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Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Summary of PME Multi-Employer Plan

PME multi-employer plan		2012				2011				2010
NXP’s contributions to the plan			53				59				53
(including employees’ contributions)			4				2				2
Average number of NXP’s active employees participating in the plan			3,229				3,256				3,537
NXP’s contribution to the plan exceeded more than 5 percent of the total contribution (as of December 31 of the plan’s year end)			No				No				No

Summary of Changes in Pension Benefit Obligations and Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Assets

The table below provides a summary of the changes in the pension benefit obligations and defined-benefit pension plan assets for 2012 and 2011, associated with the Company’s dedicated plans, and a reconciliation of the funded status of these plans to the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

		2012				2011
Projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year			342				347
Additions			—				3
Service cost			11				12
Interest cost			14				15
Actuarial (gains) and losses			60				(5	)
Curtailments and settlements			(2	)			(6	)
Plan amendments			—				(1	)
Benefits paid			(18	)			(13	)
Exchange rate differences			12				(10	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year			419				342
Plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year			147				148
Actual return on plan assets			14				10
Employer contributions			14				13
Curtailments and settlements			—				(6	)
Benefits paid			(18	)			(13	)
Exchange rate differences			5				(5	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year			162				147
Funded status			(257	)			(195	)
Classification of the funded status is as follows
- Prepaid pension cost within other non-current assets			13				25
- Accrued pension cost within other non-current liabilities			(260	)			(211	)
- Accrued pension cost within accrued liabilities			(10	)			(9	)
Total			(257	)			(195	)
Accumulated benefit obligation
Accumulated benefit obligation for all Company-dedicated benefit pension plans			364				299
Plans with assets less than accumulated benefit obligation
Funded plans with assets less than accumulated benefit obligation
- Fair value of plan assets			24				22
- Accumulated benefit obligations			65				60
- Projected benefit obligations			85				79
Unfunded plans
- Accumulated benefit obligations			174				140
- Projected benefit obligations			194				153
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (before tax)
Total AOCI at beginning of year			(30	)			(21	)
- Net actuarial loss (gain)			52				(9	)
- Prior service cost (credit)			—				(1	)
- Exchange rate differences			—				1
Total AOCI at end of year			22				(30	)
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (before tax) consist of
Total net actuarial loss (gain) at beginning of year			(30	)			(22	)
- Net actuarial loss (gain) arising during the year			52				(9	)
- Net actuarial (loss) gain recognized in income during the year			—				—
- Exchange rate difference			—				1
Total net actuarial loss (gain) at end of year			22				(30	)
Total prior service cost (credit) at beginning of year			—				1
- Prior service cost (credit) arising during the year			—				(1	)
Total prior service cost (credit) at end of year			—				—

Summary of Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Calculate Projected Benefit Obligations and Net Periodic Pension Cost

The weighted average assumptions used to calculate the projected benefit obligations were as follows:

		2012				2011
Discount rate			3.5	%			4.4	%
Rate of compensation increase			2.4	%			3.1	%

The weighted average assumptions used to calculate the net periodic pension cost were as follows:

		2012				2011				2010
Discount rate			4.4	%			4.3	%			4.8	%
Expected returns on plan assets			4.1	%			4.2	%			4.3	%
Rate of compensation increase			3.1	%			3.1	%			3.0	%

Components of Net Periodic Pension Costs

The components of net periodic pension costs were as follows:

		2012				2011				2010
Service cost			11				12				12
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation			14				15				15
Expected return on plan assets			(6	)			(6	)			(6	)
Amortization of prior service cost			—				—				—
Amortization of net (gain) loss			—				—				(1	)
Curtailments & settlements			(2	)			(1	)			(1	)
Other			1				—				1
Net periodic cost			18				20				20

Summary of Actual Pension Plan Asset Allocation

The actual pension plan asset allocation at December 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

		2012				2011
Asset category:
Equity securities			26	%			21	%
Debt securities			58	%			64	%
Insurance contracts			3	%			4	%
Other			13	%			11	%
			100	%			100	%

Classification of Pension Plan Assets

The following table summarizes the classification of these assets.

		2012												2011
		Level I				Level II				Level III				Level I				Level II				Level III
Equity securities			3				38				—				1				29				—
Debt securities			20				68				—				17				71				—
Other			13				4				3				7				5				4
			36				110				3				25				105				4

Summary of Estimated Future Pension Benefit Payments

The following benefit payments are expected to be made (including those for funded plans):

2013			16
2014			13
2015			15
2016			14
2017			14
Years 2018-2022			95

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