v3.6.0.2

Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of PME Multi-Employer Plan

PME multi-employer plan		2016				2015				2014
NXP’s contributions to the plan			36				37				48
(including employees’ contributions)			4				4				4
Average number of NXP’s active employees participating in the plan			2,415				2,668				2,881
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 2016 and 2015, 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.

		2016				2015
Projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year			561				447
Service cost			17				12
Interest cost			14				11
Actuarial (gains) and losses			53				(18	)
Curtailments and settlements			(15	)			(16	)
Benefits paid			(21	)			(14	)
Pension liabilities held-for-sale			(28	)			—
Benefit obligation assumed in acquisitions			—				177
Exchange rate differences			(17	)			(38	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year			564				561
Plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year			190				157
Actual return on plan assets			3				7
Employer contributions			21				10
Curtailments and settlements			(15	)			(12	)
Benefits paid			(21	)			(14	)
Pension assets held-for-sale			(2	)			—
Plan assets acquired in acquisitions			—				56
Exchange rate differences			(4	)			(14	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year			172				190
Funded status			(392	)			(371	)
Classification of the funded status is as follows
- Prepaid pension cost within other non-current assets			—				4
- Accrued pension cost within other non-current liabilities			(380	)			(368	)
- Accrued pension cost within accrued liabilities			(12	)			(7	)
Total			(392	)			(371	)
Accumulated benefit obligation
Accumulated benefit obligation for all Company-dedicated benefit pension plans			524				518
Plans with assets less than accumulated benefit obligation
Funded plans with assets less than accumulated benefit obligation
- Fair value of plan assets			171				73
- Accumulated benefit obligations			327				209
- Projected benefit obligations			357				243
Unfunded plans
- Accumulated benefit obligations			195				196
- Projected benefit obligations			204				204
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (before tax)
Total AOCI at beginning of year			42				70
- Net actuarial loss (gain)			54				(21	)
- Exchange rate differences			(5	)			(7	)
Total AOCI at end of year			91				42

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:

		2016				2015
Discount rate			2.0	%			2.5	%
Rate of compensation increase			1.9	%			2.2	%

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

		2016				2015				2014
Discount rate			2.5	%			2.6	%			3.7	%
Expected returns on plan assets			3.5	%			4.2	%			4.2	%
Rate of compensation increase			2.2	%			1.8	%			2.3	%

Components of Net Periodic Pension Costs

The components of net periodic pension costs were as follows:

		2016				2015				2014
Service cost			17				12				10
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation			14				11				13
Expected return on plan assets			(6	)			(6	)			(7	)
Amortization of net (gain) loss			2				3				(1	)
Curtailments & settlements			(1	)			(6	)			—
Other			—				2				—
Net periodic cost			26				16				15

Summary of Actual Pension Plan Assets Allocation and Classification

The actual pension plan asset allocation at December 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

		2016				2015
Asset category:
Equity securities			29	%			29	%
Debt securities			52	%			55	%
Insurance contracts			7	%			6	%
Other			12	%			10	%
			100	%			100	%

The following table summarizes the classification of these assets.

		2016												2015
		Level I				Level II				Level III				Level I				Level II				Level III
Equity securities			—				48				—				—				49				—
Debt securities			9				72				—				7				81				—
Insurance contracts			—				12				—				—				12				—
Other			5				11				4				3				10				3
			14				143				4				10				152				3

Summary of Estimated Future Pension Benefit Payments

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

2017			21
2018			16
2019			17
2020			18
2021			20
Years 2022-2026			128

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