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Stockholders' Equity and Earnings per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash Dividends | The following dividends were declared in 2020, 2019 and 2018 under NXP’s quarterly dividend program which was introduced as of the third quarter of 2018:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Dividends declared (in millions) | 420 |  |  | 351 |  |  | 147 |
Dividends declared (per share) | 1.50 |  |  | 1.25 |  |  | 0.50 |
Schedule of Transactions from Employee Option and Share Plans | The following transactions took place resulting from employee option and share plans:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Total shares in treasury at beginning of year | 34,082,242 |  |  | 35,913,021 |  |  | 3,078,470 |
Total cost | 3,037 |  |  | 3,238 |  |  | 342 |
Shares acquired under repurchase program | 4,828,913 |  |  | 15,865,718 |  |  | 54,376,181 |
Average price in $ per share | 129.7 |  |  | 90.94 |  |  | 92.07 |
Amount paid | 627 |  |  | 1,443 |  |  | 5,006 |
Shares delivered | 3,866,203 |  |  | 4,513,416 |  |  | 4,241,487 |
Average price in $ per share | 94.26 |  |  | 93.55 |  |  | 107.75 |
Amount received | 71 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 39 |
Shares retired | 26,000,000 |  |  | 13,183,081 |  |  | 17,300,143 |
Total shares in treasury at end of year | 9,044,952 |  |  | 34,082,242 |  |  | 35,913,021 |
Total cost | 1,037 |  |  | 3,037 |  |  | 3,238 |
Computation of Earnings per Share (EPS) | The computation of earnings per share (EPS) is presented in the following table:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Net income (loss) | 80 |  |  | 272 |  |  | 2,258 |
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | 28 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 50 |
Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders | 52 |  |  | 243 |  |  | 2,208 |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (after deduction of treasury shares) during the year (in thousands) | 279,763 |  |  | 282,056 |  |  | 325,781 |
Plus incremental shares from assumed conversion of: |  |  |  |  |
Options 1) | 526 |  |  | 776 |  |  | 1,145 |
Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units and Equity Rights 2) | 3,520 |  |  | 3,079 |  |  | 1,680 |
Dilutive potential common share | 4,046 |  |  | 3,855 |  |  | 2,825 |
Adjusted weighted average number of shares outstanding (after deduction of treasury shares) during the year (in thousands) 1) | 283,809 |  |  | 285,911 |  |  | 328,606 |
EPS attributable to stockholders in $: |  |  |  |  |
Basic net income (loss) | 0.19 |  |  | 0.86 |  |  | 6.78 |
Diluted net income (loss) | 0.18 |  |  | 0.85 |  |  | 6.72 |
1)No stock options to purchase shares of NXP’s common stock that were outstanding in 2020 (2019: 0.1 million shares; 2018: 0.1 million shares) were anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the exercise price was greater than the average fair market value of the common stock or the number of shares assumed to be repurchased using the proceeds of unrecognized compensation expense and exercise prices was greater than the weighted average number of shares underlying outstanding stock options. 2)Unvested RSU’s, PSU’s and equity rights of 0.6 million shares that were outstanding in 2020 (2019: 0.7 million shares; 2018: 0.9 million shares) were anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the number of shares assumed to be repurchased using the proceeds of unrecognized compensation expense was greater than the weighted average number of outstanding unvested RSU’s, PSU’s and equity rights or the performance goal has not been met.

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