrolling interest in the Company&amp;#8217;s business
    contributed
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    1,105
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    &amp;#160;
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    Cash received by the Company
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (700
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    )
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    Equity investment in JVD
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (99
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    )
    &lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;Total consideration transferred&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;306&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Cash in JVS
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    445
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Other current assets and liabilities&amp;#160;&amp;#8212; net
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (47
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    )
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Customer relationships
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    48
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Property, plant and equipment
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    23
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;Total identifiable net assets&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;469&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Noncontrolling interest in EMP business acquired
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    (306
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    )
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Goodwill
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    143
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;306 &lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/table&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    The goodwill arises principally due to expected synergies and
    the value of the assembled workforce. It is tax deductible for
    an amount of $26&amp;#160;million. In connection with this
    transaction, the Company recognized acquisition costs of
    $9&amp;#160;million, which were included in selling, general and
    administrative expenses during 2009. The customer relationships
    have a useful life of four years. There are no contingent assets
    or liabilities recognized in the transaction.
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    The fair value of the noncontrolling interests was determined by
    the Company with the assistance of a third party for the fair
    values of the businesses contributed. Due to lack of comparable
    market transactions, the EMP business was valued using a
    discounted cash flow approach. The primary inputs used to
    measure the fair value were the stand alone business plan for
    the five-year period
    &lt;font style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;2009-2013,&lt;/font&gt;
    including certain cost synergies of the venture, and the
    weighted average cost of capital, which was determined to be
    8.9%. This represents a Level&amp;#160;3 measurement of fair value
    in the fair value measurement hierarchy. The resulting value of
    the EMP business was then allocated between the two entities of
    the venture as follows: (a)&amp;#160;specifically identifiable
    assets as well as customer-related intangibles and the cost
    synergies were allocated to the portion of the EMP business
    contributed to JVS, and (b)&amp;#160;specifically identifiable
    assets as well as the value of the usage rights of the
    technology were allocated to the portion of the EMP business
    contributed to JVD. The fair value of the Company&amp;#8217;s
    contribution of its ST-NXP Wireless business to JVS was
    determined based upon the valuation of the EMP business
    contributed to JVS and JVD and the cash consideration that was
    agreed upon between the Company and Ericsson to compensate for
    the difference in fair values between the two companies&amp;#8217;
    contributions. This valuation is therefore also considered
    Level&amp;#160;3. Upon closing, JVS was determined to be included in
    the reportable segment &amp;#8220;Wireless&amp;#8221;, as detailed in
    Note&amp;#160;29.
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    In 2010, the Company completed two transactions to acquire
    substantially all the assets of two development stage companies
    based in the United States of America. These acquisitions
    provide the Group with leading technologies in the field of
    rectifier diodes and powerline communications. Both transactions
    were structured as asset deals which have been accounted for as
    business combinations and were determined to be included in the
    reportable segment &amp;#8220;Industrial and Multisegment
    Sector&amp;#8221; ( &amp;#8220;IMS&amp;#8221;).
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;/font&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    The fair value of the identifiable assets and assumed
    liabilities acquired from these two companies at
    acquisition-date were as follows:
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;table border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent; text-align: left"&gt;
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    &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
    &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
    &lt;td width="8%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
    &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;Fair value&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;recognized on&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;In millions of&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;USD&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Technology
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    13
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Goodwill
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    1
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    In-process R&amp;#038;D
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    5
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Total identifiable net assets at fair value
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    19
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
    Purchase consideration
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
    19
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;
    &amp;#160;
    &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/table&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
    The purchase consideration is made of cash payments for
    $11&amp;#160;million and the acquisition-date fair value of
    contingent considerations. Goodwill on these transactions arises
    principally due to the value of the assembled workforce.
    &lt;/div&gt;
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