Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

25.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with significant shareholders, their affiliates and other related parties were as follows:


	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Sales & other services		—		1		7
Other purchases		12		1		65
Accounts receivable		7		7		8
Accounts payable		51		51		61

For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the related party transactions were primarily with significant shareholders of the Company, or their subsidiaries and companies in which management of the Company perform similar policymaking functions. These include, but are not limited to: Orange, MicroOLED, Technicolor and Incard do Brazil. The related party transactions presented in the table above also include transactions between the Company and its equity-method investments as listed in Note 11.

The Company made a contribution of $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 to the ST Foundation, a non-profit organization established to deliver and coordinate independent programs in line with its mission. For the year ended December 31, 2016 there was no contribution and for the year ended December 31, 2015 this contribution amounted to $0.5 million. Certain members of the Foundation’s Board are senior members of the Company’s management.